Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-10-31
MAINE GRIDIRON GOSSIP.

MAINE 1nIDIhON 1OSStfs
The Rockland High School eleven will
play at Castine, today.
Tufts college and the Portland Athe-
Der II.
The average weight of the Lewiston
high eleven is said to be 1853 pounds,
which is more than that of some of the
colleges.
Arthur Emery. former quarterback of
Thornton Academy, is coaching st.
Mary's football team one of Biddeford's
strong elevers.
The game Of the season at Bar Har-
Dor will be played, today, when the
local team will meet the strong Bucks
port seminary eleven.
The. S. & H. team recently organized
at Saco is made up principally of
Thornton players, and is prepared to
meet all corners. Ernest Wakefield is
manager.
Rates will play N. H. state college at
Dover. N. H., today. Bowdoin and U.
of NJ have each beaten this team, this
fall, by the score of IS to 0, and Bates
will try to do a little better.
There is no doubt that Lewiston high
has the strongest high school team in
the State. this fall. It's victories over
conclusive ones. It plays Auburn again
November Z. 1t plays the Ocanan club
at Portland, today.
The members of Co. G. Biddeford are
much interested in football. this season,
and have succeeded in getting together
a very fast aggregation of players. A
coach from Portland has charge Of the
team, which includes some of the best
individual players in Biddeford. 1t will
play the Saco Gem club elevens,
Thanksgiving day.
The Colby eleven has no game sche-
duled for today. It's next game will be
with Bowdoin at Waterville, one week
from today. and it is putting in the
hardest kind of practice in preparation
for it. Having beaten Bates and prac-
tically tied U. of NJ, the Waterville
boys hope to win as good claim to the
championship as anybody.
Lewiston Journal: The first two
rows in the Powdoin grandstand, for
Saturdays football game, have been
engaged by a crowd of Lewiston men.
many Bates men among the number.
They will all cheer Rowdoin for Bates
wants Bowdoin to beat U. Of NJ; Bates
to beat U. of NJ; Bowdoin to beat Colby
and then, of course. when Bates and
Bowdoin meet all the world will be
here to see.
Last years game between Bowdoin
and U. of M. was played at Bangor on
muddy field, November Is, and was
won by U. of NJ, II to 0. Neither side
scored in the first half. and the second
of U. of MS touchdowns was made
with half minute left to play in the
second half. The feature of the game
was the work Of Dorticos, the U. of M.
fullback and captain.
Portland Press: Some people, who
are so confident that Bowdoin needs a
sou'wester to keep off the rain this
year when she meets the Maine COL
leges. are fated to hear something drop
hard. and we prophecy it won't be Bow
doin that kisses the earth so much as
they think. Her line needs hard coach
ing. but she has as fine q set of backs
as Maine college ever had. They are
all fast men. who can do the 100 in close
to 10 seconds, and they work well to-
gether.
Vaughn and Conley two Portland
boys. are putting up great game for
Dartmouth and are considered their
greatest ground-g gamers. Vaughn for
merly played on the Westbrook semi
nary team. and Conley was Portland
highs full back. Danny Vaughn. jim
my's brother, is playing on the Worces-
ter academy team. Joe Drummond. the
old Portland high captain. is certain to
make his B at Bowdoin before the sea-
son is over. while Chapman. formerly
of Portland is putting ND a star game
for the Brunswick collegians.
The high school teams of Portland
and Bangor meet at Bangor. today.
For these two elevens this is their great
game of the year, but it does not have
quite the place it used to hold in inter-
scholastic sport. Both teams have had
several defeats this year. Gardiner
High trimmed Portland, a week ago,
and within a week both Edward Little
and Brewer have beaten Bangor
Brewer has had no coaching but has
the material for one of the best school
teams in the State. 1t was a great vic
tory for it to cross the river and beat
Bangor.
Waterville Mail: Bates had a good
deal to say about her crippled team,
both before and after last Saturdays
game, but it will be noticed that the
men were good enough to play through
two long halves without change. and
came out strong at the finish at that.
Most of the correspondents who wrote
up the Colby Bates game appear to go
out of their way in an attempt to belit-
tie hah-back Watkins work in the
game, one writer even going so far as
to say that four yards was his longest