Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-26
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Football Team Finishes a
Most Successful Season,
Loses But Single Game in Eight
Games Played.
Good Material and Coach Wandtke's
Training Bring Good Results.

proud of their schoolboy athletes. the
members of the football squad. rep
resenting the Cony High school. In
reality the High school football team
has been the only sports representative
that the city has been able to lay
claim to, during the fall season, and
the High school merits unlimited con-
gratula tions for turning out such a
snappy aggregation of clear headed
true sportsmanlike athletes.
In a review of the games played this
season, one can realize the remarkable
success that the team has met. Out
of eight games played there has been
one tie, one disputed result, lat
er decided a o to score, one loss
and five decisive victories for COny.
The only team able to gain a clean
score was the CoDurn team Of Water
willie, the score Of that game being 6
to in Coburns favor.
Cony played its first game with Hal
lowell High school on the i}euei Will
liams field. The results of this game
show that Cony started the season with
the determination to play the game,
the score being u to 0 in Cony's favor,
The second game was played Oct ]
with the Brunswick High school as
their opponent. This was closely
fought contest. the result showing the
matched strength of the teams, . to
0 in COny's favor. A return game was
played the next week between these
two teams on Oct. s. the score result
ing in q tie to 0. The only legal de-
feat sustained by the Augusta boys
was in the game played with the Co
burn boys of Waterville. The teams
We're so evenly matched that the re-
suit might be based on toSS-up at
any stage of the game, the final score
showing 6 to in the favor OF the boys
from the college city.
BY this time the people of this city
began to watch the playing of the
local boys ana showed a more proper
spirit in the support of them, and un-
der these circumstances combined with
the past rivalry between Gardiner and
Cony large crowd turned out Oct.
Is to see Gardiner, go down to defeat
to the tune of 26 to before the SUI
perior playing and coaching Of the
Cony boys.
The next game played. Oct. %, was
with Dexter at Dexter. Cony won TINS
game hands down with a score OF Il
to 0 and with a little more consistent
playing could have doubled the score.
The only discord or unpleasantness t"
mar the whole seasons success was
caused in the second game between
Gardiner and COny at Gardiner on Oct.
90 on Quimby athletic field and the
greater part of the unpleasantness was
caused by the ineXperience of the Oh
ficials in the game and the discourte-
Gus conduct Of the spectators on the
field. The Cony boys during this point
won a greater victory in self-control
and gentlemenliness than would BE-
possible to have won by winning the
game outright. Their conduct during
the whole game was unapproachable,
even at times it seemed as If It would
be impossible to withstand the de-
cisions of the judges and the actions
of some of the crowd.
The score of this game, as decided by
the officials was . to in Gardner S
favor, but it was strenuously disputed
bv Cony. The matter was referred to
the sporting department of Boston
newspaper and an answer received
Nov. % states that according to the
rules involved in that part of the game
wherein the argument prevailed, the
standing score of that game is void,
the real score being 90.
The results of the two previous
games between Gardiner and Cony
aroused great interest among the sup
porters of the two schools and when
it was announced that a third game
would be played the sporting circles
of both cities were in continual argu-
rnent as to the merits Of the teams
in question. On Thanksgiving morn
ing the two teams met for the third
time on the Gardiner field. The e'6n'
goys were positive that they consti-