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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-26
POOR PRACTICE.
Local Bowlers Should Con-
fine Rolling to One Team.

rne candle pin matches in which
Worcester men participated during the
past week reveals the fact that the
local teams are in a thoroughly disor-
ganized and chaotic condition Appar-
entity not the slightest effort is being
made to keep the personnel of Worces-
ter teams distinct. With a single excep-
ton. it is the case Of the best men in
town rolling upon whatever team may
nave a game for any particular even
ing.
The four leading candle pin teams of
/! the city. who make q business of par
uclpatinS in out-of-town matches. are
the Infants, the Babies, the Sherwoods
and the Cuckoos, formerly known in
Downing circles as the Casinos. These
are the teams that meet the bona fide
organizations of Westboro. of Clinton
OF Spencer, of Southbridge and of other
OF the surrounding towns. And vet. with
tne exception of the last named team
the Cuckoos-the Worcester aggrega-
tlons all lack any permanent organiza-
tion. The Cuckoos alone have a. quintet
OF candle pin men. which rolls on the
CQckoos and upon no other alley team.
Recognized members of the Babies
are frequently TO be found bowling with
nave more than once helped out the
SnerWoods in match contest, and the
sherwood bowlers have rolled on both
the Babies and the Infants. An excel
lent example of all this was furnished
In the matches of last Tuesday even
ing and Wednesday afternoon. The
Sherwoods. Tuesday night. rolled the
CLINTON ancaSters and three men on
the sherwood team We're Mccain. Hunt
ana Lohnes. Wednesday afternoon the
Infants rolled Southbridge. and Nc
cam, Hunt and Lohnes rolled with the
Infants. Wednesday evening. had the
Westboros come to this city TO roll the
BABIES, as scheduled, two of the men
VINO were rolling on the Infants i'm the
afternoon would have been included in
the Babies summary.
Such practices can only do injury ia
the game in this city. With any men
rolllng on any team no such organiza-
tons as the Babies of four wears a 90
or the inter-city matches of A connie
| OF years ago are possible. What is need
eu is orsanlzation-perm effective
organization. The good of the game re-
CURES that the teams be kept distinct
ana free from ringers" whether bowl
ing under their own or assumed names
IT IS but fair to out of-town teams
coming to this city that they meet a
team that is team in more than name
only and which is not composed of the
cream OF the candle pin bowlers of the
city. If the present practice continues
the local teams will soon find that they
are without any outside games.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-26
Considered BY the
Boston and Albany
ROADS ENGINEERS.
Come to Worcester to Study
Grade Crossing Question.


Three engineers of the Boston and
Albany railroad came 10 Worcester
yesterday to resume the work of pre-
pairing plans for the solution of the
grade crossing. question
One of them with whom The Spy
man talked confirmed the truth of the
statement made in The Spy several
weeks ago concerning the plans of
elevated tracks which are being pre-
pared for the railroad
He said the plans on which the en-
gineers Of the railroad are working are
practically the same as the plans which
We're recommended to the city council
by the citizen grade crossing commits
sion. Further information regarding
the plans he would not give
The railroad engineers are going into
detail to a far greater extent than did
the citizen grade crossing commission
which reported in favor Of elevated
tracks
One Of the engineers was at the office
of the city engineer during the day,
looking into street plans which are in
possession of the office. He took grades
of house lots for a long distance south
of the tracks, following the methods of
procedure which was done when the
railroad engineers were here last fall
and early in the Winter. He was min
ute in his search after detail and ex-
amined many plans.
The engineers went back to Boston
early in the afternoon, on account Of
the death of a relative of one OF the
officials in the Boston and Albany
office in Boston.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-26
Of Hancock Club Big
Pin BOwlers.
JONES HIGH MAN,
James Stewart Rolled the
Highest Single String.


The big pin tournament at the Han
cocI, C,Iub was bro,1ebt to close Fri
-
uaS evening Win the oeclulhS game
between the teams captained by
Messrs. Adams and Jones Eyer since
tba to,,r,,s,,,o,,+ voc .+,.+,,5 ,,-,-.a,,,,
'iiS 'oUi iioNleliI was Starteu' several
months ago, any amount of rivalry has
been manifested between the contend
inc teams and +be co,,c1,,dt,o, ea,,,a
,,io.,,+ 80. -. 49,. -,
"isu' oeLoIe ias'' was the htllhS close
of a great series.
As is seldom the case tha outcon,a of
+,,o
','e .o"i uepe'ioeu hoL ohiS upon
the last series of games, but upon the
very last games as well. When the
men of the two rival teams faced each
other upon the alleys Friday evening
they were tied for first place. The
team that won two of the three games
scheduled in tba CLOSING. match 3voI1Id
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-26
c. F. HANSON & SONS.
BIZ Main ST., Sole Agents.
For Sale Real Estate.

regarded by the college or University he
represents as equivalent to the work re-
CURED by student for a degree
NO one shall represent any college or
university at the annual field meeting who
has been dropped from his class into
lower class or from a tirst-year class ouf
of his college or university or who rot
being in good standing in one depa rtn,nnt
has been transferred to another until be
shall have completed one calendar year's
work and passed satisfactory examine
tions thereon. or has been permitted Nv
his college or university to regain he
class or department from which he VS.
dropped or was transferred 80
The following officers We're elected Cor
1893: President, X. Donaldson of Prince.
ton; secretary, j. B. Vanfeck of New
York; treasurer w. r. Quin of Goinm,
bia; executive committee. T r. Fisher
Yale; r, r.. Nourse. Harvard; r. IT
Ripley, Cornell, and G. L. McKeon Penn.
sylvania Hamilton College was admit
ted to the association
Boston University. Brown. University of
California, Iowa State / Tgersitv. LEI
high, LELAND Stanford. Michigan PERI
sylyania State. Wesleyan and I7nIvereHit;i,
of Wisconsin were expelled from, M ~ ~
ISOLATION on account Of. Observation-Disclosures
dues. 90 -! ~ VI
The intercollegiate Bicycle Association
was formed after the adio71rnment ,f,f tbe
meeting off the athletic. ASsbcia Hon II
n. Hail was elected president Tiie So
lection Of the date for the annual meetino,
WHICH Will be separated from the tiei5
meeting, ana tie choosing Of sIIitahle
track were left to the eXecutive commit
tee Oo'''''''
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-26

association, own the shell and then be
included in the crew which would try
for the Paris prize, these men could get
a fast eig'ht-oared shell without spend
ing a cent.
The question of the ownership of the
boat will be definitely settled, thanks
to The Spys disclosure Of the plot Of
which members of the crew, and even
principals of the schools were not cog
infant.
They do not wish to come forward
until they could satisfy themselves they
would make no mistake in doing SO;
they are waiting for the plotters to
show their hands. But they had no in
tentions of remaining idle while the
plotters were at work, and at once took
measures to ascertain what line of ac-
ton they could pursue when the time
to strike came. ut was with that end
In view that they had one of the Off
GERS of the athletic association consult
Mr.. Thayer.
The suspicious of high school boys
were aroused when they learned that
several young men had wheel in their
heads about going to Paris to compete
in the rowing races to be held there
next year in connection with the great
athletic carnival. The plan has been
mentioned in the newspapers. 1t is not
a plan of any club at the lake. No
club there has the slightest intention
of making any such attempt as send
ing a crew to Paris as stated confident
ly by the chief officers of the clubs
which would be most likely to send a
crew. The project, as advanced by it's
promoters, is to organize a winning
crew, and capture the eight cared event
at the national regatta. The victory
will mean a trip to Paris as the repre-
sentative crew of America, the national
association of amateur oarsmen defray-
ing the expenses
Principal f. r. Goodwin has consult
ed LAWYER Thayer concerning the own
Mr.. Thayer an answer that unless the
subscription papers were made out to
the boys as individuals, the shell is
probably the property of the High
School Athletic Association.
None of the high school boys who
realized plot was Matching even
thought of the Wachusetts in connec-
ton with It, They knew the Wachu-
sets would exert themselves to help
instead of injure the crew and school
association. But they felt the officials
of the high school crew were a trile
lame in not securing from the Wachu-
setts some understanding relative to
the use of their house for the boat.
President John II. Meagher of the
Wachusett Club wrote letter Friday
to Manager Lancaster of the high
school crew telling him the club would
give the high school crew the use of
the Wachusett house free. That was
not entirely what the high school boys
with proper ideas of business sought.
They wanted to know in lawful man
ner from the Wachusetts whether the
association would have to pay rent or
not. They We're not Directing on pay
ing rent. They wanted an under
standing They have one now.
The entire amount of money which
the crew estimates it will require for
this season is $500. The estimate for
and probably will, not be any serious
difficulty in securing the money.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-26
he handicaps follow:

The prize for the highest single
string was won by James Stewart, who
surprised himself and everybody else
on the alleys, by putting in a 217 total
one evening. The highest average and
the prize that goes with it belongs to
Capt. F. r. Jones, whose average is
1872 1913. Jones was one of the scratch
men. The largest three-strin total
was made by Stewart, who bowled in
one evening sos.
In teams the highest single total was
won by Capt. Jones and his men, the
top figures being 816. The highest team
total was also won by Capt. Jones
team, the figures this time being 1855.
The tournament just closed has
aroused such an interest in regular
ton pin bowling among the members,
that il is very likely that a big pin
individual tournament will be com
menced in the course of a week or so
This tournament will be for the club
championship, and the entries so far
received are as follows: Pelham w
Lincoln, A. f. White, D. NJ. White, r,
R. Jones, w. A. Hackett, w. T. South
er, James Stewart, F. S. Taylor and
II. A. Adams.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-26
WORCESTERSHIRE MATCH
Series OF Regulation Pin Contests Begin
This Week

Preparations are now making for Sc
ries Of regulation pin matches between
the Worcesters and the big pin team Of
the Casino alleys. The Worcesters We're
organized several weeks ago for the ex-
press purpose of defeating the Winthrops
but after two games had been rolled the
remaining games and so the series fell
through-principally owing to the fact that
the Wlhthrops failed to put In an appear
ance Tor the third game, which was to
have been rolled on the Casino alleys.
If tie Worcester-Casino series becomes
q certainty the first game will be bowled
Friday evening, and thereafter Friday
ever ings for the succeeding four weeks.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-26
MILLBuRYWAs TOO STRONG
The Home Players sebred.roaIs Galore
Against Bradford Boat Club.

Millbury, Feb. 25.-The Bradford Boat
Club basket bail team came TO Minburv
this evening, and gave q very good. ex
hibition OF basket ball considering that it
was its first appearances in a game. The
Millbury h. Il, A. was very strong. and
threw il goals to their opponents g. Null
len proved a good man. and was IN the
game at all stages. Sullivan and Parker
had the ball most of theetine during the
game, and seemed to put it wherever they
pleased The lineup was:
MiLLBURY. BRADFORD
HnoNi l .s....,,.,,.t.......,r b, Brown
66arker, 7 t'..,,.,h., b. Mullen
burtt c '''....'..'...,....,...,.. c, McGrath
5ope, ! p... .'..... ...........,...r 4 Kelley
sullivan, bs'.s1',a"...,"l f. Cummings
Goals, Blrtt. Jope, Brown 3. Parker 4
McGrath, Sullivan 8; fouls, MoGrath 4
Grown, Sullivan, Mullen 3, Cummings 4
Referee, William Allen.r timers, Ashton
tendance 800, ~
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-26
THEY WON IN A WALK.
Lyceums Defeated the Webster Team by
a Score of Z 70 2.

Webster, Feb. %. ~ The Lyceums Of
Worcester were victorious tonight in
Music Hall over the local team by score
OF to :, The game ranked among the
best exhibitions of basket ball ever played
in town. Summary:
WEBSTERS. LYCETrMS.
Reilly f...................,.rb b. Sheeban
Healey. f...................,..1 b. Holmes
.................... e. Dolan
Burr, r b...............r MORGAN
brennlH, b................l f. Burgoyne
Goals, Sheehan Koran, Reilly. Bur
goyne; free tries. Sheehan Referee
John King Webster, timekeepers, r hi
Koran, Worcester; Henry Haggerty,
webster. Time, 20-minute halves.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-26
pl BLAST EXTRADlTION.

Boston Feb. 25.-Attorney General
Anowlton has arranged to visit Wash
tngton for the purpose of comforting
with Secretary OF State Hay on the
question Of extradition proceedings in
the case Of Antonio hi Blast, the tia
streets James Ellis, here, on May "A
last.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-26
BASKET BALL.
Marlboro Men Made Milford
Players Bite the Dust.

Milford, Feb. 25.-The Marlboro Y. NJ.
c. A. basket ball team defeated the Mil
ford B. B. A. team in the town hall to-
night by score of 4 to ? Milford was
weakened by the illness Of ]. Kynock and
Louis Tucker. Kynock was obliged to
leave the floor three times on account of
Illness Robb and Doyle threw Mari
boro's two goals in the first half These
were the only goals thrown by Marlboro
i'll the game. j. kynock and Blackler Sc
line-up WAS as follows:
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-26
DIDN'T SEE HIM.


a man who gave the name Of Murtv
MclNer about 20 years old Of ; Sever
street. was Knocked down and run over
by horse and two wheeled gig driven
by Michael Casey Of Auburn. al Har-
rington corner about 945 O'Clock. last
night.
McINer was cut about the head. in,
two Or three places and had two teeth
knocked out and Casey was placed uu-
der arrest on the charge of violating
city ordinance.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-26
ROLL FINAL MATCH TINS WEEK.

Ihe third and concluding match between
the Gardner and the Worcester rer1lla-
ton pin teams will be rolled some daV this
week, probably upon Saturday afternoon
the matinee match between the teams i'm
TINS city Two weeks ago was u big success
ana the Gardner mon are anxious TO make
the innovation in their own town.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-26
HOTEL ARRIVALS.

S se RdE 99sf r 5 P9yd dana Ga5S
M. and Mrs S. p. Smith New. Haven
Herbert Kelsey: New York; Miss Efie
York; Miss a. shannon New York; w.
o. King, Buffalo; NJ. w. Heekseher,
New York; =. y. Spalding, Portland; r.
York; I. II. Cunningham. Hartford: viii
liam II. Perkins, Hartford: G. B. Brown.
Springfeid Mr. and Mrs. w H. Eaton,
Boston; Mr. and Mrs. a. n New. New
York; N Rosenbaum, New, York; G ".
Davis New York: Charles e Irwin,
Springfield r. II. Cheney, Boston; Miss
cheney, Boston: l.. Martin, New York
b 81 a. Oppenheimer Springfield; II. B..
tE,I En- Bellows Fails. Vt; Joseph
Hart, Newark. n. j., Samuel j Sevan.
York
Waldo House Ansoh NJ Hix Berlin:
George !. Clark Berlin; J d. Tyler, Ber-
lin Miss Leila Ellis. New York: Miss
S Sdt. l gels New York Miss Marion Alb
York York Mary Hanson, New York; Mr.. and
Mrs Daniel Lawrence. New York: w. G.
Morse. Springtield; f, Elliott Jenkins
E I; po YORK; John Hoopkins; Milbury., r.
YORK G, II. Mckinney, Portland
Commonwealth Hotel ~ G. w. Becker.
Semsierdam' \ y; Mr.. ana Mrs Charles
" Colby Chicago m. l.. b. Meyerson
New York OmerZne St Martin. New
York; Mrs. Il. Grifiths, New York: Mr.
and Mrs. George Bond, Boston: Robert
FRANK liaig, Rochester, y. y: =. M.
99acnracn New York; q. II. Bowen. New
boro; r. J, Griffin, Billerica.
Lincoln lIQuse--A, Kinney, New York:
bard, Boston; G. p. Adams, New YaTi
Mr., and Mrs. 7 E. clifford, Boston;
George D Latimer. Salem; Mrs. &. r.
shepard Boston; Mrs. II. w Ashrand.
chelsea Mr.. and Mrs. A. Dolan, Boston
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-26
"SOHMER PIANOS. .

Why pay exhorhitant prices for cheap
grade Pianos that are comparatively
unknown and have, no reputation, when
you can get fine High Grade Sohmer
at a reasonable price; one that will
last lifetime2
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-26

association, own the shell and then be
included in the crew which would try
for the Paris prize, these men could get
a fast eig'ht-oared shell without spend
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-29

\ curious coincidence is noted iii the
fact that nearly ali the great mining
discoveries of recent times have been
made in years ending with the magic
fi-Gra nine. Thus the famous gold
iind in California fell in the year
1873 Ten year, later. IN 1853, remark
able discoveries of the same metal were
made simultaneously in Australia and
British Columbia causiuss IL great rush
uf fortune hunters 10 these points. In
1863 the famous Comstnck lode find be
came known - the world. i'll 1879 the
go!d-Dearin2 region around I.eadVliie
and Tombstone. AriZ-. began 10 attract
atten ion. aud in 1889 the digeings at
Glover Creek and IN Lower California
ocean the objective points OF great
multitudes OF excited anG anxious
seekers after sudden wealth. And
nov again. IT thc end oil another de-
rade. history repeats itself once more.
The remarkable gold finds recently
made =; Cape Nome. surprising III
richness aud extent anything yet dis
covered in the Yukon district, bid fair
to make this year. 1899. as notable as
any ~ the annals of gold mining
.eslie's weekly.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-29

