The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-15
2:2O CLASS, PACING-PURsE $500.
SPORTING NOTES.

It is reported that McDuffie intends to
go over to the N. c. A.
Lampe is proving himself the winning
pitcher of the team now.
The Boston Club is ahead of last season
on receipts of home games.
Frisbee is more than making good. He
is all right,-Boston Herald.
Boston will soon have to satisfy pop
ular demand and get more pitchers.
Report has it that Hanlon wants to
trade Jennings for Wagner of the Louis
villes.
The Worcester team is regarded by
many as the strongest in the league
Rochester Times.
There are some players among the
lawyers and doctors of this city who are
not far behind professionals
Lawyer Jandron saw visions of the
medal for the most hits and insisted a
base on balls counted as a base hit this
year.
Martin Bergen. Boston's catcher, was in
this city yesterday on his way to join the
team after brief visit to his home in
North Brookfield.
Manager Barnie is being called down Sc
yerely in Hartford for selling Kelley and
letting SheehSn go. Manager Barnie
knows his business though.
President Powers has signed Fultz for
Syracuse. The hustling president knows
good thing, and don't let any grass grow
under his feet while he is after it.
Manager Leonard ought to hire R. NJ.
Washburu to teach his players how to
slide. Mr.. Washburn announced his in
tention OF writing book on the art.
Some of the players who made pretty
catches yesterday didn't know they had
the ball until they came out of It and
felt something heavy in their hands.
Joe Mcguire has bought the racing shell
of the Narragansett Boat Club of Provi-
dence. Evidently Mcguire means to leave
no stone unturned to defeat Ten Eyck. II
will be great race.
Somebody remarked that Umpire Dad
nun looked like kissing bug when he
wore the tight trousers. He was fortu-
nate in not being hit by batted ball,
others said. or a leg would have been
knocked off.
Manager Joseph H. Kelley of the doc
by T. d. Gard. He took DR.. Ryan S
place and made a hit which gave him a
batting average of 1000 They couldn' t
beat DR.. Kelley.
When one of the players made long
foul yesterday. a lady friend went into
ecstacies, thinking he had accomplished
a great feat. Well the game looked
enough like FOUNDERS to excuse anybody
for thinking anything went.
Wren Lawyer Thayer went on the
he looked an ideal coacher. Wouldn't
professional players enjoy such. a Gus
tom as that If they could have the same
stuff to drink, with the ginger out?
The Suffolk Juniors challenge any nine
in the city under IA years of age for a
game of ball on Swans field. The Graf
ton Squares preferred. Address James
White, 81 Suffolk street, or Manager
Britt, S. Suffolk street. Games to be
played Friday afternoon.
Wouldn't that jar the Asylum street
bridge? "Hi'' Ladd signs with Worcester
and Barnie was told by several local
cranks where to reach this man.-Hart-
ford Post. Maybe he was, but nobody
could get Ladd until he gave Worcester
the first chance. He wanted to come here
They all do.
The WashbuFn &. Moen ball team will
play this afternoon in Shrewsbury against
the representative team of that town. The
Washburn & Moen team will be made up
of Simonds, p; Peet, C.; Denny, 3b. !;
Simonds, ID; Whitney, |. f.; Shattuek,
r. f.; Dodge sub.