Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-03-22
AUBURN, BATH AND BANGOR RED
TRIANGLE HOOP TEAMS BATTLE FOR
Pine Tree ny" TITLE HERE TONIGHT

Nah Jong fans will once and for all
swear off from their favorite sport
when they see the Pine Tree State Y
M. c. A. clashes today at City hall
Representatives of the fastest Y. NJ. c..
a. quintetS in the State will toss up
for the basketball honors of Maine
when hoop crews from Bangor, Bath
and Auburn and Augusta meet in the
first tournament of it's kind ever at
tempted in Maine. Augusta is fortu-
nate this year is being chosen as bat
tleground to fight for honors This
sweet program of clashes ends up one
of the busiest and fastest basketball
weeks the Capital City has seen for
long time. After seeing the Coburn-
Hebron hide-handlers put up one of the
closest and fastest polished court
games seen in the city in a long time,
the "Y'' basketeers are determined to
put up a battle which can only be
classed with the Coburn-Hebron clash.
After the announcement of the bas-
keteers to represent the Augusta Y. NJ.
c. A. in today's contest We feel assured
that Augusta will make a great bid for
the title. The players are as follows:
In the senior division, r. Benn IF. +.
Marston If, V. Soule c, J. BeaI (Capt.)
3, AhtSoii H. Will ~ L l4i'S iol :
| ward, c. Hall guard and J. Stafford
| ready to jump into the ARRAY If neces-
sary. -. a..
For the junior division the follow
| ing will be in the lineup: II. stiles IF,
Il. Overlook Il, c. Poor c, &. Lapidus
| lg, T. Cahit 1g, with X. Merrill, f..
Bechard and III. Bradford. forwards.
| and J. Lester. on shand as subs.
| On the senior teams local fans will
see some Of the best ba slet tossers
Augusta can boast +. Dick Benn
and Bonnie Marston are undoubtedly
| two of the best forwards soon on the
| local floor this season. Both men are
7 fast and clever at handling the leather
and have a Keen eye for the strings.
! These two should make dangerous
pair for any guards to stop. Verne"
| Soule at center should do some good
work for the ''Y" quintet tonight. A
| left guard Capt. James Beai n fast,
aggressive player, should ably take
| care of his position. Beal comes from
! Massachusetts Agricultural College.
/ where he played varsity football and
| basketball His training on the Mass
achusetts quintets should stand him in
! good stead tonight. Sam Mccall at
, left forward position-well, we all
! know that Sam is on the job when it
| COliitS " pay liiS bsiShtlbdif. -. 1 iIIiC,
, c. Hall and j. Stafford all saw service
on a Cony High team, each man maxi
. ing his letter. and if occasion demands
! them today they can be depended on to
! give their worth
The Junior team. has some fast
material which is second only TO the
! Senior team. With H. Stiles and r..
Overlook at forward positions, G.
! Poor at center and B. Lapidus and II.
; Cahill at guards some fast basket
! ball is assured.
Two prizes will be awarded to the
winners in the Senior and Junior
divisions. They are in the form of
| cups and were donated by the
! American Legion and The Hussey
| Hardware Co. The Legion is offer
! ing the cup to the winner of the
! Senior division and the Hussey
| Hardware Co.. to the winner of the
, Junior division. These cups will be
awarded at the end of the contests.
The preliminary contests will start
| at > o'clock sharp. In the Junior
! division. Augusta will play the Au-
| burn "Y' the Bath team draw
| ing Bye, and in the Senior division,
! Augusta will take on the Bangor
! basketeers and Bath will battle Au-
burn. In the evening at 7.30 the win
1 nerS of the afternoon contests in the
! Junior division will battle Bath and
! the two survivors of the Senior divi-
sion will draw for the title.
An evening and afternoon plump
! full of exciting basketball is assur-
( ed fans. Those who have followed
! the work of the local Y. M. C.. A.
! teams this season can be assured
that they will put up one of the
grandest scraps for the Maine State
title. Much interest is shown in the
first Y. NJ. c. A. tourney attempted
in Maine and a large bunch should
be on hand today to help the local
team win. II this series of games
proves a success. basketball fans will
be looking forward every Year when
similar contests will be staged.
/ In the evening after the finals,
general dancing will follow with
music by Douglass Meloday Men.