Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 213, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 September 1916 — PROVIDENCE HAD STAR TEAM [ARTICLE]

PROVIDENCE HAD STAR TEAM

Won Twenty Consecutive Games in 1884—Charley Radbourne Pitched in Eighteen Contests. The Providence team of 1884 won 2C straight games, hearting the recent winning streak of the Giants by three games. Charley Radbourne pitched in 18 of the 20 contests. The Providence dub that season numbered, in addition to the mighty Radbourne, such players as Bancroft, Lovett, Farrell, Start, Dally, Irwin. Crane, Radford, Murray, Carroll, Denny, Bassett and Gilligan. The Chicago club that was overthrown four times in the Providence sweep had such stars as Anson, Pfeffer, Williamson, Burns, Dalrymple, Kelly, Gore, Billy Sunday and Silver Flint — a wonderful organization. .