The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-09-25

once more can the city OF Providence
lift her head in JOY and pride and glory
I'm the fact that she leads in baseball, for
the team that bore her name has brought
and laid at her feet the trophy of the
year, the pennant.
II was a ntting climax TO the season :
work that the team should win yesterday
and thus make the record for tho consccu-
tive string Of victories as well "a band the
pennant and the support on the par of
tho fans has been seen to havc not been
a misplacing OF confidence.
Having lost but one game of the past
%. the Grays went into the fraN ycstet-
day with a confidence born Of SUCCESS and
all through the nine innings th're WAS
never a waver In the courage nor mis-
play on the part Of the men tia. showed
a ratified or excited condition OF NINA.
All through the season 'ha team mas
shown that tho word defeat was not fam
iliar 10 them and they have shown that
they have tho spirit that makes men
heroes and their pluck as well as conh-
dence In each other was such al the sh-
preme moment as 10 make them almost
invulnerable.
There is no question but that Rochester
desired 70 take at least one of the games
p,ayed in this series. That was demon
strated on the first day the teams met AT
Melrose Park They were simply up
against an avalanche OF spirit, pluck ana
baseball ability and were forced TO sue
cumb
Every man on the team OF tho GraNs
wantod to see the pennant come mere
hut they did not worry over the possl-
bility of not winning it n they ever
dreamed OF such a possibility while from
the time the Bronchos started In I'm tho
first inning they showed signs OF nervous
ness When the team came here on FIJI
day IL was confident Of taking at least
one OF the games. On Saturday the spirit
OF being able 10 take Al least one OF the
games OF the double header was manifest
ed also When failure greeted them on
those days they resolved 10 make a last
stand yesterday, but worrying over the
possibility OF failure made them faint
hearted and tho result was an utter rout.
Such supreme confidence did the Grays
manifest that had some one OF the lead
crs OF the major league been the oppon-
ents the outcome would not nave becn
changed Fate was with them and their
confidence would have swept them TO VIC
tory. IL would seem.
Realizing that they were TO witness a
contest memorable I'm more ways than one
A seemed that everybody from this city
and from the valley villages turned out
and filed the grounds at Rocky Point.
The contest was one to be remembered
from the fact that IL has been the closest
race ever known To the league, that the
one game was 10 decide the home OF the
pennant for the year 1896, and that :he
team was never in undsputed possession
of the first honors during the whole sea-
son
The crush al the gates was overwhelm-
ing and was almost like the storming or
the Bastile in the time OF tho French
Revolution 10 the ticket takers and the
satemen So great was the crush that
men and women too. did not stop to
present their ticketf. or even TO buy them
but at times come I'm such droves that the
ticket takers were nearly swept from
their feet and sides OF tho fences almost
swept away
When u came TO the game itself II was
the terrific bombard rdment OF the offer
ings OF Mclean that gave the Grays the
victory with the errors on the part ~
tho Rronchos and the wildness NJ tho
pitcher as minor factors. There were no
particular features 10 the game except
the hitting Of the Grays and the errors Of
the other side. II was simply settling
70 good fast ball and keeping up the pace
until the last buckinE Broncho was retired
and the game over
Big Jack Cronin was the man 10 whom
was intrusted the administration Of the
final defeat OF the season TO the visitors.
and he held the team so completely at
his mercy that their hits were widely
scattered and the score was about az
meagre as could possibly have been
made
For the first four innings he and the
men behind him allowed but three men
20 come to- the bat i'm each session with
the exception OF the second when only
four men faced him. In the meantime the
Grays had batted In enough runs TO win
an ordinary game. Mclean showed ner-
vousness In the first game and an error
by CLANCY added TO his misery. This per
formance was continued IN tho second
innings when before tho misery ended the
first i've runs came in
In the first ming tho first three mon
up for Rochester were easy outs on short
inhed flies When Providence came 20
the bat Mcfarland drcw four halls
Clanrys errors pui Harley on first IN,
NJ died trying 10 steal second Tho next
two men went ont easily and there was