Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-11-19
Henry c. Chapman Elect
ed Football Manager.
Team, Under Adverse Circum.
stances. Made Fine Record.
Won Very Handsomely Five of Nine
Games Played.

Brunswick. Me. Nov. 1S.-(SpeciaD.-
The members Of the Bowdoin football
team, consisting of the men who won
their "B's' during the past season. met.
this afternoon, and elected Henry Phil
Up Chapman OF the class of 1906 as
captain of the team for the next sea-
son.
Chapman las played half back on the
Varsity during his two years in col
iege and is considered the best man
Tor that position standing i'm a Maine
college, today. He is a splendid line
bucker, is fast on his feet, fine on in
reference and knows the game thor
ouShly. and his choice meets the hearty
APPROVAL OF every man in Bowdoin. Mr.
Chapman is Il Portland boy and played
on the school team at that place when
student in the Portland High school
MIR. Chapman is not only justly popu-
lar with the team. as player bu: is
also one of the most popular men in
college, being popular with all classes
of students.
The members of the team have been
enjoying the fruits Of their splendid
work during the PAST few days. Twice
within the week the men have been to
New Meadows Inn as the guest of their
admirers and the alumni. who are enx-
ious to Show their appreciation of the
work done the past season.
That the team did great work, this
year. goes without saying Indeed, tn
the team, the season has been little
short of marvellous. The material was
light and there was no especially en-
couraging aspects at the opening of the
season. At that time there was no great
reason to expect that the eleven would
be superior to that of the previous
years. There WAS no finds" in sight,
so far as was known: no material that
with the possible exception of McGraw
who could he banked on to greatly
strengthen the team and none of the
students believed there Wds any great
prospect al championship team. Yet
out of this Bowdoin developed :, team
that wrs a wonder. Splendid coaching,
all kinds Of hard work and two or
three veteran men pat out a team OF
which every student and alumni may
he well proud. Not so much because
Rowdoin should not have ii champion
shin team. but because the college
spirit developed i'll and made it what it
was.
The team played nine games, this
seasoli-von five and lost four. The
games lost We're with Exeter Harvard
Amherst and Brown. In each of these
the Bowdoin team put up Il hard fSh!
and the scores We're not large enough!
TO be any dScredit.
In the Maine college Sames-aruuid
which the chief interest centered-thn
team did great work. defeating the 9th
er Maine colleges in decisive victories.
In each game the playing was such
that there could be no doubt of the SUI
perioritv of the Bowdoin team and the
victories We're ali honest ones. Fer
h9CS the most noticeable factor III
these victories. WIS the Snlendld i"fr,
in which the Bowdoin team played. The
playing was clockwork and the opons-
ing teams could not withstand it. Mag
nificant work on the part of M'claTe.
win conscientious cooperation on the
Following is the seasons schedule
and it's results:
Sept. effort prcble at l;runswick-
Score. - 10 0 in favor Of BoWdoin.
oct. Exeter at Brunswick. Score
II to 0 in favor of Exeter.
oct. 5.-Harvard ut Cambridge. Score.
/. to . in favor of Harvard.
oct. Sort Mckinley at Brunswick.
Score, "a to o in fav"r of Bowd"in.
oct. lo-Amherst at Amherst. Score
- TO in favor Of Amherst.
oct. lo.--Colby Al Brunswick Score.
- to . il favor of Rowdoin-
Oct. .s-Brown At Providence. Score.
,. 10 in favor OF Brown.
Nov. 5-Jriversity of Maine at oro-
no. Score. p to i'll favor of Bowdoin.
Nov. l2-Rates at Brunswick. Score.
II to 6 III favor of Bowdoin.
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