Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-09
4 GARDINER HIGH
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|Wa| Open Season satulr-
day with CObbOssee Inn.
Good Material For the Base
ball Nine This Season.
The Boys Will Work Hard to Land
Bowdoin League Pennant.

baseball season with a game with
Cobhossce Inn on Quimby field at $50
O'Clock Saturday afternoon. This vel
come announcement comes as one of
the signs of spring and means much
to the athletes of the High school, as
this year they are members of the
1 Bowdoin Interscholastic League and
are out for the pennant. Whether or
not the coveted trophy will be hoisted
in Gardiner at the close of the season,
time only will determine, but it will
not mean that the Gardiner boys have
not worked hard, e at the end of the
season, the bit Of bunting goes else
II where.
/ Charles Allen will coach the team
II Richard Eldridge will captain the nine,
while the manager is Percy Cobb. 9th
or positions in the Athletic Association
are we'll filled, so that there ought to
be no difficulty on the score Of or
ganiZation.
| Just at present the main question is:
1 How strong a team is likely to be de-
velored. AS is always the case in
school or college teams, the Gardiner
High school team has lost seriously by
graduation or the withdrawal of sew
eral from school. Perry, who was in
the box last season, has graduated and
a man must be found for this posi-
ton Chase. who was a fast infielder,
has left school and will be seriously
missed at third. Other former mem
bers of the team whose names are we'll
known to those readers of the Journal
who followed the fortunes OF the High
school boys in athletics last year, are
not in school this year and consequent
ly will not appear in a Gardiner High
uniform.
/ While the makeup of the team is
far from being definitely settled as yet,
no one will probably be able to shove
Eldridge off the home plate, or to speak
4 little more definitely, that triangular
| section of turf behind it which is as
signed to the catcher. He has played
the position for the past two years, and
has made good in every particular.
Ernest Moore and Ralph G!idden are
! both trying out for the box, the for
mcr having had two and the latter
one years experience. Both are
Sopbomores ard if they develop into
good material this year the school will
be assured of q strong battery for
sometime to come. Hartman is a can
didate fer the box who gives sings
i of much promise He is Senior
Thorne, a Senior is out for the first
time trying for the box
rossett has removed from the city
ard it viii take a good man to fill
his place on first sack. Among the
! candidates for this position are Good
WIN, Percy Graham and Austin Wheel
er, all SOphomores, out for the first
time as candidates for the position on
the High school team. Duke" Moore,
a Senior is ont for first base and is
showing good form, although he has
not before played on the team.
/ Harold Cobb has now removed to
tLiyermcre Falls and this leaves a big
hole at second. Gearge and Eddie
Talbot, brothers and both members of
the Sophomore class, are rivals for
the place
Third base, held by Chase last year,
will go to either Mcdonald or Blanch-
ard. both of whom are putting up a
gamcy fight for the place Eastman,
who played short stop last season, will
be seen there again unless something
unforeseen happens. He is q heady
player who puts up strong game.
For the outticld there are Il num-
ber of candidates. Shepherd will be
|
a fast man and a heavy hitter, and
has had experience, not only on the
High scnOol team, but also on the fast
CobboSsee Inn team. Manager Percy
Cobb is out trying for one of the re-
naming out field positions and CLANCY
q Sophomore. Both men, will appear
| on the team for the first time if they
make good Among others who are
OFT for practice and who may event
: uallv land on the team is one or an
other capacity are: David Kelley
Lovely and Harold Turner
| The above named men have thus
far signifed their intention of trying
for the team. Others who may be
induced to don uniform later may
be those whose names will figure on
the score book during the coming sea-
son. hut it is pretty certain that the
men here mentioned will constitute a
majority OF the team as finally or
gariZed Here's good luck TO Gardiner
High school. and may she win the
Bowdoin pennant!
onoJ attendance at the meeting