Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-11-08
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Brunswick, Nov. THE Bowdoin
college freshman football team
which plays Westbrook seminary In
| Portland Armistice day. has already
! proved itself smooth working and
effective eleven. Geoffry r. Mason
Bowdoin. '23, who is coaching the
! team. has already developed pow
/ erful machine from the group OF
! freshmen who came out for football
! at the beginning fthe year. They
! have been defeated by Hebron acad
. envy. 10 to 0. while Cohurn Classical
| institute was unable to score on them
I last Friday.
Probably the outsta nding team In
so far as highschool record is con-
cerned is Loring Russell. former cap
! tain of the Lynn Classical high
school team. Russell twice made the
North Shore league all star team. his
! senior year as half back and as
guard when he was a sophomore. He
| has been playing in the backfield this
fall and has been showing, up very
well. although he has 5een handicap
ped by an injury received in scrim-
mage with the varsity the first of the
season. Besides being a football
man. Russell has a reputation as n
track man for he has high jumped
feet 10 and 1-l6 inches in ComDeti-
ton and has done 30 feet inches in
the broad jump. Either one # these
performances would have been good
for a first place in tn. state meet
last spring.
Another man who gives promise
of developing into vety good back =
field man is Fletcher Means of Oma-
In. Neb. lie is the brother of Le-
land Means. who will he remembered
by many for the wonderful brand of
ball he pitched for Bowdoin decade
ago. Young Means PLAYED on both
the football and baseball of his
: school. Omaha Central nigh. lie is n
, shifty boy. and when ne once gets
loose is difficult man to brin" down
held-f ronateac | hinSLml,o MdS h
The heaviest man IN the team is
Dwight +. Brown of South Portland,
son of DIR. +. 7. Brown. Bowdoin 'S5.
who rowed on tho same crew with
DIR. Frank \. Whittier Young
Grown tips the scales at $50 He
played guard two years on the Sout II
Portland high school team and one
year on the Hebron academy eleven.
In the game against Hebron Brown
showed mp very we'll, the Hebron
backs having great difficulty in gain
ing through his side of the line
Another man on the fro shman team
who Is the son of n former Bowdoin
athlete is Edgar French of Attleboro.
Mass. His father is Aldro A. French.
He played on the Hebron academy
eleven two years ago and on tho
Dean academy team last year. His
position is tackle.
There are brothers of three Bow
doin varsity athletes who are play
ing regularly with the freshmen.
they are Bernard McGary of HouI-
ton. brother of "Tiny" McGary, var
sity guard: Frank Foster, Jr.. bro
Their of Bob Foster. who is captain
OF the varsity track team this year:
and Donald Hewett of Augusta.
whose brother is Merritt Hewett,
varsity linesman. McGary is playing
center, Foster. halfback. and Hewett
end.
Bradley Howes of Medford is one
OF the most consistent ground gain
ers. lie is a powerful hoy and will
make name for himself If he keeps
up. the way he is going at present.
The captain and quarterback of
tile team is Richard Thayer of Mar
hiehead, Mass. He is former He
bron Academy athlete. and has been
DONG very good job running tho
team. showing good headworl and
gaining round repeatedly. Thaver
was badly injured in scrimmage with
the varsity the other dav and it is
quite probable that he will not be
aple TO play next Tuesday.