Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-04-30
COLLEGE BALL rossE.s
1ns Make % Of the Teams In the Intsr
collegiate Contest

| The struggle for the In.ercolIegi.ta Rae
Dan Championship, to be begun By the
ho~doin. Colby game At Brunswick to-
morrow afternoon bids fair 10 be the mo.t
exciting ever witnessed in Maine. Though
the teams are perhaps not the s,ronzes, ever
presented, they appear a, the opening of the
season to be more evenly matched than
ever before. As was the case last season
each Of the four colleges, Maine State
bo~doin, Colby and Bates will put team
IN the held. schedule Of eighteen game.
to be played. every club meeting
each Of its opponents three times. once AT
home, once on the field of the enemy. and
once % neutral groaad. At the last com
meneement every college but one lost por-
tion of its battery, and more than unusual
difhcuity has been encountered in filling the
vacancies Colby. by the graduation OF
Puislfer who caught for four years, i. left
without an efficient backstop, and though
Foster, Aegquier and wagg are all candi-
dates for the position, none have yet shown
their ability to I'll it satisfactorily.
10 the box the team is stronger than for
some time. The pitching ability of Parsons,
shown BY his work on the Baths last season, |
is of high grade. while Wsgg is to be de-
pended on in an emergency.
Gilmore who covers first and Roberts the |
captain and center field are the only other |
men who have proved themselves good ball |
players Merrill in left and Megquier at shor, |
showed up well in the preliminary games,
while Bonney at third and Kslloch in right |
have played their positions psssably. 1t is |
probable that if the parental consent can b. |
gained William Smith, son of Prof. Smith |
will be placed at short and Megquier moved to
third
10 Cary, last years pitcher, B0wdoin los,
an excellent man. Thompson and Hilton
will probably fill the position alternately bu,
the teams heavy batting must be depended
on for the winning of games. Freeman is
without doubt the best catcher in the lea que
and Fish the regular second base is an ex-
eellent man behind the bat
Downs at first, Jordan at shorl
and Turkey in the field, all new men, have
shown up well in their positions, but are
weak batters.
Bates enters the arena without the loss of
a single man, and strengthened by Wilson,
who before his entrance to college gained
reputation as pitcher with
Gail as catcher, the Lewiston students have
without doubt the most efficient battery in
league. Graves, Putnam, Daggett, Gilmore
and Knox are all good men, while Day i. a
phenomenon in his position at short.
The Maine State College deprived of her
crack battery. Small and Rogers, enters a
hopeless struggle with commendable cour-
age. In Keith they have the best third
baseman in the league and an e1cellen,
catcher Blackington will probably pitch,
Bsbb guard the first bag, and vickery play
second. Most of the others are new men
among whom it is hoped that considerable
talent will be developed. {
From the preliminary games but little idea
Of the comparative strength of the clubs can
be gained. The Colbys have beaten the
Waterviles and been defeated twice by the
Presump scots and once by the Augustus
Two of the games were lost by narrow
scores. The Bowdoins have defeated the
Baths and Sacos and dropped game to the
Portlands. Bates has played two games
with Lewiston, winning one. The NJ. S. C.'s
have played two loose games in one of which |
hey were defeated. /
The Colby team leaves to. morrow morning t
for Brunswick. and will be accompanied by !
la g numb of students and Waterville
people. Fur five years The Colbys have not
ost a game at Brunswick and as the two
'ams are evenly matched, it is hoped the '
3owdoins determined effort to break their ,
'ecorl will be unsuccessful.
c W Richards of Richmond will umpire.