Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-26

tu+od tbe better team and 50 they
wore very magnanimous to their Car
diner rivals, giving them the choice OF
the field the handling of the money
and the choosing of the officials. De
spite the fact that the Gay vas Vt
the most disagreeable variety the CohE
team maintained its asserted superior
ity and the Gardiner boys sustalhe"
a clean defeat the score being b 10
in Cony's favor. This game was ti'e
last of the seasons schedule ana 'he
pupils of the High school feel hlshlS
elated with the success of their rep
resentative team.
1t can be easily seen there was no
favoritism shown in the choosing OF
the team as every player is 1--we ana
aggressive worker and the spirit shown
among the players has been wonder
fully clean and encouraging to the
coach and school officials. and 1T is
here that we should make note OF the
real cause of the unusual success 81
the bows and to whom it is due in
greater part. That cause and person
is Alfred w. Wandtke. sub-master Of
the Cony High school and coach for
|
vious to MIR. Wandtke's entry to the
school life in the city, athletics poth
socially and financially were dropping
below par and the interest in such
things was woefuIly tagging behind the
standard of other High schools. with
lis experience in the study Of boys
and athletics and his personal mag
netism he has created unusual inter-
st in the subject and as q result. he
'!as deyofoped one of the fastest High
school football teams in the history OF
the school And this success has not
been obtained through smoothrunnins
channels, in fact it has been an up
hin grind throughout. The publ"
and the entire school had lost faith
npd interest in the school athletics
through the failures of previous years
and of course this obstacle had to be
overcome. Then again some of the
best PLAYERS of the team have been
forced to abstain from playing owing
10 injuries, depreciation in studies or
the refusal of parents at home to all
low boys to play the game.
1t is altogether fitting that praise
should be accorded to the unceasinS
efforts toward success that have been
made by the captain of the team and
Sc Jeral individual players. 1t is a
well-known fact that George r. Stuart,
better known as Peg is one of the
best all-round athletes that the school
| has ever produced and it was no sur
prise when it was announced that he
| had been elected as captain of the
| football team for the season OF 1910.
| Ir every game he has shown himself
| the bright star Of the event and his
gene ralship as a captain has won for
| him the admiration Of all lovers of the
game His diplomacy through the in
ttuence of the coach has been the cause
| of the extremely smooth running of the
| team and it has been noted by many
that there is no friction present among
| the players and each attends to his
| work. leaving only one man to cap
| tain the team in all it's action. 1t is
predicted that the public will hear :,
| great deal in the athletic line through
the efforts OF Peg Stuart as at
| present, he is star and is improving
| every day.
During the last three games there
mas been one missing FACTOR III TIE
sturdy backfeld of the team and that
missed individual is Llewellyn Dorsey.
that slow but sure husky fullback that
the opponents! feared perhaps more
than any other player. During one OF
the last games Dorsey received rath-
er a serious injury to his knee which
of course resulted in his removal from
| the game. This loss combined with tbs
removal of John Lathe on account OF
| his t'ropping in studies tended to
rather danpen the spirit of the boys.
/ because they had lost two Of their