Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-06-11
BATES VS.. COLBY, TODAY.
Deciding Game of tho College Series to
Be Played, Today.

| Be Played, Today.
Colby and Bates will meet on the
| Colby diamond, this afternoon, in the
[ deciding game Of the Maine college
championship series, and the outcome
of the game will he watched with in
terest by followers of the game all
over the State. Seldom if ever before
this year have the Maine colleges oc-
cupied in baseball the positions which
| they do, today, when the winning or
| losing Of one game will decide the
championship or tie all four of the
| teams. Thus far Maine, Bates, and
Bowdoin, and Colby, Maine and Bow
| doin have split even, each winning a
| game from the other, Bowdoin has two
victories over Bates because she won
an exhibition game with the Lewiston
college on Memorial day, but this game
| does not count in the percentage of
the teams. Colby has won a. game from
| Bates, and if she wins, today, will have
clear title to the championship.
Colby's chances for winning the
game lie mainly in the condition Of her
battery, and much the same can be
| said of Bates. The fielding work of
both teams is below the average of
Maine college teams and if there is
much hitting it will be a toss-up as to
who will win. Colby's supporters put
great faith in the ability of John
CoOmbs to puzzle the Bates batters
and if he is in his usual condition he
will probably do so, but he has been
hit hard by a Bates team before now
and If he SC.
| undoubtedly the best college pitcher in
the State, today. if the opinion of such
a man as Umpire Hassett counts for
anything, and he should be at his best
today. Doc of Bates, who will be in
the box for the Lewiston college, is
also above the average of college pitch
ers, and he has a slow ball which may
be the waterloo Of the Colby batters.
There will be great crowd in the
city for the game if the weather is
favorable, a special train bringing a
big crowd up from Lewiston and many
Othess coming from all over the State.
1t will be a great game and it will be
hard to get odds in the betting on
either team.
The baseball men We're out Friday
afternoon, for their last practice this
year. Capt. Cow;ng put his men
through some hard practice. Burton
and Wiley were tried out at first base;
Tilton and Reynolds at second; Dunn
and Newman at right field. The play
ing was fast and every man showed
up well. 1t is hard to tell who can do
the best, but the following men will
start the game, today: Cowing, 'O4
x<l
Wiley, 'O6. first base; Tilton, 'O7. Sec
ond base: Chaig. 'C6, third base; Pugs-
ley. '05, short stop; Pile. 'O7. left field;
Leighton. 'O4, center field; Newman, 'O1,
right field; substitutes, Reynolds, 'O5,
aud Burton, '07.
All the college fellows assembled on
the grand stand, Friday afternoon,
while the baseball team was practic-
ing and tried some new college yelIs
that were written for the game, today
The yells are as follows:
Leader-Who said Colby?
All-Everybody!
She's first of all!
She's there to stay!
How'd she get there?
Beating Bates!
How'll she stay there?
Beating Bates!
Colby. Colby! Colby
SECOND YELL.
Leader-Three times three for Colby
All-Three times three for Colby.
All-Three times three for Colby.
Hip. Hip. Hip. Hip, Hooray.
We're out to get the championship,
We're going to win today.
Raymond Mcfarland. principal of Lei
cester Academy at Leicester Mass. is
visiting his friend, Alfred M. Frye, '05, for
a few days.
William NJ league, 'O3, manager of the
Manchester. N. H.. arrived. Friday morn
ing. He will attend the Colby-Ba
game, today.
Christopher C. Kock, '02, arrived. Friday
noon. from West Newton. Mass. Mr..
Kock is a member of the Junior class at
Newton Theological Institute.
Edward H. Cotton. '05. will leave, this
| ter, where he will preach Sunday morn
| ing and evening.
! Prof. Samuel Osborne is confined to his
home on Ash street with illness. He has
been in poor health for the past few
weeks but has managed to be around
about his work.
| Manager Anson Tillson. '05. worked all
| Friday forenoon on the baseball diamond.
| He has scraped and 1eveled it all off and
also sprinkled it over with water so it will
be hard and dry for today. He will have
it rolled twice, this forenoon. 1t will be
in the best of condition for the game with
Bates, this afternoon.
Miss Nellie NJ North. '03. who is one
of the instructors at East Corinth Acad-
emy, arrived on the 3 o'clock train, Fri
day Miss North will visit friends here.
over Sunday.
Eugene York, pitcher on the kents Hill
Seminary team. is staying with friends
| on the c1mDuS.