Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-11-14
BOWDOiN WINS.
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| the cheers OF the Srandstand, hlleu
with 1000 E,0WdOin supporters, rang ou,
for the vanquished as well as for the
victors. After little warming up Dy
| the two eleyens BoHdGin won the toss
| and Cant. Philoon selected the south
| goal. The paIdcmonium in the grand
| stand and bleachers vas hushed for Il
| moment as Bates kicked of and the
great game was on.
McGraw caught the ball and brought it
| in nine yards. Then came the first iineup.
Spea<e took the ball two yards. ana Cur
lis could gain only two more. 1t was
slow progress and not what the Bowdoin
crowd was hoping Tor. TO be held AMI
forced to punt a the very outset WAS
anything but promising. he Bales line
sec med like: a Stontwall. Chapman puHted
- Yards to Wight, and lIght here 1t ma ;
be said that th,- punting on both sides was
poor throughout tine game. Chapman in
particular ht ing below his usual standard.
1t was then Bates bal! IN the middle
OF tn. fi-ld ard thc Lewiston boys pro-
c...t!.d t. dig up th" tuIf toward the Bow
dom goal posts At this sage of the game
tn" Bates team got the jump on BoWdoln
and pla!rd harder. faster fo'tbal- Zen
Gajl Lord and Common in turn took the
liG and sometimes by hurdliuG ani some
times 10y punSiug and pullin1 along they
carried il from TWO to nNt wards nearer
the me at every iDWn. mere Was no
stopping them ana Connor finally took
the. ball oyer after IL minutes OF play.
v lille The atmoSpher" assumed Il gar
net hue. Th" touchdown was made at one
corner Of the field and after the hall was
kicked on; Messenger kicked m" goal and
ta.. Scnrt. vIS. Bates. :; BowdOln. Q.
i'u; neither the Bowdoin players nor
IN" EnV'iuin crowd felt discouraged at
that. The adverse score was luSt what
y is nccdcd to arouse the team and make
it work. The Howdoiu men felt all con
f:dcncc in the offensive power "f their
eleven and expected it now to stink" its
gait.
Ei1-ns kicked off to Chapman. who Az
vHllc.-l the ball ~ Yards Again. az 1T tho
outset of th.. game. tn. Bates d"f"nc"
=, ,furd imIr, SiIai,lc. hut SOM of the i"t-
off side 50 when Bnw'loiu WAS forced
10 lunt the tan was returned to her on
hc- 2I-YaId line. and then III" team settled
down L. hHsin"sr aud pat in OPERA tiHn
mat wIrwifd offcnc" which had earlier
swept the WatcrviIl.. and ornnO collie
2ianl off th- gridiron. Curtis mad 10
wards ana Chapman II. Then McGrlw
added !" yaldS on a quarterback lHn. the
only tUtd gain Of this kind for the after
noon. Curtis was good for l. yards, and
then as the Bates defence hrcIme stiiier.
h@ began hur,ilin= and kept it mp until H.
had taken the bail over for touch
down. This littir tlllhack. tn" !i%!.trSt ON
Il Maine Cullr%r team sine" Nilsson. WI !
weighed only -. played On B"Wd"in.
proved h .lnS'll 4 WhntI1. ana ms N"f'tllllS
was mt b" effective thah that "t either
l\cud"N "r t"ru"r. M"irav kicked a
difh.ult goal ana tn" scor" WIS 10 =,
u nad aiken f'"Wd"n eight minutes 10
l''i' II h,'t = I'll n''N = y
taken Eat"S !" minutes tn make tn" -
! ylrdS necessary for it, touchdown. N"w
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~ IN" ol"hiiG ol the Stf"nd EiIt h"'h
teams seemed 20 bP stronger on d"l'nc
and neither could make consistent gains
tn' IN" 7 II ~ minutes. Each sid" kicked
several times. and .I% III" play Sc"-SHwc:i
back and forth IT the middle Of the fici
| q great rart of the crowd felt that IT,"
game would b" tic. But the HoWdnin
mon aid not proroSc to he content with
! such - result. and as in the first half
| soon settled down to offensive. work that
/ Bates heavy line fo'Ind irrrsiStahIc Start
| ing on its own r;-vard line it took thc
| ban 4 yards without losing IT. II vas
! here that Jim Finn the best tackle nf tho
| wear in Maine football did his great
| work He was called back from Tho line
! on every plav and for L. Of IN, ~ r,.bn-
| required IN going that y wards Eo rarri,d
| tn" EaI The other hacks gave hirp ma
! uificcut qlpnort and took tho bail orro
! Siurally to vary the play and fool tb.ir
| opponents. hut it was mainly l'im,,'.
work and the wav hc smashed ;,nd tn,o
! through the Bates Iinc will uovcr IL fnr-
cotton hv tho thousands, who yvrro ,roy i
ed around Whittier field
| McGraw kicked an caev coal ana IN.
| score WIS now: Rovdoiu ~. Entss 4
while all the band. were myiIv I.,,.ir"
and tho cheering multitude fIInJ ~ .,iT
| with hnts and canes and bannare a.
though about IN rninIltoe of ,,r,,- ,,,n.,i,,-