The Portland daily press., 1894-04-21
THE FIELD OF SPORTS
what Two Portland Sports Did,

a distance from them. Later Gney neafu
faint sound as of carefully handled
paddle, and saw boat come round a
point of the island. The man in the
stern was padding. while another in the
bow had his gun in hand already for
game. The man with the gun espied the
decoys in the dim light, and quicker
than flash he lifted his gun and dis
charged both barrels AS he did so the
steersman dropped his paddle, seized his
gun and blazed away also. This was too
much for the sporsmen on the island.
and they broke out into loud guffaw.
The men in the boat "caught on" at
once, and dug away with their paddles
in great shape. Their friends are very
earnest in their inquiries as to their
luck.
Shooting Match at the Cape.
A very successful shoot was held at
the Cape Fast day afternoon. Very few
from this city were over, but all OF the
local gunners were out in force. The
shoot was in charge of Mr.. Arthur Odlln,
and the prizes, six in number, were do
mated by Mr.. Fred Goth, the gun dealer.
A strong wind prevented large scores.
The shoot was 20 birds per man.
First prize, ebony rod-Arthur Udll
Second prize, bag of shot-W. s. Jones
and W.Staples, divided.
Third prize. fine shell bag-Frank
Wheeler.
Fourth prize, shell bag-Captain Fl.
G. Trundy.
Fifth prize, ten pounds of shot.
Sixth prize, ten pounds of shot-W.;
Han naford.
1t was evening when the shoot ended,
and all returned home we'll satisfied
with the afternoons sport
Bowdoin's Track Athletics.
Brunswick, April 20.
The annual intercollegiate meet will
be held in Worcester, May 23rd, eleven
colleges being represented this year.
Ames '94 of Dartmouth is president of
the league, and several important
changes il the programme have been
made Probably in order to avoid the
necessary rush in the afternoon exer-
cises, the quarter mile men and ali of
the trial heats will be run off in the
morning. The distance of the hurdles
is likely to be changed from that of last
year to conform 20 the regulations.
Bowdoin will send good team and
will probably show up favorably. u.
l.. Kimball '95, is captain, and the men
are training W ell. Negotiations are
being made with Mclean, the trainer,
and he will probably keep the men to-
gether till after the meet. Whittier, the
Captain and trainer will select the rep
resentatives of Bowdoin,s land among the
possible candidates for entries are Lord
and Doherty '95 in Hurdles, Kimball
and Fairbanks in putting the shot;
Thomas, "a. and Shnte, '97, will walk.
Joe Shaw, 's4, is looked upon as pr promis,
enter for the mile run. Borden, ~, is
showing up. well in the running high
jumping. He has easily beaten the
college record of feet.
Bowdoins Today,
The Bowdoins will again play the
Port1ands on the home grounds this af-
ternoon. Plaisted will probably pitch
the entire game for the collegians. The
game will commence at 2.30.
The National League.
The following games were played yester-
day by National League clubs:
At Springfield Springfield 8; Bangor, s.
At ouisville-Louisville, 10; Cleveland, 5.
At CInc1nnaGl-l1nc1nn lUs GQlcdSO, o.
At Observation-Disclosures II; New York, g.
At Observation-Disclosures 8; Ph1ladel-
phia, g.
! General Sporting Notes.
Elk. Chapman of this city, challenges
W. H. Mclaughlin of Scarboro to series
Of checker games for the championship
of Maine and the medal.
Fred A. Plaisted. the we'll known oars
man, was in the city yesterday, having
been called home by the dangerous ill
ness of his mother, who lives at North
Gorhanl.
The twenty-fitth anniversary ban
quet of the Portland Yacht Club, to
be held at Falmouth Hotel on Thursday
evening, April 26, is expected to be a
great SUCCESS Members may procure
their tickes at the store of William SEN
ter & Co., and Stevens & Jones, up to
the previous Monday. on which date ar
rangements of the committee must be
completed.
The first salmon of the season at
Searsport was caught in the weir Of
Clement and Rich, April 10, weighing 81
pounds.
The Maine Farmer says: There are
hundreds of horsemen in Maine who
should be actively interested in the
grand list of stakes and races advertised
by Rigby Park Association, and such
enterprise merits recognition. Give the
managers of these tracks a generous list
of entries and SO boom the horses of
Maine"
A small catch of 16 brook trout was
taken by one of the South Paris fisher
men recently.
LIP. SWEET of Norway is entered for
three bicycle raes at Saugus, Mass, this
week.
Smells have made their appearance in
Lapham brook, a tributary of Tailor S
pond in Androscoggin County. The
run generally lasts about five nights,
with great abundance of fish for about
three nights. The run at Sabattus
usually begins about week after the
Lapham brook run, or from two or
four days after the smelts disappear from
the latter place.
The Skowhepan Wheel Climb have is