The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-01
is IN GREAT FORM.
Martin Bergen Start
ing, to Timber His
Throwing Arm.
HIS WORK WAS NEVER BETTER.
Big Fellow In Good Health
and Anxious To Help
Out Boston.
HIS WORK WAS NEVER BETTER

North Brookfield, July S1.-With the
exceptions of Ned Ten Eyck and Joe
Mcclure, no athlete in the country has
been so prominent in the public eye dur
ing the past week as Martin Bergen of
the Boston team, universally aeknowl-
| edged without a peer as a base ball
catcher His worth to the team has
been proven by his absence from it, and
the fans all over New England are long
ing for his return to stop the down
ward slump and help win the pennant.
Martin has not lost any interest in the
work of his team while laying off at
ever that Boston is going to land the
pennant.
| Yesterday he put in an hours practice
| with his brother-in-law, Patrick Nc
Evoy, getting into shape the arm that
has been a terror to National league
base ball runners for over three years.
Never was the great catcher in better
shape for playing than he is now.
/ He is physically well nigh perfect,
and as he practiced throwing to second
| yesterday, he showed such speed and
| accuracy as have never been combined
in catcher except the North Brook
field farmer. McEvoy, who used to
be an adept at the game himself, sub
stituted for Bobby Lowe in the prac-
| tiee, and although he has often played
with Martin before, he has never seen
him practice with such life as yes
terday. Bergen threw as if he could
hit canary's eye at so yards.
| Ten times in succession he caught a
| thrown ball, and with that snap which
has made him feared by base runners,
sent it into McEvoy's glove by the
| shortest route. Martin certainly has
| learned we'll that a straight line is the
shortest distance between two points,
and it is on this principle he does his
throwing. Not an inch did McEvoy
have to move his NIT in ten trials, so
true was the aim of the big catcher
| Martin is once more in excellent
| health and spirits, and expects to catch
| Thursday. He says he hopes to have
no more trouble with the management,
| but fears that he cannot get along I'M
| der Manager Selee. 1t is one of Mar
tins cherished hopes that the man who
will succeed him as the crack catcher
Of the league will be his brother Billy
now catching for the Fort Wayne, Ind,
team, and the idol of the base ball pub
lie, as the western papers attest.
| Vi MAI iii dOHllleS DIS d prayer, Dill
lily Hamilton, centre fielder of the Bos-
ton team, never tires of talking. Time
and again Hamilton has told The Spy
reporter that Bergen has never had an
equal in the profession. Hamilton,
who is conceded to be one of the
shrewdest men in the game, as we'll as
a great ball player, said that Charley
Bennett at his best was not in Bergen S
class. Hamilton's enthusiastic admit
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takes him so far that he even says he
thinks the league will never see Ber-
gems equal as a catcher again.
Many writer's have claimed that Ber-
| gems ill-temper was the cause of all his
troubles, and Hamilton, who always
roomed with him when the club was on
the road, said he and Martin never dis
agreed to any extent and that he could
always maintain pleasant relations
with him. Bergen will leave here
Thursday to join the team, and some of
his local admirers intend to go to the
Hub to see him catch the game.
Court North Brookfield, F. of A., is
making preparations to have as a la
dies auxiliary circle of Companions
i of the Forest, and ii is likely that the
circle will be organized in a short time
As soon as 20 ladies are ready to join,
the auxiliary win become a fact, and
already over dozen have manifested
their Willingness to become members.
Way up on the hill where nestles the
little village of Oakham, preparations
| are going on apace for the annual field
day and coaching parade of the Oak
ham Village Improvement Society,
which is one of the bright features of
summer life in this vicinity. New
| features will be added this year, and
| on Aug. p the quiet little hamlet will
i entertain more visitors than it has for
a long time. A company of rough rid
| ers will be one of the great attractions,
| and already the native walks along the
| outskirts in fear and trembling, lest
| they be ridden down, so great is the
pent up enthusiasm of the admirers of
| the immortal Teddy. who are getting
| themselves accustomed to cavalry
| charges, ball game will be on the
list, and the coaching parade is ex-
| pected to have many entries from this
and neighboring towns. Hervey Null
| lett will conduct a dramatic entertain
ment at the town hall afternoon and
evening,
Manager Mortimer e. Howard is on
| the lookout for good catcher for Sat
| urday, as Holland, the regular man, is
laid UP for repairs. He intends to Sc
cure Mayo of Spencer if the latter's
/ terms are reasonable.
The st. Joseph's C. t. A. S. will be-
| gin drilling tomorrow night for the
annual field day of the Springfield Do
| cesar Union. at WestheId, Labor day.
| Edward ]. Cantwell, formerly one Of
| Queen Victorias soldiers, will have
charge of the drilling Five members
Joined the society last night, and the
| prospects are that at least 20 men will
be in line from the local society The
| North Brookfield fife and drum corps
will furnish music and the local men
intend to make big try for the prize.
The round trip fare is to be but $1.25,
! and a committee consisting of James
| H. Ivory, Mortimer Bowling and John
| Howard is making arrangements for
| the society.
A fair sized audience went to town
| hall tonight to see the bioscope pictures
| of the Fitzsimmons- Jeffries fight. The
| pictures were adjudged very good ones,
and it is plain that Jack Ferritor has at
| last struck the right thing.
/ Otto Harding accomplished the feat
| of swimming nearly if not quite half a
| mile at Lake Lashaway yesterday, He
swan from the bridge on the old road,
near the head of the pond, nearly down
to Lashaway park. where he was seized
j with a cramp, upon which he was
helped into boat by Elmer Green,
who had rowed alongside of him.
| Before Trial Justice Sylvander Both
well this morning, the civil case of
| Russell ]. Deland VS.. G.. ID. Sage was
heard 1t was an action of contract to
4 recover wages. l., Emerson Barnes APP
peared for the defendenat, and Tim
4 othey Howard for the PLAINTIFF.
John Mullen and Richard Young have
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