The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-02-23
Brownies Have Admirable Chance to
Pass Worcester in Race for Pennant.
Detroit Authorities @ Allow That Carr
Will Remain With American League.

The Brownies have steadily gained dur
Ing the past two weeks. slowly. It is true.
but steadily. on the Worcester team and
the two teams are now just two games
apart. The Brownies are in good form and
are in better shape than they have been
for the last month The sickness OF Can
avan and the damage 10 Cunningham's
shoulder proved to he a serious handicap,
because the team needed all its strength
To hold It's own against the other teams
The Worcester team had a good bunch
OF hard luck in the sickness OF Pierce and
the absence OF Devlin for a few games,
but there has apparently been lack OF
form by the team that has told heavily
against II. The team was able TO win
consistently against the weaker teams OF
the league but did not cut great deal OF
ice with Lowell and Clinton And so
when the weaker teams rounded INTO
form the Worcester team fell off, appar-
emily, in its work.
There Is no reason 10 believe the Kit
tredge Krew TO be OF heavier calibre than
the Brownies. The team IL really not
what IL might be because OF the abilities
OF the players DAILY has been toured az
one of the best OF rushers and Manager
Kittredge goes so far as 10 say that he
would take DAILY in preference 10 Bone II
DAILY be IN form. This would appear 10 be
the height OF Ill judgment.
DAILY is not floor worker. He plays
cover point and nothing else and with
less clever man than Pierce. who thinks
nothing OF his own record. 10 turn the
ball over TO him, DAILY would not be I'm
any class as a rusher Pierce is an ex-
ceedingly clever man and he knows the
game az well as any man playing polo. II
the ball be fed up TO DAILY he can sweep
them IN, but DAILY is not the man TO get
the ball himself and turn IL over to his
partner.
But take Bone and any observer OF the
game will say without hestancy that he
is not only an exceedingly fast man on
the floor but he can handle the ball and
work II up 10 his partner. he drives as
well as any man playing polo, ne plays
hard and never quits, and besides this he
is more than ordinarily active IN defense
work. There Is no classifying DAILY with
PLAYERS OF Bones capacity. Cunningham
is one OF those unselhsh players who
would not care II he did not cage ball
in a season provided he was able 10 hand
the ball over TO his partner, and he Is
clever In handling the ball and his long
experience makes him more than ordina-
rily valuable 10 a team.
The value OF these two players was new
er better demonstrated than in the old
Pawtucket team. II will be said that they
they are quite as fast as then and the
experience gained has benefited them ma
terially. The value OF defense that can get
the ball up 10 the rushers IL admirably
demonstrated In the Lowell and Clinton
teams Jean Is the finest centre I'm the
business and IIolderness is great de-
fense player. With such a defense as
Lowell has the pair OF Providence rushers
would be In this position. There would be
no necessity for them TO pay great deal
At atad ca
defense would keep the ball coming up
for drives for the cage.
The same can be said OF the Clinton
team Campbell and Mercer are neither
considered TO be cracker-tacks, but they
are hard working players. who never
quit, and Gardiner, who Is the best half
back playing polo today, and Farrell,
keep the ball coming UP to them. Get
ting the man and letting some one else
look ont for the ball has won more games
than any other style OF play ever con-
celved. and with ability to get the man
and TO get the ball forward there Is rea-
sonable certainty OF a team playing good
polo.
Today the Lowell team has a lead of
ba games on Clinton, 1lia games on Wor-
cester and 1871 games on Providence.
Chelsea is 1917 games behind Lowell. In
looking over these figures. with but four
more weeks TO play and not more than is
games. n will be seen that there Is but
little opportunity for changes OF position
IN the race. II the Chelsea team was 10
win all OF the games to be played and
Lowell was 10 lose all IL would he a ques-
ton between the two teams.
Should the Providence team win all the
remaining games and Lowell lose all the
Brownies could beat-f7owrif-otit Lowell
has played Ave more games than has
Providence, but as there is no particular
Limitation TO the schedule this does not
make a factor 10 be considered. Chelsea
and Providence have each played 69
games. Clinton and Worcester have each
played n games and Lowell has played
"a games. In the race. IL Lowell loses a
half of the games to he played and Clin-
ton wins every game the championship
will go TO Clinton. That Is a possibility,
not a remote probability.
Worcester can also beat out Lowell on
the same basis. but Worcester will have
TO show improved form TO win out third
place. for the Brownies are coming and
coming fast. while the Worcester team
Is no better than II was weeks since ~ as
good. The Chelsea team. with Burgess
in the goal. should be stronger. but the
team r. too badly Handicapped to win n
much better position I'm the comparat lively
few games 20 be played. The only prob
ability OF q change II Providence over
taking Worcester. and that is not un-
reasonable 20 assume.
Saturday night before 1910 spectators
the Brownies warmed the Klttredge
Krew TO the tune Of II 20 s, IN a game
that easily demonstrated the superior
play of the home team, while at Lowell
the champions downed the Clinton aggre-
CATION In a rough game hy score Of
90 Hart ana eastman gave great ex-
hibition. and Gardiner was cut on the
head.