The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-09

good work. The Rochesters put up the
best game of any team of visitors tnat
has been seen on the oval.
1t was a Worcester victory
earned because the team was
better than its opponents. In an
departments of the game, the
Worcesters were as far superior to the
visitors as The Spy is to all other
newspapers of this city, particularly
those that are trying to follow its lead.
In fielding, the Worcesters had less
misplays to their discredit than their
opponents, and the good work which
was done Immediately after saved the
cost OF the misplays. Not one OF them
was responsible for a scores In the
pitching department, the Worcester
man could give his worthy opponent
cards and spades and both casinos, ana
he'd have turned enough sweeps TO
lead in the count
But it was in batting that the Farm
ers showed their superiority. Every
game that they have played this year
save one has been remarkable for It's
stick work Such was the case yes
terday. For a few innings the ball
looked about the size of a microbe as
Morse sent it up with left-handed
shot. But when the Worcesters trained
their eyes for that size, the sphere
grew alarmingly, and the last few in
nings it seemed as big as a gas bal
loonA Bransfield was the bright par
ticular star with the ash yesterday.
Four times he came up, and each time
he swung on the ball hard enough to
fiatten 1t. He made a single, double,
triple and home run, and he would
have made other things, but the mag
mates of the league never provided for
anything else.
Perhaps Viau didn't win the crowd
yesterday! When he started in to pitch,
there was a little trepidation among
the occupants Of the stands, for fresh
which Viau got from Syracuse last
week. But base ball is uncertain.
Viau certainly pitched magnificent ball
yesterday. He started out as if he was
going to be wild, but after he located
the plate. the Rochester men couldn'
hide it even under a bushel If it
shrank to the size of a marble, Viau
could have cut it in halves every time
yesterday. That was what did the
business. He had an elegant jump to
the ball which seemed like a thing Of
of the Rochesters. He used good head
work and deserved the numerous
salvos of applause which he received.
Worcester started the scoring in the
opening inning. The first run came
easy. Kuhns was hit by the ball, took
second on an out, and scored on two
errors. In the next inning Bransfield
tied the score by home run drive over
the fence. The clincher came in the
sixth. With a lead of three to two
against them. Bransfeld opened with
q double Smith scored him by a sin
gle. Viau sent the latter in by a three
Dagger A tumble by Bean scored Wan
and Rickert. whose grounder was
fumbled. chased around on a pretty
double by Frisbee. Bransfeld's three
Dagger and Smiths single added an
other run in the seventh.
Rochester scored two in the second
on a base on balls, two hits, a force
out and good base running. A hit,
steal. out and another single scored
the third run far Rochester in the
fifth. A muff by F'risbee and two hits
filled the bags in the ninth, but Viau
made a jumping stop Of Campau's
grounder and the game was over The
score: