Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-05

Waterville High school smothered Cony
High school of Augusta at the Libbey
| field Wednesday afternoon in their an
nual football game. defeating them by
a score of As to 0. The game was all
| one-sded. Waterville being held for
! downs but once during the game and
| Cony making it's distance but once. The
! Waterville team gained around the
ends, through the line and were able
to work the forward pass for good
! gains, once getting a touchdown on it.
/ fast all the time and were in the game
! every minute. The work of Crafty. the
! captain and fullback. was spectacular
and he put great deal of fight and so
I into the other members of the team.
OBrien and Williams. the regular half
| backs, played fine game, while Jo-
sern. who went in at half in the place
of Williams for portion of the game,
| contributed fine run.
a 20-yard-run by O'Brien behind
! splendid interference and one by Jo-
| seph for about the same distance for
touchdown and one by Crafty for 40
were the features.
The day was far too warm for foot
ball and apparently took hold of the
Cony players much more than it did of
the Waterville eleven.
Cony kicked to Waterville and o.
| Brien brought the ball back 20 yards
| The Waterville boys made first down
| couple of times. aided once by an
| offside by Cony and then were held for
| downs. Cony could not gain and punt
ed to Crafty, who was downed without
gain: On the first play O'Brien made
| FIVE yards and then Crafty went 40
yards straight through the line for a
| touchdown. O'Brien failed at the goal,
! the ball striking the upright near the
| cross bar
| Waterville kicked to Cony and Taber
+, brought It back 10 yards. Two tried
by Taber and Martin failed to gain
and the ball was punted to Donovan
Williams got five yards, Donovan three
and then Taber of Cony recovered a
| tumble and the ball was Conys. Mar
tin failed to gain as the quarter was up
On the first play Of the second quar-
ter Hedman gained about yard, Ia
|
punted to Williams, who came back
about FIVE yards before being stopped.
| Williams, O'Brien, Crafty and Donovan
| then carried 1t straight down the field,
Donovan going over the last three yards
for a touchdown. O'Brien again fail
ed to kick the goal
f., Waterville kicked to Cony and four
.Ards was the total Of their gains. the
| to Williams who gained about 10 yards
! before being downed The backs then
| carried it straight down the field, Will
liams going over the line for the third
touchdown. O'Brien kicked the goal
and the score was 10 to 0.
Waterville kicked to Cony and they
failed to gain. time being called for the
half just as Cony had tried an unsuc-
cessful forward pass
Waterville kicked to Cony to start
the second half and Hedman brought
the ball back 10 yards before being
downed. They could not gain and punt
ed to Donovan, who came back 10
yards before being stopped. On the
| first play OBrien went 20 yards and
then in couple of rushes Donovan
carried it over. The time being four
! minutes. O'Brien failed at the goal.
Waterville kicked to Cony and He'd
| man again came back with it for about
10 yards. They could not gain and
kicked to Donovan, who brought the
ball back to about where it started
| from. OBrien failed to gain and then
on a forward pass to S. Wolman he
lodged a couple of tacklers and went
over the line. O'Brien kicked the goal
Score. W. n S >. Cony O.
Waterville kicked to Cony and He'd
man was stopped in his tracks. On a
crisis cross Fisher got five yards. a
tumble Melted Cony two yards more
and first down. A forward pass was
good for three yards and then a couple
, Of PUSHES gave them another first
down, Hedman and Fisher carrying the
ball. \ tumble lost the ball to Wat
erville just as the quarter ended.
Joseph made six yards on the first
play after they had lined up for the
start of the last quarter, and then an
attempted forward pass was recover
ed by Martin. Fisher got couple of
yards. but Hedman was thrown back
for loss and then the ball was punt
ed 10 yards to O'Brien. Crafty got FIVE
yards Donovan three and a forward
pass to Smith netted Is. Joseph took
it within two yards of the line and
O'Brien took it over. He kicked the
goal.
Waterville kicked to Cony and Ia
her came back five yards with the ball
before being downed. A forward pass
failed and then a couple more tries
also failed and with short distance
to go a quarterback buck was tried
but it was stopped and 1t was Water
vile's ball. Joseph was sent away on
the first rush for 40 yards and
| touchdown. O'Brien failed at the goal,
Score: Waterville As. Cony 0.
For the remainder of the game the
ball was near the middle of the field
practically the whole Waterville sec
ond team being In the game.
The score:
| W. H. S. -CONY
+. Wolman, Smith, lie 81. sass
! re, Dunnack, L. Wakefield
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