Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-11-09
A HOT GAME.
The Cony Eleven Defeated by
Deering, 10 to 4.
Home Team Came Very Near Failing
to Score a touchdown.
Coach Whitten Says cony Team Must Take a
Big Brace.
A HOT GAME.

| at the DRIVING park. Saturday after
noon, to see the Cony High school foot
ball team defeat the boys from Deer
ing High.
| The spectators We're disappointed
The Cony boys did not. display the
brilliant dashing work that they have
shown lately. until the. game had
nearly ended, when it was too late
The Augustans took brace at the
finish, playing like fiends, and taking
the ball across the line for a touch
| down.
Cony won the toss and chose the
east goal. Written caught the ball
and advanced the sphere 10 yards be-
fore he was tackled. Scribner and
Whitten each tried the ends with a
loss. Griffith went through the CEN
ter for seven yards. The next play
was a criss-cross, but Chapman of
Deering came through owen like n
| shot causing a tumble. but Cony Sc
cured the bail. Written went through
tackle for eight yards. Fine bucking
by Scribner and Griffith took the ball
to behring's 10-yards line, where Crit
fifth lost it on a tumble.
Then Deering began TO rush the ball
| down the field. mostly by long end
| PUSHES until they had the ball on
| the ball on criss-cross and went
| through Cony's whole team for the
| first touchdown, from which Jordan
kicked a pretty goal. Score: Deer
ing. 8; Cony, 0.
Griffith kicked to behring's 15-yards
line. behring's plucky little quarter
back took the ball and made five yards
before he was fiercely tackled and
downed by Barrows. Next Deering
tried a double pass but Scribner was
too quick for them and downed the
man in beautiful style. The first half
ended with the ball in behring's pos
session on their 40-yards line.
During the whole game neither side
once resorted TO buckng
In the second half Griffith kicked to
behring's l0-yards line and then they
made 10 yards before May tackled the
runner. Deering could not work
Cony's line much. but the ends were
easy and they made long gains. No
one on the Cony's made decent
tackle except Barrows, he doing fine
work in that line
Deerng tried Cony's left end and
ran to Cony's 1O-yards line But it
must be said in Mays favor. that the
crowd covered the field. so he could
not get at the runner, or he would
have undoubtedly tackled the man.
At this juncture Cony made a great
stand, behring's heavy weights in six
downs barely making the 10 yards for
their second touchdown from which
they failed to kick goal. Score.
Deering, 10: Cony, O.
There was but three minutes to play.
and things looked blue for Cony scor-
ing. but they took brace and played
great foot ball. Griffith kicked to
behring's 2O-yards line, and Barrows
made a beautiful tackle. Cony now
held for four downs. Deering not be-
ing able to gain an inch. There was
now only about one and half min
utes to play. but Cony fought desper-
ately and played beautiful ball Her
backs went through Deering line as
though there was none there. and in
the last second of play Written went
through behring's right tackle for a
touchdown. The score: Deering. 10;
Cony, 4.
1t must be said in justice to the
Conys, that three of her men were
sick and were in howise fit to play
but there was no one to take their
places, so they pluckily played the
game out. A reporter on one of the
FOftland papers. VINO was present at
the game. said if the Conys had
played one half as well as they did in
Portland two weeks ago, they would
have had walkover.
Coach Written says: THE Conys de-
serve to be beaten. Some of the play
ers have a swelled head, and would
not come out and practice; they prac-
ticed just once last week. Capt Serb
ner and some of the men work faith
fully, but you can get no team work
without every player being out every
day. Cony has the lightest team on the
gridiron in Maine, and they must
make up in life, snap and perfection of
the various plays for their want Of
weight, and that can only be obtained
by hard, conscientious work on the
part Of every member of the team"
The teams lined up as follows:
DEERING HIGH. CONY HIGH
Christensen. !. e. ............ r. e., Hewns
woodbury., !. t. .................. r. t.. Owen
Tracey, !. &. ............... r. g., Barrows
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