Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-10-10
Colby Football
Squad Braves Mud
in Hard Practice

ReSdroIeSS or the rain and mud
| Coach Snow relentlessly drove his
charges through a strenuous after
Moons work. According to some
things heard about the field yester-
DAY afternoon, there is to be com.
plete Reorganization of the Blue and
Grey football machine, which crum-
pied sadly in the game Saturday wit
Brown, and if rumor has it true,
some OF the huskies are going to have
tight for their places.
The entire squad was lined I'D and
sent through the whole fundamentals
OF the game. The men worked on
the principles of the game and it is
the intention of Coach Snow to teach
mis- men the game from the start and
/ on the path of victory. The line
men were again taught the art of
breaking through and holding the
| opponent, the backs were sent into
the line and around the ends. and
taught how to handle a ball without
fumb bling it. as has been the case in
all the games played so far. There
was much comment on the failure Ct
tine direct pass in the three games
that have been played and it is ex-
pected that there will be an entire
revision in the method of passing
before Saturday.
The great trouble with the Blue
ana Grey last Saturday was on the
offensive. The team displayed good
tactics on the defensive but failed
mlserably on the other side of the
game. There hardly seemed to be
any fight in the line, while the back
field was slow and lost track of the
plgskin. The greatest loss in the
game was the poor punting of Mil
lett. who lost twenty to thirty yards
on every exchange. One of the worst
breaks in the game was made by
Wark, who dropped a clean forward
pass when he had clear field ahead
of him and spoiled the only chance of
the day to score. A bad tumble by
Verne paved the way for the only
Brown touchdown of the game.
The line played great game on
the defensive, presenting almost a
stone wall to the heavy Providence
eleven, but on the offensive they
|
were got off clean but only one was
completed, and that for a mere ten
yards. With the line holding the
way that it did, and playing an often
sive game as they played last week
against Boston University. there
would have been very little chance
of the Brown machine scoring at all.
At times the eleven showed great
power but the spells were short lived
and brought nothing.
There is little doubt but what Mil
lett and several others will do a
great deal of booting all this week.
coach Snow is looking for other men
who possess an ability to boot the
, ball farther than thirty yards on the
average.
There has been some talk of Coach
Snow using the Dartmouth shift in
an effort to get the winning punch
into the twice defeated eleven. The
principle Of this shift is to deceive
the opponent and to throw him off
his balance when the play is execut-
ed. The play. when snapped off, is
dazzling and its effect most effective.
The shift needs a line of good hold
ing powers and backfeld that has
some speed in it.
There has been no definite line up
suggested for the game in Lewiston
Saturday, but it is expected that
there will be some changes. Burck-
ell who has bad ankle may play
for a short while. McGarry will in
all probability start the game at half
with McBay.