The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-22
Paddy Boyle showed yesterday that

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too much water has the same effect on
a ball player as too much beer. He evil
IDENTIFY hadn't recovered from his plunge
into the lake on the day previous
Maybe so much water all at once was
too much for Boyle. He didn't require
the slightest help in presenting the
game to Syracuse at the oval yesterday
afternoon. He couldn't have done a bet
ter job, had he gone into the game with
the express purpose of giving Syracuse
enough runs to win.
His padding partner, Joe Rickert,
was a trifle off yesterday from the same
reason as Boyle, as he, too, had to gulp
down several mouthfuls of lake water
Sunday. The effect lasted longer than
a champagne jag.
The pair which couldn't paddle their
own canoe at the lake couldn't play
the game yesterday, and were directly
responsible for the seven runs which
Syracuse got. Boyle had five of them
to atone for and Rickert the other two.
Boyle made all kinds of errors in the
category yesterday and it is fortunate
the category is limited. Had it any
more kinds of misplays, Boyle would
certainly have got in a few. He could
do almost anything in the error making
line, in fact he could do anything ex-
cept play ball.
He was more kind to the Stars than
Santa Claus is to the children of pros
porous parents at Christmas time.
Boyle and his partner may not be
great shucks at canoeing, but when it
comes to playing ball they are wonders.
They couldn't beat Yeager and Klopf
in a canoe, but they beat the rest of the
ball team on the diamond. When the
game ended, the score stood to 5 in
favor of Boyle and Rickert
Poor throwing was the main cause of
the defeat. And the poor throwing was
done by Boyle. He made a tumble and a
mutf which helped along and that was
all he could do. There are no other
kinds of errors, so Boyle had to stoI
short. Rickert let two ground balls gel
past him which allowed men to score
without half trying.
1t took ten innings for Boyle ana
Rickert and the Stars to beat out the
Farmers. The game rightfully belonged
to the latter. Had Boyle been out of the
game entirely, perhaps the Farmers
would have won it. Base hits to the spo
vacated by him would not have told a!
heavily against the Worcesters as hi
errors did. In the third inning he made
o tWo-DaSe error ana IN the next inning
a three-base error. In the last inning
his error was only single, but it wal
single on which there was no doubt
Worcester outbatted the Stars easily
The fielding, with the exception o
Boyle and Rickert, was about even. TIL
Stars put UP a snappy game and SO die
the other Worcester players. OF cours
there were errors by other Worceste
men, but they didn't count at all. Thos
that Boyle and Rickert made wer
counted many times.
1t was through superior hitting tina
the Farmers should have won. Plan
miller, who was in the box for SYRIA
cuse Thursday, and held the Worces
ters down to four hits, stood on the slal
again yesterday. He didn't hold then
down to four hits yesterday. They go
10, including home run and coupl
Of two-base drives, and they utilize'
their hitting to drive in runs.
Horton pitched a game good enougl
to win. He held Syracuse down to fou
hits when he last pitched against them
While he didn't accomplish the sam
feat yesterday he did well enough t
win had he received proper support. Tn
only run Syracuse had any license t
score was the first run of the extra in
ming, and that extra inning would neye
have been needed If Horton receive
proper support. Even Boyle could haV