The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-11
HolyCross Games Furnished
Some Fast Racing.

There was good racing and plenty of
it, at the Holy Cross indoor meet in
the college gymnasium last evening.
Unfortunately for the boys, it was a
bitter cold night, and many who would
otherwise have attended did not feel
like Drawing that exposed pathway
leading from the foot of College hill to
the college building In consequence.
the attendance was rather small, and
yet about 500 were seated upon the
floor of the gymnasium or watched the
races from some slight vantage point
upon the track.
1t was expected that the feature of
the evening would be the 1000 yards
match race between James ]. Me
Laughlin and Jerry ]. Moynihan. but
herein the spectators were trifie dis
appointed. Jimmy Mclaughlin has not
all of the speed that carried him to the
front in the days when he raced Jerry
Delaney in the old rink, three years
ago. Jerry Moynihan, on the other
hand, is younger man, has not been
go faster. Moynihan certainly ran a
very clever race last evening, doing
over the gymnasium track which, on
account of its very sharp curves. is
about as slow an indoor track as there
IS USED for racing purposes, an even
20 for the thousand yards-as good
Time as that made by Mclaughlin when
ne whipped Delaney in the rink. For
a time Jimmy Mclaughlin held his
own, and then the clip began to tell
upon him. Gradually he fell behind.
anc his friends saw that he was in a
losing event. Jimmy himself evidently
appreciated the fact, and in the last
lap or two did not exert himself.
Two OF the team races, as expected,
went to the local teams, Worcester
high school defeating the Boston Eng
ilsh high school boys, while Holy Cross
had no more difficulty in showing the
way 10 their opponents representing the
Massachusetts, Institute of Technology.
The st. Annes We're doomed to defeat,
it seemed from the start, in their team
race. The society was scheduled to run
| the Cambridgeport Gym team, and be-
fore the first relay had covered a lap
a palpable foul had been committed
but Referee Buckley, out of the kind
ness of his heart, did not disqualify the
offending team, and allowed the st.
AnneS to run the race over
The first runner on the st. Anne's
team fell behind with each lap and
the men who were 10 follow him could
not even hold their own against their
opponents from Cambridgeport
The 30-yard novice with which the
evenings sport started, brought out
the usual collection of likely runners
and cart horses" The likely men
stayed in the race, the "cart horses
fell by the wayside, and all three
places in Me finals went to the wearers
of the purple in AS -ecs.
In the 30yard han >, the Worces-
ter high school STUD PINNED their
hopes upon Harry Jougd dan, who would
undoubtedly have won had it not been
that he stepped over the mark in the
final heat. He had but a foot over
Billy Holland of Boston College, and
the yard penalty for over-stepping, vir-
tually gave Holland two feet handi-
cap. Jourdan made grand race to
beat Holland for the place, Sullivan,
the novice winner, also getting the
handicap race from the 1-2 fl mark
Holland won second over Jourdan by
a very few inches.
Paul Potter, the Worcester boy, who
came all the way down from Williams
to participate in the high hurdles. was
rewarded with first place, starting
from the scratch with a very indiffer-
ent field ahead of him. In the final heat
Tom Johnson, one of the high school
crew, finished in second place, but as
he had Knocked down the hurdles with
out making an attempt, in the eyes Of
Rerefee Buckley, to lear the flights,
he was disqualified, and second was
given to John Powers, a Holy Cross
man, who was place winner in sew
eral events during the evening
There were ten starters in the quar-
ter of a mile handicap, and they We're
sent off in a bunch. A narrow track a
short distance race ard sharp turns
combined to make hustle and a
with the most speed got lost and were
hopelessly out Murphy of Holy Cross
ran very good race, and fully de-
served first place his finish being es-
pecially strong. James Hart, a Boston
! College runner tried 70 give Charles
Sweeney OF Holy Cross the shoulder
on the last turn, with the result that
the offender went doxn and Sweeney
won the place he deserved.
A very likely runner by the name of
McCarty, hailing from Boston College,
bobbed up in the mile and had things
practically his own way. Dick Grant
was scratch man and his running was
watched with the greatest interest.
Dick was a popular favorte with the
crowd and was urged to do his best in
the last four on five LAPS. But some of
, the sleepers ahead of him showed re-
| markable speed, and he worked up only
to fourth place just behind the prizes.
| Grant. Burke and Bray would have
made good race in the 1000 yards but
Grant was tired with his work in the
mile, Burke was saving himself for an
! exhibition and SO Bray was the only
scratch man to start. He was not in
eyan6 condition t11r. 20 ~
beaten and beaten badly for any place
in the slow time of 2 min. "a sec Hen
Messy the winner Is a high school boy
and his performance last evening
stamps him as a good man in his event
at the indoor interscholastlcs.
The coo yards handicap brought about
the same field of starters as appeared
for the word in the quarter mile The
race was full of interest and lay be-
tween three of the limit men, Maxwell
and Murphy Of Holy Cross and Perry of
the high school. Perry finished second.
Maxwell getting first and Murphy third
place in / min. "a sec
The match race, distance one mile,
between d. c. Hall of Brown Univer-
s.ty the New England intercollegiate
champion. and j. +. Deedy Of St.
Anne's was easy fer the boy from
Brown University. Desdy took the lead
at the start, but Hall moved up during
the second lap and for seven laps
stayed ahesd. Then Deedy speeded by
on a straight only to again lose his lead
and the pole after one more circuit had
been completed. Deedy has had little
experience as runner, and it seemed
to be asking a good deal Of him to ex-
pect him to score a victory over so sea-
soned campalg ner as Hall. Deedy put
IN game race and need not be
ashamed at his defeat
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