The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-24

One last, long, lingering look, with
eyes filled with tears, the Worcesters
took at the pennant yesterday after
noon as the Rowdies from Rochester
bore it off in triumph from the oval
Some years ago there were times that
tried mems souls, but those times We're
as naught compared with yesterday.
There were $500 people watching the
Rowdies as they bore off the flag, and
every man felt as if he had received an
unexpected visit from his mother-in-
law. There was a large sized delega-
ton Of ladies among the spectators
and they felt even worse than the men.
There was a suspicion of tears in the
eyes of some Of them as they walked
out of the grounds, feeling worse than
II they lost their chewing gum
1t was the greatest game of the sea-
son in every respect. And it was
game that Worcester should have won.
If somebody had taken a club when the
Worcesters started for the grounds and
batted out Charlie Kuhns' brains so
that he wouldn't know anything except
work automatically, perhaps Worcester
would have tied the score and won out
But that necessary action wasn't per-
formed and Kuhns assisted Rochester
to win by thinking. If Kuhns hadn't
thought, everything might have been
lovely. He made a fatal mistake by
thinking. An idea worked its way into
his head that two men were out in the
last inning, when only one had been
retired and that idea was responsible
for Worcester losing a chance. Many
TIMES this season Kuhns has given evil
denee of being bullet proof against
ideas, but one found crack in the
armor yesterday and got within the
gates.
1t happened in this wise The ninth
inning was being played and the Wor-
cester We're at bat with the score three
to one against them. There was one out
and Kuhns on second and Lampe on
third the latter running for Yeager.
Frisbee hit a groUnder to Smith, on
which Lampe scored a tally for Yeager.
OF course, Kuhns went to third, the
play being made to first. After turning
third he headed toward the bench,
thinking the side was retired. He real
lied his mistake when O'Hagan lined
the ball back to Burke and tried to get
back. When he saw he could not he
went toward the plate. Burke chased
him and tagged him within two feet of
the rubber, and the game was over.
Rochester winning.
While that play directly lost Wor-
CeSter cnance TO tie, there were others
who might have helped along a little
Rickert was a bad offender He struck
out in the ninth inning when any
kind of a hit would have scored a run
and placed a man on third with only
one out. There were men on second
and third when he came up and no.
body out. Anything but a strike out
would have moved up the base runners.
But he couldn't connect.
Twas a hot contest. Worcester might
have won by doing little batting, blu,
Cy Bowen was too much for them. 1t
was heart breaking to see the Farmers
come up one after another and fail
to hit the ball safely Klopf was the
only exception for eight innings. He
scored two singles off Bowen, and those
were the only ones that the Worces-
tiers made. Bowen pitched remarkable
ball, swinging up a speedy shot which
completely dazzled the eyes Of the
Farmers. For eight innings not a man
of the home team saw second base. A
change for. the better came in the ninth
and It was dollars against the hole In
a doughnut the Worcesters would at
least tie the score. Three of the five
hits of the game were made in that
inning, and the three were made be-
fore Rochester got the first man out.
But when the game was over and
everybody looked back there was a
unanimous belief that Rochester de-
served the victory it won. While Mil