The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-20

| Town management.
1t looks as if The Spy's story that Jen-
nings will be played on first by Brooklyn
will be verified, in spite of Anderson:
statement in worcester yesterday, that ma
| he will continue at first. Anderson sal
on the bench at Boston yesterday.
1t is announced that Bully Bull, for
| three years Yale's fullback, has been APP
pointed director of training of the Yale
| back field candidates this season. lie Is
| in the Yale medical school, and VIII be
with the eleven daily throughout the sea
| son.
When Syracuse got in the mix-up il
the fifth, with men off their bases. il
was Bransfeld's clever Judgment that
prevented run. He forced Hargrove of
first by throwing to Carr and on the re-
turn of the ball prevented Shannon from
getting back to third.
The Winfields. juvenile aggregation OF
ball tossers, defeated the Arnoids base
ball team yesterday by score Of TO 9.
The pitching of Goggins OF the ~ Minn 1sa,.l
was the feature of the game. The Win
fields would like to meet the West Sides.
Answer through The Spy
Charley Hickman has played Is games
| this season for Boston, and leads the
team in hitting with an average. of 1886.
| In the last i've games he has hit at a
| $50 clip, having made II hits in 10 times
up. Hickman should give up pitching and
| play the outfield from this out.
The gankness of O'Loughlin's decision
at third when he called Hargrove safe
was apparent when Hargrove started to
walk In. He knew he was out. When
he saw O'Loughlin's hand extended palm
down, he realized that the umpire had
made fatal blunder, and dashed back
to the bag.
OLoughlin halls from Rochester. Birds
of feather, etc. 1t is TO be hoped Pow
ers will send us anotherlufnpire before the
Rowdies land here. O'Loughlin is strain
ing every. nerve in favor of his home
crowd, as is plain from the way he handi-
caps Worcester, the Rowdies, most for
midable rivals.
The N. E. A. r. "A. announces a regatta
on Labor day to be held on the Charles
river. A committee from the rowing as
James P. Fox, appeared before the Bos-
ton city government and asked for sum
of money to run the regatta. Their re-
quest was successful.
Marty McCue, the east side feather
weight, who has won the last five bouts
which he has engaged in has been
matched to meet George Siddons In
limited round bout at a boxing show TO be
given by newly organized athletic club
In Hartford. If successful In this bout,
McCue will be matched to meet either
Dave Sullivan or Jack Hamilton.
Cassidy remembered Barclay of Roches-
ter, who broke his rib by collision in
Rochester, when the Rowdies went to
Providence He slammed the ball on
Barclay so hard it hurt. The act nearly
precipitated a riot The entire Rochester
team dashed on the field, but the Provi-
dence men were with them It's too bad
they did not come to blows. The crowd
would have taken hand, and Buck would
be minus some of his dirty ball players.
1.-The greatest play I ever saw on dia-
mond was made by Hickey in our regent
game at Pawtucket" says John Carney.
II was close up to the first bag. and Hickey
was more than half way UP between first
4 ,te,x. - 1,1k n T.
cracked out ground hit, which was go-
ing like the wind over second bag. Hickey
started afteT 1t and made wonderful
stop, and while going at full speed snapped
It back under his arm to me and l caught
it. retiring Lepine. 1t was the most sem
sational throw / ever witnessed. MAN.
chester Mirror.
Major Taylor, the colored rider who re-
Gently put the mile paced record down to
1;22 rs behind steam motor cycle with
out any wind shields, is trying to arrange
for ride behind a locomotive near this
city at an early date TAYLOR expresses
Charley Murphys record mark of 81 AS
seconds by 10 seconds-or in fact, any
amount that the locomotive can carry him
along. Taylor has also said that he ex-
poets to put the record for paced riding
on the track at 1;15 or better before the
end OF the present season. There are few
who will doubt the negro boys eapability
to perform either one Of these feats.-
Brooklyn Eagle.
The Shamrock is the first English cup
challenger to pay port charges at the port
OF New York Because of the recent
British law which assesses port charges
on American yachts, the collector was
compelled yesterday to put in force the
retaiiatory clause of the revised statutes
The section reads as follows: yachts
belonging to any regularly organized
yacht club of any foreign nation which
shall extend like privileges to yachts of
the Uniteo States shall have the privilege
Of entering or leaving any port OF the
at any custom house thereof or paving
tonnage tax. The British governmen7
passed the act taxing American yachts
April last, So i will cost Sir Thomas