Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-22
UNIVERSITY OF MAINE.
Ball Team Leaves for Exeter-Track
Men at Work-Commencem Plans.

Orono. Me-. April 2L-(SpceiaD.-The
baseball team left, Friday noon. in cold
drizzling rain for Portland, where they
were to stop. Friday night. They will
leave Portland, early Saturday morning,
for Exeter, n. H., where the first game
of the season is to be played, providing
the weather permits. This game il the
first of a long schedule which has been
revised up to date as follows:
April 22-EXcter at Exeter
April 2i-I>artmouth ut Hanover.
April 25-Cniversity of Vermont at Bur-
lingtOn.
April 9G-University of Vermont at Bur-
linstOn.
April 29-DeXter at Orono.
May 1-Haverhill Cycle Club ut HIver-
May TUFTS college at Tufts.
May 3-Yale University at New Haven.
May LYNN B.. B: c. at Lynn;
May 5-Boston University at Boston.
May 6-phillips Andover at Andover.~,
May 1O-BateS at Orono.
May 11-Colby at WatcrVille.
May eD-HateS at Lewiston.
May 24-Bowdoin At Orono.
May 2-TuftS at OrOnO.
May 21-Co!by at Orono.
May 3l-Open through cancellation.
June 2-BowdOin at Brunswick.
The four games to be played on this
trip are all hard ones and II, that is "N-
pecte5 Of the team is TO make It fairly
good showing. The experience will be in
valuable to the new men and The team
will get some good practc" iii working
together. The first game with Exeter
will probably be as tough = proposition
as the second one with Dartmouth. As
the academy boys have Just beaten til
cOllegians. The University Of Vermont
with whom the third and fodrth games
will De played. are reported to have gath
cred fast bunch Of material for ms
years work aud it viii ne L difficult task
n lplpl. them M their GROUNDS.
PrNdoin is to play Vermont, next week.
also 50 it is hoped that some comp3ri-
sons may be made" on the relative
strength o. Maine and :oWdoin-
Eleven men are taken on the trip, m
Guiding an extra catcher ana pitcher my
all told there are four men VINO are ''',.
to pitch 4 good game if cal.cd upon TO ;i,,
50. Frost and Mitch' II will d" most al
the twirling. though lurt man hA cdll'U
| upon to do little work. Gorcon ai:h
Dixon. two freshmen, Will b." bciln" TX
bat Gordon is Il COnE High mln ana
has had CONSIDERABLE tXDeri"nc' AT tniS
position. Both Frost and Mitchell prefer
him on til" home plat, but DIXON Is
likely to be used i'm on" of the four games
to try him out. Pat" Collins Will captain
| the team from his old stand on first: 4
| freshman named Moody from l.e2Vitt In,
stitute will play off the second Dag. ana
f:lr,lS who played second last year. viii
he moved around to short. and Doc
| Thatcher will be put on third. Iu"t.
Hosmor and Mitchell will Play in the out
| field. Chase taking Mitchell! place ~;icii
.'C;nSsia" is in the box. AltoE, tn"r th"%
are an aggregation of ball players. and
| if they do their level best there * n"
reason why the team may not make 4 rec
| ord to he proud of.
| Although NEST of thu students are at
home for the Easter recess, about 20 Of
| the track team are staying through Il
keep in condition for TIL" coming meet
| Coach Farrell is just as busy as Yer ara
when he is not coaching the c;thG ties OF
the different events he * hard 1T Work
| with whrclbrrrow anG shovel smoothing
up the rough places on the track. In,
| tnlire track has been carefully graded
| and rolled and new cindcrs hay" arrived
! which are being spread over its surface"
The 22n-y yard stra GETAWAY. which has not
| been used for two Years, - last "ound!;i&
into shape and should be III fine condition
| for the INTERCOLLEGIATE cl'lSS meet. WHICH
| comes oft MAY s.
| President Fellows with the help of til"
taculty is making preparations for the
most oventfiii commcncemrnt in tht his
| tory of the university THIS VIII ID" m"
| terrontenrial or 81 anniversary OF tn
graduation of AInine's frSt class w"
| prominent speakers navH already been So
| cured: Carroll u. Wright. president Of
| Clark University. who will dc liver the Pm
| Kapra Phi address: and Professor Ed
| ward Howard GriggS of NV York. whn
| is 10 deliver the i;aCCalaurcatt sermon.
| 10th men ar" very interc sting ana popu-
| lar Speakers and should draw large au-
| licences.
| session Of the University of Maine, Civ
| ing information regardin" the courses of
| feret. and the f@culty of instruction.. TGlS
| fourth summer term 1T the university Will
| begin. June PC. and continue five weeks.
| The courses Offered includ" boG'nE.
| chemistry English, French. GcriAan. his
| tory. Latin. mathematics. pdtrr" study.
| pedagogy and physics. A course "t le'-
| lures has been arranged to b. given hT
! the following speakers:
| President Fellows. The Development Of
Modern Germany" Hon. W. w. St"tson
| Stat superintendent of schools. CON
| rion School PodagogY' and Some Edu-
| catonal Problems" Dean Hart. h"
| Use of the Obscrvato"y;' Professor Ste
| v"ns Modern Theories Of Matter: Pro
| fessor EStahrooll" Some Characteristics
of Poetry" Librarian Jones. How to s,
Il Library" DIR. Worden 'Schilior,
I"I.oncfolow. and His Friend Frciligrath.
| The dates of th"s" lectures will he an
| ro,ncod at tho opening Of iii" term DR.
Nordcn will give other lectures urnn sub
| iects competed with Latin and German
| literature if desired
| Prof James s. Stevens has charge or
| the sumner session and Will be glad to
answer any inquiries as to the courses.