The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-06-20
SPORTS or
ALL SORTS

The members of the Brown baseball
team yesterday elected as captain Of the
team for next season Wendell Phillips
Raymond, the heady catcher who has al
ternated as catcher and right fielder with
Spec" Paine during the past season.
Raymond was good batter a year ago,
but this season he came, to be known as
one of the teams best batters. With Ray
mond at the receiving end and Nourse in
the box the Brown students feel that they
have a battery which will be capable of
taking the place of Tiff and Paine, as
they frequently have in the minor games
during the past season and in the Har-
ward contest
Raymond comes from Brockton. and is
liked on the hill.
Jack" Hutchinson OF New York was
one Of the many who broke down at the
long third hole in the second qualifying
competition for the British open golf
championship at Hoylake Eng.
He played fine golf in the strong wild in
the morning round. but was unfortunate
in not doing better than SO. In the after
noon round the third hole, which had 10
be played in the teeth OF the wind, cost
him 10 strokes.
AS a result OF the days play 80 men
with score OF 10 or under qualified.
Yale Is slightly the favorite for the first
game OF the annual baseball series with
Harvard, today on Soldiers Field The
games will have no bearing on the cham
pionship, as both teams have been de-
feated by Brown and Princeton.
For Harvard the battery will be Hart
ford and Currier. Meyer or Van Week
will pitch for Yale. Jones will be back
stop.
Frf. - H. toI Il.
began at Kiel. Germany, yesterday, with
stormy weather. Two unimportant events
for small-raters were the first features on
the program.
Emperor William on board the Hohen-
zollern steamed up kJel bay, saluted by
nearly the whole of the German Navy,
moored in lines two miles in length on
either side OF the channel.
In all there are so sailing yachts at an
chor in front OF the Imperial Yacht club.
AS a result OF the sem-finals played
yesterday in the Massachusetts, amateur
golf championship series on the links OF
the Woodland Golf club at Auburndale F.
H. Hoyt and j. c.. Anderson, both OF the
Woodland club, will contest in the finals
today. III. II. Wilder Of the Veeper club.
who made the lowest gross score in the
qualifying round, was defeated yesterday
by Hoyt, up, / TO play. j. G. Anderson
of Woodland defeated =. w. Whittemore,
Brooklne Country club. UP and 2 to
play. Anderson's score of ~ made yester-
day is said to be the lowest ever made on
the course by an amateur.
BY defeating Frank ]. Sulloway in the
finals of the Massachusetts, state tennis
tournament at Longwood yesterday Nat
w. Niles, the Harvard champion, won the
privilege of meeting r. Chauncey Seaver.
the present state champion, in chal-
lense match on Friday.
BY excellent play In the first set Niles
won by six games 10 four. In the second
set Sulloway lost his earlier form and
Niles had no difficulty in beating him this
time, 6-1. At this point OF the match.
when the spectators were ready TO con-
cede the victory TO Niles. Sulloway raj
lied and Niles weakened, with the re-
suit that the Harvard champion lost the
set So.
The feature set was the fourth and last.
in which both men played hard.
The-summary: Final match, state cham
pionship-N. w. Niles defeated #. j. Sui
loway Ga. 6-1, 2-6, rs.
After their hard work yesterday morn
ing In which the Harvard varsity eight
made the fastest time Of the year over the
four-mile stretch. Coach Wray gave them
easy work He sent them down stream to
the navy yard and back In fairly long
stretches. most Of the work being devoted
TO the catch and the recovery, and the
eight rowed much better The hang,
which has been noticeable on the low
strokes, was entirely gone, and the boat
spaced very well between strokes. Wray
did his coaching from a single In order TO
get nearer TO the men, and showed them
the points that he was perfecting
The Varsity four went out and worked
IN half-mile stretches at a low stroke
They are not getting together very well
yet. but the work has during the past
few days shown some Improvement In
the freshman eight Wray sprang sur
prise when he took Buxton out Of the
boat at No. and sent vogei in. During