Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-02-22
UNIVERSITY OF MAINE.
Spring Baseball Practice Begins.
Thursday, in Gym.


Baseball practice for the spring sea-
son began, Thursday, in the gym
nasium A new scheme is to be tried
| in the practice, this year, in a series
of indoor baseball games, which will
| be played in the gymnasium. The OBJ
| ieet is to give the men chance to
learn the rules of the game and to
practice the different plays. over 40
| men reported for the first practice
| There will be four teams of Is men
each for the indoor games. Each of
these teams will be in charge of one
of the veteran players. The first of
March the battery candidates will be
called out for practice in the cage,
and two weeks later the entire squad
reports for practice under the direc-
ton of Captain Abbott. Coach Ma
COON, who developed a championship
team last season, has been engaged
for this season and will report on
April first. Among the veteran men
who are eligible to play this year are
Abbott, Cobb, Gilman, Pickard, Bak-
er, Mccarthy and Bird. Chase and
York, who were not out last year are
eligible this year. They are both fast
men who will make the veterans go
for place. Maine is very weak in
the pitching department, this season.
Stobie, the mainstay of last season,
has left college and there is no good
man to fill his place. The Freshman
Sophomore games, last fall. did not
bring out any very excellent new ma
terial from either of these classes.
There are, however, large number
of men who are to try out for this
position and it is hoped that some of
them may be developed into varsity
material.
The student body received with a
great deal of satisfaction the news
that Coach T. ]. Reilly had been re-
engaged to coach the football team,
next fall. Coach Reilly has had ex-
eellent success in turning out cham
pionship teams in the past and has
the entire confidence of the student
body.
The university will conduct an in
terscholastic baseball league, this
spring. Four schools have been en-
tered because of their nearness to the
university. These schools are Ban
gor high school, East Maine Confer
enee Seminary of Bucksport, Higgins
Classical Institute. and Maine Central
Institute of Pittsfield. The games will
be played on Alumni Field and the
winning team will be given cham
pionship pennant.
The honorary athletic fraternity,
Sigma Delta Psi, has established a
chapter at the university. This fra
ternity has been established in all the
large colleges and universities in the
country Its object is the encourage
ment and development of physical
training among college men. In order
to be eligible TO membership a stu
dent must be able to fulfill in the re-
quired time various track and other
must he a good all round athlete. For
Senior requirements there are twelve
events including dashes, jumps, hur-
dies, shot put, baseball throw, kick
ing football swimming and walking
The competitor must equal the times
and distances stated in the rules.
AT the last meeting of the NJ. Club
it was voted to get out post cards of
the various varsity teams, and to
print the schedules for the 1918 foot
bali and baseball teams in an attrac-
tive form, for sale. The proceeds from
these will be used to defray the eX-
penses of the club. Plans were also
made for a dance to be given by the
club in the near future and a COM
mittee was appointed to make ar
rangements for a Maine night to be
held at the Bijou theater in Bangor,
early in March.
The Maine Musical Clubs gave their
first concert for the season, Tuesday
evening at the Insane hospital in
Bangor The second concert will be
given. Wednesday night of next week,
in the town hall at Orono. The clubs
are unusually large this year and con-
tain some excellent material. Man
ager Clark '13 has arranged several
trips. The clubs are to take an Aroos-
took county trip for the first time this
year. Concerts will be given at Houl-
ton, Pressure Isle, Millinocket and
Brownville Another trip is to include
the larger towns and cities in the
southern part of the State and the
Massachusetts trip will be repeated
this season.
The Junior class has voted to hold
the Bangor house in Bangor. The
committee in charge consists of F. E.
Yourgs of New York, Theodore Has
kell of Westhrook and r. w. Peasley
of Randolph.
At recent meeting of the Fresh
man class the following committees
were elected, Military Hop, F. II.
Curtiss of Addison. B. e. Barrett of
Bluehill. C. w. Ruffner of Bangor, G.
T.. Kirk of Bar Harbor and p E.
Chadhourne Of Riddeford. Pipe COM
mittee: L. f. Philbrook of Sheibourne.
N. H.. C. M. De Witt of Brewer, M.
c. Driscoll of No. Arlington. Mass.
+. P. Farnham of New Gloucester and
A. l.. Robinson of So. Windham.
Banquet committee: L. o. Burrows.
Newport T. F. Hersey, Patten. B. E.
Grant. J. IT. Leecock and ]. f. Tot
man of Providence, r. l.