The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-19


Farmers a chance to swing on the
good ones Keenan, sent over, and sin
gle, two doubles and home run We're
made in that inning.
The fielding work of the .Worcesters
was as near perfect as fielding can be
and not be perfect. That of Syracuse
was off color, regardless Of the errors.
Two fly balls to short outfield were al
lowed to drop for lack of proper coach
ing, the felders running up to them
and then hating for fear they would
collide. The only error which Worces-
ter made was a bad throw to first by
Klobedanz. A Star stood en- first,
which he had reached by q base on
balls. Klobedanz worked the false mo-
ton which delights the crowd, but
Bransfield could only touch the ball as
he reached full length for it, and it
bounded off into right field. The error
cost nothing, however.
Umpire O'Loughlin was decidedly
rank in the early part of the game, and
the crowd got sore. He improved la
ter, but he did not give entire salts
faction at any time.
When the Stars were sent to the bat,
the hearts of the spectators sank as
they saw Bransfield on first base, Carr
behind the bat and Lampe in right field.
They dropped still farther when Lynch
hit a ball that Lampe should have
caught, but which netted Lynch two
bases. Wrigley hunted a few feet in
front of the base, one that Bransfield
would have thrown him out on, but
Carr had not got his speed up, and
Wrigley was safe, Lynch going to third.
Wrigley stole second. Shannon wait
ed for his base on balls. and the bags
were filled Calhoun hit a grounder
to Klopf and was doubled with Shan
non, but Lynch and Wrigley- scored.
Carr stood too far up on the line and
Wrigley got past as Bransfield returned
the ball.
That was the only run-getting the
Stars did although they gave the crowd
a scare in the next inning. With one
out, Steelman was hit by the ball.
O'Neil hit past Boyle, the latter max
ing an excellent attempt, but he could
not get it. keenan, got a present, and
the bags were filled. Lynch drove a
hot grounder to Bransfield, who prompt
ly returned it to the plate, cutting off
Steelman. Carr shot it back to Brans-
field, and it was a pretty double play,
but O'Loughlin didn't see it. Brans-
field ended the inning, however, by
catching line ball that Wrigley hit.
The Stars stopped right there. For
four innings they did not get hit off
Klobedanz. After the second, they got
only one man on third and one on sec
close call. There was one out when
Klobedanz gave Hargrove his base. He
threw poorly to Bransfeld, and Har-
grove went to third A foul to Carr
and a strike-out disposed of the other
Stars.
Worcester was slow in starting. Har-
grove made a brilliant opening for Syr-
acuse in the field by holding Miller's
high fly after long run. For the first
three innings RICKETTS, hit was the only
one Worcester got. In the fourth,
things were different. Wrigley fun
bled a grounder that Kuhns batted. The
runner was put out at second, however,
when Rickert hit to Lynch. Frisbee
followed with fly to short centre, on
which Rickert made third. Firisbee took
second on the throw to that base. Carr
slammed a pretty one over the right
field fence, and three runs was the re-
suit
In the sixth, Frisbee got a life by
forcing out Rickert at second. Carr
drove hot ground ball past Lynch,
and Frisbee kept going. Steelman
threw to third, but Dundon let the ball
past and Frisbee came home.
The game was won beyond all doubt
in the seventh. K1epf lifted high
fly back of the pitchers box. The en-
tire infleld went after it and voted
unanimously TO allow Dundon to catch
the ball. He tried, but did not sue
coed. Boyle hit a hot grounder over
first base for double, sending Klopf
to third Klobedanz and Miller sent up
little flies, and the hopes of the Stars
went up.
Kuhns hit hard liner to centre and
Hargrove turned a somersault trying to
catch the bali. But it did not avail,
as the ball was beyond his reach as
hopelessly as the game, and Boyle fol-
lowed Klopf across the plate Kuhns
going to second. Rickert hit a hard
one at the proper angle in -Hargrove's
direction. The latter paused momenta-
rily, and that pause was fatal The
ball went far over his head and rolled
to the horse entrance, Rickert easily
making a circuit of the bases.
In the eighth inning the Worcesters
scored two more. Carr opened with
a single, but was hit by hot one that
Bransfieh batted. Boyle lifted a fly
to short centre which either Lynch or
Hargrove could have caught, but they
stopped short, and Boyle made second,
nobody being at the bag to guard it.
Bransfield took third on the fly using
good judgment in playing we'll UP the
line toward second as 1t fell. Kobe
danZ hit warm one over third base
and both men scored.
Syracuse opened the ninth with sin
gle, but a double play cut off their
chances.
The features of the game were the
hitting of Rickert and Carr, and the
first base work of FRA