Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-28
ATHLETES AT HOLY CROSS.
Waterbury Boy Candidate for Second
 Base on Ball Team


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 Waterbury Boy Candidate for Second
 Base on Ball Team
 Only about month yet remains be- fore the opening of the college base ball season. and although that ls 10 little time, Holy Cross is well pre- pared for the battles on the campus during the season of 1902. Since the return of the students after the Christ mas recess work has been constantly going on in the gym" and cage With the result that the material is well sea- soned and for the most part selected by this time. What will probably be the last 'scut'' of the season was made Tuesday, when Captain Dyer and Coach Pappalau posted the names of the sixteen. most probable candidates. This selection was made from forty candidates. Duggan and Noonan are strong bidders for catcher; Coakley Noone. McGeehan. Mccormick and Haggarty will look out for the box Standard and Connors are running each other close for first base: Joe Brennan of Waterbury and J. Brennan are applicants for second base; Dyer captain, for shortstop; McGillicudy fol third, and Skelly, Baldwin, Quigley Reilly and McKeon for the field.
 The men who can hit will be the men who will constitute the team Holy Cross has always been the peer of the best college teams in the field but lost by falling short in batting. Coach Pappalau is using his best en- deavors to remedy this failing this year and, as was predicted, many of the new men have outbid the old men for places on the team.
 Among those who are working out with the players is Kittridge of the Boston American league team. He is an old Holy Cross player and is most favorably impressed with the nine's showing and chances for the coming season. Just as soon as the weather permits the cage will be deserted fol the field and practice will continue through the Easter vacation until the first game With Trinity. April 9.
 Some time ago a Waterbury paper contained an article under q New Ha ven date devoted to proving that base ball was freer from professionalism in the universities than in the minor col leges. mentioning Holy Cross in tue heading and in the body of the article as being one of the offenders. It cited instances where certain Holy Gross players played in the Connecticut State league. This must be admitted. bu1 they never played on the Holy Gross team afterwards. There are but few college players who do not play .'sum mer" ball and among them were foln Yale men with this years Yale cap tain who formed for the most par the Malone team in northern New YorI last summer. Of course it might b, difficult to prove the assertion. as they received their checks as employees o1 the gas works of that town.
 Football.
 The manager of next years footbal team is engaged just at present il | making out schedule for the yea 1902. Owing to the strong showing O the Holy Cross team last season, appli cations for games from a number O the stronge college teams have been re ceived. Among them is Columbia. ant q game with her is almost certainty There will perhaps be game witt one o rtwo members of the big four and with Yale the season after next i not next.
 Basketball
 l The game with Williams in the col 1 lege gym Wednesday night ended th, series of intercollegiate games. Tn, championship will probably go to Am herst Holy Cross did not sustain th, l reputation which she established il 1 the beginning of the season. through l out, the cause, a fact probably due t, the oyertraining of her men, Whel | the season was at it's height they be gan to go stale. as they had com menced to train too early in the year It was thought that the purple woul, be q factor in the college basketbal world when it triumphed over Dart mouth, the reputed strongest colleg basketball quintet, before Christmas I Things appeared bright, too. when tn Mt. St. James team beat Brown in he own gym. Then Harvard came t Worcester. The game, however, wa not played in the gym, but i'll the city After Holy Cross appeared to have til Crimson hopelessly beaten in the frs half she won out in the second Fol lowing this game Holy Cross swampe Brown in Worcester. but subsequentl lost to Dartmouth, Amherst and Trin l ity. During the Trinity game. how ever, Captain Quigley was obliged t | retire owing to an accident
 One of the Holy Cross star player 1 is Walter E. Monaghan of Waterbury He has been playing forward and ha established reputation for his abi l ity to throw baskets fro a long dis tance. Last year the Worcester pa pers called him the Ssman with tn eagle eye and the lucky arm He one of the most accurate long distanc throwers among the college teams Joe Lawlor of Waterbury has als done himself credit in the position o guard on the Holy Cross team, an' has in every game displayed fine de l fense work.
 While Holy Cross did not do as wei as indications promised in the earl part of the year, nevertheless she pu l up q fast game in every instance am when the fact is taken into considera ton that it is the first year that ther has been a regular team at the colleg l it is evident that she has done excep l tionally good work.
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