The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-23
Vernons Want to
Play An All Brook
field Team.
A Def QUICKLY ACCEPTED.
The Game is Proposed for
$50 a Side on Neutral
Grounds.

North Brookfield, Oct. 22.-Before
leaving North Brookfeld last night,
William Mcrrissey, who played on the
Worcester parochial high school eleven
yesterday, issued a challenge to Thomas
Humphrey for a game between the
Vernons of Worcester and an eleven
from the Brookfelds for purse Of $50.
The def was Immediately taken w. and
it is probable that hot foot bail game
will be the result. Morrissey stipulated
that the game be played in Spencer as a
neutral ground, and also agreed that
the lineup of the Vernon team should
be the same as in a recent game in
Fitchburg. 1t was also agreed that an
official be chosen to have absolute
charge as umpire and referee, the man
chosen to be one in no way interested
in the success of either team. North
BTookteld men wanted to post SIS at
once as a forfeit, but this was not
agreeable to the men from Worcester
No date was decided upon for meet
ing, but Morrissey promised to write
to Mr.. Humphrey to make further ar
rangementS.
North Brookfield will be represented
by strong team, the probable make
up of Which will include A. Richardson
and George Richardson of I}Ioosfelt.,
as well as other players of the same
team, with Joseph Costello as quarter
back, George o. Rollins of this town.
Thomas Humphrey and Jere Cronin of
the Tiger team; these men to form the
nucleus of a team that would play ling5
around the Vernons. Still North Brook
Held people do not take much stock in
the talk OF the Worcester man, for it
is noticeable that the Worcester teams
that come here, while they put up G.
good clSan article of foot ball, are never
what they represent themselves 10 be
For instance, the team that played I'M
der the name of the parochial high
school yesterday contained players wh0
are not and have not this scholastic
| year attended the parochial high school;
| 10 get over this difficulty. the Worces-
ter men played in some cases under as
sumed rames.
Local sportsmen say that partridGes
/ are surely and speedily becoming ex-
tinct fo' miles around. In covers where
| three or four years ago so birds would
be started in a days hunt, not q sign
| OF even one is seen now North Brook
| field mer have been out the past week
| with good dogs, and many of them
failed to start a single partridge in
| several hours tramp The birds have
| been shot so ruthlessly in the past sea-
| sons that they are very scarce now.
| even though the past summer was one
| in which young birds ought to thrive.
| To be sure. there is an abundance OF
| Woodcock, but the pot hunters have
| done their work on the cartridges. The
| agitation is growing daily that some
thing should be done for the prescrva-
| ton of the birds. and sportsmen of this
| vicinity say that the only right thing
to do is to close the season for three
years, and give the birds a chance. to
put the law on market hunting SO Sc
verely that it will not be violated. and
then to shorten the season for a few
years.
There was a lively time on the cleo
trio car which reached here at 10
O'Clock last night, and before It was
over Joseph Pfonne had pushed Patrick
Sullivan's head through one of the car
windows. The men had been to East
Brookfield, where the ardent can be pro
cured even more easily than in this
town, and the result was trouble.
| Albert Hobbs, one of the veteran fox
hunters of the town, is the first local
hunter to bag a fox this season. He
Killed big fellow on Tyler's hill yester-
| DAY, hunting with his old hound, Rob.
After the fox had been shot. the dog
| bounced upon 1t and when Mr.. Hobbs
reached it, the animal fastened it's
| teeth in the gun stock with such force
as to almost pull the gun from the
hands of the hunter
| The Tiger foot ball team has decided
| to run social dance in the town hall
Friday night. Boyle's orchestra. will fur
nish music Thomas Humphrey will be
| floor director and Walter Rondeau
prompter.
Michael Lynch and Miss Lizzie
O'Brien viii be married at st. Joseph's
church. Wednesday morning
The Tiger foot ball team has an open
| date for Saturday
One of the features of the trouble with
| the French dissenters became mani
| fest today as the result of the con-
| hrmation at Spencer. Ferdinand Bou-
chard of East Brookfeld, who has been
/ prominent of late in the cause of the
secessionists. informed his compatriots
| here that as the result of his stand his
son was not allowed to receive the sac
rament. All along it has been known
that as important matters like this
came up the church of Rome would re-
fuse to acknowledge the supporters of
! Rev. Jean Berger as its members. Com
| sequently Mr.. Bouchard says that FIR.
| Lamey told his son that as he was NOT
of the Catholic faith he could not re-
ceive the sacrament
The fruits of the reception given a few
evenings ago by Court Francis A.
Walker, c. o. o. F., were apparent this
afternoon when about so women gath
cred at Grange hall for the purpose of
joining the organization. Chief Ranger
Mrs. A. M. Kenney and Vice Chief
| Ranger Miss Gallagher and suite of
Worcester were present and explained
more fully to the women the aims and
workings of the society. A strong ladies'
society is assured if the women decide
to organize court of their own. though
! 1t is possible that they may decide to
become members of Court Francis A.
| Walker. Refreshments were served af-
ter the meeting, and about so announced
! their intention of joining the Massachu-
setts Catholic Order of Foresters
/ Mrs. Thomas 'McMurray and Misses
! Bridget Moore and Lizzie Feehan of
| Worcester, were guests of Patrick Dam
| iels and family today.
! Rev. H. j. Wren assisted at the con-
flrmation exercises in Spencer this
afternoon
Rev. Jean Berger is having catechism
classes in Depot hall every Saturday
and expects to have first communion
class ready about Christmas.
AS the 420 o'clock car was leaving
here this afternoon Henry Barnes fell
from the platform near the head of
Spring street. He lost his balance when
the ear rounded the curve He was bad
ly shaken up by the fall but broke no
bones, and when the car backed up. con-
tinued his journey.