Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-09-15
Maine Colleges Now Pre-
pare for Seasons Grind.
BoWdoin and Bates Will Begin
Practice in Earnest, This Week.
Maine and Colby Have Started.
Close Games Are Expected.

Bowdoin's football men will report
te Capt. Robert r. Weatherill "A, at
Whittier field, Monday, and the sea-
son of 1913 will be under way with Il
rush. BoWdoin opens, this year, against
New Hampshire State at Brunswick.
For years Fort Mckinley has been the
opening attraction, but the soldiers
have no team. this year. and New
Hampshire was secured. As an attrae-
ton, they viii prove far superior and
VIII also give BoWdoin much harder
game.
Capt "Du" Wood, Douglass, center;
Dele quarter and end; Hinch, end;
Page. end and Crosby, quarter, We're
graduated.
This leaves available the following
Veterans: Capt Weatherill. half; Pratt,
guard; LaCasce. fullback: L. Brown,
end; Lewis, guard and tackle; Foster
hackdeld. Leadbettcr, tackle and Bar
~. center.
Harry Faulkner, who has proved a
hackheid star for two seasons, IS not
Capt. Danai4y will begin The work of
hammering the Bates 1918 Varsity
e'even into shape, Monday of next
week., and with 4 good number of vet
er,ns available, strong team is look
ed for.
Bates lost by graduation, Shepard
guard; Dennis half, Thompson, end;
Cove tackle and MeNish half, 1t is
reported that Bill" Joyce will enter
Georgetown.
THIS leaves Capt. Danahy. end; Tai
bot, quarter; Dyer. Eldridge, Bates and
Kennedy, backs; Harding, center. Rus
sell and Manuel, guards and stillman,
tackle
1t is also understood that William Z.
Murphy of Sridgeton, a member of the
Freshman track and baseball teams,
and promising candidate for the Var
sity teams, will not return, this year
BESIDES the veterans, there are many
Who made strong bids for the team
las year. anu a large number of ca
pahie new men are also expected.
Candidates for the 1913 football
team at the University of Maine hav9
been at work at Alumni field, Orono.
since Wednesday, under the direction
of Capt. Sawyer. IA. of Milltown.
Fort Mckinley scheduled to open the
season at Orono, has no team, and
Boston College has been secured to
fill in the cancelled date.
Men already at the field are capt.
Sawyer, and GulItver II, guards Ber-
heisel Is and Purington 10, ends;
Hamil'15, quarter: Murray II. tackle
and Martin -, halfback.
Bryant, it IS reported, will not re-
turn to Maine. this fail. but Cobb is
expected to handle quarter in good
style. While not as brilliant in an
open field. he proved the steadier of
the two men, last year.
Manager Getchell and Assistant
Manager White are looking after the
needs of the men.
Colbys first football practice was
held, Friday afternoon. ON Alumni
field, under the direction of Captain
Fraser, Pendergast, Grossman. Taft,
Ramsdell and Royal, all of last years
squad, were out in the togs for the
first time. Burton, "a former NJ C. |.
boy, was out as a candidate for cen
ter. LaSoeur a crack halfback from
the Rockridge Seminary. was also ia
the work. and is enc of the likely men
fer the backteld The first work was
extremely light and consisted chiefly
of running with and passing the ball.
All the PLAYERS, who have returned,
are in the pink OF condition and Will
stand the long gruelling that will
come between now and the first game
of the season, which comes with
Brown, Sept. ~ The first game in
Waterville will be with the Universe
ty of Vermont Oct. Il. More men arc
expected each day, and with the ar
rival of Coach DAILY, Saturday, every
thing ought to be in full swing by the
first part of the week