The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-27
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Catcher Bergen of the Fort Wayne club
of the Interstate League has made fine
record for continuous catching. The
brother of the great Boston backstop,
since the beginning of the pennant race
without missing an inning. As the strain
began 10 tell on him, Manager Slassc Sh.
insisted on nus taxing al. Ie5e lUi q - b.
days The younger Bergen seems 70 pe
the antithesis Of his famous orother III
dlspositlon, ana II Is hopeu, t LA III s, LII
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fessional standpolht'-Sporlihs NEWS
Charles Murphy is not quite satisfied
with his record of 81 As seconds behind a
locomotive and desires to make new
record He wants to ride a bicycle a
mile d minute on an ordinary circular
track. His manager says Murphy has q
motorcycle that can get such a pace II
a track can be found on which the turns
will permit that speed According to cal
culations, track banked about 70 per
cent at me turns VIII oe heCgssarS 70
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ute. LheTe ~ no lraCk ~ tt,Is 5 t1s,st
heoa banked 10 Inls eNIent, anu tlle qu w.,
OF murphy Is now tuIIliHS 'o"alu 'iA'
west
Umpire O'Day follows one bit of the
ignore. He will not allow anybody To
foul off STRIKES purposely. McGraw,
Hamilton, O'Brien Jennings and other
terrors of pitchers who work their bases
by hitting off the good ones and leaving
the bad ones go, have found this out to
their cost this season. O'Day. says: Il
call strike every time | think player
fouls one off McGraw is the slickest at
this style OF work In the league; lie NUS
marc ana Iouls STRIKE on leh LIS =. -
nara mattef 70 can MN Gown oI'e9
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call MN down.
Its amusing to watch the little games
of confidence and bluff" says Patsy Do
novan, speaking of McGraw and Robin
SON Connected by this pair of Oriole
leaders Macs prescription for the UNI
pires on the bases is vinegar and worm
wood while Robbie, behind the bat.
spreads molasses on the battery umpire
and tells him how good he is, and flashes
that Sir Toby Beich smile of his that
! even the iron-willed Tom Lynch couldn't
resist But the big advantage gained by
working the umpire is comparatively q
side issue with Robbie and McGraw, as
} they can make good with their team of
winners, which taken on paper, size up
as second division team.
A mile in a minute behind a steam mo-
tor tandem IS now the dream of Major
Taylor whose manager Birdie Munger, is
searching for a suitable stretch Of road
way for the TRIAL The duskv rider be-
lieves that this will be very easy and that
he can ride faster than Ioe DoWneY'ss
straightawav mile of nc Is without per-
spiring. In The meantime Eddie McI5uf-
fee is having a new steam machine built.
behind which he eXpectss TO nut the paced
mile on a track where II will stay for some,
time MeDuffee not only believes he can
reduce his own worlds record of :2S but
he thinks that 100 is within reach. ZBos-
TON Posf You'ye lost the pace Major
Taylor holds the record / 20 2-5
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