Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-30
Big Mass Meeting
Cheers Colby Team.

| a big mass meeting of the students of
Colby was held in the college chapel la st
evening and lot of enthusiasm was let
loose over the game Saturday. Harold
Dow, TO- the head cheer leader. presided
over the exercises and proved to be equal
to every occasion. One thing is certain.
Colby will go into the game today not
over confident but full of fight. and not
until the whistle blows for the close Of
the second half will the game be over
so far as Colby is concerned.
After the students had practiced the col
| lege cheers, and each member of the team
had been cheered by name, Captain Good
was called upon. He responded in a mod
est but straightforward speech in which
he said that he was glad that there was
such a large attendance and so good a
spirit manifested. Every man wants to
set out tomorrow and cheer for the team.
and if all do their part every man on the
team will do his part. Reed was out this
afternoon ard will start in the game to-
morrow. The game is going to be the
darndest daughter fight you ever saw in
|your life" (cheerS). Captain Good eX-
pressed himself satisfied with the ar
ranGement for officials, and said that if
fairness was shown 'therell be nothing
to it but the game tomorrow"
| Manager Charles Swan spoke briefly,
said good word for the team and urged
all to provide themselves with tickets be-
| fore the rush.
| President Maxwell of the Athletic Asso-
citation read an editorial from the Maine
| Campus, the student publication of the
| University of Maine, summarizing the
football situation up to today's game To
the words quoted Pres. Maxwell added
| that Maine evidently expects to be in
with one of the winners of today's con-
test in Waterville, and said that he had
no doubt that it would be with Colby, that
Maine will have her final accounting.
| Cheer Leader Dow then mounted the
rostrum and made a whirlwind speech
which arouse a lot of enthusiasm
This game is eXerting a lot of inter-
est. Everywhere you go it is nothing
but this game that is going to be pulled
| off between Colby and Bowdon tomor-
| row. Why, do you know a man told me
today that his little boy when he said his
prayers last night varied them with God
bless ma, God bless pa and God bless
Colby. Rah, rah, rah.'" daughter and
cheers)
The leader urged every man to sit in the
| cheering section with a megaphone if
possible, but if not, with a good and will
ing pair of lungs, to cheer the team, win
or lose. But we're not going to lose"
Clayton c. Brooks, the famous Colby
captain, was present and the rafters
shook with cheers when he rose to speak
He said he was glad to be present and
| that it was 10 years since he had been in
a Colby chapel. At that time he was
| coaching a Colby eleven. Your third
eleven this year, understand you have
33 men out each afternoon for practice
was better material then we had at that
time. We didn't have any scrub team.
| We used to go out and practice against
| the north wind, and we made good pro-
gress against the wind Qaughter) That
year Bowdoin lost 60, largely due to over
confidence" The speaker said that he
had played against Bowdoin eight times
and cautioned the members of the Colby
team against over-confidence, saying that
he had never yet seen Bowdoin team
that was licked until after the referees
whistle had blown for time" 1t was
this same spirit of playing the game ev-
cry minute which he desired the Colby
team to have. He commended the college
spirit as shown by Dartmouth and Yale
as an example to be followed by Colby
men.
Herrick, ~. announced the arrange
ments for music and asked the earnest
| support of the students, and after the
crowd had spelled Colby and cheered the
team. captain and coach, the mass meet
ing closed.