The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-05
SPORTING GOSSIP.

| Syracuse is the only club in the league
without south-paw twirler.
Allie Trout has nearly a score of Maple
| hurst farm horses at Readville.
| Evangeline, 2:10A, has been bred to C.
w. Lasell's famous Rubenstein 2.05.
The aftermath of the road race is be-
ginning to develop the usual crop of kicks
For the Dover, N. H, meeting, June 81
80, $500 purses are offered in each of the IA
classes.
Harvard will play the Holy Cross team
| twice this season, the second game at
| Cambridge.
Barnie is the biggest money winner on
| the circuit. although his club has not
proved a winner.
The crimson and the purple will hold
battle royal at the college grounds We'd
nesday afternoon.
Dyers game at short stop for the local
cOllegians is good enough to satisfy even
| the most fastidiOus.
There are some things Springfield writ
| ers can do besides guess; one of them is
to write their guesses.
Well, Pittenger did the trick to us that
he has shown other teams in the league
He's good pitcher, but
The Boston Horse Show Association has
been dissolved, and there will be no horse
show in Boston next year.
Griffin is easily the star pitcher of the
Holy cross team, DelQS pOSSeSSeu 81 re-
markable grit and coolness.
The great little race horse Woodshed
Peter Turney's old rival, will be ready for
the June meeting at Mystic.
The entries at the Westboro meet next
Saturday will certainly be large enough
to insure fast and hot racing.
With Burns to umpire and Worcester
and Springfield to play, there should be
excitement enough for anarchists.
If the high school boys resume work
with the sweeps there will be deal of
activity in rowing on the lake all sum
mer.
The fate of the proposition for an i'm
mediate race track for Worcester will be
decided at the meeting of the Agricul-
tural Society.
"What is so rare as day in June?"
was quoted by the POLITICALLY inclined cy-
clists yesterday as they spun over the
country roads.
The races at Westboro next Saturday
will show what the local talent can do in
the matter of winning races where they
have half show.
The era of big prices is on in the horse
market The Abbot could have been sold
for $4,000 recently, but the Hamlins re-
fused to price him.
The Associated Cycle Clubs are quietly
preparing for their races at WestbOro,
| which come the Fourth of July, and a
good card will be presented.
After Harvard three university teams
will be given a run for their money at the
college grounds when Pennsy, the YER
mOnters and Torontos play here.
Krafve Clubs challenge to the teams
which participated in the ten-mile road
race has not been answered as yet, and
there is no doubt if it ever will.
The team work displayed by the local
collegians is the secret of the strength OF
the team, while the lack OF team work III
the Worcesters is their weakness.
Yeager, Frisbee and Kuhns, the Boston
PLAYERS with Worcester have batting aV-
erages of more than 400. with better
pitchers Worcester would be the strong
est team in the league.
Frisbee, loaned by Boston to Worcester,
who has played in all the games played
by his club has a batting average OF Ala
and fielding average or 10Y: lie IS I'M
doubtedly the star outtielder of the league.
Sporting Life.
The local outlaws are few and far be-
tween. the fast professionals Of the city
recognizing that there is more In It Tor
them to stay with the l.. A. w. and win
a few good prizes WINE me l9,.c CRACKS are
The Toronto Club has been strength
ened bv the signing of the famous vet
eran pitcher, Tony Mullane., PitGher
Brown. late of Columbus, and lnhelder
Fred Roat have also been signed c Nego57
tiations are also pending with Second
Baseman Weigand of last years Provi-
dence team.
The St. Louis reporters have quit al
ready. The Mound City papers all say
now that they have seen the Baltimores
and Bostons wallop the Perfectos,. that
both will beat out St. Louis. They fail to
take account of the fact that with Bur
Iteft and Mexican off Tebeau's team was
hardly in proper shape to meet such pow
erful antagonists on even terms.
Syracuse has released Pitcher McDer-
mott and secured Third Baseman Leach
and Outfielder Croft from Louisville.
RiIIv Lush has also been ordered to re-
mort Lush has agreed to report at SYRIA
cuse as soon as he can dispose of his in
terest in the Derby team of the Connect
cut League. Infielder Donnelly has also
been secured from Cleveland Kennedy
and Wodlock are to be released.
Manager Irwin is gradually strength
ening his Washington team. His latest
ACQUISITION is Infielder Athertono of Wilkes
barre who has been purchased for SlU0O,
Washington outbidding Brooklyn by $500.
Washington Is also dickering for Wilkes
barre's rising third baseman. Coughlin.
Fxnerience has been bitter teacher for
Manager Irwin. and his Senatorial team
now is radically different from the weak
outfit with which Irwin started the sea-
son.