The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-25

see Wnefe tnt average minor league team
tits with the Worcester aggregation. He
says the team has plenty of batters and
iielders, and Will make II warm for rivals
In the Eastern League
Third Basemen Robinson, who jumped
the Kansas City American association
team 10 go with the athletics and then
jumped back again. has turned another
somersault. This time he has dropped I'M
10 the Kansas City Western league team.
Two other players have done likewise,
Messitt and Ketcham.
Lynn, Mass, claims 10 have the largest
man playing an inheld position on any
professional team. He Is Simeon Murch
second baseman. Murch stands feet 4
inches and weighs 200 pounds. He is only
20 years old. but has played for the past
five years. washington Times. Murch Is
A Jamaica Plain boy, and was released
by Manchester early I'm the spring. lie is
considered the fastest second baseman in
this section OF the country.
There's only one man i'm baseball I'm
afraid OF. and that is Lajoie,' said Vir-
gil Garvin the White Stocking pitcher.
Pitchers fear him. but there's one ball
he cannot hit. and that's a low slow ball.
near the plate. But I'd rather have Lajoie
at the plate In a tight pinch than Nc
fielders have a chance with him, and
when he's hit he's shot his bolt Not so
Muggsy McGraw; he can pound them out
or drop the neatest bunt either side the
pitcher and turn the cleverest tricks
known 10 the science OF the game BAL
timore Herald.
Yesterday afternoon about 1880 Mr..
Fred Miller had an unfortunate accident.
He was engaged in game Of ball be-
tween the second team OF the East Green
wich academy and the grammar school
team on Walls meadows. Mr.. Miller goes
TO the academy and was a member OF the
second team. In the third inning he was
trying to reach third base and doing so
he stumbled and fell. When he tried to
regain his feet he found that he had frac-
tured his leg between the knee and ankle.
DIR. Carpenter was called and attended
TO the break. Mr.. Miller is student Of
the Commercial Department of the acad-
emy and is on his second years work. He
has the sympathy of all those connected
with the school.
The game between the Academy second
team and the grammar school team was
brought to an end by the accident. the
score then standing 10 in favor OF the
academy. Tomorrow the academy first
team plays the Fall River High school on
the academy diamond. The team has been
pracUclnS very faltn1ullN the past week
and IL is expected that they will put up a
game that will easily reflect credit on the
school
The game OF baseball yesterday be-
tween the newspaper men and the Wood
men for the benefit OF the Woonsocket
hospital netted about $3.50 for that insti-
tuition. The newspaper men won--l9 TO II.
The superior battery work OF Kennedy
and Gearon brought about this result.
and they were assisted by Rickard a { first
base and Cook at short Grace played
short stop for the visitors and then, af-
ter a couple OF innings, went into the
pitchers box. Pitcher Koopman taking a
base TO guard and later going into the
field Taynor and later Farley caught for
the visitors Capts. Cook and Koopman,
before the game, presented the umpires,
Mayor Greene and Postmaster Cass with
boquets of colored cabbage