Daily Kennebec journal., 1919-11-26
c0NY Confident 0NEE Foot
BALL CAME WITH GARDINER

Thanksgiving murniag at 10 o'clock
Cuny meets Gardiner On Qu.mhy
neid To decsde the annual footsuI:
championship betwasn these Gid ri
wills. Bef1rc the Armisfice day game.
NoA. L. Couy, because af her spien
di6 record this fall, was picked Id
win and did win. pu. pv in the
way her supporters sxpec.ed. In
fact, ''she was lucky to gp1 away
wit II" was the verdict of nearly
every one. Gax01ner certainly threw
frtghrful scare into the CoE ranks
when her team went intD acrion: she
had the Cnny outfit guessing for a
while. came very near winning, miss
I'D tying the scnre by one point, and
by NO means looked like an inferior
outfit All in AL we are inclined TO
agree that Cuny did seem q Hr1le nit
lucky TO pull out a victory.
And after that meMurai1le game
there were many expressions of opin-
1pn by wonidbe dopesters TO the ef-
fecr that Cony would get an awful
waIioping when she went To Gardiner.
In this opinion we cannot agree. in
tact. we predict that Gardiner will
be the one To take the walloping. d
waIloping that viii leave no doubt as
To which is the best team.
Going back 10 a comparison of rec
oros of teh TWO teams this fall the
BED and White shows up beyond L
SHADOW Of q doubt as the stronger
oufnt- Ner dnes the Armistice game
Dellrtle this comparison. Cony,s poor
showing IN that first game might
very easily have besn due TO that
old dseeitfui leader over-confidence.
or II might De due TO over-rraining,
The draining effects OF a long, hard
season or just plain stump II il
was over-confdenne then that germ
must have been forever killed by
the scare that Gardiner SO thorough
ly administered And as to the latter
possible causes. events since then
have well proved thai the Conv
ourf1t Is not over-traiued Is not
peIsred out. but is a swift moving
outfit a hard-hirtng team and a
formidable opponent for any high
school IN the State The events re-
which resulted in a 90 tie ana the
Cony-WaterVile contest. which end
ed with a Cony victory 13-6. In the
former contest Cony was I'D against
one of the States best high school
ourfir6. hut not only did Conv hJid
peerfng down 10 a tie but came very
near sending the uown-State laam
home IN defeat. As 10 the larter -aIne
there asR volumes Of significant
facts wrapped UP IN its history. The
snow storm Of last week made nii.y-
ing conditions seem very bad and
some discussion was had on Thurs
DAY between Principal NASH and the
principal of Waterville high as 10
whether or not the game should ne
played as scheduled. Owing to the
TAD weather conditions anC also to
the fact thai three of Cuny's best
men. Newman. Wvman and Dow
ling would be unable to play, Erin
cipal Nash was not pressing hard
FOR the game To go on. But as the dis
cuSsion progressed II was revealad
that WHterville was cherisning high
aspirations which amounted 20 ND
less. thnn their intention TO claim the
high school football championship
for central Maine But two things,
they said. stood in the way Of uak-
ing their claim valid and these ware
the outcome Of the pending @ame
with Ccny and one later on with
Bangor high
Principal Nash saw innediatel.r =
that Waterville should fight for her
claim. So in spite Of the crippled con-
dition Of the Cnny team ne inform
ed the Waterville management thai
Cony would play. And the result was
disappointing 10 Warerville With
the above three men out of the line
up Conv fairly swept Watervifle off
irs feet and before she could recover
her championship bubble had ab-
rupIly burst. leaving Cony "ather
strong grounds on which To claim
the championship for herself
Now we'll Say a team that can
hold and neRriy trim Deering then.
with three of its best men out. turn
to, and beat up a team that's reach
ing for the championship, we'll say
that team must have the gonds and
can't be ciassed as a disonganized
or warning power. The Cony team
came through these last two Games
practically without a scratch and is
now in the pink of condition. They
have a brainy leader they have the
team work. they have plenty of ex-
perience. they nave lots Of grit. they
have the puach. dangerous over
head attack and they have a coach
who knows the game and how To
build teams 10 excel at IT, From