Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-12-19
THIRD tAWRY IN
u. OF M. ATHLETICS

That Ormondei Lawry of Fairfield,
the third of a family whose name
means something in L. of NJ. athletic
news, will make good i'll athletics
at Maine is the prediction of sport
| followers who are passing his name
| from lip to lip as one who, some day
before his commencement will be MAX
! ing fame on the football gridiron for
the dark and light blue.
Beginning with the entrance of
| Otis C. Rabbit" Lawry in the class
of 1916, the Lawry family started to
build up a reputation which will be
| hard to beat by any other line of de-
scendants in years to come. Rabbit
| went out for base ball the next spring,
made the team and played in short
stops berth, then transferred to Sec
ond base where he held sway for the
last three years of his university ca
reer being captain of the Maine cham
piOns in 1916, his last year in Maine
| base ball.
In the spring of 1915, he went out
for track and ran the 100 at the Maine
! Intercollegiates at Waterville, finish
ing third behind Howe of Colby and
Wyman of BOwdoin. In the following
years training under Art Smith, sec
ond in the 100 was good enough for
the Fairfield flyer and he won his
letter in track, his second varsity
sport from which he received the Off
cial university insignia. Following
his splendid work in base ball under
Monte Cross, he was offered to the
Philadelphia House of Mack under
Monte's guidance and played several
games as a member of the Athletics of
1916.
After a hard winters work in road
construction and logging in the woods,
somewhere in Maine" Rabbit re-
turned to the Macksons last spring,
played few games and in early All
gust was farmed to the Baltimore ORR
oles for further seasoning. where he
lead the league in batting with fig
ure of 1896. His work was so good
that he has been recalled to Philadel-
phia for next springs work, war pro-
viding.
Emerson Lawry 10, of Fairfield,
cousin was the next III family ties to
register at Orono. While he is not a
letter winner, he has been making a
desperate try for varsity honors in
track and has plugged already through
two grinding and gruesome seasons of
track and relay in an effort to place
Last year he was the fifth man in line
for relay and would have been alter
nate had an extra runner been allowed
at the b. A. A. games. He is sprin-
ter and has shone for his class in
track as winner both years In Fresh
man Sophomore class meets, winning
,, the 100, 220 and 440 each year.
Ormonde. the third tawry, a broth
er of Emerson, entered Maine this
fall. He went out for foot ball and
showed ability in the backfield, being
kept on the squad throughout the year,
playing on the second team until the
season ended, and making the trip to
Portland with the Maine squad for the
Milliken Heavies game. He played on
the Freshman team which won from
the class of 20 in an uphill battle and
shows promise for becoming a hard
| running and fast backfield man in fu-
ture years.
Connie" Lawry, now a senior in
Fairfield High, brother Of Rabbit,
who has the reputation of an athlete
| in High school circles, will enter Unr-
versity of Maine next year and will be
the fourth of a family that probably
stands as high in athletic circles in
Maine as any other upon record. All
three Lawry boys. Otis, Emerson and
| Ormonde have made Beta Theta Pi as
their fraternity and all three show to
be remarkable students on the records
Of the university office.
Otis was a popular student being
class president his senior year, a mem
Der of the three honorary societies,
| Sophomore Owls, Junior Masks, and
Senior Skulls, was member of Tau
Beta Pi, honorary engineering society
and Alpha Chi Sigma, honorary chem
zeal organization, and was among the
first 10 men in rank in his class.
Emerson has attained honors in
scholastic fellowship and in societies
being member of Alpha Chi Sigma,
and Junior Mask honorary organiza-
ton.