Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-09-30
PROCLAMATION
NIGHT BOWDOIN
POPULAR event
S0phOmOres and Freshmen to
Settle Baseball Title Saturday
on College Delta

Brunswick, Me, Sept. 29.-(SpeciaD.
Proclamation night at Bowdoin Col
lege was observed Friday evening with
the usual festivities at the expense of
the Freshmen that always attends
such an occasion. All classes will be
suspended Saturday and the Freshmen
and Sophomore mines will meet in the
forenoon on the Delta to settle the
baseball supremacy between the two
lower classes, with the annual class
rush following directly after the game.
In the afternoon the Varsity eleven
will meet Fort Mckinley on Whittier
field for the first home game of the
season.
When the members of 1920 filed into
chapel Friday morning the following
sign. boldly chalked on the college bull
letin board, gave omniOus portent Of
the events to follow in the evening:
Not Bone-Freshman. All Fresh
men rOoming off the campus are re-
quired to be in the dormitories at Z
O'Clock tonight. Now enter, and pray
for those who, defy the demands OF
Phi Chi"
With the coming Of dusk the sopho-
mores gathered and shortly after $50 T..
Nj. began the business of the evening.
Contrary to the time honored custom or
entertaining the freshmen within doors,
the new men were this year summary
summoned without the dormitory walls,
where their hosts shocked at the airyness
of the freshman attire. proceeded to grace
yrrit1
brilliant green paste, and to clothe their
mmodesty with large white posters upon
whose surfaces was emplazoned in green
ink the rules laid down for future fresh
men conduct by the woolly sophomor.
members Of old Phi Chi.
\ The Game
The freshman-sophomore game prom
ises to show some genuine speed this year
as both teams have some strong material
and look to be evenly matched on paper.
Varsity vs.. Fort Mckinley
Coach Weatherhead has put in a
week of hard training with the big
Bowdon squad this week. featured by
long scrimmage work and strict drill
in signals with several news plays add
lines up against Fort Mckinley Satur-
day afternoon on Whittier field 1t is
the general opinion Of the student body
that the soldiers will find themselves
pitted against a worthy enemy. Pea
cock probably will not appear in uni
form this afternoon, owing to slight
injury. and Phillips will accordingly
start at quarterback with Capt Shum-
way slated to fill the right half back
position.
Perley S. Turner Of Augusta. former
captain of the Cony High eleven, is
slated for fullback and from the man.
ner in which he has been showing up
In practice is bound to show something
against the military.
1t is probable that before the game
is over the Bowdoin coach will use d
number of substitutes in order to get
line upon their appearance under
The probable lineup Of the two teams
is as follows
Bowdoin-Brad dford. !. e.: McNaugh-
ton. |. T.: Stewart, !. g.; Stone, c.;
Small, Young. r. g; Oliver. +. t.; Chap
man, r. e.; Phillips, q. b.; Bartlett
Sprague. |. h. b; Turner f. b.; Shum
way. r. h. b.
Fort Mckinley-Sanders, r. e.: Don.
ovan, r. T.: Kelley. +. g.; link, G.: Lane
Fallen, I. e.; Washburger J. t.: Nc.
MILAN, |. e.; Embleton. q. b.; Bahr. +
h. b.. Apple. f. b.; Zimmerman. Wade
]. h. b.