Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-07-28
Portland Bouquets
for Freddy Mcguire
portland Express)

The coming of the Augusta Million
ARES most talked of baseball club in
Maine, is eagerly awaited by Portland
fans When Ben Houser's proteges
file through the gates of Bayside Park
next Saturday, the record crowd Of the
season will be in the old ball yard to
greet them. While the club as a
whole has been very successful, many
folk will be present to get a peek at
freddy Mcguire, the phenomenal col
legian, who recently turned down a
$1,000 offer from the Giants Mcguire
does not graduate from Holy Cross
until next year. and decided he would
not make himself Ineligible to repre-
sent his college by signing league
contract
Mcguire is undoubtedly one of the
most finished infielders in college or
professional baseball. He is not
great hitter, but is usually a timely
batter, and has broken up many games
with base blow at the right time. On
the only previous occasion when he
played on local diamond he crashed
out three-base blow off Pete" Finn,
the Bowdoin finger. with two men on
bases in the eighth, sewing up the
close game for the Worcester collie
gians.
Last season the Dorchester boy
played with the Diamond Match Club
Oh Blddeford, and this season was
made innumerable offers but preperred
to stay as close as possible to the sum
mer home of his parents at Old Or
team offered the II. c. second sacker
SIS per game
Mcguire is very retiring modest
ana gentlemanly chap, and never talks
shop. He is built like. and resembles
Eddie Collins, the famous White Sox
captain, more than any ball player in
the college ranks today.
With Mcguire the keystone of the
Augusta inf1eld, there are three others
VINO go to make up a Stonewall de-
tense, "Squanto" Wilson. former Bow
dom, New England League. Red Sox
and Detroit players at first base: AL
MorreI, the Bowdoin shortstop and
football captain. at shortstop. and Phil
Brisk of Amherst one of the flash
lest of hot corner guardians. Brisk is
also a cracking halfback when the
grld season comes around
ben Houser may elect to give big
Gus Williams a chance for revenge on
FRED Ostergrens crew or he may send
Bill Morrell, the Tufts star, to the hill
lock. The locals. who handed the Mil
Honaires their worst defeat of the
season, 8 to o. at Augusta two weeks
ago last Saturday. got to Williams in
one inning for five runs and iced the
game. But the former Kents Hill
finger has won the majority of his
battles
1t Is question yet who Ostergren
VIII put on the firing line to oppose the
Augustans. Lee Spiller, the Bates
college, hurler. is the man who applied
the coat of kalsomine in the first con-
test. He was in rare form on that day
and against oxford the following
wednesday pitched fine ball until he
tired near the close Of tho FRAY SnilIar
works best with a weeks rest. and
should be in shape on Saturday to
work again on Housers batsmen. If
DICK burning, the elongated ex-
ieaguer, works off his wildness and
gets his curve ball breaking once
more as of yore, then the blk Ken
lucky portsider- may get the assign.
ment And Ostergren is also nego-
tiating with new hurler who never
has been seen in harness at Ravside