The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-15
WORK FULL Time.
North Brookfeld OPP
eratives Are
Happy.
THE COMING SPORTS
C. 7. A. Games and Inter
Glass Day Events the
Talk Of the Town.

North Brookfeld, May lathe one
thousand and more employees of the
E. & A. H. Batcheller shoe factory
were agreeably surprised yesterday
with notice that the factory is to be
operated ten hours a day, except Sat
urday, until further notice. This order
will go into effect tomorrow and means
that at least until invoice, the machin-
cry will be run full time instead of eight
hours day. as it is now.
The Spy exclusively stated few days
ago that the factory would soon be run
ming ten hours a day. With work for
two hours more day, the wages will
be materially increased, and the prob
ability is that the full time order will
be kept up this summer.
The athletic team Of the st. Joseph
c. T. A. s. went to Oakland Gardens,
Brookfield, this afternoon, and put in
three hours of good work in preparation
for the dual meet with the Holy Ro-
sary c. r. A. S. of Spencer at Myrick
Park, Spencer, May 30. Despite nigh
wind, the men showed good form, and
are ready for the day. Interest in the
field day is at fever heat. Not for years
has any athletic event stirred up so
much interest previous to the day of
the races.
Present appearances are that Myrick
park will hold a mountaineering crowd
May 80, as all North Brookheld is in
terested in the outcome, and will send
an enormous crowd to Spencer to cheer
on the athletes of the st. Joseph c. I.
A. S. The athletes are training as Faith
lnxrrr
allow them to, and all are greatly in
earnest in their desire to win the field
day 1t is a long time since North
Brookfield has been able to claim ath-
letic supremacy over Spencer, and for
this reason a victory would be all the
more sweet.
The men have plenty of confidence in
their ability to capture points enough
TO make them winners of the hand
some silver cup that will be offered as
q trophy, although a hard-fought, close
contest is what is looked for, and 1t
would not be at all surprising If the
tide of victory should go with the Win
ners of the. last event of the meet, the
relay race. The North Brookfield men
have not shown any marked improve
ment during the week just ended, but
their work is steady and the day Of
the races will find them capable OF put
ting forth the very best there is in them
unless something Unforeseen occurs.
If is in the runs that North Brook
field expects to score its decisive vic
tories, and to win enough points 10
carry the field day. though the lump
ers too. are doing their share, and
give promise of making a good show
ing. John F. Dillon, Spencer's doughty
little athlete, who is never beaten till
the contest is over, is the man looked
upon here as being the most dangerous,
as he has a habit all his own of COM
ing up smiling just where he is lcast
expected, and upsetting nicely made
calculations.
AS for the Spencer men, they are
working with the easy confidence in
spired by repeated victories in various
branches and seem imbued with the
feeling that North Brookfield simply
cannot beat Spencer on an athletic
arena. If the opinion of those who
know best the abilities of the local men
IS not entirely wrong, their confidence
IS destined to have a rude awakening
and the thirty-first of May VIII md
them sadder but considerably wiser
than they are now. When North
Brookfeld thought it had a winning
team it has always produced the mon
ey to back the opinion and the long
green with the yellow edges will be al
lowed to do most of the talking in the
coming field day provided Spencer will
show its sport.
The contests between DonavOn of
Spencer and Noonan Of North Brook
field in the 440 and $50 yards runs pro-
mise to be worth going miles TO see.
This Is particularly the case in the $50
which is supposed to be each mans
best hold Donavon is reported to be
running well in practice and Noonan
IS filling expectations. Noonan's club
mates are so confident of his ability
to best the Spencer runner that they
will be looking on all sides for Spen-
GER men who are willing to put money
on Donavon. This in fact promises to
be the race of the meet and if Donavon
beats Noonan the track record at Ny
rick park will go by the board. Hum