The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-02-26


The Beaufort, another club in London.
has challenged the National to play for
$4,000 side.
The Tufts college baseball candidates
Will begin their second week OF practice
this afternoon. Coach Fred Tenney will
begin his work with the candidates next
Saturday, and will continue until he goes
south with the Boston nationals I'm the
spring. Capt Chapman expects to have
the candidates sufficiently weeded out so
that when Tenney comes he can devote
his attention solely 10 members Of the
varsity squad.
Two noted baseball enthusiasts got in
60 discussion as TO the best pitcher ever
seen i'm the National league. one OF them
insisted that "Christy' Mathewson, OF
the New Yorks, was entitled TO the hon
or, while the other offset the argument
in this way: 1T is true that Mathewson
IL great pitcher the greatest I'm the
league today. but he is no better than
half dozen other men who preceded him.
Amos Rusie, In my opinion, was the best
pitcher who ever put n ball over "A plate.
lie had greater speed than Mathewson
and curves that were just as puZzling.
Amos had wonderful control and best Of
all pitched year In and year out in the
same magnificent style. In 1894 his pitch
ing I'm the Temple cup series won by John
Wards New Yorks was superb. He pitch
ed winning ball at all times and never be-
came ratified Mathewson, on the other
hand, has shown signs OF unsteadiness
when under fire. Aside from Ruse IL is
well TO remember such remarkable box
men as John Clarkson, Kid Nichols, Tim
Keefe. Charley Radbourne. Dave Foutz,
Bob Caruthers and Charley Sweeney.
Radbourne i'm 1884 pitched 40-odd straight
at.I toh af her 10 la Al
the pennant for Providence. Jouett Nee
kin, Joe McGinnity, Clark Griffith. jim
my Hughes, Tom Ramsey, Cy Seymour,
James Calvin, Ned Crane, Cy Young and
others OF their class have shown form
that places them In the same class with
Mathewson. When 'Matty' has displayed
staying qualities such are attributed
to these twirlers. II will be time to place
him at the top."-New York Sun.
Manager Selee of the Chicago National
league club has released Jack Doyle, and
Bobby Lowe will captain the team.
Umpire Connolly is unable to trace the
foundation for the story that he was GO
ing TO work I'm the New York state league
the coming season. He is TO umpire in the
American league, for all he knows to
the contrary.
Barney Dreyfuss said, on Saturday, that
he would sooner have four clubs i'm the
National league. with the absence OF
Freedman and Brush. than be I'm an eight
club league circuit and allow these two
men TO remain in the league.
| Referee Il. T. Morgan sold at auction
| at Yonkers yesterday the Empire city
race track for the sum of 100000. The
buyer was Bryan ID. Kennedy. who is
n krfaf "A - a q %
IL was this bid on which Supreme Court
Justice Keough ordered the resale OF the
property.
Tommy Ryan defeated Australian Tim
Murphy, last night. I'm one-sided con-
test at Kansas City, which ended i'm the
ninth round,
1t Is reported that Sunday ballplaying
may be discussed at the next town meet
ing I'm Tewksbury The new grounds OF
the Lowell team are located in that town
and Manager Lake says he will play Sun
days II residents do not object.
Johnny German has $3.50 up with Jim
Wakeley, and with IL an offer to fight
any middieweight or welterweight in
America German, II Is said, is going TO
England TO fight during the kings coro-
nation In June, and In the meantime he
wants a little practice.
Jimmie Manning and Charley Nichols
have the plans of their new grand stand
for Kansas City completed. II will seat
$500 people and Nick's old friends i'm the
east only hope that the standing room
sign" Will be hung out every day during
the season.
The New York courts will say next
-. not 4 -
the regular president of the National
league. Nothing has yet been said as to
an appeal but the chances are that the
defeated side will take the case to a
higher court
The score yesterday afternoon In the
backgammon tournament now in prog
ress at the Providence Checker club on
Union street showed that NJ. Bates still
held the lead. but with a reduced per-
centage. Eddy mny yet win out, as Mr..
Bates has many games TO play Is with
two hard opponents TN Daniels ana Ma
SON and Is more with two easier ones
in Lewis and Lacy And II may be noted
that there is q chance for Clarence Free
man. the noted checker player or Mason
TO come out at the top OF the list at the
finish two weeks hence
Murphy and Story have both been dis
qualified as far as the Harvard baseball
squad is concerned During the summer
both men went TO Woonsocket, II. l., and
there played on the Woonsocket gymna-
sium, nine supposed TO be composed
strictly OF college mon. IL Is claimed. and
the Harvard committee does not doubt it.
that neither of these men received money
for playing. but that they did IL for the
Measure they got out of A. Nevertheless.
AS punishment for disregarding a COM
mittce request which w~@ 10 all intents
and purposes an order, the men were
kept off the squad this year
MIR Gilbert King OF this city has Just
hired the old Amasa Eaton homestead.
ON Fruit hill. and will at once fit up big
dog kennels there utilizing all the ground
connected with the place for runs for the
dogs.