The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-17
TALKED BASEBALL.
Spencer Sports Dis
cuss the Seasons
Prospects.
WIRE VILLAGE OUT.
High School Confident Of
Winning lnterscholas-
tic Games.

Spencer, April 16.-NoW that the DdSe
ball season has opened, Spencer cranks
are beginning to talk of having team
for the summer. A team has been run
in town for the past four years by
Wire Village, but it has never been
success financially.
Three years ago Spencer team was
formed by a few of the sporting men
and it netted handsome sum of mo-
ney This year Spencer Wire Village
will not run a team and the young
men of the town have started out to
organize a team in the town proper.
The storm today drove a small num-
Der of the young men to shelter in the
Massasoit Hotel Accounts of the OPP
ening of the National League were
read and the general talk became
base ball.
John Norton, William Carey and
William Kelly We're the principal agl-
tators. Mr.. Norton was one of the
young men that ran the team few
years ago and he was in favor of run
ming one this year A hot rivalry has
always existed between North Brook
field and Spencer, and Of late rivalry
has sprung up between Southbridge
and this town.
With the electric cars running, tax
ing in all the Brookfields, game with
North Brookfield would be good
drawing card and a large crowd would
be sure to be present at every game.
Spencer contains some good players,
among them being Dello Porter, who
caught for Wire Village last year,
Mayor who has caught a number OF
games for the Sacred Heart Lyceums
of Worcester; Bird, a good fielder; Cas-
ey. who plays right field for George
town College; Quinn, Baribeault, Don
nelly and Lyford.
The men who are thinking of running
team did not make any plans
but all spoke faVorably of the matter.
Good grounds are located in town and
the electric cars run close to them.
The high school athletes upon
learning that Southbridge and North
Brookfield has started in training for the
annual meet to be held here May 81
did not show any great alarm, but
vowed that they would repeat on the
tracks this year what they did on the
loot ball field, that is, gain another vic
tory Southbridge has lost by Roy's
graduating, about 30 points, while Spen-
Ger has lost but four points. Hobbs
Spencer highs sprinter, ran fourth in
the dashes last year, but two of the
winning men in these events have left
school, and he should take second in the
40 yards dash, second in the 100 and first
in the 220 yards dash.
Billiard, barring accidents, will cap
ture the hurdles and broad jump, going
almost two feet further in the broad
jump last year than his nearest Oppon-
ent. The hop, step and jump will prob
ably go as last year, Billiard first.
Hobbs second. In the pole vault Jones
may be reckoned as first, with Vernon
and Dermody making a hard fight for
one of the other two places. The three
men can vault around TT. in. In the
shot put Lee will make fight for third
place. Jones will try hard for second
place in the high jump and ought to
land it. He is a freshman, but mas
showed great form in the grammar
school meets, going about fit. in. in
the jump.
Spencer is beyond doubt the strong
est school in the field events, and is
also strong in the dashes. The long
runs will be easily captured by Taylor
of Southbridge, followed by one if not
two of his school mates for second
and third places. Spencer should
take at least 3S points this year and it
is believed that any school scoring this
number will win first place
John Bemis of this town has enlist
ed in the Fifth regiment, heavy artil-
lery, and will start for New York
Tuesday night
At the Holy Rosary church this
morning the Easter offerings were an
nounced. The pastor, Father Dolan,
delivered an able sermon
Rev. B. NJ. Frink of West Brookfield
filled the pulpit at the First Congrega-
tional church this morning. He deliv-
cred an able sermon.
Rev. Father Lamy delivered the SER
mon today at st. Mary's Catholic
church.
Sorrow reigned today among the pu-
pills of the high school when they
learned of the death of one of their
classmates, Edmond ThbeauIt, aged
II years. He has been ill for the past
two months with consumption and
passed away early this morning. He
was a member of the freshman class
and one Of the most popular boys in
school. His funeral will take place
Tuesday morning at o'clock in st.
Marys church