The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-30
FOURTEEN--FOUR.
Charley Cancels Men
Swallow Bitter
Medicine.
WEDSTER'S SPLENDID VICTORY.
Clinton Boy Covers Him
self With Glory at Bag
Number Two.
WEBSTER'S SPLENDID VICTORY.

Webster, July 29.-When at last the
agony was over on Beacon park grounds
the famous Carriers of Franklin were
buried deep under the sod. 1t was a
fierce slaughter on the part of the
Webster team. and only demonstrates
what Webster is going to do to Wor-
cester when she comes here. Webster
won by a score of 10 to A.
The game started in little shaky
for Webster fans, but the local sup
porters never threw up the sponge, and
gamely continued to back their team,
They back them to standstill. Not
many came from Franklin, but there
were few from East Douglas and
Southbridge, who pinned their faith on
the Carriers only to lose.
The first couple of innings looked bad
for Webster, and the fans were having
little fun at their expense, but it all
ended at the start of the third inning
The locals were only fooling, and then
they settled down to business. After
that they didn't do thing to Charlie
Cancels crack team.
The local club batted Morse, who has
been pitching good ball this season,
all over the lot. They had Cancels
fielders chasing the ball all over the
diamond. 1t was merry sport for the
Websters, but tiresome for the Carriers.
In the seventh inning Webster had Sc
cured II hits with a total of 20 off
Morse before he retired. Deininger
pitched the last two innings, and only
three singles were gotten off him. AS
the balls sailed out in the field The
Carriers fairly ground their teeth in
humiliation, and from the press bench
it looked as if Captain Camel was
mad clean through, to judge by his
actions and the expression of his face
at times. But one consolation, Mr.. Gan
| eel, they all fall before Webster. When
| he came to the bat the first time he
was applauded.
The stars of the game were Shea,
O'Brien, Sullivan and Merritt In
fact, they really shone. The work OF
| Tommy Sanders in the box was very
good, and he held the crack visitors
down to seven hits. He pitched his
usual crafty game.
| Sholta's place on second was more
| than filled by O'Brien, the Clinton boy
He will be played steady with Web
| ster. He figured in two quick double
plays, and accepted II chances without
/ dn error, anu dlSO gu 81 bWO-DcSSoCAi
| The local fans are much more pleased
with his work than they were with
Sholta. Sholta, however, is playing
good ball with Portland, although Wor-
| cester gave him the sack after only hall
a trial.
Although Frank Shea is credited witt
| a couple of errors, they did not nave
any effect on the score, and he played
a corking good game, being most re.
| sponsible for the victory. He started
the hitting and kept it up, as well as
| did those that followed him.
| Sullivan on short made a couple OF
pretty catches, and in one instance
robbed Fox of base hit that seemed
| dead sure for the batter, drumming way
out in left field and pulling it in with
one hand Carney the new left fielder
made pretty catch. Merritt, as usual
kept the crowd agoing by his clever
| backstop work.
The visitors had evidently deter
mined to win the game if possible. and
| they secured Nelson and Wilder OF
East Douglas for the day. Nelson
caught a good game. Tommy Reilly,
the regular left fielder and Linnehap
of Holy Cross, played the Webster
bench.
The appended score shows just how
the slaughter was executed and how
easy it was. The result of today's game
has made the fans still more anxious
| to play the Worcesters or some other
| fast league team: