Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-10-20
Tufts Manager as Umpire
Wins the Game.
with Score IS And'' He Makes Bare
faced Unfair Decision.
And Tie Game Is Turned Into Victory Tor
the Visitors.

OlI1cldl. III tIt HlSt nan, "ASii N'-S - -
manager was umpire. he permitted off :
side play on the part of Tufts time ana
time again. never so much as warning the
offenders. In the second half ne, as rel :
cree. in the last second of play made 4
decision which was doubtless intended IN
perfect good faith, but which on account
of his natural prejudices was in favor o.
Tufts and directly opposite to the rules
of foot ball. BY this decision he, this
same manager of the Tufts team and reI
cree robbed Bowdoin of the six points
scored at the last second of play in the
second half.
Tufts had the ball on her 40-yard line.
Knight, her fullback, punted and Hunt
of BOwdon caught the ball He returned
the kick. Just then the referee began To
wave his arms but blew no whistle.
Meantime Hunt had run. put the ball OH
side and scored a touchdown Clarke
kicked the goal, thus making the score Il
tie, 6 to 6. Now the referee claims that
the game was over the instant he began
to wave his arms. According to the rules
in use by all American colleges, it is
stated that The referee ana umpire
should use whistles to indicate the cessa
ton of play on downs or fouls" Now this
referee did not whistle, on his own state
ment, till some seconds later, saying he
did not think it was necessary to use the
whistle. Consequently the ball was not
down. In another rule it says that Time
shall not be called for the end of the half
until the ball is dead" The ball Is not
dead until it is down, and consequently It
is absolutely absurd for the Tufts referee
to claim that the touchdown did not
count. The timekeepers one Il Bowdoin
man and the other d Tufts man, do MOI
claim that by the watch time was up un
til the ball was in mid air after leaving
knights foot. If the ball was i'll mid air
it is impossible to see By the rules no"
time could be called under any circum
stances until it was down; and it was not
down till it was downed behind Tufts
goal posts. thus scoring a touchdown.
The rule before stated concerning the
time being called is in full as folio vs.:
Time shall not be called for the end Of
a half until the ball is dead, ana in case
of a touchdown, the try at goal shall be
allowed" On this ground the goal after
the touchdown was legitimate. Thus the
final score stood: Tufts s; Bowdoin 6.
BY this experience Bowdoin will learn
that it is far from advisable to allow any
one so closely connected with Il contest
ing team a manager, to act As an Off
cial. Coach Crolius, the last years Dart
mouth captain, and Coach Hoague of
Bates, were at the game ana expressed
themselves as surprised beyond under
standing how fair-minded man could
make such a decision as did the manager
from Tufts. who was, unfortunately for
all concerned desiring honest sport, act
ing as referee of the game.
The game outside of this dispute was .
loose exhibition of foot bali. Rough play
was marked by all watching, Tufts Mon
needlessly piins upon the man when
downed. The BowdOin team lacked Stack
pole, 1900, at quarterback. and Leighton,
1901, at center. Webb, 1902. started in NJ
center but hurt his ankle and retired in
favor of SWEET, 1901. Donald was ~ quar-
terback. He has been playing half. but
put up nice game at quarter. GrcSscn
started in at fullback. with Hunt, 1892,
and Merrill. 1900, as halves. Later Upton,
1902, went in at full and Grcgson took
Merrlls place at half. The fumbling Of
the Bowdoin team was something nor
rble. Hunt, 1902, played the best game
pretty runs around the ends of Is and 20
yards. Grcgson made one pretty run
about the end of 10 yards, and several
good dives through the line. The I'M
necessary fumbling of all the backs w1a
decidedly discoura sing. The left side Of
Bowdoin's line appeared rather weak.
Captain Clark at left end is not playing
up to his standard of last year, and his
failure to get into some Of the plays be
tween tackle and end allowed many gains
between himself ana Hill. Clark will
probably regain his old reliability and
again have the reputation of being the
best end in the State. The worries Of the
captaincy naturally take away from one;
own play and consequently Clark's game
has suffered.
Bodwen at guard showed remarkable
strength, not Il gain being made through
his side of center He repeatedly broke
through and tackled behind the line. His
running with the ball in the second half
was good. He gained on the average be
tween and 5 yards.
The Tufts team was particularly strong
in its three center men. 1t was impossi
BILE to make gains in this direction. Be
tween tackles and ends and around the
ends were where most of the gains were
made. Yates at quarter did good work
passing neatly and getting into the inter
ference in good shape. Knight at full
and Barrow at half did good work in run
ming with the ball. Knight in particular
banging away at Bowdoins center to
good effect.
The game started by Clark kicking off
to the fullback of the Tufts team; by
pretty lodging he made several yards be
fore being downed Tufts worked the ball
up to the center of the field and lost 1t
on a tumble. Gregson made a couple of
yards through the center. Tufts secured
the ball on a tumble. Flagg took the bail
but was prettily tackled for yards loss
by Laferriere. knight failed at the CEN
ter. Knight punted and Donald fumbled
the KICK, TUFTS securing the ball. BY
STEADY bucking at center. and between
IiiIl ana Clark. kempton scored touch
down and kicked goal Score: Tufts, q:
Bowdoin, .. Here Webb was hurt and
SWEET went into center
Clark kicked off to Knight who was
downed by Gregson on the p yard line.
luits then by eight hard bucks at the
same places, at center and tackle and
emu, made % yards and brought the ball
% the center of the field. only to lose the
pan on downs. Gregson ran for S yards
gam IN three successive downs He is
paying the best game of the team Here
Upton Went in ri full and Gregsou went
10 half, Merrill leaving the game Hunt