The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-05
LEAGUE PERCENTAGES.
EASTERN LEAGUE.
GAMES TODAY.

WON. LOST

Anybody who would want better
game than was played at the oval yes
terday would kick if he was playing
football. Again the Stars from SYRIA
\ cuse were the opponents of the team
that rejoices in the name of Farmers
in other cities of the league. Dad Clark
had his foot against the rubber for the
Worcesters, and when he got through
with the Stars, they looked like bunch
Of exploded sky-rockets. They showed
considerable improvement over their
first appearance, when the spectators
got the impression that lot Of under
studies were masquerading under the
name of the Stars. But their work
yesterday was good. They played ali
right, but they had more trouble than
a man has with his money.
Six little singles were all the Syla
cuse men could draw from tne bag
Some of them were so lucky that they
popped out before the Syracuse men
tried to get hold of them. Three came
in the eighth inning and the others
were scattered over eight innings.
There were times during the game
when a hit for Syracuse would be mor9
effective than circus rider against
paper hoop, but about that time Dad
Clark kept the ball so far out of reach
that they couldn't hit it with a fsh
pole.
It was Clark's initial appear ance in
a league game. His advent was eagerly
watched for by the fans, for Dads
maneuvers on the coaching lines have
endeared him to the crowds. They
wanted to see Dad pitch, and they
wanted to see him win They saw him
Yesterday. Nobody ever had a proper
conception of ball player at work, put
Dad gave as good an imitation yester-
day ais one would desire to look at. he
was as cool as a fellow who is daily
harrassed by creditors when none OF
his family are working, and it don't
trouble him to see Syracuse men dane
ing up and down the base line waiting
for a chance to chase home. Dad was
as unconcerned as if somebody asked
him up to have one.
Talk about hitting! Every time Ma
larkey got the ball back from the Held
he carefully examined it to see if it
wasn't fat The day previous ne wit
messed the slaughter of his friend Nc
Dermott and during his sleep had
troublesome visions of all sorts of fly
ing things Els vision was more pro-
phetic thah1the trance of any medium,
for it was realized to an absolute de-
gree Before he came out of it he felt
worse than country cousin does when
the city folks come down to spend the
summer. Not that Malarkey deserves
criticism. He is all right, and the mea-
surements can begin at the head and go
down. He was faster than any of the
{ chappies about town, and gathered
himself into such an indistlngulshaple
bunch that any batsman would have
TO look sharp to see from which cor
ner the bah would come. Against any
other teams Malarkey would have re-
s served f2seSltt but against such hitting
aggregatioh as the Worcesters he was
crowded back into the gallery, and the
best that can be said of him IS that ne
got away. with his life.
Clean, flee hitting alone won the
game for the Worcesters. They started
off like a crowd of hangers-on towards
free lunch counter, but they went
through the Stars like party of Am
erican Jackies through crowd of Kai-
ser Williams tars. Hit followed hit as
close as hacks at a funeral and fast
moving legs left streak Of maroon
around the base lines.
All the outset it looked as if things
were headed toward the Stars. But
the Worcesters threw out an anchor and
the balloon didn't go up.
Both teams played a good game in the
HelQ. 10 De sure there WSAC CiACL -
but they were a part of the game. On
the w Worcester side Frisbee usually so re-
liable, dropped an easy fly and Clark
gripped the ball too tightly once he
tried to throw. The ball struck the
ground three feet from him and a run
ner went up a notch. Maizena, made
8 two bad fumbles and Burke made one
but it didn't count
Clark was effective, but he was also
wild which was to be expected, as he
has practiced but little due to lack of
condition. He gave several bases on
balls and hit a few for luck and the
luck went to Syracuse That was the
way they got their runs. For Syracuse
runs came easier than a fakir makes
money, while the Worcester scores
rame harder than a tooth with four
teen roots. The batting and first base
play of Yeager was the feature of the
game. Stops and throws by Kuhns and
Smith were also conspicuous The
fielding of Burke was the most note