The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-15

Ions. Six boxes of lemons and 800
pounds of sugar, with half a ton of ice,
went into the mixture, and the crowd
kept buying as long as the FUN contin-
ued. Forty cases of bottles of ginger
ale disappeared in exchange for the coin
Of the realm. Charles A. Merrill alone
and single-handcd, disposed of a barrel
and half of peanuts. Four huge SUI
gar barrels were emptied during the af-
ternoon, and left never a trace except
a heavy carpet of shells and husks that
cracked and creaked under foot over the
entire grandstand.
Frank B. Hall and corps Of assist
ants sold out the entire stock of 5000
cocoanut cakes and the spectators were
not satisfied.
1t was peanuts and cakes and lemon
ade and ginger ale and cigars. Every
man in the grandstand was spotted by
the eagle eye of one or another doctor
or lawyer or veteran, grasped by the
merchandise. When one cigar Vender
had made his rounds and assailed all
his friends, along came another genial
gentleman, and the operation was COM
pleted. Everybody had. to buy and,
having bought, to eat or drink or
smoke. 1t appeared like a conspiracy
to boom business for the doctors. And
it was all for charity.
After practice in which the barristers
struck a race-horse gait that augured
defeat for the doctors, the sawbones
took the field to timber up. DR.. VII
liam ]. Delehanty subjected the Is can
didates for honor and trouble, to ply
steal examination, and, aside from two
or three cases of heart disease and
nervous prostration, the men were pro
nounoed sound and able-bodied.
The procession formed on the west
side of the oval, promptly at S.3C
o'clock. The fire up town had delayed
the cars, and the crowd was still com
ing, but the ringmaster, Frank L
Dean, called time to the minute, anc
| would brook no delay. The procession
formed as follows
Chief Marshal Frank L. Dean.
officers Gleason and White.
Battery B Band, l6 pieces
E. L. IngrahaIn, leader.
Mayor Rufus B. Dodge and Judge John
Hopkins
| Umpires, Col. Samuel e. Winslow an6
Harry l.. Dadmun.
Captains Webster Thayer and DR.. E. H
Trowbridge.
Worcester professional 90 baseball team
| % men.
Uncle Sam
Squad of veterans of the Cuban campaign
Baby carriage containing Lawyers mas
Worcester Boys Club Fife and Drum
| Corps, 10 pieces. John McArdle,
| leader
Peanut vendors, flower pedlers, cocoanu
| men, lemonade hawkers.
Amid the boom and flutter of jap
anese fireworks and to the stirrint
music of the band, the procession
crossed the diamond while from tn,
stands came a deafening roar of ap
plause. Through thick and thin doomed
the forms of the umpires. Sturdy anC
redoubtable, ready for whatever nigh
come, grim and determined marched
Col. Winslow. BY his side Mr.. Dadmu1
sped along light and airy, and ready II
| flee for his life at the first approach O.
| trouble. Armed with a small arsenal o.
telescope apparatus the two int
whose hands the professional men hat
entrusted their baseball reputation fol
good or for bad, looked the personifca.
! ton Of expectancy.
| Then came the center of attraction
the charity players in tatterdemaleor
rigs, the category Of which run the en-.
tire glmut of outing fixtures. Old col.
lege suits with the same old letters EN-.
blazoned on the shirt marched side BY
side with natty and stylish golf rigs
Striped jerseys and Immaculate white
tennis costumes moved side by side
with jockey caps and misfit uniforms
\ The array vas formidable All tho
paraphernalia of the craft was totet
along in the grand march Bats and
mits, masks and protectors passed II
review. Applause was frequent. Thu
umpiras, the mayor and the distin
guished judge of the superior cour
passed In review without an error.
The procession lined up to be photo
graphed by schsrvee, and then tn,
game was called by Col. Winslow
judge Hopkins attended by the mayo
threw out the ball and the struggl,
was on.