The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-02
EASTERN LEAGUE.
GAMES TODAY.
Montreal at Worcester; Syracuse at
Providence; Rochester at Springfield ;
Toronto at Hartford

1t was Dewey day and Mr.. Dooley
couldn't let the day dedicated to
SCousin George" bring defeat to him,
He didn't do thing to the Worcesters.
He tore big holes in them and sank
every hope they had, and didn't lose a
man at that,
Manager Leonard can blame nobody
but himself for the loss of yesterdays
ball game at the oval to Montreal. Had
he shown sufficient forethought he
would have provided the Worcester
players with baskets, so they could field
the balls which wera hit to them by
Montreal batsmen, And it wouldn't
have done any harm to get large fun
mel pointed over the plate and let Viau
throw the ball into 1t. He might have
made some of the batters hit the ball
instead of giving them first without a
struggle.
Capt. Bowman neglected to wind up
the alarm clock, and while he slept
over time Scheibeck ran all the way
home from second base. 1t was a beau
tiful game-the other way. In one inn
ing alone Montreal made as many runs
as the Worcester team got together in
:
would have done the spectators a ia
Vor if he played the seventh inning
first and ended the game quick.
There wasn't any coating on the pill
which was given Worcester to swallow
yesterday. And the bad taste fingers in
the mouth yet. The Worcester men
thought they had what is sometimes
referred to as a lead pipe cinch, but
they neglected to clinch it, and Mon
treal drove it back from the other side.
Worcesters saved only one thing from
the wreck. 1t was their batting honor.
They outclassed the MOntreals with
the stick and outclassed them well, but
1t didn't look that way. The Montreals
fielded so sharply that the Worcestcrs
had to bat in nearly all their runs En-
cept the second inning, the Montrcals
weren't giving anything away in the
shape of runs unless they were torn
from them. On the other hand, the
Worcesters couldn't tumble over each
other fast enough to present the cham
pions with opportunities to get runs.
Mr. Viau, the slab artist, was effective
save in one inning, but Mr.. Viau need
ed feelers to locate the rubber several
times during the game And the worst
of it was that at just those times the
good stickers of the Montreals headed
the ball Mr.. Viau threw up, the other
way.
1t was not the fault Of the pitcher
that the game was lost, although he
contributed his share. The usually re-
liable Rickert dropped hard fly and
Wilder muffed an easy one in the fatal
seventh. Had they held the ball, Mon
treal would not have scored more than
a single run, for which Viau alone
would be responsible. Another chance
was offered Harrington to make dou-
BILE play, but he fumbled, and then the
ba
hitter, sent a screamer out for three
bags. About that time Bowman fell
asleep at first. Scheibeck was at sec
ong and Bannon at first, Bransfield
caught BannOn playing off many yards.
He threw to Bowman. Scheibeck' ran
to third and kept running. Bowman
went into trance and woke up to the
realization that there is such a base
as home. after Schiebeck had scored
and the crowd was giving him the
Merry ha-ha."
The WOrcesters invited several ladies
to see them play. They were the chorus
girls of the De Wolf Hopper Company.
Some were young yesterday and some
were young once. They took a lively
interest in the game and were happy
when Bannon was hit by the ball,
thinking he was out. One of them re-
marked that she was surprised the bali
could Withstand such batting.
The game started off well, and il
looked Worcester for several innings
The champions were sent to bat first
and went out on three pitched balls
Worcester got man to second, and the
first inning ended in a tie with nc
chance for a prediction. Kuhns played
the entire second inning for WOrces-
ter, throwing three men out. But Mon
treaI scored a run between times. ViaU
lost the bearings Of the plate and sent
Henry to his base. Felix hit a ground
er straight to Smith. As he stopped
the ball hit one of the $4,000 humps il
the diamond and Henry stood on the
third sack. Viau was only a year be.
hind on a motion to throw to first, anC
Henry walked in on the balk.
Worcester scored two in it's half
Bowman was thrown out at second OF
Bransfield's grOunder to Souder, giving
Bransfield a life. The second bai
wasn't nailed, and Bransffeld stole it
Johnson was kind enough to tumble
and Smith got first, Bransfeld scoring
Viau hit safely and Mr.. DoOley wa
bowlegged when Kuhns hit one through
him. Smith trotted home. Two runs.