The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-14
THE WORLD OF SPORTS.
News from Everywhere Carefully Com
piled BY the Spy.
Not so bad.

Not so bad.
All up for Holy Cross today
Lajoie has made IS hits up to yesterday.
Dinsdale vs.. Rosenberg sounds familiar.
Long live the new Bay State Gun Club.
Kill6n has won four games out of five.
McGraw failed to bat safely but twice
in 30 games.
Keeler has batted safely in IS out of his
last 10 games.
Williams of the Pittsburgs has batted
safely in 25 straight games.
Stafford has batted safely in nine
straight games up to yesterday.
Joe Harrington resumed playing, and
guarded the territory In right field.
Rickert must have recovered HIS bat
ting eye. Pittenger, at least, thinks so.
Mr.. Pittenger was up for his medicine
yesterday and he got all that was due
him.
The major is fast getting into shape at
the Charles River Park for his race with
McDutfie.
Hurrah! Syracuse wobbled off the to-
boggan yesterday and took a game from
Rochester.
The N. c. A. riders In Worcester can
not be found these days, and are few and
| far between.
From accounts received of McDufie's
! riding, II looks as if the major is booked
for fast pace Saturday.
And now the track writers are having
the harness horses running" good races
They ought to be disqualified.
There are probably no better first base
men in the Eastern League than Home
Kun Kelley OF the Hartfords.
Major Taylor will have an opportunity
to retrieve his laurels when he meets Nc
| Duttie at Charles river the 18th.
! When Jeffries comes to New England
let him steer clear of Umpire Burns or he
may never live to enjoy his snap.
Toronto goes to the top of the heap
Three straight games from the champions
| has made Toronto the largest city in
| Canada.
The Worcesters tackle the Indians on
| the Hartford reservation today, and with
| lNlobedanz on the rubber should take the
first of the series.
| Mckinley 2:2SA should carry Webster
| mayer well up in the front rank of the
| slde-gaited brigade when the speedway
gets in working order.
| Toronto found Montreal easy game. and
| me wonder in the former city is that
! Dooleys men ever got away with the
championship last year.
| Burns, umpire of the big league, Is
| slated to go. Burns of the Eastern ought
| 10 be taken to some remote corner and
gently pushed off the earth.
| With crews. scullers and canoeists pre-
| pairing for the New England regatta,
there will be increased attraction at the
lake for the people of the city.
A three-cornered match between Casey.
Ekoerg and johnson would be a star at
| traction for the Associated Cycle Clubs
| OF this city at Westboro July 4.
| The horse racing appears to be behind.
All the trainers for some reason are not
/ equal with the game and MANY Of tbe
early classes and races are not filling
! Today is probably the last opportunity
| me admirers of Holy Cross Will have to
see the team play on the home grounds
| Inc University of Toronto players will be
Trout fishing is at a standstill. and the
| HaItQns nave utterly succumbed to the
| drought. Meanwhile A. B. F. Kinney is
lake, Maine.
The local professional riders ought to
5eL GOOD handjcaps at the Charles River
Fark next Saturday, considering the poor
showing made at the meet at Westboro
last Saturday eS'oO'o
DR.. Andrews of Philadelphia, who has
! examined more athletes than any other
man IN the country says Jeffries is the
ever examined
A Springfield exchange remarks that II
lsn often five hits without an infieId err
ror scores five runs. That's correct FIRST
enough for that.
Tor the past two weeks. and in conse-
duence has fallen off in his batting
Nhen he comes around he will lace them
out as ne did in the early season games.
Many followers of the bicycle racing
game think that McDuffe put INNS
Mlchaels out of the business and will re-
peat the trick with Major TAYLOR. The,
WlIl Pc given another think after the racs
The project of a board bicycle track
should receive the support of ain The local
business men, for when the track is con-
plrted ana race meets held in this city &
VIII bring many dollars TO the local b1sit
ness men. -ON'i Dusl-
me Springfield Union says Worcester is
paying whole lot better ball in Snring-
9eld than 1t did in Worcester. Come
u9Wn on the roof. Can't tell us thai
EShe ,n they took only two games from
o. aI mere is a mania for cross-countrv and
5o;VVV-mile tours awheel, and MANY Of the
asasy.erused wagers against which men are
Iiulig pear abundant evidence OF flake -
= discerning public is supposed to sena-
rare the wolves from the flock.
The admirers of the piuckv Boston hi
- &c rider expect to hear that Major
IsSlor mas taken to the whip and sni3Ts
anu gone the way Of has BEEN riders
Inc major Will wake them IN ,,-,a,- -