The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-05-14
ATHLETIC COLBY
Events-The Base Ball Team-Preparing
for Field Day.
Especial to the PRESS.

Watervlle, May 13.-To Colby students
belongs the credit of building the first
cinder track In Maine for athl etic pur-
poses. Workmen are now busily engaged
Ii1 the construction of a quarter mile
track in the open field near the gymna-
SUM where the Colby ball tossers play
their game. The recent formation of
the Maine intercollegiate Athletic AS
soeiation prompted the Colby students
to go to track building at this time, for
the new association will hold its first
field day here on June 8, and such o
track will contribute largly to it's sue
cess. When the question of making the
track was brought to the attention of
President Whitman, he expressed him
self rs heartily in favor of it and willing
to lend his assistance, provided that the
students themselves would show that
they wanted the track by deeds rs
well as words. The boys took hold with
a will and had soon raised S365 by sub
scription. Prof. Bailey agreed to raise
$500 more, and all told fund of $3.50
was secured. That looks like good deal
OF money to, spend on a quarter Of a
mile track, hut it will all be needed.
First in the work of construction, comes
the excavation, the soil being removed
to depth of several feet. Then into
this trench is dumped layer of coarse
gravel, which is carefully leveled; then
comes a course of clay and last, the
oinders are firmly packed. The track Is
oval in shape and was laid out by Prof.
Bailey. whose aid in matters athletic,
the Colby students are much indebted.
The work is being done under the
efficient supervision of Prof. II. C. Jack
son, the physical Instructor.
The new track is. not the onlysimprove-
ment in Colby athletics. Besides this
| addition to the appliances. il that word
is allowable, the method OF manage
| ment has recently been altered by the
formation of general athletic assocla-
tion among the students, which has
charge OK all the college athletics except
| the base ball and foot ball, and these
will eventually come into the new ar
rangement. Prof. Bailey. and the direc-
tor of the gymnasium, Prof. Jackson, are
| associated with a committee of five
students In the control of the organiza-
| tion. President P1att, manager Of track
| athletics, Dunn, and Field Captain
| Archer Jordan, are the leading execu-
tive officers and are students deeply in
terested in athletics, their efforts will
| be enthusiastic and united to Give Colby
high rank in the world of college sports.
| OobiC VI 0uo IVY UOlD2 natu WOEk
preparatory to the field day on June s.
There is Levi /. Patterson, freshman
who comes to Colby with the honor of
several places won insthe tashes at the
inter-soholastic meets. Holmes and Nc
Fadden can also point to enviable rec
ords they have made in track athletics
in the past. S.H. Hanson of the senior
the broad jump, and is training for the
meet. Whitman Of '97, is also a tower
| of strength, and was the winner of the
hurdle races last year. So it will be
seen that there is an abundance of good
material for strong team. and the col
lege should stand we'll when it's repre-
sentatives meet the strong men OF the
| other colleges on that new track.
Colby's base ball players are under the
charge Of the base ball association, of
which W. L. Gray is4the president. Benja-
min Coffin being captain OF the uine.
Collin is behind the bat when he plays
and is one OF the best catchers the nine
ever had. He played on the Freeport
High School nine before coming TO
Colhy, and has caught for the college
team for two years now. Levi T.Patter-
son is a strong one in the pitchers box,
where he also officiated last year. He
mas pitched for Portland league nine,
the Nashuas and the Freeports, and
In1s year has done similar WORK for the
hr,ennebecs. With his training and sklil,
1rauItsfson is game-Wlnner lor Sne
Golpys. Burton, who will act as chan2e
pitcher, has tossed the ball for the sec
eh ona Colby nine in past years. Then
snsre Sa as Desmond, Portland boy. whe
nas pitched for the Atlantlcs, and
Th Tan oe relied upon when wanted J;L.
ainohpson. who will cover first base, has
Puayed t,n on the Calais club and IN one or
lei I.ssI games here last year. Id. NC
Aeoaa0 is paM man ON the CulbY nine