Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-25
GANZELL DECIDES.
He Will Have His Team in the Central
Massachusetts, Association.

ASSOCIdUOns
Charles CANCEL will have team in
the Central Massachusetts, Association
after all. This decision he arrived at
Thursday, after holding a couple of
conferences, one Wednesday and an
other yesterday morning, with Manager
G. H. Spaulding of the Marlboros, who
is also a director in the association.
Since the meeting for organization a
week ago Saturday, strong pressure has
been brought to bear upon the ex-
Lacquer to transfer his affiliations from
league to independent ball, and place
local team here. Mr. Cancel was loath
to consider such a scheme, but, being
somewhat unacquainted with the local
situation, and in the face of such
tempting offers and arguments, he at
one time had practically decided, as
was announced in the Spy at the time,
to give up the league. But since then
on looking still farther into the matter,
he has arrived at the sensible conclu-
sion that his team to succeed here must
be in a league where there is some
thing more than merely the Individual
game involved
This announcement is, of course a
source of great qualification to the
other clubs as we'll as to the officers
the Lyceums and Cancels team both
In this city, Worcester is assured OF a
ball game every Saturday afternoon
during the summer season; while, in the
middle Of the week. there will be an
opportunity to play some of the inde-
pendent teams-such as the Graftons-
who claim they at present do not see
the advantage of the league.
Cancel told Spy man Thursday
n laa
and would do everything in his power
to make it a success. The more he
looks over the local ground, the firmer
are his convictions that his team here
will pay. 81 shall have just as good a
team, and l hope a little better one
than any other club in our association"
he said Thursday to a Spy man, and
| can assure every lover of the game
that they will be privileged to see good
players and good games as long as l
have anything to do with the league
Yes, the association is going to prove
a paying venture, so far as l can see.
Worcester is going to be its strongest
card, and the two local teams are going
to be the ones that will give them all
the hustle
CANCEL returned to Boston Thursday
afternoon, but will come up again next
Tuesday afternoon, at which time a
meeting OF the board of directors has
been called.
President Dowd and Director C. B.
McManus went to Milford, Thursday,
to look over the ground there relative
to placing a team there to take Clin-
tons place. There has been talk of
outside parties interesting themselves
in Clinton, but this is not likely to ma
terialize. The outlook in Milford was
found encouraging, but, of course, the
representatives of the association did
nothing more than make a note of the
conditions and sentiment there. They
will report to the directors at their
meeting next Tuesday.
BASE BALL IN MILFORD.
The following is from Thursday eve
ning's Milford News regarding Milford
ball prospects:
At the meeting of the Y. M. C. A. Ath-
letic Association last evening base ball
was the chief topic discussed.
1t was voted to put a team on the field
this season and to empower T. Foster
Hartwell, Roy Tucker and Charles Gil
lon with authority to confer with Presi-
dent Dowd and Director McManus of
the Central Massachusetts Base Ball
Association with regard to entering that
league.
The players on the team need not nee
eSsailly De members OF the association.
1t is intended to have as strong team
as the public manifests a willingness to
support, and to play games on the Driv-
ing Park If suitable arrangements can
be made with the management for the
lease of the grounds Local talent will
be given the preference for positions on
the nine, and will be retained if their
gait is fast enough. An out of town
pitcher viii probably be engaged.
Tn financial status of the athletic as
sociatiOn Is excellent, upwards of $125
being in the treasury at the present
time, which is good nucleus for the
fund to be raised to carry the project
through A committee of three was ap-
pointed to purchase new suits A meet
ing of the directors will be held this eve
ming to elect a manager.