Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-10-11
Speculation Over
COlby-Bates Game
at Lewiston, Saturday

saturday on the Lewiston grid.
Both teams have played three games
and have yet to win one. Both camps
are firm in their determination 10
win in this encounter. Being the
first of the State trays adds to the
intensity Of the situation. Against
Tufts, Bates showed that it was aole
TO ward off blows from threatening
uosition, holding in the shadow OF us
goal posts. In the last quarter. with
kempton at the helm the Garnet
opened up with as pretty a series o!
long forwards as has been witnessed
for some years. The ability to drive
across with the final punch however
was lacking and Tufts, whose score
had come as a result Of a rather
lucky break, waybilled the bacon
home to Medford.
Bates Will Rely on Forwards
In the first part Of the game Iu1ts
appeared to have the better line. AL
noidfeld the Bates forward line was
far from being invulnerable, put
stiffened when in danger. The work
Of Aspasian with Quincy on his let
proved to be the thorn in the side OF
the Cascyites. Kenny appears to be
master in the art of directing forward
passes and in Rove, Dalton ana
Iayis, he has a range Of capable tar
gets. 1t is safe to assume that Bates
Will Law particular stress on the
omen game this week in preparation
for her run-in with the heavier wat
orville outfit Possibilities OF devel-
opment in this department loom big
for the Lewiston team.
CoIby's Defense Stiff
Against Brown, favored by heavy
odds to demonstrate its superiority.
Colby played a defensive game with
etartlinr success. The bear was able
10 score but one touchdown in 4o
minutes of play. Unable to pene-
trate the Colby defense in the last
period. the Providence billtoppers
were forced to derive what points
they could from drop-kicks two OF
these swelling the total to 10. Sui
liyan left tackle for Colby assumed
large part of the responsibility IN ar
resting the Brown advance. Again
and again his tackling and blocking
muzzled the bruin before he could
strike. Millett at full gained at Will
through the heavy Brown line but
lacked the interference necessary 10
90 through into the open. Colby was
heavily handicapped by inability TO
keep hold on the ball and fumbles
frequently put her at disadvantage.
Odds Even on Bates Colby
SATURDAYS skirmish is dccreed to
he toss-up bcwtccn a light, snappN
hard -fi-hting Colby eleven and a
light, fast equally ard-tighting Bates
team In their early season games
Bates has been up against the more
powerful teams, Yale and New
HAMPSHIRE as compared with Brown
and Springfield for Colby. 1t may be
proved that Bates will demonstrate
Saturday the wisdom of those respon-
sible counts for anything. Bates
ought to win hands down, but that
seldom goes in the game of football.
The local eleven appears to have the
edge in the aerial game. at least it
has shown to better advantage in
games so far Davis is slated for
surprising Mlllett in punting and will
not have TO exert himself if the lat
ter docs not improve this week. This
weeks tussle is bound to be a sem
satioral struggle with present odds
about even.
Rowdon's Dope RULED
The weeks surprise developed in
the BoNdoin defeat by Wesleyan.
Conceded winner by practically ali
81 los,
and black a much tougher propos. ton
than they had evidently expected and
we're forced to yield by 4 FLO score.
Wesleyan defeated the white in first
downs eleven to three which may
we'll illustrate comparative strengths.
Wesleyan's first touchdown was the
outcome of a beautiful forward pass.
Adams, Wesleyan back. grabbed off
enc of Bovdoin's passes and behind
almost perfect interference raced 20
yards for another touchdown. Line
plugging resulted in third score
and 4 safety brought the tally to q.
1t appears the Bowdoin, generally
credited with a strong aerial Of
Tense, was surpassed at her cwn
game, nor was powerful enough to
gain consistently through the line.
Against Harvard next Saturday the
White has the opportunity to dem
cnstrate its wares against an outfit
of known strength. Coming as it
does on the eve of the state series en-
counters this affair may have a tell
ing effect on her showing in the lat
er games.
Maine Looms Up
Maine. minus the services Of her
star back Gruhn, was forced to WELD
by three touchdown victory to the
heavier Dartmouth outfit The Or
ono eleven ganely fought an uphill
struggle against superior team and
was only vanquished after fighting
every inch of the ground. Cold and
wet weather prevented either team
from opening up with anything ex-
cept most conservative football and
frequent fumbling broke up consist
emit gains. MacKechnie for Maine
showed his right to be reckoned with
in the local games and with the aid
or Merritt at quarter shone in
Names offense. The Orono squad has
a tough proposition on its hands this
coming weekend when they enter
tain Norwich at home Norwich went
down before New Hampshire 10. the
team that trimmed Bates a week ago
21-7.