Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-11-07
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Augusta Eleven Defeats HaIIowelI Men,
Saturday Afternoon.
The Contest Was 0ne-sidsd, Augusta Out
playing Her Opponents.

city, Hallowell, on the gridiron this fall.
came to Augusta, Saturday afternoon.
and We're downed by the Augusta play
ers by a score of % toe It was clear
ly case where the one team outplayed
the other. The two teams were fairly
evenly matched in regard to their
weight. and both have been practicing
for the game with their best feet for
ward. The style of playing adopted by
the local men, however, was beyond
that of the Hallowell men,. both in
science and in strength so the friendly
combat of the sister cities resulted in
favor of Augusta.
The Augusta eleven was made up of
players who represent the Cony High
school, though several outsiders parti-
cipated. This was according to agree
ment for though the arrangements
were made to play the Cony High
school foot ball team, it was agreed
that in case Captain Gross wished he
could play other men. All games
where the Cony High school team plays
as school team the men participating
have certificate signed by Principal
Cook, stating that they are attendants
at the school,
One of Augustus players, Saturday,
was the assistant teacher Allen Quinn
by, who had on uniform for the first
time in three years when he was one
of the star players of Bowdoin. His
friends were glad to see that he set
the boys a good example in about every
play, and with McGraw and Clark,
made center for Cony that with prac-
tice, could stop anything.
Cony showed more science and work
ed their tricks to a good advantage
She also had some men that could go
through the Hallowell line for gains at
any time. Griffith at full back, is a
tower of strength. and with the good
assistance he is given, batters down
the opponents line at any point. He
the men who followed him. At another
time when Scribner had the ball, Grif-
fifth assisted in blocking away and at
the same time kept ahead of the ball.
Hallowell resorted to punting twice
during the game and made good gains,
each time, though she lost the ball of
course. 1t was their last resort in each
case, as it was on the third down with
more to gain than they could possibly
make.
Off side play was frequent on both
sides, and both suffered penalties for it.
The game was not very rough one,
though many times there were COM
plants that slugging was going on.
1t was in most cases unintentional, and
one side did as much as the other.
Hallowell won the toss and selected
the west goal. Griffith kicked off. the
ball falling short. No advancement
was made by Hallowell on account of
series of fumbles. Hallowell showed
up well in bucking Cony's line making
short gains. On the third down. the
ball was fumbled and Scribner fell on
it, on the HallowelIs 45-yard line. Por-
quette made two short gains, and then
Griffith went through right tackle for
touchdown making a pretty run, af-
ter five minutes of play.
Scribner failed to kick the goal, and
the score was to 0 in Cony's favor.
Anderson made poor kickoff, and
Wall fell on the ball. Porquette made
a run of As yards on the criss cross
play, going around Hallowells s right end
Cony kept advancing the ball slowly
on line plays until they reached the
Hallowell 15-yard line, where they
were held and the ball went to Halo
well on downs. On the first down. Hal
lowell was given 10 yards for off side
play by Pratt. Eddy and Marston ad-
vanced the ball. 7 Anderson made
good gain of several yards on a/mass
play and was winded. Here protest
was made that in the mass plays Hal
lowell failed to have her two ends out,
or else her backs five yards back of
the line, as the rule states. Hallowell
lost ground and Anderson punted, gain
ing 25 yards and the ball going to Cony.
Griffith and Porquette made short
gains, and Cony was given 10 yards for
offside play. Porquette made a touch
down around left end. Griffith kicked
the goal Score II to 0 after Is minutes
play.
Anderson kicked off to Scribner, who
gained Is yards to Cony's 45-yard line.
On the next play Scribner carried the
ball across for a touchdown after 40
seconds of play. This last play was
the criss cross around Hallowell's left
end. Griffith kicked the goal. Score II
to 0.
Anderson kicked off to Wall, who was