The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-06-03

BRACE UP
AT BAT

The Grays are getting a bit more GIN
took brace In this department OF the
game. the part which gets runs and
games. In the six games last week the
Colts tore off so hits. just double the
number they got the week before. Yes
terday the rain prevented them from
swinging the willow against the Bisons.
but they are billed to buck the herd to-
day in the closing game OF the series.
Mack is slated to do the box work for
the local team
The winning streak which the Doe and
Duffy dilettantes started with last week
was landslide of a surprise. The fans
are getting almost willing to tack the
watch us grow" label on them and are
commencing TO come away from the
"britching'' they backed up to when the
Grays reached the dead level and persist
ed in staying there.
Mcconnell was the big sticker OF the
East week. lie made nine hits, includ-
ing one three-bagger and three two-bag-
gers, placing himself In the 800 class
and at the head of the regular batting
division. Poland also made nine hits, in
Guiding two triples and one double, jump
ing from 263 TO .295. Abstein made six
bings, losing nine points, his mark now
being an even 300. Lord and Chadbourne
practically held their own. Mack has 80
but has been in but one game. The tenn
poTary slump in the hitting continued
but one week, and during the long home
series now on hand still further in
crease may be looked for.
In fielding there was a general better
ment. Donovan dropped out OF the 1000
class through his two errors OF Satur-
day, mis- average now standing .972 He
leads the regulars OF the team, topping
Abstein by two points. McConnell's work
on second base has won him praise from
the fans. During the week he improved
his average IA points. Poland retrieved
himself in the centre garden, gaining 90
points.
The sacrifice hitting of the team show
ed considerable Improvement, while the
base running still remains little below
par.
The Providence team split even last
week. winning three games and losing
three, the first week OF the present sea-
son that has not closed on the wrong
side Of the ledger. At Newark both
games were lost after being apparently
won, the contest turning on a very
simple play in both cases. A wild pitch
by Barry cut lots of ice in the first game,
and Barton's failure to go out into left
field and get a punk fly that he should
have eaten up was the cause of the loss
of the second battle.
Memorial day Baltimore was trimmed
in both games, Jack Dunn's aggregation
barely getting look In. On Friday the
Buffaloes narrowly escaped the brush.
The batting rally which the Grays in
dulged In in the ninth inning OF the Sat-
urday game sent everyone home highly
satisfied, as much So perhaps. as they
would have been had the Grays won an
OF binary contest.
Umpire Hoffner's work. both In this city
and on the road, had been most discour-
aging to the Providence players. He de-
feated the team in at least one of the
Montreal games in that city and gave the
game to the Bisons on a platter Satur-
day. A tail-end team expects to get the
worst of it from umpires of the road, but
certainly receive square deal at home.
RATTIN Nc, AVER ACES