Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-10-17
MAINE GRIDlRoN GOSSIP.


Kent's Hill and Higgins Classical
Institute play at Kent's Hill, this after
noon.
Waterville High viii play football
with Lewiston High, saturday after
noon on Garcelon field.
Bates and Tufts will play at Medford.
today. 1t is the first time these colleges
have met on the gridiron for several
years.
The Cony High school eleven has won
! its first four games, scoring 81 points
without being scored on. 1t plays Bath
High at Augusta, this afternoon.
A number of Westbrook young men
have organized a football team to be
known as the Zoo Club Much inter-
est in the game is manifested in that
city.
Charles p. Corners Of Bangor who
graduated last spring, from Bowdoin,
and who was a tackle on the college
eleven, is coaching Bridgton Academy
this fall.
A second high eleven has been or
ganized at the Portland High school,
and Strange elected captain. Manager
oTlSSS hopes W get SOllle SlIOuS SdIilSS
for the second eleven.
Kendall of Bates is coaching Gardi-
ner high at present. He was on his
college team, last fall, but is now kept
out of the game by an injury received
in baseball, last spring.
OF the Cony High school eleven, the
Roclland Courier-Gazette says: 'Au-
gusta certainly has a strong team and
it is difficult to see where any other
High school team in the State viii
have any snap with her.
There was talk OF u sln. today be-
tween the Bowdon eleven and the
Naval Reserve team of Portland, but it
was given up. These teams VII meet
later, however, probably next week.
Lewiston high and Edward Little will
meet for their annual game, october 81
In the Auburn school the authorities
have taken a firm stand that no boy
shall play on this team unless a high
scholarship standing is maintained.
The High schools of Lewiston and
Auburn are INDUCING in the usual
amount of preliminary wrangling but
} they will probably get together before
: the season closes. Somehow, those
schools always have trouble before and
during and after their games.
The game the Portland High school
football eleven was to have played With
West brook Seminary, Thursday, was
cancelled and will not be played until
next Tuesday. SO many of the Port
land boys were laid up with bruises and
cuts it was deemed advisable to post
pone the game.
Friends of Captain Sheehan of the
Portland High school football eleven
will be sorry to learn that he has been
obliged to leave the game. Sheehan
was the player injured in the game
with Lewiston High, and although his
injuries would not oblige him to stop
playing, his parents wish him to.
The Ozanam football team of Port
land, has two games scheduled. The
first is with the strong team from
Bridgton Academy to be played today,
at the Forest avenue grounds. Brdg-
ton has a fast and heavy team and Il
great game is expected. On Monday
the club plays at Bangor against Il
team made up of eX-high school play
ers in that city.
Bangor Commercial: From now on
there is nothing but hard work and
the very hardest kind for the members
of the Bangor team Nearly every
afternoon the tenn Hines NJ, against the
heavier team from Errly-I and much
mutual advantage IS obtained. More
interest is being taken in the team
than for many years and practically
the whole High school will turn out to
see Edward Little play Bangor or
Saturday.
Fort Preble will meet the strong and
heavy team of the Maplewood Athletic
Club from Portsmouth, n. H.. This
afternoon on the Fort Prebe grounds
This being a heavy team, having ouly
been scored on twice in the past four
years warm contest is expected, as
the Fort Preble team has been hard at
practice during the week under the di-
rection of Coach Sullivan, and has i'm
proved greatly on both their offensive
and defensive work.
Although the football eleven of the
Bangor High school was defeated last
Saturday, at Lewiston. by the High
school team of that city, by score of 6
to }, the Bangor boys are confident that
they can turn the trick when Lewiston
goes to Bangor Oct. "a. I.eWiSton'S
line. with no eXaggeration, outweighs
Bangor about 20 pounds to the man.
The Spindle City boys are all big, some
weigh 100 pounds and are yet good
line buckers and quick.
Many Portland people are inquiring
when the game which so many people
would like to see between the Ozananis
and the Naval Reserve team is coming
off. 1t is understood that so far TIE
Naval Reserve management has been
unable to arrange a game with the
Ozanams or to come to satisfactory
terms. Last year this game between
tho Ozanams and the Naval Reserve
was the lest played here for the sea-
son ard {. no less exciting contest may
be expected this year.
Colby and U. of NJ. meet at Orono,
this afternoon. This is the first Maine
college game of the year and will be
watched with much interest. 1t was to
have been played. last Saturday, but
was set forward a week. On paper it