The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-18

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There must be another Nick Elliott
! who has wrestling or puglistic aspira-
tions, for Nick Elliott of wrestling
fame is in Worcester, and not under
police surveillance, either.
Billy Lush. the Boston outtielder,
last season with Rochester, is making
a nice pot of money with the Meriden
polo team. Lush is popular as a
manager and his team is a winner
Presidents Pat Powers of the East
ern and Ban johnson of the American
League have assured President Spald-
, ing, the Nationals new leader, of
staunch support in the stand against
Andrew Freedman, the New York car.
Here's a little paragraph from the
Toronto News that is as full Of knocks
as one could wish; freedman is al
ways getting buncoed. Now he has
signed Quinlan. the Montreal shortstop,
for his New York team"
Jack White, who opened last sea-
son as one of the Syracuse outfielders,
is being negotiated for by Toronto with
whom he formerly played. White is
one of the slickest fielders in the minor
| leagues, and last season he showed
batting ABILITY.
Pat Powers, president of the East
ern League, with James c. Kennedy
was in charge of the siX-day race
When the riders were paid off Monday
Mr.. Powers said that a prosperous
week had been experienced, and each
rider was given a substantial sum, in
addition to the prize money.
Manager Dooley Of the Montreal
! rpppntlvy rnnpi1ra1 in form a tfnI1 IL
the effect that the New York club in
tended to induce Harry Felix, the Roy
ais star pitcher. to jump. Manager
! Dooley visited Felix at his home in
Brooklyn, and was assured by Harry
that New York could not get him un-
| less by purchase.
John Piening, the New York wrest-
! Ter. in match against Jim Calvin, al
Irish heavyweight, and Frank Kramer
| a Brooklyn giant, succeeded in throw
/ ing the two men once each within X
minutes. Piening performed this feat
Monday night. He is to go against
Hjalmar Lundin in this city Dec. 30 al
| Worcester Theatre.
| Manager Barrow Of the Toronto
| club SAYS that Frank Bonner has de
cided to remit the $500 bonus received
| from the Cleveland American League
club. and play with the Chicago Ma
| tiOnals under Manager Selee next sea
SON. The moves of Bonner have been
puzZiing, but it is believed that he will
| decide to go to the National League.
Baseball authorities believe that
there will be peace between the Amer
lean and National Leagues. President
| Spalding is known to favor such meas
lures, and Ban Johnson Of the American
| League forces has already given out a
-, s,I Ia 40 ba mill
recognize the flag of truce, but that il
must fly from National League head
quarters.
In a recent interview regarding
the probable strength Of the Boston
Nationals next season. Manager Buck
enberger said that he believed Pat
Carney to be one of the greatest of the
young players in the two major
leagues Hes a corker," said Buck
land he will soon be a recognized
star" No player is more deserving Of
success than Carney.
Bobby Lowe, the veteran in1elder
for u years with the Boston Nationals
will go to Chicago next season to pla!
under his old manager, Selee. Manage
Selee signed Lowe a few days ago
Boston consenting to the transaction
The Beaneaters believe that Greminger
the big third baseman secured from
Rochester, will more than fill Loves
place. Probably he may work more
cheaply.
Captains Of the four chief branches
of sport at Yale for next season are
Baseball, Raymond G. Guernsey OF
Poughkeepsie, N. Y; track team, New
ell II. Hargrave of Cincinnati, Ohio
crew, Philip Fl. Kunzig, Philadelphia
football team, George B. Chadwick
1,r,TI ar,fra fr1g
of Harvard and Yale for 1902 are botl
Brooklyn boys, Herman of Harvard
having prepared for college in that city
Manager Tebeau, who has the
American Association franchise il
Kansas CITY, stole a march on Jimmy
Manning and Kid Nichols, who held
the Western League franchise in thai
city. by leasing Exposition Park fol-
| 1902 This forces the Western League
to either abandon Kansas City or pre-
pare new grounds at tremendous
cost. Tebeau has leases on the only
two parks in the city suitable for play
ing the game.
| Barney Dreyfus. the Pittsburg mag
nate. had sweet revenge for the rough
Ideal he received several years ago wber
his Louisville club was robbed of sun
day dates and he lost several thou
sand dollars Last week the com
bine" had laid out nice plan to again
squeeze Dreyfus, but they evidently
overlooked the fact that he had a real
| live baseball town back Of him and .
champion team to be looked out for
When 1t came the time to force the is
sue Barney simply smiled and said:
You fellows have had 1t all your way,
now my chance has come" Then he
Joined hands with the Spalding faction
and tied the entire combination up in
deadlock They tried all kinds OF
schemes to make Dreyfus weaken. but
I # was no go. He was told that the
Louisville affair was only meant as q
Joke. but he couldn't see it that way
| and when A. G. Spalding was elected
as president Of the league there was no
happier man in the league than the
| Smoky City magnate Revenge is
1 g.. IL l.