The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-21
ONE GAME TODAY.
Worcester Academy
to Play Harvard
Freshmen.
OTHER LOCAL TEAMS IDLE.
Unprecedented Activity
Shown Among High
School Boys.

There will be but one foot ball game
in this city Worcester Academy
and Harvard freshmen at the oval, and
it will be the only game in which any
of the Worcester school elevens are en-
gagged. Neither Holy Cross, Tech nor
high school have a game for this after
noon.
The game will be played at Worcester
oval at $50 o'clock, and will probably
consist of 20 minute halves. A large
| crowd is expected as a good game is
promised. The Harvard freshmen have
shown great strength and everybody
who follows the playing of the local
eleyens know that the Academy team
has increased in strength the last week.
The coaching of Beale and the change
of few men have worked big things
for the eleven.
Worcester Academy will have to play
faster foot ball than it has yet shown
to defeat Harvard freshmen. The
strength of the latter team has been
shown in the games with Exeter and
Andover, both of which have strong
teams this year Harvard freshmen
played a tie game with each school.
Worcester Academy is keyed up for
the game and will undoubtedly do the
best work of the season. The men were
out last evening, but took only short
practice and it was light too. There was
no line up against the second eleven.
Signal work and kicking and catching
punts were practiced for half hour,
after which Coach Beale left for Boston.
Manager Roger Ernst of the Harvard
eleven sends the following line up of
his team: Re, Clark; TT, McGren; rg,
Riggs; c. Rugden; lg, Cudahy 1t. Nick
erson; lie, Story; qb, Baldwin; rh, Der
by; III, Knowles; fb, Stillman.
The Worcester academy lineup will
be: !. e., Kruse; |. t, Taylor; /. g., Har-
rison; c., Nelson; r. g, Wheeler; r. t.,
Davis; +. e., Buss; a. b., Marshall; l.
h., Sanderson; r. h., Johnson; f. b., Nor
ris.
Worcester high took hard practice
yesterday at Bliss field. They had out
two elevens the students showing great
enthusiasm in the game since Albert
Gray, teacher at English high, took
hold. The regular eleven with substi-
tute backs, lined up against the scrub
doing aggressive work all the time
The purpose was to ascertain what ma
teriai could be relied on for backs
among the new men. The substitutes
did not show UP as we'll back Of the
line as they had on the previous even
ing when playing in the line of the
scrub. Later the regular backs were
used instead of the new men, and tore
big holes in the scrub. The playing
of the scrub was excellent, however
for men who have been in practice only
two evenings. Another candidate fol
quarterback Timothy Larkin, APP.
peared. He is a little fellow, but shows
the right stuff for a quarterback He
ran the team fairly well, but no esti-
mate of his ability in that line coulG
be formed, as he was not aware of the
signals, and had to learn them during
lineup. He passes well and is a good
tackler. Had he weight he would make
valuable man for the team.
Sherman, another of the new mer
who was played at guard, did excellent
work. He was thoroughly alive al
the time. STAGE, who weighs more thar
200 pounds, was used in the line, and
got into the game well.
Worcester Tech took no practice yes
terday. The team has not been out
since the game with Holy Cross, Satur-
day. Coach Putnam was not in at
tendance Thursday evening, his father
being dangerously i'll, but he was on
hand yesterday. Capt. H. Walsh OF
the Tech team issued a peremptory
summons yesterday for every man tc
show up for practice, but it had little
effect None of the men came out, and
the high school lads had the entire field
to themselves.
Holy Cross has no game scheduled
for today.
The parochial high team will play
at North Brookfield with the
Tigers of that town. The Worceste;
team was defeated by the North Broo "
field eleven last year, by a score of
to o. The makeup of the Worcester
eleven is as follows: DAILY, |. e.; Nor
rissey, !. t.; Duprey, |. g.; Hackett, G.;
Lowder T. g.; Gleason, r t.; Guerin, r
e.; Larkin, a. b.; Moran, l. h.; Grogan
r. h.; King, f. b.