Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-12
BOWDOIN REOPENS
Summer Sports Viii Now Occupy De-
gree of Attention.

brunswick, Me, April 11.-(SpeciaD.-
Rowioin opened at SO this morning.
after the spring vacation of 10 days
nearly all men being present at the
various recitations. Beginning today
athletic work will begin in earnest, both
in baseball and track, in preparation
fC" the spring events in both lines of
activities. Interest in both sports at
BOwdoin seems to be especially notice.
ably this season. due doubtless to the:
close rivalry that bids fair to exist
among the Maine colleges during the
baseball and track season.
Track work has been going on during
the vacation season, Captain Donning
and Il number of the men remaining in
Brunswick through the vacation in or
der to train to the best possible adVant-
age. Now that college has opened. a big
squad of men will work each day from
now until the date Of the State meet
at Orono in May.
When interviewed. today. Captain
Denning stated that h. did not care to
talk for publication at this time. ana
remarked with smile that he thought
the time to talk will be after the meet
is over. He. however, expressed himself
as satisfied with the outlook in gen.
eral way and said he believed he has q
good squad of men at work.
1t is of course. too early to tell what
men are likely to be IN the various
events in the State meet, or even who
are likely to be the star men i'm a num-
Der of preliminary events. These things
can be definitely determined only with
considerable outdoor work.
Buwdoin will of course. keenly feel
the loss of Bates. the star sprinter who
| is now in the Columbia Medical school.
| and who proved a sure winner in tn >
dashes during the years he was in col
| lege. Another loss is Rowe, the captain
of last years team. ard who was a
safe winner in the hurdles. There is.
however. some promising material in
different lines. and it would not be sur
| prsirg if some dark horses were heard
of before the season is over. Some of the
old material is also showing up in far
better form than last year.
The rivalry the present year will doubt
| less be almost entirely between Rowdoin
and the University Of Maine. as indeed
it has been for the past several years. 1t
also appears likely that the meet will be
| Il very sharply contested one. The fact
that the event will be held at Orono will
doubtless make the University of Maine
| doubly anxious to capture the meet and
there seems to be no doubt but the stu
| dents at that institution are leaving no
| stone unturned in preparation and train
| ing for the meet. Then. the additional
| fact that this is the second IN the l1-year
series for the State championship cup
| adds not a little to the interest, as both
| institutions are anxious to get good
| start in the series The last series ended
last spring. Bowdoin winning the state
| meet nine out of the 10 years, and the
| University of Maine once.
AS already stated, only general idea
can be ascertained at this time. Howev-
| er. here are some Of the men in the diff
| ferent squads and a part of whom are
looked upon as likely men to start in the
| OronO meet:
| 100 and 30 squad-To begin with. in
| this group there is Henderson. %. who
took third in last years meet. Then there
| is Doherty. 'O7. one of the men who ran
in the Boston meet and who is showing
himself to have the markings in no un-
certain way. Other men jerks. '0f.
a man who made points in the Worces-