The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-15

race may hinge largely on the games the
brewery town team will play with the
Farmers this week
History does not always repeat itself
| In 1890 the CincinHatfS won 18 games anc
Boston then broke the string: Saturday
Cincinnati successfully passed from the
18th to the 14th victory.
Carr makes more fatal mistakes thar
any other player on the team. And they
are noticeable because he is captain, the
| man who is supposed to know the game
better than anybody else.
The Princeton Tigers would like to play
the Bradford Juniors the rubber game
Saturday and would also like to play the
Worcester Orioles on Labor day morning
| The games can be had of Manager Charles
| Butler, Lewis street.
! The throw by Sharrott in catching
Henry at the plate was one. of the best
| pieces of work on the grounds this year.
/ Bransfeld did not have to stir an inch
and received the ball at his knees so that
The could make an easy turn to meet the
base runner
| Frisbee was fortunate in hit he got
| in the sixth. He hunted the ball. Henry
expected bunt and rushed toward the
plate. But Frisbee lifted it over his
head. He would have caught it easily
| II he remained at third. The crowd gave
him merry laugh
President Soden of the Bostons will not
allow that team to play exhibition games
during the season. The game with Wor-
President soden is right. For the sake
of few dollars he doesn't want to take
chances. Other base ball magnates would
do well to follow his example.
Saturday was not the first time in re-
cent years that Boston lost two games
on it's own grounds to a visiting CLUB
Boston lost q. double-header to the Pitts
burgs when Connie Mack was manager.
Last season the Ctncis came near accom-
plishing the feat, winning one game and
tieing the other.
Hanlop says: "The Brooklyn players
want to win. They have worked hard,
and are still ready to fight out to the
can fix up the pitching corps, the Brook
lyns will make aaother great rush to-
ward the flag: The team is strong, and
can not tumble much longer
An effort is being made to break the
long-dstance flying record for homing
pigeons, The existing record Is something
like 1900 miles. Charles. H. Jones, sec
American Homlng Pigeon Fanciers, has
shipped the birds to Laredo Tex an air
line distance to Philadelphia Of 1880 miles.
Mcfarland has given up the idea of
racing ~Elkes. AS he puts Y: Il am
train for middle-distance work only to ride
two or three races and not make SO much
money ?'-E5xchange. That's just what
Major Taylor says when asked if he in
tends to pay any attention to McDuffee's
challenge.
At conference of the New England
League managers, in Manchester Satur-
day, 1t was voted to have the regular
pennant was awarded to Portland It
was also decided that the remaining
games scheduled for four clubs should
constitute second championship season,
all the clubs starting with a clean slate
last Wednesday morning.
Belts leaves nothing for the imagina-
ton. When batsman knocks foul fly,
Belts waits until it strikes the ground
Aar behind the catcher and then an
nounces Foul. A batsman who knocks
fly to the outfield that is caught is
brought up short with You're out"
ball that is pitched, no matter where It
goes.
Rather hollow victories are those at the
Montreal meet. Think of running worlds
championship events with none of the
crack riders of America entered. And at
that the Americans n-Springfield
Union. Get up with the pace The best
rider In America today, Major Taylor, is
Maior r avn spt Counted the S 5es
rider rider outside OF Worcester and League
of American Wheelmen circles.-Spring-
field Union. He isn't? Who can beat
him?
The games committee Of the Boston
ICaledonian Club, which is to hold its
picnic and games at CALIFORNIAN Grove
West Roxbury, on Thursday, announces
that Michael f. Sweeney, the former
worlds amateur high jumping champion.
has entered for the high jump and other
events The entry list is one OF the best
ever made for this fixture In summer
sports. The members games promise To
he more interesting than In other Years
too. and this will be because all the clever
members of the club, Mcneil. Frew, Nc
will compete. These will be held in the
morning The big. games open 70 the
world will be held In the afternoon.
-. q a sir
the distance runs. and some Of his adj
mirers claim he viii win the half-mile
the mile and the three-mile runs. He
will have to run hard IN all of them Far
some of the very best speeders of the
professional ranks will be entered Some
Of these runners are waitiAg to try COM
clusions with the doughty 1rishman for
the three-mile event,