Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-10-29
FOOT BALL CRANKS
WlIl Attend Bates-B -Bowdoin
Game at Lewiston, Today.
Both Teams Said to Be In the
Very Pink Of Condition.
Betting When Cash is Forthcoming. Slightly
in Favor OF Bowdcin.

brunswick, Me-, Oct 2S.-(Special)
The great and long expected foot ball
game between Bates and Bowdoin
takes place tomorrow afternoon in
Lewiston. Every man in T.owdoin Col
iege expects to be present and help
cheef MS team on to victory. Both
eievens have been working hard this
last week in final preparation for the
great event. Each side seems conf
dent of winning the game but when it
comes right down to putting up money
on the result, the Bates man is absent
almost every time. The Bates support
eFS talk confidently enough and seem
assured OF the outcome, but they re-
aluse 10 bet, even with odds. Perhaps
they have conscientious scruples.
BoWdoin's hackers are more fully
convinced than ever that their team
VIII win. Never in the history of the
college, have there been two more
efficient coachers than are here at
present. w. c. Mackee, Harvard. 'y4.
has been here for the past week at
work on the line men. Mackee's repu-
tation speaks for itself He is without
doubt one of the best coachers in the
country and the work he has done with
the BoWdoin eleven this week is fully
equal to his work for Bowdoin in sew
eral former seasons. The weakest part
OF the team this year has been the
line, but that is true no longer. The
five center men have been with the
coachers every spare moment this
week and their defensive work has
oeen improved to such an extent that
they play an entirely different game
from the one they put up against Colby
and Tufts. DR.. Richards, the coach
who has been here the last four or five
weeks. has co-operated with Macke
and the result is one of the best teams
ever seen on the Bowdoin gridiron.
Secret practice began last Tuesday and
since that time. about 80 men have
been out every night for the hardest
kind of work. With a second eleven
composed of Il or Is good men. the
varsity has had all it could Go to score
4 touchdown, while their defensive
work, which has been Bowdoin's weak
point, has been improved so per cent.
Murphy, Bowdoin, '9S, has been present
at the practice the last few days to
assist wherever ne was able and his
work has been of great benefit to the
team. If Bowdoin does not win to-
morrow it will be through no fault of
the coachers or the men, for everyone
has worked his hardest for the success
of the team.
Captain Clarke is anxious to secure
80 minute halves and if he is success
full in his endeavor, there is very little
.oubt Of Bowdoin's ability to run up
20 points although it is admitted by all
that Bates will probably score once at
least. Manager Lancey will take up 25
men for the game SO Bowdoin will have
no scarcity of players to replace any
men who may be put out of the game
by injury or otherwise. The line up
of the men who will probably start in
the game is as follows: Veazie. ]. e.,
Albee, |. t., Young, l. g., Bodwell, e.,
Wentworth. r. g., Stockbridge, Greg
son, r. t. A. w. Clarke, I. E., Hadlock,
g. b., Hunt, r. h. b., Cloudman, l. h. b.,
Clarke, captain, +. b. The other men
who will substitute in case of necessity
are Bellatty and Eastman for ends;
Dana, Webb, LeFerrier, for tackles;
Hamilton, guard; SWEET, center; G. r.
Walker, A. w. Clarke, for quarter
back: Merrill, Giles, Paul Hill, l.. l..
Cleaves for halves; Upton, full back.
At a meeting of the sophomore class
this week. the following men We're
elected to take part in the sophomore
prize speaking which comes at the
close of this term: Harold Lee Berry,
Portland; Roland Everett Bragg, Ban
yor; Roland Eugene Clark, Houlton;
Arthur Fenno Cowan, Biddeford; RIP
lev Lyman Dana, Portland; Murray
Smell Danforth Bangor; John Gregson,
Jr.. Worcester, Mass; Arthur Llewel-
lyn Griffiths, Maiden, Mass; kenneth
Charles Morton Sills, Portland; VIII
liam Morcena Warren, Bangor: George
C,urrier Wheeler Pennington; John
Humphrey White, Lewiston.