Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-20
CONY OUTpLAYS
Gardiner But Neither Side
Is Able to Score.
Hard Fought Game Played in
The Snow and Mud.
The Ball Is Kept Within Gardeners
Territory Most of Time.

Gardiner High and Cony High foot
bail teams played an to game, Sat
urday afternoon, IN the snow and mud,
on the Reuel Williams Athletic field.
The game, from start to finish, was
hard fought by both sides, but Cony
outplayed Gardiner throughout the
greater part of the game. y big crowd
of students and friends Of both schools
Witnessed the game.
The star of the game was Harvey,
|Conyis right end, whose long gains
|earried the bah within six yards of
Gardeners line, but the time was SO
near out that Cony did not have an
opportunity to get 2 touchdown before
the whistle blew, and the game was
|all over.
The Cony line played a first-class
game, and at ne time did the Gardi-
ner boys carry the ball through it for
long gains. The Gardiner line also
did some fine work. and when Cony
had the ball so near over the line in
the last period, they fought like bull
dogs, and cony was unable to carry
the ball over the line.
H. L. Cooper. cony's right half back,
and Morton. cony's quarter back,
played as they never played before.
and d great deal Of credit should be
given them for the fine tackling which
they did.
| For Gardiner, p Talbot, the quarter
| back, and Corners, the right half-baci1,
did some good playing, and the whole
team showed some great Improvement
| in their work, over that of the game,
which was previously played in this
city. a large amount Of Kicking was
done by the Cony rooters. who said
that Deweyer, GGrdiner's fun back
was a ringer, and that he only went
to Gardiner High school for the pur-
pose of playing in this game.
Both teams tried TO carry the bal
through each others line in the first
period to make their gains. but in this
Cony outclassed Gardiner, and at the
end of the period the ball was in Gar
diners territory.
| In the second period. Cony carried
the ball into GarliEer's territory far
enough to warrant Leighton, Cony's
full back, to attempt to kick a goal
from the field. but as the bah was wet
and heavy the attempt was unsuc-
cessfui.
The bali was still in Gardeners ter
ritory, at the end of the third period
but it was in possession of that side
who were struggling very hard to car
Try it into Cony's side of the field.
| In the first part of the fourth pc
lriod, Gardiner vas successful in get
ting the ball into Cony's territory by
recoyering punt made by p. Tai
bot. Gardeners quarter back. They
did not. however, hold the ball in this
TERRITORY any length of time for Har-
vey, Conys right end, then carried
the ball for 20 yards around the left
end. The same play was tried again
by Cony, and Harvey carried the ball
again for a long gain, and at this time
| it was within 20 yards of Gardiner
Iline Cony then tried a series of GEN.
ter rushes and the players were able
TO gain their distance the first time
but in the second attempt, with the
LOCAL to make. they were only success
fm in carrying the ball within six
yards of Gardeners line. The ball was
Then Gardeners, Cony failing to make
their distance, and they were just try
ing for their third down, when tbs