Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-10-10
FOOT BALL.
Bates and Bowdoin Win Their
Games, Saturday.
Bowdoin Defeats New Hampshire by
Score Of SO to O
And Bates Defeats the University Of Maine,
So to 0.

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this came team was GA to 0, but the diff
ference is due entirely to the fact that
last season they played 20 minute
halves while Saturday they had two
10 minute halves. Bowdoin has un-
doubleday one of the best teams that
ever represented the college. This was
SHOWN most emphatically, yesterday
afternoon, on the Whittier Athletic
heid by the way in which the backs
would so down the field for long runs
almost every time the ball was passed
Runs from Is to rs yards were common
occurrences, while IN the second half
Cloucman made one 40 yard run and
at another time carried the ball half
the length of the field for touchdown.
In the first half it was practically
Bowdoin's second eleven against which
New Hampshire was playing, but dur
ing the second half, with the exception
of one or two men, the eleven was com
posed mostly of the regular Varsity
players. Captain Clark went on the
assumption, rightly taken, that this
was only a practice game and so put in
almost two whole elevens in the course
of the game, changing men from one
position to another between downs with
great success. By so doing he dis
covered the fact that the team was
much stronger with Cloudman as half
back and Gregson in tackle, instead of
the other way round, as they started in
the game. Cloudman is much stronger
at half than Gregson is, while the lat
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tackle as Cloudman did. Another dis
covery that Captain Clarke made by
his method of procedure was that in
Giles, who is new man this year, he
has obtained a treasure back of the
line. Giles is light and is a new man,
but he has the happy and somewhat
unusual idea that interference is for
use, and SO he follows his interference
to perfection. Several times he made
good gains by simply keeping behind
his blockers, the first touchdown in the
second half being made by long end
run from the centre of the field which
could never have been done if he had
attempted to pass his own men and
rely on himself alone.
1t is impossible to pick out a few
men and say that they played the best
game for Bowdoin. Every man played
a great game and each one deserves
special mention. Among the inexper-
fenced men who played, today, Eastman
and Upton did fine work. Upton
played full-back for while and East
man played the first half on right end.
Both Of these men showed up strongly
and will probably make the Varsity
hefora the season iS over
For New Hampshire Hunt was prob
| ably the best man they had. He put
| up an excellent game at left end and
was only driven in by the superior
work of Bowdoin's backs.
Calderwood deserves mention for the
pretty work he did in kicking off and
| with the single punt that he made,
| the only one during the entire game.
| He is a good man at kicking and
would probably have done good work
| if New Hampshire could have secured
| the ball. The whole New Hampshire
eleven played plucky up hill game
| Twice Bowdoin failed to gain through
| left tackle being stopped with great
| effect. Bowdoin's line. however, was
so much heavier than the visiting team
| that she had comparatively little
trouble in running up the score. The
average weight of the New Hampshire
eleven is only 143 pounds, while the
Bowdoin's average weight is from 17C
| to IFS pounds apiece. Against such a
line as this, together with such good
ends as Bowdoin possesses a light
team can expect to do very little.
This was New Hampshire's second
| fol first having hppO
against Bates who defeated her by a
score of 80 to on last Wednesday.
Bates used end plays and punting al
most entirely, while Bowdoin played
everything except punting. Her great
runs were made by line plays through
tackle, although her end plays Were
very successful.
Only a small crowd was present on
account of the bad state Of the
weather, but in spite of the threatening
sky the two elevens lined up against
each other promptly at 2.45. New
! Hampshire had the west goal and
| Bowdon the kickoff. At the sound of
| the whistle Hadlock started forward
| and with a well directed kick, sent the
ball 35 yards into the opponents terri
tory. New Hampshires right half ad-
vanced the ball a few yards from
where it was caught. but fumbled the
ball and Bowdoin downed it, with
two short runs through the line, an le
yard run by Hill, and short rush py
Cloudman, the ball was over the line
and Bowdoin had five points in just
one minute from the beginning OF the
game. Albert Clarke kicked the goal
making the score 6 to 0. New Hamp-
shire kicked off to Bowdoin's ~ yard
line and Upton brought the paii pach
10 yards before he was downed. Inen
came a series of rushes by Albee, Up
ton and Gregson, Albee making one
! run of 20 yards andNUpton another OF
Is wards BY alternate rushes through
the line and around the ends, the ball
was carried down the field for another
touchdown in three minutes and half.
A. Clarke kicked the goal. Score II TO
O. New Hampshire kicked off. Upton
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