Daily Kennebec journal., 1924-04-09
KAY JAY
SPORT
CHAT
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Tucked away in the mind of some
Twin City man is name for the Lew
iston ball team. The Star Taxis. the
name borne by the Lewiston club for
two years, is to be changed 1t was
decided 20 let fans choose tire name
the club shall sport his season and to
make things interesting a prize is Of
fered OF free pass to all the seasoia;s
games. Eportsters are wondering what
. the name viii! be. 2-c.
We read that Lewiston High is on
the verge of organizing golf as q
sport at that school. to be classed on
the regular list OF athletic activities
at that institution. Fans and stu
dents in that section are quite en-
thusiastic over the game and the school
boasts of likely trio 10 represent the
sport II a team is formed. namely
Packard. Pendergast and Flynn. In
these days of golf it is not unlikely
that sooner or later the sport will be-
come a major one. Several other Maine
| high schools are also considering the
sport.
"BinG" Conley of Lewiston. regard
ed as Maine State midd dleweight cham
ron. has a formidable opponent for the
! Boost Sports bout at Lewiston Friday
; eve in Jimmy Darcy. Oregon fighter
Darcy. who has served as Tiger Jack
Dempseys sparring partner, has met
all the best middleweights, and fans
may be sure that there Will be no
green grass growing under his feet in
Fridays bout. Fans who have been
cIamoring for "Bing' to be pitted
against a fast middleveight should
in
Old Jupiter Pluvius has carried
his April fool joke little too far.
Baseball coaches didn't mind the
snow so much. for they had been
used to it all winter. but when things
were looking bright and sunny. along
came cloudloads of rain. enough to
make any baseball coach blue But
make fthe best of things is Coach
Thompson's motto. so defying old
Jupe. Coach had his men in the as
sembly hall Tuesday doing their
stuff. The pitching prospects were
In for the once over and they dis
played their wares before Coach.
Things were bit cramped in the
hall hut the boys got along fine. All
of the boys are looking forward to
when they can get down on the park
again.
One of the classiest thin pin
matches of the season will be staged
at the Augusta "Y" alleys on Thurs
day night, when a quintet OF Water
Vile stars come here to bowl an out
f1t from the Capital City. Some Of
the best men in the speedy Speed
League of Waterville will be among
the visitors, for in the line-up are
Derocher. Moore. Diambri, c. Ivers
and Thomas. UNFOLDING the prestige
of Augusta will be ".Bil" Cross. Raw
White. Jack McDSnough. Herbie
Folsom and Johnny Giroux. This
is return affray. When the Au-
gusta stars went to Waterville a
fortnight ago. they took the first
two strings handily and then tum
bled lamentably for the third and
final session. They are smarting
under the way things went and if
the skinny sticks don't get II, they
never will.
Northeast Harbor, having garnered
every semblance OF Hoop honors
in its territory and edging out the
title in the U. of NJ. tourney is now
clamoring for a contest with Bidde-
ford high. The down casters are
asked that the game be played on a
neutral court. and suggest the Ex-
position building at Portland. In
event that the two teams do not play
Northeast Harbor will claim the title
OF Maine. A game between these two
teams is heralded with much anticipa-
ton, for each school has a crack aS-
gregation of hide handlers and a
same between the two ouintets would
be the cream of the whole season for
court fans.
Pinehurst. n. c.. Apr. S.-rB. p.
Merriam. Waterbury. Conn; P. s. p.
Randolph. Point Judith, r. l.: Fred
w. Knight. Philadelphia, and w. c,
Fownes. Jr.. Pittsburgh. today, won
Their wav into the semi-finals of the
EoffE and south amateur golf tour
played today.