The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-04
SPORTING NOTES.
We are still at the top.

Go early today or else stand up.
1t is sure to be a record breaker at the
oval today.
Wow! The clam diggers whitewashed
us yesterday.
Horton pitches at Southbridge for Web
ster this afternoon.
1t was the first time Worcester has been
shut out this season.
1t was very kind of Montreal to lose
the same day we did.
The Ponies actually took a game from
the wax figures yesterday.
Kerns bids fair to begin his sculling
career with a victory today
Eastern league ball is what the south
county fans are seeing these days.
Providence has the distinction of being
the first club to give Worcester shut
out
The track at Whitinsville park is in
great condition, and some excellent time is
looked for today.
Tommy Sanders is in fine form and will
occupy the box for Webster in the home
game this forenoon.
The exhibition mile by Rubenstein to-
day will be watched by several Worces-
ter county horsemen.s 7-s1 tS4A
Spencer is bemoaning its fate. 1t has
no base ball team, and the fans have to
go miles to see game.
Lewis and Kubic should keep the spec
tators at Springfield on the anxious seat
during their race today.
Horton pitched good game yesterday
The clam diggers played a faster game
than ordinarily, that's all.
Just in the way of variety, aquatic
sports in profusion will be given at Lake
Lashaway, East Brookfield, today.
East Douglas stock went up several
points Saturday when its crackajack team
defeated the New York A. C. team.
The palms of Uxbridge and Whitinsville
are itching to grasp the purse of 500 Of
fered today. May the best team win.
Syracuse is certainly of some use in the
league when the Stars rub 1t into Mon
treal at the same time Worcester loses.
The college season is over and the pro-
fessionals will have the whole thing to
themselves until the foot ball squads get
out.
Even the boys of the state truant school
at Oakdale are into the national game
pace.
The Gardner man win be Obliged to
pedal fercely to lower the track record at
Crystal park, made by G. H. Raymond of
this city.
Miller, the new pitcher, will make his
day and may pitch the afternoon game
at the oval.
Many Worcester people will divide the
day between the bicycle races at West
boro in the morning and the bali game
in the afternoon.
The Wachusett club can easily find
room in its house for two New England
banners and it rests with Lewis and
Kerns to supply them, today. 4.
Webster sarcastically terms South
bridge as the Holy Cross aggregation.
Southbridge cannot retort as Webster
players, they say, come from all quar-
tiers.
Rubenstein will attempt to lower Ben
ton M. s track record at Whitinsville park
today. The record is 2:14A, and Mr.. La
sells famous flyer has a much lower
mark
The women who believe in woman's
rights will have their inning today. They
will be privileged to settle for admission
to the oval and grandstand at the ball
game.
The Associated Cycle clubs of Worces-
ter are entitled to big crowd at their
races in Westboro today An excellent
program has been arranged and many fast
men are entered.
The result of the allzround champion
ship meeting in Bayonne City will be anX-
iously awaited in Worcester ]. Fred
Powers has the confidence of Worcester
people in his ability to win.
Poor Boston is up against it. A team
that permits itself to receive such a
from the Senators. yesterday. will have
to hustle to hold second place.
Will O'Connor, Worcesters new find,
play with Webster today? Manager Com
way of Webster telegraphed Manager
Leonard at Providence last night, asking
for the loan of the new Farmer.
Klobedanz and Horton lead the Eastern
league pitchers in games won. The for
mer has won and lost |, and Horton has
won 10 and lost 5. Souder Of Montreal is
third with record of IL won and lost.
Charles e. Forehand shows that he is
no windy champion. His deposit of $25 is
In The Spy Office waiting for e. G. Grif-
fifth of Pascoag to cover and make good
his challenge. Forehand is the challenged
party and as such has right to name
the conditions to govern the match.