The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-03
ALL KINDS OF FUN,
Wet and Dry Clerks
Enjoy the Game
at Webster.
THE CROWD A CLOSE SECOND.
Wine Manipulators Doff
Their Caps to Yard Stick
Men and Others.
THE CROWD A CLOSE SECOND.

Webter, Aug. 2.-There were all kinds
of fun at Beacon park ball grounds this
afternoon, the occasion being the an
nual game of baseball between the wine
clerks and the various other clerks,
which are designated as the dry clerks.
There were all kinds of crowds there and
all kinds of players, too. A few of the
uniforms, while the others were dressed
any old way All the stores closed for
the great game" and the attendance
was almost. as good as when the big
team plays. The big crowd got all the
fun there was coming to them, and
from appearances a good deal more
The game was comical However,
once in a while a good play would be
made. There was one spell when good
| playing was at premium, but it was
all in the game, and the poor general
ship and errors only made the game
more interesting from a spectators
point of view. The crowd was kept in
an uproar throughout the game.
| When the teams lined up Senator
| Charles Haggerty was in the pitchers
| box for the wet clerks. Senator"
| might have been twirler some time,
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| out "schoone1s'' than he is on the ball
| field. His motions caught the crowd at
once, and he was the center of observa-
ton until he retired. He took the guy
| ing good-naturedly, but that did not
save him. His arm was so CLASSY that
| he could barely throw the ball to the
plate. Jimmie Love, who succeeded
him, pitched a great game, considering
the fact that he seldom touches a ball
| The pitchers for the dry clerks all had
that tired feeling. William j. Ryan
went in first. His arm was little
| CLASSY. Colin S. Campbell succeeded
him, and he was a trifle better. Seeing
| that the game was nearly lost, Thomas
| f. Hederman, assistant manager of the
big team, went in. He, too, got all that
was coming to him. He won his game,
| however Dwyer was a trifle out be-
| hind the bat, and he only had seven
| passed balls. Sweet caught a good
game for the wines.
The five pitchers all together had a
total of Is strikeouts. More than once a
| batter would strike out, and then get
his base through errors and wild
throws, which were as numerous as the
sands on the beach.
| Jerry Turbidy and George Beaure-
gard, old timers were in the game, and
! Jerry and George made a, couple of
| good stops. Hederman played a good
fielding game, as well as did PengelIy.
The hits were kept down wonderfully
well. The wine clerks only got four sin
| giles. Pengelly did quarters of
the batting for them, and was the one
| that had his optics open when the ball
came along. Campbell hit the ball in
some old way, he don't know how he
did it, but he scored the only two-bag-
ger in the game
Sweet did a funny turn. Although he
came to bat four times he is not cred
fled once with a time at bat He got
three gifts and once was hit by a
pitched ball.
There was lots of "rooters" on the
| field, and some money changed hands.
| The umpiring was looked after by
| Websters regular left fielder Carney,
| late of Holy Cross. The only one to
question his decisions was Hederman.
! and that was done for a joke Man
| ager John II. Conway of the big team
played couple of positions Pitcher
Thomas r. Sanders of the regular
team was in the press box and watched
the game. The score