The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-14
ARE DISGRUNTLED.
Webster Fans Crit
CHE Manager J.
FL. Conway.
AN ASSISTANT FOR SAUNDERS.
Umpire Miah MurphyCo
In for a Bit Of the Pop
ular Discomfort.
AN ASSISTANT FOR SAUNDERS.

Webster. Aug. 13.-Since yesterday
defeat of Webster by the Southbridge-
Boston-Worcester combination, no to-
pic has been more considered through
out the town than the make up of the
Webster team in the game. LocaIfans
considered that yesterdays game was
the most important of any in the
Southbridge series, and Webster sports
placed their cash on the mill town ag-
gregation to win.
Webster lost, however, and now there
is weeping and waiting and crashing
Of teeth. The fans are after some
bodys scalp and the preponderance of
Indignation seems to fall upon the
broad shoulders OF Manager John H.
Conway.
Many man in Webster has erred in
judgment, but hardly ever before has
such an error met with such a mighty
wave of popular Indignation as is
melted out for Mr.. Conway, but the
fans, rank and file.
Mr.. Conway's sin was in his neglect
to procure pitcher to assist the re-
doubtable Tommy Saunders, for this
game of games. Southbridge secured
SfSAy AAANlA QAONu1 dOlC lO1 llllO Sct11l0,
The galaxy included Hickman and big
George Mahoney Of the Bostons, Joe
Harrington, late Of the Worcesters, and
Jack Lampe, one Of Manager Leon
ards pet twirlefs. It was a wise pre-
caution as big George Mahoney was
treated to a seance Of batting that
made his limbs knock together in his
kntckerbockers.
Then Jack" Lampe, who has pulled
the Worcester league team out of
many bad hole, stepped into the box
for Southbridge. The Jig was up from
this moment for Webster and the fans
lost their money, and the mill town rep
resentativeS bit the dust of bitter de-
feat.
A director of the local association is
responsible for the statement that one
OF three things would happen: Mr..
Conway must resign, a new pitcher
must be secured to aid Saunders in
his all around good work, or base ball
in Webster must go, This official said
that member of the association had
approached Manager Conway on this
very subject and had gone so far as to
pay one half the expenses of the best
man procurable to aid Webster in the
game Of yesterday.
This much must be said, that Saun-
ders former work in the box gained
absolute confidence Of Manager Con-
way, which is the probable reason fol-
his neglect in securing aid for him. But
Saunders has appeared before the
Southbridge aggregation SO many times
this year, that it has been almost mi
raculous that the spec town aggregae
ton had not fallen upon his delivery a
long time ago, and spoiled the record
Saunders so nobly won with Cornell.
Jack Lampe Of the Worcesters cams
to town on the 1.86 train with a friend
and it was understood by local fans tina,
he was to pitch for Webster. On tn.
strength Of 1t the fans took every be
| they could secure. When Lampe waI
| seen on the Southbridge crack line tft
crowd went crazy, literally speaking
| and if they could have laid hands OF
Conway or Lampe just at that time
they might have done funny things
When the argument started over ths
hit that Lepine made whether it wax
| fair or foul, the crowd started fol-
Lampe and commenced telling h.
what they thought of him, but he knew
his business and made q quick exit. II
probably was well he did.
A big question has been raise(
whether the Southbridge combination
won their game fairly. 1t Is claimed tina
Lepfne's three-bagger was by three fee
foul. and 1t certainly looked SO from
| the press box. 1t is without do,lh
| that Miah Murray made wrong de-
| cision on that hit. It lost the game
This is the first time that Webster ha,
protested against Murray although
Southbrtdge at one time refused to MIA,
| If Murray umpired