Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-11-23
-SkOWHEGAN TURNS
: BACK MADISON
i BY SCORE OF 10

fXSpccial to the Kennebec JoprnaD
" Skowhegan, Nov. 21--The hum
drcds Of fans that witnesses the
Skowhegan- Madison football game
today have named the locals,
sDostie's Bearcats." The way they
ripped and tore into the much touted
e outfit. from the up river town, gives
them the right to the nom-de- plume.
This is taking no glory from the visi-
tors for they played like veterans,
showed their whole repertoire OF
!. tricks and gave Skowhegan a splen-
did fight. The home team, although
not SO fjashy as their opponents, were
too powerful on the offensive. beng
able 10 gain almost at will. Madi-
sons, powerful back, Frebotta, was
(, a wizard on end runs, skirting Show
l,cgans right end for 30 yard gain
4 on one play. the feature OF the game.
Captain johnson of the home team
PLAYED the game of his life. the
holes he made in Madison's line were
big enough for all three of his l50
: Mound backs to go through, in fact
every man on both teams played
Z awhala of a game and hereby are Civ
en- due credit.
.il.v Madison kicked off with Skowhe-
!. gar defending sthe south goal. After
3 Levin had brought the ball back ~
wards Skowhegan showed n Ell
Strength by shooting her backs
. straight through Madison's line for
= thrce first downs. The visitors be-
coming desperate, held and took the
z ball on downs but in their turn were
unable to make the required distance
and puntcdThe punt was short ana
Sl,owhegan had lost but little yard
are. I.emieux again started LeWla
4 and Halle driving through Madison's
z. line for three more first downs. On
4, Z the fourth try Lemieux attempted an
end run and was thrown for a loss OF
, ten wards with the ball going 10
i Madison. on two tries the visitors
made no gain and the quarter ended
with the ball on their 80 yard line,
the third down and nine yards TO go.
Skowhegan forced thier opponents
- ~ punt and brought the ball back 10
= the center of the field. Lewia and
3 aetf;Ille, still fresh as daisies, Just TO
; show what good things are done up
in. small packages, drove down inc
field for four first downs ana piaceu
LILO ball three feet from the goal line
for Lemieux to take over. f1ckett
booted a perfect goal for the extra
point.
Skorhegan kicked to Madison ana
tito up river lads. smarting from the
licking handed them, fired Smell, their
nrarter, for the afternoon, supsu-
tried Ouelette and pulled in Frebotta
from the side lines The visitors
showed a trick at this point by SUCK
in~ in Skowhegan's ends and SHOOT
i'm Nthc powerful Italian around the
laaat, for So yard rim with only
4 esnieux in the offinG. The little man
w.s equal to the occasion, however
al hsoucl,t his man down at the eX-
l.lsc Of a broken nose. This was the
Il It uags, Ca tie iacals were getting
+. s4.n~ie- FL the timr and plugging
evs~y r>n"c. The half ended with the
/, / on s5isowi, ans 80 ward line.
n the THIRD session. Madison, un-
.a,a to make their distance, punted
Ia Yards md followed through SO
fa~t that they again got the ball on
t...lowhegan ff1mble. Things looked
~ Cor Dortie's men with the ball
~ their IL yard line. but they held
sid punted out OF danger
In the last quarter, Madison hsht-
;nS with desperation, tried pass aftef
pyss only to fail in making any APP
prcciable gain. Skowhegan made
two first downs in their turn but
ssncitbeN goal was in danger for the
rest of the game.
The breaks of the game were about
= equally divided and both teams took
5 advantage of every one. The lineup !:
MADISON CO.. "a SKOWHEGAN
q 'Lcavitt lie ................ ie JeWete
= Kachmar 1t ............. IL Jonnsoi =
w Weston lg lg Pickett
Rurton e C st. Ledger
Renter re .............. IL Seoo ,al .,s
Niles TT .................. RI Griihth
Bird re .................. re Gilman
Ouelette. Smell qb ...... qb Lemieux
E. Weston lib ............ lib Hare
OueIette. F'rebotta RIB -. 4rhb Lewla
Strang fb ....... fb Cronkite, Spear
Referee, Mari; umpire, Goodrich; ;
headlinesman, McCreary: touchdown.
Lemieux; goal after touchdown,
I 1riolrett. fi.,ao 10,S. atlanta nee 1000.