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

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| w. =. Speake, 'O7, Of Washington. d..
c.. las returned to his studies at Bow
| dom. this week but is unable to get out
| for football. For the past two seasons
he has ranked as one of the best half
backs in the State.
Portland Express: The campaign OF
football as it might be against football
as it is goes merrily on. on paper.
Meantime the boys are playing the
same old game while the theorists con-
tinue to theoriZe.
Today's game between Hebron and
Coburn was to have been played at
Hebron. but on account Of the snowy
field it was decided at the last mo-
ment to play it at Waterville.
Everybody hopes for dry fields to-
day. Last Saturdays experience was
not pleasant or satisfactory to the
players or those in charge of the ii
nancial end of the game.
Thornton has three or four games
yet to play. 1t will meet Portland in
Portland, next Wednesday, and Par
sonsfield Seminary at Saco. next Satur-
day. Later it will play Gorham High.
ana Is tfSl1lS W dH6C S"iiic0
With Coburn and Bangor High.
That will be a great game. today. ut
Watarville between Hebron and Coburn
and the winner will be undisputed
champion of the Maine secondary
schools. 1t looks to an outsider as
though the chances Of victory were
strongly with Hebron.
Westbrook Seminary lines UP
against Bridgton Academy on the
Seminary grounds, this afternoon at
2 o'clock Bridgton has heavy team
this year, but the seminary boys will
work hard for victory and close
game is looked for.
The game between Portland and
Thornton which has been twice post
poncd will be played in Portland next
Wednesday. Earlier in the season
Thornton beat Portland to and the
Forest City boys have since been thirst
ing for revenge. !:
Harry Mcneil, the plucky tackle on
the Bangor High school eleven, who
was injured in the game at Lewiston,
Saturday, returned. Wednesday, to mis-
home from Lewiston, where he was
treated at the Sisters hospital. NC
Neil had two ribs broken.
The Bcwao.n freshman eleven which
will play the sophomores. November %.
will play Portland High in Portland,
THANKSGIVING day. The captain and
manager of the Bowdoin freshman
eleven, Thomas F. Shehan and DAME!
A. Drummond, held the same positions
on, the Portland High team, year ago.
In playing Tufts and Medford. today.
the IT, of NJ. boys go against haru
proposit ion, but are determined 10 make
n good showing and win IL possible.
| The team is in good condition and start
ed off full of courage. Tufts has peen
v,ry erratic, this year. After playing
| q ,reat game against Bowdoin it had
| a slump. and was SWamped by Yves
! leyan.
Today's game between Bowdoin
and Rates will be the 18th these col
| leges have played and consequently Is
fairly sure to be unlucky for some
body. OF the earlier II games. Bow
dom has won eight and Bates
| four. Bowdoin won the game last
wear. II to 6. and, the year before.
n to 5. IN the whole series OF Il
games, Bowdoin has scored 23l points
and Bates &c. The first game was III
1889, Bowdoin winning 62 to o.
Portland High school tackles Lewis
ION for the second game at Pine Tree
Park. today. On October IA Portland
made n trim to Lewiston and came
home with a 6 to victory to it's credit
rut Lewiston has been strengthened
since then by the return of Martell at
| Ia n
and aids Lewiston's defence greatly.
The return of Martell doesn't worry
Portland much for although the team
realizes it has a tough nut to crack, it
expects to be right on hand with the
goods.
Maine people are much interested in
the statements that Harvard is to pro-
test John or Dutch" Levine OF wafer
Vile. who is playing such d fine game
| at fullback for the Yale University
eleven. Just the reason why Levine IS
To be protested, it is hard to find out.
wateryilie people, who have Known
him for years and have followed his
athletic record believe he is as pure
an amateur as there is on any team III
the country. He has played. to De
sire. with a number of different teams
in several different schools, but this is
> the first time that there has ever been
a hint that he is a professional.
Bangor Commercial: 1t looks very
much as if the gridiron honors be-
tween Maine High school teams would
go to Portland High this fall. Up to
the game with Lewiston, Saturday
Bangor Highs chances looked as good
as Portland's for each had beaten the
Lewiston eleven and had played
to game themselves. Now, however
Lewiston and Bangor have split even
Portland has Il game with Lewiston tt
her credit and what she regards as
virtually as good as victory. til
game with Bangor on the Queen City
grounds. Portland has yet 4 game
with both Bangor on Lewiston, to b.
., played in Portland. The chances o
. the Forest City teams winning thes'
. games are better than ever. though
! both Bangor and Lewiston think the!
have chance. Portland stock IS wa.