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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-27

as they claim to the detriment Of the
league, that he was to jump into the
other league. They say that he has
INDUCED in double dealing with them
and make no hesitancy in the charges
to that effect against him. In fact
they say, many unkind and uncomplt-
mentary things about Mr.. Sawyer.
They refer to his sharp practices
all last season especially in the case
of the purchase of the Martins boys
from Irving P. Arnold. once manager
of the Millbury team, which was later
transferred to Marlboro. They claim
that they will get after Sawyer and
make 1t warm for him before he is
aware of it. They are particularly
sore over losing Maynard. At the
meetings 1t is claimed by the local
men that Sawyer always strongly adj
vised against going into Maynard
saying that the promoters of the game
in that town were not well fixed fl
nancially and that the league would
have to carry the team in case the
game did not prove successful from
the start there. Now the directors of
the Massachusetts, Central League see
that Maynard is in Sawyer's league
and inquiries show the team to be in
first class shape financially.
The local promoters say they are
going after the management at May
nard and will get men interested in
the game to put a team in that town
representing the Massachusetts Cen
trail League. In case that is impossi-
BILE the local men say they will put
team in Maynard and buck the other
league. They are so red hot against
SAWYER that it is extremely likely they
will declare war. upon his league and
buck it at every opportunity
South birmingham was also to go
into the Massachusetts Central Bas-
ketball League according to Sawyer
and he was to manage the team in
that town. Now it transpires that
South birmingham is in the Boston
league and the local league is not con-
sjdered. The Worcester men believe
thew are not going to lose so much in
South birmingham as polo team IS
to start In that town and will hurt
the gate receipts for basketball. 1t is
Maynard toward which they turn with
wishful eyes. Manager Hare OF that
town will be cajoled and talked to IN
an effort to induce him to enter the
Massachusetts Central League. Man
aRer George F. Dorman Of the Z. I.
M Lyceum and Manager j. HThomp-
son of the Father Mathew teams VIII
try to meet Manager Hare at May
nard and have a talk with him IN the
near future.
Assurances have been received when
make it practically certain that tnere
will be a basketball team In Whitins-
vile this winter. Henry Dolan VINO
managed the c. Y. NJ. Lyceum team
during its first year in the league VIII
manage the team IN WhitinsyiAA he
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has secured quarters suitable for the
playing of the game and in a central
part of the town. With the quarters
assured there is not the least doubt
of the paying of the game. basket
ball team or any other sort of an ath-
letic team would pay in Whitinsyille
as the sports of that town are of the
right calibre
Manager George F. Dorman of the
Lyceums expects to hear definitely
from Spencer to report at the meeting
of the league today. William r..
Geary proprietor of the Massasoit
House, is interested in placing team
in Spencer. He sees where the team
would prove a paying investment as
far as the game itself goes and the ad-
ditional custom and patronage his
hotel would get because of it, would
amount to a good deal
Prospects are certainly brighter with
Whitinsville assured thus making six
clubs in the circuit. If Spencer comes
in and another club hobs up some
where, then the league can open with
eight clubs. The clubs now in are
Mlbury. Webster. Whitinsville. Woon-
socket, Father Mathew and the G. Y.
NJ. Lyceum teams.
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! 1t. is said that Conny Mack would
like to have Joe Rickert with him next
wear. 1t is doubtful If Cornelius Nc
Gillicuddy or any of the other Ameri-
can or National magnates will get
Joe unless they come down in hand
some fashion.
The question as to who will be the
coach of the Holy Cross baseball tenn
is a matter of much conjecture at the
school Figures have been received
from Pappalau, the local twirler who
is a former Holy Cross student. and
from Charlie CAMEL, formerly Of the
Bostons. No decision has been MADE
as yet.
ROB Roy" states that Lundin's
professed style of wrestling is catch
as-catch-can. Rob" is certainly to
the bad. Lundin always made an aw-
full beef for a Greco Roman style OF
wrestling when making a match. He
has won the greater number of VIC
tories in that style of wrestling at
which he shows his best.
Rob Roy" has squelched his
eight which he was to turn upon the
big fake" wrestling matches pulled
off in this city by Hjalmar Lundin, and
retracts the statements he made con-
corning Lundin being former wres-
Ting partner Of Tom Jenkins. While
Robbie is "dousing the glimm" that
was to show to the world the fake
dinky wrestling matches in Worces-
ter" he attempts to inveigle Lundin
into a match with a protege of his,
some unknown. Lundin naturally does
not want to take on any of Rob
Roy's" proteges and will take no no.
tice of the invitation to post his money
for match. If Rob Roy" had not
mentioned the fact that the man whom
he desires to match is an amateur It
might be guessed that he is trying to
get Harvey Parker a match with
Lundin.
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Sporting Notes
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The High Schools first game comes
Saturday, at the oval, when the
Friends School of Providence viii be
the local schools rivals.
"A good-sized delegation Of Harvard
rooters journeyed to Cambridge yes
terday to see the crimson line up
against the Carlisle Indians.
The magnates of the Massachusetts
Central Basketball League will hold
another run together at the Sherwood
House, this afternoon.
Baseball men are laughing at the
grotesque attempts the minor leagues
are making in reserve clauses and
black lists, which viii never hold water
after the seasons play begins.
Harry Dolan. who played with
Springfield in the Eastern League
two years ago and was later released
by Chicago to be signed by Brooklyn
the middle of last season, has signed
with that club for next season.
old Dame Rumor has 1t that
Hughey Duffy is after Pappalau for
his team. in the American League.
Duffy is expected in this city in a few
weeks and he will talk the matter over
with President P. II. Hurley Of the
Worcesters
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-27
den Interested in the Massa-
Chusetts Central Basketball
League Think They Got the
WorStof a Bad Deal
FORMER ASSOCIATE
GoBBLES UP TWO TOWNS
A New League Takes in Maynard
and South Framingham, Both
of Which Were Wanted to Fill
the Circuit of the Central
League

The Massachusetts Central Basket
ball League is encountering some diff
fieult shedding at the tpresent time.
Since the dissolution of the old basket
ball league yins order to freeze out the
two Lowell teams, the league has
been looking for, desirable teams to
MI out the circuit. 1t had just begun
to see Its way clear when the last
year president of the league Fred
H. Sawyer withdrew from the organ
ization and is instrumental in the or
ganizatlon of another league IN the
eastern part@of the state.
That league embraces two OF the
towns which the worcester promoters
OF the popular indoor game expected
TO have in their league. Maynard anu
South Framingham. The other teams
IN the eastern league which mas the
support of past President Sawyer are
from Everett and Cambridgeport ana
the Burkes and Pawtucketville A. u
teams of Lowell It rather Jolts the
Worcester magnates who control the
destiniss of basketball in the vicinity
to know that Mr.. Sawyer hao TINS
scheme in his mind when he ADVISED
and aided in the dropping OF the Low
ell teams from the league.
The worcester basketball enthusi-
asts say that Sawyer knew all along
when he was attending their meetings
and advising them to do this ana lnae
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often the cause of bother to the farm
ing operations, rendering some of the
helds unworkable. Frequently it had
pceh referred TO as nuisance, hut
Obadiah, who had liking for geology
IN an amateur way, was of the opinion
that the rock had fuel qualities in it.
"A trial was first made with the rock
IN the fireplace on the Gore farm with
unsatisfactory results. Later another
trial was made in blacksmith shop
near the farm. By helping the fire
with the bellows il was found that an
intense heat could be made. The black
smith shop was soon centre of in
terest among the people who lived for
miles around. 1t was seen that the
use of coal rendered the working of
iron easier, and results could be OBJ
tanned which the use of wood did moi
permit. The little smthy was soon
thriving industry as well as a novelty.
Many things in iron, like aud,rons,
cranes and other kitchen utensils used
III the old days, were turned out, and
the use of coal for manufacturing pur-
poses was demonstrated.
