The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-17
hippodroming

much afraid of publicity. It looks like
hippodroming.
Boyle made one of the prettiest hunts of
the season in the sixth and beat il a mile.
1t was the better because it was entirely
unexpected by the Torontos.
The crowd got after Jud Smith for toss
ing Lampe the day previous, but when ne
made great catch of klopfs hot drive
the applause was spontaneous.
II Carr has any friends on the team
they ought to club together and buy him
an alarm clock, which should be kept
ringing at first base all the time.
The reorganized Syracuse team opens
today at the oval The Stars We're always
q tough proposition for Worcester and
the games of the present series ought to
be good ones.
Horton is developing into a wit. Once
When Best was trying to catch Kuhns off
nrst, he sung out from the coachers' box
You had time to eat a sandwich that
time, Charlie"
Worcester might have had more runs
to Its credit at the beginning of the NINTH
If Carr had kept awake when he was on
player seen at the oval.
The entries for the A. A. T. track and
ned CHAMPIONSHIPS at Riverside Recrea-
ton grounds, Saturday, Aug. 20, close
with Edward e.. Babb % Arch street
Boston. Saturday, Aug. 10.
Bloby is pitching good bah these DAVIS
ana Is pretty sure to be back in the big
league again. 1t looks as If Chicago
ham5 a. mistake s,aaa when they refused to
nand that $1,000 to Messrs. Leonard and
Selee for Blobys release.-Boston Globe.
The Providence team is apparently as
strong as any of the Eastern League
clubs, though its position is not of the
pest Manager Billy Murray will bring
the Grays higher before the season is out
II It Is possible to get the players.-Bos-
Belts did a trick which no other umpire
mas done this season When 1t was three
and two on one batter he went behind the
plate from back of the pitchers box,
which was proper, as the next ball was of
more importance under those circum-
stances than the second base decision.
The Palmer-McGovern fight has been
postponed to Sept. II. The London Sport
ing Life says that the purse of $4,000 will
be divided between the men, $4,000 to each
The fight will take place in the afternoon
Tor the purpose, of getting pictures, and
til the next clear day.
Tom Sharkey says: "Jeffries has a
nice, soft time before him over there in
England, with nothing harder than hog
rat Jem Smith and worn-out Charley
mitchell to go against him, It'll be an
other story when he and l begin swing
ing rights and lefts for the Jaw Some
folks say he has improved so much and
become so clever in the last six months
I
Rickert tried for second at two different
periods of the game yesterday but had to
come back on account of a foul Each
time he got as far as the base and pulled
It over with his shoe so that it was as
near first as the strap would allow While
the advantage would not be much, the act
shows that Rickert has his wits about
MIN, Other players on the team ought to
bring theirs on the field and not leave
them at the hotel.
Boston undoubtedly has worked itself
into a position where it can make strike
for the lead, and is quite likely to have
~ before the month is over. The access
sion of Meekin may greatly aid the Bos-
tons. 1t isn't absolutely certain that
Meekin is in the same form as he was
three or four years ago, but Boston will
'dence, and that is half the battle ii looks
now as If Boston would win the cham
pionship but the Brooklyns are a game
lot, outside OF their pitchers, and will
Dattle hard to hold the lead and the honor
that goes with it.--New York Telegram.
An extraordinary feat was accomplished
IN cricket match recently in England
Two brothers, w. T.. and r. f. Foster.
each scoring century in the same
Icestershire and Hampshire and was
played at Worcester. In the first inning
Of Worcestershire w. L. Foster scored
lao and r. e. 1874. In the second inning
w. L. made 172, not out, and r. Il. 10i,
not out This performance is without
precedent in the history of the game I'm
til 1892 w. G. Grace was the only batsman
who had obtained Century in each
inning of a f1rst-class match, but never
before have two men done so in the same
game. In the first inning the Fosters put
on 179 runs in partnership for the third
wicket. and in the second inning they
added 219, without being parted, after the
second wicket had fallen.--New York Sun.
while / have no desire to go on rec
ord as saying that Boston will win the
pennant," says Capt. Tebeau, II certainly
size them up as superior to the Brook
lyns, and believe Selees men will beat
out Hanlon's team in the pennant race.
The present champions overshadow the
Brooklyns in the pitchers points and in
the field, although Hanlon's men have
the best of the Bostonians Is regards in
dividual batting. Team work means
working players at the bat, on the pitch
ing slab and on the bases, while field
ing has nothing to do with team work
when you come down to the fine points
OF base ball There is an exception to this
rule, however at short field and third
base. These positions require sure,
steady, cool-headed feeders, and as the
game progresses we find the infield to be
the basis of the team Brooklyns team
does not compare with Boston's at third
base or short field, and the players of the
inner circle of the champions will cut Off
more runs than the Hanlon quartet in the
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