The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-21
CITY'SBEST RUNNERS
Entered In Tomor-
rows Games In
Boston.
DORMAN COMPLETES WITH 20.
j. Fred Powers VIII Meet
Good Hammer
Throwers.
DORMAN COMPLETES WITH 20.

Several Worcester athletes, the best
the city can produce in the amateur
ranks, are entered in the games which
will be held in Boston tomorrow under
the management of st. Augustines
parish, South Boston. Among the en-
tries is ]. Fred Powers, who is scratch
man in three events which tells how
we'll Powers is rated in Boston.
What should be the feature of the
meet is half-mile invitation, in which
three Worcester lads are entered. They
are ]. ]. Moynihan of Holy Cross, Will
liam M. Moran of the high school and
7. f. McQueeney, who is now running
under the colors of the Cambridgeport
gymnasium. McQueeney had consid-
Ell BILE to say regarding his abilities in
running on his last visit tC
this city, and his work will be watched
with interest. He authorized a chal-
lenge to the best men in Worcester al
distance running. Followers of the
athletic games could hardly credit Nc
Queeney with having improved tC
such an extent that he has a license te
challenge the best runners of Worces-
ter, so, they are greatly interested in
the outcome Of the race.
Another Worcester man will be or
Worcester academy, who is on the mark
in the 100 yards dash. Duffey recent
ly won the New England champion
ships in fat time. There are SO mer
entered in the century, the limit OF
which is set at s yards. Among the
entries are Maxey Long of Columbia
College and the New York Athletic
Club, who is next to Duffey, having but
one yard start Billy Holland Of Bos-
ton College has 21b wards
In the 440, Long is set on scratch. H
c. Marvel of the New York Athletic
Club, a famous runner for a. young
ster, is next low man, with s yards;
]. j. Moynihan of this city has 10 yards
There are "a entries in the 440. There
will be 44O novice, but no Worcester
men are entered.
George 7. Dorman of st. Paul's Ly-
ceum will compete in the mile run. He
will have 20 others to beat. Dorman
starts from the 70-yard mark. The
scratch men are Dick Grant and A. L.
Wright of the New York Athletic Club
e. P. Trott Of Medford, the speedy
youngster who won the interscholastic
championship at the oval, is set on the
35-yard mark.
The half-mile invitation, in which all
runners will start from scratch, is a
Worcester event. There are 10 mer
entered, three of whom are Worcester
lads. They are Moynihan, Moran an6
McQueeney, and there is enough rivalry
between them to warrant great race
if no other starters toed the scratch
The other starters are: Dick Grant OF
the Knickerbocker Athletic Club, A. L
Wright and H. C. Marvel of the New
York Athletic Club, D. G. Hall OF
Brown university, R. NJ Walsh of Har.
ward, w. W. Garrett Of NJ l. t.. and
George Dow of Dartmouth
In the 16-pound shot, j. Fred Pow.
ers of this city is scratch He is one
of dozen competitors. A limit of five
feet is nude in the event Among the
entries are John Flanagan of the New
York Athletic Club, the famous ham.
mer thrower, and ]. G. Coffey of Brook.
line. Powers is also scratch in the
running broad jump, in which there are
Is entries. The limit man has three
feet on him. He starts from scratch
in the hign jump, but has an associ-
ate in s. H. Ellis of Harvard There
are seven others in this event, four OF
whom have the limit, six inches Fran.
els Connolly, the well-known Jumper
has two inches.
An inter-city relay race is on the pro.
gram, IL which the teams on the card
are Worcester, New York, Cambridge
and Boston. 1t is doubtful if Wor-
cester team will compete. The run
ners who were named as members OF
the team to represent this city have
said they do not intend to compete