The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-01

their desire to have base ball in this city
Any crowd can criticise a losing team.
The combined disappointments of many
scullers and oarsmen could not prevent
me holding of the Quinsigamond inter.
national, and there will be some good
racing at the lake today,
Brockton has a stronger infield thar
worcester. Montreal Springfield OF
PEcrovldenee,l the crack teams of lhe
eastern characterization Globe. A rabbit
can run wonderfully fast until grey.
mound gets after him.
: Farmers are proyerhially bad travellers
| 1t Is unsafe to let them go to Springfield
| or other large metropolitan centers The
bas se pal confidence operators they meet
| invariably impose in some way upon their
| guileless natures. Worcester should play
| all its games on the home grounds.
The Phillies' need for frst-cIass SUBJ
stltute inf1elder has been impressively en-
| loss sustained by Messrs Reach and
| Rogers through the clubs slump would
| have paid twice over the salary of a ca
pable extra man.-Philadelphia Inquirer.
Esper jumped his contract Saturday
ana went to his home in Philadelphia.
He will be suspended and can not play
again without Manager BARNES consent.
The only reason assigned for Esper' s
leaving was the pounding he received AT
the hands of Worcester and his child
| ishness.
Jack O'Brien of New York kicked over
the traces when he saw the articles of
agreement for his match with Tim
the weighing in time, o'clock In the
afternoon. O'Brien wants it made 6
O'Clock, and if it is not changed, the
match may be called off.
Jim Wray wants to row Ned Ten Eyck.
Wray knows Ten Eyck won't turn pro-
fessional. If Wray wants to race, he
can have one with Ras Rogers, and can
get whole lot of Worcester money if
ne beats Rogers. He could have had a
race with Rogers last year, but flunked.
Baltimore will not stand second-class
ball, and, the attendance is dropping off
tnere daily. To man up tree it looks
like this would be Baltimore's last season
in the National League" says the Gin
cinnati Enquirer, because an average of
only 1900 people a game turned out here
to see the eighth-class Reds play ball.
Baltimore News.
This talk that comes from Boston about
JoKeying IN amateur race is bosh. Any
sculler, be be amateur or professional
would do what Ten Eyck did if he could
Ten Eyck would be foolish If he remained
in the rough water when he was speedy
and clever enough to secure for himself
as good conditions as Mcguire
AS the speed of the motors now being
used for pacemaking Is increased, the
riders mounted upon them and the riders
protective spectacles Work either upon
or back of these machines is very trying
on the eyes especially when the speed is
40 miles an hour, as is the case when the
time is l minute and 30 seconds.
Harry w. Smith was a winner at
Brighton Beach Saturday in the big
steeplechase event at 2la miles. King L.
ran a plueky race and a hard one and
outran the favorite. Rheinstrom, at the
two-mile mark. galloping in ahead of
Perion by two lengths The belief is that
in King T. Mr.. Smith has developed a
likely candidate for honors at Saratoga.
The biggest safety in the world has
been built by II. A. Lozier, and each
wheel has a diameter of Is feet. The
single-tube tires are Is inches in dia-
meter, yet are perfectly proportioned to
the size of the machine. The spokes are
three~quarters of an inch thick and
there Is in the machine material enough
to make exactly 262 average 2S-inch
wheels.
One of the secrets of the artistic
brainy performances Of the champions
is their knowledge of the hitters, says
Earl Wagner, Every man on the team,
including even Jimmy Stafford, watches
the batsmen with a students eye, And
as each particular hitter steps to the
bat the champions pull their field to the
right or left, deep or shallow, according
to the probable Direction that the bail
will take In its fight from the bat. On
certain batsmen, such as Lajoie they
play deep and take a chance, and ditto
Delehanty.