The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1909-11-18
FOOTBALL SEASON CLOSES.
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Under William H. Halves. rs cap
tain. eleven young men OF the town
played the High school team at foot.
ball last Friday afternoon. The day
WIS one OF the best OF the beautiful
November days that has been given 10
us which helped to make the game
more interesting. The ''Hasbeens.
as they termed the pickup team,
made up their signals after they ar
rived upon the field and had no prac-
tice whatever. or course this handi-
capped them to some degree. but new
ertheless they prevented the we'll
trained High school team from scor-
ing.
In the first half the ball was kicked
off by Merrill to Badger. who after
running 1t back few yards was
downed The "Hasbeens" then show
ed their mettle and on the third down
Lacasce had to punt. This carried
their opponents back forty yards. but
they had the ball and everyone was
watching to see what they would do.
The signal was given for a forward
pass and Flagg. the end, was near the
sdelines, where nobody noticed him,
but Just as the pass was about to be
made it was spoiled by one of the
Hasbeens, who didn't understand
the play. This was about as near as
they came to making touchdown,
for had the pass been successful,
there was a clear field for the end,
but it couldn't be helped and they
huckled down to line plunges. On
the third down they, too, resorted to
kicking and the other side got the
ball. Then the ball was worked back
and forth until the "Hasbeens' had
begun to pant for lack of wind, but
Jewett and Arbuckle were every
where at the same time and the High
school team failed to make consis-
tent gains. The others, having no
cleats were slow to get of and they
couldn't gain, SO at the end OF the
second half, there was no Score on
either side.
The game was very interesting and
it looked at one time as though the
High school boys would win, but
when they reached the fifteen yard
line their opponents braced up and
held. Several of the 'Hasbeens" had
not played football for years but
they had not quite forgotten it all.
The lineup for s. H. s.: ! e, Mer-
riam; t, Nutting; &, Strickland; C,
Emery; g, Spear; t, Giltillan; e,
Burrill; b, Pierce; h b, Badger;
r h b, Lacasce; b. Murray.
For the "Hasbeens:" + e, Flagg;
r t. Dudley; g, H. Merrill; C, Thi-
beault; | G. Pouln; t, Arbuckle; e,
McVickar; q, A. Merrill; + b. Jew
EFT; h b, Halves; f b, Cleveland.
The results of the seasons games
are as follows: At Pittsfield NJ. c. |.
&c, S. H. S. 3; at Skowhegan, F. H. S.
0, S. H. S. 6; at Skowhegan, Cony
H. S. 0, S. H. S. 0; at Pennington. f.
H. S. %. S. H. S. 0; at Skowhegan,
c. c. l. 6, S. H. s. 0; at Skowhegan,
Oak Grove Seminary 0, S. II. S. 6; at
Augusta, Cony H. S. 0; S. II, S. 0; and
at Waterville, w H. S. II; S. II. s. 0.
The total number of points were 10
for Skowhegan, &c for opponents
Much credit is due to w. H. Halves,
who coached the home team. Although
he did not produce winning team, 1t
was not his fault, but lack of ma
terial. The necessity of training sew
EN- new men was a great disadvantage
and the new men were not as strong
as they might have been. Neverthe-
less they played plucky football and
did their best, which is all we can
expect.