Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-04
Bates and j. Of N. Meet
Today at 0rono.
Special Train Will Be Run Over
the Maine Central.
Boxdoiu and Colby Play at WaieriIle..'
All Teams Out 10 Win.

Lewiston, Me-. Nov. 3.-(SpeciaD.-
Bates is hopeful but not confident
This is in a nutshell the general feel
ing at Bates with regard to today
game at Orono. A special train will
take a large number of Bates support
ers, the Bates student body and thu
team and coaches. This special train
win leave Lewiston at A. NJ. and vii
make only two stops between Lewiston
and BingOr. The train will stop mrs
at Winthrop. This will give an oppor'
tnnity for those going from Augusta
and vicinity to take the Bates specla
at Winthrop, go express to Bangor ano
save a great deal of time. The special
is due in Bangor at 11.30 and stor
will be made in Bangor from 1l.30 until
lis, SO ample opportunity will be given
for a dinner in Bangor. The train VIII
leave OrOno on the return trip immed1-
ately after the game and stop VIII
be made at Bangor for supper.
large number of Augusta people should
avail themselves of this opportunity to
go to Orono on the special. The re-
ma1kably low rate of 81 has been made
from Lewiston and low rate will also
be made from Augusta.
Now for the game. In forecasting
this game very little comparison can
be made i'm the way of scores for scores
are always very deceptive. Maine beat
Colby by smaller score than Bates
beat Colby. But Colby was not strong
enough to call out the full strength
either of Maine or of Bates, and so
these scores show very little. Maine
held Harvard down to slightly
smaller score than Bates did but Bates
scored on Harvard. So as far as scores
go it would seem that there is little to
choose from between Bates and Maine
Both teams should be very evenly
matched and the game should be one
of the hardest if not the very hardest
in Maine this year.
The Bates team has put in a week of
extremely strenuous pr.c tice. The
coaches have spared no pains in their
efforts 20 get the men in shape for to-
days game. Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday, there was long. hard scrim-
mage work. All the men were worked
and the work was stiff and arduOus
The practice this week has been al
secret practice up to Thursday. Thurs
day, the first part of the afternoon was
devoted to scrimmage work behind
closed gates. and then at AIS the gates
were opened to the students for short
roofing work. Friday, the plays were
run through in secret practice and the
gates were again opened to the stu
dents at 4.15 for light signal practice.
The men will go into today's game
IN very fair condition for this time of
the year. There are no men crippled
and all the regulars will be able to
start the game.
In playing Maine at OrOno, today
Bates is handicapped by the fact that
Maine has the advantage of being or
her home field. Moreover Maine has a
very much larger squad from which tC
get out n team and therefore should
have more substitute material thar
Bates. In consideration of these facts
the Rates men realize that they are VI
against tough proposition, today
proba bly, as tough a proposition as they
will strike this year. Everything con
sidered, Bates has no more than al
even chance of winning, so as STATED
at the opening the feeling at Bates il
one of hope though by no means on,
OF confidence.
The lineup:
Mahoney. Brown. lie: Foster, It,
Johnson. l.G.; Thurston, French, G.
jackson. Booker re-; Schumacher TT
Harris. Holman, re; Wight. Cobb
OBJ: Redden. Fraser. RIB; Connor
Philips. f.b.: Kendall. lib.
While football holds first place nov
in interest and importance, a grea
deal of attention is also being paid t,
getting the freshmen track men il
shape for the Bowdoin- Bates Freshmen
meet to be held in Brunswick, mex
Wednesday. Nov. 8. One afternoon
this week. Sandon 80, head tract
coach at Harvard. worked with tn,
freshmen and expressed himself a:
pleased witt: the evidences that he saw
OF hard work and training. Tuesday
Manager Written was in Brunswick
and completed arrangements for tn,
meet, comforting with the Bowdoir
managers in regard to terms, officials
etc. The entries will all be i'm by The
IrSt OF the week and announcement,
VIII ne made further as to the meet
folymnia entertained the other tive
literary societies in the Fiske reception
nan. last evening. short literar,
program was followed by an evening
OF general sociability.