Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-10-14
80 TROT AND PACE. PURSE slcO.
IN BANGOR TOWN.
Gossip Among Sports Regarding Foot
ball Situation.

ball Situation.
Bangor, Me. oct. 13.-B"ngor foot
bailsts are feeling pretty confident
over their chances for success. this
year. yet Tor all Of their boae tiEgs there
seems to be little feeling of doubt
way down in their breasts. that Port
land will, after all, prove little too
much for the Queen City lads The fol-
lowing article from the Bangor COM
mercial will be read with more than
ordinary interest by local enthusiasts:
The members of the High school
football tenn are At present NeWlng a
stlf-satisfed smile and an air of con-
tentmcnt which seems to indicate
feeling on their part that they have
the High school football championship
of the State "cinched,' this fall. This
does not apply to all of the men but 1t
takes in i large majority ana it is
feeling t. which High school players
have been victims in the past.
The team has played great
game so far. this season. and
the men may have reason to he
fairly begun yet ami in the four great
games which are to be played the
members of the team will find use for
all the wind, muscle and knowledge Of
football which they can get by taking
advantage of every day Of practice that
is available. Former teams which
stared in the season we'll have fallen
into the error of thinking they We're all
right without practice and have been
brought to a realization of their error
by being defeated in the last and most
important games of the season.
The feeling of confidence among the
High school boys has not become suf-
ficiently marked as yet to interfere
with their turning out for practice. but
"a stitch in time etc, is a good mot
to to follow and by settling down to
hard practice and coming out every
day the weather allows the team will
steadily improve and the men be in
good condition for the big games which
are to he played in the next few weeks.
The cam has played good football so
far. this season, but the games they
have won have been against teams
which though heavier. have had not
even = knowledge of the rudiments OF
the game. In the game with the UNI
versity of Maine second eleven, the
team showed up well, but there Is a
chance for great Improvement ana the
men will need it before they meet the
fa st and well-trained teams which rep
resent the Portland and Lewiston High
schools. bot old rivals of the Bangor
team.
These High school teams will be the
hardest nuts for Bangor to crack, TINS
fall. They will be found very different
from the heavy but slow college SCRUB.
for they are of about the same weight
as the Bangor team. are fast and snap
nv and have had the advantage of ex-
cellent coaching and practice all the
season. Portland defeated Lewiston
at Portland, last aturday, by a score OF
s to 0. and already the Bangor boys are
figuring on victory over the over
confident Portland aggregation and
then a victory over the team which
Portland defeated. This would be all
very well. but. sad to say, things do
not work out that way in football.
The makeup of the Portland High
team. this fall. is practically the same
az that of last years team, and the new
men are such as will make the aggrega-
tion stronger and heavier than ever. Ban
COR did well to beat the Portland team
at Maplewood in the first game of the
season by score of II to 0, but the Ban
gor team was played to a standstill at
Portland and very nearly beaten. Port
land has a quartet of star backs. this
fall. in Dodwell, Sheehan McDonough
| ard Foster. and the line is also strong
| and evidently has plenty of fight from
| game last Saturday. The Lewiston High
| team lost Carrigan, the star halfback;
| Malyey. the fullback. and number OF
| other good men. but these positions have
| been filled by men who give promise of
| developing into very fast men before the
| end of the season.
The Bangor team has license to de,
| feat both of these teams but it will take
| unremittng hard work for the next four
| weeks to accomplish the feat Bangor
| will meet Portland at Mapewooa for the
| first game a week from next Saturday
| and the Lewiston High team will be at
| Maplewood. Saturday Oct - Then
| comes a return game with the Lewiston
foam in the Spindle City and the last
I game of the season with Portland High
al Portland. Nov. L. Next Saturday
i the Bangor team will play the team from
a Maine Central Institute at Mapiewood
The NJ. c. l. team is playing good foot
4 HaU this fall having net the University
of Maine Varsity early in the season
81 and held them down to four touchdowns
and since then has defeated n number
Of preparatory school teams. r'he game