Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-10-08
|COLbY MENTOR
IRONING OUT
| TACkLING FAULTS

Especial to the Kennebec Journal)
waterville, Oct. THE crippled
Colby football squad had but a light
drill this afternoon on Seavern's
field as they weie given an extra day
in which to rest up from the bad
effects of the Brown game. The
| men all still feel the gruelling effects
of the game and will not be worked
hard until tomorrow afternoon when
Coach Eddie Roundy will give them
| stiff scrimmage practice.
This afternoon considerable time
| was taken by the Blue and Gray
grid mentor in tackling practice for
his charges and individual attention
in nimber of line plays. The squad
! was given quite a long session on
| the dummy In an effort to correct
some of the very poor tackling which
the local collegians have been guilty
of in the first two games os the sea-
son. In the last game especiallf was
| the weakness in this most important
department of the game was strik-
ingly shown as the heavy and fast
. travelling Brown backs carried their
! tacklers for yards before they were
| downeu. Coach Roundy is deter
| mined to correct this fault and will
give the men plenty OF work on the
| dummy with actua! practice IL the
next few scrimmases.
/ Captain Ben Soale was on the
| field this afternoon but not IN uni
| form assisting Coach Roundy with
his ends in some special practice for
the line men. Mathers was in uni
form but did little other than tro,
through a few plays andrtake hard
| rundown in the gymnasium under
! Trainer Simm. Mathers side is II
bad condition and il may be cou-
pie of weeks before he is able to gel
into any scrimmage a; all. Ml!iet,
was in the backfield with the team in
running signals and declares that he
is in perfect condition again. Mil.
lett has been away from the squad
for two weeks through an injury
to his side in the first scrimmast
practice OF the season just before
the game with the University of New
Hampshire. Cowing did not put ir
appearance at all this, afternoon ano
It is said that it Will lie two week:
before the valuable lineman Will be
able to get back into the game.
i Everett Speed" Fransen has beer
out for an end berth the last few
DAYS and looks to be pretty GOOD
His track ability enables him to &c
away fast and he is heavy enough
to make a valuable END for the Blue
and Gray. He will have to put uE
some fight to secure place on the
eleven as Carl Rood, who has beer
playing the opposite end to Captain
Scule. is regarded as an eHcellen
end and has done some fine work sc
far this season
Tomorrow afternoon Coach Roun'
DIV will give his charges long SEES
sion in scrimmasing and 1t is eX
pected that several of the men who
have been on the injured list vii
be able to play. Scrimmage VIII IN
all proba bility be on the program
both Wednesday and THURSDAY al
the team will play at home en- Status
day and save an opportunity TO RESI-
up before the game.
One Of the problems which Coacf
lroundy is confronted with at the
frresent time is to find punter VINO
will be able to hold his own w1tf
foot artists in the state series. Mil
lett Is the only man who is able tr
get any distance at all and the Blue
and Gray coach is very DESTROYS 81
securing another hackheld man tt
assist the veteran full.