The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-16
GENERAL
SPORTS
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Worcester High tackles Groton, at
& Groton, today.
-Shinbone is the name Of one of the
] Carlisle Indian ends. This young man
wears shin guards, SO his name is I'M
sullied
Glass, the big chap playing at left
guard for Yale, was in Syracuse Uni
versity last season, and is said to have
represented Syracuse in athletic con-
tests.
Coach Delaney has some paper
weights at Worcester High, but the
little chaps are sandy, and Groton
will have to keep it's giants hustling
today.
William H. Lewis, the former
Harvard centre, and now coach of the
linesmen, us a candidate for the House
of Representatives from a Cambridge
ward
Hogan, one of the Yale tackles.
who is constantly referred to as a
promising youngster is 20 years old.
AS in baseball, experience is the age
maker in football.
Matthews, the former Andover
end, now playing at quarter for Har-
ward, is colored. Matthews is sprint
Ter and a fierce tackler. His speed
Dartmouth has, scored 141 points in
four games and has not yet been
scored against. The Hanover team is
one of the best balanced elevens that
has been turned out in recent years.
Boston English High will line up
against Worcester High on the Acad
envy Oval Saturday afternoon. 1t will
be something of a novelty to have
Worcester High acting as host in the
homie of it's keenest rival.
Brown University's former stars
are prominent professional teams.
The Homestead Pa) team has Hunt,
star end on Browns 80 team; Rich
ardson, the great halfback, and Fultz
and Gammons of the '9S eleven.
The property of Jimmy Michael,
the following cyclist, has been
attached by Billy Brady the theatre
leges that Michael failed to fulfill a
contract to ride at Manhattan Beach
Sept. 2.
Yale University has reorganized an
interscholastic league with Connect
cut preparatory school teams as mem
bers. A silver cup is offered. Scores
of likely players are expected to enter
Yale annually as a result of the cup
competition.
Frank Erne, the lightweight cham
pion, has dropped arrangements for
matches, and has sailed for England.
Erne's boxing stock has received little
substantial boosting in the past year,
and may be he will get some easy
money on the other side.
Malachi Jedediah Kittredge is not
an American League agent, but the
likes Clarke Griffith the Chicago
player-magnate Griffith is manufac-
turer of American League baseballs,
and an effort is being made to have
college teams adopt the sphere.
Young" Corbett is said to be I'M
willing to meet Terry McGovern at
Hartford, Thanksgiving Day, giving
as his reason that the purse is not
large enough. May be the licking that
is in store for young" Corbett is
large enough to make him wish that
he had never entered into negotiations.
-Matthewson. Of pitching fame, is at
Columbia University. Coach Sanford
was recently looking over the student
spectators during football practice,
with an eye open for talent. You're
a Iikely-looking chap" said Sanford,
as he nudged the baseball expert. L
know it." sighed Christy, but I'm
Ineligible
Boston College. supporters claim
two victories over Holy Cross this sea-
son, although no meeting OF the teams
has taken place yet. Two contests
have been arranged, and the Boston
men consider them as good as won.
The purple should be able to put up
q sitter battle against the Boston
eleven than any other.
kid" Mccoy, the crafty pugilist.
has returned from England with an
angel in the person of Louis. Parker.
who offers to back Mccoy against any
of the heavyweights for $4,000. Nc
Coy is the wisest Of the wise ones, and
he doesn't intend to take any chances
of being thrashed. so it is probable
that Mr.. Parker will not have to lose
any coin.