The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-04

passed everybody but Henessey. He
took first in the second run a week ago
which was probably the hardest of the
lot. 1t was "a real cross country uphill
and down dale and Dixon had no
trouble winning. Yesterdays run was
the longest and Dixon again demon
strated his great cross country quail
ties Hennessey, who wins second prize,
was somewhat of a disappointment. He
won the first run with apparent ease
but in the harder struggle over fields
came in fourth. Yesterday he was sixth,
failing coward the end when the great
endurance of the others told.
John E. Dowd, winner of third prize,
showed great pluck and his victory is
probably the most popular of any. He
is little fellow Weighing but IS pounds,
and naturally his size created a full
measure of sympathy among high
school boys irrespective of class. Leav-
ing his size out of the question alto
gether, he showed wonderful pluck. In
the first run he competed in ordinary
shoes which undoubtedly handicapped
him. He finished fifth, greatly surpris-
ing everybody who saw him at the
start. He won that place by great pluck
toward the close of the race, for he had
lain back fearing a hot pace would in
jure his chances.
In the tough trial across the fields he
showed his wonderful endurance by
running more on the big hill than any
other of the contestants which insured
him the place Yesterday he displayed
better judgment, and if he was as big
as almost any of the others he would
probably have beaten them ALL He
stayed with the leaders until less than a
quarter mile from the finish. He fin
ished about a yard behind the fourth
man, losing the place because he
thought the finish line was farther
away and he was reserving his strength
for a final squirt. He saw his mistake
a trifle too late.
A. c. Perry and C. ]. Carpenter
showed great cross country ability and
would have won one of the prizes had
they competed in the three runs. They
took part in two only. They alternated,
finishing second and third in those runs,
Had they raced in the first they would
have beaten out Henessey and Dowd for
the prizes. Gould, who finished fourth
yesterday showed great Improvement.
He finished ninth in the second race
over the fields. Yesterday he led all the
way until the final squirt for home.
Blodgett ran finely in all three races.
y
but he showed great pluck sticking 1t
out. Hall was a disappointment in yes
terday's race. He won fifth in the sec
ond race but yesterday fell out of the
race altogether, being obliged to quit,
The officials of the race yesterday
were: Referee, p. A. DoWd of The SPY;
starter Thomas ]. Kenney; timers and
scorers, Ralph Amidon, G. e. DAILY and
H. P. Jourdan; judges at turn, Regi-
maid Warren and f. ]. Rooney
The following entered the race:
19O0-Robert w Dixon, w. H. Blod-
gett, Jr, A. w. Stone, John e. Dowd,
and c. J. Carpenter.
1901. A Hennessey, R. ]. Bottom
ly, A. c. Perry and Charles Streeter.
19O2-W. e. Hall, r. H. Jacobs, c. r.
White, w. H. Gould and E. A. w. Ray
mond.
There was little display Of individu-
atty until the very close Of the race.
The men stayed together nearly all the
distance. When the gun was fired they
went away in a bunch The winner,
Dixon, and Dowd, brought up the rear,
the latter right on Dixon's heels,
whom he evidently determined to stick
to. To the corner of the avenue the
men remained punched. Dixon and
Dowd took to the sidewalk, where the
footing was harder. By the time Elm
street was redCleu lAeIt were lWO
punches. Carpenter and Hennessey led
the first. There were eight men
punched. Dixon, Perry, Streeter and
Dowd were in the second bunch, about
a dozen yards behind When Parker
street vas reached, the men having
gone more than mile and a half, the
second bunch closed up, and all ran to-
gether except Streeter, who was 80
yards behind. After passing May street
Raymond walked a few steps, he being
the only one to walk on the way out
One of them, seeing Dowd trailing be-
hind Dixon, called OUT Look at the
little kid" which caused a laugh from
even the runners. The lads went
around in a bunch, Gould being the
first. They faced q strong wind on the
way back. Gould began to pull up, and
opened a gap Of 10 yards. He ran on
road Dixon. Hennessey, Perry, Carpen-
ter Dowd, Hall and Blodgett raced on
sidewalk A May street Blodgett found
the going tee .aas and dropped back
chest rs @fCs al began 10 go back,
~ h3 spU W. cd brought
him UP ~ the others. II was his final