Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1899-12-06
FOOTBALL NOTES.

The high school team closed the foot
ball season OF 1899 at Wynan park Sat
urday by an overwhelming victory over
the Bar Harbor high school team The
game was too one-sided through bout to be
interesting. The score, 80 o. tells the
story OF the game.
The Ellsworth high school team went
to Old Town on Thanksgiving Day. The
team was not up 10 its usual strength end
went down Tor the third time this season
before the Indians. Score, 3o-i. The
Old Town team has won nine out OF ten
games played this season.
The Calais correspondent Of the Bangor
Commercial writes "rhe sporting eIe-
ment was considerably disappointed on
Thursday at the Inability of the Calais
football team to get on a match with
Midtown, y. b. Go and get reputa-
ton said Midtown when the subject
was preached, and although supporters OF
the local team raised $50 for game they
were unable to induce Midtown to play.
The Calais football tea III finds i.se! In an
unenviable position at present. For sew
eral years 1t held the championship OF
this eastern section, and no organization
seemed able to cope with II. The defeat
by Ellsworth, followed closely by anothe
at the hands OF Midtown, placed it in the
rear, and now 1t has the modification OF
having village team from the Canadian
side decline to play until it gets a repu-
tation'. How are l he mighty fsllen,n
FOOTBALL RECORD.
Below is printed record OF games
played by Ellsworth ootball teams.
The high school team heads the list,
with ten games played-fiye won, one tie
and four Loaf. 1.-THE games lost, three
were 10 Old Town; every other team the
high school met went down before it
at least once. Considering the fact that
the team was the lightest that has ever
represented the high school, this is re-
msrkably good showing.
The Dirigos played six games, winning
twoand losing four The Dirigo second
eleven Won one, lost one and played tie
Following IS complete record for the
season:
HIGH school.
sept 70. + II :. o-piriso. II. 0.
oct :. ;. buck sport sem. 10.
." u. old Town. 23-t II :, =.
lis, Ell :, s-pirigo ~. o.
- 81. Old Town, Isl II 5,
=" - T. II :, l7-C berry Held, II.
Nov :. Bueksport sen. FL II ;. II.
II, II :, sl-Cherry held. Il.
" go ola Town. Sol II :. II.
Dec ;, EHs, 31-Bar HArbur high o.
Dirtgo.
Oct : University Of Maine. s-plrigo, q.
:. - Calai- l-plrlgo. o.
=. lar Harbor. to-piriEo. O.
Noy ;, Dirigo, tl-eaiais. )
I" II. Bar iarhor, B-DiriEo. o.
. 81. plrtgu, 3-HAngpr high, o.
b,rigo. I'd.
sept 20, nirigo II, o-Eil.worth htsh, O.
oci r. Ellsworth high. 6-Diriso II, o
- 2e, uifigo II, SG-Cherry Held o.
p1RfGo, 5-nASooR, o.
The Dtrigo- closed the foot ball season
OF '99 on Thanksgiving Day, with colors
flying. They won from the strong Ban
gor high school team by tho close score
OF so, in by FAR the best game here
this season, and one of he best, II not the
best, ever seen In Ellsworth. Four hun
bred people saw he game.
The Dirigos played with snap and
their games this year. To give the credit
where 1t justly belongs, II may be said
that Hatch, the Bar Harbor coach, won
the game for Ellsworth. Not that he
alone won the game, but in one days
coaching he put new lie into the team,
and every man in It played he better for
his being there.
Hatch. Couners and stuart made three
OF the speediest backs that have ever
lined up in a game IN Ellsworth. They
HIT the line hard, and hit it often, in
fact, the entire game was series OF line
bueking, and only once did Ellsworth
lose the ball on downs. The defensive
game put up by Efl- worth was OF the best.
The line was stoue-wall for Bangor,
and only once did the visitors succeed in
making their distance.
In the first hsIi Bangor kicked off, and
Hatch brought the bali back to twenty
live Yards Then Ellsworth began its
line buckipg, and advanced the ball
steadily down the field until, after ten
minutes of play, stuart was sent over the
line for the first touchdown. Hatch
failed at try for goal
On second kick off Cu-hman made a
pretty catch OF bail aud brought 1t TO with
in fifteen yards OF the middle line. Again
the ball was worked slowly but surely
toward the Bangor goal With he bRil on
Bangors twenty fge-yard line and only
minute more To play, Dirigo tried for
goal from the field. While the Etisw
line held the Bangor team, Cushman
placed the bail and Hatch tried for the
goal. The ball struck one OF the goal
posts squarely; two inches further to the
right and it would have counted. 1t was
pretty work. Bangor got the bail, but IN
the fey secnnds " hich renA med conld 40