Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-16
Mr.. ROSS AGAIN.
He Outlines His Position on
Checker Question.
Miss Manning Scores Tremendous Social
success-ReaI Estate Transae-
tons Other Notes.

TO draw Samuel e. Ross of Spencer into
another match game of checkers is
somewhat amusing to members of the
Spencer Whist and Checker Club, and
to the people who are of the belief that
to Mr.. Ross belongs the title of cham
pion checker player of Worcester
county. Mr. Ross firmly declares that he
will not play for money, and he says
that he has told Mr.. Kirby that he
would not several times. In reply to the
statement recently published in the Spy
from Arthur Fl. Newton, Mr.. Ross gave
the Spy reporter the following state
ment: "Mr. Newton, you ask me how I
can consistently claim the championship
and refuse to play you. Well + will tell
you. You admit Mr.. Kirby is your mas
ter and have beaten him. and / think
1t is unreasonable for you to expect that
] will have to play all his interiors
Now If you will read January I'd Tele-
gram, you Will see where you claimed to
have beaten Mr.. r. Z. Bowen for 500,
and the championship 1t is not / that
got mixed up, it is you or the paper,
but I am glad you deny it, for the honor
of r. E. Bowen's name.
Signed: Samuel e. Ross.
Mr.. Ross may play either Newton or
Kirby several games at the meeting of
the all New England and Boston teams,
February %, at Boston, at which tour
nament he will be present. Mr.. Ross
says that he will play no more match
games this season, as he has already de-
feated three of the leading players of
the county with a year, namely, +. Fl.
Kibbe of Worcester d. P. Shea and A.
j. Kirby. The Spencer champion also
affirms that he has not time to play Mr..
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his superior. Mr. Ross believes that
playing checkers for money detracts in
terest from the game and puts it on a
level with gambling games and profess
sionalism. Mr.. Ross during the series he
played with A. j. Kirby in January,
refused to take a penny of the gate
money, which is always his custom. If
Mr. Ross would consent, he could easily
obtain backing in Spencer for any sum
from $500 to $1,000 to meet any checker
expert in Worcester county for the
championship.
Mr.. Ross is a quiet and unassunipg g
man and foreman of the truing depart
ment of I. L. sProuty g. Co.'S shoe fac
tory, and he plays checkers for a pas
time, always abstaining from gambling
in any form.
A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS.
Miss Catherine Manning's recital at
town hall came off tonight with great
eclat Louis X Brennan's appearance
brought the usual applause. The hall
was well filled with lovers Of elocutiop
and the delsarte at o'clock. All of the
ladies present kindly removed their
bonnets, a novelty at Spencer enter
tainments Every one was pleased with
the good results of Miss Manning's con-
scientious work with her pupils, and the
performance could not have been bet
ter The program was as follows:
Part /: Reading, "a quart of milk,
Miss Evelyn Hovey; reading, THE story
of faithful SOUL Miss Elizabeth Beg
ley; dance-jig, "The darkey's dream, :,
Miss Alice McKenna; reading, Mamma
in heaven Miss Florence Noe;
reading, selected, Miss Mildred Moulton
musical readings, Money musk" Miss
Mabel Provost; vocal selection, Miss
LILLIAN Hanson; dramatic reading, "A
mothers sacrifice, Miss Nellie. Hobbs;
dance, La danse joyesse," Miss Grace
Monahan; musical recitations, Grand
mas spinning wheel" Miss Irene Con-
nor; vocal solo, Master Ralph Stone.
Part 2: Dance, THE frolic," Miss Mar
ion Page; humorous selection, THE sci
entific man." Louis Kelso Brennan; mu-
sical reading, THE little dago girl, Miss
Teresa Farley; dance, ''Minuet," Miss
Genevieve Reilly; reading, "The bach
elOrS sale, MISS AllIllG " OciltSC-
jig, ''The Irish WashWoman," Miss Ma
bel Provost: musical selection, "The old
Minstrel Miss Carrie Cutler; dance,
Jolly sailor girl" Miss Grace Monanan;
reading "Bessies first party, Miss
Florence HoVey; mock ballad, "Oh,
what a beautiful ocean," Louis K. Rren-
nan: Indian drill, Chief Luther Hill
Stone, Obed Hoskin. Everett Livernore,
Arthur Gendreau, Elton Prouty, Leo
Goddard, Adolph Ledoux, Arthur Tower,
Ralph Bullard. Little Willie Willie
Carter; pantomime, Nearer, my God,
to thee Miss Catherine Manning; sing
er, Miss Lillian Hanson.
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS.
John P. Day and wife of Hardwick
were in town today, stopping at Hotel
Waldo Mr.. Day was here on real es-
tate business. and sold two dwelling
houses on lower Main street toiThomas
Casey, proprietor of the Union Store
Mr.. Day formerly did large wholesale
meat business in this section, being for
nine years proprietor of the wholesale
dressed beef house at East Brookfield
Mr.. Day is now engaged in selling live
stock to the Boston and Albany stock
yards company, and since October he
has shipped q carloads of stock to
Brighton. He owns 320-acre farm III
Oakham which was used by Mr. Day
as stocl1-yard until 1892, when the
farm buildings were destroyed by fire.
WORKING FOR SUCCESS.
Members of the Spencer Brass Band
are making great efforts to insure the
success of the benefit fair and dance
which will be run at town hall Friday
and Saturday evenings this week. The
committee OF arrangements is: Walter
A. Prouty. chairman; William H. Rati
gan, Joseph Hazlehurst. George Wood.
bury and John Thackleberry. Friday
evening the audience will be entertained
by the Klondike minstrels-hone talent
assisted by John j. Burke of Brook
field The minstrel show will be fol
lowed by free dancing. John H Nc.
Kenna will prompt and A. a. Prouty'i
orchestra will furnish music Saturday
evening the Spencer Banjo Club viii
furnish the entertainment, assisted b,
Miss Marion Page and Master Eddie
Brigham, the child dancers, also by Mis-,
Alice McKenna, skirt dancer. Dancinf
will follow. and during the evening
there will be two prize Waltzes one
for the best lady waltzer and one fol
the best man Parties recently interest
ed in the nutshell prize waltz at Wor,
cester assert the Saturday evening
event would be a grand oppor
tunity for the Worcester dancers who
have been doing so much newspaper
talk, to appear and make an attenpt
TO win back some of the laurels which
A GOOD LETTER FORM THE cLERK
OF THE CIRCUIT COURT.
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