The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-05-20
Brown Lost a LiStIesS Game to Am
herSt Yesterday Score 4 to-.
Mccarthy Proved a Puzzle to Provi-
dence and Montreal Won.

Tn rather slow game OF baseball
Brown WIS defeated at the Worcester
oval yesterday afternoon by Amherst by
a score OF TO ..
The game was witnessed by about 100
spectators. several hnndrtn # whom "ero
supnorters II the rival mines. ThToush-
nut t,1s-r r1rtesr-tt1r- -co1iegions helped on
their respective favorites with songs anu
cheers The diamond was not IN very
good shape and the fielders had nara "orh
tn Judging some OF the hits
The Brown team was very Wedh WI"
the stick securing one hit on Mcfae,
the Amherst twirler. McRae had lots OF
,peod. and a deceptive change OF pace.
He was well backed up for the most
mart by the rest of the team. Beach
ar short. especially distinguished him
self by several clever throws and stops
The very light hitting OF the Brown nine
may he attributed In some degree 10 lhe
lcjS of Amherst. ON three or four oc-
casions n Brown batter would line the
ball out. only To have II go stralsht AT
an opponent.
The Amherst team made seven hits
off rift, several Of which were scratches.
He was given good support by everyone
but Jones who slipped up on couple OF
chances Hoye, at third. put up fine
article OF ball Besides making the only
hit for Brown. he made several dinicut
stops and throws.
In the last inning an error. hit and
base on balls put three Amherst men on
the sacks Tiff then struck out the next
two batters Ivy great pitching. but Captain
Wheeler met a curve ball for a hit into
right field. sending two runs across the
plate, cliuching the game. In the second
inning Beach got a base on balls, was
sacrificed 10 second by Powell, went 10
third on an infield out and scored on
hit by Kelliher In the sixth Wheeler
flied out to Paine and Palmer struck out,
but Storey got life on Jones tumble.
He reached second on a passed ball, and
came home "A slashing hit over second
by Beach.
Amherst had men on bases in the
fourth seventh and eighth, but Tifts
excellent pitching prevented a score.
During the first three innings Brown
went out I'm one. two. three order. In
the fourth Hoye drew pass on balls.
was sacrificed TO second by Jones, but
died there. as no hit was forthcoming
Brown had a man or first I'm the fifth
as a result Of Hamilton being hit by
pitched ball. but there was nothing do
Ing. as two were out. Brown scored her
two runs in the sixth. Hoye led off with
n hit and stole second and third. Jones
struck out. but Higgins drew a base on
balls and stole second. Tiff then hit a
slow one TO McRae. who threw the ball
into the frst-base bleachers, allowing
both Higgins and Hoye 10 tally. while Tiff
reached second. He died there as Paine
was an easy out from McRae TO Palmer
Hamilton got as far as second In the
seventh asa Festl4t-of Beachs error and
a sacrifice hit. In the ninth Brown got
a man as far as first on an error by Sec
ond Baseman keliher, but no further
as the following batters were easy outs.
Yesterdays game was the first defeat
for Brown for five games the Provi-
dence players having beaten Yale. Dart
mouth Lehigh and Harvard The next
game for Brown Is Pennsylvania on
Wednesday at Philadelphia.
The score: