Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-10-30


days easy victory of Tufts over Maine
throughout the state in tomorrows
game at Medford. as it will furnish
some basis of comparison between
BoWdOin and Maine. For several years
in succession now Bowdoin has won
the annual baseball games with Tufts
and ii is especially anxious to get this
falls football game also. In the fore
noon there will also be a race between
the cross country teams of the two col
Ingcs and there is no little interest in
this event.
Colby will have a hard game tomor-
row with Exeter upon the lattcr'S
ground, probably harder than any
game it has had this season except
that of last Saturday at Brunswick.
The Waterville boys on paper ought
to win. as they have beaten Bates
and Bates earlier defeated Exeter but
football games are not won on paper
and the Exeter team is no doubt a
different organization than is was when
Bates met it in September. After to-
morroWS game. Colby has only one
more game on its schedule that with
l.. Of NJ, at Waterville a week later,
This week, for the first time this sea-
son, Coach McClavc has been. giving
the Rowdoin squad secret practice upon
Whittier field. At Watervile and Lew
iston secret practice was INDUCED in
several weeks ago. but it has been Nc
Clavc'S policy to develop his team slow
ly. drilling it thoroughly in the funda-
mentalS of the game and making it
play straight. old-fashioned football
during the earlier games of the season,
and then putting on the frills and trick
plays for the closing games This pol
icy has been very successful in earlier
years and Eowdoin mon have conf
dcnce that the result will be the same
thS'y year IT will be remembered that
last year the BoWdoin eleven won its
Colby and Bates games by very mar
row margins but when it came to the
Maine game, the last on the schedule
Ross McCtlavc had q team which was
probably the most perfectly working
football machine ever seen upon a
Maine grid.iron. and il overwhelmed the
Orono cl"Ven "a to in q game that
will never be forgotten by the 1000
people WhN witnessed it. In last Sat
urday's game with Colby the BoWdon
team depended wholly upon straight
football. not merely because it had
the game from the start and WAS not
disposed to take unnecessary chances
with trick plays. but also because its
repertoire OF trick plays was then cv-
trcmcly limited
Saturday will be the great day Of the
ycar with the football ent husisSts over in
Bangor. for the Portland team will cross
the state today and meet the Bangor
boys upon their home grounds TOMORROW
afternoon. Silsc" 1885 Portland and Ban
gor have met annually with the cNccp-
ton Of 1895 and 1899. In most Of thr|
years they have played two games. AMI in
some of them three, and of the total Of
50 games Bangor has won 13 and Portland
nine. while eight have been tics OF the
eight tic games six have been To o con
tests. In all. Bangor has scored 173 point
and Portland l66. Last year Portland had
all the advantage of it. winning the
the largest score ever rolled up in Il Ban
gor- Portland game. IT was Il remarkable
situation in 1906 when the teams played
three Sttll'S .i'It i'lti'i scored q Single
point. Both the teams have been making
good records this year and BanEor's vic
tory Of q to over Bar Iiarhor ast sat
uriay has made Portland sit up and real
izc that it has no cinch. The second gam"
between the teams will he played in Font
land two weeks later.
Edward Little High has completed her.
football schedule for the season. the game
with Pennington High having been can
celed.
Westbrook Seminary is being coached |
for time by Knowiton. a former star Of |
the Tufts back field, and Derby Stanley |
the old Hebron and Bowdoin player who |
has charge of developing the line. West
brook will play Rents Hill upon the |
Portland grounds tomorrow afternoon
Among the preparatory school games
scheduled for Maine Gridrons Saturday
afternoon are Portland VS. Bangor at
Bangor. Eent's Hill vs.. Westhrook Semin-
ary at Portland, Hebron VS.. Fort Mckin-
ley at Portland FryeburG vs.. South Port
land at South Portland. Hallowel VS..
Kent's Hill second at Kent'S Hill, Fox
croft VS.. Bar Harbor at Dover RiGdeford
VS.. kittely at Bddeford, and Rockland
vs. Bucksport Seminary at Bucksport.
Portland football enthusiasts will he
favored with two games tomorrow after
noon. although their High school boys
will be playing in Bangor. Hebron vs.
Fort Mckinley at Pine Tree park and
Nestbrook Seminary VS.. Kent's Hill at the
Forest Avenue grounds will both be hard