Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-03
SPORTSME EMS CLUB.
Animal Meeting and Banquet at
Bay State House.
Alderman g. W. Potter Enlghtens the
Members on the Lake Bridge Question
New Officers Elected.

most ell1OyaDle ana successful IL u0Oh
place Wednesday evening at the Bay
State House, and was attended by
about 80 devotees of the rod and the
gun.
1t is proverbial with sportsmen that
they are always in their best element
when listening to stories pertaining to
their hobby, and Wednesday evening
every one who knew a good story had
an opportunity to tell it, after the
elaborate menu had been discussed.
The banquet was served at o'clock,
previous to which business session of
parlors. Then the party formed in line
and marched down to the dining hall,
where the following took seats around
the tables:
Toastmaster Joseph X. Greene, Alder
man B. w. Potter, Rev. Roland A. Nich-
OILS, President NJ. p Roach, A B. F.
Kinney, E. S. Knowles w. S. Blaisdell,
Sullivan Forehand, Dr. H H. Gabeler,
c. A. Hanson, M. D. Gilman, E. E.
Frost, r. NJ Harris, o. M. Ball, v. D.
kenerson, John 3. Tugas, C. E. Fore
hand, p. b. Buck, w. l.. Davis, w. M.
Buck, A W. Walls, C. W. Walls, j. w.
Davis, r. C. Walls, G. s. Davis, f. w
1de, Fred E. Bucklin, j. Smell, George
Mcclellan, E. T. Whitaker and B. Jo-
seph Bertels
When cigars had been passed around,
President NJ. P. Roach raped for order,
and after briefly extending the clubs
welcome to those present, introduced
as the postmaster of the evening j. K.
Greene, who made a capital master of
ceremonies, being funded with a collec-
ton of good, but best of ALL brand new
stories, which he used to good advant-
age.
As the first speaker of the evening he
introduced Burton w. Potter president
of the board of aldermen. Mr. Potter
said that while he could not place him
self in the category of the trap-shoot-
efs, still he was considerably interested
IN out-of-door sports, and then he pro-
ceeded to amuSe those present with
some of the incidents of his summer
out-of-door life upon his pretty country
farm in Rutland. He told the vicissi-
tudes he had encountered in trying to
pull pickerel out of old Muschopauge
Lake, and in trying TO shoot game with
an English muSket in the underbrUsh.
ToaStmaster Greene, in presenting the
city's representative said that Alder
man Potter would be expected to say
something about the lake bridge, all
though he had mot gone TO the banquet
for that purpose. Regarding the bridge,
Alderman Potter took the same position
as he has maintained all through the
fight, namely that stone bridge was
good enough for every practical purpose
and that the city at this time could i'll
afford the eXtravagant expenditure of
money.
Said the alderman: 1--WE settled the
question right last year, and it may be
that we shall be called upon to settle it
right again this year. I think that the
stone bridge will prove to be for the
best interests of the city, and I maintain
that it Is begging the question to say
that you want to have the new bridge
just as wide as possible. The lake is not
a great waterway: it never will be a
great water way. Not that it would de-
tract for a moment from the natural
beauty of Lake Quinsigamond, but
maintain that a 150-foot waterway is
enough to accommodate all the racing
that will be seen on the lake for the next
1900 years.
"You would think, to hear some peo-
pie talk about town, that boat racing
was going to be the chief industry of
Worcester in coming years. Boat rae
ing does not benefit a city to any great
extent, so far as l can see. But even
if we did have a clear waterway across
the lake, you would not get any of the
big college boat races here unless there
were arrangements for an observation
train. A steel bridge is a source of
the people of Worcester want to mort
gage themselves and posterity by pay
ing $4,000 or $4,000 year for the sake of
a boat race once in a generation
e. S. Knowles was the next speaker,
and he, in 'Lisha's" own way, told the
boys that he thought trap-shooting, fish
ing and in fact all other kindred out
door recreations tended to good morals
and good health. He had found it to
be true in his experience, that the man
who took some sort of out-of-door exer-
else became a better citizen thereby
Rev. Roland A. Nichold, pastor of the
Church of Christ followed. He is an en-
tbusiastic sportsman and thoroughly
believes in 1t as pastime. He told those
present that he inherited his love for
out-of-door life from both sides of his
family, and that when four years old
he first shot gun He said it undoubt-
edly might seem peculiar to some that
a minister of the gospel should be
sportsman, and that a great many peo-
pie had the idea that man who carried
a gun or welded rod was sport. He
drew sharp line of distinction between
sportsman and sport. The sportsman
was the man who loved nature. He had
always noticed that the true sportsman
was always a gentleman and that his
love of out-of-door sport cultivated in
him will and determination to accom-
plish his purpose that was most COM
mendable
A. B. f. Kinney said he was glad to
see so many of the clubs members at
the banquet but wished more of them
might go out to the range and partic-
pate in the trap shooting. 1t was shoot
ing club and the officers wanted to see
the shooters at the range.
William L. Davis, one of the clubs
leading marksmen, was next called
upon. He congratulated the club upon its
past successes and then brought to the
attention of the members the coming
sportsmen's exhibition which will be |
held in Boston the latter part of this
month.
This ended tine speaking, after which |
President Roach called the clubs atten-
ton to the two elegant trophies now
held by the organization. and which oc-
cupied conspicuous place upon the |
guests table He recounted the achieve
ments by wnicn possession of them had |
been gained, and then exhibited hand |
some gold chain which is to be present |
ed to ex-Secretary V. d. Kenerson, as a |
souvenir of his having won the L. c. /
Smith trophy the past season.
At the business meeting preceding the |
banquet the following officers were
elected President, Nj. p. Roach; first |
vice-president, A. b. F. Kinney; second |
vice-president, Il. S. Knowles; secretary, I
A. w Walls treasurer, II. NJ. Harris; |
executive committee, George Mcclellan |
w H. Buck, G.. A. Hanson and c. f. |
Forehand. |