The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-17
TALK OF TOWN.
Town Meeting and
Suspensions Are
Discussed.
THAT CLOSE VOTE.
General Dissatisfaction
Among Stay-at-Homes
as Usual.

Webster May 16.-The action of the
registration committee of the N. E. A.
A. u, in suspending the players that
participated in the game of basket ball
between the towns of Webster and
in the Millbury town hall
on the evening of Wednesday, April 10,
has caused much talk in town, and par
among the basket ball players,
as well as the sporting public in gem
eral.
The local men who are suspended are
Manager James McGeary and players
Thomas F. Reilly, William Moore, Nj
choias Brenniff. Michael Thompson and
William Henry.
Manager McGeary of the local team
suspected what was in the wind, for
week ago he received a letter from Kill
burn Adams, who is president of the as
ISOLATION, requesting that he send the
names of all those who took part in
the Millbury game. He did not answer
the letter.
The action of the association is not
considered fair and just by the local
management. Manager McGeary
claims that the game was not a pro-
fessional one, and that none of the
players received any compensation in
the shape of money for their services
for playing the game. The local boys
claim that the wager of 5000 was a side
issue, and that the team had nothing
to do with it. They lost the game and
they did not lose any money, nor would
they have received any had they won.
The action of the association has in
terfered quite a good deal with two of
the local boys, Messrs. Brenniff and
Moore, who are in training in readiness
for the races at the c. T. A. field day
in Woonsocket Memorial day. Under
this cloud they will not be allowed to
compete in the dashes.
Moore says he will enter the races
unless he has something more definite.
AS yet he has not received any direct
suspension from the union. Brenniff,
however, received a letter a week ago,
which stated that he was suspended
and could not enter the races on Me-
mortal day.
Some candid speaking persons in town
who are incensed by the unions ac-
ton, say that the association is hard
up for ready money just at the present
time, or else they would not have done
the absurd thing they did. By paying
the association the trivial sum of 81 any
disqualified member can again be en-
rolled on the blanks as an amateur.
The result of last nights special town
meeting in Music hall has caused much
dissatisfaction among those who were
opposed to selling the land to the Web
ster and Dudley Electric Street Rail
way Company, and they are claiming
now, when it is all over, that the tellers
appointed by Moderator Maurice P.
Glare did not count the uplifted hands
right. They say that there were hands
raised above their heads that they did
not see, or purposely failed to see.
The tellers, however, emphatically
dispute any such statements. They
counted every hand that was raised in
vote for and against selling the land,
and every one of them are positive that
they did not pass any uplifted hands
who voted either way. The vote was
too close to skip anybody, and it was a
close call for the road. A margin of
only three votes is no small matter. 1t
is said that if those against selling had
held out a little longer, they would
have won the day, or rather night for
those who were in favor of the town
selling finally got sick of the speaking
and left the hall.
1t was the first time in a good many
months that the citizens have had the
pleasure of attending a special town
meeting, and a large majority took adj
vantage of the occasion and attended.
1t was somewhat of a surprising fact
that out of the 1900 voters Webster has
on the voting list, only 191 voted on the
final action. That vote was considered
a very small one for the large attend
ance that was present.
The road, however, got what they
were looking for, and that was all they
cared, about. The town did not have
to pay a cent for the use Of the hail.
as the electric road had arranged for
all that in advance. AS soon as the
deed is in readiness, the land will be
transferred to the Webster and Dudley
road, and then work will be commenced
at once to extend their tracks to Bea-
con park.
The third night in the weeks hazar
of the st. Jean Baptiste band in the Op-
era house drew out the largest crowd
that has attended so far. The pretty
girls at the differen booths were kept on
the hustle dispensing their wares
soliciting nickels and
dimes reaped a harvest. The natural
histary booth of Richard Caravan was
the centre attraction.
The entertainment tonight was fine,
and the entertainers were loudly APP
plauded several times. They were the
pupils of Prof. V. J. Fortier of Worces-
ter, and were the Misses Mamie Alice
Parsons, Ethel Allison and Abbie Paw
don, who rendered a pleasing miscellen-
eous program.
Prof Al. Herrick of Putnam, former
" of the Barlow Brothers minstrzls,
played a slide trombone solo.
Lawyer Frank E. Deon went 20 WoT-
cester to-day, on probate business.
Miss Margaret Fallon of Worcester,
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