The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-09-18

Providence gave the fans another day
OF great rejoicing yesterday when Toronto
was trounced so decisively at Rocky Point
and the team moved a little nearer the
p~ennant. II was a poor exhibition. in that
Il was far too one sided, but the 5000 and
more fans who were on the grounds cared
little for that. so interested were they IN
seeing that their team moved on toward
the pennant.
For tie locals II was the greatest bat
ting feast OF the season. and with the
ground rules I'm their favor IL was moth
ing for the batters 10 hit for three bases.
The visitors seemed TO have lost their
nerve I'm the first inning OF the first game
and from then on II was simply a slaugh-
ter of the first water.
With the errors made by the visitors
the pitchers became reckless, and this
spirit was contracted by the other players
on the team. so that I'm sheer mercy Con-
way decided 10 call the game at the end
OF the NTH inning during the second
spasm.
In the first instance Poole was on the
firing line for the locals. and after seeing
that the game was won he slackened his
pace, so that the route might not be
worse. Crystal was on the points for the
Canadians, and he might just as well
have remained on the bench. So fierce
was the onslaught in the first game that
when big Jack Cronin came into the sec
ond game the visitors were seized with
utter fright and surrendered entirely.
Rock headed the Grays' attack with
three triples out OF as many times at bat,
and Brodie. with two triples and a single,
followed close on his heels.
Mcpherson was the principal victim OF
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In the five innings which the game lasted
Just IL hits, for a total OF % bases, were
promulgated. The visitors, on the other
hand, could not penetrate the Grays de-
fence until the fifth inning, when Cronin
eased up and let them have hits enough
10 get a couple OF runs.
Mcfarland was foremost among those
who pounded the pin, getting a hit every
time he came TO bat. All the other Grays
got at least one hit. Harley. Dunn and
Brodie getting two doubles each. Magoon
was Toronto's redeeming feature at the
bat. with a couple OF two-base hits.
The climax OF the feast OF hickory and
flow OF as. arrived in the hfth, after
seven runs had been corralled. -Four
men hit for two bases in this Inning, while
two could produce but a paltry single
apiece. The crowd about this time de-
veloped the playful habit OF stealing all
the balls hit into II. and as almost every
thing that Mcpherson offered was con-
signed to some part OF the human fringe
II looked for n time as II there would be
n shortage OF the necessary adjunct TO
successful play. Finally Brodie waited
one far aheld. and IL fell I'm among the
fans. Jack White saw where the leather
came to earth, and being a frugal soul.
decided TO recover IL. In so doing he be
came the centre Of n madly struggling
crowd OF men and boys, and was lost TO
view.
Umpire Conway wisely decided at this
iuncture that by the time a rescue party
had extricated Mr.. White from the mob
Il would be Dark, so he called the game,
one man being out AZ the time and Brodie
on base.
There was no game at Melrose Tark this
afternoon, but toborrow Buffalo comes 10
town for a series OF three games. The
score.