Daily Kennebec journal., 1902-10-30
Y. OF M. FOOTBALL.
MUCH Interest in Coming Games With
Maine Colleges.

game scheduled for Nov. s. from orono
10 hansor. at Maplewood park. Since
'he outcome OF the BowCioin-coIhv
game at brunswick. last SATURDAY. tha
greatest interest naturally c.nte,s
ABOUT this game. At the first of ,bo
season. Bates appeared To have COL
'ccted The strongest aggregation of
players with Colby a close second
Maine and Bowdon were looked unon
as about evenly matched. But as The
ofihlon now stands. Bates is looked
upon as the weakest of the ,oJIepa
| teams, with ;un even thing between
boWdoin and Maine. The relative
strength between Colby and Maine is
SIMPLY "A matter of conjecture Whii..
thc season was stiil early. Maine de-
Heated Colby ut Waterville. bv the
score OF O 10 o. but since then colbv
! mas been wonderfully strengthened
! through the addition of new men and
/ Her supporters are not lacking in con-
Huehce concerning the outcome of tbr
game with Maine. This fact is we'll il
iustiat"d since that arrangements are
hcfil2 erected for the running of :,
Special train to Orono on that d.,t.
halhe on the other hand has re-
celNed no additional men and other
I tif'h the strength that the team has
| Incurred by constant training and
hdrd practice and a few changes i'm the
positions OF the men, it Will be the
same team that faced Colby at Water
vile. on oct T.
While Maine has confidence in III.
pending game with Colby. il fully
realizes that il can be won only bv the
hardest kind of football pl;tvinr with
the support of the entire student bodv
ana by good conscientious training ana
practice on the part OF every yn.r,har
of the team. The men thoroughly an
ifeciate the strength and spirit with
which Colby will enter the contest.
but as they have confidence in Co,ch
Robinson and full reliance in Captain
Dorticos they will enter the game with
the determination of winning. Since
by the cancellation of the game with
Har Harbor. Maine played no team
LtSt saturday. but on this account
there was no let up. either. in the
amount of quality of the practice. held
during the week. The team has i'm
proved in strength ana the men are all
in excellent condition. ON account of
was unable to line up Monday after
noon. although in spite Of the heavy
downpour. nearly 80 men reported on
the field for practice. which consisted
for the most part in catching, 'punts.
kicking goals. practicinG signals. etc.
Tuesday afternoon. the field was in
such Il bad state that il was necessary
to coniinc the practice to The GYM
nasilim.
Next Saturday. Nov. |. Maine will
line up against the Bates eleven 1T
Lewiston .'id III hoJyh :he team is
fairly confident Of winning. it will not
bp thrown off its guard by any spirit
of over confidence or by any laxnc IS
in the practice ,Iu:in. This week
a college meeting was held last
week for thu )ur2osc of finding cut the
sentiments Of III" st1sicnt ,oiy con-
cerning the sending of Il special t,aiu
To Lewiston on ti.de date. Papers were
passed arotr1i ana enough names Sc
cured to assure the CARRYING cut Of
such Il project. Doubtless over 200 sup
porters viii accompany tn. team ;,nI
give the men with cheers and song tn"
proper encou, agement.
The game with BowdCin on Nov. l..
est as the coming same with Colby.
on account Of the keen rivalry Whirn
has sprung up in lat years b1tWeeh
BoWdoin and the University OF Maine
one of the most spirited games ot the
year is anticipated. TIE t"ams are
about equally matched il. strength ai'h
point OF weight. aud as the prestige IN
Bangor is well divided between th"Sc
two institutions. the largest crowd tndt
ever turned out in Bango: f"r i fcot-
ball game is looked for. Las 1ati
Maine defe;tted Bow.i,in ~ her own
grounds by Il score of - To ;, aDd this
yenr. Bowdoin will try to wipe out
that defeat by winning This S3ine.
Bovdoin will also run q spc.id. tram
to Bangor with "A larg" cDnting"nt -
rootcrs t. spur the team On.
ri. transferring " the colby-t- of
NJ. game of Nov. &. from oronb I" t'an-
gor will depend entirely upon IN" "dt-
come of the gam" sin Bates. fl
,.o,,rsc if thc team wins the gam at
Lewiston. the lrrlre-, amount of m
t.r.... vim center about thr game with
,,olhy ana cons"qu .ntly greater
crowd viii turn out. II Noati III rc"'.
itv be a championship cnIit"S, hc'N''"
Colby and Maine. blt 81 IN
hand if Maine loses. me interest," III ''S
,aan outside of tn" ColleS'' W"ui1 oi-
do,bt,dI,- he lost for il would seem 10
indic;tc That Maine had 4 inach ~
fe-inr team 10 CUlby. 1t would liieh o'
Z, or,stion whether the speciai t,a"'
would b, run from WaterNilie- rro
vidnd the game with Bates turhS ''
favorublv. IT is probable that lhe gan.
v.,u to transferred to Bangor hes'o'9
b.ing of Il greater aceominohiiti'' -
neonle in the vicinity OF bans'i ~
,,So ,o those who would CONT
from Watervile. il would hicah
,raater gain financially.
contrary to what has been pu"i'9
IN several of the papers, there
,,,I. IN the constitution OF the A.,'
,,soc,,,ion of the University OF Mali
,tot nroyides that 'one college So
hatween Maine college teams hiua.
nl,v.d on Alumni field at oroiio i'- ~ a'r
~, ran" So there is nothing I" i'
transferring the game 10 '..,
.,no,,,a IL be the desire OF the .>t'''1 -,
Association. The game with ho""o.., ,'a
November l.. will, in any case'
,,.., ,.ad in Bangor.