Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-09-20
n. |. S. 4. 4.
Foot Ball SehsduIe, Dnvl q
By Executive COMMITTEES.
10 Lawn Tennis and But One Game d
Foot Ball IN Lu6lsti.
ne cony High School Boys Pisy ss
Water VILE snd Ksut's Mn

The Maize Intsr-Seholsssic Athlsti,
Association burst into notice - suddenly
and u biillisatly 81 comet last spring
IL glory sppsseauy eliminated on June Is
when the snDual championship games wsfs
held ID this city. Then nothing more VA
heard Of H. Many people hsvs though,
that !; you'd not be heard Of again unit
ueIr .prit q, when ths second sonaal cham
pioo.bip .~sald be s,.tied. Thy we're
wrong The boys have only been waiting
for the summer vscs ion 70 come 70 IN end
"Thsn. " hey said, you siIl see some fun
Itmay be remembered that 81 the c,nd
rasstil of The ~ tocistioa held or June 10,
II the II 5tei North in shi, city, tbs bylaws
we're amended 80 - to provide for foot ball
and Issn tennis pionships. The mat
ter Of detail ga, left in the hands # The
executive committee. A week sgJs call
for tie committee TO meet 10 settle these
matters vas issued. In accordance with
this the ccmmitte assembled 1t the Hotel
North Saturday N lrniog.
At 10 50 A. NJ the meeting vas called
10 order In rom IL, the president, q forge
V. 8. MiclAsl.s, presiding. After corsid-
.r.ble discussion the committee voted 10
2 fer the matter Of . lawn tennis champion
,hio to the next executive committee which
oil be elected in March, 1892. This pras
t.cally means that the tournament viii
come Of NEXT spring. II 10, on the whole.
wise move.
The Cony Student Of this city vas then
made an off cisl organ Of the Maine Inter
Scholastic Athletic Association. Having
rotten rid Of the preliminary matters the
meeting proceeded TO the discussion Of the
fo,t ball situation ani schedule.
Osiog 10 the facts that there are 1t least
,iI schools which wish to participate in the
struggle for the State championship. with
q strong probability Of more; that the sea-
,on 10 90 short aud that the boys can only
play on Saturdays. the problem vas quite
serious. At last the following plan WAS
adopted The ak teams belong to the
Ksnts Hill Seminary, Cony. Watervills.
Brunswlck. Bath and Thomsston high
schools were cropped together in the Gen.
rsi district. Schools in the neighborhood
Of Bangor will be assigned to the eastern
li.,ric. and those about Portland to the
western. Kents Hill, Cony and Wsterville
make up the lst section Of the centra!
district and Brunswick. Bath and Thomas
ton the End section.
Then the following provisional schedule
sas adopted for the Central district;
Saturday. Oc. II, lS9I,-WsterviIie "a
Cony., st wstsrville Thomsstons "
BtuHssicks, at Thomss!on.
Saturday. Oct. "a kenfs Hill vs. vs.
tetyills, at Kent Hill; Bath, vs. Thomas
ton ct Bath.
Saturday, Oct 3l.--Ksnt's Hill vs.
Conys, at Kent. Hill; Brunswick vs. Bath,
At Brunswick.
Saturday, No. GENITAL district cham
pionship game at Augusta. between the
winners OF the ssres in the first and Sec
ond sections.
A subcommittee consis,iug Of the pfesi-
dent, J. D. Merrimsn OF Bowdoin and T.
B. Nichols Of Colby, was appointed.
To this sab eomnlite e viii be left oil mat.
tsrs pertaining to football which were not
settled Saturday. They were also given
provide ones for the Eastern and Western
Districts.
40 assessment, Of 10 per cent. on the
gross receipts Of each game was ordered,
this money to go into the sssocistion's
treasury, II was voted that the expenses
Of the visiting club be guaranteed by the
home club; that the president ard Ncte-
hry be sub committee TO draw up . cir
eulsr Of instruction in regard to football
that the receipts Of the championship game
al Augusta be divided proportionstely to
the respective expenses Of the two clubs.
and that the surplus. IL any, be divided
equally between the two. After the trans
action OF other business Of minor import
sucs. the meeting adjourned sine die.
Reports were received from throughout
The State showing that the M. |. 8 A. A,
has ome to stay. Great interest 10 mani
Tested. especially in foot ball. A number
Of the schools have teams which are putting
IN daily practice. sse ...