The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-20
SPORTING NOTES.
Catchy Briefs Caught From All Quarters
of the Country.

of the Country
intercollegiate games at the oval
Worcester Gun Club shoot today.
Yale is playing great ball these days.
Most any old team can defeat Amherst
this year
Lajoie has not made an error in the
last 20 games.
They may be able to tie us, but they
can't beat us.
The St. Louis team has been dubbed
THE Foundlings."
The Fttzsimmon-J effries mill is slated
to come off June 9.
College yells will resound on the west
side of the lake today
A bicycle track will probably be built
within the new track at Greendale.
Wilder says he has no kick coming. 1t
isn't every player who is as honest.
1t looks as if Worcester has passed its
dangerous spell and is in the race to stay
Several teams think they have a good
chance for first place in the games to-
day.
Joe Harrington will have to hit the
ball in good shape to hold up his end with
the team.
Knowing ones predict that 20 points
will win first at the oval today, so even
are the teams matched.
Yeager of the Farmers is second In
batting in the Eastern League. Charlie
Crate leads the stickers.
Worcester Agricultural Society has
voted for race track. Now let's have
mile track and be in the game.
1t isn't wise to make predictions, as
good things often go wrong. College men
know this from experience of the past.
Mr.. Jacklitz he of the strong arm and
long hits, is in center for Montreal but
no hits are credited to him off Viau.
President Freedman has not up to date
witnessed a game in which the New
York club has figured. Who can blame
him?
Yeager caught his second game of the
season yesterday. Bransfield went to
right field and gathered in three high
ones.
Joe Harrington has evidently struck his
gait. Two hits and seven chances accept
ed without an error marked his work
yesterday.
only one of them got more than one hit.
Likewise but one hit was for better
than one base.
It's IN to Felix and Souders, Montreal
pitchers, to get a size larger caps. They
have been stumbling blocks in the Wor-
cesters' batting line.
The Spy called the turn on the race
track question. Now everybody is Won
dering how the news leaked from COM
mittee sworn to secrecy.
Frisbee of Worcester is undoubtedly
the star outfielder of the league. He is
also hitting the ball at a $50 clip.-Hart-
ford Post. You are just right, brother
Benton M, 2:10, has not yet joined John
Kervick's string. He will be, put into
training probably next week. Ezra Mar
BILE meanwhile is jogging him on the
road.
Few pitchers have done better than
viau did against Montreal. Two bases
IN balls and allowing only seven hits in
should enough
nybody.
The Worcesters are piling up work for
themselves later. Two postponed games
with Toronto and two tie games with
Montreal are laid up for settlement on
off days.
Boston will have a great portion of its
games at home during the latter part
of the season. By July the champions
will have played IS of their 80 Eastern
away-from home games
The quail liberated a few weeks ago by
Worcester Game Protective Association
are daily being seen near the city. II a
good nesting season comes this way there
should be some grand shooting next fall.
Sportsmen are fiocking to the Maine
lakes for the quality of trout fishing not
to be found elsewhere in the country. And
Worcester is sending her quota in due
and ancient order
The Harvard freshman crew has been
picked and Worcester Academy is rep
resented in Dave Campbell and Goodell
at and seats. This fact win add great
er interest TO the race with Worcester
high, May q.
'sWhy does he make all those motions
with his arm before he pitches the ball?'
Those are signals to the catcher. The
two men always work in concert Dear
mel Is that the concert pitch I've heard
about so often?"-Chicago Tribune.
worcester is not yet off the racing
track Horsemen always did come to this
city and wait until we get mile ring;
Wen show Rigby and Charter OAK ana
Readville just as we taught the half
mile rings how to do business properly.
Worcester Driving Park Company has
committee in existence empowered to
look up a site for race track ana re-
port cost. The committee is immensely
relieved by yesterdays action of the Ag-
ricultural society and when it submits
its report viii favor the leasing Of the
new Greendale fair grounds track.
Him Corbett who saw the Rrooklyns
defeat the Philadelphia team on Nom
day, is such an admirer of the Trolley
Dodgers that he has bet Honest John
Kelley $500 to $500 that the Dodgers viii
win the pennant this season. Can't. Kel-
ley of the Brooklyn club assured Corbett
on Monday that his club was out for the
pennant and will come very near winning
Business Manager Bancroft thinks
that for its size. Pittsburg is the greatest
base ball city in the country. Il know
of no other city in the country" said
Bancroft, ''in which the public will stand
for the loss of three games in succession
and still turn out such fine crowds AS
rule, the public quits a team that is
| losing, but here they seem TO stick to
the boys nicely. The newspapers are
doing the right thing by the team this
year. and this no doubt has much to do
with keeping up the spirits of the en-
thusiasts and bringing them to the
games
MINOR GAMES.
At Richmond, va.-Richmond s; Wilkes
| barre 3.