Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-22
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| WORK OF OFFICIALS

vorst bulls" made by an Official on
Maine gridiron' in years robbed
Bowdoin of victory over Colby to-
day. and left the score to 6 tie
after a gruelling. but not brilliant
hattie which opened the State cham
n,0nship series for the rival colleges.
rhs incompetent officiating. how
ever. did not rob Colby Of the credit
Of completely outplaying the White
IN the second half. when by straight
line plunging football, the Blue and
Grey machine rolled to a touch
But for the Enthusiastically bad de-
cidon by Referee w. A. Sidley. .the
decision should have gone to Bow
So,n by a score of at least IL to 6,
and probably Is to 6. In the second
neriod Sidley ruled that Harrington,
The Bowdoin halfback, had stepped
o,,f of bounds, after he had run %
ards to a touchdown with a for
ward pass thrown by Captain Nor
.ell. 49,
This play was made directly in
front of the newspaper seats, and
the lower bleachers, and every sport
ing writer and every fan saw Far
rngton run to within few feet of
the sideline. reverse his field to es-
cane a Colby tackler, and then
surint straight ahead we'll within the
gridiron for 10 yards to a touch
down. The spectators were astound-
cd as they saw the ball brought back
TO the 10-yard line. The Bowdoin
hack didn't come within two feet of
running outside.
Between the periods the news
PAPER men asked Headlinesman
Kent, who was close to the play,
didn't come within a foot of the
line" After the game the Associ-
ated Press sent out the following
statement:
In the second period. Harrington
received forward pass on the %
yard line and ran down the field for
q touchdown. but Referee Sidley
ruled that he had stepped out of
bounds and disallowed the play. At
forwards he stated that he possibly
was mistaken, having interpreted a
movement Of the headlnesman as a
signal that Harrington was out of
bounds. but it was too late to al
low it."
The other disputed point in the
game was the referees decision of a
drop kick by Morrell which was dis
allowed. 1t was early in the second
series when neither team had scored.
and the Bowdoin captain already
had missed two attempts at field
goals. AS it hanpened, this kick.
too, was made directly In front of
the newspaper stands and Morre1l
on the same side of the field kicked
at straightaway angle from the
press men. The kicker took his
time. got good elevation. and the
pigskin apparently sailed through
the uprights and over the bar about
a couple of feet inside the further
post.
Aside from the incompetent off,
eating the game was hard fought
But loosely played and frequently
polka dotted with fumbles. moor
passes and dropped kicks. Bowdoin
elearv had the edge in the first half.
and Colby was just az SUPERIOR in
me second half. Tn the last two
periods the Blue and Grey line woke
up and Captain Burckel, Movnahan
and "Swede" Enholm opened some
gaping holes for their backs, while
the backfield men played more ag-
rressively and stuck together better
than the Bowdoin ball carriers.
Milett. the stocky Colby fullback,
and Carson. the sprinting freshman,
proved tough birds for the Bowdoin
forwards to stop. Millett's line buck
ing was terrific. and he scored the
touchdown for the Waterville team in
the final period after taking the ball
iour times in succession in smashes
INTO the heart of the White line and
OF the tackles. This stubborn battle
was waged within the six yard zone
Vn lhe third down Bowdoin fighting
srimly had held on their one foot line
put IN the last desperate plunge Mil
,ett went through the left side Of the
Nhite line for six points
Powdoins best work was done in
the second period. After Morrelrs
iry Tor field goal had been declared
mo count Millett punted offside on
us own 2S yard line. BY hard work
me bowdoin backfeld scraped out two
arst downs aided by a brilliant 10-yard
pluhse by Morrell straight through
.ne center of the Colby line. For
shce Enholnl was put out of the play
oh MS drive and Peacock was smoth-
e'eu. FINALLY harrington took the ball
vi the Six yard line, and dove between
down.
Inc spectacular individual features
VI the bitterly fought battle were con-
,'louted by Millett. Carson and Gar
Wy IN carrying the ball, and in the
uweiensive work of Burckcl, and Frank
tucker In the line. Horace Hildreth
vi the end, and Millett and Red Jones
III the secondary defense.
captain Nal Morrell had a decidedly
WI day.' His kicks were low and fire.
,tuen.ly blocked, not good even allow
.ns ior the fact that his line was out
mt,a!eu and he had tendency to fun
we we ana to slow up the attack by his
a,'atory method of calling signals.
a. umes the White leader showed
nashes of his real brilliancy, but Tar
vey at the Colby helm while slow in
he nrst half. woke his team up to q
'oal assault in the second
- disappointing feature was the
,sa.'ure OF the Bowdoin team to flash
"s much heralded aerial attack as
s.oMously" as in previous contests.
hpe.eral good passes were completed.
s as tne tall. rangy Colby forwards
bny.iea number. and in the second
H Hal oriven back by the Blue and Grey
'e plunging attack. and with backs
'ne wall. opportunity rarely came
p op a. skyline assault.
ppoMpoIN Co CO. COLBY
a., hldreth. lie ........... lie, Soule
robinson. 1t ......... 1t, Burckel
sssaer liz .............. lg, Peacock
Pill .............. c, Enholm
IT,. rs ............... rg, Goodrich
n r,,shu' ri ........... TT, Moynahan
Mauretn, re ........ re, ODonnell
Esii' OBJ ............. Obj, Tarpey
Jonngton, III ......... III, Mathers
Garland, fb ..''. III Mii,ett
Score by neriods.