Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-06-06
BATES COLLEGE.
Baseball Tournament Will Begin Today
Union Society Meeting-Notes.

Lewiston, Me-, June 5.-(SpeciaD.- TO
morrow, Bates will welcome the baseball
representatives from Hebron, Bridgton,
Kents Hill and Westbrook. who are to
compete in the interscholastic league to
be held here, Friday and Saturday, under
the auspices of this college. The teams
will arrive, tomorrow forenoon, and they
will be met at the station by numerous
students who will give them cordial
welcome and conduct them to Parker hall
where suitable arrangements for then
comfort have been provided by the Bates
men who are graduates of these various
fitting schools.
Tomorrow afternoon, Kents Hill will
cross bats with WeStbrook on Garcelon
field. Saturday forenoon, Bridgton AMI
Hebron will play their usual snappy
game. and Saturday afternoon, the viii
ners will play for the championship. The
Bates Athletic Association will give a
banner to the victorious team: This
league. which is the first one held at
Bates for several years, is composed of
the four fastest fitting school teams in
the Satte. All the students of the college
and many of the baseball enthusiasts Oh
! Lewiston are especially interested in this
| coming event for Friday and Saturday
and no doubt there will be n large crowd
present These schools are represe ntei
| by rival teams and the three games will
be first class exhibitions of baseball.
Tomorrow evening, the three societies
will unite and give a union meeting in
the chanel for the special entertainments:
of the visitors. directly after which ali
informal reception will be rendered then.
in the gymnasium. At the literary meet
| ing the students will strive to intere st
| the representatives Of the fitting schools
| in the debating and literary work at this
| college Bates, in fact. will make the
! bows feel at home and do her best TO eX-
| tend to them a cordial welcome
The Bates baseball team will leave, to-
morrow for Bangor, where. at ) o'clock
| Saturday afternoon, for the third time
this season. they will meet on the dia
mond their evenly matched rival, L. of
NJ. Bates won the first game from L.
Of NJ. by a score of to j. U. of NJ. the
second game. > to l, consequently this
game will decide which of the two teams
| is superior in the art of baseball. an
probably will decide which of the two
| teams is to be champion of the Maine
| intercollegiate League. The Bates boys
are in good trim and no doubt this will
be the fastest college game seen in Maine
this season.
| The members of the Junior class read
their Junior parts, last evening. and the
following u were put over INTO the prlze
Lord. Ramsdell, Sanderson: Misses Don
lham. Fisher, Jordan. Miller. Towle, Will
lliams A prize of SO will be given to the
iyoung gentleman having the best essay
Young lady having the best essay. Mr.
Wardwell received the prize for having
the best essay excluding those in tht
prize division. The judges for the priz,.
division were Rev. A. M. Simonds. Prof
Ia. n. Leonard and Mrs. j. H. Rand.
Many of the students are leaving col
lege in order to take up their work fol
the summer.
mast few days at Rockland in makint
| arrangements for the Knox League. Mr.
| Wall represents the Camden team, o
which he is manager.