The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-07
is UP TO HICKMAN.
Webster Fans Lay De-
feat to Boston's
Pitcher.
SCORE OF COURSE WAS TIED.
But Had 1t Not Been for
the Homer Southbridge
Would Have Lost.

Webster, Aug. 6.-After securing the
New England states for ball players
that could play the game, going into
the New England and Eastern leagues,
the cities and country towns, and final
ly the National league. Southbridge
has not yet got even with Webster for
the way she trimmed them for all they
had on the Fourth.
Not even yesterday could they do it
with Hickman of the Bostons in the
box. and when the National league
twirler left the box, big George Ma
money stepped in, and later stepped out
again. They both got all that was COM
ing to them
So did Sanders, but why not when
the best stickers that could be pro
cured were up against him. but of the
three he pitched the best ball, and
even the Spec fans agreed to that.
The team that Southbridge put in
the field yesterday cost them about 5000.
They thought with Hickman of The
Bostons that they would win, hands
down Although neither side won, they
can credit the Boston man with tieing
the score, which saved them all kinds
of money
Hicxman's home run was kind of
scratchy and lucky one 1t came like
this. There was a man on second wnen
he came to bat. He famed a couple of
times. and in reaching out to connect
with one Of "Tommy's" slow outs, he
was not recovering very quick, and
taking advantage of this, Billy Merritt
signalled Sanders to pitch the ball
again quick and get the third strike on
q ha l,aH
self
Sanders threw a straight one right
over the plate, but the Boston man was
not caught mapping. He saw the bail
coming, and, knowing the trick, drew
back his bat and slammed at the ball
He luckily met it plumb, and it sailed
out In the river for a homer. Merritt
got caught a his own trick that time,
and had they not tried it, Webster
would have won the game. Sanders
works that trick right along, and usual
~ gets q strike out of it.
Hickman went in and pitched the first
I'VE Innings, and Webster hit him hard
The first time up Merritt hit for a two
Dagger. The start of the sixth Hickman
was pulled out and big Mahoney
stepped In. He stood it for three in
nings. Hickman was then sent in for
the last inning, but the game was
called by mutual consent of both man
ayers on account of darkness, after
over two ana one-half hours of play
1t was one of the longest games ever
Played, and had it been finished there's
no knowing what the time would have
been.
During the game when Sholta was on
the coach line for Webster, stones were
thrown at him repeatedly by the
crowd, He stood 1t until one Of them
struck him, when he got mad and tried
to find out the culprit, but was unable
to Carney came near getting it COM
ing from the grounds after the game.
good for leaving Southbridge for Web
ster and the crowd threatened to
thrash him until a Webster team came
along and drove him to the Dresser,
House.
Webb, the Boston umpire, will never
officiate at another Webster game. He
gave Webster the little end in quite a
number of decisions and had it not been
for some of his decisions which were
off color Southbridge would have new
er tied the score. Miah j. Murray is
the squarest man found so far this
season. None of the newspapers gave
the correct number of hits, and one
Boston paper would not credit Hickman
with pitching, and the reason, Webster
people think is because he got batted
so hard. The right number of hits was;
Southbridge Is, with a total of %, and
Webster, A. with a total of II. Proba
bly, these teams viii play at Beacon,
park next Saturday. Webster will have
the same old team. They don't have
to have National leaguers to win their
games.
Jimmie Stafford, the crack utility
man of the Bostons, spent Sunday Wis
iting relatives in town.
Thomas ]. Conlon and Frank B. Col
lamore, two well-known Worcester
young men, visited at the lake over
Sunday.
George c. Walker head clerk at Ho-
tel Dewitt has returned from two
weeks vacation out west.
Louis j. Sellig went to Lowell last
night to work for the Lowell Art Co
The spinning room of Chase's mill
held a picnic at the narrows today.
The Turner's are soon to present a
war drama at their cosy hall.
Mrs. Charles Corbin of Wilson's
spent Sunday with Mrs. E. d. Clemans.
The running team Of the Webster
fire department, John j. Kelly, captain,