Daily Kennebec journal., 1902-10-16
BATES COLLEGE.
eootball Team Very Hopeful and Hopes
20 Make Better Showing.

,;s,or Ne Oct. 1o.-(SpeciaD.- -
pa,ss, first big State game will be played
:, waterville. Saturday, when the Bates
varsity will meet Colby. The practice
This week has been very hard and con-
.,ant The loss of several men has made
,ba breaking in of new players an actual
necessity. All the college 1eeis WIZ
Tant Alien. who has been called home TO
Cot,mbia Fails by the serious :llness OF
Sis mother. who is now suffering from
second stroke of paralysis: his lensth
-, absence cannot be determined at pres
ent hut there is no hope that ne can re-
.,ar, en-, Tor the game. Saturday. Three men
are beng worked for Aliens position as
Quarterback, Piper, Burkholder ana
Rounds
Piner 03 played right end. last year
and was considered an able man in the
alr nsition He is a fast runner but lignt.
However he knows the game thoroughly
and Coach Purirgton is well satisfied
with the work he has done, this week.
piper has not practiced before thiS sea-
son because of an injury received last
year. :. oo,,<,,o ,,,,.
vas on the first eleven of his hitting
school and has fair knowledge of the
game Rounds is lighter than Piper but
he il one OF the fastest runners in col
ieee winning first place in dashes- BurE-
holder has played on the Varsity team
NJ parker College, Mimi, and has played
part OF two games. TINS year; on Bates
10 swift and wiry. These men are ali
showing up well but it is not expected
that any one Of them can fill Allen
place - - ,.,t,
oadiv hurt. last week. recovered sufil-
cIently TO play last Saturdays game and
is out every day this week for regular
nracticp At the time of his injuries 1t
was feared that he coIld not play again
This season, bat. fortunately, the nature
NJ the trouble was wrongly reported.
In the practice game. Monday after
noon. Leon Paine, Standish. Westbroo!i
Seminary. had his right shoulder thrown
out of loint and is suffering a painful.
INT not serious injury. Johnson has par
tially recovered and will no doubt play
against Colby.
assistance to the Varsity, this season,
and numbers some very promising mate
rial game has been arranged with
Westbru0k Seminary to be played either
Saturday, or soon after.
The general expression among Bates
students Is that BowdG!n in the Finn
matter has done the right thing and has
met Bates fairly. While Bates is as III
tensey interested in the result of the
BowdOin- Bates game as BoWdoin can
possibly be. ii is believed that the recent
protest was accepted as Bates intended
IL to be. more Il protest against any Sis
picion of unfairness in our college athlet-
les than against Bowdoin personally. L,
is a regretable fact that the rivalry OF
our four State colleges should call forth
such sarcasm from the press of other
states as well as our own.
The Senate met. Tuesday evening, To
discuss the question: Resolved. Thai
the United States Government Should In
terfere to Settle the Trouble Arising from
the Present Coal Strike"
The college Glce Club has resumed reg
ular practice under the management ol
Ralph Winsow. '06. and the direction OF
FIT Wingate. '95. The losses of lasl
year are being made up by abundance
Cf new material.
The class of 1896 has elected the foi
lowing officers for the year: President
Ro.s NJ. Bradley, Boston; vice president
Ralth Kendall. OrringtOn; treasurer
William Dodge. Waterville; chairman o
executive committee. Leon Paine. Stan
dish; Wayne Jordan, Lewiston; Mis-
Florence pusifer. Auburn: +. Thurston
Freedom; Miss Alice Rand. Lewiston
prayer meeting committee. +. L. Thurs
ton, Freedom and Henry Blount. Chat
ham Mass. Mss Clara Davis. Winstown
n H.. chaplain. Frank ThuTSton.
J. ii. Flanders. 'Oi. who was recent.
operated upon for appendicitis. is rapid,
recovering and will soon be able to re
turn 10 college.