The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-05

the ghost of show, for the Hillsides
patted the ball pretty much as they
| Pleased. The makeup of the teams
/ and the score by innings follow:
| Hillsides-Missett 3b. Keller b. Pars
| SIS, Muslair CT, Auclair If, Guertin
RI, Lebeau ID, Girard c., Heating D.,
/ Perry sub. player.
Crescents-W. Kenny 2b., Dupre b.
| Burke G., Belliveau SIS. Rivers 3b.. La
/ reau If, Perry r.f., Daley D., H. Ken
I ney c., Vincent sub. pitcher.
| Hillsides .......4 ? 0 0 0 Al oil
Crescents ......1 0 0 1 IA
/ While the ball game was in progress
| a big crowd of people was gathered on
! the track, where bicycle contests and
| horse races, exciting enough to suit the
most eXacting taste, were being run off
| First came the bicycle races under the
direction of L. E. Lucier
| The first race, open to all comers
was won by Edward Lacroix. He gets
| the pantaloons offered by Rocheleau
| Granger & Co. The other contestants
were Joseph Laporte and Edward Car
ripy.
The second race, one mile, for boys 16
years of age, was won by Hector La
vote with H. Garripy second, w. G.
| Blair third. Hector therefore gets the
silver prize offered by DIR. Joseph Char
| bonneau.
Hector also won the third and last
race, which was open to all Corners. and
wins also the gold medal offered by
| Rev. Jules Grafton. His competitors
were Joseph Lapcrte, H. Garripy and
| A. Lavoie.
1t was the horse races that caught
| the crowd. The first two races were,
run off with comparative harmony and
satisfaction to competitors and specta-
! tors alike. but the last race was spoiled
! by the piQue of two of the entered par
ties, who refused to run after the first
| heat
The Judges were F. Cote, Joseph
| Beaudry and M. Girard, and it was evil
dent from the first that they intended
to give impartial judgment to all. That
| they didn't succeed uniformly was the
fault only of kicking. horsemen and
their partisans in the crowd
In the three-minute class, the entries
were Lareau's Pinwheel, Garrpy's
| Bebe and Brule's Old Maid. Old Maid
| got the decision. In the 2.40 class, Pa
quette's Worcester Boy, Jerome's Den
fist, and Dupre's Victor were pitted
against one another. Jeromes stopper
| took the three heats, with Worcester
Boy a close second.
| The race that capped the climax for
/ wrangling and dispute was that Of ami
]
was won by Fournier's Fitzsimmons in
spanking time, with Bleau's Homer and
Faucher's Blackhawk in the order
named. There were large wads of money
| wagered on this race but owing to a
| dispute Fournier's competitors refused
to run the last two heats
| Then the betting fraternity set up a
| howl abort their money, and the judges
| announced that it would be only fair
| ha hot J1,I
| off, at least pending a decision in regard
! to first money. The purses in the three
| contests aggregated $3.50
Peter Tourney, who has a record of
| 2:I, ran trial heat in 220, which was
| something of disappointment to those
| who expected to see him lower his
standing record.
In the evening there was a concert
| by Worcester Brigade band, under di-
rection of J. H. Martel. An orchestra
from the band also played music for the
| dancing.
| Tho accommodations for the return to
| the city were not all that they might
| be. For few solid hours a great line
| of people wedged together as close as
] sardiues in box, stood on the wharf
awaiting boats to take them to Lincoln
park strong guards We're stationed at
| the gate, and only a stated number
were allowed through at a time. After
one boat would leave, there was a long
| wait Of another half hour. during which
| time the younger people kept up their
| spirits by singing and talking There
were large number, though. that did
| not appreciate the situation and we're
| free to express displeasure at being Kept
in such uncomfortable quarters for such
! long periods of time. The steamboat
| COMPANY did the best it could under the
| circumstances, but it was torture to be
| jammed in the midst of that surging
throng, all anxious for home and sup
| per.
| At all the clubhouses there were big
parties, but for the most part the on
terta'nment was of the impromptu
sort. A large party of Swedish temper
ance people pienicked at Natural Ills
torv park. enjoying themselves in good
old country style.
There was q series of friendly canoe
races between the Tatassits aud Lake
| SIDES at the lake, yesterday afternoon
me TWO principal events were four
| blade canoe contests, the Tatass;ts
carrying off the honors in the first and
| the Lakesides in the second There Wara
a number of amusing minor events. and
the Tatassits entertained Their visiting
| friends from the Lakesides in their
usual hospitable manner
The honors CT the day went to A "
Coulscn and Allie Lange, both of whom
appeared in most of the events The
officials of the day were F. A. Smith
| refeif e: Howard Frost, starter; George
A. Goddard, N. C. Keyes and e. W
| Kinsley. judges, ard A. V. Coul son
clerk of course. The prizes We're silver
and pewter stems.