The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-06-29
The GrayS Now Tied With Baltimore
for Leading Place.
Artful, Last Years Futurity winner,
Won First Event.

The old saw that ITS an i'll wind that
blows nobody good" was never better
Illustrated than was the case with the
series OF games between Providence and
Newark. finished yesterday. At the same
time Baltimore was receiving the short
eEd of a battle with Jersey City, and as
q result Providence Is tied with the for
mcr team Tor INST place. This Is the first
timo in four years that the local team
has been so near the top OF the list in the
Eastern league. and the fans OF the city
are rejoicing in way never possible be-
fore.
The Orioles come here for a series cf
games today. and IL will be b1ttle royal
for supremacy now, with a possibility
that Providence will come out ahead The
fighting spirit is I'm the Grays now. and
II will take an enormous amount Of hard
luck TO put them I'm the dumps. The team
has played better ball than the orioles
al times when the two have met, and
there Is no apparent reason why they
should fall below their former work in
tho games beginning today
As 10 yesterdays game the visiting
Newark team, though badly crippled,
played plncky uphill game and swatted
the ball with a vengeance.
Manager Burnham made another shift
In his lineup placing Harry O'Hagan be-
hind the bat. O'Hagon acquitted him
self with credit. except for his three
passed balls.
The Newarks bombarded Poole in the
second inning and by the end Of the
fourth had amassed five runs. through
the medium Of eight hits, three OF which
We're triples. Al the beginning OF the
nth Jerry Nops took his place. Nops
pat sudden and decided check on the
Sailors batting bee, and in the remain
ins innings gave but four hits, one of
which was n homer.
Hesterfcr oficiated for tho Burnhamites
lie had better control than on Tuesday.
btlt wasjhit freely and az times when hits
meanv runs. His support was not OF the
best pattern, his own wild pitch and
oHagan's passed balls helping the Dunn
crowd materially only one OF Newark's
fielding errors amounted 10 anything
The Grays gave a fielding exhibition
that was dazzling, Rock. Dunn and Conn
were the star performers In the course
OF the encounter four lightning double
plays We're engineered by the combina-
tion mentioned. each one calling for
leather manipulating Of tho highest class.
Mcfarland did not play on account Of an
injured wrist, Ball moving 10 left field.
billiard taking care OF the right garden.
Mcfarland will probably he back i'm the
gnme today
Poland. Dunn. Ball and Rock did the
best hickory work for tho natives Balls
whacks were particularly useful. each OF
his singles sending In two runs. Jack
Dunn held a corner on rungetting max
ing three out of the eight ornamenting
the Providence column Mailing Murphy
and Cockman excelled for the visitors In
batting. each Of the three getting "A triple
and a single.
The Grays rang the boil twice in the
first inning on Poland. two ba gger and
out. base on balls and Thomas and
Tslrs singles. Triples by Cockman and
Murphy. followed by Spooner's hit. gave
Newark a couple in the second. In the
third. Dunns men forged ahead singles
by billiard. Dunn and Ball doing the trick
With the bases filled I'm the fourth and
two out Mailing hit for three corners
sending In trio Of runs and putting his
team ahead.
The visitors held the lead until the
sixth, when Conn's safe hit Brodie's sac
rihce and singles by Rock and Poland
sent In two more talles for the Grays.
Tho home teams victory was clinched in
the seventh. two runs resulting from sin
ees by Brodie and Dunn, Thomas sac
rifice and a base on balls. which Conn was
ava rded.
In the ninth. with one man out. McIAne
was put in TO bat in place Of Hesterfer.
The substitution proved a wise one for
McLane banged the first ball pitched him
10 the carriage fence in right field for
homer. The next two men were easy
ones.
The Grays meet Baltimore this after
noot-in the first Of seric~-uf- three
games. 1t will be ladies' day. as there
will be no game tomorrow. Attendance
1906. The score: