Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-11-29
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tractive boxing card for next Fridav
nisht In Lewiston. Ted Cossette of
lewiston and frankie Mack of Buff
iaio Will mingle In the main attrac.
tion. The bout Should be a hummer
| from start to finish and Cossette will
give the Buffalo entry plenty of OBJ
position. In the semi final, Cannon
! pali Cote, the pride and Joy of Lew
iston will stack up against Fighting
Langley of Waterville.
jim. suzzell of Maine ranks tenth
as a football scorer in the United
states. 5uzzell scored eight touch
Gowns, which Is not such bad aver
age. Bill harrington Of Bowdoin
ranked 18th with touchdowns, 2
field goals and 5 points, after touch
down. This was Farrinaton's last
year as college player and the most
OF the writers who saw him work
this season were of the opinion that
he was unquestionabIy the best half
back in New England and a likely
candidate for all American honors,
| had he had a better club with him.
Eddie Pierce will start work with
his hockey outfit tomorrow. He will
put them to work to keep in condition
| until the weather permits them to get
on to the ice for their practices.
| There will be large squad cut for
hockey this winter and Cony bids
| fair to be as good as any high school
club in the state. The team will be
| captained by Fat" Hunnewell.
Johnnie Manter is still drilling his
men in the fundamentals of the
co. he hjc, MI
! sist mostly of men who have never
| before PLAYED in high school circles
and John is having troubles of his
| own trying to get up formidable
7 aggregation. Bud Murphy and john
ME Plummer are likely looking can
| didates and should go we'll for the
Red and White. If John Manter keeps
| his basketeers on the winning side
| of the ledger this winter he will be
branded as a real basketball coach
almost approaching a miracle mn.
The Bath A. C. will be minus the
services of Beanie Slower this win
ter and incidentally Beanie helped
| make the Bath aggregation what it
| was. Perkins, big and fast center.
| got his reputation with Stove feed
ing them in to him from the corners
! big boy is about twice an dangerous
as when playing with another man
| feeding him.
The Augusta American Legion
team is angling for a game with
| Richmond for this week. The le-
sionaires will work out every night
| this week when the hall is available
and will get used to each other. The
Richmond club, a team composed of
| five good men from down river, with
two sensational former high school
stars in the lineup, play fast game
on a small floor and should give the
Augusta team all kinds of opposition
this Thursday if the game is played.
The Legion manager, Leon Fletcher,
is expecting word from the Richmond
management today.
Harris Albert Sears has a bout
lined up for the week of December
10th in which he plans to put on a
couple of headliners. The bouts that
Harry puts on are always crammed
| with action and this one will prob
ably be no exception. Announce
ment of the card will be made later.
1lDpIe NlChlSSSs WHO play GU
against Vickery and Hill last Friday
night, is, In oar opinion, the best
defensive basketball player in the
State. Going into the game against
the Printers without any practice
and playing with men he never
played with before. the former Cony
star put up wonderful exhibition
of basketball on the small floor. His
appearance in any club strengthens
1t and he will undoubtedly see plenty
! of action this winter.
Picking out their men on the floor
Friday night caused the Legion team
| the most trouble. The uniforms had
not arrived, with the result that
there were two red jerseys, two
checkered shirts and a green jer-
sey. New jerseys will be In order
for the next game and the speed of
the passing game will be doubled.
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