The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-03
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Springfield Union. Truly. they do won
lderfui things in Springfield. Elsewhere a
player has to reach first before he can
score
Freeman, who used to crack the ball
against the right field fence at the oval In
| 1894, has made seven homers LOT WASH
| ington this season.
If the Worcester Agricultural Society
does not alter plans at the meeting
| Tuesday Worcester will have q race
Welsh was very slow in getting the ball
| in to the plate. In the t1tth Camppen
| would have been out yards from the
plate if the return was fast,
Jimmy Casey, who won so many hard
fought races on the boards riding under
the colors of the Vernon Bicycle CLUB,
is again displaying his old-time sprint.
The Grafton Square Juniors would like
to play any nine under - years OF age
If they will, please meet az GIaItoil
square and arrange a game for TINS al
ternoon
Trapshooters are beginning to so out
of town for a crack at the sweepstakes.
number of ,Worcester's topnotcher,s
follow the local shoots pretty closely
during the summer months.
Local riders in the professional ranks
are not very eager 10 enter the ranks
of the outlaws, recognizing that there IS
more room for them IN the I, a, W. ana
the chances of winning are better.
with h 1iIarTington. pap" HASN'T changed
a bit since his Holy Cross days. lie mas
a soreness In the right elbow, and may
not be able to pitch against Worcester.
The star event of the grand circuit
races at Cleveland, July 24-2o viii be a
sree-fOr-all pacing race with star POINTER
John r. Gentry and Joe Patehen as en-,
tries Anaconda and Searchlight VIII
probably be entered also. The purse IS
$1,000.
Twice in Yesterdays game Worcester
men failed to make a base when they
should have done easily hlckert STOOD
home. And, again, I<lobedanz stood on
first while the ball was being thrown
from the outtield,
The Springfield Union. commenting on
a statement in The Spy, says mo man
can be forced off a bag except by bats
man" That's true in certain sense,
but after the batsman reaches hrst ne
is a base runner, and If he is forced from
first by batsman, he forces man VINO
may be on second.
what do you think Of n bad break
that ] had this yearY' said Manager
selee the other day McGraw OF. offered 10 20
give me $1,000 to boot. / wouldn't take It.
A few weeks later I released klobedanz
for nothing, and now Nops IS pitching
great ball. Boston Herald.
The official scorers of other cities, act
ing under instructions Of Pat Powers, are
Obliged to keep track Of balls and strikes
that being one of their principal duties.
IL the umpire ever loses a ball or strike
In Worcester and has to refer 70 the
official score, the other team will have
chance to protest the game.
Manager Tom Brown called the young
ster who tends the bulletin board strong
name when the lad made mistake ana
began to put up the wrong number. he
youngster told the genial Tom to seek
warm place. Tom then threatened to
break him I'm halves" Brown ought TO
know better than make such break.
Wfllam5. the crack third baseman Of
the Pittsburgs, had a great record on
Tuesday In the morning game he went
five times to bat and made five hits off
pitcher Mcfarland, and in the afternoon
he made two hits off Dineen, total Of
seven hits for the day. His morning
drives included TWO doubles. He has
easily done the tallest hitting of the day.
In n games he has made "A hits, with 62
totals This is batting at the rate of $50,
with totals Of .6l9.
That the pennant will remain east for
another y months, unless St. Louis fur
nshes the champion, was eYinced by the
PLAYING of the teams from that section
during the past week. Not only did
Brooklyn and Boston have matters pretty
much their own Ways but, Philadelphia,
New York and Baltimore made good i'm
pressiOns, while poor, despised Washing
ION beat Cleveland and scored two sue
cessive victories over Chicago. It looks
as if the St Louis club will beat out
all of its western rivals, but IL is going
to be hard task for them to finish above
Brooklyn and Boston.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat