The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-26

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THE basketball stars continue to
| play in as many leagues as possible.
Jimmy Holmes, the big Lyceum back,
is the latest to flop over to the Massa-
chusetts League for two games each
week. Holmes is doing stunts for
| MAYNARD.
Thomas F. Foley, the official at
the exhibition game in Father Mathew
Hall, yesterday, is better than the
league officials, with a single exception,
and why he should have been counted
out is not easily understood. Foley uses
common sense and blows his whistle
just often enough to make the players
feel that he means business. His judg-
ment is excellent and President
O'Rourke should make room for him on
the Massachusetts Central staff.
Will Stinson and Jimmy Michael
win meet in a Is mile motor paced race
at the new indoor track, Boston, Sat
urdIay evening. Bill Tenzler an old
Worcester Coliseum favorite, is steers
man for MichaePs motor. Tenzler is one
of the most fearless riders in the coun-
try and on the ten lap track at BOs-
ton he let's the machine out for the
limit.
Two Worcester boys will partici-
pate in bouts at the Lenox A. c., Bos-
ton, Monday night Jack Wood will go
against hard game in Kid Goodman,
who has lulled many ambitious young
sters to sleep, and Harry Boles will
tackle Tommy Duffy of Woburn for six
rounds
Manager Ned Hanlon denied the re-
port that he has gobbled John T.
Flournoy, the young Providence out
fielder, for his Brooklyn team. Mama
ger Patsey Donovan of st. Louis is now
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for Flournoy.
N-Royal A. Carni, the Worcester
cyclist. who was recently forced into
the professional ranks, Patsey Keegan
of Lowell and Charlie Mcconnell didn't
land a copper of prize money in any Of
the events at the opening of the new
indoor track at Boston, Tuesday night.
The annual wedding out of suspicious
appearing gives the young fell
lows a chance and new blood is con-
tinuallv being developed.
Another basketball league, embrace
ing western Massachusetts teams, has
been formed. p. F. O'Rielly, former
Lyceum forward will be a member of
the Westfeld team that will meet
South Hadley Falls in the opening
game tonight. Springfield, Holyoke,
Shelburne Falls and South Hadley
Falls have teams. O'Rielly saw his
old team mates win from Millbury yes
terday.
-Canavan, Bone, Lations and Warner,
polo stars in the National League. are
expected in the American after the be-
ginning of the new year Clinton is
making an effort to land some of the
cream. AS Manager Kittredge always
has for his motto, Never miss
chance to strenthen," a player or two
may come to this city.
Bill LANCE, the former Chicago
outfielder. who retired from the game
after becoming a benedict, is said to
have accepted an offer extended by
the Detroit American League club.
LANCE is one of the fastest men the
game ever produced and his return to-
baseball, provided that he regains old
form, will strengthen the Detroit team
and add to the gloom that is lowering
over the National because of the
parade Of players to the rival league.
No team that loses two games in
day could get more firmly into the
good graces Of the public than the
Worcester polo team has. There is
trouble ahead for the team that CON
siders Worcester anything but a top
notcher.
Clinton established itself in the
polo world again yesterday, and now
it is said that the present combination
is shades faster than the old aggre-