Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-03
KAY JAY
SPORT
CHAT

What a picture the Lewiston GIN.
sport writer paints of the team that
will represent the Twin Cities ~.
coming season! A superficial resS
ing would give one the impressior
that one Pat French is corrallinr an
aggregation the power Of which
would be comparable to a 1urrsr'
naut, an irristible force with no i'm
movable object in sight: a tintins.
bulation of. the mazuma, musicaI n
the ears of players, but a toscin 4,
death to the hopes OF managers i,
the league towns.
Turning the picture a little mor.
towards the light the infallibility M
this aggregation Is apparent. Whst
/ a pleasant season the Spindle Civ
fans will witness. Assurance befors
each game that the home team vii,
win. Surely the name Millionaire"
would not be accurately descriptiy.
of this hand-picked galaxy. Rather
would it be moro appropriate to hark
back to the classics, to history. IA
mythology for a name symbolical OF
its greatness.
So much for the superfluity extant
Turning on the light of calm, merci,
less analysis. what do we find? Ger.
tainly no supermen, even II paid
super wages. In the words OF BIZ
Carrigan enunciated a generation
ago, "Why they are only human"
In fact 1t would seem that Lewiston.
Auburn with all the Wanted wealth
available IL not getting the most Tor
their money. The much berated and
belittled league, though tied down
to the niggardly $500 limit may,
parade wares that will cause French
ct al to wonder II there wasn't q bet,
or two overlooked.
Rather tough on Peanut Hamilton d
outpitch Hunter and still lose that II.
canto affair down at Tufts. While
Hamilton pitched good enough ball 10
win half a dozen games and the Garnet
sphere tossers outhit the Tufts agKre.
cation, the Bates boys booted Ave ali
over the lot and tossed the game away
with it. Despite this defeat IT looks as
If Bates is to be seriously considered
as contender for the Maine college
crown this year.
With Bishop, Hardy and Bob Foster
carrying the Bowdoin colors today, the
Drums WIChldslS SIOuIu give tN6 bTOWn
spike shoe artists something to think
about before the Bruins take the Bow.
doin scalp back to their den.
While Baggy Allen has not been
making much idle talk, the crafty Ia
comet leader seems to have the goods
as far as material is concerned. With
the classy Phil Groves toelng the slab
and Johnny Lampher practically assur-
ed, the Elm City boys are sitting pref
ty with a clever battery for the OPEN
ing game of the new baseball league.
Baggy also has Rip McPhee TO take
his turn on the mound. There was a
time when Rip was the most Elective
slab artist down east. He used 10
have an annoying habit of hooking
few in fairly close to the batters head.
which caused a little uneasiness on
the part of the latter. While Rip sell
dom hit q man, II was considered the
safe and sane thing to step aside and
let his bean balls pass, and they usu'
ally curved over the plate. As one
never knew when one of his spit ofer'
ings was going to forget and not curve
the spitballer gained r. lot of strike
outs. However. that was quite few
years ago and Rip has aged $50 days
every year since that time.
Walter Johnson seems to be gong
back-that is, back to the form he used
to show about 10 years ago.