Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-11-02
FOOT BALL GAMES.
Colby Defeats the Maine
States--Score, 4 to 0.
Bangor High Eleven Serves Water
vile Exactly the Same Dish.
Colby and Bangor Accuse Adversaries Of Slug
ging Right and Left.

game which was expected to come off. to-
day. Although the talk was entirely of
Il confidential nature. we feel justified in
giving it here verbatim. Said Capt.
Brooks:
Now you have gone and got us into a
pretty fix. Here are the Maine States
coming over here. today, with the best
team they have ever had, while we are
set back by not having had Il coach for
the past two weeks. We really have had
no expectations of winning todays game
on this account but as you have gone
and said that we are going TO win, why,
we have to do it. that's all. But mind
YOU now. the boys will win 'er out just
to maintain the Journals reputation of
being a truthful paper"
Brooks might have kept on talking all
day II We had not fired him out. Anyway.
the journal man was one of the few in
the city who felt confident that the Col
by's would win. and all his wealth went
State college arrived here at the same
time. 9.1o A. NJ. They came in private
ear all trimmed up nicely with blue ana
white streamers along the sides of the
car outside and inside and wearing what
you -may-call-ems in their lapels
Then again they brought along Uncle
Ben a nice. CHEEKY old fellow. who has
more or less to do about the State col
lege. as a mascot. They We're very boast
full and, as il transpircs somewhat over
| confident. Uncle Ben did not have a
little light-hlue banner that he brought
along. on the contrary, he tucked il un-
der the. left flap of his top coat. out OF
sight. Some 80 or more students from the
agricultural school accompanied the Wis
torS.
AT 3.l5 +. NJ. the teams came out of the
sym ana took the field, and an event
that will go down into history as ono of
played on the Colby GROUNDS began.
Maine State won the toss and took the
ga far L tgNrf Lott
he trick. Putnam took it on the 35-yard
line and made a gain of Il yards. Alden
gained five yards around the right end,
Gibbon hucked the line for three yards
and Putnam pushed it for eight yards
Then Gibbon, the strawberry blonde of
the home team. created a sensation by
taking the ball on the snap back and ske-
daddling out around the Maine State
right end for. 20 yards gain. Even the
lovely and dignied goods ''hollered. =
Gibbon tackled the line again for two
Brooks, dropped the ball but Lamb
dropped on 1t.
Maine State got the ball on downs. and
Noyes went through the line for six
yards. Hatch for five, and then Colby got
he ball on downs Then began the tough
hard scrambling of the day. Gains We're
Alden 6. Topper :, Gibhon T. Putnam )
and the ball went to Maine State on
downs. They gained as follows. the bail
being taken on their 7-yard line: Noyes
2-3. Pierce took it for 10 yards and was
tackled by Chapman, and Noyes made u
yards
The ball became Colby's on downs.
Gibbon gained four yards and Alden went
around the left end for d gain of 20 yards.
Other gains made altogether by bucking
the line Were: Gibbon $, Alden ). Put
nam Z. Gibbon ;. Alden s. Putnam l. Glib
bon "a Time was called with the ball
still in Colby's possession on the Maine
State line.
above par. During the half Just closed
the ball had been kept in the Maine State
territory all the time and things began TO
smile, Prof. stetson paced back and forth
in 4 confident manner, and the German
professor set his teeth and looked hope
full "Brooksey. old boy gave the men
The Possibilities of Colby for the Fu-
ture," and Weary McFadden passed
the water. A cold. calm and statuesque
quiet took definite form over on the agri-
cultural side of the gridiron and we all
hoped on.
The second half opened by Thompson
kicking off. and the ball fell into the
yard line and he made a gain of u yards
and eight more the next snap. Hatch
was drawn to this point on account of
injury and French was substituted. He
began by taking the ball six yards. and
Noyes did the same thing. Then the Wis
itors claimed a foul tackle and the ball
territory by the referee. We paid them
back when we got the ball on downs and
began a steady and almost uninterrupted
march toward the Maine State goal.
1t was then that the visitors saw how
we play kickball over this way. Putnam
took it 8. Alden 4, Gibbon 3-S. and Alden
broke through tackle and left end for 10
yards, Putnam repeating the offence. |
And now cometh the moment when our
are realized. We knew he'd
do it. we had felt it when at one time he
-, hal ft,.
chance to gain at least % yards. Gibbon
took the ball. Brooks sung out ''criss-
cross" and the way that little blonde
went skipping about. leaving a trail be.
make on the smooth surface OF the river
just before dusk was a caution; ne
was onto his job all right. tackle
missed him here. he lodged another there;
and finally ne cleared the whole team ana
was racing for dear life in the direction
Of the Maine State goal.
Oh. nv, how he went, Past the goal.
onto the cinder path in the direction of
he upper College street railroad crossing.
until the crossing tender, evidently fear,
ing a collision between the runner ana
suits to the latter If il touched our iin
began to frantically wave his once white
Hag at him. Gibbon had gone over in:tlve
minutes play Brooks missed the goal.
Score. to 0. .
So here was where we won our lobster.
Maine State kicked off, and Gibbon took
WOW. but didn't that big guard from the
corn field look blue. Even the blue and
white streamers over feminist the rail-
road station adjoining private car.
lampened by the rain. ran all together
md became blue Gibbon in falling
the ball and Maine state tie. got i.
Sturgis and Libby made gains Tor N; D.
and Putnam did some great tackllng.
The visitors were held to three downs
without gains. ~.. -.
Colby got the ball on downs n Gains BY ,y
Iibbon s.; Alden 8 In2 9 be P ha' Vent u4
the center of the h field Gains hl5a by m G6
,nother Of his sensational runs around
he left end for IS yards. but the ball was
.alled back by the referee through some
ME ar other that we did not care much
,hout ANYWAY. as we were having every
Alden and Putnam made N ! s GOOD gd inns
Maine state got the ball there. and just
IS French made a gain through our cen
er for seven yards time was called with
he han on the Maine State 3l-yard line,
md that settled it for good and ALL
W Talls about clean PLAYING! If the Maine
state infringement calls smuggling men in
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