Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-11-09
COLBY, 11;B0WD0IN, 0.
Very Hot Game on Very Cold
Day at WaterviIIe.
Colby's Eleven Superior at All Points
--Game Never in Doubt.
Bates-U. of M. Game Postponed Till
Today, Owing to Snow.

Waterville, Me, Nov. S.-(SpeciaD.
For the third successive year Bow
dom was defeated by Colby, Saturday
afternoon, on the college field, by a
score of IL to 0. Every arrangement
had been made for making it one of
the biggest games of the year in the
State, but Old Prob suddenly changed
his program and instead of giving one
of those fine fall days such as seemed
10 De promised, sent a regular mid
mlnter snow storm. This interfered
sadly with most of the plans, so there
was not half the crowd on the field
that had been expected. But there was
a good number in spite of everything
and noise enough for a New York cleo
ton night crowd.
special train was run from Bruns-
wick and was stopped at the principal
stations along the way to pick up any
who wished to come. There was a big
delegation of Bowdoin students, in
Guiding the band, which can play
Marching Through Georgia" in very
good shape.
Here in the city it was a question of
much doubt whether the game would
be played at all or not. 1t certainly
looked in the forenoon as if it would
be impossible to play, as it was then
showing fairly hard while strong.
cold wind was blowing. Bat such
things have no terrors for football men
and the two teams trOtted onto the
field through the snow at the appointed
hour as merIily as il it were day in
June. The ropes We're pretty well lined
with people by that time and in spite
of the cold there wassan abundance of
enthusiasm.
The weather conditions were about
as unfavorable and forbidding as are
often seen in the game here in Maine.
There was anywhere from an inch to
a foot of snow on the field. The lines
that had been marked out with such
care by the freshmen on the previous
afternoon had .al1 been obiterated and
had to be marked over with flags.
Large ones designated the center of
the field and the 25-yard lines, and
smaller ones the ordinary 5-yard limits.
This method, while as good as could
be devised under the circumstances,
WAS very u1SdllSlctCtoly anu t'iuS|p
much confusion all through the game.
The snow had drifted in places and
where it was deepest some had been
scraped off to the sidelines. But time
and time again a scrimmage started
where the snow was deepest and men
when tackled were fairly buried. In
other spots the ground was bare and
frozen. When the game had been fin
ished the course of the fighting could
be fairly well distinguished In places
| the snow was hardly marked at all.
| while in others it had been tranped
| to slush. showing where the lines had
surged back and forth, fighting for adj
vantage by inches.
| The snow ceased falling shortly after
noon and it grew colder. There was
! strong. keen wind from the northwest
| that went through coats and sweaters,
no matter how many or thick. and that
| fairly chilled the players to the mar
row whenever there was q lull in the
| fighting.
BY the end of the first half most of
the men were soggy with snow and
perspiration But with feet wet and
fairly freezing. hands so numb they
could scarcely bend them and faces all
drawn and pinchcd. they fought it out
and PLAYED as fine football as one would
/ care to see. 1t was certainly an eX-
ample of the hardihood and endurance
required by the game and only we'll
| trained football men could have stood
i the punishment for nearly two hours
and turn up as bright as new dollars
| after q bath and rundown.
4 The spectators along the sidclines
| really suffered more from the cold than
| the players. and only such game as
was being played would have held them
i there so long.
There was trouble at the start over
the length of the halves. Colby wanted
] two 35-minute periods and Bowdoin
| two Commute. Colby insisted, laugh
! ing at the cold and snow covered field,
and Bowdoin insisted, using these for
an argument. Captain Pugsley OF
Colby finally offered to compromise on
4 So and 25-minute periods, but this
was at first refused by BoWdoin and
her team sent to the gymnasium.
| The Colby players huddled IN their
sweaters and blankets on their bench
while the Bowdoin band played ana
| the supporters of the two teams at
tempted to beat each other out on
yells. After n wait that seemed an
hour the Bowdoin team trotted back
onto the field and accepted the COM
promise periods.
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