Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-21
MAINE FOOTBALL NOTES


The U. of NJ. eleven not only wins the
State championship fairly and square,
~, but has not been scored on by
Maine college, this fall.
Before Saturdays defeat by U. of NJ.
the Rowdoin eleven had won six con-
secutive football victories over the 9TH
er Maine college elevens.
The crowd which saw last Saturdays
game at brunswick was the largest
that ever witnessed a game in Maine,
and game was never played under
more favorable conditions of weather
and field.
One of the big fellows on the Dart
mouth squad, this year, is Henry
Blake. substitute guard. who went to
the New Hampshire college, this fall,
from Good Will Farm. He weighs
about 200 pounds and is very powerful.
1t may be after all that Levine, the
Watelville boy at Yale, will not win
his ~" this fall. In the Princeton
game Finn started the game at full
back and was later replaced by Roome,
while Levine remained on the sidelines
through the game. Perhaps. however,
he will get his chance In the game with
Harvard.
In the Maine college series, U. of NJ
won two games and tied one; Bowdoin
won two and lost one: Bates won one
tied one and lost one, and Colby lost
three. This gives them standing in the
order named. Last year the order was
Bowdoin. Bates. Colby and U. of NJ.
Rryr-. L. .f no
is in the position it held. year ago.
Lewiston and Auburn had better
sever football relations for time I'LL
the rivalry cools down a little. Iheir
game, Saturday. which was the tmrd
time they have met. this year, ehded
in a riot and free fight which the police
had to quell. The game, such as 1t
was. was won by Auburn, as was the
hrst game. The second one was a tie.
The victory of Bangor High in Port
land, Saturday. was a surprise to most
people. Certainly it was a surprise to
Portland High which. after tying
Bangor and beating both Lewiston and
Thornton expected an easy victory.
BY winning the game. Bangor seems to
have first claim on the High school
championship for this year. Portland
won 1t. last year: Lewiston in 1903 and
Bangor In 1902.
In Higgins OF Somerville. Mass, U.
of NJ. certainly got star athlete, and
his many friends in this section who
recall his work in the Trolley League,
are glad to know that he has made
good in football as well as in baseball.
His spectacular run at the very OPEN
ing of Saturdays game was one of the
features of the afternoon. and though
he made no other long gains he played
q fast and consistent game through
out.
Speaking of Captain Chapman. the
individual star of Saturdays game, the
Hanger News says: There were none
more generous in his praise then the
T.. Of NJ men. The game was dis
cissed on the way home from one end
~ the long train to the other and all
Eats were taken off to the great half
buck. 1t usually took at least two men
u down him. While he was never in
much tanger of getting entirely clear
n9 the line. he made many good gains
but he couldn't do 1t all
1t is extremely doubtful if a greater
Ialfb1ck than Captain Chapman of
"p- doin ever played on college elev-
"a I'm Maine. Men who have followed
Tie game ever since 1t was first played
ii this State declared, Saturday. that
til..y rever saw better work. either Of
irneiy" or defensive, by halfback
than he displayed throughout that
GAME. Certainly he was the in
dividual star Of the game. For the
fourth year he will be the unanimous
,nni"e for halfback of the allMaine
eleven and this year will be given the
..''ded honor of captain of that imag-
'nary organization.
The athletic council ut Bowdoin has
s,Aurded the football "B" to the fol-
lowing men: Chapman. 'OS: Hawkes.
worth. 'O6; Hatch 'O6: Skolfield. 'O6: J.
is. Drummohd. '01; w. B. Drummond
'0': blanchard, 90; Redman, 'O7; Bass.
'01; Haley. '0i; Adams. 'O7; Blair. 'O9;
Crowley. 'O9; Stacey. '09; Hafford, '09;
and McDade, '09 The games on the
schedule which count in awarding the
"B" are the three Maine games, and
the games with Amherst and Tufts.
The men above have played two whole
games out of these five or in parts of
three of them. The picture will be
taken In few days and the captain for
next year elected.
Clean football was given a splendid
demonstration at Brunswick. Satur-
day. 1t was the most important and
hardest played game of the year and
every man on both teams went into it
with inspiring dash and determination
but 1t was wholly free from smuggling
Intentional injuries. unfair tactics or
dirty work of any nature. No man
lost his temper and the officials had no
occasion to nenalize or warn anybody
for other infringements Of the rules
than few cases of off-side play and
holding. The enemies of football
could get no text from that game
moreover. it had lot Of the open
playing which the spectators like.
Except for his teammate, CHAPMAN.
the greatest halfback of the year in
Maine Is Hafford whose absence from
saturdays game. on account of the
sudden death of his father. made such
a material difference in the result of
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