Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-16
Maine Football Champion
ship to Be Decided
This Afternoon by Bowdoin and
j. Of N. at Brunswick.
Both Teams In Fine Shape and
Ready For Game.

Everything is now ready Tn the big
game. wh..t takes placc on Whittier
field, SATURDAY afternoon. Th" seating
capacity VIII average III t. about poo,
while standing room around III" field
is PREPARED for nearly III lnuEt more.
All Indications show that the gam" viii
be record breaker III rnil.i ~ tt-
tendance. Already many Of III" Sradu-
ates are back and every train j.; bring
ing in scores of them.
The Eowdoin eleven put i'll her l@St
practice this afternoon. running signals
for the most part. The men appeared
to be in good condition. The play
went off fast and the men showed
plenty Of ginger
The game will decide the Champion
ship Of the State. and battle Will
probably be fought that will 70 down
as history in the annals Of football.
The teams are of about the same weight
and have been coached by great foot
ball coaches, men who make the gam"
a study, Maine by Mccoy Of Yale ard
BowdOn by Ross McClavc of Prince
ton, assisted by Joe Drulnmond, last
years captain of Bowdoin.
Each team will fight for the cham
pionship. Maine to beat Bowd"in. Bow
doin to beat, or at least to tic Maine.
In case of u tie game. BoWdoin viii
have the much desired championship,
for she has won two games, Whll"
Maine has won one and tied with Bates.
But Bowdoin will not start the gam.
with q desire for a. tie score. but I"
gain a clean cut victory.
The Eowdoin team this year is COM
posed of men who play a hard, but
a clean game. The fact that not Il man
has been removed for smuggling from
the Bow doin team in a Maine game this
year. bears testimony to til" "lranrS.'
of Bowioins playing.
This afternoon two hundred Of the
studo hts headed by tn" huge Bowdoin
banner and the band marched to tn
field and watched tho team practice.
The cheer leaders this year az" FISK
and Stetson. and they promise that if
cheering can bring Il victory. B"Wdoln
will win.
For the past week. comparisons 81
the two teams have been daily in tn"
papers and the general conclusion i
that B,wdoin has the better line ana
that Maine has the better hackticid
and Bearcc 1t is this placement kick r
that Bowdon fears, for she does no,
thinks that Names backs will J." abb"
to penetrate her line for any long r"-
peated gains The game then viii
settle the question whether Il strong Of /
Tense is better than q stronger defense.
Captain Crowley Will play as usual
~, <
that end of the lin" will hc taken care
of IN good shape. Wandtkc VIII rla;'
the other end. His playing this year
has been a feature. especially his fol
lowing of the ball
Cummins and Newman Will play IL"
tackles and if they play their usual
game. no long gains Will he mad"
through them. Newman will az" IL"
the punting.
Haley. the big Freshman. who h2~
been doing some great open field work
will play left guard and tn" reia!l"
Se,valI right guard, Lcnte or Eoyn.n'
will play center. and both men are good
steady players.
It now looks as il Burton. who play
cd in he Bates game. will again 10
seen at quarter. His playing III the
is doubtful if Could. whose ankle i
StiII bad will be greatly missed. except
for his punting.
Files. whose IS ward run in Saturday y
game made him famous III Maine $
football circles. will be at right half
and PhippS at left half The latter Is
The lightest college player in Maine u@
well as one of the fastest
Can ,Ia,,, 1,-,-
pcrienced. hcady player in Lee. Iii,
playing both on the offensive and dc
fensive has been the fcatur" IF AL
Bowdoins games.
There is a good string If substitutes
to pick from i'll Wakefield. Smith. Nb-
bolt. King and Ready.
The average Of Bowdoin Is about 10
pounds with the hacktieId avrragins,
15a
The following IS the Eowdotn lineup
for tomorrow's game and the weight vi
each man as given by Capt, crowley.
Capt. Crowley. r.. $50: cummins. 1t.
116: Sewall. rg ISIS: Boynton or Lent.
{. 156 and l59. Haley. Il. Ia: Newman.
It. 30; Wandtke. le. IA. Burton, Cd.
l&9: Gould, Oh. l4t: Files. rh. lis. fhipp1
III. 14o: Lee. fh 49,.
An enthusiastic mass meeting vas
held i'll Memorial hall last night before
large gathering Of undergraduates
alumni and suh-Freshmen. The even
ings speakers were: ChaS. Z. Howe.
'I6 of Bangor: Prof. Robinson; Col.
Plummer. 81 of Bath: Prof SillS:
Trainer Nickerson; Capt. Crowley;
Coach Rob McClavc Coach McClavc
was presented a gift in behalf of the
students by Capt. Crowley.