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TO JOIN BOSTON.
NOurse and Raymond, Brown Uniyer-
dty's Battery.

Nourse ana Raymond, brown uniRef-
Sity's Battery.
Providence, r. J., June TO- Chester
IN. Nourse, Browns varsity pitcher, will
become a member Of the pitching staff
Of the Boston Red Sox.
Several weeks ago Nourse gave his
word to Pres. Taylor that he would Join
the Red Sox at the close Of his college
course, but the Boston club agreed 10
make no announcement until after
Browns game against Amherst yester.
day. Nourse, however, did not pitch as
has strained a llgament In his back, al
though this did not prevent him from
praeticing before the game.
The news Of Nourse's decision to Join
the Red Sox Is a surprise. As long ago
az April IL was announced from Chica-
90 that Nourse would join the Cubs
when the college season closed. Chca-
COS inducement however, did not COM
pare with Pres John ]. Taylor's, but
no denial was made Of the Chicago
statements. and even on Andrews field
yesterday one heard comment on
Nourse's future with the Cubs.
The young man who win Join the Red
Sox this week Is the best Of this sea.
sons college pitchers. He has pitched
four years at Brown since be went TO
the university from Newburyport, Mass.
where he lives, and where he played on
the high school team. being a catcher
as we'll as a pitcher.
Chester Nourse Is a Highlander. He
is % years old, weighs ls2 pounds and
stands 6 feet rs inches. He has the
physique. therefore, to stand the strain
Of major league baseball He has been
developed By Dr. Frank J. Sexton,
Browns successful graduate coach and
will begin his professional career with
as much promise as any player taken
from college team.
In his four years at Brown Nourse
has not won all his games by any means
but during his four campaigns against
college teams not more than six hits
ever have been made of him in any
game, and the games he has lost have
been by small ans very close scores,
This season, for instance, be lost four
Of the nine games he pitched, Princeton
beat Brown 3 TO 2, making only five
hits. and later won a to game in
which q made only four hits of Nourse.
Williams beat Brown S TO on only two
safe hits, and Yale in beating Brown &
to ! got only five hits.
Nourse has pitched winning games
against Yale. Holy Cross and Penn.
State this year, besides beating Har-
yard twice. April 10 when Brown beat
Penn. State To 4, the 0uakers made
four hits off Nourse. May 5 he beat
Yale 4 10 2, the New Haven team max
ing only two hits, and May is, when
Brown beat Holy Cross also 4 10 2, the
Worcester college boys made three hits
May 10 Nourse shut Harvard out to
o, only two singles being made of him,
and in the second game he again beat
Harvard, this time to ?, the Cam
bridge batters making six hits.
Nourse Is regarded as a better man
than either Taft OF Lynch, both Of
whom had remarkable college records
under Sexton. Nourse's style of deliv-
cry Is free and natural, and he has an
underhand and cross fire az effective as
his overland. His speed Is remarkable
for college pitcher, his overland ball
having a nasty break. His assortment
OF curves Is good, and what has APP
pealed to manager Lake has been his
steadiness. control and all-round sta
bility. In his college games a deceptive
change Of pace has been Of great value
to the young pitcher.
Nourse Is graduated this year from
Brown, where he has been q student 81
high rank in the engineering department
this spring having taken honors in tho
senior engineering society. He Is very
popular, and Dr. Sexton believes he will
not only make good with the Red Sox,
but Is the sort OF fellow that viii fit
nicely with manager Lakes youngsters,
now being developed. Nourse Is a fair
hitter only, but fields his position splen-
didly, although having d tendency tow
ard earelessness in throwing to bases.
With Nourse viii come Capt. Ray
mond Of this years Brown team. Ray
mond has caught Nourse ut college and
will Join the Red Sox for a tryout Ray
mond IL a good backstop, there being
whether he or Ned Curfier Of
Harvard is the better. Raymond, how
ever. ii more phlegmatic than Currier,
and II better hitter
Both players are expected TO report
to manager Lake Thursday or Friday,
and Nourse Is likely to get his first try
out in one Of the Philadelphia or New
York games.