The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-20
LEAGUE PERCENTAGES.
EASTERN LEAGUE.
GAME S TODAY.
Toronto at Worcester; Montreal at
Providence; Rochester at sprIngfieldi
Syracuse at Har tEOrd.

Yesterdays ball game was like a
summers day.
1t dawned bright and rosy. Later a
thunder shower came up and the sky
was black and lowering, but toward
the close the blue appeared again ard
the sunset was in a sky in which there
was not a semblance of cloud.
That's the way Worcester's chances
appeared At the outset the fans We're
in the seventh heaven of delight for
the team literally ran away from To-
ronto as if the latter wore a ball and
chain. But the first squirt was firing
and Worcester stopped
Toronto got together like a crowd of
policemen, getting in deadhead to a
circus and before long they had the
Worcesters guessing. The home play
ers got a second wind which lasted
long enough for another great squirt
which placed the result among th=ir
victories.
There was a small attendance due
to the threatening weather before the
game. 1t seemed as if the clerk OF the
weather had a special design against
the Worcesters, for he throws up few
black clouds just about the time the
people start III d 5diAAC CT NAA0
One or two of the clouds leaked lit
tie, but the plumber was in his office
and answered the call quickly, and II
wasn't for long that the rain spattered.
But it was long enough to make many
people fear they wouldn't see q game
or fear to take chances.
About 600 fans of the first magnitude
couldn't be scared away however by
a few threatening clouds, and trey
were repaid by witnessing an excel
lently played game of ball. 1t Wouldn [
have made much difference which team
won yesterday, the game would take
its place among the good ones of the
season. There was plenty of free. nara
hitting, and there was very little error
making. Toronto excelled in the latter
respect, but their efforts had no erect
on the score.
Had there been perfect play the runs
might not have come as easily, but
they woul1 have come just the same
for the Worcesters weren't doing a
thing but batting in runs. 1t was the
same on the other side. Only one OF
the errors of the Worcesters entered
into the run making.
Horton pitched for Worcester. He
didn't pitch as well as he usually does
He seemed to lack confidence in him
self and had trouble getting the ball
over when he wanted to. He was MT
hard and the Torontos punched their
hits with good effect several times
Late in the game, however, when To-
ronto had men on bases and there was
a big chance to score, he pitched mag
niffcently and shut them out.
Brown pitched an excellent game for
the visitors after the opening inning
In the first inning II seemed as If the
Worcesters would never stop hitting
They got seven hits including dou-
Bile and triple. and Gray spoiled anoth-
er long hit by a one handed eaten OF
q ball that was going over MS mead.
1t was one of the best catches seen al
the grounds during the year.
Each team sulit even on hits but the
Worcesters punched theirs to better
advantage and there's where they won
They nut a lot in a lump in the first
inning and secured what seemed az
easy winning lead. Toronto punched
their hits in smaller lots and gradually
drew up until they were running neck
and neck with the Worcesters. Then
the Worcesters got together for three
hits including a triple and scored
enough runs to win.
Worcester hit safely in four innings
only thus wasting hits in only two IN
ings. Toronto hit safely in seven OF
the nine innings and scored in Dut
three so that team wasted its hits IN
four innings. That's how the Wor-
cesters made more scores on the same
number of hits as their opponents.
In the field it was a magnif1cently