Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-02
Faculty Puts Up One Of Fastest
Games Seen in This Section.
Summary Of Preliminary Heats
OF The Track Contests.
Plans for Wednesday al cobbossee
and al City Hall Entertainment.

With nearly 200 healthy, happy, sun
Drowned lads and their crops of mas
ters, councillors and instructors, pick
ed from the cream Of intercollegiate
athletes, the Maine Inter Camp League
opened its second annual meet, Tues
day, at Capital Driving park, Augusta.
A baseball game Of major league action
and thrills and the preliminary track
events were the features of fun day
The park with the exception of its
being without chance to battle, is
proving an ideal camping ground
The Wildmere boys reached Augusta
Monday night and made up their beds
in the new horse stalls on the east
side of the track About 20 made the
trip from the camp on Long lake in
Harrison. Teams brought the greater
number through oxford To Mechanic
Falls though some of the more hardy
members braved the way ON foot From
Mechanic Falls the party reached
Lewiston by electric ear at SO 2. NJ.
Taking supper there they left on the
o'clock car, arriving in Augusta at
o'clock. These boys are in charge
OF Head Master Irving l.. Woodman
Coach Washburn and Councillors Rib
bic, Kershaw and Green.
The Androseoggin club bows from
Androscoggin lake in Wayne are en-
camped to the east Of the eroup ont
side the north fence Of the track
There are IS in this party, with Eric
Palmer. the Rutgers coach. as head
master, assisted by Masters Morse Al
len eff Wesleyan, Stanley Marsh of
Brown aud jefferson Healv of the
Boys High School. Boston This party
Joined the Wildmere club for meals.
camp kenrebec from North Bel
grade was changed Is Augusta with "a
members and 10 instructors. This party
Is sleeping under simple fiy tents. The
food is prepared by German chef and
dispensed by the cookie ana an extra
helper. Charles Edwin Fox and Louis
NJ Fletsher of Philadelphia are the
directors with the masters and instruc-
tors rs follows A J. Moriarty head
master Harvard. baseball, playing first
base; Herman PritChard SWarthmore.
football captain and second baseman
on the baseball team; Francis MaXfield
HaVerford and L. of p. w. NJ Whit
miro, Syracuse. pitcher for four years
and then pitcher on the Erie team in
the Pennsylvania State League: Claude
ard Silas Hubbard Amherst. both
football players, gym men and mem
bers If the Glee Club; Claude Gilchrist
Swarthmore. baseball basketball
and Cleo club; Or. Henry Sloan
u. of p, pitcher; Robert Stannard,
Pratt Institute, baseball Jos c. Brandt
is chef with Frank Warren and Leroy
Cook as helpers.
Camp Cobhossee was installed early
Tuesday by Hewey and Ptnkham and
the boys from Monmouth arrived be
tween 10 and Il O'Clock, 40 strong, to
find their tents, topped with the Grim
son ana white banners already erect
ed These Youngsters are nearly all
from New York city and Philadelphia,
although the camp includes five mem
bers from Louisiana. President Harry
Rich Mooney is in charge with Direc-
tors Horny Coons and Harold Lieber of
Philadelphia The instructors are Eu-
gene Leroy Mercer University or
Pennsylvania football player. almost
universally picked tor the All-Amerf-
ca team, also pole Vaulter with
record of over T. feet; Austin and Al
bert RothWell of Columbia. Austin,
Varsity pitcher and Albert crew
man; Harlan Becker Yale, a man who
has made his mark with the football
team. on the crew and in dramatics;
and Frederick Seidler, the well-known
Dartmouth track man. A colored chef,
three colored walters, engineer and me-
chanie make up the party. But. no!
There is yet the mascot. a White Wy
andotte rooster. whose Importance
must not be underestimated for as the
last Cobbossee run came in to win the
baseball game in the ninth inning a
Kennebecker was heard to exclaim
"Confound that birdi"
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