The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-25
BREEZY SPORTING GOSSIP.
1t Tells of Everybody and Everything
Worth Knowing About.

NOtlu fNPNuhs
The kickers against the Worcesters are
silenced.
Worcester is doing pretty well away
from home.
Pittenger appears to be the best twIrler
that the Ponies have.
Worcester has a balloon attachment
somewhere and is going up.
Holy Cross is making its position pretty
near the top of the college list.
Frisbee is batting like hend and is
one of the topnotchers of the league.
1t is said that Cleveland did not release
Sockalexis but has a string attached to
him.
It's good betting that Harvard will beat
out Yale for second place at Mott Haven
Saturday.
The Ponies will find themselves in fast
company if they try to keep pace with
the Worcesters.
climbing now. If they could only meet
the Ponies now.
If Holy Cross can defeat Georgetown
there will be no doubt of the best college
club in the country.
It is reported that Kimbal and Mertens
have sought reinstatement from the -.
A. w racing board.
sockalexis brings the name "Indiansg
to Hartford That appellation still cllngs
to the st. Louis men,
The high school lads are rowing IN good
form and will make Harvard freshmen
hustle at the race Saturday
The high school athlete will be In ms
glory Friday afternoon, on the occasion
Of the annual inter-class games.
Charlie Rice's Cambridge colts STANG
at the bottom of the New hIsidniut
League, with three games won ana eisht
lost.
EIobedanz will not go on the slab LOT
Worcester but will gambol in the right
Standardization Post Don saiioie
much on that.
The races at Westboro will be wen
patronized July 4, with the unIteq sube $50
of all attached riders penliu INC @
ciated Cycle Clubs.
Bicycle racing gets a big boom IN TINS TINS
CITY lipon the formation of the Associateu
cycle Clubs, whose ultimate opJect IL 10
construct track.
The local high school eight, under the
tutelage of Coach James II. Ten Eyck,
will prove to the Harvard freshmen their
superiority in rowing Saturday.
Fitchburg is having all sorts of trouble
in base ball. The way Of team IN q
poor base ball citv or ,+ Of e p Ssrd man
In Tuesdays game Anderson, a Wor-
cester hoy. and centre field for the Su-
perbas was five time at pat, maue t"o
runs, three hits and had three put-outs,
The new Morgan-Iselin cup defender
Columbia, will be ready 70 leave Ihe M ~
reshoff works week anead OF t the
launching date, if her owners give tne
word.
Holy Cross and Georgetown Saturday.
The game will attract much interest IN
the college world. for both teams are
rated the leaders in collegiate base ball
this year.
Hobe Whiting. the star half-back on
Worcesters polo team in the happy GAYS
is playing a fast game in center Tor raw
tucket Hobe is managing tne team anu -
doing it well.
HOLY Cross boys are doing themselves
proud every game of base ball they play
and can be depended on to pc among tne
tonnotchers at the close OF the coliege
base ball season
Money on the boxing matches at Hart
ford. Memorial day, Is showing up and
there will be far more Wagered tnan was
laid in the battle between Patsy Sweeney
and Jack Lawler.
Lovers of outdoor sport in all forms
will have a great day of it Saturday, with
the Holy oss-Georgetown base ball
game at the college grounds and the
Harvard freshmen and high. schools
afternoon.
Dan Brouthers of Springfield has made
another of 1.-THE longest hits ever seem
If the distance of these hits keeps IN
creasing the patrons will have to go 70
games prepared to follow the course OIL
the bali A new field is opening up Tor
the telescope man.
Nick Young should never have sent Nc
Carr to St Louis to start umpiring with
his old comrades to jolly him along.I
TBoston Globe. It's safe TO say ms gu o..
comrades won't do anything to inJure MS
cht.nce of permanent appointment. ne y
too well liked for that.
OF the 1879 games played during the
initial month of the championship sea-
son twenty resulted in shutouts, DIVIDED
among these pitchers: Nichols two, Nops
; McC5fnnity Willis, Kennedy, Hughes
Dunn. Callahan. Taylor of Cincinnati
Damman. Phillips, Hahn, McGee. 10 10
henv Fraser. Orth, Fifield and Tannehill
one each.
The announcement that the eight-oareu
race al the lake would not be helq paSk
for the accommodation of the people VIZ
attended the Holy Cross-Georgeton WI
came was not only too previous, NJ ul
lacked sense. Delaying the race was ~ ~
desire of everybody and as the nisii
ecbool crew Is supported by popular SUD-
scrintion the wishes of the people meant
a great deal.
The Brooklyn Handicap, TO be run a. a.
uraaV which will be the feature OF th ms
weeks racing. gives promise OF oelll H., ~
r,CSf interesting contest in many years
Not only will the field be unusually lhIss'
b,,t the class of horses entered IS - Hleli;
the weights are so nnceis ~ .,,of s,-esi-
60 many Of the starters have Sucn eNeei-
lent nreoaration that splendid struggle
is sure to result.
Nfavbe the persons who look to Maxey
Toro- ~ Columbia to beat out Tom
burke OF Harvard II. the intercoliiegllat,e e
James Saturday will be surprised II
Fnrl<e rims in the half instead. Harvard
men figure on Long beating out board