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and Watkins by good gains forced the
ball out Of Its dangerous proximity to
their goal line. Watkins here got in
2O-yard run and the stock Of the blue
and gray shot skyward. However. the
Bowdoin line braced and held for
downs. and having the ball again
started for the Colby goal A 15-yard
end run by Bates was a good starter,
and line hurdling by Finn took the ball
to Colhy's l5-yard line. and it looked as
though Bowdoin Was going to get the
touchdown it had lost by so narrow a
margin few minutes earlier. But here
came tumble and Colby got the ball.
Again Watkins was depended upon
to do the work and he showed that the
trust was well reposed. His style of
play was to run low behind the line
lodging here and there without any
regard to his interference until his
quick eye saw an opening somewhere
and then to dash into it. In this way
he made gains of 10 and 20 yards re-
spectively. BOwdoin held for downs,
for not all of Watkins attempts could
be successful and nobody else could be
depended on. The Bowdoin backs
SHUT gains l!lTOuSl TIE line anu
then the team was pehalized for off
side playing after Chapman. who had
replaced Bates, skirted left end for 10
yards. The loss of 10 yards for being
off side left so much ground to gain
that Capt. Munro took advantage of
the "20-yards retreat" rule to save the
bali. little later exactly the same
thing occurred, but it TRANSFERRED that
the opponent had not had the bali in
the meantime and so the ball was
given to Colby. Time was up after IL
short rush or two and the half ended
with the ball in Colby possession on
Bowdoin's 45-yard line. This was the
nearest to the Bowdoin goal that Colby
reached in 30 minutes of playing, and
the work of the half was altogether in
Bowdoin's favor. LitDt;iI
After 10 minutes rest the teams lined
up as before Colby kicked off to
Hatch who advanced the ball yards.
Then by the same sort of line smashing
as before BowdOin forced the ball just
beyond the middle of the field where
Colby held for downs. And here was
where Mr.. Watkins got in his deadly
work. Shooting out of the bunch from
some unexpected quarter he squirmedT
and lodged and wiggled and dashed his
way for 80 yards and planted the ban
squarely behind the Bowdoin goal posts
keene failed at the attempt for goal
and the score was Colby 5, Bowdoin 0.
This run was looked upon as n fluke
not likely to appear again, and judg-
ing from the playing of the teams it
still looked like a Bowdoin victory. 1t
did happen again, however, and on
more brilliant scale. BOwdoin kicked
off. held Colby for downs and forced
the ball to the Colby 5-yard line. For
the third time it looked like a sure
Bowdon touchdown for the gains were
steady and rapid, but the ball was
squeezed from Firms arms and Colby
man fell on it. 1t was Il fatal tumble.
for almost on the next play by Colby
the cOlored boy started on another OF
his triumphal professions. 1t was
| rdn long TO be remembered, and the
| longest ever made by an opposing
player on Whittier field. For the %
yards TO the BOwdoin line he dashed,
hurdling and lodging half a dozen
| tacklers. Zig-Zaging and side-stepplnS
with bewidering rapidity. Bates was
| the only man on the BOwdoin team
who could have Overtaken him and he
| had left the game in the first haif.
Keene again failed to kick the goal and
the score was 10 to O. and the Colby
supporters breathed easy for the first
| time.
Then for 10 minutes the ball was
rushed back and forth in the middle OF
| the field, changing sides several Times.
At length Colby secured it well down
| in Bowdoin's territory, on account OF a
poor pass on an attempt to punt, ana
! after good gains by Watkins, Lavine
! crossed the line for the third and last
| touchdown. Keene kicked the goal and
the score was 16 to 0. Here was where
| the Rowdoin spirit was shown. De-
feated but not disgraced. with all the
| luck of the game against it, the team
| now played the fastest and most des-
| perate football of the afternoon. After
| getting the ball on downs it started for
/ the Colby line. ard for the fourth time
| got within scoring distance. This time
| there was no tumble or failure and the
| Colby line could not stop the PUSHES.
| Wilson. who had replaced Finn. did
the bulk of the work at this juncture
| and is probably the best fullback of
| his weight playing the game anywhere
He made the touchdown, but 10 others
had a hand i'm helping. Philoon missed
an easy goal and the score was 10 to b.
| The touchdown was made with no time
to spare and time was quickly called
| The summary:
| COLBY. BoW DoiN.
Pugsley. le...-.... ..--..-....-..Ie, I oItei
keene tCaptD. lt...-..-..-....-.rt, Gonlei
| Washburn, .)....-..rg, Hatch staNey
Cotton. c.............-..-.-'.''' Shau-
Thomas, rig. 1890 - 90"
Cowing (McLellan), rt...-...... IL DAVIS