Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-07-03
KAY JAY
SPORT
CHAT

Ben HOuSefS Colts have busy
week ahead. They start tomorrow
morning against Lewiston with Gus
Williams on the mound. In the at
ternoon Sukeforth will take up the
burden against the Gardiner all
stars. II it rains on the Fourth, the
game with the Taxis will be played on
Wednesday,. The team skips to Nor
way on Thursday to clash with Twin
Towns in the second game of the year,
with MasteIman'S nine, and on Satur-
day opens the all-day tournament at
Lewiston against Norway with Gus
the probable starter on the mound.
Henry Wiseman, the Lewiston fight
promoter. dropped into the office last
evening to assure us that the reported
scrap between Johnny Wilson, mid
dleweight champion of the world. and
Soldier Bartfield would be a reality.
Wiseman has set the date for the
battle as July IA, time, !" o'clock, place
Lewiston Athletic field. Bartfield is a
bad hombre. He has been in the ring
with Panama Joe Cans, Harry Greb
and others of the same calibre. A
month after Wilson had met Mike
'O'Dowd, the soldier defeated ODowd
in the Armory at Brooklyn, n. Y.
Henri plans to get a classy prelimin-
airy for the go, and mentioned Kid
DUDE and Newport Johnny Brown as
a possible match.
The past few days have seen a tor
nado of circuit clouting sweeping the
majors. Babe Ruth has been the SEN
sation. In three games over the week.
end, he has clouted four homers, and
raised his total to II for the season.
Clarence Walker Of the Athletics
landed for a brace of round trips, CIV
ing Inn four for his last two games,
and II for the season. To complete
the work of the top-notchers, Ken
Williams found Mails for a homer
yesterday-his Goth of the season.
There were two men on bases when
he registered the swat.
Gardiner opposed Hallowell Satur-
day in the game between the Easterns
and the Sanford nine. Abe Brisk of
Gardiner, in the box for Sanford, kept
tho eight hits registered against him
well scattered. and received top-notch
support Chick Meader of Hallowell,
Villa Nova College star. twirling for
the Easterns, vas found for nine bin
giles. but six errors by his teammates
lost the game.
Augusta will be represented at the
Bridgton fair light harness classics.
Peter Florent:re Malcolm d Towle's
bay gelding, is entered in the 2.2O frot
or pace for a purse Of $1,000. and tho
local horsement have slated Real Ear-
vester and Fascinating to start in the
z.cJ trot for another $1,000 purse.
Augusta fight fans are likely to see
a real toe-to-toe battle tonight at City
hall. X. o. Mayo, who is matched
with Bert Spencer Of Brooklyn, is p
hard hitting, game boy Of the boring
in type Of fighter. Spencer is the same
st, lie. but is reputed a cleverer boxer,
and takes the ring a slight favorite
over the Lewiston lad. Young Ketchell
and Young Florence, mated in the
serai-f9al, are both clever scrappers
and each has q creditable string of
victories to his credit.
Freddy Parent Colby coach and for
mer big Lacquer, is playing ball this
summer on the Kennebunk team. He
10 covering shortstop, and in the in
fed with him. holding down the key
stone sack, is his son. Fred Jr. Father
and son showed some classy baseball
Saturday playing against the Oxford A.
C. Each con-.ttuted a brace OF runs
and Parent. Jr.. a clean single. Both
fielded their positions perfectly. while
Kennebunk's win was credited largely
t., che generalship Of the elder man.
st. Cloud. France. July 2-Kircub-
bin, an Irish bred horse, with Bell
house. the English jockey up, today
won the President of the Republic
stakes by a nose from Ksar. the IA
vorite. Zagreus ridden by Frank
O'Neill, the American jockey, finish
ed third by a neck. This was the
last big race of the summer season in
France. The stake was valued at
$4,000 francs.