Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-04
MAINE FOOTBALL NOTES.


BowGuin vs. Colby at Watcrville and
Rates IS. L. of Maine at Orono.
Colby is the only one of the Maine
college clevens which has not been
having secret practice, this week.
II WAS curious coincidence that
both of the big school games in Maine
last Saturday. Portland VS.. Bangor and
Auburn vs.. Lewiston. should result Ill
ties III each the score was to 6.
one of the best school games of the
fan will lie that at Auburn today. be-
tween Edward Little and Coburn.
Coh;rn has had no game for two
weeks put has been practicaing regu-
larry against Colby.
Dc.Iwcn the Portland boy, played the
entire game through at quarter with
Holy Cross in the game with Spring
field Training school last Saturday.
The papers compliment him highly for
his work. particularly his long and
brilliant runs.
Portland Express: George Fogg the
Old Bowdoin end. who has gone to
Rowdcin 20 help coach Barry round the
team into shape, should help out IL
serve mere football in one night than
they learned without him in Il month.
Tie date of the sophomore freshman
game II: BowGoir has been settled upon
for Saturday, November IS. The
sophomore captain is Merrill. the old
Brewer star, while the freshman cap
tain is Shehan, who was captain of
Portland High, last year.
Frank Wade Halliday. who has been
an ofIioian in several Maine games this
fail, Il a former Dartmouth star. He
vas at Bates Il year or two before go
ing to Dartmouth and won fame in the
football world by kicking a goal from
the field which won a game with Colby.
The Blackstones will play the Cor
ham Athletic Club eleven at Gorham
Saturday afternoon. The elevenS are
quite evenly matched and both are
able to play fast and heady football
Each club is anxious to win and the
contest is likely to be hard fought ana
exciting.
since football was first taken up by
the Maine colleges in 1889 BoWdoin mas
had the championship team of the State
II seasons. the University of Maine
twice and Colby once. while in two
years, 1898 and 1901, the result of the
series was such that no college has a
clear title to the championship.
The University of Maine football
management does not play any of the
varsity games on the Maplewood grid
iron. Bangor. this fall. as is usually the
custom. Although the attendance is
somewhat larger here than in Orono,
the team prefers playing on the college
field. which is very much safer and
smoother than the Bangor field.
Portland High ana Thornton acad-
envy Will meet at Portland. this after
noon. It is their second game Thorn
ton having won the first one, to 0.
Portland expects to win. today. Bill
Crcssey, the captain of Thornton. is n
former Portland High player and is
playing Il strong game at half back for
Thornton this year.
Walter Drscoll, the catcher on the
Winthrop team iii the Trolley league,
ali summer. is playing a great game at
lnllback on the SOmerville High eleven.
This school. by the way, has sent five
star player to Maine colleges, this fall.
They are Hafford. halfback, Blair,
quarterback. and Stacy. tackle. at Bow
doin, ana Higgins. halfback. and FL
lott. quarterback, at Maine.
Arthur Chapman. Esq. of Portland.
brother of Captain Chapman OF the
Bowdoin eleven. who is now assisting
i'll the coaching at Brunswick gradu-
ated from BOwdOin in 1894 and rot in
1900. as several papers have stated.
There was ii Chapman in the class of
1900. however, and he Was an athlete.
Arthur Chapman WAS the star end of
the Bowdoin eleven of his time and has
sine" found time occasionally to coach
the Portland High boys and the Port
land Athletic club eIevcns. He is Il
Portland lawyer and has been a MEM
her of the board of aldermen in that
city.
Probably the most youthful football
prayer in Maine who is now laid UP
with injuries is Master Clyde Getchell
the -ycar-old son of Fl. w
Getchell. the Auburn druggist. Master
clyde. who is brimmng over with life
has been one of the r1Cst enthusiastic
players of the ball game and on All
sltvcl composed of small companions
played at all times brilliant game o!
haIfback On Wednesday Afternoon
after school hours he was engaged il
playing. lie had been given the bal
and was making run around the END
when he was tackled and falling, struck
on his shoulder. He was carried home
and later il was found that his collar
bone had been broken. clyde is bear
ing his trouble with remarkable forti-
tude for one of his age.
1t has been decided by the Enmets
of Bi6dCford to cut out the annual
game of football with the st. Josephs
Of Lewiston this Thanksgiving. The
reason assigned for this action this
season is owing to the general lack of
interest iii :hc game by members of
the club. Many of the best players
who have participated in the games in
years gone by have married and de-
cided to quit the game. while with the
others that are left there are not
enough who care about the game to SO
out ard praCtiCe. There is no strain