The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-03
NOTHING BUT BALL.
South County Sports
Cracked on Nation
al Game.
TWO GAMES FOR TOMORROW.
Special Trains Will Garry
Crowds Between Web
ster and Southbridge.
TWO GAMES FOR TOMORROW.

Webster, July 2.-The watchword here
is all up for the Fourth, when one of
the biggest observances of the day in
many years will take place. The adj
cester and Rev. Charles L. Goodell of
Brooklyn, N. Y, at Beason park, in the
afternoon will be one of the features of
the day, and will draw out large
crowd.
The morning event, namely, the big
game between Southbridge and Web
ster at 10 o'clock at Beacon park, will
be the chief attraction of the day. JOS
eph P. Love has made satisfactory ar
engagements with the officials of the
New York, New Haven & Hartford peo-
pie, and the special train for South
bridge in the afternoon is all right.
There has been considerable worry on
this account but Mr. Love is now salts
fled that the train will run, but with
one point undecided. That is the num-
Der Of coaches that can be spared by
the company. There are surely 500 peo-
pie that will go to Southbridge in the
afternoon, providing the accommoda-
lions can be secured.
The morning game will be called at
10 o'clock. The special train will leave
Webster at 2 o'clock, and the afternoon
game is called for o'clock. Returning
the train leaves the spec" town at $50,
and is due here at 8.15
Although that Holy Cross infield
proved too much for Webster yesterday,
there is not one word said against the
local team, with the exception that the
pitchers box and second base might
have been better. The game however,
was lost through inability to hit Griffin
at opportune stages of the game, main
ly, although the five hits scored off San
ders in the fifth inning, which netted a
total of three runs, had considerable
to do with losing the game. On the
whole, however, Sanders pitched a good
game, and it was only in that fatal fifth
that they batted him. Nick J. Murray,
the Boston umpire, said after the game
to the Webster correspondent that San
ders was heady pitcher.
But Griffin He is the star of them
all. He had the crack hitters on the
Webster team all over themselves III
vain attempts to find him. Whenever
they did find the elusive sphere there
was no one on bases or else two were
out, and the batter always died before
a run could be scored.
1t was as amusing to the crowd as to
Griffin when Capt. Brennan and Fox
of Holy Cross came to bat. Griffin
gave them the laugh each time, but
"Home-run Brennan" as he is called,
and the star Fox couldn't get their
lamps on the ball, if they were to be
filled with gold.
"Bill" Merritt was another Webster
man that couldn't see Griffin, although
his catching was one of the features of
the game. He can play his position
all around Kenney of Holy Cross, al
though there are still a few in South
bridge who think differently. Both
Merritt and Connaughton can go with
Pittsburg any time, but all Webster
understands their position in the mat
ter. They refuse to play under red
tape or farming clause. What they
want is a complete release or none, and
the National league refuses to give it
to them.
The spec" town has scored first
blood, and the first game in the series
Of five. Will they win both games
from Webster Tuesday? is the ques-
ton. Southbridge fans think so, but To-
cal opinion differs. There is one thing
sure and that is that Southbridge will
still continue to strengthen their team.
They are going to have two new field
ers to take the places of Duquette and
Langevin. They will also have couple
of new pitchers. The Southbridge man
ayers are determined to win at all haz-
ards.
The defeat has not called Webster
people bit, and they will turn out
some 1000 strong to see their team win
in the morning. Webster will show
their rivals a thing or two in the pitch
ing department tuesday, few things
that will surprise them.