The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-15

up a little fly. to Klopf, and Moran
ended the inning by a fly to Frisbee.
With this exception, the Worcesters
played a magnificent fielding game.
Klopf was greatly in evidence. He
covered more ground than a regiment
on dress parade, and made several
pretty plays Frisbee and Kicker.
played magnificent ball. one catch by
the latter being prize winner. Shar-
rott mad only one chance, and he made
more of that than a condemned man
does of his only chance. Yeager caught
finely until he had to retire on account
of an injured knee. Bransfield Jumped
into the game with as much speed as
If he had been playing all the time.
1t was the pitching that did the
trick. Klobedanz was as fresh as a
daisy after rainstorm, and pitched
wonderful ball. At the start he couldn't
locate the plate any better than a hobo
can good place to get a bite, and in
the first two innings he sent two men
TO first on balls. But he quickly real
lzed the art of pitching doesn't include
Tree passes to first, and he stopped.
Anybody else who reached first during
the game earned his passage Kobe
danz had plenty of speed and could do
almost anything with the ball in the
way of curves. He didn't rely on
either alone, but kept his think tank
working, and started a guessing CON
test among the Montreals which
wouldn't win them BOBBY prize.
Two hits only was the record off his
delivery. And Montreal was in good
luck to get those two. Both came in
the fifth inning. Henry got the first.
He struck at two balls and then at
another, of which he made foul tip.
Had Bransfield held the ball, Mr. Henry
would have met the fate that six others
of his team met, a strike-out. But the
ball didn't strike fairly in Bransfeld's
glove, and Henry had a chance. Moran
was the next man up. He was also
lucky. Instead Of a straight, clean
drive, he boosted a little fly back of
Carr. Boyle tried hard for it and helped
along Moran's luck. He couldn't reach
it, and as it bounded it struck his leg,
bounding off into right field so that
Moran got two bases on it. For the
remainder of the game, first base was
as far removed from a Montreal player
as the promised land was from Moses.
With the exception of Odwelps throw,
MontreaPs errors didn't help the Wor-
cesters in the scoring. Henry made
horrible throw, and Richter two muffs,
but Worcester could not score after
either. But Odwell's throw helped
along things wonderfully. 1t let in
two runs as direct result, and sent
The batsman to third, from which he
scored easily on Boyle's. hit
Belts of the Atlantic league staff of
umpires made his debut in the East
ern. The only thing which caused
criticism was his voice He has voice
which resembles the believing of a
COW when she wants the bars down,
and the shading between a ball and
strike is so slight that not until towards
the end of the game could anybody
distinguish what he said. Several
times when he called ball, the crowd
went wild, thinking he had said
Striker ~1'he only way The specta-
tors knew the number of each was by
keeping tabs.
Montreal used its best battery, Muir
ply and Moran. Murphy is the latest
acquisition, and was saved expressly
for the game. Last week he trimmed
the rowdy Rochesters, and after Sat
victory, Manager Dooley fig
ured on two from Worcester. But he
made a mistake III footing up the col
umn, and spent last evening going over
the figures to find out where it was.
Montreal broke the ice, but fell in
and didn't emerge again. Johnson the
first man up in the second, got a base
on balls. Odwell bunted Klobedanz
had to work fast and threw speedily to
Carr when only short distance away
The ball got past Carr. johnson made
third, Carr not being able to make a
good throw. He went home on an out
at first, when Carr threw the ball to
second. Montreal came near scoring
in the fifth, but nearness didn't count
A single, followed by double, placed
men on second and third, with nobody
out. A catch by Sharrott and a
handsome throw cut off the run.
Worcester placed itself on even terms
with the visitors in the last half of the
first. Frisbee hit over Johnson's head
Carr slammed a grounder past Schie-
beck as Frisbee started for second, and
Frisbee made third. Carr went to
sleep on first, and Murphy tossed him
out. Yeager put in grounder to
Henry, on which Frisbee scored. Henry
threw to the club house and Yeager
made third, but he was caught trying
for the plate on fly to Richter. Had
Carr omitted his nap, he could have
scored on Henry's throw.
In the third Worcester took a good
lead. Boyle cracked out a hot liner
to left. Klobedanz got his base on
balls. Sharrott made a pretty sacri-
flee, moving up both men. With two
out, Rickert hit a hot liner to left, and
two runs scored.
In the eighth, the first two men up
were retired. Carr got his base on
called balls. Bransfield hit a hot
grounder past third. Klopf cracked
the ball on the nose, and it went on a
line to left field. Odwell f1elded home
to cut off the run. but threw far over
Moran's head, and Bransfield followed
Carr over the plate. Klopf made third
on the throw. Boyle hit one that the
great Schiebeck couldn't handle, and
Klopf scored.
Nobody feared the outcome then, but
they felt better when Montreal was
quickly retired on a strilke-out and two
flies.
The attendance was 1000, the best
Monday attendance of the season, and
a remarkably good crowd, considering
the defeat of Saturday.