Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-10-12
CONY, "a; R0CKLAND, 0.
Capital City Eleven Victorious in the
LIMERICK City.
Boys Had Splendid Treatment and
Won Handsome Victory.

| won f1ahdsone victory.
Cony High brought home another
So ing OF scalps, Saturday night, T"n
| rackland, having defeated iiockl;;nd
! High, "a to 0, and will now sharpen up
the knife for Bath, next Saturday. The
boys have been putting in some hard
| work since they met M. c. l., for the
| 1elt that I;ockland was a customer that
| might prove hard to handle. Every
body was in fine shape when the team
left here, early Saturday morning, and
they arrived in the seaport town, safe
and sound. They We're taken to the
Narragansett hotel by the Rocklanl
| manager, and We're assigned dressing
rooms at the Y. NJ. &. A. building.
| Right here, the boys wish to aclInOWl-
| edge the excellent treatment they re-
ceived, and there may De special
reason for for their good treatment, for
| the proprietor of the Narragansett
stated that they We're the cleancst and
best behaved set of young men who
had ever come to his hotel.
| The game was called at go on the
| Broadway grounds. A large crowd
delegation from Thomaston, who cheer
! ed for Cony as Rockland and Thomas
| ton are sworn foes at football. A num-
Der of Augusta boys had accompanied
their team, so Cony did not lack for
support on the sidelines. Rocllland
won the toss, and chose to receive The
Kickoff, Captain Little choosing the
east goal. This gave Rocllland the
ball and the advantage i'll the Slope Of
| the field, but Cony had the wind.
Metcalf kicked to the Rockland quar-
ter back. who was doWned in his
tracks Rockland made their five yards
in three attempts, using end plays and
Il double pass. Then Cony took the ball
on downs. and it required just three
plays to land the ball behind Rock
lands goal line, Metcalf taking it over
The angle was a hard one and Hall
failed ut goal.
Cony had to kick to Rockland, but
here was where Little's generalship
came in. Cony had the advantage of
ground, now, and five points to the
good. Rockland started out as if they
| We're going to return the compliment
| they had just received, for the first
play. 4. double pass, Melted 20 yards.
But the second attempt didn't work.
and they. couldn't touch Cony's line, 50
ii was Cony's ball on downs, again,
and on her own 3O-yard line. Several
, line buck netted good gains, ana Met
calf made pretty run around Rock
lands left end. Metcalf was sent at
the line, but gained only Il yard. 1t
was second down and four to gain a
while time was out. the Cony boys
hatchPd out q scheme. On the next
play Stamm. Metcaf and Hussey open
cd up a big hole, and Captain Little
went through without touching Il man.
| fie was going so hard that he half fell,
ard slid 8 yards for a touchdown,
, humping his head against the grand
stand. Hall missed another hard goal.
| RCckland could not gain yard with the
hall after the next Kickoff. and Cony soon
! had another touchdown on straight line
plays. Hall kicked a pretty goal. Time
was called almost Immediately after the
! next kickoff. with the ball in the middle
| of the field. Score: Cony, III; I,cckland, o.
| Rockand open the second half by a
! kickoff to Smith. who ran ID yards behind
good interference. Then an end play was
| tried and Metcalf ran from his own 40
| yard line TO the goal line at the other end
| OF the field, scoring the fourth touch
| down for Ccny. Hall kicked his second
goal
| After the next kickoff Rockland began
! to gain consistently on Cony, using the
double pass almost entirely. The Angus
, Ia boys seemed unable to stop it, and the
| Rockland supporters had hopes Of a score
as the ball was getting well into Cony's
| territory. But a bad tumble gave Cony
the ball. Stamm falling on it. Cony's
| Si,r ,ls,l1 NJ
! ties cross buck on tackle. and he smashed
/ through the line. lodged four men. stiff
/ armed one jumped over anouner and ran
Is yards for a touchdown. The cony adj
| herents went wild. Han kicked another
| pretty goal
Kockland was still game. however. and
when She got the ball again rcSorted to
| more double passes and end runs. taking
| the leather down past the middle of the
field. Here Cony held for downs. and then
/ worked line plays for another touchdown
Metcalf doing the trick. Hall kicked the
prettiest goal of the day, the ball sailing
, high over the bar and dropping on the top
of a cupola on the barn behind the goal
posts.
/ on the last kickoff Little nailed The
. haliback on the 15-yard line. he failing
to follow his interference. Rockland
rushed the ban to the center of the field
again, and was held for downs. Cony
, rushed awhile and then punted for fun.
! having all the scores needed. Rocklnnd
cot the bali on their 5-yard linz. barely
escaping a touchback. They made first
down once, and the game ended with the
| ball in Rocklands possession on their 10
! yard line.
! All the Cony team played well. Little,
, Metcalf and Hussey putting up the best
game. perhaps. Hussey especially did
some beautiful work in blocking punts
/ The line was solid and Rockland found it
| impossible to gain upon. For RoCkianG
Simmons did the best work. and several
other men showed up in good form. Rock