Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-11-04
BATES, II; COLBY, 6.
Watervi||ians Badly Weakened
and Fall Easy Victims.
Coburn Rolls Up Score Of 81 to 0
Against Bangor High.
Amherst Defeats Bowdoin, 16 to 0. Latter Team
Being Crippled.

ii'c game winch mus lar IS the most
important of all Bates games, was
played. Saturday afternoon. on Garce-
Colby. The game meant a great deal
to both colleges and botn colleges
worked their hardest to win this game.
II was generally thought that Bates
would win. but the Colby men also
wee confident of victory and as was
shown by their work at the beginning
they We're strongly determined to con
0u"r or die, but as was proven. their
determination could not win the game
for them. Bates is more than pleased
with the outcome of the game and of
course Captain Moody has better con-
lidence for the great game with Bow
dom. next Saturday. Colby has no
reason to be ashamed of tho game. al
though the score was large. The men
We're somewhat weakened 10y the loss
of four Of their regular players who re-
fused to play on account of the death
OF MIR. Rigelow. and if the team had
contained these men probably Bates
would have been prevented from MAX
ing one Of the three touchdoNnS at
least.
The afternoon was rather cool and
windy but notVithstar ding the weather
a crowd of 40o turned out L. SEE. the
struggle with the pigskin on III" glid-
iron.
One " the noticeable features OF the
game was the great number Of FUN
blcs. Colby made four and Bates made
two. but the most Of these fumbles
proved to be of not a great deal of dis
advantage to the side fumhing. for it
her, il could be easily recovered. The
ma in'.ity If Bates long gains was
made on end plays. but occasionally
Towne or Moody would get through
thu line for an s. or l0-yard gain.
Colby buclled the line for the most part
bat varied it occasionally with an end
play: however. Tho Colby mems strong
point WAS in the former method u
gaining the distance. Til colby team
had 4 feW strong formation plays
y hicn worked we'll at first During the
frs, half of the game the WaterVille
hcys played much better than during
the last ha'f. kccnr. Colbys halfbacll.
with 4 good support somehow was
pretty hard to stop when he struck
BATES line in earnest. However. dur
ing the lest half of the game the Bates
mon learned how tn stop that terrible
buckins; and by doing some such work
for themselves We're able To make two
touchdowns in the % minutes
The work which the Colby men start
ed in upo!: evidently was more than
they could carry through successfully.
In the iirst part of the game keene ran
with the hail for seven successive
downs and this of course was enough
to weaken any man. however strong q
player he may be. The Bates team
however. played much better during
the last half than during the first. At
the end of the first half the score stood
to and everybody was doubtful as
to which side would win. but all
through the second half the game was
one sided. Here Of course Colby felt
the loss of the four regular trained men
who did not play. 1t was very unfor-
t,mate for Colby that these men We're
una bic To be present. for no doubt with
them. who are said to be among the
best on the team. the Waterville men
would have made the game close one
FOR theii opponents.
1t was very plain for any spectator
to see that Keene was one of the ableSt
players on the two teams. His work
at Duckng Bates line. especially dur
ing the first half. was wonderful. The
Bates men think he is the strongest
back they have had to oppose this
year. excepting. Of course the Yale ana
Harvard backs. Dudley. Colby's right
halfback, also put up a star game at
end plays. Thomas. the Colby left
guard. made several pretty punts and
kick offs. There We're also a number
Of strong men in Colby's line.
Finn. Bates fullback. played the best
game Saturday. that he has played at
all In the second half his work was
eoual to Keene's in the first half. Cap
tain Moody as usual played his star
game. Towne. the left halfback. also
PLAYED q record breaker. Saturday. He
never was known to play anything but
an excellent game. but, Saturday after
noon. his work was especially good.
Andrews, Bates left tackle. was
obliged to leave. the game before the
lrSt n9lf was over. out White ne was
on the field the opponents found it
luito difficult to make any long gains
through him.
Allen, Bates quarterback. began the
game by kicking off to Priest on the
I5-yald line. Priest was downed on the
.5-yard line. Dudley then gained 3
YARDS around Coles end. At the sec
md attempt there Was no gain. on the
third down kcene gained yards,
luC king Tho line through reed. He
hen advanced the bali yards more
hiGugh Childs. kecne again bucked
he lire for a 5-yard gain and was fol-
owed BY Drew. who maze ~ yards in
he same way. Drew buCkcd the line
icain and made The long gain Of 10
ards. Dudley advanced the ball
,artis in TWO attempts by buckins the
inc through Hunt ard Reed. kecnc
.ircl.d the LETT end twice. making 2l2
ards the first time and yards III"
;rconJ. Finn. Bates fullhack. hand
,nmc,y broke up a formation play with
<eenc in posses sion Of the ball. Third
town and colby had I yards to gain.
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