Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-08
Closing Hours Of Sue
cessfu| Boys Assembly.
Rev. G. ". HinCk|ey Talks In
teresting|y on Assembly Work.
Good will Takes Baseball Prizs...GulId
Wins Tennis Cup-..farswsIIs.

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|7.-(SpeciaD. Much interest was
shown in the final ball game. Saturday
afteroon, between the Good Will and
the visitors. Each team had won two
games and the winner of the series
was to receive nine baseballs as a
Prize. The Visitors began by comedy
Of errors about the infield and pract-
cally lost the game in the first three
| Innings. The Visitors began a batting
| rally in the fifth but the lead was toe
great to overcome. Nutter pitched I,
careful game and helped his team wiz
Ivy the longest hit of the week. Skin
hcr pitched in good form but had dis
hcartcning support. The score:
Good Will ......1 ) l 0 1 x-13
Visitors ....0 D o 0 2 0 o O--3
Batteries-Nutter and Beane: Skin
ner, Briggs and Sanborn. Umpire,
| Harry Bates Watson.
Monday morning the finals of tennis
| singles We're played off and resulted in
Il victory for Guild over Reed after an
| exciting contest with the score of 60
10, 1910. 6-3. Mr.. Guild thus rcceiv-
| Cd the handsome cup offered by the
| Assembly Association.
Saturday evening was given up to a
generai Publication. In the auditori-
| I'm there was an informal concert and
| then Mr.. Hinckley gave out the prizes
| for the different Assembly contests.
| Each winner was heartily cheered as
| the prizes were awarded as follows:
Spelling contest, tennis balls to
| Thltcher II. Guild.
Tennis doubles-Racket covers, to
w. w. Drew and d. r. Porter.
| Climbing creased pole-DrinkinG cup
to w. +. Crosby.
General athletics. sweater to w. E.
| Crosby, first: Alex. Gordon. book, sec
| ond; Bert Sanborn, watch. third.
60-yard dash Junior. cup to Gilman.
In presenting the baseballs to the
| victorious Good Will team Mr.. Hinck
ley referred to the good spirit and
sportsmanlikc attitude of the players
of both teams. Good Will has always
stood for clean athletics and the con-
| tests at this years Assembly show that
| this policy detracts nothing from the
| enjoyment or excitement of the games.
Following this the company adjourn
| cd to the river bank to witness the
| usual display Of fireworks on the other
side.
Saturday afternoon a large company
of people crossed to the Good Will side
| of the kennebec to witness the break
| ing of ground for the new Carnegie
library which is to be built the COM
| ing year. After singing My Faith
| Looks Up to Thee" the entire company
joined in repeating the 23d psalm.
| america" was then sung after which
the 31th Psalm was read and prayer
| offered by Rev. c. <. Cleavcs of Bruins
| wick.
Rev. G. w. Hnckley then told brief
ly of the fire in December which de-
stroyed the library at Good Will Farm
and how out of this seeming disaster
good had come. He spoke with deep
gratitude of Andrew Carncgics gift of
$4,000 for the building of this new
| library and of Miss Sage who gave
100000 for its maintenance.
Following this the boys led In a
| rousiug cheer for Andrew Carnegie and
| another for Miss Sage. 1t would have
been an inspiration to these donors
could they have seen the bright happy
faces of the boys and the enthusiasm
with which their gift is received.
Sunday. the closing day of the As
sembly. brought people by hundreds to
the Pines from all the country round
Mr. Harper G. Smythe of Atlanta. Ca.
VINO conducted the singing so accept
| ably two years ago arrived Saturday
and led the singing throughout the
| day. The sermon Of the morning was
preached by David r. Porter of Ok
| ford. Eng
In the afternoon, Rev. G. w. Hinck-
ley gave an address on the Good Will
| ACKNOWLEDGMENT it stands for and
what 1t is doing. He said first, it
stands for a sane view of religious life
| a religion which is void of cant and
| hypocrisy, which takes no pleasure
from life that is worth keeping but
iather adds to it's pleasures and makes
| BOY better, truer and nobler in every
| WaF-in his work, in athletics i'm life
DIS whole. Second, the Good Will AS
sehlnly puts first things first"-ac-
| corning to the Divine plan-seeking the
Niiisuom Of God first and then receiv-
ins ail. Necessary earthly good as a
| .a'ural result of this. Third Good Will
| assembly puts right value on boy
| 'oou. A boy is valuable because he's
boy and recognizing this fact work
must be done for him as boy and
may be done through him which he
'i'''ot do after he comes to manhood.
sunday evening a vesper service was
on the bank of the river at 7
49, followed by the last service of
us,a, assembly in the Auditorium, AS
TI;na,., ..l'S was conducted by Mr..
aa. hS and thrown open to all. Manv
ana ,o words We're spoken by boys
le,n s men. all witnessing to the
tan so anu inspiration received in This
nosas rhcampment and strong pur-
ill., we're formed for more merely