Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-06-09
KAY JAY
SPORT
CHAT

Westbrook Seminary, by defeating
Portland High yesterday in Port
| land Telegram League game, elimi-
mated the Forest City High school,!
| from her chance at the pennant, and
| the race now lies between the Semi
nary and South Portland. Regard
less of who cops the final contest,
| South Portland VIII be the logical
team for Cony to stack up against in
| the southern part of the State to
defend her championship claims.
Cony has taken Portland into camp
| once this year, and If she cen beat
South Portland, and the winner of
| the Lawrence High-Winslow game
at Waterville tomorrow, her claim to
| the title of Maine High School Cham
pions would be almost indisputable.
Word comes from Waterville that
Elmer. Spike" Williams, captain of
! the Colby varsity nine. and star out
fielder. has accepted the position of
director of athletics at Pressure Isle,
and will start his duties with the
| opening of the football season next
fail.
The Bath correspondent or the
Portland Express was evidently i'm
pressed with Dickie Rideout's work
against the Shipping City lads. He
says in his story: "Rideout pitched
for Cony. the lad with an average Of
IA strikeouts a game. He got II
yesterday" 1t is Don brennan. and
not Dick who has the IA average
but Dick has sent So mon to the
bench by the strikcout route in the
5 games he has pitched, and an aver
age of II strikeouts a game is not
easy to find among Maine High
school twirlers this season.
The election of Frank mckinley of
SO. Paris as captain of the Bates
track team meets with general ap-
prevail throughout the State. McGin-
ley has been doing great work in his
two-mile speciality. He brought the
crowd to their feet at Colby by break
ing the existing record in that event
and finishing second to Ray Buker
who smashed the mark to smitherecns
with little effort.
Babe Ruth now tells the world what
the fans havosenscd for some time:
That he has given up all hope of pass
ing his last years homo run mark of
50. Babes fourth homer came yester-
day off Robertson of mo hit no run"
fame. No one was on base at the
time. The ball sailed over the right
field fence.
Cony's chances in the dual meet
with Gardiner took on new life when
Ansel Hill, Junior, topped the bar at
9 feet in pole vault practice yesterday.
Hill has not been devoting much time
to track this year, and his fine vault
was u surprise to his team mates. If
he can repeat against the Orange and
Black today, Cony will have five
points that have not been figured by
the dopesters.
Cony High repeats her challenge to
the high school leaders of the State to
fight it out for championship honors
in post-season game. Nothing has
been heard from either Lawrence high
or So. neutrality-suspicious. they are
waiting the outcome of their rcspec-
tive leagues before accepting the def.
Frank a. Gilman, popular golf pro-
foSsiOnal of the Augusta Country club
leaves today for Boston to compete
Monday and Tuesday on the Wood
land links, Auburndalc, Mass, in the !
annual New England Championship !
Tourney for professionals. He will |
return Wednesday to be present at
Watervile at the Augusta Waterville !
team match, on that date.