The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-05
SPORTING CHATTER.
Straight Tips From the Diamond, Field
and Track That Are Safe to Bank On.

Syracuse again today.
The Readville club house will cost $4,000.
The contract has been let.
Henry Lynch is reported as being slated
for his release by Providence.
Big Rusie and "Cy'' Seymour still re-
fuse to sign with the New Yorks.
The Syracuse men put up some kicking
yesterday 1t enlivened the game.
The Baltimore papers do not like the
way the Orioles are playing these days.
Louisville, Readville, New York and
Lexington are out against the hopples.
Princeton will play its annual foot ball
game with Yale at New Haven. Nov. rs.
The Elkes-Taylor match would focus
the eyes of the bicycle world on West
boro.
Such games as that of yesterday will
awaken base ball enthusiasm in this
town.
Holy Cross should not have great
deal of trouble with the Amherst col
leglans.
The Chicago players have new name
they are called Cowboys instead of the
Orphans.
Nashua, N. H., will have harness racing
this summer. The old track is being re-
juvenated.
The It'd bit of fielding by Syracuse was
Malarkey's catch of RICKETTS, bunt in
the eighth
The total membership of the l.. A. w.
nm 70 date as reported by Secretary Bas-
sett, is 63,399.
If Syracuse puts up as good a game to-
day as it did yesterday the contest Will
be well worth seeing.
Frank Bonner keeps hitting the ball at
Hartford His Millbury street friends re-
member how he can light on it.
The home Of Rubenstein 2;O5, the mag
nidcent stables of c. w. Lasell of Whit
insville, will be known as Oakhurst.
Yeager made a star catch of Lezotte $
high foul Abe bats in style similar to
his brother Joe who played here in 1871.
The first two innings yesterday took As
minutes to play The remainder of the
game was finished in an hour and quar-
ter.
IFS enough to make a man think he has
reached the pearly gates station to see
Dad Clark back up. He's all over the
field.
Doescher showed the right stuff when
he gave McDermott the hunt to the
club house for too much talk on the
bench.
Clark did the best pitching feat Of the
wear in the second, when he struck two
men out with base runners on second ana
third
Foot ball dates are being. arranged.
Princeton will play Yale at New Haven,
Nov. 25. and Brown will play at Prince
ton, Nov. T.
when officer Legasey walked across
the field with clanking spurs everybody
thought the Dough Riders were on an
other charge.
Ed Crane is credited with making the
longest throw of d baseball. Clark made
the other record yesterday. He threw
about three feet.
c. ]. Hamlin expects Lady of the Manor
TO pace close to the 2-minute mark and
the millionaire breeder usually knows
what he is talking about.
Manager Bancroft of the Reds thinks
there Is money in basket ball IN CuDa,
and is credited with laying wires Ior
tour of that island some time this fall.
The American Horse Breeder comments
favorahIv on c. M Dyer's Lizzie 10y,
his Morgan roadster. and his four-year-
old gelding by Alcandre, son Of Alcyone.
Syracuse was retired on three pitched
balls in the sixth yesterday. Inc stars
returned the compliment by retiring the
Worcesters on four in the Following Inn
ing.
Readville. Hartford and Providence
have promise of as large grand circuit
entry lists as any of tbs, western tracks.
The outlook is for corking racing sea-
son in the east.
while Frisbee was at the plate in the
second, a dog walked away with ms glove
in centre field. Frisbee paid so much at
tention to the glove that he missed the
ball in three attempts.
when Rickert busted from first to third
on a foul ball the spectators didn't smile.
They saw too much good bail playing IN
his running. That's right Joe. Let the
lImpire look after the fouls. Keep going
and look after the bases.
Pitcher Crowley killed black snake
Yesterday afternoon before the game and
hung IT up on the door or the dressing
room. 10 drive away the hodoo.-Hartford
Courant Hartford's gOner. No play
ers who see snakes ever win pennant.
Breitenstein. the $1,000 beauty. and
Hugh Jennings are doing heroic things