Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-09
WATERVILLE.
COLBY COLLEGE.
First Outdoor Practiee-Cand'dates TOT
the Team.

| ter a forcnoon's work with a roiiel, .he
Colby diamond was in fair condition
| for the first afternoons practlce siiioe
| the opening of the term.
| Twenty-Five men appeared LOT prac-
| tice, most OF them with SUITS Oh, aiiu
the amount of work accomplished was
very encouraging.
Owing to the absence of van, there
is no one to dispute the ute Oh 'oii'i
| Coombs, 'OG, as the Colby pltcher' pai
excellence; consequently the liicuii-
bent of that position, at least, IS GER
ltain at the start.
| Captain Cowing, '04, also, Will hoid
undisputed title to his old position De-
hind the bat and Pugsley. %, Will pray
| short and will relieve CoomDs IN the
| box ut times.
| With these positions practically set
| tied upon, those open to aspiring call
didates are first, second and third bases
and the outfield.
| The work of trying-Out the men De-
gan as soon as there was a suf11clehtly
large humber on the field to fill the po-
| sitiOnS.
| The first man tried at first was Har-
| old +. Wiley, '06, of Cherryf1eld. He
proved himself swift on catches ana
an easy thrOwer. With little prac-
tice he is expected to show excellent
| form. Pete was graduated from the
Cherryield High school in the class OF
| 1902, and played first base for his pre-
paratoIy school in 1901 and 1902.
Wiley O. Newman, '07, also showed
up well as a candidate for first. New
man made a name for himself, last
fail, as left guard on the Varsity foot
ball team land. yesterday, showed lots
| of ginger for the first time out. His
style of playing won instant commen-
dation and he has good chance for
the position.
Two men were tried for second;
Ralph l.. Reynolds 'OG, of Waterville
and Elihu Il. Tilton, 'O7. of Winslow
Reynolds did some good stopping and
worked we'll with Wiley in base-throw-
ing Tilton labored under the disad-
vantage of not having suit, but
showed good head-work on double
plays. He managed well the throws
from first and third. besides picking W
some hot ones. He played two years
or Freedom Academy.
John Il. Dewitt, the first man tried
on third, got hit in the eye early in
practice, and was forced to discontn-
ne. Shorty Craig, who played the
position, last year, amply made good
He is a fast man with a capacity fol
covering a lot of ground.
The candidates for the outf1eld were
given the iightest kind of practice, Sc
that no opportunity was given to sec
the comparative merits of the men
They We're as follows:
| -
North Nassalboro; Charles ~ Meader
'O6. of Waterville; Lewis w. Dunn, '01
of Waterville; Fred w. C. Rideout, '07
of Charleston.
Center field-H. II. Bryant, Jr., 'O5, o.
Waterville; Fred NJ. Pile, '07, of Wayne
Nebraska; Eben L. Masterman, 'O7, O.
Wilton.
Right 1ield-Linwood l.. Ross, 06, o
Iittleton; Chester A. Grant, '07. O
Freedom; Burr F. Jones, '07, of NOrtl
Windsor.
Other men who We're out, but ex
pressed no preference for position wer,
Flood, Spencer and Field, 'O5; Getchel
and Peterson, '01.
The practice, yesterday afternoon
was in charge of Pugsley, owing to thu
Illness of Capt. Cowing. The bushes:
management of the team temperate!
devolves upon Assistant Manager An
son l.. Tillson, '05, during the illness o
Manager John Il. Roberts at his home
in Caribou.
While the baseball squad was work
ing, the track squad was put through
by Captain Tolman and Manager Col
ton. The management has no an
nOuncement to make until after the ar.
rival of Coach Frank NJ. Kanaly from
Cambridge, Mass, tomorrow. The mer
who appeared on the track were as fol
lows:
Capt. Tolman, Ames. Winslow, 'O4
MaXfold, '05; r. l.. Emery, Remission
Lincoln, Dodge, '06; Morse, Hunt, Belts
Blackburn, RideOut. Dewitt. '07.
| The men We're warmed up by Il turn
or two around the track and then Civ
en- light work. When MIR. Kanaly
comes tomorrow, everything will be il
readiness for active, aggressive train
ing.