Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-11-23
Sporting Gossip OF the Day
GARDINER ELEVEN THE CHAMPIONS OF
KENNEbEC vALLE Y.-CONY HUmBLED
IN DEFEAT BY IS TO 0 SCORE

, in to intercept the ball and carry it
| the FIVE yards necessary for a touch
| down. The goal was kicked by p.
| Brisk and Gardiner took the lead
| with a score OF to Cony's O..
Gardeners kickoff, for Gardiner was
received by Taber who carried the ball
/ TO the 6-yard line. A triple pass play
| around eft end resulted in 5-yard
4 loss Turner gained 10 by dash
1 through right skin tackle. a forward
pass, tried by Cony, was deftly inter
/ cepted by Talbot giving Gardiner the
/ ball Al
"A long left end run by p. Brisk was
| stopped by Turner with no gain being
made. A couple of line bucks by
Houston netted five and three yards
respectively. Houston cleaved right
skin tackle for 10 yards more. de-
Iayed pass was the victim of the Cony
llinesmen and lost FIVE yards for Car
diner. For offside play Gardiner was
penalized 10 yards more. The failure
of Brisk to gain through the center
forced a punt and Cony took the ball
on the seven-yard line.
! Wyer's sensational plunge through
/ the center of the line for a gain or
/ lis yards was followed by Turner's
| gain of 10 yards through the same
place Wyer was given the ball and
gained about a yard Turner tried the
/ left line and advanced the pigskin
about eight yards. Wyer ripped things
up for a gain through the line of
about II yards.
Taber was sent around right end
I e.. "a IN
| formation play around right end lost
| two yards. Turner circled left end for
| five yards and Taber attacked the
right side of the line for an advance
of about three more. Wyer CAMEL
three yards through the line and Tur.
| ner gained two. Purinton punted
Talbot received the punt and
brought it to Gardeners 19-yard line.
Kelley was sent through right skin
tackle for about a two-yard gain and
Brisk added five yards more via the
right side of the line. Gardiner was
penalized 10 yards. She punfed. Tu~-
ner bringing the ball back to her 25.
yard line. Captain Turner carried
the pigskin around left end for gain
of five yards when the whistle blew
The half was up with Gardiner Lead
ing by score of I to Q.
Cusick kicked off for Gardiner. The
kick was received by Purinton and
brought to the 47yard line. Three
line bucks by Turner, Taber and Wyel
netted six, two and four yards each
but the gain was lost by a 10-yard
penalty for offside play.
long forward pass via right end
/ was prettiIy clipped from being re-
ceived by Turner when Talbot caught
it with leap. giving the orange aud
black possession Of the ball on the
35-yard line.
Gardiner got first down with three
successive bucks through the left side
of Cony's line. Two more line plunges
advanced the oval six yards and a
three yard gain around right end Left
one yard to make for first down, which
was accomplished via the right side
Of the line.
Gardiner assumed shift formation
and Brisk started for a wide run
around left end but was downed by
Turner after advancing the ball about
two yards. An attack against the
right side of the line. resulted in no
gain. Brisk ploughed through the cen
ter for eight yards but the following
attack on the left side Of the line was
stopped.
The ball was on Cony's five-yari
line and her being offside brought her
penalty of half the distance to the
goal line. leaving Gardiner two and
half yards to go for touchdown
From shift formation Brisk was Civ
en- the ball which he carried through
the right side over the mark for Gar,
diners second touchdown. p. Brisk
failed to kick the goal
Cusick kicked off for Gardiner The
kick went low and was captured BY
a Cony lineman on the 35-yard line.
Wyer gained three yards through the
line and Turner circled left end for
three more. Wyer plunged through
the line making first down. A right
end run lost two yards for the Grim
son which Wyer made up in his fol-
lowing line plunge. Purinton got
away a forward pass over right end
to Turner which netted a gain OF %
yards.
Wyer resumed his line bucking with
a gain of six yards. Turner was UNI
able to gain around left end. Wyer
made four yards through right guard
and tackle to which Purinton added
about three by quarterback buck.
Cony was penalized five yards and she
punted, p. Brisk receiving the ball.
Gardiner attacked the left side of
the line for three-yard gain. Two
more tries ON this side were unsuc-
cessful Time was called which indi-
Gated that the game was three quar-
tiers finished with Gardeners score at
Z and Cony's still at zero.
The last period opened with Gardi-
ner in possession of the ball in her
own territory on fourth down. Brisk
punted into Cony's territory and Pur-
linton Immediately returned the punt.
Brisk failed to gain through the line
in his first attempt but made three
yards on his second. A tumble. was
recovered by Brisk, who was tackled
by Dennis for loss which gave Cony
the ball on downs.
Wyer. made eight yards through the
center. A fake forward pass seemed
to fool the Gardiner lads and Turner