The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-19
SIX TEAMS
Represented in
League.
BASKET BALL MEN
Meet and Decide to Start
Anew.

A very important meeting of the Cen
trail Massachusetts Basket Ball Asso-
citation was held in the parlors of the
Sherwood House yesterday afternoon.
The association was disbanded and a
basket ball league was formed to be
known as the Massachusetts Basket
Ball League. At present the league
will consist of six clubs Marlboro bas-
ket ball team, Marlboro Y. NJ. c. A.,
Milford Y NJ. c. A, Millbury basket
ball team, Millbury Y. NJ. c. L. a. and
the Hudson basket ball team The
two Worcester clubs were dropped, and
at present it looks as if the lovers of
basket ball in this city would be com
PEELED to turn to the Y. M. c. A. for
their games.
When the meeting was called to Or
Ger there were present Joseph Booth
of Mlllbury, F. H. Sawyer of Hudson,
George H. Spaulding of Marlboro, T
Doyle of Marlboro, +. w. Whitcomb of
Milford. John T. Cronin of Mfllbury, f.
A. Parker John F. Healey and John ].
Mc(iratty of This city
1t was voted to organize a league to
be known as the Massachusetts Basket
Eall League, and to consis. Of the six
teams named above.
On motion of Joseph Booth of Mill
bury ii was voted to disband the Cen
tral Masss chusetts Basket Ball Asso-
cation The treasurer's report was
read and accepted. The report showed
balance Of 1898 on the right side.
f. h. Sawyer and J. J. McGratty
were chosen temporary chairman and
Sep1Qf9pV A
ed by George Spaulding and accepted
by the league. The constitution is sim
llar to the one used by the New Eng
land Base Ball Association, and is for
a league of six or tweiVe clubs. A
vote OF thanks was given TO Ny Spaul-
dlng and j. H. White, the other mem
Der Of the constitution committee.
The election of officers resulted as
follows; F. H. Sawyer president; Jo-
seph Booth vice president; John J.
McGratty, secretary; George H. Spaul-
ding, treasurer; Joseph Booth. George
Fl. Spaulding and John f. Cronin We're
elected directors. A committee con-
slsting of f. H. Sawyer. George H.
Spaulding and John J. McGratty. We're
appointed to draw up a schedule. The
committee will meet in Marlboro on
Tuesday The official referees appoint
ed are: John W. Keane J. F.. Healev
J. j. McGratty and DR. Urban Bowers
The substitutes are W. w knights
and c. W. Allen
The board of directors will hold their
nrst meeting in this city on December
18th, when final arrangements will be
completed for the opening of the league,
which is expected to be on January
It'll. The trouble between the two
Millbury teams has been settled. and
II is expected that the opening game
In the league series will be played be-
tween these two teams in the Mirbury
town hall.
Following is a list of the teams and
the players that are signed:
Mlllbury basket ball team - W. r.
Parker, A. Knox. Charles Burt, William
Barrett John w. Aston, w. P. Patter-
son. Charles w White is manager.
Millbury c. Y. M L. A. - Charles
Crossman, Everett Wood, George VIII
liams, Percy Hehir, r. F. Wiseman. d.
A. Windle and Fred Paign. John r.
Cronin is manager.
Marlboro Y. NJ. c. A. - Charles T.
Doyle, Thomas Robb, J. H White e. E.
Howe, Andrew Madden, Fred Best. A.
B. Cannon and Winfield Temple j. H.
White is manager.
Milford Y. NJ. c. All. J. Moulton.
w. F. Walker, F. Blackler, George KY
Charles Gillon. w. w. knights is man
ager.
Hudson basket ball team-J. S. Rog-
ers, Frank Leighton, J. M. Porter, e
e. Green, Harlow Green, Der. Knights
F. H. Sawyer is manager.
Owing to the absence of j. w. Keane
manager of the Marlboro basket bal
team, the players on the Marlboro team
were not announced.