Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-03-09
SPRING SPORTS.
The BoWdoin Athletes Are Now
All in Training.
League or No League There viii Be
Strong College Nine.
Great Interest in Base Ball. Tennis. Rowing
and Other Sports.

Wuu Spots tnat are beginning to get nuner-
Gus on the Bowdoin campus suggest spring,
and to the college youth the thought Of
spring suggests base ball, tennis, field day
sports, rowing AMI kindred subjects. For
it is no secret from the outside world that
thoughts OF these things as well as Greek,
calculus, logic, etc, occupy the mind of
The modern college boy. The winter
months are devoted pretty exclusively to
tndy except what gymnas I'M work is com
ulso'y, while in the fall there is foot bali
o DRAW on the lime and attention Of few
ind in the spIing there are the several
ports mentioned above to draw on the time
I'd attention of the many.
THIS spring in all these lines there will be
unusual activity. Though The prospect Of
Maine college league is very small in-
Iced, owing to the refusal of Bates to join
he league, if the Bow doin medical stu
ents are admitted to the athletic
privileges of the colleg', vet
)ase tall men have been getting in a littl
hard work in the gym each day, and When
he snow is off the delta they will be III per
tect trim for business. Manager Thomas
mas all the game on his hands that thtr
Ill be any chance to play, and, league OF
40 league, the season will be an exciting
one.
The first game viii probably be with the
portlands in that city on Fast day. The
Boston university boys " ill play here April
%; Tufts, May 2S; and Exeter, May .;
bile the Bopdoin team will play ava,
from home with Exeter, May 80; Andover
June 6 and Dartmouth, May Is and lG
Besides these games, series of three game
each will probably be arranged with both
Colby and Bates, and possibly with Maint
State, SO that if there is no real league
here will after all be the next thing to it,
md Bowdoin vii do her best to defeat
gain the teams over which she won the
cha pionship asst season.
1t is too early yet to say very much about
the make up of the team, except that in all
probability five or six of last years men
will hold their old places. Allen, the old
catcher, will not try for the team, and it is
reported that Chapman, the old center
fielder, cannot play this spring. The other
men are training hard and systematically
AS are II or Is candidates for the vacant
| positions. Plasted and Williams in the
box will leave little to be desired there
| Haines, 81, is showing up finely as catcher
ard will be given chance there.
Thoughts of tennis, too, as well as pass
ball, brug up pleasant recollectlons and de-
ightful visions to Bowdoin boys tn spring
Last year all the cups were brought mere
| from the inter collegiate tournament III Man
At Portland, and as the star players are st'i
in college it is thought that the same per
| formance will be repeated. Besides taking
part in this, Bowdoin will send her be't
| men after the Colby tournament TO meet
the champions of Tufts and Amherst.
At the annual meeting of the Bowdoin Ten
mis- Association the following officers were
lie cted President, J. II. Roberts, 30 wee
president, F. Dana, SO; secretary, y. IL
| Foster. 90; executive committee, ). ii
Roterts. '95. p. Dana, '9G, Chase Eastman,
90. The report of +. W. Piekard, "a last
years president and manager, showed y
satisfactory balance in the treasury ana an
exceptionally successful season.
Atameeting of the Maine lntercoll' gate
| Tennis Association, held in Lewiston, Sat
urdav, Bow doin was represented by f. w .
p:ckard 94; Colby. by f. l.. Hopkins, % !;
| NJ. S. C. by Gibbs SO; and Bates, by Pettl-
grew, '96.
twas voted to hold the annual tourna'
ment June G, I. s. 9, in Portland. Ihf
treasurer's report showed good balance
In last wears matches Bowdoin won al
three of the cups offered by the assocla-
| lion.
n, Nav % occurs the annual field day at
Worcester Mass. of the New England In
tercolleeiate Athletic Associate, or "hlch
powdoin was elelected member last year
This date and also June 16, the date OF the
/ ,rrpal college field day at Topshsm, are
aa',,rlv looked forward to by the field and
as, ath,etes. of whom the college has an
'.n,,au, good number now. The sprinters
anS ;umners have kept in practice IN tn,
s;,,m "" sud Manager Crawford and
captsIn Kimball will keep them hard a,
81 ,vhen there it chance to get out ui
| -, The team sent to Worcs sier TINS
u;ll not return without wlnnlrg son'e
,o;rts At the last college field day nVe
ppa,.ao;, records were broken, and several
-, " II, he in danger next June, so that
..,, s,on no college of its SIZE VIII haVe
80, soE and track records than Bow
dom. r,oo m tho
,,,.oscoooin. which has been festure OF
a., .n-,rg term for 80 years, VIII take
- ,b;s year on the morning of June 10.
If.. reor Il was won BY the 80 crew sitter
10 ,oe crew had led all the way, only to b.
osrs,xed % by the bresking of foot strap
80, at the finish. The 81 boys VIII put
on strong four this year but ih iii PFooa1 > ns
bly, be uusbs to c,sn ne ,an rhom Bates aa
will captain again. 49,
"s; Such is a general idea of Whist is on the
,r.mme after the four weeks more OF
Ps.,, .rs over. Since last Thankselv-
;n~ rs' ALI surplus athletic energy hss found
vent outside the wells OF the s!mnssium' anann
ND the results are bling seen in the prNpa-
sui sa';ons M, for the eighth annual athletic exh
p,uSa, m.iSay evening. March %. This exhibit
,;,n fa,' and bali is the event of the Brun.w'es
winter bu era and is eagerly looked forward to o. g
WI The classes are sll working well on
.h,;- an. rarious drills and go through them to
n@,te The squads for the exhibition viii be
bod ont this week. The following squad