Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-11-02
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line at short range much of the time.
When it had the ball it found the Bow
dom defense like a stone wall and had
to punt. Bowdoin by short rushes
through the line took the ball over half
the length of the field after the kickoff
Just beyond the middle it was held and
WigGin tried a quarter back kick,
Bates getting the ball for gain of 20
yards. Another series Of short rushes,
and by slow gains in which an inter-
change of punts figured, Bowdoin fore
ed the ball to Names 16-yard line. Here
the Maine line grew SITTER and held
with desperate determination. and here
is where Bowdoin made fatel mistake.
1t was directly In front of the goal
posts and a goal from placement look
ed easy. The whole Bowdoin crowd ex-
pected it for the team had done it again
and again in practice, but Wiggin
thought the ball could be taken over the
line by rushes. 1t couldn't, however.
and Maine got the ball on downs and
punted out of danger Then the slow
and fruitless march toward the goal
began again.
| Ard that tells the story of the whole
| first half It was all Bowdoin's way. ex-
| cept under the shadow of the goal posts
where the Maine line proved invincible.
| Nobody could understand why end runs
| or trick play were not attempted, for
| the Bowdoin backs were known to be very
fast. and the field was dry. But nothing
| was done except to plug away at the
heavy Maine line. and that proved slow
and exhausting work. When the half was,
over there had been no scoring, but Bow
| dom stock was way up. The visitors had
been rated as winners with the odds to
. in their favor, but Bowdoin had kept the
| ball in their territory for the whole half,
had proved much stronger on the Of
| fensive and had held Maine from gaining
when it had the ball Bowdoin men began
| to feel that the spell of football ADVERSE
| ty was broken and that victory was
| coming. Dut the Orono crowd knew its
| team and it's confidence did not waver. 1t
i remembered also that in last years gam.
i the score was 0 to at the end of the
i first half. and that it was II to 0 in
| Names favor when the second half had
| ended.
When the second half opened something
happened, and it happened so suddenly
4 that nobody seemed to know what it was
i except that Maine had scored. Wiggin
j kicked off and the kick was a poor one
! before they knew what was up they were
beyond tho ball which Bailey had picked
i up. His interference formed like a flash
and he was off toward the Bowdon goal
4 with almost a clear field. Bates tackled
him too high and Bailey squirmed away
!. and was off again. The center man ought
Il to have been in his way, but Philoon's
had ankle had forced him out of the game
Il and Sanborn was too slow. Straight
through the middle of the field ran the
Maine captain for touchdown and tn.
Il victory. Bean kicked the goal and the
score was to Q. Less than half minute
! of the second half had been played, and
so suddenly and completely had the tables
been turned that the Bowdoin team could
J. not fail to be disheartened while Maine
went into the fight with new courage
and confidence The loss of Philoon weak
ened the Bowdoin line at center and
i Maine was quick to discover the opening
;, there Speake was also out of the game
giving way to kinsman; and little later
II Winslow replaced Bates and Bass replac-
. edWiggin. The only change in the Maine
lineup was that Shaw went in in place OF
Bearce at fullback 1t was about 10 min
, utes before Maine scored again. Its work
was harder and fiercer than in the first
Yet Bowdoin several times held for downs
, and gained on exchanges of punts. Wood,
taking the ball from tackle on the 15-yard
line, plunged over for the second touch
down. Bean missed the goal. Score IL to
0. This was the score of last years game
which was played at Bangor and it looked
| like the final score of this game. Then
, again done on the offensive. Kinsmar
; made a run of % yards the longest one
; of the day outside of Baileys from the
, kickoff: The Augusta boy, by the way.
also played a particularly strong game
on the defensive, making several fine
tackles. Just as the end was at hand.
Maine having the ball on Bowdoin's %
dropped a goal from the field. 1t was a
| pretty play and there was skill as well
as luck in the performance. 1t was the
first time for years that the trick has been
n Maine ApJ ~,
the game was over and the crowd sursed
off the field; and showing how the
Bowdoin boys stood by their defeated
team it may be stated that their cheers
for its members, its captain. its manager,
its coaches, the loyal alumni and the old
college itself, sounded clear and ringing
from r tn, the field and the campus long after
earned victory, had gone down the hill
to board the special train. And the next
work IS to prepare for Colby. next Satur-
ing Saturday: at Lewiston. The college
will stand solidly behind the team at both
games and help it to win both, if that be
| q human possibility.
Following is the lineup Of Saturdays
! game:
U. OF MAINE. DowDoIN
Paod l. re, Became
Hccd. 1t ........................... TT. Haley
Learned g ~ 9 Pbiloon fs re- Emu
Wood, rt ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. It, Cox
| Bean, re ..................... le Drummond
, Bai!ey. OBJ ............. qb. Wiggin Bass)
Collins. lib :....... RIB. Bates (Winslow)
thatcher, rhh...... lib, Spcake CKinsman)
| Bearce (Shaw), fb............ fb Chapman.
Score-unvcrsity of Maine 1G Bowdoin,
0. Touchdowns-Bai Bearce. Goal
| from touchdown-Bean Goal from field
Bean, Umpire, Murphy of Lewiston
| Re1erec, Crowley of Bangor. Linesmen
| pugsleX for Maine, j. Gumbel for Bow
dom; Timer. Henry Wing. Time, % and