Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-11-06
COLBY RECuL AIRS GIVE YEARLINCS
SOUND TRIMM MING SCORE $40
Especial to Kennebec Journan


Waterville, Nov. 5-The Colby var
sity eleven gave the freshman aggre-
cation a hard drubbing this after
noon on Seavern's field with the
score being $40 when the final
whistle blew. The varsity held the
freshmen to five first downs while
they tore through the line and around
the ends as they pleased.
The varsity scored on 1s ) in every
period. repeating the trick twice in
the third frame and scored all but
one try for the point after the touch
down, Millett failing by inches to
drop kick the oval over the bar in
the final stanZa.
1928 threw a bad scare into the
varsity ranks in the final frame
when they worked the ball to the ten
yard line on some pretty line bucks
and a long pass which was the best
one completed during the afternoon.
The yearlings would have scored had
it not been for a little poor judgment
on the part of Stiegler. The first
year men had the ball on the 10 yard
line and with a first down they failed
| III lOtSI " JUN INC AiAAS
when a pass would have put the ball
over easily. The freshman outplayed
the varsity in the final few minutes
of the game.
The varsity scored in the first two
minutes of play. After Weymouth
had received Bagnall's nice kickoff
and the varsity could not gain. Wey-
mouth punted to Bernhard who
fumbled the ball. Wentworth scoop
ed the oval up while on the run,
shaking off two taclilers he crossed
the goal line after 2 80 yard run.
Soule dropped the kick over easily.
The varsity scored in the second on
q mistake by the referee. Mathers
with a pretty % yard dash through
the center of the frosh line was
tackled by Bernhardt. With the ball
on the 80 yard. line, Carson carried
and after getting clear of the YEAR
lings the whistle blew but Carson
kept on running. The referee al
lowed the touchdown as the umpire
claimed offside and Captain Soule
refused the penalty. Soule again
easily dropped the ball over making
the count IA and nothing.
In the first part of the third period
Lorinsky caught Erickson's punt on
his 45 yard line and completely elud-
ed the entire team by a clever eX-
Inhibition of broken fild running and
crossd the line. SOule hung up the
extra point. After Erickson returned
punt to Lorinsky on the 80 YARD
line, MGthers made &c yards on a
line plunge and Carson skirted left
end for the fourth touchdown. Ma
Tiers added the extra point via the
dro1 kick route. McnaY tore Off the
final touchdown in the last period
after the BAN had been worked M
to the u yard line. by n wide and
, fast end run AIillett failed to add
the extra point.
The prettieSt play of the game was
a long and accurate pass which
,, Erickson threw to Macdonald, gain
ing for the ycarling eleven A. Yards
\ couple more passes We're completed
hut the distance gained WAS small
! The varsity failed to complete n pas
for any gain and had three intercept
. cd by the freshmen warriors.
The work of Mathers and Carson
, was the outstanding feature of the
game with Erickson and Flaherty
doing practically all of the gaining
for the yearlings. The summary:
| VARSITY (34 COZ 1928
Soulc. 10 ........... le. Macdonald
Keith. It ................ II. Bagnall
Shea. K ................. lS. Phair
O'Donnell. .............. e, Calm
Wentworth re ........ rs, Lombard
Getcnell. ri ...........'... IT, f1eil
SULLIVAN. re .......... re, tdiIagnan
G.. Macpherson. 90 .... db. Rernhardt
Weymouth, RIB ...... RIB, FlahortE
Millctt. III ............ ih. Erickson
Touchdowns made by Carson >. Nc
, Bay. Wentworth, LorinSky. Points
after touchdowns made by Soule ;,
Mathers. Referee Sprague. 1926.
Umpire Shanahan 1926. l.inesmen
Peabody, 1925. Time four II minute
periods. SubStitutons: Varsity,
Smith for Soule. Hale for Shea, Lo-
rinsky for G. MACPHERSON. Mathers
for Millett. Carson for Weymouth,
Saucicr for Johnson. Fotter for Sulli-
van. l.. MACPHERSON for O'Donnell,
G. MACPHERSON fro Lorinsky. Wey
mouth for Carson. Mllett for Math-
ers. McRay for Carson. Bartlett for
l.. MACPHERSON, O'Donnell for Bart :
lett. 1925: Stiogler for Bernhardt.
Thorsen for Rogers. Gould for Mac
Donald. WeddletOn for Bagnall.
Tufts for Phair. West for Calm,
D'Amico for Callaghan. Abbott for
Phair. Bernhardt for Stiegler. Knauf-
sky for Erickson. Bagnall for We'd