Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-06-15

Their seasons record Of II straight
victories over high school teams of
| the State. clearly stablishins their
! superiority, and standing ready =;
| defend their claims against all corners
for the high school championship Of
Maine for 1923. the Cony high base
ball team under the leadership of
Captain Don Brennan. faces its su-
preme task tomorrow afternoon, when
Lynn English high, the premier
Schoo1boy outfit of that section of
New England. comes here to battle
for intersectional honors.
A New England high school champ
ionship is a mythical proposition at
best,-but the result of the clash be-
tween the State of Maine title claim
7 ants and the leaders of the North
Shore League, will be the nearest
possible approach toward establishing
such a title. Lynn claimed this honor
last year after their defeat of Cony at
the Bay State city. The records of
these two schools over the past three
seasons on the diamond are a close
parallel. Lynn English has dropped
but one game in IS in this time. Cony
high has registered 2o straight vic
tories in two years against the high
school teams representing every sec
ton of the Pine Tree State.
Regardless of the result Of the in
tersectional clash of tomorrow, which
bids fair to be an occasion eXtraord-
mary in the annals of high school
baseball in New England. Cony high
has practically clear claim to the
State championship. Should Bidde-
ford high or any other school see fit
to contest this claim, it is the inten-
l,
every effort to bring about a decisive
contest.
The diamond classic on Rucl Will
Jams Field tomorrow will mark the
climax of Coach Clinton r. Thomp-
sons work a. athletic instructor with
the Augusta school. He has develop
ed championship teams in football,
baseball and basketball. This years
Ccny track team has won distinctive
hcnors in every meet in which it has
participated and Frank harrington
! of that team has been consistently
the individual star of those meets
Coach Thompson is making no pre-
dictions as to the result of the base
ball game with Lynn, Saturday, but
he feels that if his boys play the game
of which they are capable they will
do credit to their school and to the
caliber Of high school baseball in this
State.
Uncovering at times a fast and
f1ashy brand Of baseball in their play
this year, the Cony boys have on the
other hand been guilty of some rag
ged and hectic eXhibitions,-but al
ways pulling through to win by n
substantially safe margin in the
twelve games played. Their support
ers believe that never vet have the
Cony boys really given an exhibition
of the splendid and fast baseball of
which they are capable. 1t is with this
feeling that Cony enthusiasts can
vision a possible win over the con-
sistently fast and steady Lynn aggre-
cation. which played errorless ball for
13 consecutive games.
AS was the case last year much of
Cony's edge over the teams with
which she has clashed has been due
to the highly effective mound work of
Captain Brennan. This undisputed
ace of the high school hurlers of the
State has not lost a game with high
school team of Maine in all his four
years of serving them up for Cony.
Dicky Rideout is a second string
pitcher only because of the circum-
stance that made his speciality the
same as that of his big team mate.
or the II Cony victories this year,
Dick has pitched five.
The State Champions of last year
lest only first sacker, Jack Stafford,
through graduation, so it is practi-
Cally veteran crew that has kept the
red and white colors of Cony trium-
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