The Worcester spy., 1899-07-07
SPORTING NOTES.

The Columbia is queen of the waters.
Frisbee has been moved up in the bat
ting list by the Bostons.
1t must have been hard for Providence
to lose yesterday by score of l to o.
John F. Dinsdale wants a battle with
Mike Sears. He doesn't want anything
more to do with Rosenberg.
The clerk Of the. weather is with the
Worcesters. BY giving them an off day
yesterday the pitchers are now sufficiently
rested
Treasurer Mason of the Worcesters is
enjoying a few days rest in Fall River.
He's the biggest man in that town, next
to the mayor
Capt Duffy wrote home from Chicago
to say that Umpire John Gaffney soaked
it to Boston good and hard when he met
them in the west.
Ned Ten Eyck and Joe Mcguire will
meet at the national championships, and
maybe Mcclure won't row in Worcester
the following week.
Every of sport in Worcester ought
to constitute himself a working member
for the success of the Quinsigamond inter-
national regatta in August.
The postponed base ball game between
the married and single men of the Tatas-
sit Canoe Club will be played at Jordan
pond on Saturday afternoon.
A. A. Zimmerman says he is willing to
meet any of the latter-day champions in
the three-Quarter-mile mark.
If new athletic club is organized in
Worcester 1t should not take the name of
the defunct W. A. G. Pronouncing that
name leaves bad taste in the mouth,
There is considerable criticism of the re-
lease of O'Connor. Good judges of the
ability of players consider Manager Leon
ard should have kept him instead of Shar-
rott.
1t is announced in London that Sham
Britannia, but will sail for America with
out giving the public any idea of her
speed.
wouldn't it be a good idea for laboring
men to pay more attention to boycotting
those who sell them out in politics than to
try to prevent ball player from getting a
living?
Arthur Gardiner intends to stick to
paced racing, in spite of two defeats at
the hands of Harry Elkes; Gardiner will
have two motor quads built, as Tuesday S
race with Elkes taught him a lesson in
pacing.
Frank w. Holt of South Acton will hold
an amateur race meet at the Littleton
track July Is. Diamonds Of the usual
quarter-mile open, interdivisional cham
pionship, two-mile handicap and half-mile
handicap
New members to the number of 307
Joined the l.. A. w. during the past week.
from any one division-7S-came from Mas
sachusetts. Pennsylvania and Ohio sent
"A each, New York 43, Connecticut and
Rhode island 6. The total membership is
IS, ,143.
If Manager Hanlon adheres to his pres
ent intentions. there will be big shake
up in the playing forces of the Brooklyn
Club within the next week or two. The
disastrous western trip has caused the
astute manager world of worry, and
he is figuring out the best way of strength
ening the team.
At the Greater New York A. c. games
hammer thrower of the New York A. c.,
in an exhibition with j. G, Coffey of Ire
land, threw the hammer 1853 feet inches.
Coffeys best was l40 feet inches Flan-
agan's performance is feet 6 inches bet
ter than his worlds record made in COM
petition.
Pitcher Thornton says of the Chicago
president: Hart treats those who were
Adrian Anson's friends among the players
as he treated Anson. And l am a friend
of Anson. can account for Hart holding
me In no other way. Because | refuse to
play with him under his terms he is bent
on forcing me out of the game. hope the
public of Chicago will some time denounce
such men and methods"
A story comes from Toronto that does
not reflect credit uponthe Springfield Club
up there. The story as published In the
With the return of the team from the east,
comes a story that should be looked into
by the management. Alloway tells a
story. that equals anything that has been
heard of for, long time. He declares he
was sitting In the dressing room OF the
springfield Club obscured from view.
Der a hauling over the Goals and threaten
ing him with his job IL he did not give
Springneld the best ,of T.. and Gruber did
as ne was sked:-Hartford Post. Mo-
would such q story be given the slightest
credence. Its animus is altogether too
evident. Toronto hates Gruber. Spring
field Union. You're right at that. It's
nonsense to. think an umpire would stand
for any such talk from player.