The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-04
SPORTING NEWS.
Various Items of Interest Gathered From nany
Sources.
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Tied for first place now.
Syracuse at the oval today.
Peter Maher ought to call it quits now,
DR.. E. E. Frost may race Lelah W.,
2:0SA.
Riekert made wonderfully good catches
yesterday.
Tod Sloan is riding winners on the
other side
Brown thinks a change of captains
would be beneficial.
Billy Moore and Black Critic" meet
tonight, at Yonkers.
There's a horse on Capt. Bowman His
first name is Charley.
That drop of Clancey's is a good one
all he needs is control.
Columbia at Mount ST. James tomor-
row; Amherst Saturday.
The Worcester team is faster than any
club the city ever had.
Eagles may have great eyes, but the
WOrcesters have lamps"
Kenney should take brace in batting.
He has fallen off considerably.
The Bostons will not return to the
south end grounds until July 4.
Pappalau, Holy Cross old pitcher, is
doing good work for Springfield.
Clancy struck out nine men yester-
day. Isn't that pretty good for a starter?
There's only one thing to do to have
good base ball in Worcester. Go to the
games.
Pulsifer has signed with the Portlands
and will join the team after college year
is over.
Bates played it's fifth game of the sea-
son yesterday. 1t has won three out of
the Ave.
Georgetown has won every game this
season where college teams have been its
opponents.
H. H. BigeIow ought to abolish the
rule and let carriages in the oval. 1t was
done in 1894
1t is not safe to mention the name of
Nick Young in the presence of the 'ofti-
cial' scorer.
Bransfield is doing some fine catching
and batting for the Worcesters,-Boston
Post. Yer right, he is.
There will be a scramble now on the
part of the various athletic clubs to get
the Fitzsimmons-Je ffries fight
Holy Cross has got bad habit of com
mencing each contest about Is minutes
late. Three o'clock is the time,
Stall room at Charter Oak Park, Hart
ford, is fast being exhausted. The popu-
lar track is an ideal training spot.
The Stars appear to be falling stars.
Luckily, they can't drop much lower in
the table than they have already.
Umpire Supple does not improve with
| experience His judgment of balls and
strikes yesterday was way below par
Won der Abe has lost his suit against
the St Louis club. Chris is up against
the "heads-I-win- tails-you-lose" game.
The eastern mile track schedule should
be a winner. Dover Rigby, Mystic and
Saugus form strong combination for
summer meets.
Billy Smith and Tommy Ryan, not
satisfied with six goes at each other,
will meet again before the club Offering
the largest purse.
Worcester horsemen are won over to
the road club idea, and all that is needed
is the completion Of the speedway 10
boom the project.
The Ponies had their batting clothes
on in the opening game with Rochester.
Fifteen hits, with total of S bases, is
not bad for a starter.
McDermott was afraid to put one over
the plate when Yeager came to bat Inc
stocky catcher walked except when he
lifted three-baggers
Sockalexis was in the game for CleXe-
land about 10 seconds Tuesday: Inc
Indian batted for Carsey, but talled 10
connect with the ball.
In the sixth Yeager had something in
his eye which felt to him like a freight
train McDermott took it out and Aeager
saw four bad balls coming.
Williams has made a good start in the
pionship games she has played she has
defeated both Wesleyan and Amherst
C f. Rice, manager Of the Cambridge
team, was an interested spectator at the
HOLY Cross Bates game yesterday. lie
was there to get a line on some OF Inc
players.
Westfeld will have no racing this year,
and the dates have been taken by George
L. Cornwell of Meriden for the Connect
cut and Massachusetts, trotting and pac-
ing circuit.
The Bowdoin College team gave the
Cambridge club of the New England
f,eagI a good argument in the opening
practice game. 1t took 10 innings to set
lie the discussion.
The Year Book wrongs Gov. Bcnt or
Trolib1e the wrong mark and in the great