The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-27
SPORTING NOTES.

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First game in the Blackstone Valley
League comes Saturday.
Girls at basket ball is the latest innova-
ton in the sporting life of sportive Web
ster.
The Interstate Association makes
long jump to Portland, Me, forthis weeks
shoot.
About time now for girls down the
Blackstone Valley to revive last years
interest in basket ball.
T; F. OReilly isn't accepting chances
with base ball teams with the end of the
season only a few weeks away.
Whitinsville was a bit slow, yet Man
ager Bruies is out for the fabric in the
Blackstone Valley pennant race.
Grafton Country Club will again be
heard from after Sept. /. Mr.. Cronin will
then say few things about golf.
Charles e. Forehand Is willing and
ready, but sees little prospect of getting
on the 1O0-bird race with Griffith.
Come, come. Worcester, you can't all
low a team like Springfield to win from
you, if you want to be champions.
Leach, a Worcester farm hand for a
few days, has batted safely in the last
10 games, making an average of 1852.
Worcester will have to change the date
at the oval Tuesday, for the crowd will
want to attend the rowing races at the
lake.
Come, Mr.. Schuster, exert some of your
well known tact and stop this foolish rab-
Bile going on between Southbrtdge and
Webster.
Grandpa Putnam must have looked
queer to Herky-Jerky Horton with base
ball in his overalls pocket, TO be used IN
case of emergency.
The committee on management Of the
Quinsigamond international says there
will be bountiful suff1cieney of racing
Monday and Tuesday.
Jeffries takes the right stand He says
mel give them all a chance. They won't
want one If they think they stand any
prospect of getting a chance.
Beaumont, centre fielder of Pittsburg,
mace SIX hits In one game last week,
IN Which five were hunts and the other
did not go outside the diamond.
Webster girls. though enthused with
BASKET ball, arise to say that they will
positively have nothing to do with the
horrid Webster masculine teams.
., When Ten Eyck rowed his first trial
form and speed he showed. caused a fright
among the supporters of Mcguire.
If the present argument between Web
ster and Southbridge had been postponed
until muster day, Webster could at least
turn the hose on the spectacle makers.
Although the drawing of heats for the
Qulnsigamohd International has not been
given out, it's pretty certain that Lewis
heat.
Judging from what they say of the
practice spins of the seullers on the
Charles river these days, Boston news
paper men think Ten Eyck in excellent
condition.
The West Ends hereby accept the chal-
lenge OF the Pleasant Street Stars, and
VIII play them for fun, money or marbles
II they wish, next Saturday morning, on
Bliss field.
To the majority of south county sports
that scrap" between Southbridge and
Webster is boyish, nonsensical and dis
up your series like true sports.
Arthur w. Walls believes there is abso-
lutely no prospect that Worcester Sports
mans Club will get together to shoot a
five-man team race against the recent
challenge OF the Bay State Gun Club.
Worcester rooters for the Worcester
scullers, Ten Eyck Lewis and Kerns
will be greatly In evidence at Boston To-
morrow and Saturday. The Worcester
delegation has the best situation at the
races.
Keeler leads the Brooklyn team IN
stolen bases, and yet those Orioles-Mc-
Graw, Holmes and Sheckard-excel the
Brooklyn leader. AS a team, the Brook
lyns have only stolen 125 bases, as against
1859 by Baltimore.
Spike" Sullivan got himself into
trouble in New York in a wrangle over
making match with "Timmie' Kerns.
The powers that be In New York boxing
circles will give Spike" one in the solar
pleXIs If he isn't careful.
John Irwin of the Manchester club is
of the opinion that Pitcher Brown, who
is with Syracuse, is a player who belongs
TO his club by, having offered terms which
were accepted and advance money which
was sent In small amount.
A word to the wise should be sufficient
II Pat Powers don't fire Gruber out of the
league, somebody else wiIl.-Toronto
Mail. The life, OF an umpire is certainly
q hard one. The men who do well In one
city don't please in another.
Frank Bonner has batted safely in 16
games, Washington made no mistake
when. 1t bought the Worcester boy from
Hartford But Washington is liable to
let him go, as it did Anderson, Casey,
Farrell, MCGUIRE, Maui and McJames
Bay State Gun Club is looking for a
good day and big crowd at its first tour
nament at the Shrewsbury grounds to-
morrow. An attractive program and sew
tions. Lunch will be served and loaded
cartridges will be for sale at the grounds.
GIVE me a bunch like this, and |
would run away from them ALL" said a
well-knoWn player, the other day His
selection for an all-star team was like
this; Pitchers, Evans, Dunke Williams,
Pittenger; catchers Wilson and Brans-
field third base, Shindle; second base.
Roat; first base, Carr; short stop, Bean
right field. j. Damon: centre field, q
Bannon; left field Campbell. Toronto
Mail
Mr.. Finn says he signed James Grosart
of Homestead, Pa, early in the season
but the man didn't appear, Then he read
one morning in a newspaper that Man
ager Selee had signed Grosart for Boston
He wrote to Selee and TO Secretary Morse
of the New England League, informing
them of his hold on Grosart. Selee wrote
back. he says, saying that he had no in