Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-02-05
BOSTON INDOOR GAMES.
Local Men Who Are Going Down and
Their Chances in Various Events.

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The 4.SS train to Boston this after
noon will carry down big delegation
from this city to attend the indoor
games of the Boston Athletic Associa-
ton that are to be held this evening in
the Mechanics building. Efforts were
made to secure excursion rates for the
round trip, but it was found impossible
to guarantee sufficiently large num-
Der of passengers, so that scheme fell
through.
About 80 athletes are entered to repre-
sent local organizations, the largest
teams being sent down by Worcester
Academy and Holy Cross College. ! If
these athletes from Worcester do not
win some of the prizes, it will be a dis
appointment not only to themselves, but
to their friends who will accompany
them
While Holy Cross has men entered in
nearly every one of the track events,
the men are looking forward with great
interest to their team race with the Uni
versity Of Pennsylvania boys. With
two such men as jerry Moynihan and
Charlie OConnor, both of whom are
perfectly at home on an indoor track,
and with four other good men from
bers of the team, it seems as if the
purple should triumph over the four
men who will represent the red and
blue of the Quaker City institution.
The high school has not so many men
entered as either their rivals, the acad-
envy or Holy Cross But the high school
boys are looking for a sure place in the
1000 yards run with young Green who
has got the limit in that event. Green,
although he has done very little rum
ming in his life, is possessed of a world
Of speed, and Jerry Delaney, who has
been devoting considerable attention to
him, believes he will be conner and
surely win a place if he does not lose
his head in the excitement and hustle
of the race.
The star event of the whole meet
promises to be the team race between
the Boston Athletic Association and the
Kaickerbocker Club of New York city.
A year ago race was started between
the two organizations, but the B. A. A.
lay down and the race went to the
visitors. This year, however, the Bos-
ton boys, feeling keenly their defeat of
last year, are determined to turn the
tables, and with that end in view, have
been devoting great deal Of time in
getting together the fastest possible
team.
Worcester is especially interested in
the race, from the fact that Harry L.
Dadmun. who joined the Boston Ath-
letic Association after the w. A. c.
dropped out of existence, is to be one of
the runners on the B. A A. team. He
has been training for the event with
the high school boys in Earles shop
and it has been long time since he
has been running any better than at
the present time Dadmun will nroh-
ably run last for Boston and be pitted
against Hollander, who holds the
worlds indoor record for that distance.
If the men start near together. ii
should be battle royal from tape to
tape
Dadmun, now that he is in condition,
will run in some one of the other
events. Handicapped Moakley has seen
fit to put Dadmun on the scratch in both
the 500 and the 1000 yards run, and ii
is not probable that he will start in
either one Of these events In the mile
handicap, he has been given 25 yards
over the two Grants, Dick and Arthur
and he will step to that mark when the
men are called out for that race.
The Worcester Academy boys will be
looked after by Pouch Donovan. They
are entered more to give the new men
experience for the interscholastic games
which come in three weeks, than with
any idea Of gathering in prizes and sill
yer cups.