Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-18

MAINE FOOTBALL GAMES.
Continued from Page Four.)

end once fer Is yards for touchdown,
and ON another occasion went SO yards
before being thrown. Phipps got away
from the bunch and went half the length
OF the field before stopped. Probably the
NEST spectacular run Of the afternoon
was that of "Puss" Newman. Newman
the 225-pound tackle. on that famous
Bowdoin tackle play. took the ball 81
yards down the field before the Maine
men we're able to stop him. He carried
the ball within three yards Of the goal
and Commins took it over. Burton was
successful for 30 yards on quarter
back run. Gains of 10. Is and 20 yards
were common. Only once in this half
did Maine have any chance of scoring.
BY an aggressive squirt it got the ball
to Bowdoin's 1O-yard line. but here
sBcwdoin held as it did at Harvard and
took the ball on downs.
TO pick the star of the game would
be almost impossible. Lee. Newman.
Comnins. Phipps. Burton. all have Il
good. fair claim to the title and all
must figure in any "All-Maine team
which is created. 1t would require lot
of figuring to ascertain which man
made the most distance for BowdOin.
Lee and Phipps both got off long gains.
but Commins and Newman were gooI
for from FIVE to Is yards anytime. Bur-
ton gained we'll on his quarterback runs
and handled his team in fast and fault
less fashion. Lee played a wonderful
game on the defensive and downed man
after man at critical time. His long
flying tackles were never equalled on
a Maine gridiron. Phipps repeated"
broke through Names line to down her
backs in their tracks Maine found Il
hard proposition every time they at
tempted to go around Bowdoin's right
end. Wandtke was always there and
there was no gaining past him. Smith
who was put in Captain Crowley's
place. was into every play and there
for q purpose. Hichborn another Au-
gusta boy, who replaced Wandtke near
the close. proved his Varsity caliber.
Haley ard Sewall played strong games
at guard. They would open up big
VI ide holes in Names line and would
break through and throw Maine men
back fer losses. Maine found it almost
to gain through Bowdoin's
line At times she would manage to
Illiu Il tliClS' ouS Ct "a ss'>.-'
times, times when a foot meant good
deal. she might as well have struck
stone wall Boynton at center was into
every play and made all of his passes
good. He passed the ball back for
punts many times and each one went
right where it was intended. In the
last few minutes Lente replaced Boyn-
ton. Gould replaced Burton and Wake
field replaced Phipps. Eddie Files. the
man who won the Bates game. was UNI
able to get off any long aims. but was
there just the same. When called upon
to do it he carried the ball ahead for
gains of from two to five yards. He
played o Strong game on the secondary
defence. aiding the line to stop Names
attacks.
Higgins. the man who Maine depend
ed upon largely. was taken out before
he had an opportunity to do much for
his team. Had he been in the entire
game, it is doubtful if the score would
have been much changed. Rowdoin
was so far superior that she would
have won easily with Higgins playing.
Chase. the right half. was by far
Names best ground gamer. Once or
twice ne broke through Bowdoin's line
for 10 or 12 yards and made numerous
smaller one. Miner was responsible for
a good part of Names ground. getting
off his Quarterback runs in good shape.
Hammond at full played consistent
football, but was unable to DO much
against Rowdoin's line. He made the
only points scored by Maine. Bearce
was complete disappointment 10
Maine.
One feature Of the second half gave
Row,loin men II lot OF satisfaction,
though it did not figure i'm the scoring.
When the ball WAS almost exactly where
Rearcc had tried ii goal from placement
and failed, Newman decided to try the
trick himself. 1t was beautiful goal.
the ball sailing squarely between the
posts. 1t is the rule. however. that in
such play there must be six men in
the line. and one of Bowdoins substi-
tute ends, in his ignorance of this rule.
had stepped back IA yard. The keen-eyed
official saw it aud SO did not allow Bow
doin the four points which Newman
earned. The score was big enough. how
ever. and nobody cared about the four
points as long as inc .Odl iidd really
been kicked.
at AIS the game was over and while
Eowdoin had been celebrating pretty con-
for the last 6. or 20 minutes OF
the game, its rea. celebration nov began.
First there was grand parade around
the field behind the band, and in front of
The Maine stand Z stop was made where
the visitors were cheered again and
again. Then the team WAS cheered over
and over at the dressing room. and the
march was taken up through the pines
spire of King chapel was ringing in cele-
bration OF another championship for
Rowdoin. and where the plans tor the
The great crowd throEged to the station
tor the special trains and the chief ;,th-
etic event of the year was over
Tie lineup and summary:
EOWDOIN. L.. OF NJ.
Wandtke. Hichborn, le re- King Clifford
Newman. 1t NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. TT. Whits
Haley, lg ................ rg. Black. Ham
seW@H. re .....'.'.-..........: IL. Bearce
Crowley. S'nith. re .......... le. ii. Cook
Burton. Gould. Oh ....qb. Miner A. Cook
Phipps, Wakefield. lib ...... RIB, Chase
tilcs, RIB.
lib. higgins. Metcalf. GiJpatrick
Lee. fb fb. Hammond. Loring
Scnrc-Bowdoin. "a: Maine. s. Umpire,