The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-05
LEAGUE PERCENTAGES.
EASTERN LEAGUE.
GAMES TODAY.
Providence at Worcester; Springfield
at Hartford.

Five thousand people went to the oval
yesterday afternoon, expecting to see
the Worcesters do all sorts of things to
the ball players who wear the name
Providence on their shirt fronts, but
when the last ball nestled in the hands
Of fielder, 5000 people returned with
heavy hearts, for the men from the land
Of sand and dunes jumped in at the
last minute and won out in the hardest
kind of an uphill battle
It was hard game for the Worces-
tiers to lose. Being the glorious Fourth
of July, they saved their winning
pitcher for the contest, and anticipated
an easy victory after trimming the
clamdiggers on their own battle
ground But the fates were against
them. The winning pitcher forgot
his cunning, and the south paw deliv-
cry was an easy thing for the men from
the state with two capitals.
The men from the little state had on
thelr batting clothes yesterday after
noon. They forgot to don them yes
terday morning, but before they took
the train for Worcester they put them
on, and when they faced Klobedanz
yesterday afternoon they We're in con-
dltion to do all kinds of things to the
ball.
Right at the start they jumped on the
star pltcher OF the Worcester team with
poth feet and laced him all over the
lot. He may have curves and he NAV
nave speed which can deceive the men
3 from providence, but he didn't have
either yesterday. No matter where he
put the ball, Providence bat went
against 1t handily, and the game was
won by the visitors by clever hitting.
The home players took a brace as the
game was nearing the end, and it
Seemed like a good thing for them, but
IKE many other good things it went
wrong, for the visitors put up such a
nnlsh as has not been seen at the oval
this year. The Worcesters must have
been disturbed by the size of the crowd.
Ihey nave yet to win game before a
large crowd. During the early portion
OF the contest yesterday it didn't seem
as if the Worcesters would have a look
IN anywhere. The visitors were out for
runs harder than pawnbroker IS af-
ter the dough, and they didn't have
much trouble in getting them.
The game drew toward the Close and
the chances of the Worcesters appeared
as good as those of a rich man getting
within the pearly gates All at once
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great hitters when somebody sets them
going and the key was turned as the
game was drawing toward the close
The hired men of Worcester began to
light on the ball and before they fin
! ished they had the visiting team won
dering where 1t was at
The Worcesters were in a hole so
deep that it did not seem possible for
= them to get out. But they got to
working fO0athnr ND 49,
ticians and 1t didn't take them long to
place themselves where they couldn't
be touched. 1t was an easy thing for
them to go on and win, but they failed
to qualify and the visitors jumped in
on them.
The Worcesters have not lost such a
game at the oval this year. With a
1oosing lead against them all through
the game they jumped in the seventh
and scored enough runs to win an or
binary contest The tally stood eight
to two against them in the sixth and
they made two runs to even it UP some.
In the seventh they got sight on the
ball and before they finished "Silver"
Braun who pitched holiday game
against them successfully a month ago,
had to retire, for his finish doomed up
bigger than a ship in fog.
The first run to Providence was a
pure gift. The visitors were sent to
bat first. With one out, Walters was
given his base on balls Klobedanz
came the funny movement and caught
him off by yards but his throw was
wild, and Walters went to third. Davis
hit to Carr and reached first, because
1 Klobedanz didn't get enough speed into
his movement, and Walters scored
The visitors had cinch in the sec
ond. Lamar reached first when Har-
arlington fumbled the ball Cooney sac
rffced. Leahy hit to Harrington. and
again the short stop fumbled. silver
Braun hit past short, and Lamar scored.
4 Hernon, Walters and Cassidy hit safely.
scoring three runs. Nyce's single, two
outs and an error by McQuaid scored
= one for Providence in the third. Wal
ters' double and Cassidys triple. with a
ny to the outfleld, scored two in the
next. Cooney's single and Braun's
triple gave Providence another run in
the fifth and then the team was stopped.
A triple by Rickert and a single by
Carr gave Worcester a run in the first
Inning. An error by Cassidy and Yea
gers double added another In the
fourth. The Worcesters made bid for
the lead In the sixfh nv SCORING two ~,