The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-05

pro" slowed down and broke the tape
120 yards ahead OF Mclaughlin in
4:H 1-5
Holland was cheered. but McLaugh-
lin got the biggest demonstration from
| the spectators when the runners dis
appeared into the training quarters. 1t
was McLaughlins first appearance as
| a professional, and in yesterdays form
he never had the slightest chance of
| landing ahead. His time for the mile
was 5:10, very slow for competition
with a follower of the cinder path who
has never failed to land some of the
| prize money.
| Mclaughlin had no excuses to make.
No one who saw the Jimmy McLaugh-
| lin OF q few years ago would recognize
in the tagged out, heavy-footed runner
OF yesterday the same man. Match race
| talk floated around the training quar-
tiers when the men had rested, and Nc
Laughlin agreed to run Holland half a
mile for any amount Holland said
that nothing would please him more,
and the men and hackers separated
| with the understanding that there will
be a meeting this evening to make ar
| engagements.
Meanwhile the pig for the creased
race had been latheTed with lard and
| placed in wooden cage near the front
| Of the grandstand. Some one pulled a
| Stat off the cage, and the pig squeezed
and bolted for the crowd lined up at
the edge OF the diamond, watching the
ball game. There was a stampede Of
| well dressed holiday observers in the
scramble to the grandstand to escape
contact with the grease coated animal.
AS If from the sky, 200 youngsters
| landed in the center of the base ball
| diamond and went setter SHELTER after
the pig. The field day committee knew
that the event had not been carried
out according to the program, but the
crowd would not yield to persuasion,
| and the chase kept up until the pig
got tangled up in a crowd of so men,
who kicked it into submission.
The pig was taken away and creased
again, and given a rest before entering
| the scheduled contest.
The journeyman BARRIERS team
was the only one to APP
pear for the team race, and the regular
team went an exhibition relay race.
! quarter mile each runner, with the sub
stitutes. Every member of the quar-
| tette chosen to run for the BARRIERS
union beat his opponent, and the reg
ulars finished the race in 500. The
teams were; BARRIERS union regulars,
j. F. Sullivan, j. L. Toole, Henry Har-
| per- A. l. Letender BARRIERS union,
substitutes, E. r. Russell, A. Tusini. P.
| j. Maloney, j. H. Powell
| The creased pig was brought out and
let loose al the upper end Of the oval,
where 80 chasers stood five yards pe-
! hind the pig, giving the animal an even
chance. The race grew hotter as the
swarm Of men cut down the pigs lead,
| but the greasy one left traces of his
| exterior appearance on the clothing OF
Would-be catchers until cornered near
The Spy bulletin board.
! One man had the pig lifted above his
head, but only for, a second. Then the
pig squirmed and fell into the midst of
| the crowd At least 20 men got one or
both hands on the pig, but at last il
left them all with hands full of grease
and darted beneath the bulletin board
The crowd closed in, and the pig bolted
under the bench where the VISITING
teams rest while toying with the Farm
ers.
| Here the most exciting event of the
day took place. In the melee of pig
| chasers, two men, Michael Connors
| and Paddy Donovan, got their hooks
on the pig for keeps Paddy had the
animal by the hind legs and Connors
| attempted to wrest the prize away by
Juggling at the pigs forelegs. The
squeezing was penetrating to the ear
but Paddy kept jabbering at Connors
and the latter claimed the animal. At
Referee Coogan's decision of: 1.-THE pig
belongs to Donovan" Connors made a
final struggle for possession, and the
men had the liveliest kind of a mix-up,
but nary hand was removed from the
pig. After half an hour of arguing,
Connors was induced to give up his hold
and Paddy Donovan and Brother Dan
carried the pig away in the wooden
! cage.
The tug-of-war contest brought out
two teams of heavyweights represent
| ing the Building Laborers' Union and
the Brewers Union. After two-min-
ute heat the building laborers had
pulled three of the brewers over the
lime and the decision went to the build
ling laborers. The teams were made up
Of: Brewers Union. John O'Connor,
James Doyle, Patrick McMahon, John
Mullen, Pat Hurley John Duggan-no
anchor was used; Building Laborers'
Union. Michael Sullivan (anchor) Pat
Leahey, Tom Haggerty, Charles Eklof,
Alfred Christianson, Michael Nugent
The surprise of the day was in the
ball game The journeymen plumbers
team had been conceded the winner by
the knowing ones, but the moulders
waded in and beat the pipe hitters by
the score of 13 to s. For four innings
the moulders did not make a run off
Capt. Loan of the plumbers, but in the
fifth inning every man on the team
touched up Loan for a hit and eight
runs were made The pipe hitters kept
at it, not base ball, but pipe hitting
and the moulders piled up five more
runs. The contest was a good one and
the labor union championship of the
city is part of the prize to the mould
ers. Donahue. Rourke and Perry played
well for the moulders, and Farrell
Wiseman and McManus worked hard
for the plumbers. With the athletic
sports being contested on the track,
lit was not fair trial of skill, ac-
cording to the plumbers belief, and
another game may be arranged. T. j.
Ryan acted as umpire and there was
no kicking after the third inning.
Score by innings
Moulders .........0 0 0s 1S1 Obj
Plumbers ..........0 0 p s
The teams were Journeyman Plumbers
Rooney CT, Carney Sb,, Capt. Loan p,
Farrell c., Kiley IT, Sullivan rf, Wise
man 3b.
Rourka 3D. Mack IT,, Gendron p., Laselle
SIS, Donahue 1b., Perry 2b., Ellis c.. Ran
dali rf
game, labor union championship of the
city and purse of $25, Moulders VS.. Plumb
ers- Won by Moulders, score 10 to 8.
One-mile bicycle race, union men-1st
prize $40, Jack Lawlfr, Plumbers Union;
ID, s., W II. Ryan Brewers Union. Time,
2.53 AS.
Fat mems race, 100 yards-1st, IS, John
Duggan, Brewers Union; I'd, 50, James
Doyle Brewers Union. Time, 13s.
Hod carriers 75-yard race, is bricks in
each hod-1st, SIS, John King, Building La
borers' Union I'd, 50, Michael Hartnett,
Building Laborers' Union. Time, II Ass
Match race, one mile, purse 500. r. e.
Holland VS.. j. J, McLaughlin-Holla
won Time 44l is.
Two-miIe bicycle race, unionmen-1st.
$40. w II. Ryan, Brewers Union; I'd. s.,
Jack Lawler, Plumbers Union. Time, 6.l2
| T1nn-rnIln nrnfessinnal rmn-1sI $40