The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-19
MARSH TRIMMED.
One Pat. II. Fadgen
of Clinton Does
the Business.
SAY THEY WON $4,000.
Large Number Of Worces-
ter Sports Have Flat
tened Pocketbocks.
SAY THEY WON $4,000.

Clinton, Nov. 1S.-Patrick H. Fadgen,
Clinton boy who runs a race once in
a while, and works hard on all other
days except Sundays, defeated William
Marsh, all around professional athlete
of Worcester, handily, in the much
talked of hundred yard dash, at Driv-
ing park, this afternoon.
The time was 10 1-2 seconds, on a
hard track. The race was run before
a crowd Of 500 sporting men, hundred
of whom were from Worcester. Nearly
every man in the crowd had money to
bet. The Clinton boys with the help
OF few from Marlboro, who sf,V Fad
gen beat Andrew L. Madden a few
weeks ago, managed to take something
like $4,000 away from Worcester, al
though after the race was over Wor-
cester sports were estimating their
losses at only $500.
One Clinton man alone took out $780,
however, and that was only a small
part Of the betting
The Worcester crowd struck town
about 2S0. The place was swarming
with Marlboro men some time before
that hour. There was a seance in the
Clinton house, at which much money
changed hands.
Fadgen was backed by his brother,
Edward c. Fadgen, who pulled out
something like $500, which added to the
$3.50 he made on the Madden race,
makes the thing worth while for him.
Thomas Kenney and NJ. ]. Mullaney
were handling Marsh. How much mon
ey they bet or lost is not known In
the crowd at the track were Piper"
Donovan, the well known Splinter;
Dor Np1,f
Paul Henry and Mat Kennedy, all of
Worcester.
A, E. Trout, trainer for Col. John E.
Thayer, CHANGED to be on the grounds.
He held stakes for many of the betters.
Thomas Dawson Tate held a couple of
hundred and bet some himself. P H.
Morrison, who has known Fadgen since
he was boy, came to the track but
without the intention of betting, for
he is not betting man.
But when Marsh money was shaken
by the wholesale and momentarily
scared out the local sporting men, he
decided to bet for the honor of the
town, and is credited with having taken
in, about 5000. There was less Marsh
money in sight, when the contents of
his Docketbook were exhausted.
BY this time it was after o'clock.
The course had been staked off on the
back stretch of the trotting track. A
cord divided it into two parts.
H; A. Adams of the Worcester Ath-
letIe club was referee. He ordered the
men to get ready to start. John j..
Donahue of Worcester was starter.
The men came around the track in
hacks. Fadgen looked 1.-THE, clean-cut
fresh and muscular. He was apparent
ly in splendid condition. He was a
pigmy beside Marsh but Marsh seemed
heavy and sluggish by comparison.
Several policemen kept the crowd back
from the line. Donahue fired the pis-
toll, and Fadgen was off like shot.
He started much quicker than Marsh,
and held his own easily, being evident
ly determined to pursue the same tao
tics as in the Madden race, when with
in rs yards of the finish he deliberately
looked over his shoulder to see where
Marsh was, and found that he had
closed up a gap, which had been near
ly 20 feet at one time, to about yard
Fadgen put on a little extra steam and
finished yard ahead.
Fadgen was lifted on to the Shout
ders of his friends and carried from
the field in the midst of shouting.
The Worcester men behaved like
thorough sportsmen. If they felt sore
victory was so clean-cut and decisive
that it left no room for doubt.
Starter Donahue said that the start
was as fair as anything he ever saw
Fadgen was much quicker, in getting
under way than Marsh Marsh's
friends thought that if the course haG
been % yards longer Marsh would have
won. This was because they saw him
close up a little on the Clinton boy. Il
they knew Fadgens style of running
better, however, they would not fee
that way. There was a warm time in
town this evening. Worcester money
paid for it.
The side bet of 500 will be paid over
to Fadgen Monday evening, and the
gate receipts also But the expense
will have to be deducted first Two
or three hundred tickets at 25 cents
each were sold at the box office.
Among well-known Clinton men pres
ent were John e. Harrity, M. T. Dwyer
Walter ]. O'Toole, Tom Eustace anC
John H. Coughiin. Large delegations
from all the local athletic clubs were
on the ground.
Full rehearsals Of 1.-The Brownies, ,
which is to be produced under the aus
pices Of the Y. NJ. c. A., were begun il
town hall at $50 this afternoon under
the direction of Miss Leonora Teasdalt
and Miss Ella Richardson, assisted by
a woman representative of Palmer
Cox, and the firm controlling the pro.
duction. Some 60 children will take
part in the piece Among them are this
following: William F. Harrison, RE-
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