The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-25
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cranks will not be satisfied with few

cranks will not be satisfied with few
victories
This is good weather for plover
shooting. The best that is to be had.
These foggy days are the few times
when the willy whistlers fly low and
linger on the hills.
The national championships at River
side park tomorrow will call out Wor-
cester rooters for the Worcester men,
Kranzlein and j. Fred Powers will come
together for the first time
Tom Hernon has been released by the
Providence club. Tom laced the ball
out In good style during the Clam Dig
gers bouts at the oval, but weak hitting
in recent games resulted in release.
College education, fine physique, en-
gineer and Splinter are some of the ac-
complishrnents of the Farmers new
second baseman. Let us hope he win
bear up well under the strain
Mr. Kelsey has a rosy way of looking
at the prospects of the National eye
ling Association. His eyesight was the
same when he was drawing a check
each week from the L. A. w. funds.
1t is the Butler family against Major
Taylor when the quartet compete The
gang worked nicely for the major at
lers present were vi against it hard.
Manager Leonard has a big contract
on hand if he attempts to land the
Farmers at the top of the heap, pull off
the Moran. Moynihan race, and then
have Worcester represented in the polo
league.
Providence is after Coughlin. recently
released by Washington. He will pro-
badly be used at third base if secured.
Coughlin batted at a $40 clip in the
Eastern league last year but slumped
in the big league.
Dan Murphy of the North Attleboros
comes pretty near being the best second
baseman in the business outside of ne
big league. He fields his position natu-
rally and is terror at the bat in
pinch.-Pawtucket Times.
When Kuhns walked off of third in
Wednesdays game he kicked over the
big pot of money that was coming to
the team. The money was up, and he
walked away with his own money and
that of all the rest of the Farmers.
The Shamrock is to be put into a
Mother Hubbard wrapper when she is
hauled out in Erie basin for a cleaning.
The mysteries of her construction are
to be preserved a secret until it is
known whether she Is a success or not.
Benton NJ, 21O, starts at Readville to-
day in the big stake race that was
hung up by yesterdays race. The track
is said to be to his liking and Worces-|
ter admirers of the grand stallion ex-
pect to see him give a good account of
himself
The Bannon family in the Eastern
league has been broken up. George,
the ex- Montreal center fielder, is play
ing semi-professional ball near Boston.
He had his hooks out to catch on with
Washington, but Jimmy was bigger and
better fish.
There is one play that the old Balti-
mores used to make once in a while
that don't see nowadays" said base
ball man yesterday, land that is scor-
ing from first base on SINGLE" Keeler
did the trick in Brooklyn this year.-St
Louis Republic.
Farrell, the plumbers catcher, claims
experience behind the bat at Boston
college Dan Lohnes the twirler, for
merly played with the Cambridge Reds,
a crack semi-professional team. rhe
moulders' have no celebrities They
have watched the Farmers and ought
to win.
Frank L. Stephens of the Wanderers
A. G. of Halifax is considered a dark
horse in the sprints at the national
handicaps at Boston tomorrow. He is
slight, weighing but 140 pounds, but is
by no means small in stature. His rec
ord is brief but good. He holds the
Maritime record for the go, doing the
distance in p seconds with turn.
Klobedanz is earning the title Of the
F" queer lad" among the fans. KIoby al
ways has something on his mind but
the chances are that cramps is a new
experience for the bf0 fffrba. ~ ax
change recently referred to Kloby as
always having a hand in outside mat
ters." It's dollars TO mud spatters that
kloby had both hands on inside matters
during the siege yesterday.
Worcester was beaten by Rochester
yesterday because Kuhns LIST track of
how many men were out and started
for the bench when he was on third
base and had a chance to score Some
players are dreadfully afraid they will
not get through quick enough or may
do a little more work than is absolute
ly necessary. - Providencs Journal.
Knocking should begin at home.
A Baltimore paper gives the following
account of the umpiring in recent
game in that city: 1.-THE most conspic-
uous features of the game were the um-
pires. Both figured prominently in the
run column. The umpiring was lurid.
Chippy McGarr whose decisions brought
down a storm from both sides soon be-
came Sick and in the middle of the Sc
cOnd inning was forced to retire from
the games. He was then Trembling like
an aspen and admitted that the difficul-
ties Of his position had made him sick
in the stomach. After that Manassall
OBLIGATED alone, and, having twice as
much 70 do, was about twice as bad