IL Is 10 be noted that while Philip
Glnter has a right to claim share of
the honor for the discovery of coal as
fuel in the home, 1t is TO the Gore
brothers that the glory of turning it TO
great practical utility belongs. Ii is
doubtful if either Obadiah or Daniel
Gore had the faiutest idea of the pro.
found discovery they had made, even
after the success at the smithy. A
glance at the worlds industries today
shows what Il revolution has been
wrought BY the use of the black stones,
compared with the old DAYS when
wood was the only fuel Coal has in
measure lcssene6 the wantnn de-
struction Of timber, permitting wood
to be devoted to more Legitimate uses.
1t is almost impossible to imagine
how the world of to-iay could get on
without coal. ne production of the
black material has reached n arly l0O,.
100000 tons year in Pennsy ylvania
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he meat outen his ptdte."
he charges the feller a dollar an tells
him to git Pow'ful Unreasonable sort
Of chap, that feller was, want he"
"Very."
but that's way Of some folks. No
matter how much you put yourself out
fer 'em, they amt goin to be pleased"
Yes; that's true. But about that
man who was here today. 1 wonder
where he went"
"Oh, he went ON down the road, low
In he'd find place somewhar to hang
up his hat. S'pcct mebby he'll stop
with old LII Jenkins. | most forgit,
but | ruther think this amt old His
day for chillin. If 1t amt. he'll be in
good humor, an he's moughty nigh
shore to let that feller stop"
81 pity that man If 1t should turn out
that this is His day for chilling" Mel.
vim remarked. thinking Of his own ex-
pericnce with Mr.. jenkins.
Lord a-massy, yesw Turner agreed
Hes a pow'ful fine man when he's
rightly at hsse'f, but when his ager's
a-workn on him he amt as patient as
he mought be, an 1t natrally riles him
to be picked an nagged at at sich
times :"
Melvin arose and began to pace slow.
~ to and fro across the y I'd. His
hands were crossed behind him. and
MS head was bent, and to all outward
appearances his mind was busy with
deep and serious thoughts. Turner
watched him from under his shaggy
Drows, and he, too. was having some
thoughts far deeper and far more seri
Gus than any one knew.
After awhile Melvin stopped i'm front
OF Turner and asked:
"l1ow far Is It over to Iii Jenkins
place."
Bout two mile, | reckon" Turnc,
replied, "rlsin cloSt on to that anyhow.
You thnkin OF goin over thar?"
"Oh, no. | have no business there"
Melvin answered disintcrcstcdly. IL
was just wondering how far it was.
guess ! shall have to ride over t.
Beckctts Mill tonight, though. pre-
sumo the store will be opcn?"
"Oh, yes, the storc'll be OPEN" Thcn
Turner added to himself, "All the store
you'll want, young fcllcr."
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great man IN any sen Sc, but he had n
great big heart and would have died
Tor a friend. That's all If cant
ma him ia heaven, shall be disap-
pointed. My wife say" he was the best
friend she ever nad when she was i'm
the greatest distress.
Easter IS about over and will soon
be forgotten. | brought down some
Easter eggs Tor little grandson. His
cousin dyed them for him and he was
very curious to know more about them,
and said to his mother, g Mamma, who
Is this Easter mau and where does he
i've - lie lives up in heaven, - she
SAID, ' and his name is Jesus" 'Is
ne selling eggs up there ?" he asked.
HOW tn ise little chaps do perplex us
with their questions. Little Mary Lou
has the whoopinS cough and dident
want to take her medicine. elf you
don't take it," said her mother, "you
may die " Well, mamma, if / do
die | will go to heaven, where God is.
and he will giveme a pony" wish the
grown up people were as trusting and
innocent as the children. "Suffer
lttle children to come unto me, for of
such is the kingdom Of heaven " is one
OF the sweetest verses in the Scriptures
The preachers may quarrel about the
confession of faith and infant saliva.
llon, but the mothers don't want anv
/ better faith than is in that verse. aud
mat other one, whore David said of
his child: 4" He cannot come To me,
but shall go TO him." There is an
other remark that | will make about
mothers. Not one believes her dead
son Is lost, no matter how wicked he
was. The mother expects to meet him
Ill heaven and if he is not there how
can she be happy ? God kaoweth
we d" not. All that poor mortal can
do is 10 trust HIM and do good.
BILL ARP.
