The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-06
SEES ONLY WORCESTER.
Boston Writer Says Schools VIII Fight Out
lnterscholastic Meet.

With the indoor interscholastic meet
ing more than month away, it is
pretty early to be predicting probable
winners. Nevertheless the Boston Post.
yesterday morning, undertook to give
a general forecast upon the result and
the winning school. Down in Boston
they have learned from bitter EXPERT
ence that the Worcester schools are to
be NIGHTLY feared. 1t is a lesson they
VIII not soon forget, and the Post, as
the Following shows, hits the nail about
square on the head when it says that
Things look trif1e rosy for the two
rival schools of Worcester and seem
almost TO justify the prediction of their
Two trainers that the meet will prac-
tcally amount to nothing more than a
dual between their two schools" The
Post says:
Few will admit there is much chance
70 defeat Arthur Duffy in the 40 unless
ne breaks down in the training. a thing
hard to imagine. Then the high school
mas a hyer in Jourdan, who also runs a
slashlng 800. In the middle distances
worcester seems a trifle shy, but for
the mile, and possibly for the thousand.
worcester has crackajack in the per
son of Clifford. He is counted on conf
aentiy by his schoolmates to win at
least one Of these eVants, and. although
there is some doubt about his ability to
accomplish this, the man who defeats
MN VIII have to do 1t in, time that will
very closely approach the interscholas-
tlc record, If not surpass it.
In the field events ALSO Worcester is
pretty big enigma for its rivals to
solve. High jumpers who are able to
MAKE places in the big meet, provided
Ihat the bar will go as high as it has
oone usually in the past, are as rare
as a day in June. About the same is
true OF shot putters, although Boston
IS Wen provided in this respect. The
pore vault at present looks like a Wor-
cester event. If Schember does not can
ture this event for Worcester high his
school fellows Will be greatly surprised
he was tied for first place last year
ana as the man who pushed him so
nd1u lnooors last year appears to be
no longer at school, the inference is
that he will win and Guido all rcomneti-
tors - - I'm peei-
Such a summary makes things look a
trIne rosy for the Two rival schools at
worcester, and seems almost to Justify
the prediction of their two trainers
frank Bigelow and Pouch" Donovan,
that the meet will practically amount
10 nothing more than dual meet be-
"SNi licli lWO SCHOOLS. But there Is
always a possibility of even a cracka-
jacks being beaten out by a man al
most unheard of before. The thing is of
almost common occurrence, and it
would not surprise everybody if more
than one of these men Who are booked
for places at least should be beaten
out and forced down by some of their
less recognized brethren In addition to
this, there are events in which the
nGfn cob L.
distinctly weak. For instance the
hurdlers who are to win points for their
schools this year will be drawn from
the new men, as all of last year s
cracks have left the preparatory
schools or are in some other way in
eligible. In the shot put and high jump
they also stand on an equal footing
with their opponents, and even in the
pole vault there appears to be only
one man who is at present counted
dangerous.
In Boston the sprinting material is
but scanty. The men are nearly all
new, and the fact that there are a
number of men in their event whom
it would be very difficdlt for them to
equal, seems to have kept down their
numbers by discouraging them. In
the 300, however there are apt to be
quite a number of good men who will
be brought to the distance by this in
crease in popularity for the distance
of the team race. English High has
a number of men who are ambitious
to run this distance and seem to be
making good progress IN the right di-
rection. Captain Pray also desires to
try for the team race distance, and
as he ran this distance in flying time
Thursday in the English High trials,
there seems to be a fair degree of GER
tainty that he will be found in the Bos-
ton team, and will make his opponent
run hard if he is to STAY with Bray.