Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-01-19
KAY JAY
SPORT
CHAT

ers of Augusta and those interested
in horse racing track has been
scraped on the river above the dam,
a quarter of mile from wire to
wire. Wednesday, January GOTH, at
two o'clock, there is to be three
matched races, one of which is caus-
ing a great deal Of excitement. The
public may get to the track easily by
going by the Mill and by the ice
house, and the boys are all hoping
that the races will be we'll attended
Wednesday, as they have been to a
great deal of expense and hard work
to make this ice course. The horses
will be named in Wednesdays pa
per.
Cony plays Morse High a return
game at Bath Feb. II and without
doubt a goodly number of fans will
| follow the Red and White down the
| river. The Bath Times, reviewing
the Friday game between the two
teams picked Morse to win decisive
! ~ from Cony in the return game but
! unless the Morse team alters it's me-
! thod of attack it would be no sur
prise if Cony walloped the Seaport
crs even more decisively than was the
case ON the Augusta floor.
The Morse team is composed of
fast, rangy players who base their
attack on the short pass which relyS
on their natural speed for its effec-
| tiveness. The MorSt style of playing
| is such that the coach plans to turn
| the speed of his team to the best
| advantage il can bring. But the
same speed that Morse showed Fri
| day evening was their undoing. Capt.
| Wilson, in his desire to play the
game fast could not stop quickly
enough to prevent charging the man
| with the ball and was sent from the
| floor early in the contest. The Bath
outfit. with the same headlong at
| tack that they showed Friday night
| is apt to suffer against the twisting.
pivoting Red and White team and it
! is safe to say that if Morse does win
| on her own floor. which is doubtful,
| the margin will be q narrow one.
An effort will be made to get the
| Augusta City Hockey Club under
way this week. The management of
! the city team is trying to arrange
| a practice game with Cony to be
! played Wednesday night and efforts
are also being made to play the fast
| Togus team at the National Homo.
! Gardiner has been having all kinds
| of trouble trying to food and freeze
| a rink and so the down river city
will probably not have a team. but
| the st. Jeans. the three Maine COL
leges supporting hockey and the st.
| Doms ere all within easv travelling
| distance so a team would not pine
| away from inactivity.
| The Cony hockey team got fine
, exhibition Of hockey as it should not
be played in the game with Portland
| Saturday The Portland outfit. eth
err through insufficient knowledge OF
| the game or through the desire to
arouse action resorted to everything
known or imaginable on the ice and
held the Red and White to a score
less tie. The Cony teams try to and
succeed pretty well in sending out
fast clean teams in all sports and are
at a disadvantage pla wing in con
test where questionable tactics are
used. However it is safe to say that
the greater part of the Portland
roughness was caused by inadequate
/ knowledge of the game and this sort
of playing will be all ironed out be-
fore the return game.
Manager RuckofslIy Of Portland
who handles Laddy Lee. Lou Bedell
Bobby Jones and Young Ashnault in
this section drifted into the office
last evening with the statement that
his charges were ready to take on
any boxers near their weight in this
/ part of the State. Lee weighs 147
Bedell 1876. Jones 1913 and Ashnault
T.. ! H.
! State and should take well in this
section
| Gardiner furnishes the entertain
ment against Cony at Augusta City
! Hall Friday night. The Gardiner
! team will be back to its full strength
by that time and a close game is eX-
pected. Tickets may be secured at
partridges Drug Store.