The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-07-09
Bisons Tap Conn for 10 Hts MCGEE
Gave Grays Only -Four.
Waterboy, a HesviIy Played Favorite,
Won Brighton Handicap.

Yesterdays contest az Adelaide park
was more Of a kidding match than any
thing else. The Bisons expected a battle
ROYAL but instead the Grays showed a
most depressing slump I'm form and never
figured in the game.
Cogan's bunch was changed around
some and the change made a big hole
In the central garden. Captain connor
played In right nerd and KID Sylvester
took care of the second bag. Conn pitched
and the game developed into a swatt.ng
exercise for the Bisons Big Bert shaped
up well as ever and was never wild but
he had nothing In his assortment which
the visitors did not hammer all DYER The
field When the hits were counted up.
10 were found 10 swell the Buffalo teams
averages and only four for the Grays.
MCGEE pitched for tho visitors and re
ceived erroriess support
The Bisons went TO bat first and swung
the stick for three runs, eight of the team
going 10 bat before the side was retired.
Charley Atherton was che third man up
and he bumped Conn for a home run over
left field fence. bringing i'm Gettman with
him. Grimshaw followed with a double
and Hartman brought him I'm. Only
three of the Grays had a chance at Nc
Gee in the FIRST inning and they did little
better I'm the next two. The Bisons
scortd again in the second, stealing three
bases with ease. In the third they went
on. in rota uon, the Grays following suit
Mattress and Conn striking out. In the
fourth McGee laced out a long one 10
centre Held and while Viau was cropping
srouno FOR II got three bases. Mcintyre
bringing MIN in with a pretty single.
Armbruster faced McGee in the fourth
With two men out The B.sons had been
handing ont all sorts OF things TO the
stugging Grays and Diggins had tried
hard 90 choke them off. Army ST.
.enCed them FOR a minute or two by bat
ting out a home run. the second hit made
by tie Grays. and both by himself.
The fifth was ratations on both sides
and the Grays got rotations in the re-
naming innings except the last. a double
and single in the sixth gave the Bisons
another run and they repeated the trick
in the seventh. Armbruster choked the
Bsons Off i'm the seventh by making the
only sensational catch of the game. La
porte hammered out long drive which
looked Ike an easy ty2llagger. Army
made a desperate sprint with fancy
drive at the end and hung on.
The fsisons got together for a slugging
bee in the eighth and before the Grays
put three down had tailed three runs.
-Four clean singles. a base on balls and
team work on the bases did the trick
The Grays shut them out in the ninth |
and tried hard in their half Mattress |
fielded Connor and Stafford out and then |
Pat" Crisham hit out the cleanest two
bagegr Of the game. Sylvester made good i
with the fourth hit OF the game and Girls |
harl got 70 third. Army went 10 bat /
and tried hard but Grimshaw put him /
out unasssted
Toronto will he the attraction com
mencing today. Umpire Brown should not |
he skipped without az least brief men
ton His work at Adelaide. Park has |
been most unsatisfactory and seems TO
be marred by personal prejudice Jones /
ard kid" Sylvester have been on his
"black' list