The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-01-05

The Portland team yesterday withdrew
from the American league at meeting
Of the league held at the Hotel Savoy at
Boston. and from now on the league
will continue with six teams The Port
land team will be transferred 10 Law
renee and the Lawrence team VIII take
the standing Of the Portland team. rms
leaves the Providence team at the 1901
OF the league In percentage ana TWO
points behind Lawrence.
This In a nutshell is the latest phase
OF the polo situation. The dropping OF
the Portland team will he a good thing
for the game I'm many ways. The seventh
team In the race made the making OF
schedule something difficult, and beside
Al required that some of the teams play
more games I'm a week than was desir-
able. Providence has come In several
times for a much harder schedule than
was wise to play, and on one occasion
played IL games in two weeks.
The dropping OF Portland from the
membership OF the league will make the
league more compact, will materially re-
duce the travelling expenses and IL VIII
make II possible for any OF the teams TO
play a game and make connections Tor
home the same night unless there be
some unusual delay.
The Portland team was In fair way
for success until Roberts and Fitzgerald
Jumped TO the Western league. Walter
Murtagl. who is a craftsman at the Bath
Iron Works secured leave of absence TO
help out Nick McGilvray. and Turner was
secured TO take the place OF Roberts tenn
porarily. Whipple was released to Port
land and ne jumped TO the Racine team.
and Turner continued with the Portland
team. 1t was intended that be should
Join Tom Cotter's aggregation and IL IL
probable that Turner will now Join that
team.
Under the present arrangement McGil-
vray. Hayes and Burgess will join the
Lawrence team. and that will leave Nc
Kay and Lations of the old Lawrence
team, with Curtis and Lincoln to make
up the remainder of the team. What
Count Lations, the Lawrence goal tender.
will do is somewhat uncertain. Perhaps
ne may continue as manager. Lincoln
or Curtis could line. UP with McGilvray
and this would give Lawrence team OF
good balance and strength.
Providence has line on Hugh Devlin
and Curtis and these men were loaned to
Lawrence by Manager Parsons. IL Ia
fair to assume that neither man will be
released and Providence. with these two
men to help out. or some other man se.
cured in exchange, will be OF much as
sstance.
The Providence team Is In last place
I
cause Clinton was victorious by score
OF s 10 5 In an overtime game played Al
Infantry hall The game was one thai
Providence should have won. and Will,
the local team was I'm fine form and
played a dashing game the aggressive
style OF the Clinton team successfully
stood of the Brownies.
Portland lost to the Lawrence team
which held the Portlands down in thu
percentage column, and Chelsea lost q
Lowell. There was only one surprise o
the evening and that was the loss b!
Portland TO the Lawrence team.
The sea son is to run at least ten week.
and the teams will play more than 4
games more Under ordinary conditions
the season will bring the teams up to th
elst of March, though II is possible tha
the last games will be played 81. Pat
ricks Day II 1t runs tc March 81 ther
will be II full weeks 10 be played, ant
this will give close to 80 games.