The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-31

me sun was shining fair and bright.
the Worceste-s tried with all their
might THAR playing. said a bleachsr.ts.
was rotten. The rival team was Provi-
dence. which smashed the bail against
The fence, ana banged the horsehids
full Of deEts-'twas awful The crowd
that jo-Aed them along. filled all the
stands, q happy throng. which was Al
least 5000 strong. and more. The Wor-
c=sters started in 10 win, but let the
Providences IT, and then their playing
was 2 s-r-gainst baseball. Too high
or low they threw the ball, with
speed enough 10 break a wall. and
where there was no man at all, they
threw H.
# the ball came on the fly. when TO
catch he made ny. the sphere would
wink the other eye-he'd drop il. II il
came along the ground, he could not
take i on the bound; instead had kick
the ball arourd-lIke foot bail. Their
paying was 3 sight 10 see and filed
Jhe crowd with misery. they weren't in
i, one, two. three-poor Fellows.
Providence was very good, acting as
ball players should, they kept az WORK
a-sawing wood, The Grays did. Now
and then they made & play, which If
done another way, would have made
the people say-'Tha-'s better" Their
work when taken as q whole, was done
SO well ii made the S1Ht Of every fan
sink II hole with sorrow. They toy
"a with NOrC=srz-s team, as nice as
full grown cats with little mice, or ha-
r1ns when they fix on ice. the figures.
On the slab stood Silver Braun. in
the middle Of the lawn, let no hopes 10
Worcester dawn. did Silver. As
toward the plate the horsehias
scared, il curved around, went UP OF
lowered. they couldn't hit il with a
board. the Farmers. They tried 70
smash il into bits, but only seven little
hits. it threw the grEudstand into ITS,
such hitting.
The Worcester twirlsr su-naued
Clark, at first was happy as lark.
but toward the close his brow was
dark. poor Daddy. The ball ne pitched il
was as big as false notes in dancing
Jig, and how those WOCcssters had TO
dig and chase il However, Clark was
not 10 blame. mis- pitching would have
Won the game. but Worcsstsr.s playing
was like fam-'t was yellow.
The reason for defeat is plain. the
team VIII never win again If il con-
Tinues such q strain Of guessvork.
Whater was pitched they couldn't hit
they couldn't field q little bit. in run
ming bases they were III were tagged
out.
One Mr.. Kuhns, who plays inhe.d. a
mighty throwing arm can WELD, 1or
throwing wild he wins The shield; he's
TOO strong. Though Ar. Carr IS very
high, he'd almost have 10 reach the
sky 10 get the ball that kuhns can
shy-no joking. But Mr.. kuhns was
- < .7--1a
moan, such errors they could not atone,
those Wlrcssters.
From inning one 70 inning five, the
teams were very much alive. and
neither many runs could hive, nor base
hits. IN innings Nos. and 8, the Wor-
ces-ers were q sight 10 see. and gave
The others Ial.ies three. 50 easy. When
the sixth had been begun, Worcester
hustled in q run. and il evened things
up some but not long. The G-ays, in
their half in q thrice. started in u
chis=l ice. and by bunting once or
twice they did il. Before the side was
al put OUT they got a lead, beyond q
doubt il was all over but the shout;
they cliuched il. The eighth was aw-
ful. "Euuy gee To think that any
team would be so quick 10 pile on ag-
ony and rub il. Four singles came
along SO fas- il didn't seem the ball
would last, and once a E-ounder s-rad-
died past our Frisbee. With TWO gray
shirted men retired. TWO others seemed
10 be inspired. and made the Worces-
TER feeders tired, from chasing. When
Worcester tried 10 lie the score. q man
got second. but no more; when Rickert
flied The game was q er: they lost IT,
No story writer. howe'er able. could
write the game; 'twould be a fable:
how twas done It's II This table. The
score.
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