The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-10
LyceumS Have Weak Opposition
From the Rhode Island Team
and Simply Get Some Practice
in Passing
VISITORS NEW WARE STARS
DID NOT APPEAR
Joe KynoCh Makes a Hit As New
Centre for the South WorCeS-
ter Five and Edgar, the Re-
Gently Acquired Forward, May
Develop Into a Star

The WoOnsocket team, the tramp ag-
gregation of the Massachusetts Cen
trail League, dropped a game to the
Lyceums, in Father Mathew Hall, last
night, by a score of 10 to 8.
The Rhode Island team was not cap
able of holding down any sort of a
combination of players, and victory
came easy for the South Worcester
men. Capt. George Dorman Of the
Woonsockets, the former Lyceum man
ager, had Henry Martens, the former
Millbury star, now with the South
birmingham Massachusetts League
team, and Midget" Blackler of Mil
ford, a former Millbury player, as his
assistants when the hour for play ar
rived.
Quinn, Lyceum's centre until last
week, and Tom Foley, former Lyce-
UNI player and ex-league official, were
pressed into service for the Woon-
socket team. The crowd accepted the
situation in much the same fashion as
a fellow who has been gold bricked
after having read an expose of the con
mans methods. Unless the Woon-
socket manager Mr.. Darcy, shows a
disposition to organize team, it is
from the league.
1t was reported that Woonsocket had
signed three members of the Ware
team and that the players would ap-
pear In this city last night, but it's
certain that there were no Ware bas
ket shooters in the scraggly lineup that
the Rhode Islanders presented.
The Catholic Young Mems Lycedm
team played better than it has at any
Tina thiG al tbO11Ch q dnfan-
sive work Of the visitors couldn't be
counted as a great obstacle. In Joe
Kynoch, the South Worcester team has
one of the best all-around basketball
players in the league. Kynoch is fast
and has had experience enough in the
game to enable him to turn trick at
any stage of the contest. Like some
of the new Corners, Kynoch never tires.
Last night the crowd had a fair chance
to size up the work of both Quinn and
Kynoch, and the Lyceum's new man
suffered nothing in the comparison
Kynoch scored two goals from the
field, but that doesn't represent his Of
fensive efforts in full. Joe invited team
work by his clever passing and the
ball was fed up to the forwards in
splendid style The temperance of
Jimmy Holmes, the big Lyceum back,
was a feature that the crowd appreci-
Henry Martens and he kept the ath-
letic young man from getting too am
bilious.
Harry Edgar, former captain of the
st. JOes of Springfield, appeared as
Lyceum forward. Edgar has a good
eye for the basket He knows it better
than any one else on the floor. There's
no mistaIing the fact that he can play
basketball. but he will have to show
q LITTLE a liiitv in 6afaOei1-n XyO1,lr 70 on
able him to count himself away up in
the estimation of the fans. Edgar will
probably be willing to hustle along
without feeling disappointed if some
other member of the team gets the ball
for a shot at goal.
In the first half, the Lyceums were
content to plod along and get practice
in passing. Sheehan tossed in two
goals from the field and Keegan, Ed
gar and Kynoch scored once each. In
the efforts of the Woonsocket team to
get the ball within range of the bas-
ket, there were some clever bits of in
dividual playing furnished mainly by
Martens and Blackler. Martens scored
from the field on pass from Quinn,
and Blackler shot the sphere into the
netting on four of seven tries from the
foul line. The half ended with the
score II to in favor of the home team
Woonsocket was able to score but
once in the second half, Foley toss
ing the ball in on a shot from a scrim-
mage beneath the Lyceum basket. Ed
gar didn't figure in the defensive play
and he laid in wait for shots at the
basket. Twice he was unsuccessful.
Kynoch and Sheehan each tossed one
goal from the field. Score:
c. Y. NJ. LYCEUM. WOONSOCKET.
Edgar, l. f. r. b., Dorman
Sheehan, r. {. l. b., Blackler
Kynoch, c. c., Quinn
Holmes, l. b. r. f., Martens
Keegan, r b. l. f., Foley
Score, c. Y. NJ. Lyceum, 10, woon-
socket, 8; goals from field, Edgar 3,
Sheehan 8, Kynoch 2, Keegan, Martens,
Foley; goals from free tries, Blackler
4; missed free tries, Sheehan 4, Kynoch,
Blackler 6; fouls, Edgar sheehan 4,
Holmes, Keegan 4, Foley, Martens.
timers, B. F. Redican, Fred O'Brien;
time, 20 minute halves. Attendance,
$50.