Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-11-22
KENT'S HILL.
Football Champions of
the Maine Schools.
This Years Strong Eleven and
Its Record.
A Team Almost as Good as Some Col
leSe Teams.

ed last week. after one of the most. il
not the most. successful seasons in th,
history of the school. proving itself be.
yond doubt the strongest school team
OF Maine for the season of 1904 Will,
the school team OF last year WAS {;
championship eleven and was victori.
Gus in every gam" played. the team o
the present year is considered to have
been Il considerably stronger clever
than that of 1902. and indeed it does no
seem to be too much to say that tn.
team of the present season is III,
strongest preparatory team that evel
stood in Maine.
The strength of the team was not 81
much due TO its weight as to the fact
that the men were fast players an6
that there We're Il number of men thai
had played together for three and foul
years. In thi, particular the back
field vas very strong, the backs having
reached the four-year limit with the
present year. and proved themselves
Il trio that will bear comparison with
some of the college teams of the state
men. this year all of whom proved
themselves good men. and. together
with the old men, made a bunch that
was hard to heat. The quarterback
this year, was Il new man on the frs!
team. although he had played ut sub
quarter during the past two years.
Perhaps the hardest game OF the
season was the game with Colby Col
lcge. i'll which the seminary team
played the collcyians either tie Oh
one-sccre game. there being some dis
putc as to whether Colby scored OF
not At all events. il is certain that
the seminary team carried the ball the
greater part of the time, and played a
game that was . revelation to those
who had not seen, the team.
Tho other hard game of the season
was that OF Hebron Academy of No
vrmbcr 5, in which the keni's Hill
team won by the score Of to in the
most exciting game of football ever
seen on the gridiron here. The game
was PLACED in the morning. and bui
for the fact thc.t the ground was frosty
and the me'i on the defensive siIppeo
more or less, it would have proba blE
been one of the greatest punting games
ever seen in these parts. AS II was
there Was a large number of punts. II
being a case of hold and purt during
the greater part Of the contest The
game at The end of the first half stood
0 90. Tn the second half the winning
score was made by i sensational piat
on the part of Gastonsuay after botf
teams had battled in the middle o.
the field for the greater part OF tn(
half. Kcnt's Hill puntcd to Hebron
quarterback who fumhled it ana Weh'
over a ba,bed wire fence in the rear o'
the goal poSts. Gastonguay maze th'
.listanro and cleared the fence AT
lcap hefure the Hebron auarterhhrk ar
rived on the scene thus winning tn
r,r,c The game was q great Stru%
ole from start to finish. Hebron put
tn. M 4 hard fight against Il superior
team. fighting every inch of Erou,o
although the ball was in her tcill'''!
the greater part Of the time.
The team was coached during q po'-
zion of The fan ~, ":dh!e' Dunlap "'
HowtIo!n. and the men improved ~
n,arkably under hi;i able handil''"' y
ro,,,arkanie thing. however. about th'
seasons work is Ec fact that up t" th'
.;o of th colby game the team had nc
c,.cr and the mt.n went into thf
game with only the knowledge thes
,,,,, e,,tb.r.d no for themselves.
,rbe foam will lose five men this year.
,,.d ,here will necessarily be a gap. as
ovory one of them are fast men. lhefe
10 however Il large amount Of material
Il, tha freshman class The present year
vino viii make str"ng men the c"ihihE
Wear us several % them cHihe very
close 80 Running OIL the men Mho liet"
different line positions this year. Fol
lowing is the personnel of the team for
the past season:
carl r. Greene of Wat"rville played
,t right half back md is probably the
strongest man for the position among
Maine preparatory schools. He has
PLAYED the pOsitio1 ON the kentS hin
team during his W years at the SEM
mary. being captain OF the team the
first three Of the Years he has been
here Greene weighs lJ4 pounds. Is I
great dodger. a splendid man on inter-
ference. and a remarkable punter. He
will be greatly missed from the team
another year. He is doubtless caphhic
of making any college team in the
State.
Thomas a. Gastonguay played at left
half back. He was captain Of the team
the present year. and has played IA
strong game. as indeed ne has his other
years here. He is a member of the
Senior class. and made the team in his
freshman year. playing end the first
year and being back of the line during
the remainder of his course. Gaston-
quay weighs 1865. He is fast man on
his feet, and is considered to T. one OF
the hardest men to stop with the ball
that has ever played here. A remark
able thing is that he has been the man
who has made the winning tOuchdowns
in the games Of the past two seasons
with Hebron and which practically set
ue the championship among the
schools Of the State. A year ago he
received the ball from an attempted