The Portland daily press., 1898-10-31
BATES WON.
Beat the Bowdoin Eleven Six to Nothing
ESPECIAL TO THE PREss.l

Lewiston, October 29.-This afternoon
the Bates college football team defeated
Bowdoin by score of six to nothing
| The game was very closely contested by
both sides. Bates played slightly su-
perior game, her interference being espec-
tally good. Bowdoin, however,, put up
a strong game and it would be hard TO
find two teams more evenly matched
During the game drizzling rain fell,
making it very uncomfortable for players
and spectators alike. The Bates aggre-
cation was on one side of the field whil Q
the Bowdoin rooters, there being two
hundred or more from the college, were
on the opposite.
The field was roped of and there were
three policemen to keep the crowd back.
Nevertheless in the second half the crowd
went onto the field and formed ring
around both teams. leaving about ten feet
around them open. This greatly hindered
the work of both eleyens and in the last
part of the game it became so dark that
IT was at times almost impossible to tell
which team had the ball. aSs
The officials were Gray and Pulsifer
of Harvard The halves were thirty min
utes long. Over two thousand people at
tended.
Bowdoin won the toss and chose the
lower goal, the wind being slightly in
her favor. Bates kicked off to the twenty
one yard line and Hunt ran back eleven
yards. Hunt then carried the ball three
yards and Immediately got five and q
half more. Clarke gained five through
the center and Stockbridge went through
right tackle for twenty yards. The next
play gained nothing and Bates got the
bali. Pulsifer gained half yard and
Fowler failed. Clarke of Bowdoin got the
ball aud ran thirty-fve yards. This was
not allowed, however, and the ball was
given to Bates for an off side play.
Fowler gained three yards and Halliday
two more. Call and Fowler got four.
Sturgis added two and half. Pulsifer
failed to gain, Call got two, Halliday
two more and the ball went to Bowdoin.
Bellatti took Veazie's place at end. HUNT
failed to gain. Cloudman went through
left tackle for six yards and Hunt got two
more. Goodman carried the ball to hrst
down. Stockbridge gained two and
half, Hunt five and then Bowdoin got
ten for an OF side pay. Hunt ran out OF
bounds for no gain and Cloudman loss
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lost the game for Bowdoin. Clark ran
back to punt but the ball was passed over
his head and rolled toward Bowdoin' /. S
goal where Halliday fell on it. Three line
plays took the ball to first down and Fow-
Ter gained five yards. Pulsifer and Halli-
day gained but a yard between them.
Halliday then went through center for
twelve and Immediately got three more.
Fowler gained one yard and the bail was
on the four yard line. At the next play
Saunders carried the ball across the line
for touchdown and Halliday kicked the
goal Score: Bates, 6; Bowdoin, O..
After some exciting play, Halliday
p united twenty yards out Of bounds and
abou6 three yards ahead. Bowdoin's ball.
Clarke got three, then two more and
with touchdown almost gained time
was called. Thus in the first half Bates
scored touchdown and goal and rushed
| the ball eighty -one yards, while although
Bowdoin failed to score she rushed the
| ball a hundred and fifty five yards. The
playing in the second half was lively.
Bates rushed the ball one hundred and
niue yards, Bpwdoin ninety Thus dur
ing the whole game Bowdoin rushed two
hundred and forty-five yards to Bates
one hundred and eighty and three times
| came within five yards of scoring.
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