Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-25

Seventeen members of the 1922
Cony high championship football
team were awarded their letters
Friday. and at meeting of this
new group Of wearers Of the block
&C." called at noon, Charles Poor,
1924 was elected captain Of the Red
and White gridders for next year.
The selection of Charlie" Poor
to lead the Cony squad next season
had been forecast and he was the
popular choice of his teammates. He
has worked as quarterback in all the
latter season games this fall, and as
a punter he has had considerable Of
an edge over every opponent the
schoolboy champions stacked up
against. He has starred in the other
departments as well, carrying the
ball for consistent gains in line
plunges or end runs. His booting
has added many extra points to the
Cony total score. 1t was a field goal
from the thirty yard marker in the
last period, by the same Charlie Poor.
that gave Cony win over Lewiston
High 80 in the middle Of the sea-
son.
In the post season clash with
Skowhegan high, Charlie" dropped
five of his six tries after
touchdowns, fair between the up
rights and over the cross bar. 1t was
in this same contest that on the first
play after the kickoff Charlie" took
r. 49,, - f~~
a fifty yard run to a touchdown in the
first two minutes of play, sweeping
the Somerset county fans off their
feet by the cleverness of the play.
Another to gain the coveted letter
with the football huskies was Frank
"Binks" Hewins, the hustling mana
ger of the 1922 outfit. This boy has
not only given of his best on the days
of the games but has worked seven
days a week, through the season,
and, yes, long before the first game
was played. 1t is mainly due to
"Bink's" tireless efforts and ability in
closing details that the 1922 schedule
was comprehensive enough to give
Cony almost clear title to State
championship. because of their vic
tories, even before the after season
gan high warriors.
There Is a considerable amount of
real labor connected with the man.
agership OF a school athletic team,
that is easily lost Sight Of by the
layman, and too often 1t is a thank
less task. "Binks" has ably directed
his corps Of assistants and dipped
his own hands in the lime to lay
out the gridiron at Williams Field
and Capital Park this fall. He has
been an energetic, capable and popu-
lar manager to one of Cony highs
greatest football aggregations, in the
most successful season on record.
There was one freshman in the
letter men named Friday, he is
Babe" Lapidus, the rangy halfback,
who promises much for the future
years OF his athletic participation
with the Red and White.
The full list awarded football "C's"
Is ~ follows:
Captain Lee Austin, '23; Frank
Harrington. 20: Donald Brennan. '23;
Howard Knowles. POSTCARD; Willard
Ellis. post grad: Murray Randall,
post grad: Merritt Hewitt. '23; Sew
ell Austin, '23: Melvin Caswell, '2s:
Burleish Boyd. '23: Milton Merrill,
IS; Murray Roderick, '2s: Captain
Elect. Charles Poor. "a; Wilfred
Howell. "a; Ernest Burns, '25; Ber-
nard Lapidus. '2e: and Manager
Frank Hewins, '2S.
The &C" men for 1922 will meet
some time the first OF the week for
the studio picture, which will be
placed with those of previous years
on the walls of the high school build
ing.