Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-01

West Point. Sept. 3s.-Army defeat.
ed University of Tennessee IL to o Ia
the opening game Of the Cadets foot.
ball season today. The contest, played
under the blazing sun and In q mid:
summer temperature. was hard, but
cleanly fought. The Army clearly out.
classed the Southerners. who got with.
in the Cadets 30-yard line but once
Six touchdowns. FIVE OF which were
converted into goals, made up Army's'
toll for the day. The visitors. by a.
we'll executed overhead pass, Bone to.
Hatcher. took the ball to Army's 26-..
yard lire in the third quarter. but they
could not 60 on. Wood GarbisciL,
Goodman. Hewitt and Farwich all
starred for West Point 49,;
Dover Foxcroft. Sept 29-Foxcrottt
Academy defeated Newport High.
school at Dover-Foxcroft today. Score.
Z to o. Marsh and Berry starred for.
the home team. while Fulson and Saw,
age played well for the visitors.
Rye. n. Y. Sept 30.-Gene Sara
zen, professional golf champion. and
Glenna Collett. of Providence, ma.
tional women's champion. today de-.
feated Walter Hagen and Miss Alexa
Stirling by two points in an eighteen
hole foursome in which best ball and
aggregate scores were counted.
Rockland. Sept 2s-Rockland high
outplaved Orono high the greater.
part of today's game only to lose vie,
tory because of the alertness Of Ro-t
well, who recovered an Orono tumble
and scored the touchdown that made,
to tie possible. Baum excelledr
for Rockland. The game was mar.
red by many minor injuries.
Deering High won a ~ to victory;
over Thornton Academy in it's open.
ing game of the season at Bayside''
Park SATURDAY. afternoon. The two
teams opened the game with A punt,
ing battle and Deering get the edge,
when in the second period Thornton
was penalized and the leather taken.
to her Is yard strioe. From there
the Deering backs forced their wav.
to the line. Tripp crossin~ for tho
first touchdown. In the third period.
Trips kick and a tackle which
could gain ward paved the wav for
Davis.
Durham. N H. Sept %
Playing poor football the Univer-
sitv Of New Hampshire football team
lost it's opening game to Middleburv
this afternoon 81 to o. The visitors
completely outclassed the local
eleven in every department of the
game and were able to snore in every
period but the third. Governor Brown
was on hand to open the Blue and
White gridiron seaznN bv throwing
ont the ball to Captaia Wentworth.
Middlehury's srores ccme as the re:
suit Of forward passes. and line
smashing by the heavy Vermont
backs who crashed through the New
Hampshire line almost at will.
Williamstown. Mass, Sept. 2s-
James B. Robinson of Wilkesbarre
Pa. captain of the Williams football
team. was operated on for appended
It's this afternoon while his team was
decisively defeating Hamilton. "a to
0. The leader of the team was ta-
ken i'll less than "a hours before the
first game he was to play in as cap
tain. Physicians said Robinson would
be out of the game for the remainder
of the season.
Worcester, Sept. 29-Holy Gross
opened it's football season with an
easy win over the New London Sub
marine Base eleven here today, 49-o.
The game was never in doubt with
the visitors displaying little foot
ball. Only twice during the game
did the Base team make first down,
and this only when the Purple Goa
ches had sent in an entire team OF
substitutes. Glennon's run of so
yards through a broken field was a
feature. In the third period Holy
Cross ives held scoreless by the naval
team, but the Purple showed only a
substitute team.
Washington, D. c.. Sept 29-Bat-
ting beneath a blazing hot sun, the
Georgetown University eleven today
experienced little difficulty in hum
bling George Washington 20 to 0.
The losers made few suhsti-
tutions while the victors shifted their
men about somewhat more literally.
Orono, Sept. 29-Scoring two
tcuchdowns in the first periods and
two more in the final session, the
University Of Maine freshmen had no
trouble in opening their season today
at Orono by winning from Millinoc
ket High scool by a score of rs to o..
Kents Hill. Sept. 29-Though out
| weighed greatly, Wilton held kents
Hill Seminary for three periods to-
day but lost when the prep. school
lads scored twice in the last period.
| 10 to 0. In the last session, WILTON
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| two yard line. Then Kents Hill scored
on an end run which caught wilton
mapping after Wilton had been hurt
by injuries which took out two2fiTst
| string men. Davenport, a graduate. OF
| Wilton and former star. was Kents
Hills only CONSTANT ground gamer.
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| North Bridgton. Sept. 29-Featured
| by several long runs, Bridgton high
| defeated Woodstock here today 81, IN
| 0. Leopold intercepted a forward pass
and ran 20 yards for a touchdown.
| while Colleton ran 80 yards for n
score with Il punt The game. Wills
one-sided. was interesting. x.<sSs
Biddeford, Sept. 29,-Thc Biddc-
! ford High Football team romped
away from Catholic High of Portland
in the opening gridiron battle of the
season played at Prospect Park this
afternoon in the presence of 500 fans
| from Portland and Biddeford. win Il
ming 81 to 0. While nearly as heavy
| as Biddeford. the visitors were green
and only completed one forward
pass.
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