Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-10-11
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VAUDEVILLE colIseIans Defeat The sosienians IN
a Great Game 1t Boston.

VAUDEVILLE collsgIans Defeat The Bosienlans II
a Grsst Game II Boston. WI.
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Boston, Oct. 1O.-The Globe says:
| Eleven sturdy sons Of Maine. clad In
mud-stained foot ball jeans, and whose
heavy shocks of tumbled hair strangely
contrasted with their Yale blue stock
fngs. dealt out defeat to Horizons B. A.
A. pigskin chasers, yesterday, at the
| South End grounds. B. A. A. has With
stood every team 1t has met in the east
since 1894, but yesterday its line was
easily ripped and torn, and the Colby
University players outgeneraled their
heavier opponents. winning to Q.
Charles NJ. Warrior, the old Pennsyl-
vania captain, has developed splendid
eleven. The men are not heavy, but
play with snap and dash worthy OF a
larger college team. Wharton's plays
have been perfected, but in no way has
defense been neglected during the hard
| training for the ground gaining ma
| neuvers.
Inside the ends the B. A. A. line was
| composed of players none Of whom was
strong in his position. Rowland Rus
sell played tackle, and plays were
shot through him for gain after gain.
Abercromble at center has not been in
| the game long enough to know how to
use his strength to advantage,and mass
| plays through the middle line invari-
ably gained. Burnham at left guard
could not get under any of the line
plays, and not until the second half did
Richards prove any great obstacle to
ha be Tl,pt tv,f 6n Ia or no ~
of the game "Trilby' got under the
play; sent at the line, and 1t was only
through his grand work that Colby did
not score a second touchdown.
Two men were tried at right tackle.
Smith was strong. but his man worked
him out or in as he saw fit and the
| backs plowed through at will in the
first half. Brayton did better in the
second half. Bred Butler at right end
spoiled every attempt made to gain
around him, and his interference ac-
counted for almost every one of his
teams gains.
Burns at quarter shared the honors
with Butler, and was into every play.
His work at quarter was slow but sure.
and his tackling and interference
breaking was the feature Of Il. A. AS
game. Behind the line Curtis was the
surest ground gamer.
Every man in the middle of the line
played high. AS soon as the opponent
put the ball in play up would go the
heads of the B. A. A. forwards. and a
moment later the play would go crash
ing through. Even IL the momentum
of the play was stopped. the line would
waver. and the pile always would fall
toward the Baston goal.
The offense was slow in starting and
good holes were few. The interference
was formed well enough at first, but
was easily broken and the man with
the ball downed with small gain. In
the middle Of the field many good gains
were made, but when near Colby's goal
the leather was invariably lost on
downs. Altogether, it was a discourag-
ing beginning.
Colby played the same II men from
start to finish. The finely formed plays
hit the line hard. and then every one
pushed. l. was team play against
weight. The plays did not go through
any particular point, but seemed to
gain everywhere. The tackles were
especially strong. and the big gains
were just inside of these position.
Alden. Shannon and Rice seldom
failed to advance when given the ball
There was some fumbling, but the
Maine boys We're fortunate in drop
ping on the ball. and so nothing really
was lost. Both tackles ran well with
the ball, and several times Cotton drew
his man in, and Alden made ground
around him.
The game was won early in the first |
half. and by plays run directly through |
Durham and Russell After the kick
off the ball was secured on B. A. AS |
tumble, and about Is yards from the
Bostons goal. Only five plays were |
used to make the line.
Scannell and Rowell opened up big |
holes on their side Of the line. One of
passed the ball to Putnam as he came
round from right tackle, and then
everybody pushed. Only once was this
play varied. and every time the ball
was landed yards ahead. Ten yards
from the goal B. A. A. held for a Sec
ond down, but only once
The Colby ends were fearless on de-
Tense No matter how hard the B. A.
A. backs came at them. the interfer-
ling was magnificent.
The only touchdown was made four
minutes after the play began. and the
goal was missed. AT first the points
did not look so big to b. A. A. and
after the second kickoff Boston started
in to score. The ball was secured when
Bunemann fumbled on the Colby 35-
yard line. Curtis and Burns made
good gains, and by steady plugging
made the 10-yard mark. Here two
center plays failed. and when Rowell
broke up the interference through his
position the ball went to the visitors on
downs.
Continuous banging at the lines car
ried the teams out IS or 40 yards, where
mistaken signals again put B. A. A. IN
the offense. Fred Butler made a run OF
II yards around Cotton. Curtis gained
though left tackle for two first downs,
Russell opening some fine holes. Burns
got splendid start around Butler, but
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