Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-03-24
CObuRN HAS MUCH
MATERIAL FOR FAST
BASEBALL TEAM
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team are very bright at Coburn this
year. as Coach Ray Haines has
much material to build from .and
also has his last years infield in
school this year.
| Although Tommy" O'Brien, who
was elected to captain the nine in
l924, failed to return to the Water
Vile institution last September. and
entered Boston college instead, the
Coburnites have four vets who are
/ capable boys and can well fill the
shoes that Captain O'Brien left
| empty. They are Charlie" Minna-
| hane, Jimmy" McCroary, "Hyme"
Shanahan and Dutch" Fielder.
| Minnahane. who halls from Au-
| burn. held down third base in fine
fashion last year and is one of the
| most brainy baseball players in the
| Pine Tree State school boy circles
| Before entering Coburn Charlie"
| played football, basketball and base
ball at Edward Little Fl. s. and was
a favorite with the fans around that
part of the State. Last fall he
played quarterback on the Crimson
grid team.
Jimmy" McCroary is a product
| OF Adams, Mass, and in spite of his
very small size, he is one of the
best athletes that ever attended Co
burn. He was very popular lad
! In basketball and baseball around
his home town. playing on factory
| teams and town clubs. but never
| played footbalr until he came to the
1 Elm City prep school and received
his first instructions from Ike"
Haines. Last year McCroary was a
regular forward on the basketball
team and regular second sacker on
the diamond. This year he was a
| sub backfielG man on the gridiron
and repeated his work on the pol
ished surface His knowledge of
basketball and~his fast work on the
courts in the State of Maine have
earned him the name of being one
| or the best ever seen IN a prep
school in this section.
| Another Hainesonian of last years
fame. who will be on hand to do
his stuff. is "HyDle' Shanahan. for
| merly of Auburn, Me-, but now re-
! siding in Forest Hills. Boston. Mass.
| This lad is probably the most pop
ular. fastest and most clean cut of
| all Maine prep school athletes. He
| has played fullback on the Coburn
| football team fort years and
captained the 1923 team so well as
to be reelected to repeat his eX-
cellent work next year. In basket
| ball he is u shining light and for
! the two years he has been in the
| Waterville prep school he has had a
| regular forward berth and held it
| down to perfection. AS to baseball.
''Hyme" ia one of the best and
| plays first base with much speed and
natural ability. Besides playing the
! initial sack when Coach Ike"
| IIaines called for Il southpaw to
work on the mound, "Shanny" an
tswered the call. and without expert
| ence In the box, went in and turned
back the fast Kent's Hill and West
brook Seminary teams. the West
j., brook games going for an extra
inning. Last summer he played for
the HOllingsworth and Whitney nine
| and probably will do so again this
year. Shanahan Is a Junior and is
president of his class.
dutch" Fielder. the flying Dutch
| man, who comes to Coburn with a
| reputation of being q fine athlete,
has surely lived up to his standards
and has proven a valuable man in
! football. basketball and baseball to
| the Crimson and Gold. Fielder
played guard his first year and end
! last fall on the grid team. He
| played u back position in fine shape
last year on the court outfit and
captained this years team from the
| same position.
In baseball he Is first class in
| fielder and II heavy slugger. last
year. he played the short field berth
, and turned in many spectacular and
brainy plays.
Beside the vets Cohurn has many
| new men who will show their wares
| as soon 8 the first call is made.
Among the most noted are Arnol
Bragg and TON" kharny.
Bragg. pitcher from Fairfield,
| Maine, Is considered an \ No. l man
and is well known in this section of
| the state, as he pitched for Law
renee II. S three years and was
| captain his last year. He is a right
| handler and does well with the will
| low.
Khouny, of Needham. Mass. went
| to Hebron Academy last year and
played shortstop on the big green
as well as being clean up man in the
batting list. TON" smeared the
onion for very high average last
spring and is out to give someone n
| is not only n baseball man hut
stellar halfback and valuable
hockey player.
Other pitchers besides Bragg and
| Skanahan, are George Grady of New
| Haven, Conn. and "BoZo" Weston of
| Needham. Mass. Both of these lads
were backfield men in football and
will be valuable assets on the mound,
as Grady pitched while in high school
| in New Haven and Weston pitched
at Needham high school.
Sullivan, of Auburn. younger lad,
shows up we'll in the gym workouts
and should be o. good prospect for
! the second team.
other infielders are very plentiful
and some of them have had much
experience. They are: Don Mason
of Bangor. Bouget of Augusta. who
pla we'd some at Westbrook Seminary
| last season; '.Dick" Reed, who cap
| tanned Rockland high last year; Nell
son Bailey of China. Maine. who
PLAYED second base on the Coburn
seconds q year ago and should be OF
value to the crimson this year. and
John Scaglarini of Milford, n. H..
will try out for the keystone sack.
"Scag" has played on the high school
team and summer teams for a Few
years.
II is believed that some infieldcrs
who want to make the team Will
| have to shift their occupation to the
outer gardens as only four can be
used in the infield at a time. but
when they do this they will find more
stiff opposition as about dozen
stars are striving for their places IN