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49, 4Etsh314SAsAoLS>~~
same line of business That's Jest
how he come TO mention his object In
comm ycre."
Melvin was silent q long time and
deeply thoughtful The coming Of that
stranger annoyed and worried him
Turner's description Of the man.
though vague and general. suited very
much to the description of one he did
not care to see. the brother OF the
man whose life he had taken
The claim of the stranger that he
too, had come there to prospect for
mineral made his appearance all the
more alarming to Melvin, for no one
knew better than Melvin that no cap
italiSts were going TO waste money in
useless prospecting in that section
That claim would do very well, he
thought. TO foot the natives with. but
no one with ordinary business sense
would believe it for Il minute.
He was half inclined to leave the
Ridge ut once, and had ii not been for
Mrs. Banks he would have done so.
lie felt that even at the risk OF his life
he must remain there until he had sue.
cccdcd in gaining one more interview
with her. Strange how weak Il man.
strong i'll all things else. can be when il
comes TO woman and love! by and by
Melvin broke the silence by saving
You said that man was here today.
so l presume he is not here now"
Lord a-maSSy. no, No, stree. lie
wanted to stop. but we had nc place
for him less we put him to sleep with
you, an we lowed we'd best not do
that, Sccin'S you are so doggoncd par
ticlar."
"Im glad you came to that conclu
| SION" Melvin replied for certainly
should have objected to sharing my
bed with any one else"
That's the way | iiggcrcd 1t. You
| seem to hc bout as sUucamiSh an OK.
actin as the faler that stopped down
to Squire Beeson's oncct. Ever hear
bout that chap"
"GueSs not"
"Waal, sir, he was n good un shore
Rcg'lar blame crank, as the fcllcr says
| Got mad cause the bed fell down with
| him in the night an he had to sleep on
| the floor Squire explained to him that
it was all jest Il accident, an you know
accidents will happen spite Of any
| thing, but that fellcr was so doggone
| unreasonable that squire's explanation
didn't satisfy him. Next mornin he
got madden AN wet hen cause while
he was eatin breakfast q cat jumped
on the table an snatched the meat
outen his plate an run Off with it,.
Squire ketchcd the dad burned cat an
took the meat away from it an put it
back on the feller's plate, thinkin nat
rally that he done all anybody could
expect Of him, but he found he was
mistaken. Fcller, std of thankin
squire, rarcd up an said he want goin
to stop at no sich place. Squire, in
co'se, feels hurt to be talked to that
away after all his pains to please, so
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HOW COAL WAS DISCOVERED
The Great Value of the Mineral
Was Accidentiy Found Out.

Several wealthy niue owners of
pennsylvania are making arrangements
TO erect monument, to be made of
coat, in memory of Philip Ginter, who
was one of the first to iud that the
mineral could be made useful as fuel.
The discovery came about in one of
those chance ways which often pro-
duce far-reaching results.
About the year 1890 Mr.. Gntcr was
living i'll rude log. cabin in the forest
lands around Mauch Chunk mountains
in Pennsylvania. While hunting in
the wood he found himself at some
distance from The cabin, and before
making his bed for the night under a
broad-spreading tree he decided TO start
fire and cook some of his game for
supper. After eating the meal he be-
thought himself that he would fix the
fire 50 that il would keep during the
night, as the wood about him was damp
and green, rendering the task of max
ing new fire in the morning an un
inviting one.
Lying near at hand on the ground
were several black stones, and il oc-
Cured TO Mr.. Ginter that he might
save the fire by piling the stones over
1t, thus keeping it protected and
smouldcring thu ough the night. On
rising from his sleep the next morning
he was surprised to find that some of
the stones had been entirely consumed.
while others were glowing red. When
he pokcd the stones they gave out a
cracking sound and emitted little
~
can see that what Mr.. Ginter called
black stones were in reality coal. lie
was impressed sufficiently vim his dis
coVery to take some large pieces of the
coal home with him for experiment.
1t was not long before his family learn.
Ell to use II in cooking. The nearest
ncighbors lived quite distance away.
but the news OF the discovery soon
travelled and several fami les i'm that
locality began to make use of the won
dertul stones. However, il was not TIL
twenty-five years later that coal mining
operations began in that section TO any
great extent.
