Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-28
COLLEGE ATHLETES.
The Boston College oames-lndoor Meet
Talked of-lnstructor Wentworth
Has a Call from Syracuse.


Has Call from Syracuse.
The students at Holy Cross are much
interested in the games of the Boston
College Athletic Association, which will
be held in Mechanics building, Boston,
this evening. The college will be repre-
sented at the games by a team of seven
men. When Holy Cross was first in
vited to participate in the games it was
the intention to have a relay race be-
tween Holy Cross and Boston College
as one of the star events of the night,
but since the B. A. A. games, Holy Cross
has decided not to compete in relay
| race,and so informed the managers Of
the meet. This decision was reached be-
cause some of the relay runners have
been obliged to quit training and con-
sequently any team that might be put
on the track would not be a representa-
tive one
Trainer Conner believes his small
team will make its presence felt tonight.
The men who will compete and their
events are as follows: Brennan and Sui
livan, open and handicap 40-yards dash.
e6; Capt. Callahan. invitation, open and
handicap 40-yards dashes; Charles
O'Connor, open and handicap 40-yards
| dashes and 440-yards dash; Mowihan
| SS0-yards run; Durkin and Kane, $50
yards run. OF this team, Moynihan and
! Capt Callahan with O'Connor are de-
pended on to win the prizes.
All have been doing fast work in
practice and are much improved over
their form at the time of the B. A. A.
games. Moynihan especially has i'm
proved much. Thursday, on the mar
row gymnasium track, he ran trial at
the $50 and covered the distance in
2.07 1-5 which, all things considered, is
remarkable time for indoor running
He conceded a liberal handicap to an
other member of the team and was
satisfied to beat him in. This he did
without punishing himself If occasion
required he could easily have gone in
2.05, and this is fast enough to win,
even in such a good field as ne will meet
at Boston.
The general feeling at the college
seems to favor an indoor meet before
the close of the season, and it is likely
the matter will be definitely decided
this week. The men at the college re-
cognize that the gymnasium track is
not the best for racing, but it is the
best in the city, and with iudicious
management, contestants could easily
run dashes or distance events The
games will not be. held unless some spe-
cial attractions can be arranged, and
! this Trainer Connect will determine at
Boston tonight. The athletic teams of
| University of Pennsylvania, Harvard
Yale, Dartmouth, Brown and many
other colleges will contest at Boston to-
night, and Conneff will do missionary
work among them. The special desire
| is to arrange relay race with Univer-
! sity of Pennsylvania at half mile re-
| lays, and Mike Murphy, trainer of U.
| of P, will give Conneff a final answer
at the games. Conner is intimately ac-
| quainted with Keene Fitzpatrick, the
| Yale trainer, and an effort viii be made
to get him to enter a team of athletes,
providing it is decided to hold meet.
If held the games Will come off about
/ the middle of March.
! The increased interest in gymnasium
work at Holy Cross this year is due
| greatly to the work Of Instructor H. B
| Wentworth. Mr.. Wentworth is an en-
thusiast in gymnastic work, and has a
faculty Of imparting his enthusiasm to
| his classes. Large bodies of the students
assemble for work with him, and many
Of them have attained a high grade of
| proficiency Mr.. Wentworth is also an
| expert with the foils, and besides the
regular gymnastic work has classes in
| fencing.
! Mr. Wentworths fame as a gymnastic
instructor has spread, and many clubs
| and associations would like to secure his
| services. Very recently a tempting Of
| fer was received from the Syracuse
! Athletic Club, one of the largest and
richest clubs in the country. The mem
| bership is close to 700, and the club
! house is magnificent and one of the
sights of Syracuse. The offer to Mr..
Wentworth was to the effect that he
would have entire charge of this house
and lead the many classes
Mr.. Wentworth, however, is well salts
| fled in this city. Besides his work at
| Holy Cross, he has several private class
es, and is enabled to engage in his musi-
cal work. In reply to the offer, he stated
he would accept providing the club
would pay a salary some $500 in advance
of the figure mentioned. 1t is understood
the matter is under consideration at
! Syracuse, and Mr.. Wentworth will re-
ceiye an answer shortly.
Jesse Burkett, coach of the base ball
team, was at the college Sunday, and
had a talk with the candidates. Bur-
kett is fulfilling all the promises made
for him as a coach and when the team
gets on to the diamond, the men will
play lively, fast game Burkett is
especially valuable as a coach for bat
ting, and Holy Cross, always good
batting team, will line them out harder
and safer this year than heretofore The
pitchers are doing considerable work,
but Burkett is handling them with care
so that glass arms will not show up
about the time the man is needed in the
box.
Manager Finn, who also holds the
office of president of the athletic asso-
citation, attended the annual meeting Of
the l. c. A. A. A. at New York Satur-
day as Holy Cross delegate. He will
return to the college today
Rev. c. ]. Jones, who has charge Of
the elocution classes at the college, is
busily engaged in preparing the stu
start" at the Worcester Theatre in
April The play is a hard one to stage,
and some difficulty is experienced in Sc
curing suitable cast. FIR. Jones,s how
ever, has started the rehearsals, and is
satisfied with the preliminary work