Daily Kennebec journal., 1922-04-22
COBuRN OPENS
WITH COLBY 2ND
THIS AFTERNOON
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Waterville. April 21.-Coburn will
open her baseball season with
game with Colby second this af-
ternoon on Seavern's field. Brown
will start the game in the box
with Shanahan handling the big mitt.
The Oakland southpaw will keep the
Colby sluggers guessing for the first
few innings If he lives up to his rep
utation. Coach Ginger Franzer in
tends to give all Of the good players
a tryout and the battery may be
changed before the game is over.
Bauman and Goodrich are both
good twirlers and Peters can stop the
ball behind the bat. On first base
there will be Bowe to start things
with Peters on the first corner later
in the game. Goldberg will guard the
keystone sack and Richards is sure
to get into the game at that position.
On third there is Harris, veteran
of last years varsity and Whitefeld
who has done good work in the prac-
tice games. Kilbride and Rood have
been playing the game at short and
both of these men will play tomor-
row. Harold Young and Harlow
Young are competing for the first po-
sition in left field and at center Bau-
man and Sweeney will take turns.
Over in the right field will be Drum
mond part of the game with Hanley
playing the rest of the time.
The boys have had hard luck in out
door practice because the weather
has been so bad that Libby field has
not been dry enoughsto play on much
Of the time. Ginger said that he has
had to make new team this year
because Harris was the only one left
after graduation. But he said he was
going to have a good team with plen-
ty of good hard work. There have
been 50 to 40 men out every day all
the season which is the largest squad
ever out at Coburn. Ginger said
that he was not going to cut the
squad as he did not believe it. was
necessary because anyone who can
not play at all will soon get tired of
coming out.
The eligibility requirements are un-
usually severe this year and no man
can play unless he is up in four or
more courses. Also if any man is out
any two weeks Of the season on ac-
count Of scholarship he will not get
his letter.
Through the efforts of Manager
Philip Rosenthal the schedule is the
best and longest ever undertaken by
Coburn baseball team. There are
eight home games anda eight trips
One trip is for four days through
Northeastern Maine Coach Fraser
said that Rosenthal was the best
manager that had been at Coburn
since he was there and that he had
shown great interest in the welfare
Of the team Rosenthal got together
crew of 20 boys the other night and
rolled Libby field with the big snow
roller. This makes it much smoother
than it was last year
The Colby second team Is an un-
usually fast one this year and some
of the men who are going to play
Saturday have had experience on the
first team, The lineup will probably
be as follows: Barnes, first: Millett
second: Verne, third: Smith, short
stop: Keith, catcher: Coulman, pit
cher: Hunter. left field; Sullivan, CEN
ter field: Snow. right field. Other men
who may set into the game are Cobb.
Colby and Armstrong will probably
be used in the box and Pike. LARA
bee. Flynn and Scott will play some
in the outfeld. Neither of the teams
have captains yet Of the Coburn team
because there were not enough left
from last year to elect captain and
the Colby team was only formed this
week. Elections will be held after
the first game.