Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-30
they should not succeed in the attempt.


Worcester will probably be represent
ed in the agreement by the Lyceum
team. Manager O'Reilley of the Ly-
ceums is in favor of having some agree
ment formulated, and is willing to do his
share in making the thing a success. The
Lyceums, by the way, will be much
stronger team in '9S than for three or
four years past. With the election or
O'Reilley as manager new policy IS TO
be instituted at South Worcester. While
the Lyceums will retain their old name,
the players will not necessarily be mem
bers of the Lyceum, and no effort will
be made to conceal this fact. While the
society Is in a prosperous condition in
every way, it cannot be expected that
from a membership of something like
200 a team can be picked out which
would hold its own against the Mari
boros, Graftons and some of the other
teams.
Manager GREELEY is being supported
in this new step by all the members OF
the Lyeeum. They realize, with the man
ager. that the Lyceum's showing in the
past has not been what it should be as
the representative team Of the city. BY
going outside the ranks of the society
for players they will surely strengthen
their team and thus increase interest IN
the nine. Last season, the Lyceum sea-
son was a success financially, although
the association was at pretty heavy ex-
pense paying for it's new grounds ana
equipment at South Worcester. Already
Manager O'Reilley has his eye on
good pitcher to take the place of OBrien
who has been signed to play in the New
England league this season.
There will be no interscholastic base
ball in the city this spring, according
to present indications. The Academy
bows have been obliged to give up all
hope of having that institution repre-
scented upon the diamond this year. rms
decision was undoubtedly reached
largely on account of the strong faint
of professionalism which surrounded the
academy's team a year ago, and the
authorities do not want such thing
to occur again. At the high school, the
bows, for some reason or other, nave
never made success of the game. This
year, with rowing and preparing for the
interscholastic sports at Cambridge
which the school will strain every nerve
to win, win occupy all their spare time
and give no place in the athletic cur
riculum for the national game.
The Holy Cross boys are fortunate in
being able to have Jesse Rurkett with
them in their preliminary practice this
winter Jesse will take hold OF the men
the middle OF this week, when candi-
dates for the places will be called out
for work in the fine indoor cage at the
college. He will be with them until
he has to go to Hot Springs with the
rest of the Clevelands, about the middle
of March. Most of his time will be de-
voted to instructing the boys in batting
and base stealing. 1t has not yet been
settled who will succeed him when the
boys get out of doors. Manager Finn
has hopes that O'NeiH, who has given
two or three weeks of his time to the
team each spring, can be induced to
look after the men again this year.
The story to which some of the local
papers gave considerable prominence, to
the effect that Tommy Saunders, pitch |
err and captain of the Tech team, had
been dropped from the school, was
without foundation, and, Of course, was
an injustice to Saunders. The captain
Is still at the Worcester institute, pur-
suing his studies with the other MEM |
bers of the class, and there is no pros
pect of his leaving school during this
year. AS soon as the weather permits |
of out-of-door practice, Saunders will
call out his men, and, as in the past !
year, have general oversight Of the