The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-05
A GAME ARRANGED.
and Cler.
monts Will Play
Saturday.
DETAILS QUICKLY SETTLED.
Each Manager Will Pick a
Team from Fifteen
Players.

There will be a hot game of foot ball
at the oval Saturday. The Bradfords
and Clermonts will play. The mana
gers of the teams met in The Spy office
last evening to make the match. 1t
was record-breaker. There was no
clubbing, no haggling over terms.
Each was anxious for a game, and
ious and sincere as he. There was not
hitch. When one suggested thing
which he thought was proper, the other
agreed Immediately.
William Pitt, Jr., and John F. Dins-
dale represented the Bradfords. M. j.
Clermonts. If the managers had met
and agreed before they reached The
Spy office, they could not have drawn
up articles faster.
The teams will play at the oval Sat-
urday afternoon. The winning team
will take the entire receipts, and will
pay the expenses of the game. The
officials of the game will be mutually
agreed on Friday evening. The refer
ee will be allowed to judge whether the
weather or ground conditions should
prevent the game. In case it is neoes-
sary to postpone the game, date will
be mutually agreed on.
Each manager gave list of 10 men
to the sporting editor Of The Spy. The
eleyens shall be chosen from the play
ers named on the list. Neither man
ager sought any advantage. Manager
Pitt suggested that the game be played
at Sutton lane grounds. Manager
Dowd of the Clermonts said he would
rather play at the oval. Manager Pitt
Immediately consented to playing there.
He didn't hesitate an instant or ask for
any reasons. When the question of
officials was suggested, Manager Pitt
said he would select Dinsdale for one
and the Clermonts could select one to
act for them. Manager Dowd suggest
ed that it might be more agreeable all
around if non-partisan officials were
chosen. Manager Pitt didn't argue. He
said he was agreeable.
officials were not chosen last evening
because the managers did not know if
any of the men agreeable would act. A
suggestion Of officials from some of
the schools in the city was accepted by
both managers.
1t will be a game worth seeing. The
teams that line up against each other
will be unquestionably the fastest of
the Independent teams in the city
They are not playing for the cham
pionship of the county. In the face Of
claims for this honor by other teams,
1t is amusing to hear the managers of
both teams disclaim any such intention.
Manager Pitt smilingly remarked that
as his team has not been beaten by q
Worcester team for four years. it might
have the best right to claim the cham
pionship. But, he added, the Fttchburg
Y. M. c. L, team that played hard
game with Holy Cross is probably the
best independent team in the county.
The game will, however, be for the
independent championship of Worces-
ter. The Bradfords are clearly entitled
to that honor at present They have
not been defeated by a Worcester team
for four years. They played a tie
game with one Worcester team this
season.
The teams will be selected from the
following players:
Bradfords-Styles, McGill, Dugard,
Ern Mott, Morrissey, Gormley, Carney,
Beckton Richardson, Gilmore, Jane
son, Paquette, Ed Mott, Mcclure
Clermonts-M. j. Dcwd, T. Dowd,
Moran. Stone McGourty, Holmes, Hag-
berg, McKoan Gearfn, Daily, Larl1ln,
Brown. Hubbard and McAuliffe.