The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-20
THEIR FIRST GAME
Worcester Crosses
Bats With North
Attleboro.
A STRONG TEAM.
Local Fans Delighted Will
Their Representation
On the Diamond.

About 5000 eager fans took advantage
of the holiday yesterday, and went to
the oval to form their impressions of
the team which is to represent Wor-
cester this season in the Eastern
league. Taking into consideration the
chill raw air and the fact that the nine
had been together but one day, the
consensus of opinion was decidedly ia
vorable, and the prophecies of the
knowing ones for a high place as the
summer were set down as having ex-
cellent foundation.
The team showed up well in batting,
scoring IA hits with a total Of 10, every
man except the pitchers having at least
one to his credit. Their only misplays
were wild throws, a fault which more
practice will readily correct. The vul-
nerable point seems likely to be found
In the pitching department, though
with the addition of Dad Clarke the
quartet ought to satisfactorily puzzle
the opposing batsmen Horton, Viau
and Lampe each faced the North Attle-
boros for three innings, Viau suffering
to the extent of three hits and an
earned run, Lampe two scattered sin
giles, while the only man of Horton s
opponents to see first, got there on four
balls.
Lampe, the southpaw twfrler, is tall
and lanky. He delivers the ball with
few preliminary motions, shooting it
suddenly from his left shoulder like a
catapult. He was worked for a balk
yesterday advancing two base runners,
but generally seems the least inclined
to rattles of the trio. Viau IS shorter,
fatter and more mercurial but Horton
has all the gyratiOns of a jumping jack
in his delivery He is the speediest
of the pitchers and yesterday was the
widest, keeping Bransfield on the jump
continually.
Despite his two errors, Kuhns won a
prominent place in the esteem of the
crowd. He is as lively as a cricket. is a
splendid base runner and has a pen
chant for gobbling in difficult ground
ers with one hand. 1t was after a hard
run and one of these scoops that one of
MS bad throws was made Smith, at
short, is a conscientious. reliable play
er, and is also a wonder on the bases.
He kept the opposing catcher guessing
all the time, and on one occasion fooled
him badly. Yeager put up an excellent
game at first, and Harrington a. fair
one at second. These two hit hard and
squarely and showed the best batting
form ON the team. Harrington is acting
as temporary captain.
Branstield will of course, be a. prime
taVorite, as the only man on the team
who calls Worcester his home. He
caught beautiful game, holding each
pitcher firmly, though for a single in
ming Horizons great speed made this a
hard thing to do, His throwing was
superb, and twice he threw men out ON
bases with another hugging third, not
caring TO come in. The outffeld Rick
PERT, F'rtsbie and Wilder, appear perfect
ly competent to take care Of eyervthine
that comes their way Frisbie is an
other star base runner and with Smith
ana huhns, is likely to do considerable
purIOlnlng this season. Rickert GOT
most OF the chances in the field yester-
day though only one was a. hard one
long foul fly that ended the game.
ms style OF taking in ball strongly
resembles that of old Joe" Hornung,
Notwithstanding the score, u to 2.
the game was not at all uninteresting.
North Attleboro has several good men.
notably her shortstop, Ferris, and for
f1Ve innings the result was by no means
certain. North Attleboro went first TO
the bat. but did not score until the
Fourth inning, when a double and two
singles, after Viau had struck two men
out, brought Clarkson across the plate.
In the seventh, Sherman got a base on
balls, and scored on a sacrifice and a
fly out. This was all the runs that fell
to that teams share, though several
times they had men on third, and once
the bases filled.
Worcester started off for business at
the outset, Kuhns hitting the first ball
pitched for a base. Rickert forced him
at second, stole second and third, and
tailed on Harrington's two-bagger.
The locals tucked in another in the sec
ond on single by Smith, a steal and
double by Bransfeld and still an
other in the third on a free pass to
F'risbie and Yeagers double. They
We're BANKED in the fourth, but a base
on balls and a single aided by good
base running scored Kuhns in the next.
Worcester clinched the game and
stopped the interest, so far as uncer-
tainty was concerned, by six runs in
the sixth, on two singles, two doubles
and three errors; and improved the
score still more in the eighth to the ex-
tent of two additional, through hits by
Kuhns and Yeager, a muffled fly and a
base on balls. Bacon clinched matters
by hitting Smith, forcing in a run. The
score:
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