The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-01
SPORTING NOTES
Chicago Americans and All-Amer

-CQlCdSO Americans anu
cans at the Oval this afternoon.
Jesse Burkett clinched his position
at head of batting list in the National
League by getting four hits in seven
times at bat yesterday.
John Anderson looking fine and
frisky, was in The Spy office last night.
John had a happy satisfied smile when
he learned his batting average for the
year was $40 and that he was fourth in
list of American Leaguers.
John Anderson will officiate at the
wrestling match in Mechanics Hall to-
night.
New York lacks pitchers so badly
that Smith was hauled in from second
base in yesterdays first game to do
the honors and Jones from right held
in the afternoon game.
AT Pittsburg yesterday were six
men who at one time wore the uniform
of Worcester baseball team. Carney,
Rickert, Pittenger and Kittredge for
Boston. Yeager and Bransfield with the
pennant winners Lush and Moran
two former Eastern Leaguers also fig
uLed in the game. The old firm of Pit,
Kit & Co. was warming the bench for
Boston.
Since Pittsburg has been sure of
winning the pennant the team has
scored but three runs.
Gap" O'Reilly played on the Woon-
socket Gyms yesterday covering third
bag The Cap" had one error but
handled six hard chances clearly. He
also got a safe hit and a base on balls
off Carrick who pitched for the All
j Americans.
There are some old American
names on this All-American team
Frank 'Hough says: "If Wolverton
is wise he will do just as did Fred Dun
lap in a similar case years ago-report
daily at the grounds until Oct 10, when
his contract for the year expires Then
he could go ahead legally. And who
knows that the learned judges won't
decide that there is no more particular
sanctity about the clause under which
he has been suspended than there was
about the option clause under which
the Philadelphia club sought to restrain
Lajoie from playing with the Ath-
letics."
-Mathewson said before leaving Gin
cinnati with the New Yorks for Chi
cago that he Will not accompany to
southern and coast cities the baseball
tourists that Lajoie and Mercer are or
ganizing They wanted him to pitch
on Sundays and he refused. Matty
said he would play football and basket
ball the coming season, and is seriously
considering the offer made to him by
the Homestead football team.-Cincin-
natl Enquirer.
The newly-organized National As
ISOLATION of Professional Baseball
Climbs will have classes in it, just the
same as there are now under the
national agreement. Glass A win have
a salary limit of $500 a month with q
limit of S175 for individual players. In
Glass B there will be limit of $1,000
month, With $125 as the limit for any
player. Clubs in Glass c are re-
stricted to $500 a month, with 500 as
the limit for a player. In class ID CLUBS
are limited to a salary list of 500
month.
There's a story in circulation in
Chicago that the Western League is
after a piece of the Windtown pie, and
will break into that city next season
with a team, to be managed either by
Jimmy Ryan or Wild Bill Everett
Chicago will have Clubs to burn in
1902-that IS some of EN- will scorch
their hackers.
-Comiskey has signed Pitcher Ed.
Scott for next season. Scott is nrst
class pitcher when in form, and may
be all right next spring
1t looks strange to see Billy
Hamilton doing bench duty for Boston.
From 1890 to 1900 there were but few
cleverer stickers or suburbanites than
the ex-Kansas Cityian, and when he
was in his prime he had the entire
profession beaten when it came to en-
circling the bases.-Washington star
This will be the fourth season of
Fielder Jones of the Chicagos, with
champion club. He landed with
Springfield in 1898, Brooklyn in 1889
and 1900 and Chicago in 1901
The Phillies have quite a gain on
Brooklyn for second place yesterday.
It now looks as if the Quakers might
reach the ch-sought-after goal
Did the fans ever stop to consider
that the letter B has furnished each
championship team since 1880? Brook
Iyn won that year. Boston the next
three. Baltimore just as often, then
Boston twice again, and the last two
years Brooklyn has been crowned
basebalPs champion.
Patsy Donovan says that If wal
lace is taken from the st. Louis Ma
tional League team the club will be
completely wrecked. 1t looks as If the
players had been corralled. Donovan
himself confesses that he has received
several offers to play with the Ameri-
can League and it would not be sur
prisng if he accepted one of them.