The Portland daily press., 1895-06-27
Interesting Exercises At BoWdoin
Medical School.
ALUMNI AND COLLEGE MEN BAT.
TIE ON THE DIAMOND.
Annual Meeting of the Historical Society
Greek Letter Societies Hold Reunions
DIR. jenkins Eloquent Address to the
Graduates,
ESPECIAL TO THE pREss.l

lSHEClAl IL LEE fhESbel
Brunswick, June 26.-The graduation
of the medical school, the annual meeting
of the Maine Historical society, and the
reunions of the various Greek letter
fraternities brought a large number of
prominent men here today Among them
were Chief Justice Peters, Hon. Austin
Harris of East Machias, Judge Horace H
Burbank of Saco Hon. James P. Baxter,
Hon. Joseph W Symonds, Hon. j. A.
Locke, Ira S. Locke, Esq, Eben W. Free
man, ESQ.,, F. R. Barrett, Esq, H. W.
Bryant, and others of Portland. The
young doctors received their diplomas in
the presence of many prominent members
of the profession.
Now there was one event of the day not
on the official programme, and yet which
was looked forward to with great interest.
1t was the annual baseball game between
the regular Varsity nine for the year
now closing and nine made up of
alumni, who in former years have won
fame on the college diamond In these
days. when the baseball player and the
football contestant have their pictures in
the newspapers, it may not be considered
strange II this afternoons remarkable ex-
hibition of the national game is described
even before matters of more weighty i'm
portance are recounted. 1t was shortly
before three when the stand overlooking
the diamond began to fill with men old
and young, with sisters of the students
and the other fellows and with their
mothers too. The alumni warmly
welcomed the favorites of by-gone days,
and told of the deeds of prowess done in
those ancient times. 1t was quite re-
markable aggregation that represented
the alumni. Cook, who played at short
stop today, was on the college team of ten
years ago, and as he went into the field,
the story was told again how his home
run saved the day in that famous thirteen
was freeman Of '89, who again stood be-
hind the bat to receive the swift balls
pitched by Plaisted the star twirler of
'93. Downes of '92 was on first base,
: Jones of '94 on second, Sykes, '94, third.
In the field was Talbot, famous player
in the days when the members of the
class of '87 were yet undergraduates.
With him were Chapman of '93 and
Anderson of '94
Pitcher Plaisted was captain of the
Alumni team and was loud in his call fol-
an umpire with whiskers. If he couldn t
get one with whiskers, he preferred some
body who didn't know the game. Finally
1|dOhudllA, VI WIN uOOou WCdl
whiskers and does understand baseball,
accepted that most dangerous position
and play began
The Varsity players found they had
their hands FULL and great was the ex-
element when in the second inning the
Alumni players put themselves in the
lead by scoring five times.
'tOne of those 'S7 hits, Talbot, :" shouted
@ member of that class, as his favorite
took the bat. "All right, Tom," came
the reply as the ball was sent flying in
the direction of Bath. The appearance Of
Chapman, who wore a red sweater and q
white straw hat of the latest mould, was
greeted with the old cry, "Line her out
Chappie," and lined out it was. tNow
freeman, you know how it used to be III
the old days" came the shout from the
stand, and Freeman showed he knew.
He was on third base when the ball was