Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-10-14
NEITHER SIDE SCORES.
6reat Game Between Cobun Institute
and Wateville High School.
Teams Evenly Balanced and Neither Eleven
Is Able to Score.

Waterville, Oct. 13.-(Special) .-Satur-
day afternoon saw one of the hardest
fought foot ball games ever seen in this
town. when the eleyens of the Coburn
Classical Institute and the Waterville High
school lined up on the Colby campus
For 40 minutes, each team struggled for
the defeat of the other and at tie end of
the time the honors remained even, for
neither side was able to score. Each team
played good ball, but there were defects
all round, some of which undoubtedly had
more or less to do with the results of the
game.
If the game was to be played over again,
without doubt the managers would look
carefully after some details which were
overlooked in this one
One thing wrong was the fact that there
were ropes strung only on one side of the
field, and the enthusiastic crowd, cheering
for one or the other teams. kept crowding
in on the field, 30 that at times only very
small space was allowed the players. II
the game were to be played over there is
no doubt but that ropes would enclose the
whole ground and force of policemen
provided large enough to keep the crowd
outside.
Then the officials of the game were men
personally interested in one or the other of
the playing teams, and while it is by no
means intended to charge the officials
with the showing Of any favors in their
decisions, yet it Is n fact beyond question
that in game where so much rivalry
exists between the teams, it would be far
better to have the three officials of the
game, men wholly void of sympathy for
either side, even though 1t were necessary
to send to Bowdoin for them.
As stated above, no official is charged
| in this in showing favors in decisions, but
| several of the players were hastily coached
in their playing while lining up, by the
officials.
The playing of the two teams was as
| nearly equal as any two elevens could be.
In the first half the Institutes best hold
seemed to be their defensive work. Their
line was as solid as a stone wall and
though the high school boys tried it at
every point and bucked it with the famous
Yale wedge" it was all in vain and the
only gains they could make were gotten
by end plays.
In the second half there was marked
improvement in the offensive work of the
Coburn boys, though perhaps the line of
their opponents weakened just a little.
Steady gains were made at the last of the
game through the high school centre, and
guards and tackles.
The offensive work of the High Schools
was much better than their defensive
| work, taken as whole. Their great hold
was their end plays, as they are lighter
| team than the Institutes and so could not
break through the line so well. They
played q quick, snappy game to a man,
| and did not lose courage for moment.
For the High Schools, Frank Rollins
played star game and the work of
Lavine Alden and James was splendidly
done. Hussey, Allen and Clark each
played well and in fact every man on the
team played well nigh perfectly.
For the Institutes, Rice, Marks, Tozier
| and Merrick each played great game.
The work of Fogg and Cotton at the ends
! was also fine, and Kurdish and Rowell
came in for good share of honor.
The two great features of the game were
tackle by Frank Rollins and another by
Marks, each of which won the applause of
the friends of the opposing teams. The
manner, very little kicking and no scrap
ping being done in the line.
The friends of each team have
grievance which they cherish. The High
School supporters claim that it was roast
when Referee Putnam gave the ball to
Coburn on downs on their 30-yard line,
almost at the close of the game 1t was
called Third down, half a yard to gain,
n~I ga ,lu fhn ~afnr laI
'Coburn's ball.
AS it stands, the friends Of the High
School claim that a gain was made, some
even claiming three yards On the other
hand, the friends of the Institute claim
that no gain was made in that play, some
claiming a loss, and that the decision was
all right.
The High School boys claim that there
they were robbed of chance to score, and
the Institutes claim that they fairly came
into possession of the ball
On the other hand, the friends of the
Institute claim that the team was, few
minutes after, kept from scoring by the
crowd closing on the field in front of
them. After they had gotten tie ball
as above mentioned, they made long gains
in rapid succession till it was on the High
Schools 10-yard line.
Here the crowd closed in on the players,
greatly hampering their playing, and the
Institutes claim that they could easily
have scored if they had had a clear field.
Finally time was called with the ball in
Coburn's possession on the High Schools
S-yard line
The lineup:
c. c. l. ". his.
Fogg, |. e..-.... ...........-......-r. Weber
hOWeil, /. w O0Deil
furDuSn,C...... Alien
kldder, r. ....-..l. g., clark