The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-21

The croaker who continues in de-
fance of the most radical proofs, to-
maintain that the Worcesters cannot
play good ball, may now hide his
shrunken head at once and forever.
It is doubtful if more perfect throw
ing, lively hustling or all-around team
work was ever put up even on National
League diamonds, and as for Toronto,
they simply gazed, awe-struck, bewil-
dered. And didn't the fans revel?
Well!
When the first four batters in an in
ming make hits, and that team is re-
tired without run, and with but t1Ve
men at bat-thats ball playing. That
was just one instance of what happened
yesterday, and the playing was equal
ly brilliant all through.
Yeager and Rickert were perhaps the
particular luminaries. The Bostonian's
throwing was as swift and deadly as
the aim of a Dewey gunner, and the
Torontos chung to their bases as tight
ly as does Russell Sage to a nickel.
He knew just what to do and when
to do it, and to his ready grasp of af-
fairs the nine owes it's release from
it's most dangerous situation. Rickert,
too, did magnificent work, throwing out
Bannon and Rothfuss at second on hits
that had every license to be tWo-bag-
gers, and holding a runner on third by
a perfect return of a fly ball from deep
left
When the rain stopped, the game in
the sixth inning, the 500 fans heaVed a
general sigh of relief Notwithstanding
the phenomenal work of their favorites,
for Toronto was pounding Lampe I'M
mercifully and it might have been only
a question of time when the defense of
the home team would break down.
Had the shower but held off a few
minutes longer, though, it would have
helped Worcester's score sheet, for
when the game was called, Rickert had
knocked a clean home run, and Har-
rington and Lampe stood on second and
first, with Leach at the bat and one
out
Toronto made II hits in her five in
nings, and by dint of three-bagger,
succeeded in landing one tally. In the
first, with one out, Wagner and Gray
hit safely, only to be thrown out beau
tifully by Yeager at second. In the
next came one Of the hair-raising plays.
Smith flied to Rickert Williams drew
base and went to third on Beaumont's 81
hit Roat hit hard to Lampe, who
threw to Yeager, cutting off Williams
at home after a moments lodging;
then, like a flash, the catcher threw to
second, easily mailing Roat.
The Canadians got their solitary run
in the third on a three Dagger by
Brown, followed by Bannon's hit to
left. Everybody but Rickert thought 1t
was good for two bases, but the Wor-
cester fielder showed the superiority of
his judgment by catching Bannon a
yard from second by a marvellous
throw. Gray was first up for Toronto
in the fourth, and got four bad ones.
Smith sent him to third by hard
single to centre, but when the latter
tempted fate by diving for second, he
was an easy victim, Gray not daring
to move on Yeager's throw. Williams
hit to Lampe and forced Gray at home
and Beaumont's hit did no good, as
Kuhns got the next and put out VIII
liams on third, getting horribly spiked
for his pains.
The fifth inning was the most phe-
nomenal of all Rothfuss led off with
the first hit, and died at second like
Bannon, for undertaking Rickert. Then
the next three men put up singles.
They couldn't get but one base apiece
on them, and the bases were full. Gray
hit long fly to left, but like shot the