Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-11-24
KAY JAY
Sport
CHAT

| all to do with the Bates Lowell Tex
! tile game, has received a personal
/ little letter of love and esteem from
the Bay State school, telling them
! that of all the football officials that
! ever worked game, they are posi-
lively the worst. John McDonough,
who worked in the game. got one OF
| the little notes. but seeing that the
conduct of the Lowell players brought
wrath down upon their heads. and
| seeing that the public wasn't i'm
| pressed with the sportsmanship or
brilliance of the Lowell team, John
! isn't letting it worry him to any great
+ extent.
The Lowell people were probably
right. In the first place any man that
weakens to the extent that he is per-
suaded into officiating in any game
i isn't quite all right. It's the worst
occupation on earth. The man that
M kes a business Of officiating should
be deaf. dumb, possess pair oil
strong arms. feet feet, and pair OF
: wings would help. An official VINO
! works in a game where one OF the
teams either through ignorance or
understandable conduct. persistent
lv violates the rules, needs the eye OF
an eagle, the feet of Mercury ana the
j patience of Job. The LoWel team
| has announced its intention of pro-
testing the officials to the Centfal
(, Board and as the said officials are
among the best in the state. the
Lowell outfit will probably have 10
: whistle for results.
| The football season of 1926 is al
!, most over. The only thing left LOT
| the grid game for this season IS
| few games on Thanksgiving, rev
On the Saturday after that and the
all-Maine high school selections
| which are due to start pouring III
| from different sections for the next
E! civ or seven weeks. Within the next
two weeks the basketball teams VIII
begin to hop into action and just as
| soon as the ice gets strong enough
| to hold a sextette, the hockey outns
! will start work.
Pat French is not going to have.
! any hockey team down at Lewiston.
! The Lewiston team has, in the past,
| been as good as any III the state ana
| it's retirement from the game VIII DC
| felt in this section. Lewiston used
! of these two contests will make the
| Cow schedule all the harder to fill.
| Deering NAV have a hockey team,
| Portland will have a team and Bill
| Millett will put team on the ice.
! Four high school teams means just
! six games for each team, providing
| that each team plays the other on a
| home and home basis. Cony has one
! out of state game in view but that
| is not definite as yet and six games
| looks like the whole schedule unless
| the team plays the college freshman
outfits.
Basketball is another proposition.
! There are so many teams in the
State that few of the teams are
! going to be out of luck when it
! comes to arranging a schedule of
I good opponents. With practically
| every school in the State represent
! ed by a basketball team, each team
! can get enough opponents without
| playing on some floors which are i'm
possible.
! Edward Little has a good club, but
who wants to play on the Edward
. Little home floor? You can count
j them on your little finger. The Ed
/ uleS dIS last anu CdpdDlc vi w
| their hare of games without a ham
dicap being handed them in the
! shape of bad playing surface.
! Most of the teams fight shy of the
/ floor at Auburn and are justified IN
doing so.
! Auburn isn't the only team in the
| State to be cursed with a poor floor.
! There are more bad floors than good
ones in the State. with the result
! that lot of good ta"'>,~ mot get
home games with teams of equal
(, ability.
The teams that have a good foor,
have a good team and hay good
officiating in the State are due for d
prosperous winter. The fans in this
section have been educated to good
basketball. want it. and insist on 1t.
A clever offensive, capable of netting
lot of baskets a fast passing game
and stubborn defensive are the
qualities that any good team must
] possess.
A lot of clubs will have these quail
tues this year in this section and the
result should be some good games.
Cony High school, with a green club.
VIII possess most of these qualities
as Will some of the other amateur
clubs in Augusta. Basketball should
ENJOY prosperous winter in the
CAPITAL City. with many stars who
have been taught the game right
playing with the several teams in
the City League and independently.