The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-18
BASE BALL PROFITS,
The Holy Cross Team
Made More Money
Than Ever.
SEASONS PROFIT WAS S2288.6l.
Deficits in Foot Ball and
Track Athletics
Made Up.
SEASONS PROFIT WAS S2288.6l.

holy cross College Athletic ASSocia-
ton held an important meeting in Fen
wick hall yesterday morning when
plans for the foot ball season and rails
ing funds for the maintenance of the
sport We're formulated. Pleasing news
to the students was the treasurer's re-
port, which showed the base ball sea-
son to have been the most prosperous
from a financial view Of all in the
past This is noteworthy, from the fact
that the college team had to compete
for a time with the professional team
of the city.
E. Bourke Cochran, 1900, of Brooklyn,
N. Y, the newly elected president of
the association and manager of the
varsity base ball team for 1900, presid-
ed. The treasurer's report was first
read and showed the receipts of the
base ball season to have been $4359 80
and the expenses of fitting out the
team and guarantees to visiting teams
to be $206469, leaving a profit for the
season of $22SS.61.
The expenses of the '9S foot ball team
We're 1874 and the receipts $51450, re-
sulting in deficit for the season of
S359.50. The expenses of the track and
field team We're $5n.16, with no in
come. The profit from the base ball
season amply covered the deficits in
track athletics and foot ball and left
| the association a net profit of 1885,. 95.
| From this amount, $500 was subscribed
for the building of the new Holy Cross
athletic field, leaving the association
with 1851 95 in it's treasury
The only new office to be filled at the
meeting was that of property man,
which, according to the custom in
vogue on Mt. st. James, was open only
to members of the freshman class
Charles ]. Curran of North Adams was
the unanimous choice for the office.
The usual fall foot ball assessment was
voted, and the following committee APP
pointed to see to its collections: For
the senior class Michael j. Greaney,
Holyoke, Mass; Junior, James j. Car
ney, Pittston, PENN; sophomore, Cla-
renee ]. Phelan, Brooklyn, N. Y, and
Charles ]. FarrelleW, Albany, N. Y;
freshman, Daniel Timoney, Freeland,
Penn, and Richard1 Lawrence, AL
bany, N. Y; special classics, Aloysius
Clarke, Hinsdale, Mass, and William
]. Walsh East Boston; academies,
Rene Barsleau, North Adams, Mass,
and Hugh McGovern, Summersville,
Mass.
The matter of deciding upon those
members of the representative athletic
teams, who are entitled to wear college
monographs, was referred to the advis-
DRY board Of the association. The ques-
ton arose as to the desirability of
granting members of the regular var
sity base ball, foot ball and track teams
a release from the obligation of paying
the annual assessments of the associa-
ton. The following committee was
chosen to attend to this matter: James
w. Fitzpatrick. 1900, Waterbury, Conn.
Francis ]. O'Hara, 1900, North Adams;
John Dignan. 1901, Mechanicsville, N.
Y; Augustus P Commit, 1902. Pittston,
Pa; Michael j. Flaherty 1903, North
Adams, and from the preparatory de-
partment, Thomas ]. Walsh, Holyoke.
After the business meeting the stu
dent body was summoned to a mass
meeting, the purpose of which was to
arouse foot ball enthusiasm and to per-
suade ALL new and old men alike, to give
the team moral and financial support.
Speeches, laudatory of the team and
exhortatory to the students, We're made
by Terence F. McNulty. 1900, Scranton,
Pa; Peter E. Hand, 1901. Holyoke;
James w. Fitzpatrick, 1900, Waterbury,
Conn; Joseph A. Mulhearn, 1900,
Wilkesbarre, Pa; Francis Charles Re-
gan. 1900, North Adams; John F. Muir
ply, 1901, Lewiston Me-; John F. Regain,
1901, Holyoke, and Joseph Murphy, 1900,
Brooklyn, N. Y. Rev. Joseph F. Hansel-
man, S. j., moderator of the athletic as
sociation, also spoke. outlining the work
of the association and it's progress to-
wards the completion of the new oval
He stated the sum raised from the cir
culars issued and from the sale of the
souvenir cards which were given to the
students to sell last June, and said that
IL $1,000 more were collected he would
begin work on the field at once so that
1t might be completed for use next
spring.