The Portland daily press., 1888-04-19
Among the Bowdoin Boys.
TSpecial to the Press


This year Bowdoin will devote herself
more TO base ball than any year before, be-
cause no crew will be sent to the intercolle-
giate rowing contests. Bowdoin is not want
ing a crew to represent her, but she has been
used to rowing entirely in four cared rig.
This year the colleges which have hereto
fore met her, Pennsylvania, Cornell, etc.,
are putting eight cared rigs into their con-
tests. Bowdoin has plenty of material Tor
an eight cared crew that would undoubted-
ly sustain the highly honorable position her
crews have won for her in the past two
years. but the expense of such crew would
be rather more than the boys feel they are
equal to at the present time 10 Send an
eight cared crew out of the State would cost
a thousand dollars or more; and besides that
a new boat would be needed, which would
be no small expense. The classes, however,
will have crews for the class races as usual.
But the greatest interest will be IN base
ball. Having no important boating inter
ests on their hands, the boys are disposed to
put their extra time and money to helping
their nine, which will begin the season un-
der very favorable circumstances, n0tWlth-
standing few misfortunes. 1t is not yet
certain whether the regular Massachusetts
trip will be made this year. The snow and
ice are still on the ball ground and the men
have had no chance to practice out of doors.
Then Cary, the most experienced pitcher,
has injured his foot by an accident SO he VIII
hardly he able to do much at first. LARA
bee. also, is sick: so on the whole the pros
poets for the Massachusetts, trip do not look
bright. If they do 60 they will start imme--
dlately after the Portland game of April
2lst, and will play Holy Cross on the oath,
Harvard on the 25th and Dartmouth on the
26th and 27th,. Moulton, now OF the Medical
School, and pitcher last year., and Haskell,
also of the Medical School and the pitcher Of
the Amhersts last year, will go with them.
These two will not, however, play in the
games with the Maine colleges For the
Maine field the nine will be made up about
class of 81, will catch. This is his first sea-
son on the nine, but he is well known
player, having been on the BrunSwicks,
George f. Cary, of East Machias, OF the
class of 'SS, will be pitcher He has played
since he entered college, and last year
was change pitcher and third base.
G. ii. Packard, of Auburn, Glass 49, will be
on first base, an important place for a man in
his first year on the college nine. +. y. Free
man, of Saco. who will cover second base and
be change catcher, is the captain OF the team
and a veteran Of three years experience with
the Bowdoins. Third base will be covered
by new man, George f. Freeman, of Ever
EFT, Mass of the class of 80. G. Il. Pendle-
ton, of the class of '90 of Belfast, played
short stop last year, and will fill the same
place CillS year. IL Ue plays. Hc ltlt uCiu
will be covered by G. I'll. Larrabee, of Bridg-
ton, class 49, who has played three years on
the nine, part of the time on third base. 5.
l.. Fogg, of South Paris. class of 'SS. and for
two years on the nine, will be in centre field.
In right field will be J. Williamson, Jr., of
two years. l.. A. Burleigh, of Augusta, Of
the Freshman class, will be the tenth man.
He is very promising pitcher, and as Cary
is laid up for the first OF the season, will un,
doubtedly have enough to do: The nine will
be managed by II. S. Card, of Gorham.
THE MEDIcs.
Besides the regular college nine, the men
of the Medical School will be able to put a
powerful and well managed team into the
field. Phillip L. Lindsay, of Norridgewock,
a graduate of Bowdoin and member OF the
old Bowdoin nine of 'S4, is president oil the
association which has been organized; and
f. III. Files. of Go-ham, also an alumnus OF
Bowdoin, is manager For players they nave
/. some of the best amateur base ba talent In
New England. Their captain and catcner is
Moulton, of Cumberland, last year the popu-
lar pitcher of the regular Bowdoln team
their pitcher is Nelson c.. Haskell, OF Fal-
mouth, last year pitcher on the Amhert col
Iege team. TO support this extraordinary
battery, there will be Wilcomb, a graduate
Of Dartmouth and fine player, Lindsey, Il.
z. Cobb, who has played on western pro-
fessional nine, Kinney, of the old Bates nine,
and Cherries p. Small, of Portland, a graduate
Of Colby. With this nine in the field the
Medics propose to make the dry bones rattle
on the Maine college diamond.
THE OAR.
Although most of the talk at Bowdoin is
on base ball, there is yet considerable prepa-
ration for the coming class races. Each OF
the three lower classes will have crew, as
usual. The Junior and Sophomore crews
will probably be exactly the same as the
| crews as the same classes last year. This
| will be the Junior crew, with the height and