Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-01
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The committee delegated TO select
the boxers for the opening bout Of
the newly organized Augusta Ath-
letic club. at City Hall on Nov. 10
have been in communication with
several likely boys, but as yet have
not signed anyone. Two well known
welters or light weights will be sell
ected for the main bout.
With the time getting shorter in
| the last quarter of the football sea-
son, local talk is on the increase re-
garding the chances of Cony high
school gridders meeting some high
school claimant for the necessarily
mythical State title. Many fans are
of the opinion that the logical con-
tenders are the Capital City lads and
the South Portland outfit 1t is hoped
| that these two elevens may be
!, brought together for a clash in a
| post season contest.
! Jack Stafford. last years captain of
| the red and white Cony football elev
en-, and one of the best pivot men
| the Augusta school ever had, has
been showing up we'll as substitute
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wear man and in the few minutes
that he has played in the games on
the Garnet schedule. has given prom
Use of great timber for this college.
Although the Garnet broke into the
| win column Saturday. Coaches Cults
and Wiggin do not believe that Bates
has as yet reached top form, and are
going to drive the squad hard for
the game with Massachusetts Aggies,
this week. The eleven came through
the Bowdoin game without injuries.
The boxing season will get under
way for the Twin Cities on Friday
night, when the Boost Sports A. c."
will stage the opener at Lewiston
City Hall. The New Haven lad, Joe
Curry will meet Kid DUDE in double
six go. Curry, who beat the Lewis
ton boy at Portland last winter
sends up word from Connecticut that
he expects to do it again, but the Kid
takes exceptions. In the bantam
class, the popular New Auburn boy
Ruby Levine is to stack up against
Jimmy Corelli of Berlin, n. H. over
the double six route. They have met
several times with Ruby having the
better of the argument so far, and
this bout is sure to please the local
fans. In the third number for the
evening, Young Thibodeau will de-
fcnd the honor of the Twin cities
against Kid Lambert of Berlin.
Tonight at Madison Square Garden
that real veteran. Jack Britton. will
start his 571st ring battle when he
steps into the ring to defend his
worlds wclterweight title against
Mickey Walker. incidentally he will
celebrate the completion of 90 years
as a professional pugilist, and it was
on October IA that Britton was 81
years old.
Two Of ire mes. reliable pigskin
chasers Bates has ever possessed will
play their last game for the Garnet
against Bowdoin Saturday. Captain
ELL" Quincy, all-Maine tackle for the
past two seasons, and odd Reliable"
John Davis. another all-Maine selection
for a couple of years. will be lost by
graduation. Goth mon have played on
|
Harry Cohen last season Maine full
back saw the MaineColby game from
the stands last Saturday. Cohen was
with Jim Baldwin down at Lehigh but
he has decided to return to Maine and
he will register the first of the year at
Orono.
Old King Football will be showed off
the map for little while next Satur-
day afternoon while the cross-coun1ry
runners of the four Maine colleges
trudge over the Bates hill and dale
course at Lewiston. This is another
uncertain game, and the boys who
show the best form in practice are not
always the ones who drag their mud
despatched forms first across the tape
in the actual race.
Having annexed the football title the
University of Maine runners hope also
to add the crosss -country championship
. to their conquests. Coach F'lacll is
/ said to be bringing down a hardy pack
of plodders from the Northland Bates
is especially ANXIOUS 10 VIII because
it would be third straight victory
in the annual classic and means pcrma-
nent possession Of the cup. Coach Jen-
kins has several seasoned track per-
formers Jack Magee at Bowdoin has
been developing a cluster of now stars
and Mike Ryan at Colby. once famous
Marathoner himself. has a likely look
ing lot of boys.
, Coach Fred Parent has been at
, Colby college for the past two days
; confering with the athletic officials
. regarding the prospects of the base
ball team at the college this spring
AS yet. Coach Parent has not signed
a contract for this year.
Cornell Has Long
Basketball Schedule
Ithaca. n. Y. Oct. 31.-Nineteen
games, including two intercollegiate