Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-10-31
C0hY WINS.
Interesting Game of Foot Ball at
Driving Park, Wednesday.
Oak Grove Eleven Beaten in a Well Contested
Game, 10 to q.

4
The football elevens of Conv HIGH
school and Oak Grove Seminary nlaved
a good game of foot ball, Wednesday
afternoon, at the driving park, the Cony
| High team winning by "a score of 10
to 4.
The day was if anything too cold for the
sport, but the ground was in excellent
condition and no serious injuries resulted.
The game was we'll played by both
eleyens, the Cony team exceiling at all
points, as the score indicates. Still, by
no means all the good playing was done
by that eleven. The Oak Grove boys
played with great Judgment and pluck,
and had it not been for phenomenal run
| by Scribner, in which a touchdown and
consequently a goal was scored, counting
six points, the score might have been tie.
The game was won, and deservedly, by the
Cony eleven, but both played game TO
be proud of, and an exhibition most in
teresting to watch.
The Conys had the ball; Oak Grove, the
west goal. Savage kicked the ball to Oak
Groves 20-yards line, where Hughcy
caught it, but was downed inside of 10
yards. Hussey started off with good 90
yards run, but further progress was OBJ
Jected TO by the Conys, and the ball
changed over on downs, a result Of Cony
good tackling all along the line.
! Cony started off with a 20 yards run by
True, behind good interference. A loss of
10 yards followed. Jackson made 10
yards and the ball was on Oak Groves
20-yards line, but the ball changed on
downs.
For Oak Grove, Mortified made good
run of 25 yards around Cony's left end.
By good work the ball was forced down
the field, Oak Grove scoring touchdown
in 10 minutes time from the start. No
goal was kicked score, 40, in favor of
Oak Grove.
Cony kicked off to the 25-yards line.
Hussey, for Oak Grove, made 10 yards,
and Oak Grove was getting right into the
game when they lost the ball on a fun
Bile. BY sharp work Cony then pushed
the ball down with runs from Jackson,
Scribner and True, and scored a touch
down, No goal followed, Savage kicking
a little to one side. Score, A
Oak Grove kicked off. jackson caught
and ran 90 yards. Then followed the best
run of the day. With the ball near the
north side of the field, about in the centre
Scribner was given the bail. The inter
ference started for Oak Groves right cen
tire, Scribner following in. Seeing the
whole team there he lodged to the right,
and led the way for the field and scored IA
| touchdown from which Savage kicked a
goal Score, 10-i. The first half ended
shortly after this play.
The second half was full of hard work
| for both elevens. Oak Grove kicked off.
Pratt caught and made 90 yards, was
| tackled below the waist and Cony was
given five yards. No gains followed and
the ball went to Oak Grove. A firing ex
change of ball, on downs, followed. 1t
was a hard fight for gain, and little
kicking would have alike relieved players
and spectators. Both did considerable
fumbing, but this was excusable, as the
boys had not been trained up to playing
by moonlight. They could see one an
other, but had to guess at the ball where
abouts.
The features of the game was the run
ming of jackson, Scribner and Savage for
| Cony, and Mortified, Hussey and Hughey
for Oak Grove. True also did good work
for Cony, as did the ends, Pratt and
| Hewins. Both rush lines did good work,
and stuck right to business.
The Cony High school lined up;
Hewins,r. g.; Sawyer, I. t.; Savage,r. G.;
| Barrows, C. Knowles, l. g.; Miller l. t.;
Pratt,l. e.; Ora ffam,q. b.; Scribner, r. h.
b. Jackson, l. h. b. True, f. b. Savage
was captain. May played in second half
| in place of True who retired. Oak Grove
played as follows: lockwood l. e.;
Yates, l. t. Jones, Lg ; Drake, c. ; Cheney,
r. g. Hawkes., r, t.; SWEET, r. e.; Pope
q. b. Hughey,r. b. b.. Merrifield, h. b.;
Hussey, (. b. and captain.
The referee was Warren Sanborn; UNI
pire. Mr. Bowdoin Portland High school;
linesman, E. p. Gould.