Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-29
Spring Athletics Now
Hold the Boards.
Arrangements Being Made for
Baseball Practice.
Candidates Trying to Make Team
GIee Club Concert.

brunswick, Me-, March 2S.-(SpeciaD.
cnring athletics at Bowdoin are be-
,.;oning TO be the much-talked-of thing.
With the coming of the Easter vaca-
.;or and the selection Of the baseball
and track squads. that are to stay at
tho college and work during the re-
oass the enthusiasts are warming up
along with the weather.
Manager Putnam of the baseball
.a,m is now making his arrangements
for the outdoor practice, which he
h,,nes 10 have begin during the early
,rt of next week. He expects to have
? dozen or mere men stay at the col
lage during the vacation. Although the
whittier field is yet a most wet place,
tine old Delta back of the Medical
b,ilding is fast rounding into form,
and il is here that next weeks prdc-
tice will take. place.
Coach John irwin, the veteran base
hall player and the man who handled
the championship '03 team, will be here
tbe 9Th of April and then the work will
hegiu in earnest, as indeed it has al
ready begun. Manager Putnam says
his courage is good and believes that
the Bowdoin team will be good one.
Tepre are some 80 or 40 good men at
uork at present and the greater part
of them are rlen who can make good
hid for th,. team. In some respects the
team bids fair 20 be stronger than for
a number Of years. This will be es-
peciaIly true of the hitting. Pop" Will
Win h:lc handled the this
winter, as he has for several years
past. stated that they are the best hit
ting bunch he has seen in a number OF
years.
Ir the pitching department the team
Of course, will miss Cox, in ii way that
no other man would be missed. Yet the
situation is not so bad even here as
might be imagined. There are four
men out for the position and 1t seems
probab Bile that one of them at least, will
prove what is wanted. To begin with.
there is Lewis. '05. who has done pitch
ing from time to time and has done
good work. Then there is Piper. who
pitche d parts of games, last year, and
who showed that he had il remarkably
good BALL He is also 2 fast hitter
Layin:, a !inc eve. The third man is IA
freshman ~ TIC name Of Files and he
seems. to be tne most promising man
in the bunch. lie is pronounced by
good authorities to nave the making
Of tn" real thing il the way of Il pitch
er and some believe he will be Il sur
priser when the time comes around.
He has had some experience in base
ball before coming to college and is al
50 Il good hitter. Robinson, a former
Portland High pitcher. is the fourth
man, and seems to be showing up well.
For catcher there are also four men
on the carpet. The first is Green, who
caugnt OF the championship '03 team
and who is now in the Medical school
and who ought to put in the bid
for the position. He knows how to
catch and also how to hit. Lawrence.
o. who caught on last years second.
is another good man are BaviS and
Tuell. All are trying for the place in
earnest.
For first base the candidates are
Clark, o7, Mitchell. 'OS. Winslow, 90.
and Tucker o. All of these men have
had baseball experience. OF the num-
Der, Mitchell is perhaps the favorite.
he having Il good baseball record be-
fine in the cage during the past Win
ter. He is 4 corking hitter. Winslow
and Tucker have both played on the
second team since coming to college.
At second there is likely to be some
thing doing for the position. Bobby
Hodston. who held the bag last year, will
do his prettiest to hold his place. while
Pike. 81. seems likely to put up the
strongest kind of a bid. Pike played on
the second. lust year. and was one of the
hest men on that team. He is also a fine
man with the stick. Their" are two 9th
er candidates for the position IN Chandler
and Ellis. both of the freshman class. and
Who know something about the game;
Al short Don" White stands the big
chance for the position which he has held
for the past years. He is considered one
ut the best ll-round shorts to be found
Other men out for the place are Bodkin
on, and Packard. '0S.
Al third there are four candidates-twC
OF them, at least, fast men. One Is stan
wood. M. the captain of the last year :
Hebron Academy team. where h" made a
rcputation for himself. He knows base
hlll better than most college men and car
mt i'll great style. heading the list at he
hr"n, last year, on one OF the fastest
teams that institution has turned out 10.
Years. Another fast man Is CROWLEY. o>
WI" is showing up we'll in every way
Two other men for this position are Saw
Yer. "a. and Purinton. '0S.
For left field there is Captain Clarke
Who needs no Introduction in any way
other candidates are Redmond. %, an,
foushton. OF. both of whom have ha,
experience and are good men.
Al center BRIGGS. 01. is the most prom
lsing man. He has played ball more ol
less and is what may be called a natur'
nan player He could probably have
hlade the team last year had h" been II
college at the time. Other men are kins
man and Day. the former playing the po
Stlon last year
Az right there are three men out. Doc
ahoott probably has the place pretty wei
.iliohed rs he is Il fast baseball man an.
moods no introduction to college baSepal
VI me State. having played with Coibl
'hu elsewhere in the past. He couio no
pL,E last year because of the One-Eea
rue. Other men are Ham, o. ana STU
me members of the Glee Clubs left OF
10 train, today. for Damarlscottil
MMherc they gave 4 concert. this evening
IN, nc men who composed the club on TIM
TIp We're nennng. 05: Gushing. %; =
irene o.: Andrews. '06: Rogers. w
!!ne1hhson @: Wilson. 'oI: Bass. %; Neal
w, Pike. %: Linneil. OF: JOY. o.; Ham
~ %. Nox. &: Packard. '0. The ciup VII
~ concert at Thomaston. WecneSaa
Thetning; returning to college, Thursda!
,, nus VIII probably be the last concert
i ine season: as the trip will exhaust IN
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