The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-05
LEAGUE PERCENTAGES.
EASTERN LEAGUE.
GAMES TO-DAY.
Hartford at Worcester, Springfield at
Providence, Syracuse at Montreal,
Rochester at Toronto.

More than 1000 Worcester jewellers
were thoroughly Disguised yesterday
filled with the disgust that makes one
feel this life is but hollow mockery,
and that the only happy people are the
dead ones, or, what is synonymous,
those who live in Springfield.
The locals who were thus attacked
with the blues were those who went
down to the oval yesterday forenoon,
expecting to see a ball game. They
knew the team which boretheir standard
had been getting ingloriously and mon
otonousiy defeated the moment it was
beyond range of Patrolman Legasey's
protecting eye; they were aware their
pets We're but toys in the hands of
Dooleys earrings and Buckenberg S
buEE1ers; but at the sight of the IA
miliaT baggy blue trousers everybody's
heart gave an affectionate leap, and
they resolved magnanimously to wipe
off the scoreboard of memory and give
the boys another chance.
The Springfield team too, did their
best to encourage their farmed-out
brethren. They had been travelling all
night. and started in to play with but
five minutes warming up. In conse-
quence they played wretchedly, and
would have been an easy mark for any
opponents but the Worcesters.
The three outfielders did miserable
work, Catcher Gunson was way off, and
only Shannon seemed up to par. In
batting also the Ponies were listless
and f-jointed, till the succession of
free passes to first invigorated them.
w Worcester fielded far better, their only
misplaying being muff by Carr, and
their batting was equal to their op-
ponents'.
The prophecy came true, that mans
--or q team s-foes were of his own
household. The management. holding
firmly the liberal gate receipts, be-
thought itself of the dollars yet to
come from Springfield in the afternoon,
and all the players received instruc-
lions to hurry the game through as
rapidly as possible. Horton never could
hurry. a1l6 in trying to obey orders
placed Springfield four runs in the lead
in three innings by means of bases on
balls and an occasional hit. That start
ed the Disguised feeling mentioned
above.
Yeaser was the first to acquire it pub
licly, and was accordingly superseded
by Bransfield. Shortly after, Miller re-
placed Horton, Worcester began to
creep up, and for four innings there
was lively and interesting contest,
with everybody roofing with all his
might for Worcester. At the end of
the seventh the score was tie, to I.
1t was then II o'clock, and the Spring
field train was to leave a few minute.
past l. The crowd demanded the full
game they had paid for, and Spring
field accordingly went to the bat and
scored another run.
Then it was Worcester's turn. O'Neill
and Miller promptly and readily struck
out, and the crowd, remembering the
managerial hurry, grew eloquent with
Gark misgivings. Sharrott was startled
at the outlook, and lined out a double,
but Kuhns was easy at first. Then
Springfield made a break for their bag
gage and the cars, followed by the UNI
pire, and despite the almost fearful
protests of the rooters, the home team
had nothing to do but quit
The first inning was colorless on both
sides. In the second, Springfield got
one run on three bases on balls and
Gunsons hit, and were retired with the
bases full They Jared better in the next.
when Campbell's triple, Hemming' hit.
base on balls to Shannon a sacrifice
and Browns single brought in three
more.
Worcester did not score till the
fourth. Rickert walked, stole second,
and came home on Frisbee's double,
which Dolan lost. Bransfield singled,
F'risbee scoring, Kittie stole second and
brought in the third tally on Klopf's
grounder, which Myers kicked around
long enough for the purpose.
The locals duplicated this in the next.
Dolan made a two-base muff of Shar
rott's high fly Frisbee tripled, Tom
Brown muffed Cars fly and Dolan
juggled Bransfield's single, all of which
counted three more runs and put Wor-
cester in the lead, state of affairs
which was of short duration for Dolan
drew a pass and Campbell knocked the
ball over the fence, tying the score. In
this inning Sharrott, foolishly allowed
himself to be caught off third, and was
run down between bases, thereby vast
ing a probable run.
Each side got a run in the seventh.
Shannon singled. Myers sacrificed to
Miller, but Carr dropped the ball and
both men We're safe; then Shannon
scored on two successive outs at first.
Rickert and Frisbee each struck out;
Carr walked, and Bransfield lifted
high fly to Campbell, but the latter
misjudged it, Kittie taking second and
Carr scoring. Springfeld's tally in the