Some years previous to the time
ihillp Glnter found that the black
stones would burn, two brothers,
Obadiah and Daniel Gore, who took
up their residence after the Rcvolu-
tionary War rear Wikcsbarrc. Pa.
made similar discovery.
All through the war for indcpcn
dcnce Obadiah Gore served under
General Washing ton. At the close of
the struggle he located in Bradford
County, Pa, where he acted as Justice
OF the Peace for several years, and was
highly respected S prominent citizen.
In company with his brother Daniel,
he determined TO make an examination
of the queer black rock which outclop.
ped on his brothers farm. 1t was
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How you glttin long" he asked.

GLOW YOU gittn long" he asked.
"Oh. all right, | guess" Jason re.
piled "Wrll git through before night
If nothin happens"
"Pm sorry YOU all had to cut this
wheat" sim said after pause. when
Ia done agreed with Mis'us Mann that
I'd do 1t. didn't feel that | ort to
keep my promise. though. after all
them things she's been a-Suyin Of late"
You done jest right, Sim" Pap
Sampson announced unhcSitatingly,
IAN nobody can't blame you n bit.
When Mary Mann interfered like she
did to make trouble bctwixt you an
Louecsy, you want under no obliga-
tionS to do nOthin for her no more, not
II hands turn"
'Tan't that, Pap, that held me
back from doin as I'd agreed. 'Taint
that hate Mary Mann too bad to lift
Il finger for her. It's cause OF what
people are a-Sayin, an cause it'd give
'cm room to say mere. an-an cause |
don't want to do nothin to hurt Lou
ccsy."
Sim paused for n moment, but no one
spoke, and presently he went on more
earnestly.
IL don't like to have hard fcclins
ag'in nobody" he said, IAN specially
not ag'in n woman, but Mis'us Mann
didn't have no call to 20 an do the way
she done, for she told Il plumb pint
blank lie when she narrated it around
that come to her house that night an
made love to her. Lord. | never
thought oncct Of doin no sich a thing,
no more than | thought Of sticllin my
head i'm the fire. 1t was her that done
it, an God knows | tried ever which
Il way to keep her from it, | told Lou
ecSy jest how it were, but she won't
blicve it. though told her Ia sw'ar to
1t on Il stack Of Bibles as high as they
could be piled. hate Mary Mann
wuss'n | hate the piHcncSt snake that
crawls. for she's Il plumb liar, an she
knows it,"
Sim paused again, and this time Pap
Sampson spoke
'Sim," he said rcaSSuringly, don't
| none of us b'licvc nothin agin YOU that
Mary Mann has told, nary word.
| Nor. for my part, hain't a-gwine to
believe it, not if she was to Sw'ar to 1t
till she was plumb black in the face"
| "No, but LouceSy b'lcvcs it," Sim
replied sadly, "an I'd ruthcr ANYBODY
clsc'd b'lirve it than her. MY land,
looks like she ort to know 1t amt so
an that | wouldn't think OF doin ne
sich way. Why, Pap. if was to gil
to goin round a-makin love to women
Whar didn't have no right I'd low for
somebody to put Il bullet hole through
me the very fuSt thing | knowcd.
can tell YOU right now. an mean Jest
what say, if ever any man made love
to my wife, an | knowcd it, the minute
] laid eyes on that man I'd shoot him
through the heart jest like ] would q
dog. | would shore"
a painful silence followed these
words, for no one offered to speak
The men exchanged significant
glance among themselves. then looked
at Sim in serious thouyhtfulncss TIC
them his threat signiiicd more. much
moro. than he suspected. 1t impressed
itself so indclibly on their minds that
they never forgot II. and on nn after
occasion they recalled It with sickcn
Ing dread that made them Shuddcr.
fro DE CONTINUED ,M
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~ Death Dnst is not for sale by your
realer, We will upon recoipt OF X sent.
dend you the large package BY mail post.'
snid. Po''
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Close connection ut Greenwood for al
points on ). a. H. and G.. & g. Railwav