Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-10-20
NEWLY DEVELOPED 0FFENCIVE
OF CoNY CARRIESITTo13-QWIN
OVER old RIv AIS, WATERv|LLE

e.9AAnb VeIeAtlIe attack, the
enectlveness OF which swept their
up.riVer opponents off their feet, the
reJuvenated Cony High grtdders reg
istered a IL to victory over Water.
vile High on Williams Field, Satur-
day afternoon.
me improved form OF the Morrell-
coached red and white lads certain.
~ warmed the cookies in the hear.
OF the grads. The one element miss.
Ing In earlier sames-puach-w
present in Saturdays clash. Il was
no one man affair. The way that
oackns!d quartette co-ordinated with
the line and forwards indicated that
II was far from q hit or miss show.
The very versatility OF the Ceny often
sive had the Elm City grtdders feazed
from the start. A plunge through
the line was varied with end skirt
Ing and then a forward toss would
be uncorked. In this style OF often
sive Cony registered the biggest gain
o! the matinee. 4 30-yard toss OF the
pigskfn that fell into the waittnc
paws OF. Don Clement who. shaking
on trio OF tacklers, raced another
~ which put the ball on WatsrvilIe's
lO-yard line and touchdown fol-
lowed shortly.
Consistent gains by the Couy back
held we're made possible by the ex-
cellent work OF the line and for
wards, the interference being the
best seen here this season. The de-
fensive work Of the tackles ana ends
was also noteworthy. the tack!ing Of
l1anks ana IIask being especially
noticea BILE.
! Waterville kicked off to Cony a,
10 and a. march was begun which
was halted only at Watsrville's D.
yard line. Noteworthy In this ad-
vance was Hayden's s., ard plunge
j There the Purple lads gave their
best exhibition OF offensive tactics.
making repeated gains through,
Cony's left including j0-yard dash
by Donovan. COny gradually tight
ened and forced Waterville to punt,
getting the ball on her own .0-yard
mark and here began a march which
was temporarily halted by the end
OF the quarter.
With the opening Of the second
period. Cony made four first downs
in succession with Hayden. Webb,
Burns and McCauley carrying the
ball from 3 to Is yards al lick.
Burns finally went over for the first
touchdown. but failed to register the
eStra point. The half ended few
minutes later.
Cony kicked off and after Water
, VILE had made one first down,
Hanks broke through and stopped
Donovan in his tracks. forcing Wa
terville to boot the ball. Cony be-
gan another march but was forced
to punt after making three frs,
downs. After two plays Waterville
was penalized = Yards and then punt
ed. Here Cony pulled a successful
aerial toss hut a penalty and an I'M
successful toss forced a punt.
Waterville could not gain and
Copy got the ball on her own 80
yard line and then was staged the
GO-yard gain when Burns hurled the
ball to Clement On the next two
plays Burns went over aud this time
the same toe that won over Gardi-
ner last wear impelled the oval over
the bar for the added point.
Cony kicked Oft and wheu Water
vile attempted toss, stiles. who
was substituting for Hayden. who
had been forced out grabbed the
sphere out of the air and raced III
wards. This play with their other
irst downs put the ball on Water
ville's 2-yard line but here the up
/ river lads made an heroic stand and
secured the ball on downs and work
ed 1t to safety. The game ended
, with the ball in Cony's possession on
the J0-yard line.
II was a hard. tough affair with
Cony clearly having the edge but
, with the Waterville lads displaying
grit that held even when they were
hopelessly beaten. Fullback Dono-
van stuck even though he was temp
orarfy out of his head but battling
blindly on. 1t certainly was dis
play OF school spirit. The summary:
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