The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-19


their share of prizes at the B. A. A. in
door games held tonight in the Me-
chanics building in Huntington ave-
nue.. Two firsts in the 40 yard dashes-
the novice and the handicap, first in
the6OO yard handicap, second in the one
mile handicap. Then, in addition, Har-
ry Dadmun, another Worcester ath>
lete, assisted materially in landing for
the B. A. A. the associations team
race with the Knickerbocker Athletic
club of New York City. The names
Of Worcester competitors also appear
several times in the preliminary heats,
but unfortunately for these men, 1t
takes places in finals to win prizes or
more than passing recognition.
Worcester Academy, Trainer Pouch
Donovan, and little f. S. Scheuber,
combined to furnish one of the very
| few real surprises Of the meet. In the
list of competitors in the 40 yard no
| vice race and in the 40 yard handicap,
there was included the name of e.
Scheuber, Worcester Academy" He
was but one of the Sc entries in the
novice race, and there were 116 other
men who had signified their intention
1
of participating in the handicap.
| In these two enormous fields NOBODY
had given this man Scheuber, a sec
ond thought, much less serious con
sideration. Pouch Donovan, in the
dressing room, before the meet, SAID
| i've four or five men here but only
one will be heard from" He referred
to Scheuber, although nobody knew IT
at the time Donovan, himself, was not
| looking for two wins with Scheuber;
he did hope to get place in either one
or the other for Scheuber had been
showing some fast trials in the acad-
envy gymnasium
This little fellow is not yet out or MS
teens. He is as small in stature as ne
Lis young in years-but that he has
speed and lots of it, was demonstrated
to everybody's satisfaction this even
ling. So far as running goes, Scheubel
lis absolutely green, but as pole vault
er. he was a winner, in both the indoor
and outdoor interscholastic meets Las
wear. He has taken UP sprinting this
winter, more as diversion and recrea'
ton from his work at waiting.
Scheuber sprang into prominence II
1.-The second heat of the novice which hi
won with yards to spare in As sec
londs-the fastest time made in any o.
the trial heats. More because OF hi:
dlminutive stature than anything else
the crowd gave him a good hand whe1
he turned back and logged TO the start
ling line After that, 1t was simply
series of straight victories for tn
academy boy in every heat In which HI
was a starter. He won his semi -fina
heat as easily as he did the trial, ant
i in the final he was again first at tn
tape.
Having run three heats all in A
seconds from the scratch and with n
: opportunity to rest, Scheuber went I
the mark in the fourth heat of tn
handicap Handicapped Moakley ha
given Scheuber the limit of feet, an
, this enabled him to win over such sea
e soned cracks as Tewksbury of Penn
\ sylvania and Make Long Of New Yor
=. Athletic Club Scheuber put thre
more heats and the race to his credi
in the handicap, making in all, six win
8 ming heats during the evening. Hi
& victory In the final heat was thorough
: " popular. although sympathy is gen
r orally with the scratch man.
e OF all the Worcester men in the tw
: dashes. the Academy entry was tn
e only place winner IN the finals. Sulli
e van and Maxwell of Holy Cross, wit
= handicaps of IL and feet, respect
+ lively, won their trial heats, and Max
2 well survived the wedding out process
v in the semi-final, but could not reac
e in the deciding heat Of the race.
: Worcester's winner IN the 500 yard
/, handicap turned up in the shape q
t Billy Moran, captain of tie Worces
C ter high school team. He was down o
the program as hailing from Worceste
Academy, but that ala not prevent hir
from making a clever win Moran ha
IA yards handicap and went to hi
mark in almost perfect condition. /
his trial heat he clbowed his wa
through g field of about 10 men, an
at the tape was first, in ! min. ~ g.
secs.
His pretty piece Of running. howeVe
came I'm the final heat-the real test {
endurance. II was great race an
+ easily the grandest. closest finish of TIL
r. evening In the first half Of the dis
I, lance. Moran only held his own. The
one by one he would pass his men o
: the inside With one lap to go. the big
% school man found two more runner
O still ahead Of him IT looked s. thong
/, the task was too big for Moran. II
deed the Worcester boy had to u'
y every bit Of speed there was in hi
n and at that he did not have Stone
= Hopkinson beaten until just at the tap
lei As I'm the 40-yard handicap. two Hol
Cross men appeared IN the lists Of su'
= cessf1l men in preliminary heats, bj
II were both beaten out In the finals Ma,
d well with 10 yards landed second In II
!, second heat, and Murphy with % yarC
l. had the honor of showing the way
- the wire for the field in the fourth hea
d 1t was big disappointment to Ha
l. ~ Dadmun that circumstances we
lie such as TO prevent him from participa
s. ing in this event. Dadmun had & yaTr
ct handicap-the first time he was ev
l. allowed a handicap at the distance II
~ doors. The B. A. AK. A. c. team rae
In which Dadmun was TO run four