Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-17


If Dame Rumor may be believed
in any degree, Don Brennan, former
Cony High and Georgetown ace and
for the past few summers a MEM
Der of some of the fastest semi pro
clubs in New England, is slated to
join the New York Yankees as soon
as that team starts its spring train
ing. This belief, while neither. con-
firmed nor denied by the Cony slab
artist, is well supported by the fact
that Brennan was approached sew
eral times while member of the
Augusta Mflionaires by representa-
tives of big league teams, all of
whom were anxious to get his name
on the dotted line.
Should Brennan go to and make
good with the Yankees his ascent
to the big tent will be a fitting re-
ward for one of the most brilliant
amateur and semi pro careers in the
state. Starting in when a member
of the Cony High school squad Bren-
nan was nearly invincible, being gen.
orally recognized as the strikeout
king of this state. For the whole
four years he. bore the brunt of the
Cony slab work and he combined a
terrific speed ball with an elusive
hook to send opposing sluggers back
to the bench talking to themselves.
The fast and husky Don reigned
monarch of all his fellow mounds
men until game was arranged with
Lynn Classical Institute of Massa-
chusetts. The batsmen from the
Bay State hammered his offerings
to all points of the compass and
left the Cony team on the short end
of 25-2 score. The following year
as captain, after an unusually sue
cessful season. he pitched his team
right into the championship of New
! England, winning the final game of
the year against the same team
which had used him SO unkindly the
year before.
In the summer time Don was as
sociated with the Augusta Million
aires and under the tutelage of the
willy Ben Houser. former member of
Connie Mack's championship outfit.
Brennan picked up the tricks and
trades of the game. Instead of the
strikeout king of the years before
Brennan began using the change of
pace and the fast ball, making his
infield do the work behind him and
bearing down with his wealth of
success in the semi pro game was
as marked as it had been in high
school circles. In the last year of
the Maine State league his efforts
on the mound were largely respon-
sible for the bringing of the PEN
nant to Augusta.
He made the hurting corps of the
Georgetown team in his first year at
Georgetown and there played on the
same team with Clyde Sukeforth and
Billy Alberts, both of whom are
slated to occupy the big tent this
season. His last season was PLAYED
IN Lewiston under the management
OF Pat French and his losses could
have been reckoned on the fingers
of one hand.
His efforts while at Georgetown
led to immediate recognition from
all the sport writer's and at the close
OF his second year at that institu-
ton the big three, Sukeforth, AL
berts and Brennan were reported to
be sold to the Cleveland Indians but
nothing ever came of the matter.
Sukeforth grabbed a chance to affix
MS John Hancock to a Cincinnati
contract, Alberts kept them all
guessing in an effort to pick out the
most promising of countless offers
ana Brennan turned down all the
oHers made to him until the present
writing.
basketball. baseball, football and
Track man while at Cony and a daz-
zihg success in the semi pro game
i , brennan one of the best
nnown ana best liked athletes in the
state today. With a powerful hn;id
well distributed and capable of boId1
ing MS own in the wear and tesr
OF the professional game Brennan
should make good in his first trin
up. Anyway, he will have a host
OF rams roofing for him in this sec.