The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-10-05
THE FIELD OF SPORTS
BoWDoiN FOOT BALL.
The Season Has Opened Most Auspiciousiy
at Exeter Saturday.
Especial to the Press


| Brunswick, October 4.-The football season
of 1894 has opened most auspicuously for
| Bowdoin, as much as she promises to have
| as well equipped a team as she ever put to
| the gridiron to win laurelsssfor her distin-
| guished name. The weight of the eleven
| is somewhat below that of some of her for
| mer teams, but the difference it is expected
| will be more than offset by greater eff
cheney in team work, for in the daily prac-
tice the whole eleven works together as if
it were single man, and the interference
is of an exceptionally high order.
OF course as yet the men who will play
regular positions on sthe. varsity have not
all been chosen, but a list of the players
who will open the season in the game with
Exeter here on Saturday .can be given
with considerable accuracy
The position of full back will probably .be
filled by Quimby '95, who played so-well
last season, but as he has been unable to
practice much on account of illness War
rem, '96, has taken his place, and shows
very good especially in kicking. Mitchell
and Stubs, both '95 men, will he the half
banks and are sure to play to win. Fair
bansk, '95, the star quarter, is confined at
home by sickness and his loss is greatly
felt. Knowlton, '95, is the most available
man for quarter at present. The ends,
Hicks '95 and Libby--'96. are both excellent
players. Kimball '95, will be right tackle,
and either Newbegin '96, or French '97, will
play left. Bowdoin's centre men are her
bulwark, with Dewey '95, and Stone '96,
as guards, and with Denison '95, as centre
she presents to her opponents a triumyirat tie
that cannot be excelled by any team of
equal standing.
On the second. eleven those who are doing
the best work and who will doubtless be-
come substitutes on the 'versity are Stet-
son, Horne 97, and Murphy, while the
team as whole plays remarkably strong
game. AS has already been stated Exeter
will opensthe season here on Saturday,
and an exciting and close game may be ex-
pected. Exeter always has a fine team that
is trained and coached blythe best talent
obtainable, but in spite of this, Bowdoin
men feel confident of victory, although it
will be possible only by the hardest of work
Games have been arranged with several
other New England colleges, and the SC he'd
ule as far as completed is as follows: Exc
ter in Brunswick, October g. Boston Uni
versity in Brun swiok October 10; Boston
Athletic Association in Boston October
II; Colby in Brunswick, October II; Dart
mouth in Hanover October 20; dartmouth
in Brunswick, October "a; Andover in An
dover, October 27.; Bates in Brunswick,
October 81; Massachusetts, Institute of Tee
nology in Boston, November.7; Brown in
Providence. November II. November g. 10
and IA are open dates and games will be ar
ranged for them. Manager Stetson is also
correspond ing with amherst and Tufts wit h
view to arranging games with these COL
leges.
Portland Boys Playing Foot Ball.
James B. Coombs of Turner's Island who
will be remembered as the Dick Deadeye of
local Pinafore company. is now student
at Brown University and is prominent
member of the foot ball team. Yesterday
in game with the Yale team Coombs
made some brilliant plays and received a
bad cut on the head. Clarence Dewitt,
formerly. of Portland, played ON the Yale
team and made two touchdowns. Yale won
this game from the Browns rs to O.
Foot Ball Tomorrow.
The Cony High school eleven will line
up against the Portland High tomorrow aft
ternoon at 2.3O O'Clock.
With good weather one of the best games
Of the year will undoubtedly take place
The Portland team is getting into shape
and great Improvement Is looked Tor in
tomorrow's contest The. interest In the
game will be increased by the attendance of
the Coburn Cadets from the State college.
Invitations will be given to the Off GERS of
the battalion.