The Portland daily press., 1897-10-27
ToUCHDowNs AND GOALS

| The game between the un;vers,tv ~
Maine and Colby which was scheduled for
today has been cancelled. A dispatch to
the Bangor News, says: "There is no
lack OF football spirit at Old Bowdoin.
Alumni coaches have been coming in
during the past two or three DAYS and the
boys are getting out for sharp and lively
practice.
| Anefe is unanimous sentiment that
oo"oolh's reputation on the gridiron
inusS Dc in part retrieved before the
pfesent season closes, and everything
possible will be done from now on to &C
compilsh that object. The remainder of
tne schedule will be played.
Inc last Of last week mass meeting
was held and in addition to previous
pledges $500 was raised to pay the ex-
penses OF good coach. 1t is proposed to
hire the best man to be found at Yale or
Princeton.
1.-The injured men are coming around
all right and will be in the game this
week. An easy practice game will be
played Wednesday with New Hampshire
college and Saturday Bowdoin meets
Technology.
The boys are confident since the Bates
Colby game Saturday that Colby will not
be able to score against Bowdoin AS
for U. of M, IL the game is played, 1t
will be hot and interesting, that much is
certain, and it won't be Bowdoins fault
If tho victory doocn,t oor,, q fo Rrrre ,r,,t~ .,
The Bowdoin team has good season 8
work before it if it does much with Colby
or the U. of M. this year. Robinson who
Is coaching the latter team is said to be
one of the. best in the state
Bangor is crazy over football this season
again. She believes her football team the
only one In the field and actually expects
that they will defeat Portland High. If
they do it will take q much stronger
aggregation than that which Bangor la
now roofing for.
Here is what the Wing has to say about
the matter: Bangor High will line up
against Kent's Hill next Saturday and it
will be an important as well as an in
teresting game. Kent's Hill has u very
heavy team this year and is playing
good game. They beat Hebron last Satur-
day IL to 6, so on the result Of next Satur-
days contest hangs the championship of
the state. Bangor has got to practice
hard in order to beat this strong aggrega-
tion and it is hoped that they will turn
out in large numbers this week. The
coach complains that they have been lay
ing back on their laurels, but this will
lever do If they expect to win the games
that are coming later on
Today Portland High plays Westbrook
Seminary on the Deering grounds. The
team is playing great football and has
made great improvement this week. The
earnest manner in which the boys
practice, speaks we'll for the new coach,
Mr.. Warren. Yesterday the team practiced
hard at signals for an hour and half.
The backs showed continued tendency
to squeeze the ball out of their arms, but
they start fast and with little more
coaching will run low enough. More at
tention should be given to kicking and
catching, as these points if weak, are apt
to prove fatal. Goal kicking is as import
ant as any other part of the play. Many
and many time teams have scored the
same number of touchdowns, but one
kicking more goals then the other wins.
Now this is a simple matter of practice,
and at least three men on every team
should be good place kickers.
Westbrook Seminary was beaten early
in the season by Portland 10 to 4. Last
Saturday Westbrook defeated Coburn
Classical Institute 90 to 6. Bangor on
October /, had beaten Coburn IL to 0, and
SO today's game will ind icate the relative
strength between Bangor and Portland,
and IS therefore important. 1t will begin
at three o'clock.
Colby-University of Maine football
game to have been played in Bangor,
Wednesday, is cancelled by Colby, owing
to insufficient guarantee. Thus the next
great game upon the gridiron in Maine
comes in Waterville, Wednesday, Noyem-
Der 3. and upon it will depend Colby's
chances to stand at the head of the Maine
eleYens.
VARSITY BEATEN BY FRESHMEN.
Cambridge, Mass, October 26.-The
Harvard Freshmen football team created
sensation this afternoon by defeating
the Varsity in short practice game by
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