The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-10
DIOCESAN FIELD DAY.
Worcester Societies Prepar-
!, ing for the
Sports.

The young men who will represent
| the various Catholic Total Abstinence
societies on the track at the annual
field day of the Springfield Diocesan
union are beginning to stir themselves.
The field day will be held Labor day at
Westfleld, and the feature of the cele-
bration, which contains the greatest
interest for Worcester people, is the
track games. Since their establishment
as feature of the field day, the games
have been a contest between total alb
stinence societies of this city. For the
last few years the struggle has been
between st. Paul's and st. Anne's socie-
tiRs with varying honors.
Lists of eligible men to compete have
been made with the secretary of the
athletic association connected with the
Diocesan union, under whose auspices
the track events are held. The struggle
is again scheduled to take place be-
tween the old rivals, st. Pauls and st.
Annes, and each society looks to win
premier honors. Active training of the
athletes will begin in few days.
St. Paurs is fortunate in having the
star athlete of them all. ]. Fred Pow
ers, champion all-round athlete of
America. Powers has competed for ST.
L
during these temperance field day
struggles that he laid the foundation
for the success which makes him the
best athlete in America today.
The OConnor boys, who also run
under the colors of the Lyceum, are
good ones, and have been point winners
for that organization Besides these, the
society has a good distance man in Dor
man, who is capable Of doing fast time
for the mile. There are number of
lesser lights who can pick up an odd
point or two here and there.
St. Anne's has not taken an account
of stock in the athletic line, but several
of the speedy ones who competed for
the society in past years still retain
their membership. The list of St. Anne's
eligibles was not filed in due season,
but that will make no difference. The
list will be accepted without doubt, for
without St. Annes men there would be
no contests worthy of the name.
]. J. Moynihan will carry the colors
of st. Annes and he will give all COM
petitors a merry race in the shorter of
the middle distances. William NJ Moran
of the high school team is also mem
Der of st. Annes relay team, and will
show more than one athlete clean pair
of heels in the quarter and half. Young
Deadly will run in the mile. st. John
and Dowd Of the high school team are
also members of st. Annes, and are
looked for to bring home some points
for their society. The members of the
society are beginning to worry over one
Of their best field men. He is Frank p
A. Gilchrist, recently appointed to the
police force. Gilchrist has more than
once kept the champion, j. Fred Pow
ers. at a warm pace to win some of the
jumping events, and much reliance is
placed on him by hts fellow members
They fear his duties may not allow him
to accompany the team to Westfield
They Will make a special request of
Chief Of Police James M. brennan that
Gilchrist be allowed to go to Westfield
The Sacred Heart Lyceum entered
but one team In the track games, but
since the field day was started, years
ago, the ball team of that organization
has competed against the strongest
teams OF the diocese, and the walls of
the lyceum are adorned with many
trophies of victory on the diamond. A
field day without ball game in which
Sacred Heart Lyceum played would be
looked on as a curiosity. The society
will have a team In the field day games
this year, and its opponent will be a
rival team from st. Johns Guild Of this
city. Giving the latter organization a
chance in the field day will increase the
interest in this city, from which the
biggest crowd always goes. The guild
has not devoted itself to athletics as
much as the other societies, but will
make a beginning this year.
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