Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-07-30
JAY
SPORT
CHAT

Bangor is planning to have a brand
new athletic field. This will be ar
ranged with a baseball field which
may be used for professional games
In the summertime and will be the
home field of the Bangor team of the
Maine League, which now travels to
South Brewer. 1t will be a relief for
that city to have a field of its own as
there are many faults to be found
with the South Brewer diamond.
Solomon has released his clutch on
the Bayside Park lease and the Green
Sox players are now at liberty to fin-
ish the season if they so desire. The
cluster af players are anxious to go
the distance and have already started
booking games for future dates.
George Davis of Ear Harbor still
leads the Maine League sluggers. He
has been whacking the pill for q per-
centage of .446. Bill Kenyon Of Ban
cor Is resting comfortably In second
place with a mark Of .419, Kirshtein
of the Easterns ranks third with .4oS.
Deering High opens its gridiron sea-
son this year against Newton High on
Saturday, Oct. 3. Deering is the first
Maine school to book this crack Mass
achusetts outfit. They will play at
Newton.
Baseball is about through for the
season at Waterville. Although there
are four teams functioning, on account
of financial reasons they are unable
to bring teams to their city As far
as baseball Is concerned, Waterville
and Augusta are very much alike.
Both can afford to have good baseball
but the spirit is decidedly lacking.
All fandom is looking forward to
the Maine amateur golf tournament to
be held at the Augusta Country Club
in August. Competition Is always OF
the keenest sort in this match and
with number OF skillful players en-
tered there is bound to be action.
Judging from the large delds OF
brilliant performers entered in the
Maine State Fair races, some OF the
bes. racing in the history Of the fair
is lroked forward to.
The undefeated Waterville Interna-
tionals, who by their victory over,
Bingham last Saturday lay claim to
being one of the fastest aggregations
in this part of Maine. are without q
game for next Saturday. due to con-
f1ict in dates. They would like to
meet the fast Augusta American Lee
gion nine, the Hazard shoe team or
any other strong club in the vicinity.
The Internationals have won two
straight games and earlier In the sea-
son defeated the Camp Winslow Col
legians. This last named club Is made
up Of the best college players in the
country. In the International lineup
are several prep school stars ana also
the best of the Waterville and Wins
low high school players OF the last
few years. One particular reason why
the Internationals are anxious to con-
meet with the Augusta Legion team
Is that they wish to impress the down.
river fans that Waterville 10 capable
of producing team that can hold It's
own with teams from cities OF the
same size. a fact which does not seem
to be believed in Augusta at present.
The manager of the team is Edward
Talberth, at the Waterville Sentinel
office. Telephone 400.
Kid Roberts Of Waterville is on the
trail of a bout with Kayo Stevens OF
Dexter. The local boxer would like
to meet his old-time adversary at the
show which is to be staged In Dexter
in two more weeks.