Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-10-31
BA1Es--s TO o.
Continued from page Is

In the second half neither side score5
nor was able TO get within Is yards of
the others goal line. Back and forth
IN the middle of the field the playing
surged, fierce and hard all the time.
and neither team showing superiority
over the other in rushing the ball o,.
punting. Long gains were very con-
spicious by their absence throughon.
the whole game. Straight foot ball was
played, and few very trick PLAYS were
attempted. The excitement was at
fever heat in the crowd on the side
lines. and until the very last play The
result of the game was in doubt.
The game was called at 3.20 p. Ar
Bowdoin won the toss and took TIE
east goal. Halliday. the little auburn
haired full back of Bates, kicked off 10
Hunt on the 20-yard line. Hunt
brought up the ball 10 yards, and he
and Cloudman made some good gains
around their respective ends. Bow
dom fumbled and Pulsifer got the ball
for Bates, and the teams swayed back
and forth in Bowdoin territory, the ball
exchanging hands on downs and FUN
bes several times. Once when Bates
had the ball Clark broke through and
secured it for 30-yard dash down the
ield. He had to bring it back however,
for off side playing in the Bowdoin line.
A little later came the bad pass for
kick and the capture of the ball by
Bates near the Bowdoin line. The
touchdown by Saunders followed, as
related above, after Is minutes of play.
Score, Bates 6, Bowdoin o.
In the next Is minutes the ball was
kept in Bates territory all the time
and only hard luck kept Bowdoin from
scoring once or twice. The half closed
with the BAH in Bowdoin's possession
on Bates five-yard line.
In the second half the ball alternated
between the teams in the middle Of the
field, Bowdoin once taking it to Bates
25-yard line, only to lose it on downs.
while Bates had it about the same dis
lance from BoWdoinS goal when HALL
day tried drop kick for the goal, but 1t
was blocked At the close the ball was
in Bates possession at about the center
of the field. Pulsifer made a brilliant run
of 20 yards through the open field at the
kickoff, and another of equal distance
around Bowdoin's left end in this half.
And Halliday caught punt of Clark 8
nearly the same distance. Clark also
made a fine run of 10 yards after catch
ing a punt. Neither team was able 30 do
anything with the others line in the see
punt on the third down nearly every time
they had the ball. Ii was growing dark
before the end of the game. the last 10
minutes being played in fog and dark
ness. In the last half the police We're I'M
able to keep the crowd from swarniiue
over the field at times.
1t would be hard to designate players
en- either side for special praise For
Bates, all four of the backs and CAL and
Saunders in the line might be mentioned,
tEough every man did h, his duty and
was irresistible. both on the offensive ana
defensive. and the dash of the team
meant much. Bowdoin did not play With
the hustle and snap shown in some of the
earlier games of the season. The inter-
ference could not often get formed in time
10 gain around the Bates ends. in the
line the giant guards played too high. hut
the rest of the line was a standoff with
work. Hunt showed tendency 20 run
back, and on the whole lost almost as
much ground as he gained. Clark and
Cioudman played like tiends to pull vic
tory out of defeat. Gregson. who took
Stockbridges place in the second half,
made some big gains. The whole team
though scored on at the first, more by
their own msplay than the good work
OF Bates. they fought out the uphill con-
test without letting up for a second. The
and the struggle was a battle royal for
the 60 minutes of play. Bates had good
reason to celebrate it's victory over such
an antagonist, and Bowdoin had nothing
TO be ashamed of in its defeat. This
game ought to make Bates football cham
pion of Maine for 1898. She has got two
games to play with Colby. but as Bow
doin has already beaten Colby by large
score, it looks as though Bates ought TO
do as much.
The lineup of Saturdays game:
BATES. BOWDOIN
Richardson, lie. -. re-. Veazie (Bellatty)
CtuiSls 1T .....-.-..........-.. T.t-, Aipee
Saunders, l.g. ............. r.g., Wentworth
Moody, C. ....................... G., B0dwell
CnlldS. r.S. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. l.g., Young
Call r.t. ...... 1t. Stockbridge (Gregson)
Putnam. re. ........... le., A. w. Clarke
Purinton, Obj. ................ OBJ, Hadlock
Pulsifer, h.b. .................. h.b..,, Hunt
Halliday, f.b. .............. f.b., w. Clarke