Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-10-03
SPORTS
Norwich Defeats
y. of Mains. 14-O

Orono, Oct. Forced to submit
before well coached offensive team
and unable to gain and still further
unable to place threat when need
ed, Maine went down to defeat before
Norwich University this afternoon on
alumni field, 14-0 in a hard fought
game. Coach Brice's eleven failed to
work their forward passing game
with the success made last Saturday
against Fordham and Norwich's play
showed that the soldier team had
been coached to meet such an often
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bies We're frequent.
Norwich presented a heavy line,
with pair of ends who could not be
circled by the Maine backfeld except
Tor an occasional squirt. This defense
always frightened in a pinch and
when after being outplayed through
the second period, Norwich held the
locals about foot from the goal line
and took the ball out of danger.
Maine didn't have the punch. Nor
witch did and so went the battle. A
maturcd eleven, versed in all depart
ments of the game took back a vic
tory from an aggregation weak at
tackles, green for the most part and
lacking interference for its backfield.
Norwich opened the game by kick
ing off to Maine the ball slowly being
rushed to center of the field Two
line plays by Cohen and Blair gained
and Norwich got the first break when
Small was thrown back for eight
yards. Two unsuccessful forward
passes for Maine gave her opponents
the ball, the latter intercepted by
Smith and returned into Names ter
ritory. Three plays. gave Norwich
first down on the 20 yard line. Three
more, with De Witt leading the on
slaught, put the ball on the 10 yard
line where on the next play Smith
fumbled, Mulvaney recovering for
Maine Two plays for short gains
and Maine with Small kicking bunt-
ed, the kick was blocked and Nor
witch placed in a position to score
with Dewitt tallying from the three
yard line and kicking the goal
The second touchdown for the SOL
diers came in the fourth period when
the Nermonters got the ball on their
own 35 yard line and by straight line
bucking. working the delayed pass to
advantage with the help of a 15-yard
run by Sparrow, carried the ball over
the bird like player tallying and De-
Witt kicking the goal for the other
point
Names chance to score came in the
second period. Receiving the ball on
her opponents 45-yard line after an
exchange of kicks, Maine worked her
way down the field to the five yard
mark with Small Blair and Cohen
contributing straight line plays for
gains. Norwich held and a forward
pass which went loose gave the Wis
itOrs the ball and Maine never again
threatened beyond Norwich's twenty
five yard marker.
Maine was outplayed in. three per-
iOds. The Brice coached team tried
nine forward passes, only one Of
which worked and that for a gain of
only five Yards The veteran back
Small turned in several nice gains as
did Cohen and Gruhn through the
line. but on the whole Maine was
completely outclassed by a much
stronger team, working better in all
departments of the game.
For the Norwich outfit, all back
field men looked exceptionally good,
Bradley handling the team in fine
shape with good support from a fine
line fianked with two brilliant ends.
The lineup: