The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-06-12
Lepine's TimBIy Homer in Sxh Inning
Defeats GrayS.
Mclean Injured, bul Not as Seriously
as al First Supposed.

yesterday by defeating the Grays to 2.
Lepine won the game by cracking out a
home run over left field fence with two
men ahead OF him. His lucky swat came
I'm the sixth with two men out The ball
sailed for the white pole which marks
the foul line and topped the fence just
inside.
Irwn's bunch was blanked in the other
innings and were never dangerous. The
Grays outplayed them in the field but
were unable to bunch hits on McPhail.
The game was one OF the most interest
ing contests OF the season and the root
ers were In their element supporting the
Grays with roofing yels that kept every
body laughing. McPhali was on the slot
for Rochester and during the last few
innings he had enough hot gas handed TO
him from the bleachers TO demoralize a
less nervous twirler. When Stafford 5
centrefeld fly was safely packed away by
Schrall, making the third out In the last
INNING McPhail laid down on the rubber
and struck one foot up in the air at the
Grays. He did not seem very confident
during the game and got out OF IT by Le-
pines homer.
viau pitched for the Grays with Fred
Brown on the receiving end. He pitched
good ball and received excellent support.
The visitors went 10 bat first and were
retired quickly The Grays did little bet
ter In their half. Rochester did nothing
with viau in the second. Connor led of
for the Grays with a hit but was nailed
in going 10 second on Stafford's sacrifice.
Rochester hustled for a run in the third
h,,t I'll ha
double play which shut them Off Wagner
popped up q fly In the Gray's half OF the
third after Brown and Viau had been put
out. Madison fumbled IL In shortfield and
Wagner got TO the initial sack. stealing
second almost Immediately. That slick
shortstop Sylvester pounded out Nc
Phairs neckwrapping bender for
clean hit and Wagner walked In. Sylves-
ter did not watch Steelman close enough
and found himself separated from his
stopping place with the whole Rochester
bunch PLAYING tag with him between the
sacks. He kept up the game until II got
tiresome and then good naturedly let one
OF the nine tag him. The bleacherites
dubbed Steelman "old wooden leg and
when he famed out in the NTH he got
wooden leg" from all points of the COM
pass.
There was nothing doing In the fourth
and NTH an. the Grays attempted TO
sprint In the sixth. Viau's hit was easy
for McPhail. Wagner made Mac put
them over and waited patiently for a
good one but had 10 walk TO FIRST Syl-
vester struck out and Steelman whipped
II over to second retiring Wagner who,
sprinted for the base on the first bail
thrown down.
McPhaii and Blake were easy out on
mfield hits. and then viau threw UP a
wild one which Schrall tired 10 avoid
but got squarely in the back. Shearon
raped out a hot one past Sylvester and
got his base advancing Schran Lepine
swung the stick for n home run and
three men crossed the plate. Johnson
striped the air about the plate and walk
ed away gracefully. Rochester did not
last long at bat In the seventh. Arm
bruster and Sylvester caught two easy
ones and Frei Brown did not extend
himself much in throwing TO Connor
when Howard made an unsuccessful at
tempt TO annex the bag
Crisham got 10 third In the seventh in
n.ng. but a double play left him there.
Rochester got one man as far as second
IN the eighth but could not bring him
home.
The Grays went out in one. two. three
order in their half. Fred Brown led on
and tapped a high foul which came down
near the bleachers. Blake made a sprint
20 get under and was successful. but had
TO hurdle the short fence into the bleach
ers before he could stop his run. Viau
famed out gracefully and then Wagner
waited for a good one McPhail served
up three balls and Wagner t,@htened
his grip on the stick. He would rather
swat the ball any day than get a ticket
He swatted the first one and was ar
easy out, McPhafl 20 LePine. Rochester
could do nothing In the last inning and
went out in rotations, Brown clinginl
onto a sharp tip from Madison's bat ir
style that set the wise ones" In the
bleachers TO talking.
McPhail expected bombardment ir
the ninth and II came but was shut OF
after one run had been tailed. Bert
Conn went 10 bat In place OF Sylvester
and Fred Brown went into the coachine
box Everybody Joined in the coach.ne
and the players on the benches Joined ir
the melee.
McPhail extended his throwing arm
several times and showed UP some mys
terious passes which heightened out M,
unwinding process He threw two bail.
and then got excited and sent a wife
one which Conn got In the back Friend
Fred rubbed HIS back and Conn rmpet
TO first Crisham hit safely but Conr
was retired on the play by johnson un
assisted. Armbuster got n ticket from
McPhail and Crisham went 10 third or
a passed BAL. McPhail throwing wfldl,
with Connor at bat. Connor went oul
McPhail to lie Pine but Crisham got
home on the play. Stafford tried 10 brins
Armbuster home from second but schral
got his hit
Attendance a. The score: