Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-04-20
Baseball Squad Has First
Game at WaterviI|e.
Election Of Directors Of The
College Store Corporation,
Cup for Preparatory Schools Annu
al lntercIass Track Meet.

Orono, Me, April 19.--(SpeciaD.-
The Varsity baseball squad left this
morning for Waterville, where the
first college game of the season will
be played. The men who made the
trip are Bearce, Smith, Fulton. f.
cobb, II. Cobb. Hussey, Rand. Nc
Cartny Wentworth, Richards. Scales,
Mckeen, Manager Woodbury. and
Coach Windgard This is Names first
game for the season and several OF
the best men We're left at home as
Coach Windgard desired to try out
some of the new men at infield posi-
tons
The annual spring interclass track
meet is to be held on Alumni Field
Saturday afternoon April 70. The
track has not YET dried off and is in
very poor condition but with few
warm days and little work it will
be IN shape by Saturday. This meet
will give the student body good
line on what may be expected from
the track men later in the season.
Coach Smith has had the men hard
at work all the week and several OF
the new men are showing up well. A
week from Saturday the team will go
to burlington for d dual meet with
the University OF Vermont. Owing to
the great distance only 10 men will
be taken on this trip. At a recent
election held by the Athletic Assoc
citation. l.. +. Seekins. '13 was elected
assistant manager of the track team.
At the same time j. c. Wallace. 10
and c. W. Wescott. l3 were elected
assistant manager of baseball
At the April meeting of the ath-
letiC board it was voted to present Il
silver cup to the preparatory school
first winning the annual interscholas-
tie track meet three times and to
present silver medal to the school
winning the greater number of points
this year. At the same meeting the
style of the baseball suits to be Worn
by Varsity this spring was decided
upon. The suits are to be white with
blue trimmings. The shirts will have
short sleeves and the word, Maine.
running vertically down the middle of
the front.
tercsted. the directors of the ColIeg,
store Corporation, which has recently
come under the management of the
Athletic Association. We're elected.
President Freeland Jones. 90. see
rotary and treasurer and the other
members are II. b. Buck. '93, c. W
Mullen. So and Director Windgard
Frank Oak assistant treasurer of the
university was elected clerk of the
corporation. These officers will serve
for one year, beginning June |, 1911
\ larg amount OF the preferred stock
has been taken by the alumni and
holds $1,000 worth of common stock.
NJ. ID. Jones. II was sent by the
Agricultural Club as a delegate to
the meeting of the New England Fed
Grafton of Agricultural students held
at Durham, y. II. last week. Mr.
Jones was elected president of the
federation for the coming year.
n prize of so has been offered to
the students of agriculture by the
Lewiston journal for the best essay
on the growing of yellow corn
The prize is to he awarded during
Farmers week 1912 At the same
time the l.. c. Bateman prize of 81
will be awarded to the student writing
the best newspaper article on some
subject to be assigned by the college.
Some potash originates in this cOun-
try, out the principal source is the
mines at Stussfurt, Germany. which at