Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-05-27
Sport S~patterings

Cmplres are coming back into the
game. Frank Mccain of Sanford.
recently returned from overseas with
The 1o1st Engineers 18th Division.
went 10 Lowell 4 short tine ago 10
confer with Pres. John II. DonneIly of
The New England League N regard
% unpl-ing. Mccain received a
coHtrac. with a request for his sigma
ture ana It's return. which would. if
he accepts II. give MIN eight dollars
a DAY for calling strikes ana balls on
he New England circuit this season.
The boy WHO put Lewiston nigh
on the tennis map IS Edward Roberts.
Jr-. aged IS years n d member of
me graduating class of his year.
This IS his second wear a. playing
tennis on me school team. By win
ming the schooipoy championship al
Sowuoln ne attracted considers bic
attention. This IS the first TINE tina.
lewiston has won a championship
for the lasI nine or Ten wears and now
they ARE beginning 10 SIT up and take
notice.
Tad" O'Erlen who unpired The
keut's Hill-Hehron game SATURDAY.
plate n they do say that he has his
Ewes all over n place at the same
rime-he's e pable.
11terschoiastlc tennis will De IN the
slate Thursday and Friday Of this
week az Ba1es College al Lewiston.
But Eve schools have entered but
more are expected 10 SEM IN their
entries the first of the week. Capt.
Roberts Of the lewiston High tennis
tearn. who won the singles al the
BowdpIn tenals tournament mas en-
tered 4 Is the tarorIte singles
championship of The Lewiston vicio-
lty. The following schools have sent
n their entries: Edward Little. Gar
diner. Sanford. Conr and Lewiston.
Stephens High Of Rumford IS also ex-
pected 20 enter.
The Colgate star Arthur Robert
son. released by the Boston Braves,
has neen signed up for the Portland
club of the New England baseball
league by Manager Wagner.
Here's 4 new one, The newly or
sanl2ed Portland Longsnorenen 8
baseball Iean IS seeking game anc IS
ready TO e any team in hat vi
cinity Of he Stale a, any time.
While BowdoIn has the i~.,erschol-
astlcs II Brunswick, New Hampshire
State college has its annual meet al
Durham. Westbronk Seminary will
be the only Name school To SEND u
team 10 the meet.
Oh. boy, See what's wanted. The
University Of Maine Athletic council
is now considering A football coach
for next fail and already they have
men n -le country. Those who have
written regarding the berth are Lone
Star DeItz. \ great University Of
washington zach. Earle Neale. the
eft fielder of the Cincinnati National
club league and former University Of
West Virginia Wesleyan and George
Levene The former All America and
from Pennsylvania. incidentally, the
Portland sunday Telegram says.
Maine will do well 20 look over Fred
Oste-gren, the Portland High coach.
OsLie may not have the great college
record of the above men but ne was
d star Just the same IN college and
ne IS one chap that can get the re-
suits.
Most every day somebody IN the
athletic world gets a nice puff through
The columns Of the Portland Express
Telegram and Sunday they picked
Harold Il. Sampson. the coach of the
Biddeford High school baseball tearn.
They said that he IS a Jolly well met
Young man. who makes friends with
everybody ne meets. He IS a memper
of the Biddeford High faculty, being
teacher N maIhemutlcs and science.
ford students and the boys think there
IS nobody like Coach Sampson.
While a, Bowdoin Sampson was cap
tain and manager Of the relay team
for three years and is holder of the
two SoWdoIn records. the 4t-yard
dash in ! "a seconds and the indoor
pole vault Of Il feet. : inches. He
was also a member and was manager
of the baseball Team at Eowdoln for
iwo years. He IS 4 member Of the
Theta Pi Fraternity.
Who will they play? Why, there
are the many teams Of baseball that
are coming TO life through the Twl-
light League Of Augusta. And who
IS II that wants 10 play" The Togus
baseball team. If YOU please n If
YOU dom please. as well. Daniel +,
ivory. the newly elected captain of
III baseball team 10 represent the
National Soldiers Home al Tagus
this season is an experienced man on
the diamond. The greAter part of his
baseball career has been passed with