Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-10-31
Gardiner Beats Con), 7 to
0, with Score Disputed.
Halloween Party.-Changes in
Municipal Court Room.
e...vals Of Late Martin Chamber
lain and Mrs. russell.

,,;ob in the second period OF the game
'.,w.er Gardiner High and Cony High
Ouimby held Saturday afternoon
VA that the score should go to Gar
AMOR WAS the decision made by Referee
parkAr and upon that decision hangs
f,ha arguments which the support
ors n both teams can make. The de-
,iocn gave TWO points to Gardiner
as that was all the scoring there
rae done IN the game Gardiner wins.
Or, the Cory players and all their
,,,nortrs put up u strenuous objection
% tbc decision and claim that it was
~, = safety but a ItOuchback ana
,hs, Of course. would do away with
any, scoring and make it a tie game,
with to 0 score
,,.,c is the play over which the dis
ou.sion started. Gardiner had the bail
an cones l2-yard line. G.. Talbot start
ID q forward pass to Capt blanchard
m the left end. The bah was fuinbled
,nd all hands started for il. In the
rnsl it landed over the goal line where
I;arp.v fell en- il. This would look ike
= sair;y and is the stand taken by
,b, Gardiner players. t0nN $ We" ol
IN, naltrr: They do not dispute that
th. IAN vas fumblcd and went over
lin. line where Harvey fell on it. fut
they do claim that the impetus winch
co,,.,d the tall To- ga over the line was
fran tn.. hand rf Il tony player ana
,b,, therefore il is il t"ucliback. Ref
cree Parker decided that ii was Il
safety and gave the nv" points l"
liHrdin'r.
tt once there was Il great Objection
raised by capt. stuart OF t"nN ana
the crowd rushed onto the hcsd ana
sureea around the players. C"ach
keanrv Of Gardiner ANA 'oarh
Wardtke of Augusta w"r" prominent
in the arguments and the game Was
SUSPENDED for nine minutes. Nahotke
finally advised his men To renew play
ing and abiue by the decision OF the
referee and told his men to go IN anu
run an IA big score to offset tn" score
nv a larger one. cony went III ana az
though il looked several times as II
,,ey vould score Il clean touchdown
they were unable to get within llNe
wards of Gardeners line and the game
n,a,l with the safety as the only
scoring done.
Another close decision was mace II.
one case and by it Cony was stopped
from scoring. But this second 'ine II
was more evident that the DECISION
WAS inst and no great obJectloh Was
made. Cony was rushing the pan w" II
,ow,rl thu. Gardiner goal when Il i"r-
vard mass was tried. The pan leli !"
,r.. Ground without being touched aho
,h,n Crenier picked it up ana carrie"
II ovcr the line. But as 1t was All NJ
con,lete PASS the play was STARE"
h. 81, where. the hall was started fr"h''
IF was q queer game i'm many re-
enc,ts throughout and the constant
nuarrcline over decisions ana the NIX
;nr-up of the crowd with the players
,fter nearly every play made the game
l,oy along for over an hour and a
h,lf Roth teams would show ilasheS
nf great football playing. especially
v.h.n tho other side had the ball with
in striking distance of their goal me
and would hold for downs or "oui"
.ct the ball away on Il tumble. Out
side the kick offs at the beginning vi
the halves the ball was Kicked ou'
twice. once Captain stuart trled i"'
a goal from placement. when lalle"'
and once Talbot made short "hslde
kick. The players on both teams were
KEYED I'D to concert pitch and Whlie
they missed tackles right and left they
also cot i'm and made some star tackles.
Connors and Glidden perhaps eXcelled
Grenier and Harvey in that part OIL
the playing, but the two Augusta boys
were not far behind them.
I'd defend
the north goal and Talbot kicked Off.
The first kick went behind the goal
line and the play was started over
Cony at once got down to business
and rushed the ball nearly the entire
length of the field to within 10 YARDS
of Gardeners line, where the local boys
held for downs Then Gardiner pulled
MI several plays which had the up
river team guessing for few minutes.
The formations were new ones WnlcH
had not been uncovered in any preFi-
Gus game and while the Gardiner team
was somewhat slow in running them
off, owing to a lack of practice, theH
did the trick and took the ball We'll
out of the danger zone where 1t went
Ia Cony on fumbled forward pass.
The period ended with the ball in Car
diners possession in about the center
Of the field When Cony had the bail
and was working up the field their
backs did some fine work and aided by
good interference made Il number of
good gains
At the beginning of the second
p'riod Gardiner took the ball anu ny
good work of G. Talbot and Blanchard
IN which the forward pass. worked IN
connection with double pass. was
used to good advantage, carried 1T TO
within the 12-yard line where the play
over which the dispute arose occurred.
After the dispute was settled. for a
iime at least. Gardiner again kicked
on to Cony who rushed the ball up to
me 15-yard line where the incomplete
forward pass was made. Stuart then
.ried a goal from placement, which
'aued and the time for. the first half
was up.
me remainder of the game was a
repetition of the first half. Both teams
would make good gains then there
would be a tumble, a dispute, the
crowd would rush on the field and a
general mix-up would seems imminent
no NV