The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-02
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sG MAJ Is d prSply ngnt Boston and
Baltimore are waging for the cham
pionship and the penaant. The league
race, so far as championship honors
are concerned, has practically dwin-
died down to a repetition CT last year
a4 contest. And all eyes are upon Selee's
q and Hanlon's men as they are now
brushing down the stretch to the wire
The rest Of the teams, with possibly
two or three exceptions, are perma-
nently entrenched in their resp Aive,
positions. Chicago and Philadelphia
seem to be the only clubs really likely
TO Improve their positions. Cleveland's
trials at home are apparently having
their effects upon the players, as re-
suit Of which Tom Burns orphans may
move up above Patsy Tebeau's wan
derers. Discussion and jealousies in
Freedman s. team have cost the Giants
many games and with tile sort of ball
the Quakers are. now putting up, it
would not be surprising if they went
by the New Yorks. Louisville has a
fighting chance to wiggle into eighth
place. l
The prevailing opinion seems to be
that Boston will win. But she mustn't
make any wobbles or even mistakes
from now on, down to the wire. Balti-
more has, blood in her eye, and has
the faculty of making Il great finish.
And that $4,000 bonus that the Oriole
players will divide among themselves
In case of victory is of course, addf-,
tional incentive The element. of luck,
as In every branch Of athletici sport,
enters as prominent factor In the
championship settlement. There are
two more weeks Of the season. and
Boston and Baltimore have six games
to settle between themselves, three on
The Bean Eaters grounds and three at
Baltimore. 1T may be that 1t will de>s
pend upon these games to settle the
controversy. Let Baltimore win a ma
jority Of them and the Monumental
City's chances for success will. be
greatly enhanced. The Cincinnatis,
the dangerous team Of a month ago,
are hopelessly out of the running.
A Western League franchise was in
the market last week. but it was not
for sale long before those who preside
over the destinies of the great game
in Buffalo had purchased the franchise
and its accompanying privileges. This
past season Buffalo was in the Eastern
League but as the city had so little in
common with many other places in
the circuit, change was deemed adj
visable. With Buffalo out a vacancy
exists in President Pat Powers or
ganization once again. Thus it would
not be all surprising If, in the course
of a few weeks or months, Worcester
cranks indulged in another instalment
of talk regarding the prospects of get
ing into, Eastern League company. 1t
is an old, old theme-this plan of gain
ing admission to the Eastern. Worces-
ter may eventually find herself COM
fortably .ensconsed in a league with
Providence, Springfield perhaps, in
fact, the Eastern League-but it can
never be brought about until the base.
ball forces Of the city get together and
form some sort Of a local organization.
This must be done before rather than
after a franchise is secured.
Mr.. Charles (Kid) Mccoy, the gen
tleman, forgot the gentleman part of
the game last week, when he resorted
to conduct that would have caused him
to be mobbed had he been guilty Of the
same kind Of work down in the Bow
cry. Whatever may have been Nc
Coy's provocation, there can be no ex-
cuse for kicking his opponent. In the
game of pugilism, kicking has always
been barred, and the man who resorts
to that sort of tactics always incurs
the hatred of the sporting public The
kicker in pugilism is no gentleman; he
is looked upon as thug, and rightly
The end of that incident in the Gilsey
House lobby is not yet Mccoy and
Corbett will meet somewhere yet In
fact, it would not be at all surprising
if Jim went out looking for the Kid
And if, perchance, Jim sees the. KID,
before the kid; sees Jim, there will
be trouble and lots of it. This is an
instance Of the truth of the saying:
He who fights and runs away will
live to fight another day." "a
1t will be interesting to note Just
what effect last weeks incident has
: irIva 10 fob i.
awaits with equal interest some de-
finite announcement regarding the pull
ing off the contest The usual anti
fight talk and bragadosio that have SO
often tired the people while the preli-
minarieS of matchmaking were in prog
ress, were notsa feature in the arrange
ments for the meeting of the two men.
The articles OF agreement were signed
in a busineSs-lil5e manner and the
sporting public had reason to hope that
subsequent details might be carried out
with the same expedition. But this
time the talk and the buster has all
come after the men were matched
The place of meeting has been the bone
of contention. Once arranged for Buff
falo, it soon became apparent that the
Bison City was unwilling to sanction
the contSet. Places in Ohio and In
diana were mentioned, but the gov
0fnors of those states promptly issued
manifestoes in which they stated that
under mo- consideration would they al
low the mill to be pulled off in territory
came under their Jurisdiction. a
Subsequently an offer was received
from one of the many athletic organic
ations in far-off California. The men
Of the Pacific slope were willing to in
sure accommodations and satisfactory
arrangements generally. But this pro-
position, too, amounted to nothing
Just at present we are told that the
Hawthorne Club win probably bring
the men together down In Carson City,
in the same arena as Corbett and Fitz-
simmons battled a couple of years ago.
The city of Allegheny, too, is said to be
after the fight, and, strangely enough,
the chief of police of that staid old
Quaker city has said that Corbett and
Mccoy can meet there, but the condi-
lions he imposes makes Allegheny prac-
tically out of the question. He is will.
ing to have the men spar for a, limited
number Of rounds, but is unwilling that
theysshould meet in a finish fight. And
thus thesmatter stands at present. The
man who can really tell whether or not
theaigflt will ever take place Is a
wizard, and his superior is to be found
only. In him who can tell where the
men will meet. Sss aya
Truly, Major Taylor has been between
two fires. The long promised split be-
tween the racing board and some Of tne
leading professional riders has been the
cause of aTaylors Unrest of mind. Like
so many other of the riders he has been
undecided whether to cast fortune with
the rebels or remain loyal to the league
and the racing board. Considerations
have entered into Taylor's case that the
other men do not have to experience
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