The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-01
SPORTING NOTES.

Club
Prospects Of carni7cross match race
are small. Y
Worcester sportsmans Club thinks it
sees breakers ahead
The annual fall crop of long distance
bicycle records is about due.
Carni has been matched to ride McKer-
nan at oxford in the near future.
| Entries for the Associated Cycle clubs
meet Labor day at Gardner still come in.
The Carni- Brown match race is sharing
lhonors with the McLaughlin-Ho Holland race.
The local temperance athletes are hard
at work training for the Westfeld races
Labor day.
The McLaughlin-Holla race has a
foregone conclusion to some of the sport
| ing fraternity.
| The pursuit team race at the Gardner
races of the Associated Cycle clubs is the
drawing card of the days events.
All the local riders are fast getting into
shape for the grand climax of the sea-
sons work at Gardner Labor day.
The knowing. ones look 70 Jimmy Casey
for a winner in the fve-mile pursuit at
the oval with Major Taylor Sept. s.
I an lieu of seeing the game, the rooters
/ are assembling in hundreds around The
Spy bulletin board these days to watch
for the returns.
| The loss of the pennant means the loss
| of $1,000 to the Toronto players the man
lagement having offered that purse for
| team of pennant winners.
| The Charter Oak races are having bet
ter trotting weather than Readvile The
horses appear to.be going about fast
1t is now reported that Buffalo has Sc
cured Frank Bonner, the Worcester boy,
recently released by Washington, to make
room for Stafford, to scover second base.
| Murray's Providence team has been up
| and down the ladder in the Eastern
| league race The team on the field acts
like better than a seventh place perform
err
There will be a surfeit of bicycle races
at the close of the season, with the Asso-
ciated Cycle clubs meet at Gardner La
, Dor day and the Casey Bros meet at tfo
oval Sept. 5.
Kilburn Adams and the "A IL Off
Gals are being roundly scored for with
| drawing the Fitchburg Y M G. l.. Labor
day sanction. Fair-minded Boston sports
| say it is raw deal
The fact that e. S. Pierces PAGER, I'm
| Gle Tom is wearing new pair of elbow
| boots is conspicuously announced in a
| Worcester. paper. He was shod recently,
| too. Here's more news.
Pitcher ,NaIafkeyy formerly With Syra-'
cuse. but sold to Utica, is booked to play
with Chicago That club has offered $1,000
| for the veteran Eastern Lacquer and the
terms have been accepted.
! With the infusion of new blood into the
new w. A. G. and the cutting out of the
deadwood that saDped the life of the old
organization, there are prospects of anna
teur sport being hoomed in this city.
Jimmy Michael is figuring in lawsuit
| at the beginning of his turf career. 1t
appears that the midget gave a check for
$1,000 for four world beaters and never saw
the horses. Now Michael wants his pres
ents back.
Patsey Sweeney has been forced to take
a rest: Since Sweeney made Lawler look
like 80 cents at Hartford, he has been
uTn ri ind iLrn
is no longer his manager, and Patsey will
go it alone for a while.
Up To- Monday Williams. Mike Sulli-
vans protege in the big league, played Ill
fielding average of s07 If Tip"
! O'Neill pans out as well, Mike will get
! job scouting for corners.
Tod Sloan appears to have just struck
his winning gait in England. His friend,
Eddie Bald, of bicycle fame. who went
across the water with the jockey, and
| who Is his constant companion, must be
the mascot of the outfit.
Kelley, the new Eastern League UNI
pre- has had a few years of experience
| in the New England League. Toby Ly-
ons was offered the berth by Pat Powers,
Ibut Toby has roller polo schemes on hand
! in Newburyport, and would not accept.
Z After a courtship of 10 years, AL Maui
the veteran league, pitcher, was recently
fpnarrfed. Maui shut out the Phillies, to
70, and the marriage took place, Maui hav-
4 ing OBTAINED the young woman consent
on wager that he would perform the
4 feat.
Every fast player in the Eastern League
has been reported as booked for the big
ileague next year. That means that they
will be signed for next season in present
/ company before the close of the Eastern
League base ball year. Ball players are
| shrewd.
The Labor day regatta on the Charles
river Will be select affair. Only few
4 Boston aspirants for honors in the she'll
have entered. Maybe the Quinsigamond
/ regatta managers will not smoker, but If
| they do not 1t viii not be because they
have no opportunity.
The games in the Blackstone Valley
| League Saturday will be big county
drawing cards. Uxbridge at Grafton and
Millbury at Rockdale. is the schedule, The
MHlbury sports are betting on the team.
to down Rockdale, Grafton to win from
the leaders. If all this happens. MilTbufy
will have einch on the pennant.
The Sunnyside Stars defeated the
would-be champion West End Juniors
baseball team on Bliss field Thursday
Il morning by score of 13 to TO-, The feat
ures~of the game were the kicking of the
and the pitching. of smalley. The Stars
II want a game Saturday morning at 9
4 O'Clock on Bliss field.
4 Frisbee, Worcester's centre fielder who
i played a short engagement with Boston.
Is afflicted with an attack of "swelled
Il head. !" He could not see one fly ball that
was batted in HIS direction, owing TO the
fact that. his chest obscured his view
Il Toronto Globe. The wise scribe who wrote
i that must have bad things In his bonnet.
4 Why. there's Jimmy Bannon Who once
played with Boston, and has been getting
hts meal ticket from Toronto on the
strength of 1t ever since. Frisbee Is one
of the hardest workers andNis troubled
with swelied head less than any outfielder
or player In the league.
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