Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-06-04
CONY HIGH WILL STRUGGLE
TO Break Away from Her Present Tail End
Position.

The members Of the Conv high schoo
athletic team are on the tipton of excite.
| mont just at the present time. wondering
what Will be the outcome of the inter
| scholastic meet TINS year For severa
years Cony has been hanging onto tho
tail end of the association. This year the
dropping out of Portland and Bangor
from the association gives Cony a much
better show than usual.
Among the first arrivals at Watervile
yesterday afternoon, were lie members OF
the Thornton team who passed through
TINS city ON the way to WaterVille where
the meet is 10 be held this afternoon
This team has been keeping some of the
Cony boys guessing as but very little has
been heard from them
Although Cony has much better team
than usual the management does not
have the faintcst idea that the team will
do any thing more than lift the team out
of the hole in which it has been so long.
The fact is the Cony boys are little in
clined to talk for publication about the
team. About the most that can be got
ten out of the management is that there
are one or two dark horses and that
Cony has been in the tail place long
enough.
The boys have been at work on the
track for a long time now and very faith
fully. Hardly an afternoon has passed
that has not seen the boys out on the
track. Even Thursday the boys We're
working, but for the last time. and
cllr -a1 ;,, ~
day. the men We're in the pink of condi-
ton and had BECOME so hardened to the
cold weather that even with Il continual
ton of the same weather today they will
be able to show up fully as well as any
of the other teams in the State.
One thing that encourages the men in
the Cony team is the fact that Bangor
and Portland have dropped out of the
meet. Almost ever since the association
WAS formed the only question has been
whether Bangor or Portland would carry
off the cup. With these two schools out
the smaller schools feel that they stand
Il much better show of winning.
There are six schools entered in the
meet this year. Thornton. Edward Little
| Brunswick. Bath, Cony High and Coburn
Classical. OF these the Brunswick high
school team is picked by a good many a
winner Saturday is the day wncn Ed
ward Little will make its initial appear
ancc as this school has never sent ii team
out before There is considerable guess
| ing rs to what the Thornton team will
| do this year, her strength in foot bail
giving the school an unusual reputation
in athletics
From the outlook yesterday therr was
promise of an unusually good attendance.
Tickets had been sent to all the schools
and the managers reported good sales. \
| large number of the Edward Little stu
dents planned to attend in body. From
the outlook the station in this city will
| he one mas; OF fluffy hair tied with
crimson and white ribbons the property
/ of the young ladies from Cony who will
20 to Wat"rvlle to attend the meet. In
addition to this nearly all the 'rootcrs'
Of the school will 80 down in company
with a good many Of tine graduates.
| The headquarters of the team viii be
1T the f,lnWood although good many
Of the boys have received invitations
! from Colby students 10 be their guests
while in the city.
| While the Cony high boys are reticent
about their team ana its prospects they do
not hesitate to say that in their minds
| F'urhush of the Brunswick team will car
ry off the silver medal in the spEints. He
| has given Hal Hunt of Bangor, more
| than the man could attend to and is
| looked on as an easy winner The pole
vault is CONGO ed to Dunlap of the same
school. These are thought to be the only
men who are sure Of places.
| Word was received yesterday from the
men in charge of the track in Colby, say
ing that the track is in unusually good
condition and no team should think of
staying away on account Of the rain.
The Cony boys are looking for warmer
weather as ii is feared this weather will
stiffen the men up so that they will not
be able to do the work of which they are
capable.
The managers of the association are
much pleased at the manner in which the
teams are sending men TO the meet. Al
though there are only six schools there
are ten men more entered than there
were the year before.
| If the Cony men do succeed in winning
points. their success will in great meas
ure be due to the efforts of the coach
Walter G. Hookc, Colby 1900. who by his
efforts has developed several green mer
into possible winners. He will be witt
the boys from the time of their arriva
until after4he meet, giving them final In
| StructionS.
A large number of the students of thf
school will go to Watcrvlle to attend tn,
meet and cheer the boys on 10 victory.
Mr.. Chas. |. Engel of class of '9S