Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-01-06
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
IN DANGER OF A
BUMP THIS YEAR
(By Art Smith in Commercially

(By Art smith In COmmeTcldl)
There is a possibility that Colby
college and the University of Maine
will break off athletic relations in
football unless something can be done
to bring them to satisfactory agree
ment in the matter of arranging
date, for next years football game.
Colby desires to play Maine on the
date which is now held by Bowdoin,
and Maine refuses to give Colby this
date unless the Maine colleges as a
whole, vote in favor of her doing so.
1t is generally understood that ar
rangements for next falls game have
all been completedv-but such is far
from being the case. Colby feels that
her present standing in football en-
titles heS to meet Maine in the final
game of the Maine intercollegiate
series. The State championship was,
as will be we'll remembered, won by
Colby last fall. and there is no ques-
ton but that had the final game in
the series this year been between
Colby and Maine, better results would
have been obtained both through the
game itself and financially, than was
the case in the Bowdoin and Maine
game which game was as usual the
final one on Names State schedule.
Maine feels that by giving away 20
Cclby's demands there would be no
end of trouble in store for her inso-
far as Bowdoin is concerned. for the
annual game with Bowdoin at the end
of the series is an old established
event, and one that cannot be re-
moved without bringing on small
sized war between Maine and Bow
doin. This is a condition that the
Maine management desires to avoid
and will do all in their power to pre-
vent. Also, Maine feels that as next
years schedule is practically decided
upon, the dropping of Bowdoin from
her list, as would be the case, SHOULD
Colby be given Bowdoin's date, would
result in leaving an open date on
Names schedule, which could not at
this date be very easily filled.
Colby claims that because 1t is i'm
possible to have a game with Maine
at the end of the Maine intercollegiate
series, she is prevented from enjoying
considerable gain both In regards to
money and prestige. Colby has i'm
proved wonderfully in football these
past few years and undoubtedly at
this time would be a suitable oppo-
nent for Maine in the big and final
game of the series.
Just who is right and who is wrong
in this matter, is not for the writer to
state, but it is certainly too bad that
the present failure to agree is an &C
tual condition that may result in both
parties refusing to give in and thus
cause the Colby and Maine game to be
a thing of the past. Should this state
of affairs arise out Of the present ne
gotiations, the Maine intercollegiate
Football Association will crumble up
like tissue paper for league OF this
sort with either Bowdoin. Colby or
Maine on the outside will be like
chicken with one leg!
The four Maine colleges comprise
one Of the strongest football leagues in
the country today, and the breaking 10
of this league would do football in TINS
State no little harm. No stone should
be left unturned in an effort to bring
about a satisfactory agreement in this
matter, and the writer feels that as
both institutions have the interest nf
the spirit at heart, and one ruled over
in athletic matter by level headed
men, some way will be found to reach
a pleasant settlement