The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-28
KEPT EN- CHASING
Worcesters Bang Ball
In Every Possible
Direction.
.NASHUAS ARE EASY.
Local Team Pleases Fans
by Vigorous
Hitting.

Until the last half of the fifth inning
the ball game at the oval yesterday af-
ternoon was a pretty contest, and was
thoroughly enjoyed by the spectators.
The number Of the latter was not le-
gion; in fact it was so small that Man
ager Leonard thought seriously of put
ting a policeman at the gate to prevent
anybody escaping until the game was
over.
The opponents ofthe crackajack Wor-
cester team were the Nashuas, who
had trimmed the Lowells last week by
frightful score. The men from the
prohibition state did as well as could
be expected of men reared on bread
and water, but when the Worcesters
got their eye on the ball in the fifth
inning, the air was full of horsehide.
The Nashua men thought they had
multi-vision, for they saw spheres fly
ing in all directions. They chased
many delusive hopes, which was re-
sponsible for the errors they piled up.
Although it was not game in which
the spectators took great interest, the
work of the Worcester team was an
attraction for them. The batting
streak which the Worcesters got on
robbed the game of interest. But the
fans were thoroughly delighted by the
playing of every member of the team.
All had opportunities to field the ball,
and the only man who didn't play
championship ball was Kuhns, who is
in bad position and can't field prop
erly until the territory he guards is
made suitable for playing.
The playing of Frisbie and Rickert in
the outfield made a man feel happier
than if his mother-in-law went away
on long visit. They had plenty to do,
and did it about as cleanly as Dewey
did the Spaniards. Several hard hit
balls which were labeled as base hits
had the mark rubbed off by the gloves
of those fielders. They covered more
ground than circus tent and caught
flies easier than dog does fieas in
August.
Capt. Bowman made his first appear
ance with the Worcesters. He is a
sturdy fellow with q voice like Jove
used to throw from the thunder-cloud
He acted yesterday as though little
oiling wouldn't do his FONTS any harm
| His condition is, of cotItse, due to lack
of practice and Stiffness which came
afternoon. He seems just the man tC
keep life in the team. He VIII get able
assistance from Frisbee and Rickert
who keep a running fire of comment go.
ing all the time.
Wilder played again at short, Smiths
arm being lame from the work of lasi
week. The little fellow did finely ano
batted in good style. Smith was per-
fectly at home in the right pasture
| Three pitchers were used. Viau took
his first turn on the slab. He worked
easily enough. He didn't give the
Nashuas a hit in the three innings he
pitched, but wonderful catches by
Rickert and Frisbee helped his record.
Horton was banged for three singles in
succession in his first inning. Sharp
| fielding prevented any runs. Horton
slammed the ball up hard. Two of the
hits were scratchy. Clarke, who tWirled
the last three innings, didn't hurt him
self, but exercised good Judgment in the
BAH he threw up. In the eighth inning
he had to pitch only four balls. The
last out in that inning by the way, was
foul tip, which Bransfield jumped for.
And nobody questioned for an instant
whether 'the ball that was not a foul
fly but simply given slight upward
motion by contact with the bat" was
an out or strike. II was fortunate TOT
everybody concerned that even as good
an umpire as John Gaffney', was not
there to wonder what he would call the
ball.
The strongest feature of the game
on the part of the Worcesters was
their clean, hard hitting. They smashed
the ball with a vengeance and La
roche's record was saved by the field
ers playing far out. They pulled down
several flies that would be long dis
lance hits had they been in their regu-
lar positions The visitors did not score
until the last inning, when a hit base
on balls, force out and slow grounder
which took a bad bound as Kuhns
reached for Il, gave them single run.
The score: