Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-11-02

Dirigo U of NJ I'd at Ellsworth Nov IL
Dirigo Bar Harbor at Bar Harbor Nov IL
Dirigo Bar narbor ut Ellsworth Nov q
The Cherryfeld team cancelled the
game scheduled for last Saturday.
c. L. Bellatty writes from Bowdoin:
1.-The fellows here tell me that Libby was
one of the best men the college ever had
at end. They all think he ought to make
a Star coaeh.n
At Bucksport Saturday the seminary
and town boys played football. The town
boys won; score 80. 1t is proposed to
form picked eleven from the two teams
and try some of the high school teams in
the vicinity.
Ellsworth high is trying to arrange a
game with Bangor high at Ellsworth on
Thanksgiving Day This would give
Ellsworth two Thanksgiving Day games,
as the Dirigos and Bar Harbo are sched-
uled to play here.
Saturdays game between the Ellsworth
and Odtown high schools should be a
good one-a snappy game, in which
| science rather than beef will count. The
| two teams are evenly matched. Last year
| each team won games, by close scores
the Odtowns the first game, 60, the Ellis
worths the second game, 40. At Oldtown
this year, neither team scored. Thus the
teams have broken even on games, and
Saturdays game will be the rubber.
1t should call out big crowd.
II Bar Harbor puts on the gridiron the
list Of heavy weights named by the Com
mercial correspondent, there Will be beef
enough for "killing'. This is what the
Dirigos will line up against, according to
the Commercials: County Attorney j. L.
| Bunker, jr., one OF the strongest men in
Hancock county wi hose remarkable feat OF
throwing an angry bull to the earth and
holding him by sheer force, made him
famous as an athlete; John Fl. Prescott,
said to be one of the strongest men in he
town; Shirley Goddard, college athlete,
who weighs 300; c. w. Weaver, n black
smith with muscles of iron, and sandy
grit A. l.. Stafford, noted sprinter and
athlete; c. E. Corners, once a crack pro-
fessional pcloist; Othie Jellison, the
swiftest runner OF the Oriole running
team; Richmond Corners, noted local
foot ballist; Gould, strong college
athlete; and several Others"
Talk about football fever! 1t isn't a
fever in Ellsworth it's disease. One
| young man who has 1t bad is playing
with the Drigos. The other night he
WAS calling on his best girl. He WAS
sitting with his elbows on his knees gaz-
| ing dreamingly into the fire. The
best girls cold gentleman" stood near
The aforementioned best girl sat nearer.
She was looking over her pin money, and
she counted aloud: "One-three-fo four
eight-tfteen--, the numb ers burned into
the foot ball distorted bra OF the young
man; in the dancing flames before him,
he fancied he saw Coach Libby, and then
the numbers ringing in his ears assumed
the tone of Libby's voice, and their sig
| nificance dawned upon him. Just at
this inopportune moment the old gentle
man stopped, picked up the cat and
started for the door. In an instant he
was sprawling upon the floor, and the
young man was sitting upon him. The
piercing shrieks OF the best girl, the en-
phatic language OF the old gentleman,
and the squalling OF the cat who didn't
the least enjoy the role Of football which
she played in the little comedy, brought
the young man to his senses. Explana-
| tions followed, but no amount OF expla-
nation quite sat isfied the old gentleman,
and the young lady in question has sud-
denly lost her interest in foot ball.