The Worcester spy., 1899-08-13
SPORTING NOTES.
Montreal again tomorrow.

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The new uniforms are certainly pretty
ones.
Second base still seems a vulnerable
point
Klopf batted in both runs that Yeager
made.
Tom Bannon of the MontreaIs leads the
Eastern League in stolen bases.
Kuhns was the hero OF yesterday $
game-and it is to be feared Boyle was
the villain
KIopf played a better game at short
than any other Worcester man has played
this year, except Leach.
McGraw says he will have no trouble
in handling Demontreville. Here's hoping
he won't, but it's doubtful.
Bill Lange was fired out of the game
in Boston once for asking Umpire Lynch
If he paid taxes in Boston
The hold which Taylor had taken upon
the sympathies of the people in the grand
stand is something nderful-Montreal
Star.
Guilty at all In hitting Felix at will. I'm
fortunately, it was always the other half
whose hits were needed.
It's up to Mr. Carr to catch low thrown
balls and stop ground balls OF the eight
first basemen in the league, there are
seven better than he ON both.
Jim Fields, who was with Syracuse,
says the Eastern League is faster than
the Western. Jim used to play with
Buffalo, so he ought to know. os,
This is Jimmy Ryan's 18th year with
Chicago Ryan has driven goodly num-
Der of men out Of the business. He is
playing the game of his career this sea-
son.
This weeks Sporting Life has on the
front page cut of Tommy Leach, who
played with Worcester few games this
season. Leach is regarded as the coming
inhelder Of the country,
The rubber broke in the left leg of
Yeager's new jeans and they would not
stay up. A spectator told him to put
some of the rubber from the umpire's
neck in the trouser leg.
Arthur Irwin deserves considerable
credit for building up his present WASH
ington team out of minor league talent,
after being compelled to sell his best
timber to. boost other League clubs PEN
nant-ward.
Pitcher Burt Jones of the st. Louis
team has jumped his contract. He says
he was not given work enough to do him
self justice.
At least two of the Providence players
will be taken .G, by the big league Roy
be taken by Washington, and it is ex-
pected that Braun will 60 to Boston
Providence Journal.
Anson is still sore on Hart and Burns.
In all his public statements he attributes
the Chicago teams poor showing In a
certain way at least to poor management.
or, perhaps, a dislike among the PLAYERS
for the management.
Treasurer Robinson says that the st
Louis Club has paid every club in the
league, except Chicago, more money than
II received. That Sunday crowd of 80 900
I'M Chicago accounts for the balance being
against st. Louis there
Willis has the honor Of being the second
league pitcher this season TO shut out
team without hit Washington was his
Louisville is the only other league pitcher
to accomplish this rare and difficult feat
this year.
Think of 'Looie' Bierbauer winning
laurels as the king of the Western League
second bagmen! Few ball players retire
from active service for a year or more,
as ''Looie" did, and then return to eclipse
their former diamond efforts Tom DAILY,
now with Brooklyn, is one shining excep-
tion.
Catcher Bergen got out Of q row with
the Boston players by claiming that Tim
Murnane incorrectly quoted him" That's
an old dodge, resorted TO by all shades
of men when reflection brings regret for
things that had better been left unsaid
But will Murnane stand for being made
out prevaricator and news faklr2--
Sporting Life.
President Powers says the standing as
published in The Spy, is correct. It's up
to other papers to correct their standing
of Eastern League clubs.--Worceste
Spy. We are with you to the fraction.
and there are mighty few of us right
at present. Springfield -uninn Yer and,
Sy, yer and. There are two newspapers
in the circuit regarded as authority.
Little Tommy Leach has been playing
such sensational game at Louisvflie's
third base that Wagner has been placed
In the outfeld Both Boston and Brooke
lyn have made tempting bids for Leach,
the latter club Offering $500 and Casey
st. Louis has also made an offer for
Mike Kelly and New York, has been after
Dexter. Needless 10 reniarK, I'LL offers
were promptly rejected. Unlike Wash
ington, Louisville is buying, not selling
players not being content to linger
around the tail for the sake of a little
temporary cash gain.