The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-16

There was Embarrassing finish at the
oval yesterday afternoon. Every fan
got back ten dollars worth of excite
ment for his quarter invested and all
the premium came in the ninth in
ming. A few over conscientious ones
wanted to go out and pay in again, but
Manager Leonard declined to accept eX-
ira payment from any one, on account
of the yeoman work they did in helping
pull the WorceSterS out Of a tight place.
For if a crowd ever helped a team to
win, that was the case yesterday. They
started the cheering as a forlorn hope,
when Kloby led off with a sharp sin
gle; and they kept it up with increas
ing vehemence till Rickert crossed the
plate with the winning run.
That Worcester only got four in the
ninth, was not because the teams
power gave out, but because four were
all they needed. Fourteen would have
come just as readily, for Alloway was
completely unnerved by the cheering of
the crowd, and the rest of the Torontos
were in little better shape. However,
they had had their fun moment ear
lier, when the Farmers went up in the
air, presenting Toronto with five runs,
and allowing the Canadians three run
lead in what had seemed safe for Wor-
cester-4 to 2.
Alloway we'll deserved to win, for ne
pitched magnifeently. Never an easy
mark for the Farmers, he was unusu-
ally invincible yesterday allowing but
one petty single between the first in
ming and the last. But his handicap
was too strong. The handicap answers
to the name of Jimmy Bannon, and yes
terday essayed to play at shortstop, for
which he merits the earnest gratitude
of every Worcester fan Had it not
been for him the locals might likely
have been blanlhed. His muffs and
funbles gave Worcester her runs in the
first; his wild throw contributed the
tally in the eighth; and his slowness
made possible the tying and winning
runs in the last In fact, the only ones
who gave Alloway the support he de-
served were the outfield all of whom
distinguished themselves by brilliant
and difficult catches. Catcher Rothfuss
was badly off in his throwing
Third Baseman Smith attempted a
cowardly and unsportsmanlike trick In
the last inning by tripping Lampe and
preventing him from running home
from third. Happily, the umpire was
watching and the interference failed.
Such rowdies as this Smith are a dis
grace to the game, and the crowd will
doubtless pay their respects to him to-
day.
Miller also pitched very good game,
and a sure winning one, with any kind
of batting by the team behind him.
Only on two occasions did he show signs
of weakening, and one of these was
excusable, for his support was ex-
tremely ragged. Frisbee made two
costly errors, Boyle let hit through
him at a most critical point, and Klopf
surprised everybody by two low throws.
The latter, however, atoned later by
putting UP a brilliant game, spelling hit
after hit and doing alone the work of
three fielders. In fact, one Of his err
rors was really caused by Boyle's sleepy
play. Kuhns played pennant bail at
third, and Bransfield was all that could
be desired behind the bat.
The scoring began In the first inning,
With two strikes and three balls, Shar-
rott hit safely to centre KuhnS hit
to Roat, who threw to Bannon for a
double, but the latter muffed the throw
and both men were safe. Rickert
fouled out, but Frisbee got in scratch
single, filling the bases. Carr hit hard,
scoring Sharrott and Kuhns; but the
captain was out trying for second.
Bannon fumbled Bransfield's groupder,
and Fpisbee scored. Klopf singled and