Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-24
TRACK ATHLETICS.
Some Interesting Trials at Holy
Cross College.
Trainer Connect Bringing Out Some Very
Promising Men in Spirits and
Middle Distances.

| IL am allllSIlCS at t1Oly OfOSS COllSSS
have taken a big boom since the en-
gagement Of Thomas p Connect as ath-
letic director and the indications are
| that the college will be represented this
year by the best team in its history.
Trainer Conner has been with the men
since their return from the Christmas
holidays but in this short time he has
developed a number Of new men into
good material besides improving the
ability Of the older men. The team is
training hard at the present time for the
athletic meeting to be held under the
auspices of the B. A. A. in Mechanics
building Boston Feb. 5. Following this
the team will be entered at the Boston
/ College games and others to be held lat
er Trainer Connect had the men in the
gymnasium Sunday and sent them for
trial heats in their several events to en-
able him to get line upon their work.
| Conway, who has been showing up
well, was trifie under the weather, and
upon the trainers advice did not par
ticipate in the work of the afternoon.
Powers, from whom much was expect
ca, mas been dropped from the team by
conner on account of the lack of inter
est manifested by him in his training
Durkin and McTigue are candidates for
positions on the team as 1000 yard rum
nefs Durkin is a new man at running
ana never put on a running shoe until
conner took charge at the college. In
MS work he has shown I'D to better adj
vantage than McTigue, and Yesterday
ConneR handicapped the men. giving
McIlgue u yards over the novice. The
men ran laps, few yards short of 1000
Sdrus, ana the race was won by Nc
Ilgue, put by a margin almost indis-
llhgulshable The time was $50 which
everything considered, was remarkably
good going
hahe' another novice, was next sent
trlal he is training for the 900 yards
,. un, anu yesterday ran six laps, which
would make the distance more than 65O
yards. He covered the distance in / AZ
when trainer Conneff remarked was
Sood work. He expects Kane to make
ms presence felt in the event at the r
a. A. games The sprinters were next
worked out. They were all sent a num-
oer oA times Tor short sprints, and then
were paired off and ran a heat each.
capt. Callahan and O'Connor connpeted
against each other, the former having
tribe the better of the argument
brennan and Eagan and Sullivan and
v !lonmell We're also sent in heats. This
quartet are all new men, and give
promise of being good sprinters.
AS many college relay teams are en-
v1ous of the laurels which have come to
Holy Cross for past victories, there is
nkelg 70 De a~team race arranged for
the b. A. A. meet with Holy Cross and
some other college. AS yet Manager
Graham has been unable to secure a
contestant against the local institution.
but he hopes to arrange a race. Trainer
conner made up two teams yesterday
and sent the men for a race. The first
team was made UP of older men O'Con-
nor, McKenna, Callahan and Moynihan,
and the other team was composed of the
newer material, Sullivan, Brennan.
O'Donnell and Eagan. The latter team
was conceded so yards. The first relay
was between O'Connor and Sullivan.
the new man holding nearly the whole
OF his handicap and sending Brennan
Off with big lead on McKenna. These
men ran nearly even, and when Capt.
Callahan started after O'Donnell he had
nearly the 30 yards between himself and
the novice. He too was unable to cut
down the lead and the last relay be-
tween Moynihan and Eagan started
With the latter so yards in the lead. Moy-
nihan ram gamely and succeeded in ma
terially lessening the intervening dis
lance, but he could not overtake the
novice, and the race finished with the
1lSW ledll Il ydfuS III the IedQ. EaCn
relay was three laps, and the time for
the 70. 1902. This was remarkably good
time for such narrow, sharp-cornered
track as that in the gymnasium, and
great things are expected from the team
under better conditions.
OF the new men Sullivan is easily the
best man, and it is not unlikely that he
will secure a position on the relay team.
The other men will of course be given
full opportunity to make the athletic
team. the final selection of which will
not be made until next Sunday. At
present it is a certainty that Moynihan,
McKenna, O'Connor and Conway will
represent the college in the track events.
The athletic contingent at the college
has been augmented by the enrolment
of Edward O'Connor as a student. He
is brother of Charles ]. O'Connor, a
present member of the team, and has
had considerable experience in running.
He is a short distance man, quarter Of
mile being his limit. He will not
commence training for the B. A. A.
meet, but in later games will possibly
represent the college.
Physical Director H. B. Wentworth is
much elated with the advance made by
the students in their gymnastic work,
and believes he will turn out some good
men. Gymnastic work, under Prof.
Wentworth, is popular with the students
and nearly the whole of them are en-
gagged in class work. Besides the regu-
lar work Prof. Wentworth has very
large class in fencing. In this too the
men are apt pupils, and are doing ex-
cellent work.