Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-05-01

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Coburn and Stephenson. The latter IS
fine-catcher. throwcr. hitter and
fighter. COburn ought to make a re-
cord for himself this year to top off the
one he made last. that is. shutting ont
Yale IN the deciding same. l may be
wrong, but | don't think the loser was
ever shut out before in the pIay-off in
the history of Yale, Harvard and
Princeton baseball. I;ut, at that.
Coburn doesn't deserve the greatest
credit in the world for that game. rs
the Yale team PLAYED the "sickcst"
game on record. 1t didn't look and act
like a Yale team. Coburn is six feet
and three inches or SO TALL is we'll am;
lithely built. has great overland speed.
sharp curves. good control of the bal,
and of himself does not get overanxi-
Gus in pinch. and is a mature WELL
rounded pitcher. To show how much I
think of him, can only say that I
would rather play behind him than
Clarkson. day in and day out. The lat
ter is more brilliant. but often failed 30
pitch out the ninth inning as well as he
did the carly ones; in fact. about all .hc
games Clarkson lost were in the latter
P"it vi tiS SUM, t'ii dot NV Ills
showing SO far in professional ball 20
his Princeton experience last year.
Shocnfuss. the shot-puttcr. will help
COburn out. Capt. Randall a fine ball
PLAYER and strong man on or off the
field will play first Cor mis- fourth yeac:
Herman may hold second. third is oper.
Matthews. the colored player. will cover
short as ii should be covered. and. best
of all, hit the ball in pinchcs: Green
ouSh and McCarty are back for the
outheld, so the nucleus IS there for Il
winner. Only two places to fill. 4
steady battery on hand. Il strong cap
tam to direct the team and set them an
example, and the benefit of Dr.
Nichols. Chcscbro's and Kcclcr's
toaching-this is strong hand
Tow about Princeton" She'll be on
h1nd, She always is. when you hay"
gone to the dressing roorn with Il Tiger
scalp hanging to you:' belt. dress for
the thcatcr and have a good time. be-
cause You have earned il. Princeton
has instilled into all her teams thar
novcr-say-dic spirit TINT wins in the
last ditch. in spite of al opposition.
La:nar's run. Poe's and HeWitt's kicks
- ''''"''''' t''A eil' Iuil-tul III l'jV tJ-il
at Princeton and in 1903 60 in bas,-
Dali. all against Yale and in the last
gasp. so to speak, show tn Tiger to be
an ugly brute to have at Eay
Ryram and tooney. the battery, are
both back. Byram is a left -hander who
pitched his first game against Clarkson
last gear and in the middle of the game
was hit for homer with the bases full.
But he finished strong. His best game
last year was against Yale at Prince
tor. That day he was Il fine pitcher.
In New York, in the play eff. he looked
ill and seemed to favor lis arm. but lie
got away with it. AMI deserves all the
more credit. He ought to be good
INST plain good, and nothing more than
t1"t-tfiiS year. COoney is not pretty
or graceful catcher. but he gets there
which is the brand of goods most
sought after. and is Il fine man to have
on team. Davis ut first has gradu-
atcd. SO has Purncll, and also the en-
tire outiicld of fine hittcrs. Cosgrave
Tndcrhill AMI Stevens. Wells. the
captain. fine ball player and pinch
hitter. will play sccond-,lis fourth year
on the team and third as second base
man-and Reid, the former catcher and
third baseman. will probably be moved
to short, where he ought to be a star.
New faces will b. seen at al the other
positions. but as the season is so young
there is no need of ;,oing into detail
concerning them. Men will be shifted
here and there in an endcavor to gct
the best combination and it is very
likely that the players VI no go against
Val" in June will. many OF them, not be
The ones who seem best now. and ar.
therefore. given the first chance i'm
April games.
At the same time. this Princeton
team stands the host chance of losing
{" Harvard of any Princeton nine in
several years. They are going up
'%Hi,.St fine. mature. ncrvy pitcher in
'ohurn-th" Harvard team ought to be
well northumberland the game is played
1t Cambridge. IF Harvard does not
beat Princeton this year it is a sure
thing that any Princeton team has tho
Indian Sign" on any Harvard team
II has looked this way in the past bu.
this y"hr il ought to prove it, one way
~ tn" other
Pennsylvania has one rr;in left from
lat yer. CAPT. CariSs. who will prob !
1hlH catch. The chances are that Penn |
y III not haN" one Of ti,csc teams that |
Turned o'tt Haync. Thompson. Goecklc, |
l:nN Thomas. aud others. 1t is called |
a f"rl"rn hope nj tn" college itself, but |
Il the coll":" spirit IS thcrc. the nine
'i'f;ht to he III" most popular and best |
b2"tcd-up Of all the teams.
A'ron1 the Zig Four. Harvard starts
ut with n" bright 2st prospects. Penn
5. !Ninia with the sloorlicSt. Yale has
ri"Uty g: Old material left over, but it !
has never proved itself good enough to |
win. Can the new regime whip it into |
something" Princeton Will work and |
tcht hard. ana have no doubt expects |
to Loaf Yale. as shH has done for the
past len years. ard IT?rVGr,. from time
il n cnoral. The final cue stiun. how
aver to be asked of all the teams is |
Have You got the n"rvc?" And i'm the |
answer t. that really lies the solution |
y huge t!'rtro-marnat has been set |
IL ii a certain hospital in England. 1t |
Troy out Splirtcrs nf stct! which had |
become lodged in the eyes of patients. |
In one instance it 'Irrw out Il piece of |
1 hammer head which had been driven
nto the muscles Of Il ratirnts upper |
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