Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-06

ing the same splendid defensive they
showed against Harvard, and Ih-
corkirg an offensive of unexpected
strength Bowdoin outpiayed ire
heavier University of Maine team Tor
three-quartero of theii CLASSIC
leading G. to { until the final peril
at Whittier field today. Then the
luck turned. coupled with a dispoa--
ton OF the Maine forwards 10 c
Johnny -the-spot. A punt by
Morrill, was blocked in the final few
minutes of play. a juggled forwa d
pass was caught before it reached
the ground by a Maine guard wTo
rushed it to Bowdoin's -four va d
line: Merritt wriggled through fof
touchdown. and the score vcs ties
Then Z J;me the weird plaT that has
set the tongues of football enthu''-
asts all over the State a-wagGi
Henry Small, the Maine halfbacA,
dropped back to kick Il goal from
placement The Bowdoin forwards
broke through. and upset the Maine
line, and the ball as it left Small. s
toe did not rise but little and struck
one of the players in front. After
taking one or two bounds the resilert
pigskin hoped off its human buffer
over the cross-bar. According %
Referee Murphy it was n goal. His
decision may be protested.
Bowdoin's touchdown was scored
in the first period and until with II
three minutes of the end of he
game. Captain Miller's gridmen held
the advantage. The longest forwaI d
pass tossed on a Maine gridiron this
season led up to the Bowcoin tally.
AL Morrell. standing on his own -
yard line, passed the ball ike rifle
bullet to Gibbons the right end 20
yards away. The big winSman rln
81 yards further to Names 2O-ya:d
mark. Straight line plunging and n
five yard enalty for Maine brought
the ball to the Blue one yard chalk.
and Jacob. the Bowdoin quarterback k,
took the leather over for a touch
down. The Maine rooters wo'c
stunned by thi: sudden wallop. bat
revived slightly when big Fraser
broke through and blocked MasoI's
KICK Tor goal.
The turning point of the battle
came about three minut, from 'le
close of the last period when Mai,
for the first time blocked one of Mo-
relIs punts. and got the ball On
Eowdon's 4C-yard line. After two
short forward passes. which netted
less than 10 yards, Small tossed II e
egg at Merritt on the right end. A
Bowdon man leaped up and defle1;-
ed the ball. but Repscha, the Maine
guard. caught it on the rebound, and
gathering it under his arm ploughud
his way over the turf to Bowdol,, s
four-yard mark. On the next play
Coach Brice sent George Gruhn. The
big fullback, in to take Winer's place
as rusc. Gruhn was not given the
ball. however. and speed" Merritt,
the Blue quarterback, clinging to the
ovoid.. himself dashed tn rough Bow
doin's line to \. touchdown.
In all tho history of TIE ANIMAL
gridiron contests between Maine a I'D
Bowdoin never was the battle mo- G
fierccly. yet clearly fought than N
the struggle on Whittier acid today.
The setting was in keeping with tie
occasion. The spectators overlooked
the grandstand on the easterly SIZE
of the field and the Maine bleacha. S
on the westerly side, while ma "
stood at either end throughout ne
game. The estimated attendance
was in excess Of 5000 persons.
Until the sudden reversal near the
close the battle was with Bowdo n
the greater part of the time After
scoring the initial touchdown, Field
Captain Al Morrell acting for No,-
man Miller, the disabled leader ct
the White played safe football. His
own remarkable punting ability en-
abled him to do this. as time aud
again his long punts drove back tie
Blue forces with their backs almost
to their own goal posts. In eight
trials the rangy White full back
yards, measured from the line #
scrimmaGe, am. from point of kick
ing to receiver his hoists averag d
over so yards.
Henry Small the sensational Mare
halfback and triple threat who WIS
the indi"idual ground gaining star #
the day also punted well. He lost
from seven to nine yards E kick n
the exchanges with Morrell but got
his spirals away cleanly aid several
times placed them we'll. Smalls long
est run from scrimmage ook him 81
yards around Bowdoin's left end. TIE
White wingmen and tackles alwa g
with their eyes focused on the drea-
cd Blue star often times smother,
his plunges. but at times he seemed
irresistible and fairly catapultcd
himself off the tackles. He threw
all of Names forward passes, ard
finally go away the heave whi, h
brought Captain Ray Lunge's team
thin easy scoring distance Twice
Small intercepted Bowdoin forwe I'd
Passes. gaining 80 yards on one RIM
and 16 in another.
The tackling on both sides was
desperate. Joe Smith who entered
the game after Jacob had retired
disabled, celebrated his return to ire
firing line by stopping three Mau,e
plays In succession. Winer, tie
Maine Freshman fullback, was a
tiger In the secondary defense and
Jim Parsons. the fighting Bowd on
center made tackles from end to end
of the line.
After Jacob, the Bowdoin quarter
back, who ran his team extremely
well had crawled over the Maine line
Tor the first touchdown, the White
offense started another march into
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