The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-05
Took Him Plum in the
Eye-He'll Be Buried
Today.

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Y. M. G. A. small boys with some sue
cess. More money would have been
taken in in this way if Representative
S. Ives Wallace had been required to
perform this duty. 1t was expected of
him, but he did nothing whatever, ex-
cept bubble with the umpire.
IL was toregone conclusion that the
business men would win the game
They had three professional or former
professional ball players on their nine
And yet the professional men could
make no prevailing protest, because the
professionals were all. business men
and actually engaged in bona fide bus
mess in town. Not the least interest
ing features of the day were the score
cards, which were sold for 10 cents
each. Everybody bought one. A local
poet of merit had contributed rhymes
treating of the players, which were full
OF pith. The rooters shouted them from
the bleachers, especially when Mr..
Stevens or Mr.. Rodger or some other
member of the government stepped UP
to the bat. This is one of the choicest
of the verses treating of Selectman
Rodger at the bat, in this way:
Selectman Rodger at the bat
Selects his ball and hits 1t spat;
But Larkin, with his eagle eye,
Scars upward for 1t in the sky
re loses, tnOugn, put what is Sadder--
He might have caught 1t had he a ladder.
This was neat and true. Another cou-
plet told how Attorney Fay might be
expected to get out of the game, as fol-
lows:
There was young lawyer,
His name was Bill Fay
lie went to play bali
With the Y. NJ c. A.
But there came warm fly
TOOK MIN plum in the eye,
ana the rest-Well, a funeral next day.
1t was really the pitching that wound
Mr.. Fay up. But nobody was surprised
that the score stood % to 10 against the
lawyers, doctors and civil engineers.
who comprised the professionals.
Civil Engineer Harold Parker UNI
pired the game, with the assistance of
Z. Frank Fairbanks. The umpires were
depended upon to even the difference
between the teams, but both developed
an unexpected streak of fairness. Mr..
Parker said that he learned to be cair
IN the legislature of 19S of which he
was part Mr.. Fairbanks explained
his failure to give rank decisions by
telling Representative S. Ives Wal
lace that he learned the immutable
principles of justice as a member OF
the republican town committee.
But the teams were all around star
teams. The business men had enlisted
Homer H. Garvin behind the bat He
did make an elegant catcher" as the
young women on the bleachers united
in saying. Town Clerk Samuel w. Ty-
Ter pitched a really excellent game, al
though he has not pitched in a long
time before. The professionals found
him little in the sixth, but not enough
to offset the large advantage already
gained by the tradesmen.
The rest of the batting order was: F.
j. Connaughton, SIS; F. P. Kittredge,
2b.; Humphrey ]. Coughlin, h.; Sha-
mus Q'Brien, 3d.; Former Town Treas
urer Joseph e. HarTity, |. f.. Charles
S. Stevens, r. f.; and William Rodger,
C. f.
Connaughton O'Brien and Kittredge
were dependables. Connaughton once
played with Boston in the National
league. Kittredge formerly played with
Milwaukee in the Western league.
O'Brien plays now with the Clinton
professionals Nobody knows where
Coughlin learned the game, but he was
handy at first.
Postmaster Stevens had discovered
a Boston uniform somewhere. 1t was
gray and had Boston in red letters
two inches tail across Mr.. Stevens
chest. He wore red stockings to match.
Mr.. Stevens raped out the only home
run, and proved wonder at the bat
-Four times he went around the bases
in the six innings that made the game.
Mr.. Harrity made four runs. He was
also strong at the bat.
In the sixth all the available pitchers
were exhausted, and Attorney Fay left
second to be umpire while Umpire
3Harold Parker took second, and UNI
pire Fairbanks pitched, while Repre-
sentative S. Ives Wallace umpired in
Mr.. Parker's place.
Mr.. Fairbanks was q good pitcher,
but the energies of the professionals
were exhausted, and they threw up the
game in the middle of the sixth, before
Mr.. Fairbanks had warmed up enough
to develop his abilities.
DR.. ]. A. Coyne showed really sur
prising talent. He covered first base
with few errors and to tumultuous APP
plause.
The professionals went to the bat in
this order: Dr. Coyne, lib; Milo M.
Bemis, p; Charlie Needham f; M. ].
Look, c; Attorney William H. Fay, 2b
]. E. Clark, Sb; Attorney Thomas F.
Larkin, r f; DR.. Minott ". Bastian s;
and DR.. w. S. Plaskett, I.
DR.. Bastian not only captained the
team, but played nice game. DR.. Bas-
tan laid the offering of his standing as
dH amateur upon the altar or the "
M. G. A. field day. in entering, because
he played against the rules of the A. A.
A. o., in a game with professionals
where an admission fee was charged.
DR.. Bastian is one Of the champion
amateur runners Of the country. DR..
Bastian made two of the 10 runs scored
by his team DR.. Plaskett made two
others. Clarke, Fay and Mr. Look made
two each. Clarke and Larkin made one
each.
OF the business men, Connaughton,
Stevens and Harrity made four runs
each. Garvin Tyler and Kittredge made
two each, O'Brien and Rodger made 8
each, and Coughlin made one Coughlin
had hard luck in being left on bases.
The score by innings follows:
/ "a 6
Business men .......2 10 0 8 3-25
Professionals .......0 2 0 3 s DO
Carl Gustas, % years old, was stand
ing on the RAINING board Of a Clinton