The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-03
LAKESIDES WIN.
Exciting Ball Game
in the Rain at
the Oval.
WIRE men PLAY A FAST GAME.
Very Allowed But Three
Hits in Nine
Innings.


the Lakeside score separated the boat
club team at the finish of its annual
game with the Washburn & Moen team
at the oval yesterday.
For five innings the Lakesides coaxed
the wire workers, and then firing from
slides through the slime which covered
the diamond, the boat club boys went
to pieces, and when they came to
bat for the last half of the ninth in
ming the score was 6 to against them.
Kendall lined out a hot grounder,
which rolled through Powers. On
Sparrow's hit to right field Kendall
went out at second Sparrow pranced
UP and down the base line, and on
Poets throw to Robinson reached sec
ond.
Gordon's bat tickled one of Poets
twisters, but the bah rolled down the
line towards first base. Gordon think
ing it foul, stood at the plate, gazing
in air, and was an easy out at first.
Denny was waiter and walked on
four balls. Kelly cracked the first ball
pitched towards third base, and O'Toole
made the hit good by juggling the ball,
winning runs. across the plate.
When Umpire Barber walked from
the grandstand to the center of the dia-
mond for the opening inning the rain
was falling in dreary drizzles. Lewis
sized up Very and waited for slow
one, which he laced to Kelly, who was
too wet to throw the ball to first. The
Washburn & Moen rooters then began
the horn chorus; and when Frederick
90 in he oh
by one of the old Lyceum twirler's fast
ones, the noise increased to a din. The
next three men were easy outs, and the
Lakesides went to bat with high hopes
Kendall got base on balls and stole
second. Sparrow hit a grounder to
Powers and was an easy out at first
On Lewis error Gordon landed on first,
and Kendall scored, Denny struck out.
and on the return to O'Toole Sparrow
reached third. Kelly went to first on
dropped third strike, and on Broder-
lckS throw to catch him mapping Spar
row came home. Caldwell hit a hot one
to O'Toole and was retired at first.
There was nc scoring in either half
of the second, but in the third. after two
men were out Sparrow scored on Cor
dons hit to short left field. In the
fourth inning, the Lakesides landed on
O'Toole for keeps, and Peet went into
the box for Washburn & Moen At the
beginning of the sixth, the score stood
LakeSides s., Washburn & Moen O.
Broderick scored Lewis, who had
reached first on balls, by two Dagger
TO center field, and on errors by Gordon
and Denny, got to third. He scored
when Whitney lined out a hit to right
field
The rain was now falling in floods
andyshe half hundred spectators in the
graHdst3nd, Chilled to the marrowbon
called5fof the umpire to stop the game
but the merry whirl of drenched play
ers trying to run bases and field, con-
tinued. In the eighth. Peet pitched fine
ball and retired three batsmen on
strikes. In the Washburn & Moen
teams half of the ninth, Ward struck
out. Stone started a grounder rolling to
Denny and was dead at first. A band of
the faithful ones composed of a dozen
youthful rooters, marched cut on the
lines and tried to get Very started on
trip into the air. O'Toole tried a Joe
Harrington trick in selecting bat, and
stepped to the plate full Of confidence.
He covered himself with mud on his
slide TO first after Gordon had juggled
his weak hit along the third base line,
and was safe
The kids told Very he was "worser
dan no use, and the foxy pitcher gave
Lewis alife. Broderick beat out a groun-
der TO first, and strolled down the base
lines. Very threw to Sparrow, and the
ball sailed over the first baseman' S
head OgEoole and Lewis scoring. Bro6-
erick was caught mapping off second,
and the Lakesides came to the bat
needing one rua to tie and two to win.
AT the close of the game the Lakesides
marched intriumph to the clubhouse at
the lake; and last night the victory was
celebrated in royal style.
The game was remarkably. well
played, considering the fearful Weather
and ground conditions Good pitching
seemed almost impossible, but time and
again Very showed himself a cool chap
under adverse conditions. Powers made
two back running catches, and Rice got
in circus catch. The umpire had an
unenviable position, but escaped abuse.
The score: