The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-16
SPORTING GOSSIP.
Bright Odds and Ends Gathered for sp,
Readers.

Bright Odds and Ends Gathered for Spy
Readers.
The Newport horse show opens Sept. 8.
| The, open-air show in New York is this
week.
| two classes. Myrtle Peek will be special
| attraction.
Just wait until Worcester strikes. its
gait. The other teams will think it's a
board fence.
How are the assessors to act on taxing
| bicycles? Owners are asking themselves
that question.
Holy Cross intends to rub it into VIII
| liams tomorrow if the team is able to
accomplish the trick.
The Rigby stakes filled well and some
| grand horse racing is promised for the
| billiard table track.
| Good weather is the only thing the in
| tercollegiate sport at the oval will require
| to make them record breakers.
The strengthening process has been
| started. Let the good work continue and
! the Farmers will be the kings of them all.
| 1t is estimated that nearly 81, 900 will
| be offered in purses on the 100 tracks of
! the American and National trotting as
| soeiations.
Tho St. Joseph C. t. A. S. of North
| Brookield wants a good battery for
y. y l. "
| North Brookheld.
President Marston said early in the
| year, he wouldn't have any weak spots
| in the Worcester team. 1t looks as if he
| meant what he said
| Worcester does not cut much ice in the
| New England intercollegiate games but
| in the interscholastic Worcester schools
| reap the entire harvest.
| Gettig is another of the New York
| strikers who has caved, He was anxious
| heard of Seymours equalization
| Williams has winning look, but some
| times looks are deceptive and other prize
| winners before a set of games have been
| second raters when they were over.
| Lajoie of the Phillies is the real keynote
| to that teams present status in the club
| standing, and three-base hits come easier
| to the ex-F'all River wonder than singles.
| Col.John E. Thayer's Maplehurst farm
at Lancaster is extensively represented in
| all the early closing events. The famous
| farm will campaign the largest and best
/ string in its history.
! The horse racing season opens for the
| trotters at Norfolk. Va, today. The south
| is not very far ahead of New England.
| for the season here opens with several
| races Memorial Gay.
| Maurice Rosenberg has now three
| matches on his hands. He VIII meet Jack
Frazier. at Portland, May p, Mike Sears
| at Lewiston, May IS. and Dinsdale at
| Hartford, Memorial day.
| The loss of Yeager and I<loby may be
| more serious than anticipated. Yeager. is
( a sandy player. and won many games for
| the club by his offhand stick work when
| least expected.-IB Boston Globe.
One first-elass pitcher would make a
| frst-class team of Worcester. The Farm
ers can make runs enough, but are scored
| against in discouragfng way owing to
weak box artists.-[Bo Globe.
Martin Flaherty and Jack O'Brien, who
| gained a decision over Oscar Gardiner.
| will meet at the Lenox club, May 20.
| Flaherty was not able to defeat Gardiner,
| but it's any odds he defeats O'Brien
Charley johnson, who was recently de-
| feated by Joe Walcott, wore in that con-
| test the gloves that Charles Mitchell used
| when he was defeated by Jim Corbett.
i He can say the gloves were a ''hoodoo"
OF the SO put outs made in the Thinning
| battle between the Giants and the Phil
! lies. last week, Piatt, the clever left
handler of the home club forced "a Giants
! 10 go out on flies, National League
4 record.
i There is every indication that the pro-
| posed twenty-five round battle between
/ Bob Fitzsimmons and Jim Jeffries for the
! worlds heavyweight championship will
| be decided at Coney Island according TO
i the original agreement.
l Combination is out with a good pro-
| gram for the June meeting. On the card
| are free-for-all, 2;19, 2:23 and 2:30 classes
l trotung, and free-fOr-al, 2.l6, 2.l9. and
! PA classes pacing. with purses of $500 for
! each. Entries will close May %.
/ Harry Elkes, the middle-distance cham
1 pion of America, has accepted an invita-
1 ton to ride in the big multicycle hapdi-
/ cap which will be one of the features at
| the opening meet at Ambrose Park on
| May 20. This will be in addition to his
| attempt to better the worlds record of
/ l:3l ass. in which effort he will be paced
! by Fourniers internal machine"
| President Powers says that Umpire
i Curry has quit on account of his health.
He has drawn sl25 in salary and collected
i a s. fine from Harry O'Hagan. He owes
| the league S42 and the president has writ
/ ten an imperative letter to him threaten
/ ing extreme measures unless he makes
/ restitution. The president also says that
! Umpire O'Loughln has made a wrong
\ construction on the balk rule.
Some of The Eastern League base ball
( writer's are doing lot of worrying lest
I the purchase of Bonner by Washington
I from Hartford shall result in Bonner
] being sent TO the Toronto club. Washing
\ ton needs him more than Toronto and It
! Is not likely he will be sent to Toronto
/ Providence Journal Well that's blue
] ribbon guess. The Worcester base ball
writer who had Bonner playing in
! Toronto is president of the Worrying
/ club
There will be no more use for the ex-
I pensive sprocket chain in bicycle con-
\ struction II the idea of a. Des MOines Ia
! inventor can be carried into general prac-
4 tice for he utilizesJ for the purpose of
7 power transmission an ordinary we'll
4 made twist link chain, which has recent
/ ly been patented. The sprocket wheel has
/ the teeth arranged on its periphery at an
u angle so shaped as to successfully engag
Z in the openings OF the twist link chain
! The construction Of this chain appears to
| be simple and cheap. and can be made to
| sustain a great strain. It Is also easily
kept clean.
II A novel and interesting experiment IN
II college athletics is to be tried In Mlcfi-
II gan One of the worst features Of these
III contests of late years has been their COM
II nercial aspect. The fees for admission to
I the big games" have grown inOrdinateIv
/ large, and the profits from the foot ball
/ contests in the leading eastern UNIVERSE
! ties have risen TO great sums. This mat
/ ter Of admission fees has not vet become
/ SO important in the west as in the east
I but the evil Is growing also in that part
I of the country. The faculty OF Albion
I College. a Methodist institution in Michi-
I gan have decided to try the system of
I abolishfng admission fees at all games to
tax every student 50 in the term bills to
! support the athletics Of the college. and
/ 10 have the money thus raised expended