Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-10-24
TWO HARD GAMES.
Bates and Bowdoin Find ROUGH
Points op Gridiron.
Bates Has All She Can Do to Defeat
PhiIlips-Exeter.
II
sowdoin Mas an Uphill lob to Win from the
Tufts Eleven.

Brunswick, Me-, Oct. 23-(SpeciaD.-
Bowdoin had a very narrow escape
from being defeated, Saturday after
noon, by the Tufts college foot ball
eleven. Tufts scored twice in the first
half. but Bowdoin braced up wonder
1ully during the second half and ran
| the ball down the field for three touch
downs, making the final score Is to II
in Bowdoin's favor.
1t was the most peculiar and intense
| iy interesting game played in Bruns-
| WICK, this fall. The triZzling rain
made everything disagreeable and the
dampness hindered the play somewhat.
for a slippery ball is one of the hard
est things in the world to handle.
| When the teams came onto the field,
| there was considerable discussion as
| to the length of halves. Captain Car
| penter of Tufts asked for 15-minute
halves on the grounds that his men
| mad all been sick on the boat, the night
before, and so did not feel able to play
| through the 20-minute halves that
| Captain Clarke desired. Captain Car
penter's request was granted and the
game was called.
When the men lined up and the play
began, the Tufts men lost all recollec-
| ton of their sickness and started down
the field in good earnest. They scored
a touchdown in eight minutes, having
| lost the ball only once to Bowdoin on
downs during that entire time Bow
doin seemed to have forgotten the
| 20, hot ,,l.e H.
play foot ball and her opponents We're
able to do almost as they pleased.
Tufts however, was unable to make
any long runs, 20 yards being the big
Sest gain they made during the game.
| That distance was covered by Tufts
once in the first half and once in the
| second; Carpenter made the first 20
yard run and Ray the other, Ray also
making another gain of IA yards, while
at another time Eriksson took the ball
up for II yards more.
Ray Carpenter and Kempton played
| the best game for Tufts although every
man they had played a hard game.
They almost entirely used line plays
with great effect.
The first half. Bowdoin did not seem
to understand Tufts method of pro-
| cedure, but the second half, the home
team played an entirely different game,
and it took them just two minutes and
half to carry the ball down the field
and across the line.
During the first half, Bowdoin only
had the ball twice. and both times fail
| ed to make her distance in the first
| three downs. In the second half it was
just reversed, Tufts being unable to
| secure the ball more than twice and
| then she could not keep it. The boys
on the Androscoggin deserve both
blame and praise. Blame for the man
ner in which they played the first part
of the game and in allowing their OPP
ponents to even score once, much less
| twice: they deserve praise for the way
in which they went into the game the
| last half, for then the team made a
| fine up hill fight and handled the boys
! from College Hill in a rather surpris-
ing fashion after the disgraceful exhi-
bition of foot ball witnessed the first
l5 minutes.
Hunt and Albee played star game,
Hunt repeatedly going for short gains
and Albee doing much the same thing
once, however, going down the field
|
Tufts in the second half, Belatty Sc
cured the ball and made beautiful
run of 40 yards before he could be
| stopped.
| Hadlock played his usual brilliant
game and Captain Clarke, who player
only in the second half, did good work
at bucking the line. After Bowdoin
woke up to the fact that the score was
II to in Tufts favor, every man on the
team played a great game and no one
deserves more praise than another.
| On account of the bad weather, only q
small crowd was present at O'CLOCK
when the game was called. Tufts had
the west goal and Bowdoin the kickoit.
| Captain Clarke was not playing so
Cloudman kicked but only sent the Daii
| 10 yards where it was downed by Iu1ts.
They began a series of line plays, send
| ing their backs for 8. s and yards,
respectively. Carpenter then took the
ball and started down the field Tor 4
long run. but was stopped by a Drill
liant tackle of Eastmans' after he
had made 20 yards.
Tufts then tried more line plays and
took the pig-skin to Bowdolns lo-yafd
line, where Carpenter was stopped py
Albert Clarke. On the next play, Up
ton broke through causing Tufts to lose
~ yards. Carpenter came up yards.
but it was Bowdoins ball on downs.
Cloudman made yards, but tumble
cost Bowdoin a yard and Hunt lost
more. Upton then attempted a long
punt but only sent the ball Is yards,
where it was downed. Tufts started
down the field in good earnest, and al
ter a few short rushes, Kempton took
the ball across the line for touchdown
lust minutes after play began.
Kempton kicked his own goal, making
Tufts G to Bowdon'S O.
Bowdoin kicked off to the 15-yard line
but Tufts took the ball hack 10 yards be.
fore II was downed. One short gain. ana
Raw went ahead for Il yards. Collins
made and Kempton more. Several
more short rushes, and Ericsson Went
through between Albee anu Young for 1.
wards CARPENTER and ErikSson kept on
nounding the line until they were within
Is wards of Bowdon's goal. where the
home team held and secured the ball on
downs Hunt tried a punt, but the wind
was against him and the ball sailed up
into the air came down. few yards IN
front Of the goal. bounded back across
the line and Milliken fell on it, giving
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