Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-11-18
CHAMPION u. OF M.
Lands College Pennant, Defea-
ing Bowdoin, % to 5.
Field in Wretched Shape --Bowdoin
Crippled and 0ut-Weighed.
Yale. f2: Princeton. O-.Haryard. 27: Dart
mouth. 12--0iher Games

Brunswick, Ne, Nov. l7-(SpeciaD.-
/ The Maine football championship for 1901
was settled on the Whittier field. Satur-
day afternoon, when the University Of
Maine eleven defeated Bowdoin - to ) III
hard and exciting game. Over 1000 p"o-
pie looked over the snow drifts wnicr
surrounded the erdiron. from which iii.
| snow had been scraped. and madly cheer =
I'd the two teams in their struggle for the
| mastery
| For the first time in the history Of
Maine football the Orono boys won 4
| victory over Bowdoin. and the victory
was well earned and creditable in every
respect. They won because they were in
better condition ana had had better
ncoaching. L. Of VI. also had the advan-
tage of weight. outweighing Bowdoin full
| Iy II pounds 10 a man, and on the Slip
| perry field this proved i factor of much
| Importance. 4 he T. Of NJ. Interference
was perfect and it's general team worA
much superior TO the home team. Their
| was no disgrace to Bowdoin in its de-
feat for lis team played fast ana pllcky
! game. contesting fieroely every inch OF
ground, and its desp. rate rally in the
| second half. when it scored its touch
| down. was as exciting ana brilliant A
| piece Of work as was ever seen on a
| Maine sriIron
There wer" several substitutes in tn.
| Rowdoin team. as Dunlap the tackle.
| Perkins the quarterback anu FoRg tine
, end were an out Of the gam. with inju
| ries. Fogg was particularly missed and
| T.. Of Ms only gains of any length were
| around the eud where II. has played SO
| brilliantly. Capt. Hunt despite the pro-
| tests of the doctors and his friends.
| played in part Of the game but was plain
| Il in ~ condition ANA could 40 little or
nothing HAD these men been in TIL,
| game in their oid-timc form th- result
| would certainly have been in doubt as
was readily conceded by the II. oi NJ
supporters. With these men out. the
team colld not play with The unity VI
dash of its earlier games
| Considering the slippery condition OF
the field ana the bail, there was Very lit
| ,le fumbing. H. Of NJ worked several
| trick plays. sometimes for 4 loss ana once
| OF twice for good gains. Dorticos and
| Davis were the individual stars Of the
visitors. but the whole team played Well
| together ana showed the effects Of Coach
| Fdrey's splendid training. Two or three
Of the visitors started in to play a slug
| ging game. but after Elliott had been
promptly sent off the field by the umpire
| ana Cole ana others warned. this sort OF
| thing was stopped. once L. Of VI. lost
| ground for holding in the line and both
sides were penalized for side plays
| The game was hard ana fast from the
| first. For 10 minutes neither side had
any marked advantage, first one side and
| then the other rushing the ball into the
| others territory. Then there was 4 long
gain by Davis around Bowdoin's weak
| end and after l. minutes of playing the
| ball was pushed over the line. Near the
| close Of the half L. Of NJ got its second
| touchdown in much the same manner. III
this half Bowdoin got to L. of Ms. -
| yard line. Twice in the second half T. of
| NJ. scored. missing both goals Early i'll
this half Capt. Hunt Of Bowdoin, 50 bad
F! lY battered as to be useless, was forced
to leave the field. and Blanchard who
| succeeded MN Olu Ilnt WORK. / MS was
the only change in Bowdoins lineup.
| About the middle Of the second half
| with the ball near the center OF the field
| with the score 30 to against il, Bowdoin
| made sensational rally. Feeling the
sting OF defeat and backed by the cheer
| ing OF 61 or 100 enthusiastic supporters
| who never wavered in their encourage.
ment, the team started for the L. of Nj
| goal line. II was the tiercest playing of
| the afternoon and brought back the mem
ory of the champion Bowdoin elevens Of
| last year and the previous year 1t was
4 demonstration of the Bowdoin grit that
| has won 50 many victories. The line
bucking ana plunsns of Wilson. Banch-
| ard and Munro netted 10 6 yards in
| quick succession.
There was no stopping such an on
| s.ausht. No end plays We're tried, and
| most OF the holes in the line We're made
| by big Davis. the freshman guard who
| demonstrated in this game as in the ear
| lier ones, that he is the best guard on the
Maine gridron. this fall. 1t was brilliant
| work all the way down the field and ali
| spring sight to the BowdOn rooters who
| have stood SO Loyalty by their team
through the risfortunes OF its unucky
season. Munro made the touchdown. bu.
the angle was difficult and the goal was
missed
Bowdoin's rally did not stop with til.
touchdown. on the kickoff by 4. Of NJ
the ban was brought back to the middle
of the field and the rush fer the goal be-
gan again But time was soon UP and
the score remained % 70 ;. Il. Of NJ. han
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