Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-06
baseball Practice
CARTS in Cage at
Rpovdoin College

n.,,nswick, Feb. 5.-ThSoWool''
,p'ball squad begins praqe ,uu"S
" the cage of the hi H Hnmser
Guiding s and Coach h' = d ,osu,
ba .as the task of buildii a 'eai,'
i Jaw. will equal the tltp'ois;''p
luas Of 1921 and 49, tlu.s WILL, WI,
n ;ns the Maine title twS! ;. un
ui ing the wcarers OF the i.i'e '.a ,,
n,,i q big noise in the 80" 1fa o
, ," baseball world. ,ho ,aa,
r rv Yale and PIineei !e ,nv wick
. .a the little college i't" t,,oi', y
n ,.v shown plenty OF e. III .. ~,
the hils ',ar,itv of Penjlvania ball
,ossers fell before inc N'''"7'' "
,seWhite slussers. ~,
~ The Bowdoin squad yea - , lev
Il, loe Smith one of tlfioS' ! e'i" u,e
and consistent third &c., ,t :" aoo
s .Ds baseball and a h'l .''ah =, ,otu =
hitter. .,o,orons orhlich to build.
hut will lack the sIo or f ~, threa s
fiIH"' r;I Graves buting center
years, . . has sjcl an optional
neldet WV r.i.h II New York
agiyeih, ~ A, ,IorreActera short
STOP and Jack Hang '''c us >
stop. .., 4, 100, varsity
Those inherited p -, I.n'.S
are Freddy Wallserno huoe . '1,lm
son. pitchers; Nal leii' ~. oo ',,a ;
rod Gibbons, intieN' baNe Nceu,e,
Gu o' nj "E,," III outficldcrs and
l!an . a." nov;s utila man. There are
utois nnu. can,ltcS, who show
se'. ..sorah,o protc. and Coach
W.. oor owl another VIM
- a,,h IL his nhlcrs go well.
Freddy Wa!kerIe BROW hlieiu 10Y
i't torr,or Frye,E Academy fling
@'t 49, =. nr,c,icollJ barred first honors
VI 40. .".o seos onsith Waldo Pete"
Finn. now athle dlreclor a' "eSl-
brook high schof lie mas ptth par
t,cularly effectil asaihst iiaiN d III
- hcotcp ice by one run
Oan 'n ,brugh fault of his own.
ros, ve.r. Ru;. Johnson. another
M"nrto;n Divii boy. came fast,
an5 this seaso this stocky ,hurler
:. r.o,,. IN debp into a real first
w,,er hoy. maria promising fresh
man candidat IS kooinson' VINO
n;,cbed last I'd for Lewiston high.
lie is tall andlngy Welshin@ anout
Ia mounds Shlford. Il six foot four
nroduct of BdHarbor high and a
sophomore is Dther prospect.
Nal MorreWho piaEed SECOND
base and cattr last %ear is siateu
10 do the b,l of the backstopping
This season. / the Bay State boy
will have a.levcr understudy in
Lester BlakI former South Port
land high cher. Bake mas mn
proved greai in two seasons, and
last summeplaEcd a strong game
Tor the Eastrt clup, c2tchlhG wa
terman Tire ben. leading hur'er or
the Sundayflegram lnterScnOlaStlc
league, whdtched phenomenal ball
for the "CEdles.'
Houser's ! problem in 1922 lay at
FIRST base. Fat Hill was shifted
from the o,eld to play this position
and then Ne Neeuleman was tried
on the initjsack, but they are really
Outfelderstd their hitting strength
assures tn of the pastureland Jobs.
In Asa Snl a sophomore. the Bow
don mend will likely find his first
haseman 5 year. Small, a natural
athlete, rky. fast and with plenty
Of reach bne in summer ball last
season, a looks ripe for the var
slty.
Ted Gibns who started the sea-
son at sdd base last year became
lneIlglbl9 mld-season. but during
the sumt played on tho Northern
4. A. ofpand Falls proving a hard
hitting flder A freshman named
NcLaugh from Brooklyn high is a
new stain the infeld horizon. and
one Of Heading candidates for the
inner 4nse. Kirkpatrick is an
other missing candidate. George
DAVIS Portland plays a steady
game bi at second base and in the
oltheld fd is a long hitter.
Whelhe boys get down to hard
WORK liFe cage. other undiscovered
lumnaf may fash and the pros
poets dhe whole are cncor1ra cling