Daily Kennebec journal., 1921-09-26
BOWDOlN AND BATES
MAY MEET ON NOV. 10

1t IS understood on good authority
that the controversy over the date of
the Bowdoin Bates football game.
which resulted last winter in the
cancellation of the game from the two
colleges schedules because of a
change Of dates by the Bates officials
may be patched up and the game
, played on Saturday, Nov. 10, at
Brunswick.
NO official statement from the au-
thorities of the two colleges either in
confirmation or denial on the propos-
ed agreement could be secured. but it
is understood that the under current
has been very strong for some time
and that considerable pressure is be-
ing brought to bear especially from
the section around Lewiston. One Of
fetal, however, admitted that the
matter had been talked over informl-
ly between the two colleges recently
land while nothing definite as vet had
been arrived at, indications were that
an agreement would he reached for
Nov. 10, particularly if Bowdoin and
RateS should be successful in the
State series.
As the matter now stands, the alb
sence of the Bates Bowdoin date on
the schedules breaks up the State
championship series and no college in
the State could claim the champion
snip. 1T would be a very unsatisfac-
tory way to close the States series
games with the question of the cham
piopship still in doubt. The state
series battles have held in the Maine
colleges for a good many years and
the different college schedules have
been so arranged as to bring work up
to the championship series as the cI:-
max of the season.
The controversy arose as the result
of the continued effort on the part Of
the Bates officials to secure the an
nual Bates Bowdoin battle as the last
game of the State championship serl
les and thereby increase their treas
ury by the increased gate receipts
which they would naturally get in the
final and decisive battle of the series
They have tried to get Bowdoin to
consent to this proposition for two or
three years, but Bowdoin has refused
on the grounds that the Rowdoin-
Maine game is the big battle for Pow
doin and it has been the Bowdoin
policy to work the team up to the
Maine game as the climax of their
schedule
Statistics of the past State series
have shown that about eight out OF
ten times. the championship of the
Maine colleges in football falls either
to Maine or Bowdoin with one or the
other the champion and the other COL
lege the runner-up With that being
the case it is the Bowdoin contention
that it is far better to work it's team
so that the eleven has it's best stride
at the time Of the Maine game, which
has always been the last game of the
series.
Bowdoin drew up its football sched-
ule last winter leaving October 90 as
the date for the Bates -Bowdoin game,
which would be the second battle of
the State series for the Bowdoin elev-
en- as it has been for. many years.
Bates officials asked Bowdoin to play
on Nov. IL, but Bowdoin refused to
juggle the date around in order to
bring the Bates game as the last of
the State series and stated further
that negotiations were under way and
almost completed for a game with
Tufts on Nov. IL.
Athletic Director Carl Smith of
Bates little while later was in Bos-
ton to attend a meeting on the inter-
pretation of the basketball rules at
which were present the athletic d.
rectors of Tufts. New Hampshire
state and others. In a lobby discus
sion after the meeting, the matter of
the trouble over the Bowdoin- Bates
date was brought up. Director
Smith stated that Bowdoin was
booked up with Tufts for Nov. IL.
but according to a member present