The Worcester spy., 1899-08-13

With about four ounces injection of
brains and two of common sense and a
little knowledge of the game of ball
thrown in, Worcester could have trim
med Montreal at the oval easily yes
terday.
But ball players can't win through
-headedness, and that's the reason
the Worcesters didn't win yesterday
Errors were made which materially
aided Montreal to win; in fact, errors
gave Montreal their runs, but it was
brainless playing that prevented Wor-
cester from scoring enough runs to Sc
cure winning lead early in the game,
and then the result would have been
different
Worcester has had the misfortune of
invariably losing before a large crowd,
and the rule wasn't broken yesterday.
It was the best crowd of the season ex-
cept holiday crowd. About 23O0 peo-
pie witnessed the game. Every seat
in the grandstand and bleachers was
taken, and a large crowd extended out
into the field from The Spy bulletin
board. The crowd wanted badly to see
Worcester win.
Until the ninth inning, it was a hard
fought game. Worcester heavily
handicapped itself when taking it's
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vantage of opportunities which were
bigger than a nightmare But in spite
of that, the players did so we'll in the
field that they held the champions back
and made the game so close that the
crowd was on edge all the time.
Boyle and Teager had considerable to
do with allowing Montreal to score so
many runs. Boyle was the offender
in the second inning. With chance
to make a double play and free the
bases, he muffed throw from Kuhns
and before Worcester could check the
champions, they had made two runs
Two runs We're a large number with the
4 Worcesters acting badly at bat and it
was not until the eighth inning that
the home players placed themselves on
even terms with the visitors.
The ninth inning was parody on
the game, Three hits followed each
other faster than debts pile up on a
man when he isn't working, yet the
ftelding OF the Worcesters was so fast
that the three hits only filled the
bases. But then the Worcesters fell
short. Yeager gave the first run to
Montreal. pitched ball bounded out
of his glove as if it struck a rubber
pad and one run scored. Kuhns had
chance to throw the next man out at
the plate, but threw wild. Horton got
chance, but he was slow. Then Yea
ger threw to second with man at third
and the latter came home like a cy-
clone doing extra duty. 1t was cinoh
and made the crowd feel like going ont
back Of the grandstand and kicking at
itself
The Worcesters appeared in their
new uniforms. The uniforms are
pretty ones and pleased the crowd. The
shirt is White and the trousers. and
stockings blue. The cap is white with
a small blue button on top.
The uniforms couldn't win, however
There was something lacking in the
men who filled them.
M The players, If left alone when they
came to bat, might have accomplished
something. But Capt. Carr had to get
finger in the pie and instruct the men
as they stepped to the plate The re-
suit was a .fizzle. in every instance. In
the third inning for instance, the Wor-
cesters made three hits, bunt hit and
Il two long flies to the outfield, vet they
couldn't score a run.p Capt. Carr was
coaching on third, which was one of
the main causes. If he had been sent
on an errand before the inning began
or given a dynamite bomb to swallow.
the Worcesters would have made ali
kinds of runs. He prevented Horton
from scoring with an outfielder fum-
bling, and Horton turning third base.