The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-09
Clermonts and Brad
fords Will Give
Battle Today.
A GAME FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP
They Are the Strongest In
dependent Teams of
the ity.

A hot game of foot ball is scheduled
for this afternoon, at the oval The
Bradfords and Clermonts, the fastest
teams in the city, will play for the
championship of the city. The Brad
fords have not been beaten by city
team for the four years of their exist
ence. They are clearly entitled to the
honor of being called the strongest in
dependent foot ball team of the city
up to the present time. Whether they
will retain that title after today's
game won't be told until the referees
whistle blows to end the second half.
The Clermonts are confident of lower
ing the colors of the champion Brad
fords, and the Bradfords have fully as
great confidence that the Clermonts
will go the way of all teams that have
opposed them this season.
Indications point to a hot contest
On the Clermont team are several play
ers who lined up against the Bradfords
on Thanksgiving day under the name
of the w. A. c. team. The Clermont
team of today has far stronger team
beaten by three touchdowns to one
Thanksgiving day. The w. A. C. team
toward the close of the former game
held the sturdy Bradfords several
times, and when that team could do it,
the Clermonts have reason to feel en-
Outraged at their prospects. At the
same time the Bradfords have been
practicing more faithfully for the game
today and will probably put up a sitter
flny Il
The teams met in The Spy office last
evening and made arrangements for
the game. The game is not a profess
sional contest, Notwithstanding the err
roneous report in a Worcester paper
yesterday. To be sure the friends of
both teams have wagered money on the
contest, but that is no concern of the
players. They are playing for the
championship of the city, and there is
enough feeling between the players to
cause blood contest, without any talk
Of money entering into the match.
The game will be called at o'clock
It's afternoon. Everything will be
done that can be done by the manage
ment of each team to insure fair con-
test for the championship. The DISPOSE
ton of each manager in this respect
was commendable. There was no quib-
DAllS VI nag SlluS OVER IeIUlS, no at
tempt to get point on the other Each
agreed to everything reasonable and
neither proposed anything that savored
Of partisanship.
The oval will be newly marked to-
day in order to facilitate the work Of
the officials and also to give the specta-
tors a better understanding of the
plays.
M. j. Thompson of Holy Cross college
will referee he game. He was the
choice of both managers Mr.. Thomp-
sons selection is a guarantee of fair
ness and also Of ability. He has shown
both qualities to a commendable de-
gree in his work this fall.
The umpire was not selected. Walsh
and Spence of the Tech were suggested,
and either would be agreeable to both
managers, but they could not find the
Tech men last evening. The umpire
will probably be chosen today. Other
officials will be chosen at the grounds,
and if the managers show the same
spirit as they have thus far, it won't
be hard to select the men.
The lineup of the teams will be as
follows:
RRADFORDS. CLERMONTs.
beckton, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS e. Gearin
mofTlssey, I. ..................r t, Daily
Ed Mott (Garvey), g.......r g, Smith
Efh' MOTT, c...................c, Powers
GormIey, g...............,l g, Hagberg
burke, t.....................lt I, Holmes
Jamlson, r e., ............l e, NJ Dowd
reynolds (Paquette), q b..q b, Hibbard
RTiehardson, b........r b, T. Dowd
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