Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-11-07

cllnSlng TO him like leach. That bolt
Maine To swallow 1t made the hearts
OF the Rowdoin contingent glad. however.
for it seemed as If their old-time prestige
in football was about to be retrieved Nc
GraW failed at an easy goal.
Chapman kicked to Names 10-yard line
to Thatcher. who brought it in ~ yards.
Collins ana Weymouth advanced it to the
ou-y;~rd iihe, where Maine was forced to
punt. The ball went to McCiraw on Bow
dom $ 4S-yard line. Chapman worked Il
delayed pass successfully which netted
him hye good yards. Speake and McGraw
pushed through to Names 45-yard line.
RoWdon fumbled but recovered the ball
on the 40-yard line
1t was here that Chapman distinguish
ed himself. 1t was certainly Chapman $
day, for all through the game his work
was conspicuous. Breaking through
Names right tackle and shaking off sew
eral wouid-be tacklers he broke clear of
the bunch and was down the field like a
deer with only "Grunter' Bailey in MS
path He succeeded in holding Maine )
captain off with a stiff arm and placed
ing brought down. He was deserving of
all the praise that he got, for in battle
Of the sort wased. Saturday. 40-yard runs
come high and in this case it was the
failed at Il difficult goal
Names courage still held good for the
game was young and it was thought her
warriors would soon turn the tables. Wty-
mouth brought Chapmans kick to the
2o-yard line. Maine could not gain and
Thatcher pMnted to the 35-yard me 10
Chapman. Time WAS now nearly up ana
it was a question if BowdOin would score;
Chapman ground out seven yards ana
McGraw tried Il quarterback run Tor "
more. Again McGraw took the ball ana
this time carried it to Names 12-yard ilne
Finn got three through tackle ana thcn
Curtis. on the next play smashed through
Names center for the third tonchd"" 'i
of the first half. McGraw kicked the goal.
Score. IsDWIOiD Ii. Maine, u.
Thatcher got Chapmans kickoff on the
5-yard line and ran it back nv wares
the 35-yard line. when she WAS forced to
punt. McCiraw caught the ball on Maine 5
50-yard line. Bowdoin rushed the ball
to Names ~ yard line. where Maine took
Il stand and forced her to punt. Bailey
got the bah back Of the goal posts, but
time was called.
In tn" second half Maine came in still
defiant and with lots of courage. Mike
Farley had been imbuing the team with
sound football principles tween halves.
ana the word Of Farley goes with
in the second half although but few
changes had been made And as the hall
progressed Maine seemed to gain speed
and strength while Eowdoin. in the words
of the janitor. was about AL in during
the last Is minutes of play. 1t Was thei
that Maine had her at her mercy and
pounded the line with Il fury that would
have gained the day had she but applied
il earlier in the afternoon
Chapman kicked to Thatcher on the
S-yaru line. Collins tore through She lrfi
side of Bowdoin's line for u yards. But
and the ball was Bowdoins on Maine =
20-yard line. fowdoin carried it down the
field and sent Curtis through the line for
n touchdown. McGraw kicked Il goal
This ended Bowdoin's scoring Tor the
game.
Chapman kicked to Collins on the 5-yard
line. Maine could not gain and punted
cna l.an h,ar =
lire was-a wall and Bowdoin returned the
punt, the ball being caught by Maine OH
Thatcher again punted. McGIaw getting
the ball in the center of the field.
Chapman gained 20 yards on lake
punt Bowdoin was penalized - yards for
holding and then Maine held her fol
downs in the center of the field. There
was only about six minutes of time lett
and if Maine was to score during the
game 5he time til 81, had surely arrived ar Er"We
and with Thatcher and Collins pounded
out big gains During this six minutes
of play Maine gained at will: Bowdoin
offered weak resistance and it was SCI
dom that Maine failed to gain her DIS
lance The chief point of attack was
Bow,ioins left side of the line. Grove
ever given the ball. and Thatcher and
Collins could generally he relied upon.
In this way the bali was brought to
Bowdoin's 1-yard line and Grove on the
next play went over the line for a touch
down. Learned failed at a difficult goal.
Time was up and that solitary goal made
both the team and the body OF students
feel 100 per cent. better.
One of the things that should be com
mended in connection with Saturdays
contest was the cheering. 1t was safe To
say that there wasn't a minute from the
time the game began to the time the wins
tie was blown at the end of the second
half that the bunch of Maine men on the
bleacl were not cheering or singing.
The work of the band under MI
Sprague's dire elton should be mentioned.
But the spirit shown by that loyal bunch
of Maine rooters was worth going miles
to see and took much of the bitterness out
of the defeat.
The work of McGraw for Bowdon seems
deserving of special mention. His display
of football knowledge in the game. Satur-
the bigger teams of New England. He
was in every play and ran his team with
a skill and cooiheadedness that won the
admiration of even his opponents. Chap
man Speake and Curtis all played hard.
fast game. The honors in the line We're
evenly divided.
For Maine. the work of no one man
stands out prominently. The team work
was slow in the first half and showed
lack of snap. Bowdoin had the jump on
Maine in almost every play. 1t seemed to
many as though Maine had been over
worked during the past week. No one
denies that Maine was outplayed at every
point and in every department of the
game. hut the team should nave credlt
and a lot of it, too. for the splendid wind
up-for the work in getting that last
touchdown when the odds seemed all
against it. There are a number of new
men on the team and their lack of eX-
perience counted against the whole team
in Saturdays contest.
Curtis. fullback, and McGraw. quarter
back on Bowdoin, played in Saturday
contest under protest. The claims are
that they are violating the agreements
drawn up at Waterville in 1902 and agreed
to by the four Maine colleges. Curtis
played on the Colby team. last year. in
the game with Amherst, and Brown and
McGraw played baseball. last summer on
the Nashua team of the New England
League. The University of Maine Athlet-
ic Association protested these two men
prior to the game.
The summary:
l.. OF M. BOWDOIN.
Cuint, re .............. lie. J. Drummond
Rennett (Mathcas), TT ............. II. rim
Talbot. re- ................-...- H. SaIi !9
W. Bearce CMoore). lg...rg. Hawkesworth
Reed CMitchell. 1t ..........:: ri Garceloh
Burleigh, lie ............ re, w. DruinInoIu
Bailey, % ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. w. r;ioOrna"
Collins. RIB ................. lID INA Phl'ii'
Thatcher. lhb RIB. Speake( Blanchard)
Weymouth (Crowe), fb...........fb, Curtis
Score-Bowdoin. %: Maine, s. Touch