Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-10-29
IN THE WORLD OF SPORTS.

!, ~ minor college Saturday by the
narrowest kind of a squeeze "h'h the
aIev,p defeated Amherst. l. U :" IN"
sc,r,. came near the end of the last half.
vben the backs misjudged the Amherst
c,nt,in.s kick and MCCOY got the Dali
Hnhhard then essayed Il placement KICK.
,,b,ch was blocked. and ClouGh got TIC
ball on Yale's 2-yard line.
Nothing daunted by the fact that
their team did not make the expected
good showing against william. Io"o
Dartmouth students showed their true
college spirit by turning out at 1
o'clock Sunday morning to welcome the
returning team. En- masse the college
marched to the station and with rous-
ing cheers and songs showed their APP
preciation Of the eleven's work.
The PENNSYLVANIA University football
team received Il crushing defeat at the
hands of the Carlisle Indians Saturday,
bv = score of - to i. Penn scored her
touchdown. from which a goal was kick
ed. eight minutes after the game was
started. Carlisle scored two touch
downs. from which goals were kicked;
dropped a goal from the field from the
45-yard line and forced Penn for
safety, all in the first half
At Hampder park Springfield saturday,
the conditions We're never better for u
football contest TIL" field was III perfect
condition and the weather all that c'uii
h. asked for The game was witnessed by
fully i5NN people. who for the most part
occupied The Dartmouth stand. On thu
east side the Williams supporters kept
IN a perfect furure Of cheers and songs.
led by l.. Parson Warren and SilwyE
f. Tevear. Neither side scored.
For next Saturday Nov. 3, the Maine
colleges have these games scheduled:
Colby VS. l.. of NJ. at Waterville; Bates
VS.. n. II. State college at Lewiston,
and Bowdoin vs. Tufts at Medford.
The games Of the following Saturday.
Nov. 10. are Bowdoin VS.. Colby at
Brunswick; Bates VS.. L. of NJ. at Lew
iston. That will close the season for
Colby and Bates while Bowdoin and
IT. of NJ will close their season with
their game at Orono. Nov. H.
Brown defeated Norwich University
Saturday. 26 to 1, the Vermont boys
scoring in the last half on a goal from
placement by Huntley. Macdonald also
kicked one for Brown in the same half
from the 1S?yard line. Brown tried all
her trick plays and the forward pass
was worked successfully four times.
Curtis making from Is to 20 yards on
each attempt. Capt. Schwartz showed
his best form of the season in running
back punts and made several long runs.
The Brown men did most Of their scor-
ing in the first half.
Holy Cross had an easy time with
Worcester Tech" Saturday, winning %
to 0. In six minutes Geary made four
points on a goal from placement. The
furious on-rusheS of the Holy Cross
backs netted yard after yard. and the
score would have been much larger, but
for the numerous penalties meted out to
Holy Cross for offside play. Runs 20
yards and more in length were of com
mon occurrence. Quarterback Geary
alone gained $50 yards for Holy Cross.
The entire back field was Irresistible and
subs proved as good ground getters as
any.
Harvard barely won from West Point
to o. a brilliant blocking effort
by Wendell during the last three min
utes of play. followed up by a spectacu-
lar recovery Of the ball and then topped
off by a hair-raising dash UP the field
and over West Points goal line, was
the sole definite outcome of Harvard's
invasion of the cadets domain. Thu
smashing line attacks which have
proved 50 effective against minor college
elevens on Soldiers field throughout the
first month of the football season crum
pied to pieces against the bulwarH OF
West Points forwards. and the dashing
descents upon the tackles, highly advan
efforts Of Harvard's preliminary
period. yielded only temporary success.