Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-04-24
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ton Saturday for the drubbing given
her by the Navy in the track games.
for the Crimson tennis team sunk
the Middies on the Academy courts,
taking five Of the six matches in
singles, and all three Of the doubles.
Brown of Harvard, who is out this
year to better the record of H. p.
Bailey, L. of M. star, who heaved
the hammer 165 feet ga inches in
1915, is going strong in both ham
nler and shot. Last year the giant
guard registered a heave OF 159 feet,
8 ga inches, and his admirers be-
lieve he can add the extra six feet.
Del Bissonette's young brother is
making good as a pitcher on West
brook Seminary. In the game with
South Portland Saturday he famed
13 men, and allowed but eight hits.
Francis ("Fat") Hill OF Augusta.
playing for Bowdoin against the
Portland "Caseys" Saturday. smash
ed homer over the right field fence.
Cony and Waterville meet upriver
next Wednesday. and in view of the
inability OF the Elm City boys to
find the pill in their game with Madi-
son, Cony appears the favorite.
A copy Of the Official Trap
shooting Year Book" for 1922, which
has just been issued by the Ameri-
can Trapshooting Association. has
come to the Office. 1t IS nearly twice
the size of their 1921 publication,
showing the increase in the sport
among the people Of the country.
Maine has no organized team, but
there are a number of devotees of
the sport in the State.
The Augusta Grammar School
senior division, Smith meets Far
rington on the latter's ground, and
in the junior division, Williams is
hooked up with Lincoln on the Will
liams field. and Webster plays St.
Mary's at Webster field.
Westbrook seminary has an amhi-
tiouS schedule of out-of-the- State
games for May. They will play n.
II. State '25 on May IS, Tufts rs
at Medford on May 81. Dean Aca-
denny on May 30. and Portsmouth, N.
FL. High on May 81.
The Cony High second string men
look pretty good this year and Coach
Thompson is still undecided as to
whom he will play regularly in GER
tain positions.
Bob Legendre, Lewiston boy. and
Georgetown allround athlete, is at
tracing national attention by his re-
markable early season work. Arthur
Duffy picks him to run away with
the pentathlon championship at the
Penn relay games.
Tad Jones has issued call for the
opening of Yale's spring football
practice this morning. Due to the
number of grid stars distributed
among baseball and other spring sport
teams, the Blues early sea on foot
ball squad is smalle.' than usuel.
DR.. w. S. Thompson was an interest
cd spectato~ at the Morsc-Cony game
Saturday at Capitol Park. DR..
Thompson is dean OF all Cony fans
and is most always present at the
high school contest7 whenever the
weather permits.
George S. Williams of this city and
Mr.. Mudgett Of lewiston. accompa-
MED by guide Fred D. Perkins,
brought a nice string Of fish to the
city from Long pond in the Belgrade
chain as a result Of weekend fishing.
They had four trout. the largest tip
ping the scales at four pounds.
Amherst is to use a compressed air
automatic pitching device 20 round her
twirlers into shape. The device has
been used for some time in pro cir
cles, but as far as is known the Pur-
pie and White is one of the first of
the small colleges to make use Of it.
Tom Campbell. worlds e0O-yard
champion. ran Saturday in the Yale
spring track games for the first time
since his breakdown last winter. He
grabbed the half mile easily il / min
ute. S. As seconds.
PLAN FAST BALL