The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-26
MERELY A FARCE.
Lowell Isn't In 1t
With Worcester
For a Minute.
POOR EXHIBITION.
Local Team Makes as Good
a Showing as
Possible.

All the Worcesters wanted with the
Lowell professionals at the oval was
practice and that was all they got.
They didn't have anything like a con-
test. 1t was too one-sided to be inter-
esting. The Lowell men evidently
thought they could make a farce of the
game and have a whole lot of fun. They
seemed to enjoy it. but it is fortunate
for them they have no public to rely
on for support if they can't play bet
ter ball than they did yesterday. On
their part there was nothing to be adj
mired from a base ball standpoint. But
for fortunate streak of batting and
the assistance of their manager in call
ing a balk which was not made under
the revised rules, the Lowells would be
ashamed to go home to the Spindle city
with such a defeat.
The game only demonstrated that the
Worcester team gives good promise
and stands a good chance to fly the
pennant at the oval next fall. There
are several fast ball players in the uni
forms which Manager Leonard has sup
piled, and when the championship sea-
son gets under way, the fans will be
tickled half to death with the team.
After time. there was no interest in
the game, on account Of the tremendous
superiority of the Worcesters. The
Lowells had no license to mention base
ball while any of the Worcesters stood
near.
Dad Clarke was in the box for the
Worcesters for four innings, it being
his first appearance in a uniform. He
pitched easily, but effectively, and
showed great judgment. Viau, who
pitched the last five innings, was more
speedy than Clarke, but was touched
up more often. He wasn't bothered by
the hitting, and it seemed as if he
didn't half try. Occasionally he let
out. and the Lowell men did nothing
with him.
Frisbie played great ball. He had
no remarkable catches to his credit in
the eyes of the ordinary spectator, but
a close observer would have seen that
the balls which he got easily would
have been wonderful catches for an
other fielder. Frisbie got after the
balls with such good judgment and such
speed that he turned difficult flies into
easy marks. He certainly covers more
ground than William Penn got in a
days walk. Kuhns fielded all right
but he had too much muscle in his
throwing arm, and should have tied a
brick on it before he got into the game.
Wilder was played at short yesterday
Smith having a bad arm. He filled
the bill magnificently. His playing
was as clever as could be wished for
from any shortstop. Harrington COW
cred the second bag well, but showed
a weakness in throwing to first to com
plete double play. Twice he missed
easy chances. He has not had enough
opportunity to practice such fast work
thus far, and his playing in that re-
spect cannot be judged.
With Lowell it was a hot pursuit race
to see who would make the most glar
ing errors, and who would make the
most of them.
Lowell made its runs in the eighth.
Six hits in quick succession and a balk
gave them four runs. The balk was
wrongly called. Viau made a motion
to throw to second, and did not throw.
Under the revised rules, the balk rule
applies to first base only.
A peculiar play happened in the
ninth inning, which deceived many of
the spectators on the final score. With
two men out, Gallagher hit a double to
left centre. Connors hit a single to
left. Gallagher took third and Con-
norS got second on the return of the
ball to that base. Flanagan hit a
hard line fly which Frisbie muffed. Of
course Gallagher and Connors had no
trouble getting across the plate. Elan
agan foolishly cut first and ran to sec
ond in an almost direct line from home.
The umpire saw the trick and called
Flanagan out. AS Flanagan was thus
out before reaching first base, of course
the scores of Gallagher and Connors
did not count. The final score was %
to 5. The score: