Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-04-23
BOWD0IN COLLEGE,
The Athletic, and Other Gossjp
of the Spring Term.
Another Winning Team Promised for
the Worcester Meet.
'a'ts OF Eowdoin" 10 Appear in June. .Base
B.iI-ncw Library .-Noles.

ioWdoin finds the fun number of EN-
Coats back. and among the bows III.
athletic outlook is not least of tho
prominent topics of discussion. As
usual. also. that topic is Of more yan-
ciai interest to the outside world than
Is tlc news Of the routine work in
lecture roCm and laboratory. In
track sports. baseball and tennis TN.
prospect for winning teams is most
cnCoul aGinS. and the announcement
that Sykes "a will be head coach.
next fan. il football. makes stronger
the confidence that football, team
Will he developed 20 equal last seasons
remarkable series of Victories The
athletics of the college are on a firm
hAa1c'al basis. every association being
ont of debt, and with money in the
treasury.
ut present there is moro interest in
field and track sports than in any
other branch and every effort is being
m3de to turn out winning team for
the annual field day of the New Eng
land colleges on the Worcester oval.
May IS. Trainer James c. Lathrnp
has arrived and is in charge of the
team of which II. ii. Cloudman 'O1. the
famous Splinter, is captain. and G..
Rowland Walker '0c. of Portland. the
manager. For 16 years Mr.. Lathrop
has been at the head of track athletics
at Harvard. giving way. this year. to
John Graham. who for the past two
seasons has coached the strong teams
which have represented Bowdoin.
Mr.. Lathrop is past master of Ills
profession. and is enthusiastic over
the splendid material he finds at
Bowdoin and the earnest spirit with
which the candidates for the team en-
ter into their work. He has high
hopes that Bowdoin can send a team 10
Worcester which will repeat the per-
Torrance of 1890 when il won the
championship. Last year the Bowdoin
team won more points than in 1899, but
won only third place among the 10
colleges as the points were not so well
divided as they were the previous
year,.
I. The backbone of the team is Capt.
Cloudnan who won three first prizes.
last year, and who will. barring acct
dents. repeat the performance. May
IS. He is in perfect condition AMI
feels that he can do the dashes and
broad Jump better than ever before.
Eastman 'o2 and Rowe '0i. two Port
land boys. are also showing great
form in the dashes and may furnish
surprise The star hurdler is Hal
Hunt '02. next falls football captain.
He won place last year. and it IS
said that he can now do better than
his predecessor. Capt. Edwards 90.
who collected several medals at Wor-
Cestcr. There will be points won.
probably five Of them. by Dunlap 'o3 IN
tho hammer threw. Dunlap is the foot
BAN man. and the all round athlcti"
hero OF several interscholastic field
DAYS. He is now putting most OF MS
attention on the hammer and is daily
throwing it far beyond the marx ''''l
asst wear won first place at Worcester
He also throws the discus. as do"S
cant. Cloudman. In the Shot put
Small of the Medical school ana bou
well 'Ol. the football center. are tiie
men. Small '01 and Wen
her .O2 are men who may he hcafd
from in the bicycle race. This Is thc
last wear that the bicycle race VIII De
4 mart of the intercollegiate contests.
In the high Jump Hamilton OF ana
HAYES '02 are both good men, III u'e
ouartor mile Bowdoin is particularly
strong in Snow '01. Noyes w, anu
GRAY 90. The first named mas Il rum
full, of medals and cups ana VIII a"u
ia the collection. this spring. N"Se9
% is y most promising new man. p"''
in tho Quarter and in the half. bow.
1oi,.e leading half miller is Nuttcr 's
,f R,,ror who is looked upon 10.
nofnts McRae OF will also be near"
from in this event In the long rs
,ance runs. particularly the mn
Wheeler ol and Thompson o'' "'o
both good men. -
1-bcso mentioned are the most prom
.,,, 81 Tho mon now working hard on
,bo Whittier held for places on -"
team, but other pro'',S'"e
mo, are also out and Trainer La''!'p
will doubtless bring out some ~
winner from the large amount Oh go
nv material. The seventh anhu''
Gc1d dav of the four Maine c"ilc
,,ilI no hold on the L. of NJ neiu ~
orono Juno |. Bowdoin VIII
o,.or = foam composed of it's WorceS'.,
team and other good men anu W.
content itself by repeating ,.' .s
Torrance of the past six heio 70 ,hc
winning more points t"a"
tbreo other colleges combined. o.,
powdoin's third annual inVi'a'io' !,
to the preparatory schools OF MA,
tc held upon tho Whittier HELD '''
MAY y. ard is certain to be Il s''o
in mast wears. Teams representa-
u,ccn l. and % of the lcadihS ,e
schools will take part. The follo"ns -
have already notified Manager wan
heir invitation to take part ana
will be heard from. Kents Hih, Itch
Classical Institute. Edward lit'i. 80,
School. Fryeburg Academy vet
Academy. Thornton Academy
brook Seminary. Portland iiSh' -,
High, Brewer High. Old TOWN ,,,ast
High, Frceport Hish. o.a
brook High. Brunswick High, ~.
Falls High Others which Will pioD
end teams are Bath. Lewiston anu
me- High schools. The meet mas
won by EentS Hill the past two ~. tho