Different countries produce different
foods. Perhaps that is the reason why
a description of railway restaurant
IN England sounds so curious TO Amer
lean ears. This terminus restaurant
corresponds To the American lunch
counter where pie and coffee are the
staple refreshmept of hurried hungry
man. Patrons crowd the English
place three deep and wait for the front
row TO finish eating and depart. One
elderly woman drinks hot spirit and
water and eats sandwiches: beside her
q country couple deyour buns and milk
how British buns" sounds. -and q
busy man eats sponge cake and drinks
port wine. Can one imagine 3 Chi
cago broker rushing into q quick
lunch counter with a demand for
sponge cake? Tie might as Well ask
for q coach and four. In this London
restaurant . mother of a family re-
gales herself aud her meek husband
with ginger beer and cakes, and q
nervous young clergyman asks for a
glass of milk. Buns, sponge cake,
milk and beer-the menu * a littl, diff
ferent from those on This side cf the
water
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-29

PLYMOUTH CHAPTER, No,
90, o. E. S.; meets first and third
Tuesdays of each month. Mrs
Bertha Mcdonald, w. NJ. MIA
lou Stansbury, Sec.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-29

will smoke, and the islands will smoka,
and the seas will smoke, and the cities
will smoke, and the five continents Will
be five pillars of smoke. But the black
vapoTs will begin to lessen in height
and density. and then Will become
hardly visible to those who look upon
it from the sky galleries. and after
while from just one point there VIII
curl up a thin. solitary vapor, and
then even that will vanish. and there
will be nothing left except the charred
ruins of a burned-out world. the corpse
of dead star, the ashes OF an extin-
guished planet. fallen pillar of smoke.
But that will net interfere with your
investments if you have taken Christ
as your Savior Secure heaven as
your eternal home. and you can look
down upon dismantled. disrupted,
and demolished earth without any per-
turbatiOn.
when wrapped in fire the realms OF
ether glow.
And heavens last thunders shake the
earth below,
Thou, undismayed, shalt DER the ruins
smile.
And light thy torch at natures funeral
pile"
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How . Certain Ducl Was STAYED ON.

Loru Marcn tafterward the Marquis
al Queensberry1 was not accustomed
10 view duel with unbec0ming appre-
hensiua, ani usually attended an affair
with IN air OF enjoyment that often
Was decidedly displeasing and embar-
rassipg 20 his adversary. But he was
served at last with that sauce which
the provcrb explains is for the gander
a. we'll rs for the goose. It was when
IL. was challenged to fight an Irish
sportsman Lord March appeared on
tie ground accompanied by a second. a
surgeon AMI ether witnesses. His OPP
pnnent arrived soon afterward with a
sirnilar retinue but added TO by per-
son uhc staggered under the weight
II q polished oak coffin which he de-
pCsited on the ground. end up. with
It's lid facing Lord March ana his par
Is Lord March became decidedly I'M
comfortable when he read the inscrip-
ton plate, engraved with his Own nam5
anu tile. and the date and year OF
death and peace was patched up.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-29
We'll Agreed.

a story told me the other day-cer-
tainly told for new, but good enough
to be old:
On one Of the recent warm days q
sour-visaged. middlc-aged, fussy lady
cot on one of the smoking seats on an
open car in the subway. Next her sat
n man who was smoking cigar. More
than that. the lady. smiling, easily
made ont that the man had been eat
ing onions. Still more than that,
she had the strongest kind OF suspic-
ion that he had been drinking beer.
The lady fused and wriGgled. and
grew angrier. and looked at the man
scornf,ily. Presently she could en-
dure il no longer. She looked square
~ at him and said:
If You were my husband, sir, I'd
give you dose of poison"
The man looked az her. IF I were
your husband" said he, I'D take
it."-Boston Transcript.
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Ouirkly Settled.

The mayor Of a western city i said
10 have neat and expeditions method
of attending 10 complaints, which Is
leading 10 a wholesome regard to the
laws OF health and cleanliness among
his people. ! marketman was
brought before him under charge Of
depositing filth in the city streets The
man pleaded Not guilty" upon which
the following dialogue took place be-
tween the mayor AID the Chief witness
for ti'e prosecution: Officer, what
did the defendant do?' asked the
mayor. Threw rotten eggs into the
street, your honor. How many did
you see him throw into the street.
One, your honor" IF he'd had two
hundred would he have thrown them
into the street," Il think he would,
your honor" That shows the intent
to violate the ordinance" said the
mayor, brislSly. Ten dollars and
costs"