The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-08-21

The Grays were up against the same
hoodoo which has worked against them
on the Montreal Sunday grounds all sea-
son. and they went down TO defeat before
the Royals yesterday at Montreal by a
score OF TO / Inability 10 hit Pappalap
was the chief cause Of the visitors over
throw The Montreal twirler pitched eN-
cellent ball. using plenty Of head work
with men on bases. Several times the
Grays had men on second or third and
hit would have materially altered the
state OF things. but Pappalau was always
eonal 10 the emergency and the hit was
not forthcoming The home fielders gave
their twirler rock-rbbed support but
their play was not To be compared TO that
of the invaders who performed all sorts
OF fancy feats I'm repelling the attack OF
the Montreal batters
Duun's men accepted any number OF
hard chances. the most glittering OF their
plays being Rocks one-hand stop or
sizzling grounder IN the seventh inning
with the bases full This play was re-
markable Rock running almost to sec
ond base. and stabbing the fast-moving
leather with one hand. threw TO second in
time TO catch his man and retire the side
Ramon made several good catches In CEN
trcheld and I'm tho fourth inning caught
Mcfarland AZ the plate by pretty throw
Bad lnck and worse umpiring contribu-
ted largely toward the Providence clubs
misfortune. 4 number Of balls hit square
" on the nose went into the hands OF the
Montreal lelders. the most conspicuous
example OF this occurring In the nth in
ming. when Ball welted one on a line into
Weidensaul's hands which. had II been
n few feet TO either side, would have gone
for homer
Umpire Hassett. whose work during the
frst tive games here did not aid tho
Grsys any. To put II mildly. was decided
~ off color today his poor decisions on
balls and strikes costing the visitors dear
ly Hassett missed any number Of balls
and strikes, when the mistakes told heav-
As-agsiHst- -punn,s-men, and the game
was frequently interrupted by vigorous
kicks from Jack and his henchmen.
The Royals found Putnam for eight
hits and IL was due only TO rapid fielding
that their score was not larger Putnam
lacked control and his wildness got him
into frequent holes. where II was neces-
sary to put the ball over the plate for the
Royals TO thump. The visiting twirler's
curves proved puzzlng when he did get
them over. however. eight men puncturing
the ozone
TIE Royals were the first TO score. get
ting run I'm the second on Iachancc' 8
single. l.. Hartman's sacrifice which was
well handled by Morgan. and Weiden-
sauTs two-bagger over The Short Tefr hGrd
fence
The Grays tied in the fourth Mcfarland
led off with a clean triple 20 left centre.
Dunn who followed. flied out TO Bannon,
and Mcfarland was caught at the plate
trying TO score after the catch Brodie
singled and scored when Bannon muffcd
Thomas long drive Conn made the third
out on an infeld hit
Dunns people had good chances 10
score in the two following innings. but
could not quite land the run Rock
doubled after one man was out I'm the
NTH, but was left on second when Balls
mile-a minute rap was corralled by Wei
densaul. and Putnam struck out
With two out and Brodie on first In the
sixth, Thomas hit for two bases. but Bro
die could not reach port and was left on
third when Conn pushed one out to Ban
non.
The home team scored the winning run
In the fourth on Lachance's single. T..
Hnrtman's double over the fence and
Pappalaus fly 10 Ball.
The Grays left last night for Toronto,
where they begin a series OF four games
today. Poo'e will pitch the opening game
OF the series. Attendance 500. The score:
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