The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-04
Sporting Notes

Two weeks of the flercest kind Of
hard work will be INDUCED in by youths
of Worcester High and Worcester
Academy football teams.
Coach Atkins Of the Academy team
has always had faith in his tackles
back formations, and they have been
good ground gamers against every
team but the Harvard freshmen this
season.
There are disadvantages in intro
ducing new talent at this stage Of the
season, however promising the men
might be. But Worcester High has
had little team work this season, so
there is little chance of weakening the
eleven in that respect by the introduce
ton of the horde of new and weighty
youngsters
Probably the only unhappy cadet at
West Point Saturday was Cadet Lieut..
John E. Munroe, son of John P. Nun
roe OF this city The inquiry sustained
by the Worcester boy who is centre
of the football team, kept him out of
the contest against Yale, and he lost
the extreme pleasure of figuring in
game in which Yale's score was tied
The victory of Michigan over Buff
falo University by a score of 1913 to 0,
Is not the record, despite the claims of
football writer's. AS long ago as 1885,
Stevens Institute defeated New York
University by score of 1852 to 0. In
the following year, Harvard defeated
Exeter by score of 1853 to o.
Charlie CAMEL and Pitcher Pappa-
lau are competing for the position of
coach Of the Holy Cross College team.
1t is said that Duffy has his eye on
the former Holy Cross pitcher, for
Rocfor 7-poctnp N
Sporting Life. Holy Cross should not
forget the ability of Pappalau as a
brainy player when making its selec-
ton of a COACH Neither should it for
get that Pap has always pulled earn
estly for the Purple and deserves rec
ignition.
The new National Association of
Professional Baseball Leagues will con-
tain not only minor leagues in this
country as members, but those of Ha-
wall, Cuba, the Philippines and Porto
Rico. President Powers is at the head
of the biggest of baseball consolida-
lions.
Joe Bean, former Worcester short
stop and Rochester hustler, sends the
following to The Spy: Basketball
teams wishing to arrange games with
the great Cambridgeport Gymnasium
team can do so by addressing Joseph
w. Bean, Cambridgeport Gymnasium
Association"
st. Louis will be a kind of head
quarters for players well known TO
Worcester fans next season. The
American League roster will include
the names of Jesse Burkett and John
Anderson, Worcester boys. Homer
Smoot and Joyce, the former Montreal
pitcher, will be found with the Ma
& l., t., 41,aIN ii ~ h
er, a catcher once with Syracuse, will
have a trial with the same team.
The st. Louis National League
team is said to be after John T..
Flournoy. who was in left field for
Providence until illness weakened him
last season. Flournoy had to hustle
to hold his own in Eastern League
company and should think it over be-
fore jumping.
Gus Klopf, former captain of the
Worcester team, has just finished Il
season in the Pacific Northwest
League as shortstop Of the Seattle
club. Gus was ninth in batting with
an average of 1857. Sho Donahue, a
young man tried out at third base, was
fifth in the list of the leagues heavy
batsmen.
jesse Burkett is contemplating a
trip to the Pacific Coast before re-
turning to his home in this city Jesse
has been fortunate in picking winners
on the tracks in the vicinity of st.
Louis and believes he can make
bundle Of money by following the po-
MES for few weeks, says a ST. Louis
exchange. Jesse may come East
with Patsey Donovan, manager of the
Perfectos, who is slated to arrive at
his home in Lawrence this week.