Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-14
Expected at j. ofM.-boW-
dom Game Saturday.
Enormous Advance Sale Of
Tickets Is Reported.
Vermont Eleven Champions Of North
Atlantic Squadron.

brunswick. Me, Nov. f3.-(SpeciaD.-
All inlications point 10 rccort break
ING crowd for the championship game
between Maine and BoWdoin on Whit
,ier field. Saturday. The Maine men
nav" asked u nave reserved for them
aCo tickets which shows the large num-
Der that are intending to come to
brunswick from Orono. The tickets al
lowed t" the EoWdnn student body
were taken within A. minutes after
they hld been put upon sale Reports
iTofh f"'th. Lewiston and Portland also
SNOW an enormous sale of the tickets
Ire Zane will be called at > O'Clock
sharp III order that darkness NAV in
no way figure in the result The START
ing .! the game at this hour gives
plenty Of time for people from neigh
boring cities To catch the afternoon
trains and for the Maine men to take
The COS train home.
TWO If tn" officials have, been clos-
en-. both impartial men with complete
mastery Of the somewhat co!nplicated
rules Of this year. Knight Of Michi-
f1'''i NiIi'i .'t''I'if 'lSt!l ol Exeter are the
TWO officials selected thus far
RoNdon now has on the field her
strongest team. 1.ente is back again
at c"ntrr after Il layon If a week ow-
irg TO Il bad shoulder and Could is
again at quarterback. The return of
these two men means that Hoynton and
Burton. both OF whom. especially Bur
ION. played brilliantly in the Bates
game. Will have To give up their posi-
Tons. Gould will probably do the
Pnn!ing III the Maine game if he is in
condition.
To win the championship Of the state.
EoWdoin needs only to tie SATURDAYS
game, but. however, her team will en-
ter the game to win. Each team has
Il thousand per cent, neither team
having lost a game, but BoWdoin has
won two games. one from Colby and
The other from Bates. while Maine has
Won only once. defeating Colby and tie
ing with Bates
Lewiston paper states in picking
the winner for next Saturday, that
Name played n better game against
Bates than Eowdnin This pcrhaps
furnishes the best basis for comparison
OF the two teams. but it must he re-
hiembored that BoWdoin was deprived
OF the services of her quarterback ard
best punter and also her center. while
Pmprs played through the game in a
dazed condition. Maine tied with Bates
Oh, ana from many accounts. it seems
That Bates would not have scored ex
cept for the darkness Rowdoin defeat
ed Bates o.. 4 failure to kick a goal
mar tl,.,N
scores.
ferhars Names greatest advantage
over Bowdoin lies IN the fact that She
HIS the greatest placement kicker
among the Maine colleges to6av an
auburn boy by the name of Bea-ce
Maine owes So far this season two
games to his skill. the Tufts and tho
tolbv games. 1t is more than an even
thinE that if Maine reaches Bowdoin's
G5-yard line. Rearce will he able to p,,t
the ball over the bar.
To offset this advantage. Bowdoin
offers team that is Very fast and
fairly heavy. The line is made up of
experienced men. with plenty of weight,
While the back field has been improv-
ing every day From raw football
recruit. who hardly knew the rules Of
'he game, riieS HIS ueFeioped INTO a.
dashing back and it was his remarkable
run of s. yards at Lewiston. last Sat-
urday. that brought victory to Eow-
dom. PhippS. the highest man on tbe
team. is showing UP stronger every dav
while Lee at fullback has been a tower
of strength every game King. the
former Exeter back who PLAYED with
Hogan and Tad Jones, is also showing
great form
Maine and Rowdoin played their first
game in 1893 an,f have UP to Saturday
completed eleven games. Rowdoin cap
turing seven Of these and Maine the re-