The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-07-03
Ridge Athletics and TuxedoS Will Have
a Warm Contest.
Finishing Touches to Arrangements for
The Glorious FOu. th--Oiher Items.
Cneyvle Branch the Providence News
Store, Hartford avenue Telephone 4o-West.


The leading ball game of the forenoon
in this vicinity will be the one between
the Ridge Athletic and the Tuxedos or
the Valley street grounds at 10 O'Clock
and will be for handsome silver cuI
which is now on exhibition in the display
window of San souci's department store
and was put up by the Fletcher brothers
VINO are better known as the Steeple
Jacks.
That the game will be a hot one aud
played with more than ordinary interest
there can be no doubt for no less than
three patrolmen from the Chaffee street
station have been engaged for the occa-
sion. and as the Ridges now hold first
place in this league, the Tuxedos will
make huge efforts TO topple them over in
10 the third position The batteries are as
follows: Ridges-kellogg Gilmore, p;
Manning. c. Tuxedos-kily Geary. p,
Kirk, c. Any one who desires TO see a
good game OF ball wants TO be on the
grounds early. This organization is
known as the Providence Amateur
league and IL made up and stands at the
present time Ridge. Sailors Pride, Dew
ey, Tuxedo. Malone and Crown.
on saturday, July llth, Ridges ani III :
Deweys will play on the same grounds
for the benefit of Joe Buchanan who was
injured while playing the Sailors Pride.
be was the pitcher for the peWeys and Il
said to be the best in the league.
THE BEST OF THE SEASON.
The OlneyviIles will cross bats with the
strong Pawtuckets on Merino Flats,
July 4th. The Pawtuckets are strong and
teey defeated the Whtinsville IL to ! snJ
played Milford ten inning game Thurs
day afternoon. They have jordan and
Jones.
Jones is an assumed name and all
cineyville will recognize him when he ap-
pears on the rubber in the nats They
have Tom Barry OF Brown also and otner
we'll known college players under assum-
ed names. Olneyville will he there with
the goods. Their line up will be Nc
Gruth. c.; Curran and Dresser. d.: Han
nonery. 1b; Fleming 2b.; lowell. 80. Nc
Cabe. s. s.. Stalworthy. I. f.. Taylor, c.
r.. Joe Cotter, r. T.
McGruth is a lScal boy and has n big
reputation In Vile Nova colleg.. Mctahe
Is another college man and Roy Rock
says he is AL. Lowell - the famous
Whittnsville third baseman and they say
up there he has Jimmy Collins beaten ny
a mile. Dresser is too vel! Known 10 need
any introduction to olnsyrlle ians Cur |
ran pitched for Dorchester two wears 4
ana held the Chicago Nationals down Ia /
three hits while pitshiag for Boston Ma
tonals. Olneyville will try 10 take both
games and there certainly Will be a bsn-
ner crowd as this will be the only game
IN town In the afternoon OF the Fourth.
All roads will lead To the hats
TUG OF WAR"
81 Anthony's picnic committee met last
evening 10 consider the entries for the
tus or war, but will hold another meet
ing AT p. m tomorrow on the grounds
The number OF entries being so large
that more time vas needed TO select the
aeams. 81. Annes was represented by
Thomas +. Cooney and Thomas Clune:
st Mary's, p. +. O'Connor and Joseph
Hackett; ST Theresa's. James Moreland
snd Patrick Malley; ST Anthony's. Ed
ward Fitzgerald and Thomas Z ODon-
nell. Some of them wanted 20 men on
each side. some more and some less
81. Mary's being the largest narish
wished 10 make the number go large that
the other parishes would exhaust ali ,heIr
strong men and be obliged 10 All in with
Hsnt weights but Tom Cooney was quick
10 see the point and he moved for stav
OF proceedings. Tom will be presen,
again al p. m. tomorrow and expeots
10 be able TO convince the Others tha, hts
idea is the proper one But whether the
number Is 80 or 100 the lawn will need no
more springling for a month.
TOMORROW THE DAY
Tomorrow II the day for the far nan,s
race and a barrel Of fun IL exnec,ed ara ,
John OConnell. the dark horse. has gain
"a pounds under the training OF Cor ,
mans friend Casey, and this many be- ,
keve will be the means OF doing" Iobn
chap known 10 many as the "EAd
onion, VIII make an effort 10 be prasen, ,
snd III he thinks he has any show viii ,
enter There is some talk OF gat,,,s
Deputy Sheriff William Carrolu 10 enter
he race, and while the entries arc nrac.
ically closed, ~ f. believed that no rnsp
who can show that he weighs 22S nounas ;
VIII be barred out even At the last mo.
nent. 2
HALL ARRESTED
William n. Hall was arrested a, nj. :
lone on Dike street this morning on a 4
variant charging him with making an
'sssuh on a cripple named FARRELL
The police say that Hall ven. t,,o
unch cart, and asked Farrell 10 os,,o
I'm 10 cents, and when Farrelu refnsed
ian struck him In the face lie ,ben
made MS escape. and this norninQ
lumber OF patrolmen surrounded bis =.
Iome 80 that he could not escape again n
MoToRMAN INJURED o
Ralph Bushnell. q motornan. was oui,s v
adly injured late yesterday af,erroo, "
te had been sent 20 the era 81 80 q
roadway line 10 bring home a esng =,
'orbmen- One ~ them got onto the "a, y
nd stubbed his foot against the do0 -, "
be brake. which was set and .hs
rake nandle hew back. striking Mr. Al
'ushnell In his side and stomach re
Mr.. Hsckett. the foreman - -. - sr
endered the injured man an 81 ,be -
stance possible and got him 20 his borne y,
cranston street a. soon as possibie ~
CHILD DIES SUDDENLY O.
Eva Deonno eeven xear. - 49, ~