Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-11-02
ANOTHER VICTORY.
Cony High Defeats freeports,
at Foot Ball, SO to O.,
Keeping Up Chase After Maine High
School Championship.
Fresports Were Lighter But Were Ouiplayed
at Every Single Point.

| white OF COny waves triumphant.
Saturday afternoon at the Driving
park before goodly crowd Of people
the lads from the temple Of learning
across the Kennebec demonstrated
that they were foot ball players Of tn,
first order. Their opponents were thu
Freeport High School boys, a fine ap.
pearing set OF young fellows, each and
all looking every inch an athelete.
| 1t is time the men from Freeport
were very much lighter than the Cony
| boys but anyone who knows even the
| first rudiments Of the game and who
witnessed the contest, Saturday, will
say that the Capital City lads out
played the visitors at every point. At
no stage of the game was Conys goal
in danger, and but once in the whole
contest did the boys from this town
fail to gain the necessary five yards.
The Freeports expected defeat but
the score. SO to 0, seems to have paral-
yzed them.
Cony won the toss for the first time
this season and took the east goal,
giving Freport the ball. Davis kicked
off to Cony's 15-yard line. Written ad-
vanced the ball 10 yards before downed
on the next play Scribner went around
Frceport's left end for 10 yards, then
Scribner and Written each worked the
tackles for five yards each and Grif-
fifth went through the center like a
catapult for 10 yards
The ball was then passed to Scrib-
ner, who aided by beautiful interfcr-
ence sailed around the end for %
yards bringing the ball within Is yards
of Freeport's line. Written took the
Frceport's line for a touchdown, but
Umpire Coffin saw someone holding SO
the touchdown was not allowed Free
port was given yards but Cony backs
went at their opponents again. Furi-
Gus plungcs by Scribner and Griffith
took the ball to Freeport's eight-yard
line. when Written went through the
tackle for the first touchdown, from
which Scribncr kicked a pretty goal
The rest of this half was but a repe-
tition of the first. Conys team work
was perfect, her backs advancing the
ball just as they wished to. aided by
elegant interference. Scribner and
Griffith played a faultless game. both
going through the line time after time
for 10 and Is yards. In these men
Cony has two of the best High School
backs on the Gridiron this fall in
Maine. The first half ended with the
ball in Cony's possession on Freeport's
40-yard line. Score. Cony, l6; Free
port, 0.
In the second half Griffith kicked to
Freeports 20-yard line. Barrows made
an elegant tackle before the runner
had made five yards. Then the Free
ports tried to work Cony's tackles. but
Owen and Sawyer We're too much for
them and the ball went to Cony on
downs. From this time on the ball
was never out of Conys possession.
In this half Cony worked the new
mass play" for gains of 10 and Is
yards by Griffith and Scribner. The
gar,o appaorad n no a u,alLoyar for
Cony and Freeport's line was utterly
unable to withstand the hard rushing
of Cony's backs. 1t was in this half
that the signal was given for a tackle
play. The ball was passed to Written.
who went through an immense hole
made by Sawyer and Clarke and ran
straight through to the boal line, aided
by the most beautiful interference of
May.
The game closed with the bali in
Cony's possession on Frecport's 25-
yard line. The Cony boys deserve
great praise for the fine showing they
are making this fall. The team is a
credit to the High school and city.
The teams lined up as follows:
CONY HIGH. FREEPORT HIGH
Hewins, re ..................... L., Means
Owen. r.t. .-...................,.. 1t: Mallet
BarroWs. rig. ....-......... L.. WilllamS
Gurus. C. ....--.--..-.'......... c.'Souie
| Clarke, lg. .................. re-. Dennison
Sawyer. 1T. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. r.t., Banks
May. lie. T.c.. INlef
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