Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-02

Behold. Directly above US we have
array of football talent known as
he Cony High school aggregation.
The gong sounded. Thanksgiving fore
noon, for the lid to be fastened on
the 1913 football season and conse-
quentiy the gridiron scenes on the
Reuel Williams field arc a closed
chapter until 1914.
{ Let us see: Cony lost heavily in
1912 by graduation, many thought and
even said as a sure thing. that sue
cessful, team was out of question. A
gentleman from Colby college, Ches-
ter Eoule by name, was fortunately
dropped in the midst of instructors
at the school, and, incidentally, be-
ing the choice of all-Maine guard
during his college career. he took I'M
der himself the task OF rounding out
4 team. The second day of the open
ins Of school. the cali for football can
didates was given. Thirteen young
sters of all sizes responded. mot a
very promising outlook I must con-
fsss.p ruefully cogitated Mr.. Soule.
but TN have a team out of this
combination yet" OF course there
was Captain Babbitt, and others such
a. Cooper, Wyer, Dennis, Sampson,
Turner, Folsom and Calvert. that
looked good to "Pus,'' and yet, just
what would really happen was as
dificult to determine as how Joe"
Knowles killed that deer.
This is what did happen. Cony
played ~ games, one of which was
not a regular scheduled game. Out
Of that number, Waterville High was
dAfeated twice. go, sand 1870; Show
hsSar Once, 200; Abbott once, 800;
HAllowell, 1870; Gardiner High, once.
90, over which dispute arose and
still continues. Games with Thornton
Academy of Saco and Skowhegan
High were scoreless ties. Cony was
debated once by Gardiner High, TO;
onss by Oak Grove Seminary, 1875;
ana by Abbott school at Pennington.
go so that out of IL scheduled
games, seven were won, two were lost,
and two resulted in no score games.
Ths game which was played Thanks
giving, with the Augusta Club"
made UP Of Bowdoin college students,
which, rs has already been stated, was
not scheduled game, resulted in
ISL victory for the college team. So
mich for the record. now for few
bFrtDhie''all sketches 'l'
J That Back Field.
II the backf1eld there were Captain
Batbltt at left half; Taber at right
hall Turner at fullback, and Purin-
80 e-tf
Bhbitt was there" He specialized
.ngoing across. Speedy, very seldom
ftnbiing. . sure, hard tackler, a ter
RI on the defence, epitomizes his
aAson's record. He made an ideal
lader, the men working under him
Mrndoniously, and the results speak
~ themselves.
10 Taber, too much praise cannot
b6oiyen. He crowned himself with
ktcy in every contest participated in,
I'll he was in all of them. He hit
til line, and he hit 1t hard. When
he carried the ball, something gave
aNy. Interference or not, 1t made
i difference. "Tabe" was there with
ID cherries. He undoubtedly was the
sstest man on the team. His strong
pint Was circling the ends. But
own inSthe shadow Of his own goal
l.osts. with the odds all in favor Of
he opponents. was where this gritty
to-the- ackbone player proved his
real value. He was sure on his
tackles. and when he dumped man
that man stayed on the dirt. His
opponents dreaded him, and visions Of
the much-heralded Brickley of Har-
ward, or the famous Coy Of Yale,