Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-10-24
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|CObuRN BATTLES
WESTbR00k FOR
SUPREMACY TODAY
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Especial to Kennebec JournaD
Waterville, Oct. 2s-Today is the
opening day Of the Maine Prep
School championship series with CO.
burn Classical Institute facing West
brook Seminary at the latter's field
in Woodfords.
Any attempt to pick a winner
| would be useless as there Is no such
| thing possible when these or any
other two teams in the Big Four
| meet. But one thing is certain and
that is that If Westbrook wins it
| will be a surprise to all Maine fans.
Coburn will place her strongest
team on the field today and this
| team Is at least fifty per cent strong
| er than it has been at any other
| time this fall. The men are all in
| the best of condition and are well
| stocked with information for the i'm
portant tilt. The Coburn line, es-
! pecially. will be a much stronger
unit as the result of much effort on
| the part Of Coach Haines and Frank
| Goodrich eX-Coburn leader. The
/, forwards have acquired a much fast
! e. charge and are more aggressive
than III other games. This has been
/ tho weak spot in the Crimson aud
| Gold machine ana has hindered tire
! progress of an unusually fast ADD
clever backfield.
i The backfield has also come in for
some stiff work the past week and
will be Il smooth running. shifty.
| group of individuals when they have
| possession Of the ball The entire
squad will make the trip and every
man will play his head OFF while he
/ is in the game. When a man tires
there will be a fresh man on the
sidelines that can do almost as good
4 job as the man he replaces so that
the team will go at top speed
throughout the game.
For carriers Coach Haines will
have Captain Shanahan. the most
feared of all Maine schoolboy half
backs. He is natural football play
er running low and hard. he throws
passes and receives them with un-
canny ability making him a danger
GUS man at all times. Lyme is also
a great defensive back and rarely
does he miss n tackle or allow him
self to be drawn out OF position on
trick passes. "Bozo' Weston Is the
triple threat of the team. He passes
sixty yards on the run. punts with I'll
the effect of a Mahan. is a brilliant
runner. place kicks fifty yards and
above al is first class field general
! "BoZO" is Il clever quarterback. he
chooses h'i plays and runs the team
as good as any quarter back in col
lege could Dick Reed is the ideal
man for running the ends, Dick can
run hundred yards in a little bet
ter than eleven seconds in football
togs which is some fast. He is n
hard man to tackle and has sufii-
Gent weight to hit n line with plenty
of momentum. Dick is one OF the
HARDEST taclllers on the team and not
many men escape him. A new man
t. prep school followers but one who
is widely known in this state for his
deeds in high school will be the
fourth man in the Coburn backfield
today. "Froggie" Dionne, the for
mer Skowhcgan High luminary will
start his first game for the local in
! stitution. Dionne is a fast and
shifty runner. he is the most dan
I, gcrous man on the team in broken
field and Westbrook men will have
difficulty in bringing him down once
he gets loose. Tom Ehoury and
George Grady are veterans who will
Ilay today. Coach 1Iaines will keep
Grady for reserve quarterback and
kEoury will relieve the halfbaclis.
Both of these men are experienced
performers and are capable Of turn
ing in a sweet game of football
In the line viii be the rangiest group
of men in the state. Five of the line
men are six feet tall or over and the
other two are not pygmies by any
means. Phil Druehl will he on left
end again. lie has been III all week
and there was much doubt as to wheth-
er or not he would be able to play to-
day. but he was around yesterday aft
crnoon apparently none the worse for
his sickness except that he may he a
little weak. Martoski will be on the
other end. Joe is the smallest man on
the team but he is n scrappy man and
| follows the ball like a hawk. Few
gains will be made around his end If
| he plays his usual game.
The tackles will he Adams and COT
fin. both big and rangy with plenty of
| football knowledge stored away in
their craniums. These mon will no
doubt get plenty Of work today MS
WeStbrooi has always had n strong Off
tackle play. For guards Coach Haines
will have Averka and Leary. both vet
Grams and capable of stopping any at
tempts to plug the center of the line
Burnham will play the pivot position.
but has come along in great style and
is now a very dependable man.
Everyone Is hoping that Coburn will
come out a winner this afternoon so
that the team may get good start
toward the championship. If Westbrook
can he downed today il will be great
relief to all coburn followers as the
down-State team is the jinx of all Co.
burn teams.
The lineup for the game will be:>
COBURN WESTBROOK
! ufhi Ie re, READY
| -o'''''' ~ III,
LearY. IL ............ re-. Nash
| thurman, C........... e, Lawrence
AferRa, re ............ TX, Fitzgerald
| ADAMS TT ........... IL. Capt. Farrell
Martoski. re ............ le. Griffin
weston. % ............... %. Bates
Reed, rh III Poor
Capt. Shanahan. fb. fin. Munroc