The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-12


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losing streak soon. They cannot keep to
that pace forever.
Louisville gave Brooklyn a hard rub
yesterday Can it be that the leaders
are losing their nerve?
Watch the little leagues burst and con
graduate yourselves that Worcester got
into stable organization.
Manager Selee says Yeager is catch
ing as well as he ever did And he's
not Jolying in saying that
The Holy Cross contestants in the guess
ing contest all say that the color of the
new uniforms will be royal purple.
Little stray bits of foot ball gossip COM
ing over the wires announce that the end
OF the base ball season is in sight
Now for the pennant. The race is fairly
on ahq worcester starts from the scratch
with Rochester several yards up.
No more OF this Worcester. The East
Srn League season is drawing to a close
DO not trust too much to the final sprint
Syracuse fans who are placing bets that
their team will finish better than last
place have been disappointed the last two
games.
stretch of home games and ought to
come pretty near fixing itself at the ton
before they are over.
On account of the disbandment of vari-
Gus leagues. some of the Eastern League
clubs won't be recognized when thew AM
pear at the oval again
Jacklitz, who was touted to do all
KINDS OF things to the pitchers this year.
hasn't batted 300, aud recently struck out
three times in one Springfield
The third visit of the western clubs
begins at the oval today. The teams will
play only two scheduled games on this
Trip. Syracuse is booked for four, two
being postponed games.
Lampe pitched good ball except for one
inning. The number of good eight-inning
pitchers. is legion. In-foot ball ii would be,
an easy matter to make touchdowns if the
Held ended with the five-yard line
No wonder the Brockton team couldn't
base ball for the Brockton Times is au-
tnorlty for the statement that it costs
sou day to run a team in the New
England League He must have meant
the expense OF running the league a day
That agitation to bring Harrington back
Is absurd Harrington is a first-class fell
low ana a fair ball player Manager
Leonard gave him long trial, and when
strengthened he let him go. He acted
with Judgment. He will now be foolish if
he reconsiders his action
President Barrows Of the now def,Inct
Atlantie League recommends Tony Null
lane, the erstwhile great pitcher of the
Cincinnati team, who, he claims. was fhe
pest umpire he has ever had on his
stan to President Young of the National
League for appointment upon the latter tsr't 5
staff. ~ :
The Worcester Juniors, a Juvenile ar
gregation of sluggers, defeated the Tele-
gram Stars, yesterday, the score being
~ to 10. The Stars, battery was Ludy
and Barrett. The embryo Worcesters- had
for. their battery Barrett, a southpaw
artist, and George Corbin, the young bow
who won fame with the Emmets in Cuba.
seams VIII play Friday morning, at East
The National League averages show
Delehanty leading willie" Keller Is
now second, Jesse Burkett third and
Napoleon LaJoie fourth. Keller has made
more hits -l25-than any one else, while
MeGraw leads in runs and stolen bases
Eitty-one men are batting better than
sOO Martin Bergen heads the catchers.
5eckley leads the first basemen. The
shortstops are led by DAVIS of New York
Among the outfielders, Blake Of ST I,ouis
stands at the head
Young bloods are all right saws
yesse Bnrk ,g 10 You may get the best
like lo-time winner in minor company.
but when he gets in among the old
leaguers you will find that he has about
you want him the worst We have tried
out so young bloods, and we have only
got two in the last 10 years Hefdrick
and wallace are the only pair we got
Happy, Harry Weldon remarks
Wouldn't it be awful if the Superbas
should lose the lead in the race? The
Reds never had as big a lead last season
as the Brooklyns have this year vet
when it slipped away from them they
were called 'dubs. CUTTERS svellow
dogs, and other pet names. At the pres
e e time It is better than even money that
will 10 III.
Then what will the knockers have to saw
of the great Hanlon?'
The Washington Post quotes Dick Pad
den, the Senator'S shortstop as follows;
e. uniess that Boston push falls dead in
punch, they will win the pennant again.
Their intield is clearly the superior Of
any inner circles in the league and makes
the Brooklyn inner circle look like
bunch OF mechanics, though there are
artists in that Hanlon infield. l can not
see how Hanlon can possibly beat out
Boston for the pennant He'will acknowl-
edge himself that Boston has him beaten
in both the infield and in pitchers. and
that being the case, how can he figure
out pennant for Brooklyn?
The manner in which players have been
era, 6 from cleveland for the St Louis
IN the history of base ball, says the New
York Telegram. The Cleveland nine IL
supposed TO be of II factors in a
sents nothing. 1t is the prey Of one nine
to whom it Loses its players and the prey
of II mines to whom it loses games. The
league magnates are to be blamed severe- |
" for having permitted this practice to
go on. 1T xEakes the race for the pen- |
nant look like a farce. The whole league |
Is honeycombed with too much mutual |
interest.
The team has taken big slump IN |
nearly every branch of the game, and |
unless there is big brace, something |
will drop, says the Brooklyn Times me |
pitching department IS woefulIy weak
and Hanlon deserves all the blame. Since
the beginning of the season Hughes and
Dunn have done the brunt of the work
and the pace has told on them. McJames, |
too, has been used often and Is only IN |
fair condition to pitch. While these three |
men have, been worked regularly, Ken |
needy, Maui and Yeager have had an easv
time of II on the bench. Jack Dunn has |
suffered more than any of the twirlers
lie mas occupied the box SO often that
he is fast losing his cunning.
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