Daily Kennebec journal., 1919-04-23

feather weight, will be unable to meet
frankie Brown in Portland next Nom
day night. according to a teIexram
received Tuesday morning by Match
maker Frank DeRice. The Jersey boy
wired that he had such a sore foot
that he was unable to use il. that he
had tried training. but it was NO use
and he would be obliged to cancel
hts match. As big a disappointment as
this was to DeRice, he didn't wasts
moment'sSime and got busy ON. tho
! wire. at once to secure a fit man to
meet Brown. Nothing but a top
nNfcher VIII do. however, and II the
right battIer is not available. DeRice
will make an entirely new match.
Frank is making q special effort TO
get Artie O'Leary and there is a spe-
cial reason. O'Leary is the only other
man beside frankie Brown who has
whipped Johnny Kilbane. feather
weight champion. since the latter
came out Of retirement. Both these
boys are credited by the sporting
writers with giving Kubane a lacing
in Philadelphia.
Benny valgar, the Trench Flash
who made such an impressive show
! ing here against Ralph Brady. knock
ed out Phinney Boyle. the favorite
Bay State boxer, in the second round
.. the Crescent Athletic Club in Low
ell. p~trfots' day.
Coach Elroy Lacasce OF the West
brook Seminary baseball squad. had
a new one sprung on him in prac-
tice game between the first and sec
ond teams. Lacasce was umpirlng the
game behind the pitcher when one Of
the batters smashed a line drive to-
wards second base. that naturally
would have been right into the hands
of i second baseman. Lacasce looked
around and saw the ball strike safe
ly and no second basenan there. AZ
! ter a short hunt for him he found him
over back of the shortstop. What are
you doing over there" said Lacasce.
Il was playing tor right-hand HIT
ter" came back the earnest reply
Coach Hank Merrill Of Bates has
4 promising looking catcher in chap
named Stone. who, by the way, is
brother to the old Bowdoin and Bid
deford State League catcher and
comes naturally by his ability.
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games on tap for this week. Colby
! College Of Waterviiie lnvades Massa-
chusetts for a four-day trip this
week. playing Harvard at Cambridge
Wednesday. Tufts at Medford Thurs
| day. Rhode Island State at Kingston
+ R. T.. Friday, and Conn. Aggies at
Storrs. Conn. Saturday. Bates plays
Fort Mckinley at Lewiston Saturday
and Bowdoin plays Tufts at Medford.
Jack Krieger. fullback on the un-
defeated Williams football eleven cf
1917. has returned to college and will
be available for the team IN the Fail.
, He recently received his discharge
! from the colors. Ee IS the seventh
member Of the crack 1917 Purple
eleven 70 come back. Feiser, Mills.
! Carsck. Bonner. Wright and Brown
are the others. In addition. Ben
| The star Of them all. is expected to
1 return IN the Fail. Although seven
veterans OF the team two years ago
| are now IN college two OF them may
complete their courses this June
| Wright and Brown are plugging hard
10 graduate with their ola class this
! Spring, despite the fact that they
| lost nearly years work while IN
| the service. Present indications are
that they will succeed. Brown is the
| speedy end, while Wright is a back
| field man.
| The match between Valdez Zbys-
zko. worlds heavyweight wrestling
champion. ami Paul Mart.nson Of
! Chicago. originally scheduled for
| next Thursday night at the Grand
/ Opera House has been postponed
until the following week. This WAS
! done in order 20 make il possible for
! the Mayors reception committee 70
! carry out its plans FOR the entertain
| ment of the returning soldiers. Mar
! t:nson. who gave Stecker such a
! great battle. feels that he VIII do
even better agalns, the Mighty
| Son of Poland and IS training hard
/ for the match.
! Many sporting men in Chicago are
Of the opinion that Jess Willard will
ask Jack Cur,ey and Tom Jones TO
] help Tex Rickard to stake the VIII
| lard Dempsey fight on July 4. VIII
| lard told friends in Chicago that he
and not Richard is staging the battle,
and thafhe is guaranteeing Dempsey
! the 81, 500, and that he lWiilArd, u
| to get what is left of the gate receipts
after expenses are taken out. There
might be some truth IN the above re-
port. as Willard is friendly with Cur
! ley and Jones again.
! The Los Angeles club has an out
field entirely composed Of southpaws.
J which is a rarity. Rube Ellis. Claude
Cooper and Sam Crawford. all former
| big leaguers. are the left handed
/ suburhanites referred to, and N spite
of antiquity still represent consid-
erable outlay Of all round proficiency.
Tommy Robson. the middlewe'ght
| from Maiden, played in hard luck
/ Tuesday night. George Robinson.
the coiored boxer. defeated him IN
/ their lo-round bout al the Fenway A.
/ c. and after the contest Robson was
arrested for Wakefield officers on
warrant charging him with statut-
ory offense. Robson got bad lac.
inx from the second round on to the
| finish.
! Bowdoin boys are taking more
than usual interest this season in
their second baseball team which VIII
have a captain elected soon and
which will play Morse High May "A.