Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-02-05

| game locally stacks Catholic High
against Portland university at the
Portland Athletic Club. With Paul
| Flaherty in forward berth, Catholic
! has made decided Improvement in its
! play and counts on placing another
| victory on the ledger tonight Al
| though the university quintet has play
! ed few games locally, it is a good team
and hopes to cop the decision from the
| Purple basketeers. The preliminary
game will start at 1.45.
Westport. Feb. 4.-The Westbrook
/ Seminary basket tossers have four
games slated for this week, all the
tits being with major quintets
| through the State. The Dexter Attn
letic Club, which held Coburn to A.
to 40 score last week will be met on
| Tuesday night, while the Red and Gray
| invaders will move on to Bangor
| Wednesday night. taking on the fast ST.
| John A. A. The Weekend calendar VIII
| find them meeting Norway High school
at Norway on Friday. and the SatGT-
| day follow-up brings Gould Academy
| of Bethel into the limelight. The men
who will make the Tuesday end
] Wednesday trip Will be picked from
! Clune, Taft. Farrell. Martin. Griffen.
! Nash Phillips. Ready, Tabbutt. Nc
| Quiggan and Ippolyto.
| New York Feb. 4-National League
| clubs will take south an unusually
| promising array of new talent TINS
year for the spring training and test
, ing program. according to an oitclal
| list made public today at league head
quarters. More than 100 additions have
| been made TO the rosters of the eight
clubs in the senior circuit. OF these
l q -, h fpsf tr1rA
| to land major league berths. The re
| mainder were recalled for further trial
or obtained in major league deals
Christy Mathewson's Boston Braves
| head the list with 30 additions to the
| squad. Pittsburg and Brooklyn are
next with Il and lG. respectively. while
Cincinnati, standing pat on its lineup
outside the box, has the smallest num-
Der of newcomers, five. Recruits OF
| whom high hopes are entertained m
clude Pitcher kremer. obtained by the
pirates from the Pacific Coast: Lucus.
hurler, obtained by the Braves from
San Antonio; Pitcher Harrison and
Shortstop Jones, Brooklyn rockies from
the Pacific Coast; and Jake May. cx-
pensive southpaw bought by Cincinnati
from Vernon. Cal
| Toronto Feb. 4.--Thc adoption OF the
United States ruling prohibiting CORFU
gated, grooved or slotted clubs and the
| selection Of Toronto and MONTREAL
courses for the 1924 open and amateur
championships were the major matters
of business transacted at the 18th an
rual meeting of the Royal Canadian
Golf Association Saturday. The aSSo-
| citation also voted to extend an invita-
ton to the British Walker cup team
to play a series of matches in Montreal
and Toronto after invading the United
States. Resumption of international
matches with American amateurs also
was advocated The amateur champion
ship was awarded to the Rosedale club
of this. city and the open tourney to
the Mount Bruno CLUB of Montreal.
Two invitations from Hamilton and
Lambton clubs were received for the
ladies' Canadian championship, but
these were deferred to committee.
| Toxic. Feb. 3.-American sport
followers will have an opportu-
! nifty to enjoy two sports offerings
from Japan this year. The MeiJi
University baseball team. cham
ions in this country last year, and
Takeichi Harada, one of Japan's
most promising tennis stars. will
both be seen in American cities if
tentative plans are carried out. MeiJl
| University has long desired to send
its team to the United States. as the
reception given the Meiji team there
ten years ago on its American tour
was considered an unusually en-
thusiastic one. The team will take
sixteen men. including one director
from the faculty. 1t will leave for the
United States shortly after the March
examinations and will have games in
n o.
main in the United States seventy
days and is hoping to get thirty games
with various university mines
| throughout the country.
Cincinnati, Feb. 3.-Pete Donohuc.
Jackie May. Ed. Roush and Sammy
Bohne are the only regulars Of the
Cincinnati National League team,
who have not sent III their signed
contracts for the coming season.
May has not been heard from since
he was purchased from the Vernon
club None of these players is re
Sardcd as a holdout. however.
Jimmy Craft. automobile racer of
Detroit was killed and Norris Shears.
Los Angeles driver, seriously injured
| when Shears car crashed into Crafts
machine on turn during 4 race here
today.
Auburn. Feb. 2-Plans have been
completed by the Auburn Winter
Sports Carnival to be held in this
City Feb. 14-l5-l6. to make the earn
wal one Of the biggest events of its
| Kind ever held in tie State and rapid
progress towards this end is fore
casted by the program recently pub
Itch lot ~ ln t.np
there is apparently nothing left un-
| done. The Auburn Carnival is go
| ing 10 take IN about everything that
can possible be done on snow Shoes.
ice and with Skis. X will be three
fun days crammed full of life and
sport for the out of door lovers AL
. ready entries tor the various events
are coming In and included in entries
are several high schools and two col =
le@eS. Bates and Colby who hold a
dual meet. There Will he a cham
piunship hockey game between Bates
ard Colby the two leading Contendcrs
Tor the State college ice title. SKI
events in which the hansen Ski Club
Of Berlin, \. H.. Auburn Ski Club.
Chisholm Ski Club and Portland Ski
Club have already sen; entries
Fancy skating events with both anna
teur and professional skaters in fact
everything and the Mcmillan Dog
team will be one Of the attractions.
Mobile Club of
Southern Baseball
League Gets Boone
Boston. Feb. 4.-The release of