Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-08-29
All Eyes on Big ~
Baseball Tourney
at Norway Tuesday


year for Western Maine is set for
next Tuesday, with the Goodall Tex
tiles of Sanford; the Augusta Mil
lionaires. the erstwhile Packard Mo-
tors and the Twin Towns A. A. as
competitors will take place at the
Oxford County fair grounds OF Nor
way and South Paris.
This tournament was set for a
week ago last Thursday, but rain
stopped the fun, with 5000 or moro
fans from this section of the State
"all set for the big diamond car
nival. While all these teams have
suffered occasional defeat this sea-
son, their day in and day out rec
ords has placed them as the four
teams best qualified to clash in this
interesting event. 1t is a big under
taking and Messrs. Jefferson, New
ers and others on the committee Of
hosts deserve a lot of credit for their
enterprise.
The Goodall Textiles, veteran
team that has played almost intact
for five years is likely to be a slight
favorite to win the tourney. But the
Twin Towns A. A. has been playing
the most brilliant ball for the past
month, and has cracker jack club,
while the Augusta Millionaires bar
ring a couple of temporary slumps
have swept everything before them.
The Portland team is the surprise
package of the lot A week ago they
massacred the Millionaires II to 6.
and yesterday they took an awful
balloon trip, and were torn to shreds
by the Oxford Bears. This game,
however. was the first really bad
defeat for the Sandlotters. and their
systems should be thoroughly
Cleansed.
Tuesdays tournament will be an
elimination contest. The teams will
be paired on Monday night and op-
ponents will be drawn by lot The
winners of the two preliminary
games will meet in the finals. The
first game will be played at 1880 A.
NJ. standard time, and the third
duel at 4 o'clock. After the big day
Of baseball is concluded. there will
be a dance in the evening at the
Norway Opera house. There will be
plenty of parking space free for
automobiles along the sidelines of
the playing field.
With Houghton. the southpaw ace,
going strong, Twin Towns has high
hopes of winning the tourney. The
kcnt5' Hill finger is in superb form
this season, and has a formidable
AL
first base, Carleton Fuller. Billy
white of the old Lawrence, New
England League team, Captain Mas
terman, eX-leaguer. and other stars
comprise n formidable aggregation
In Father" Hunt, too, the Norway
South Paris combination has a right
hand HEAVIER Of great ability.
The Textiles, led by the old fox"
Freddy Parent. will depend on
Hughey Canavan the former Braves
left-fander, to pitch them to victory,
The seasoned infleld of the Sanford
club, consisting of McKeen, ex-New
England Lacquer, at first Hughey
flnkerton at second. Parent at short
and Hypie Rowe. once of the Mack
men, at third, rarely cracks. Carl
Wlggin and Prescott, the collegians,
are playing brilliant ball for the
York County outfit.
The Augusta all-star colleeian ag-
gregation has made name from
York to Washington county. Ben
Houser's club led on the field by the
FORMER big Lacquer "Squanto" Will
son has the biggest and one of tho
most able hurting staffs in the State
with Bill Morrell, Gus Williams.
FREDDY Walker and McGouldrick.
Fred OStergrens club is comnosed
almost entirely of "Sandlet" yetet-
ans with Sprinkline of YOUNGSTERS
Ihey prove most dangerous when
least expected. Tetreault and Aube
are snshing the ball hard. and Todd
ana Ostergren are hitting well over
the ooo mark. The team will 90 RI
Norway with several shifts. which if
IS hoped will add to the hitting and
PHchlng strength of the club. When
reminded of yesterdays nightmare
ostergren only smiles and sars
wait until you see lis at Norway. If
VIII be a different story"