Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-10-21
LEWISTON HIGH. s: CoAY HIGH. O.
Clpital City Lads Ouiplay Opponents. but
Beef" Defeats Them.

| Lewiston, Me. Oct. .h.-tSpetldl). - he
! Lewiston High beat the Cony High in
game Of football ON Garcelon field. this
! afternoon. by II score of i To o. The odds
! were heavily in favor Of the Lewiston
! High school team, their men weighing
several pounds more to the man than the
, team Of the Cuny High. on the whole,
however the ConY men ultplaNcd their
opponents and showed Il better knuwi-
edge Of the game. ana had II not been
for the discrepancy III weight no doubt
would have gone away as VictorS There
were Il few men on each team who dis
tnSushcd themselves Tor their exc llcut
work. Probably on" "f Tn" abIcst men
on the two teams WAS tonN, the right
end on The team from Augusta The icit
halfback. Martin. of the same team. also
proved himself to h. Il thorough ana
strong player. He mad" many excellent
gains Tho tw" JohnsonS also played i
CONSPICUOUS part IN the Augusta team.
OF its weight. ther" probably is no better
team in the State than the c"ny High.
I'll" Lewiston High team showed VI q
number Nf good men. but an the Uhul"
their team needs thorough coaching ani
there No doubt will ~ uGr III the best
High school teams IN the state IUut.
the left tackle On the Lew ,tun team. did
some exc client work ami mad" a numh.r
~ tine puutS TrWkSbury. the captain.
WIS fuInd by The CCHy Iuys L. b,. Il hard
man u hold when y" hu' kcd the line With
= good Support. Nash. the uuartrrh4tt.
played his position we'll Maly.N mad, -
number of excellent gains. fhr gam u.t
the Who'll" was Il Eoud one win the yA-
,rption or q tow careless ..llts on both
-.d.S- The afternoon being rather COL
ANA cloudy. not Il large crowd dttvudv L.
but those who did attend SAW TWO HiSh
school teams play hard and faithfully w
reach thor opponents E"aI lire
Tn" gam" va called at SIS o.clo, X
iuut Lewiston l-it tackle. kicked uti
To Martin who wsS duwutd uu th. W.
yard line Martin. ~ Johnson and LIB
lN IN we IA 90. lt
W nile the IAN continues TIL tire pDS.t-siCl
al the ConN men. Martin sud CON! MAX
~, test gain which WIS i:tau" 4 !iiuE thv
game. Martin started with TIM han aut
gained l. yards. bHt upon being ta,kl'
luCkilN PASSED the ball 10 Cons before Ij
was declared dead anna Cony gained u,
more. making IN an a gain Of g. wards
-. ii the tall came tlost tn III" Low stul Is
SuHl line ANA il looked aS though tlr
Aug iStt boy were, going To score. but
unfortunately fnr them. they " ~ mt .n-i
held Oh downs ana thc hall Went H. I.cW-
iStcn High. The ball MAS forced back an
forth on the field ROW cUny aud HOW
Lewiston having II. lewiston tried punt
ing two or three times 10 save losing tn
hal! On downs but TIL. Cnny m.A Ntr-
always ready ana hAd the tan Ia pugh
Love. TewkshHry ami Malvry made re-
peat"d gains for Lewiston. whit" Martin
II. johnson and LIB: with the assistancr
~ ConN and others made good gains toT
tony High. The end ~ the FIRST half WI
announced with the ball on Cony's ia-yari
line and in the Augusta team s possession.
Score. to q.
At the beginning Of the second half
tuny Of the Augusta team, kicked off To-
MalyeN Of the Lewiston High school
team. who was downod on LewistnuS -
yard line. The Lewiston men played hard
and advanced the bah several yards be-
fore losing their distance. During these
plays Cony and Liant showed up excellent
work. cOny soon got possession OF the
ball on downs. but after having made =.
few yards by "A series of end PLAYS ami
Lewiston was forced to punt. CUnv al
Vanced several yards but is soon held ON
downs and Lewiston got the ball 10 max
touchdown. Love started the plays 10y
making eight yards. and his example wa
well followed. The struggling men APP
preached nearer and nearer To CuuN
goal line. Each time Lewiston mad it,
required number Of wards and finally
Towksbury. the captain of the Lewiston
team. made touchdown. Lunt. the left
tackle. kicked the goal and the score wt=
9 u o in favor of the Lewiston High.
Cony kicked off to Peasiey. who ad-
varCed the ball 10 the 23-yard line Love
made five yards and Tewksbury made
five. thereby leaving the ball on Lewis
tons ;5-yard line. The end OF the game
was called and the score is TO o in favor
OF the Lewiston High, and the courageous
boys from Augusta although they fougnt
hard and deserved a score, went away
defea ted.
During the last play II. johnson. Cony'%
fullback. received a bad hurt on the kIie,.
and a doctor was called. but soon he SUI
ficiently recovered so that he was able
to 20 with the others to the Maine C.n.
tra station
The summary:
CONY HIGH. LEWISTON HIGH
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