Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-06-16
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Francisco s1624 that he received from
his bout with AL Mccoy in New YORK
last Thursday night. Mccoy got
1892.
Eddie Ketchel, brother Of the late
middlew eight champion, will box Pat
sy Drouillard in Toledo June 70.
Joe Bowker, ex-bantam champion OF
England, will meet Ledoux, the French
champion, in London. June %.
Kid williams, who won the BAN
tamweight championship, wants to
box Johnny Kilbane for the feathers
weight title. Promoter McCarey OF
Los Angeles has offered a diamond
belt besides the purse for bout oes
tween Williams and Ledoux.
The first fight of Kid Williams of
Baltimore as bantamweight champion
will be on July g. at New Orleans.
of 10 rounds.
Our golfers still have a chance toI
get back at the Britishers, but even ifI
they don't Francis Ouimet will carry
home with him and wear for one yearI
the French title. After the younSI
mans drubbing, with the drubbing|
given the other American golfers, att
Sandwich, he crossed the channel andI
led the field In France. The openI
championship in England furnishes an-I
other try for Ouimet and the otherss
Here's hoping that when they beardj
Vardon and Ray and the other goif-I
ing lions in their homes. the Stars
and Stripes will have better luck. ToI
beat Vardon and Ray a second time|
will be more of a triumph than TOD
have won at Sandwich.
Minneapolis Japanese residents havsl
organized an athletic club.
st. Louis has landed the 1914 nation
al convention of the Federation of
American Motor-cyclists, which is til
be held July 10, 16, II and Is. Com
mittees on touring, finance and enter
tainment have been appointed and arr
rangements for the big meet will be
pushed rapidly forward. u
Ponies represent about go per cent
of a polo teams strength. The ami
mails must be strong, have greatI
speed and endurance and, of even
more Importance, learn to follow the
ball closely and turn and wheel quick !
ly. To do this they are equipped with
a special set of harness and doubld|
bride. In most cases riders only use
the top rein. The lower rein is very
severe and a tug of it pulls the pony
few occasions. The polo ball Is con \
tinually rolling and sometimes SAD
ing up and down the field. Often|
1t til
the legs. The ball. made of hollow
willow wood, is driven with grea(
force by the players. To protect the
ponies as much as possible their legs
are firmly bandaged up to the kneesI
The fore legs, which are generally nd
the way of the flying bali. are covered
with an extra layer OF bandages.
Frank Meehan, who was released hy|
Manager Duffy of Portland several
weeks ago, has been resigned. Sulli- !
van, the Boston lad, showed a lot u
pep" but his throwing has not been
up to the standard. With another sea
son. Sully, who is still very youngI
may come into league form all right
Personally, the Hub boy is very popu
lar and would be welcomed back If hid
improves sufficiently. Frank Wood !
bury. the Portland twirler was alyd
released Wednesday. He has beer'
longer this season than usual in com
mencing to get into form. WherI
Frank gets going right, he ought I'd
get job all right. auckland, the lit !
tie southpaw who came to Duffy as "a
recruit early in the season, and Wild
might have taken the Portland mana
he 10
| pitched great game for the winthroI]
| team against the Pilgrims of LewistqrI
! Wednesday, tanning 10 men and allow
ing but two hits. Harry Wormwood
! played third base for Winthrop.
Pitcher Fred Olde of Lawrence was}
released by Manager Pieper Wednes1
day night upon the arrival of pitche
| George Pennington. Olde has beer
with the team all spring. He wal
with Lawrence for a short while las
season. Pennington was taken South
with the Brooklyn Nationals He was
then sent to Binghamton He waS
later sent by that club to York in
the tri-state league. but he refused Cd
| go. He was then released so he was :
free agent when Lawrence started I'd
do business with him. Pennington, whd
was with Pitcher Ring of Lowell
was also South with Brooklyn and Wild
turned over to Albany in the New
York State League. e
Eastport Journal: Efforts are beins
made by the live baseball fans to in
terest the business men sufficiently to
give financial support to a. semi -profes
sional baseball team here this summer
There Is more baseball material in the
city at the present time than for tsd
past several seasons and a fast team
could easily be organized With small
expense strong team could be main
tanned and the fans furnished wifi
some fast games this summer. II Il
hoped that the business men and 9th
ers interested will take hold of tb
matter and show the surroundins
towns that Eastport is not emit. el,
dead as far as the national game i
concerned.
"Brucine," the four-year- old stallion
owned by r. o. Follis of this city, a
| his first workout recently over thu
Maplewood track trotted a mile II
| 2.40. Brucine is one of the han lsomes(