Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-10-20
1oday's Interest Centers
in Co|by-Bates Game.
U. Of N. vs.. Holy Cross at Port
land and Bowdoin vs.. Cornell.
Chat Of Tho Various Players and Teams
Throughout the State Of Maine.

giant who played guard on Lewiston
High two years ago. Is no" playing
with Syracuse University.
The college games week from today
win he Rowdoin vs. Bates at Bruins
wick. Colby Vs. Exeter at Exeter, and
u. of NJ. Us. Tufts at OronO.
The Journey Of the Bowdoin eleven
to play Cornell 1T Ithaca, New York
is the longest trip ever maze py
Maine college football team.
Today's Maine college games are Col
nv y. Pates at Waterville: l.. Of NJ
VS. HOLY Cross at Portland, and Bow
doin vs. Cornell 1T Ithaca, y. Y.
Tn. strong Artillery teaIh Of Portland
has No game today, but IL Will r!a! the
Chelsta MassachNS it's Athletic Club
at Pine Tree park next saturday.
Hebron is being coached at i,r-s-n.
Nv Bernard McGlalv, the ola Bord"in
quarterback who coached tn" Artillery
team In Portland Tor two weeks e'lr!icr
III the season.
Today's game will he the sixth that
the Edward Little eleven has played
this fan. ana il counts on making II
the cixth victory. ItH opponent Is tn"
light eleven from the Bath High school.
sanford has q loo al football team
which il playing under the old rules
this fall. an! AZ il is about tn" Only
organization ciinsing 10 those rules It
is having much trouble in arranging
dates
C.,tain Abbott Of the Bangor High
eleven. who Is one Of the best prcpara-
tow schuu players. i'll Maine i ont Of
The. ;an.. for Il week or two with Il bad
ankle Bangor Iia,-S Kicker At |iuulton
today.
Lewiston ha, two football games
scheduled for today: ono between the
Maine Central Institute atd the
Bates second eleven, and tn" atker he
tween the CrescentS and Rovers. two
local teams.
A local team has been organized a.
Westhrnok made mp largely OF we'll
known baseball players of that city,
with q few old high school players
They are being coached by Lowell. j
former Bowdoin player.
The line of the e. IF Nj. eleven is
somewhat weakened by the withdrawal
Of Herd the big freshman guard, Tho
has been the heaviest man Of the
SQUAD this fail. His home is in Iichi
gan and his l;""ple Object to his playing
the game longcT.
Two football injuries of the week have
been broken arm sustained by Ernest
Webher. member Of the South Port
land team. and broken leg sustained
by Frank Fellows Of the 8uckspOrt
Seminary team in 4 game with the
Brewer High school.
Kicker Classical Institute at Houlton
furnishes six or eight Of the lest play
ers of the Colby squad this fall. They
have had the advantage of EXCEPTIONAL
ly fine coaching in their preparatory
school and figure prominently in the
good work done by Colby.
Wight. who played quarterback at
Bates for two years. is now in college
again and is out trying for the eleven.
1t is very doubtful, however if he can
crowd out Cobb. the Gardner boy who
has been putting up such a star game
for the Lewiston cCllegians this fall.
Manning, the Bates fullback, fresh
man from RridgtOn Academy. who has
been showing up very Wen, has not
fully recovered from an injury received
in the Harvard game and may not get
into the game at Waterville today.
Other good men whom Bates has for
the fullback position are Cakes, Bridges
and Brown.
The Portland High boys were plainly
much surprised and Chagrined at their
defeat in Auburn last week, and the
Portland papers have been full of ex-
cuses and explanations ever since.
The Auburn boys will play 4 return
game in Portland November TO- and ,he
Forrest city will certainly see Il battle
royal upon that occasion.
Bowdoin evidently has pair Of good
men in its freshman guards. Stanley
and Newman. who have played through
the whole of each of the games already
played. Both have the very desirable
quality Of being speedy as well as
heavy. and both have had good expert
ence in the game. Stanley at Het on
and Newman on the Bar Harhor eleven.
Bates has bigger coaching SQUAD
IMAM any other Maine college eleven
inns IAN. having three regular coaches,
urrmton, the athletic director OF tho
'"iese' mason, the old Harvard pIayer.
anu hehoa,l, last yeas captain Se~-
iorfhef players have also been
Cna 20 neip in the work. among them
CHARLES Allen. an ex-captain.
,;na ssh. SIM seems to be an open oues-
no o" whether or not Cary, the Colhy
n ~a.' Will be protested bv mo
Bates football management ~. we
pa paper has despatch from watervim me
be al,omsa :, saying that he will surely
We showed to play and that No 10y
Test VIII be made; then comes ~ pro-
announcement from source sn ano'her
~ as authentic saying that n nuo. NJ
WIN surely be made. A Lewiston po,es,
t .his Week quoted Manager sulliva~ ar
init,v The, lam. as announcing der
' protest would be made.
All OF the Maine college teams hove
weat '' ana IN secret pr,.ct;ce t.is
the new rules secret practice u, ui'der