Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-06-06
C0NY HIGH BASEBALL TEAM
READY TO MEET ANY HIGH SCHOOL
! FOR STATE CHAMPIONSHIP


Cony High has issued def IN an,
high school team in the State with Al
logical right TO challenge Conv,.,
record-breaking baseball nine. Tn.
challenge was issued nj the rally helI
yesterday morning AT the Hig,i
school assembly hall. and met win
the students heartfelt approval
Cony has played Is games so n.
this season, meeting and defeatip,
eight of the leading schools Of N, J
State, and dropping but one conte,
of the 13-that with Abbott school =
Pennington on May 81. which ~
played minus the services Of her FIRE,
string catcher. Cony has scored o,
points to her opponents 81.
The Augusta school started tb..,
scheduled season with a Il to WIN
over Morse High of Bath, and hal,
beaten Watcrville twice. Lewiston
twice. Portland, Edward Little Wjn,I
throp, Brunswick. Abbot school. anal
Gardiner, with the scores be!ns de.
cisive in almost every case.
In Don Brennan. Cony has a pitcb.t
ing ace that those who have watched
him work believe is without a rival al
the State. He has lost not a sIn.l.l
game OF the nine which he has pitch.
ed. has averaged over Is strikcout,!
and has been touched up for an ay.
erage of less than five hits a camel
including the Lewiston contest nj th.s
Spindle cityin which he ubyiouslyI
loosened, and allowed l. hits. In N.
last three games he has averaged ~
strikeouts. hanging II up aelins
Lewiston. - against Abbott. and II
against Gardiner yesterday aftemocaE
u total of 81.
Coach Thompson has been IN com.g
munication with the managers Of hi
Waterville Sentinel and the Portland
Telegram All Star teams. aad stlnase
ready to play these teams simply as j
matter of trying conclusions. but frcE
wishes to meet any high school thl1
sees fit 10 dispute Cony'sJ claim as IND
premier high school baseball team n
the Pine Tree State. IL rival team5
do not see fit To defend their claims
Cony Will automatically hecunaI
champs. and will then turn their az
tention to prep schools and all-stt{
aggregations. u
There is but one team in Ccntrax
Maine that has a logical right 4
challenge the Augusta boys and tME
is the fast Lawrence High nine 4
Fairfield that won Class "A IN III
Watertille Sentinel league. LawrencH
has won S out of of its league samdI
and has dropped very few outsida !
The Fairfield boys have a iine-iitlf
ing, heavy hitting club well vcrsed n
baseball. and capable ~ giving CoHi3
the battle Of her life. 'i'he Lawrendt
boys include among their victure4
TO win over Waterville IigI
whom Cony has beaten twice. viii
Il to : score the largest Of the ,wx
Bragg OF Lawrence is rated Seco1
only to Don Brennan. and Don's ID
premacy is disputed uprivcr. II
Fairfield ace has not lost a game al
has record Of strikcouts cqualled 3
few pitchers in the state. lie "
twirl next Saturday against WnSlg
High. winners of Class II. for -
Central Maine title. and those vh
have seen the work of the two teaH
are banking heavily on the Fairhe
lads for "A win.
III Lawrence wins Saturday. and u
she intends 20 press n claim as hIE
school chamuion of Maine. she mus
take Cony into account before PUBLISH
ing her right to the title. A game II
tween the fast uprivcr team and q
Augusta boys should prove one Of ~
finest contests staged in Maine d
many years. The one game dropp's
by Lawrence H. the league was q
Madison. the runncr-up, and wa
played minus the services OF Bragse
until the final inning. II
In the Portland schoolbov lcagD
estbrook Seminary South P,t1
land and Portland high are still la.f n
Ting for supremacy. Cony has onC#
tdhen the measure Of tho forest GU
boys, but is prepared } meet ttnst
nigh school that wins the tile
20 tland, and is ready 20 w C51&
ollsions with Westbrook Seminar
alter she has satisfied tho GAINS IN,
In.' high schools that wish 20 dis@I
pute her championship rights
over IN the western par: If 10
STATE, Edward Little is the king p:18
sad although once tenten Nv Corg II
WISHES 10 again try conclusonst
Foss Of Edward '.GitIe is another ID
me premier tvi~:". = or Maine ngH -
cctools but those who saw the g3mfz
n. Augusta believe that Cony wIX
have little difficult N repeating ls
win. 6
20 here's tho whcle thing in MT
sdell-Cony High Maine state IlisH
School Champions for ial2-unesG
toubted. and # doubted, SGT VOW
late. Cony stnrd; ready 10 med
,pu, and NAV tho be.,t n,,, VIM n