Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-01-26
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BOwoOiM BALL PLAYERS.
] The Prospects q ihs Team Tor ths ssaasn g
1854 Prospective plBsv.
! BrUxswIcK, Jan. 25.-(Special. )-As e
1 Bovdoins base ball prospects for ne1'
spring, it is, of course, too early now to
risk prophecy on just what will be done
and en- jas. who sill do il, but il is Ger
taiply safe to make the general statement
that Bowdcin will Put team in the field
next spring fully capable of nobly defend
ing the championship of the Maiae league,
which the college won last spring.
II base ball Bowdoin has not uniformly
won the glory that che has in all other
branches Of sport. In foot ball, rowing,
tenni., gymnasium work and field aud
track athletic, she is SO far ahead of her
sister Maine colleges that they are not rec
ogpized as being in the same class, but in
| base ball she has many times held some
| other plsce in the league than first. Some
times thi, has resulted from the superiority
Of her opponents, and often il has been her
own car.lessness and lack of hard work af-
ter making g,od beginning. Last year
the Bosdoin nine kept their winning gait to
the end and won place in the league that
! they will make hard fight t. retain next
season.
Enthusiasm is hi Oh among the candidates
| for the team, and % or 80 men are taking
base bail training in the gymnasium each
day. Manager Thomas aud Capt. Sykes
are the rialt men for their places, ard
Judging from the way they and their men
are settling down to work, Bowdoin is ia it
for business again this year, and her old
rivals will be led hot race before they can
win.
OF last years champion team two men
are rlis sing but they were two of the best.
| CAPT. Hutchinson at short stop and Savage
| on first had no superiors in the league, and
Savage led the league in batting. The
question of who will take their place will
not be settled for many weeks yet, but
from the 20 new men who are in trainin g
| from the two lower classes, all of whom
have had experience Uniting schools, there
are quite a number Of very eligible men.
Coburn and and Willard so, and Bodge
| '97, have played first base on their class
tearas, and ii is quite likely one of them
will take the plac. left vacant by Savage.
The first two are especially good at the bat,
and Coburn is the best base runner. Amy
of the three would cover first finely. The
men who may be short.top cannot even be
narrow ed down to three. One of the old
players, say Sykes or Fairbanks, may move
in there, or it may be new man like Dana
or Soule 9G, Hull, Mcmillan or Randall
'97, or it may be a dark horse. Oae Of
these m IN may be put on third base.
In regard to the positions other than first
base or shortstop, there is much less doubt,
as all the other seven members Of last
years team are still in college AMI will in
most probability all be members Of the next
nine. Perhaps, indeed, some may be
crowded out by new material, but all the
oil players are good ones and experience
counts for considerable. In the box will
be Plaisted, the popular left-handed twirler
of Augusta, who for three years has done
so good work for Bowdoin. Cool, reliable,
DO assessing swift and broad curves, fielding
his position well. AMI by no means batting
poorly.
Plalsted i, a most valuable man to the
term, and opponents dislike to gee him in
the bex. Williams, '9G, is star player
who plays perfect game in any position
though the most copgenial locality to him
is the box. As last spring, however, he
II probably play ia the field most of the
time with an occasional game in the box.
H. is a steady pitcher with great speed.
At the bat he is a terror to pitchers, and
di some phenomenal work with the stick
la year. His home runs were feature
of nearly all the games. A new man VINO
may be given chance in the box is Saw
yer, 81, Of Gardiner. He did good wol k
on his class team tbs fall and is very
omising young twirler.
At the other end of the battery it is not
uni xely that Billy Allen '94 will preside
most of the time, as in two or three past
springs. lie is a star man behind the bat
and knows every point of the game. He
plays 10 win, and opposing players have
learned to keep an eye in his direction as
some most unexpected play or new trick is
likely to develope at anytime. A freshman,
Harris of New Jersey, is fine young
catcher and if he does not get chance this
sp.inC, is sure to be leading player later
on. Thus with these three pitchers and two
catchers it looks as though Bo Sdoin were
well fixed in the battery line. There is also
other good material for catcher.
Pfobably Capt Sykes will play his old
position on second wi here he did brilliant
ork last year. He is fair batter and good
base runner, and as captain will be cool
leader, full of judgement and snap. Fair
banks, the Bangor boy who as an all-around
a,helete probably has not superior in
Maioe at least, will be on the team, al
though he may not remain on third. he
NAV be found either en- frs. or in the field.
He is always popular With the crowd and is
player worth watching. His only weak
point last yeaS Was an occasional poor throw
to first. He is phenomenal batter. and
last year there were but one or two better
in the lesgue. Bowdoin's batting last year,
/ By the way, was something astonishing, as
nearly all her men were at the very first of
the lat with high averages.
Chapman and Huxley "a will doubles
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