Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-11-12
Especial to Kennebec JournaI,

fought its way to a 1870 win over
Bates, the favorite by two touch
downs. 1t has been the fact all sea-
son that the team was the underdog
IN the battle that it has played best
ana today was no exception. Drum
mond at fullback and O'Donnell and
Feacock In the line were by far the
best men on the field while Rogers.
VINO went In for Drummond deserves
MS share of the credit. Captain Fol-
som OF Bates and D. Ray were the
best for the Garnet.
Drummond, due in very great part
TO the fact that O'Donnell and Pea
cock opened big holes. made nine
nrst downs during the battle which
was the greater part of the total of
sixteen which the Waterville team
made as compared with two by Bates.
Rogers made five of the remainder of
nrst downs while Johnson and Ma
Tiers each gained one. But It was
not an individual back, or two such,
out a smoothly working machine
which made long gains time after
Tune through the line and around the
ENDS. The runs which looked like
end plays were not strictly such but
rather the back went off tackle and
then cut to the sidelines and it was
this play that gave Colby a lot of
ground especially when MacLean and
Johnson were toting the ball. Mac
Lean, in the first game which he has
ever started for Colby, looked like a
million and caused the Lewiston de-
tense q lot of bother. His runs off
tackle were features of the game.
Jack Erickson. the Colby quarterback
ran his team in big league style as
Wen as making more ground than he
has In any game this season. He
kicked some long punts which were
good for forty-five yards from the
line of scrimmage as well as gaining
by running from scrimmage, each
tine making a consistent gain. The
Blue and Gray backs looked better
than they have in any offense which
they have presented this year, and
this was in great part due to the
offensive work of the line.
Johnson and Erickson were the
stars in the forward defense and
these men were the chief reasons for
the downfall of the much touted Bates
aerial game. MacLean did some very
good defensive work in this depart
ment as well and should get lot Of
credit.
C. and d. Ray of Bates were
threats at various times but Charlie
did not gain a single yard from
scrimmage while his brother made
twenty. an eight and a two yard
gain from scrimmage on the only
long Garnet drive of the game. 1t
was the final period with but few
| minutes to go when Colby kicked of
to Bates after a score and McCurdy
| ran the ball back to the Colby fifty
| i've yard mark. Then D. Ray went
| through the line for his long gain
while on the next two plays he made
| his additional progress, taking the
ball to Colby's twenty five yard line
where Drummond intercepted pass
] and ran 1t back to the same mark
where the game ended.
The greatest feature Of the game
| was the long run of Tom O'Donnell,
| the only logical man for all-Maine
center, after intercepting a short
| pass in the final period. Standing
! on his fifty yard stripe he grabbed
| the toss and ran forty five yards to
within five yards of score.
The game opened with Colby re-
| receiving. Erickson caught and added
| a fine runback to his own forty yard
| line. The defensive work Of Folsom
| and Foster kept the Waterville men
! from scoring. Foster played the best
I Of any OF the Bates linesmen this
| period. Folsom also made some fine
| tackles. However, late in the game
| Folsom outdid his rival for first hon
| ors and with the work Of the entire
| game summed up he showed as the
| best man in the Bates line.
| In the second period Colby started
| with thirty five yards to go and on
| successive plays by Mathers around
! the end, Mclean off tackle, Drum
| mond through the line. and a final
| plunge off tackle by Mclean took
! the ball over for the first score. NC
| Lean did unusually good work but
! Drummond and Matters were as much
| responsible for the score. while the
| work of the line was specta cular.
! Bates then tried several passes which
| were no good and after falling to
| make around the ends due to the f1ne
| defensive work of Peabody and Nc
Lean, completed their first pass.
| johnson intercepted pass from Ray
! of the Bates men. Rogers went In
| for Drummond and took the burden
up where Dick had left It, He was
J the main cog in forty yard drive,
which also saw Johnson and Erick-
son doing good work. ~,
Tho FIRST half was all Colby with
Bates attempting an offense but once
because the ball was in Colby hands
most of the time. In this half Colby
made 10 first downs to one for Bates.
The last half saw very much dir-
] ferent game with Bates trying des-
perately to score. Erickson ran BACK
| the kickoff 80 yards with perfect In
reference, topped off by an excel
lent exhibition of broken field running,
| to the so yard line. He kicked here
and Peacock tackled Kinds on the Gar
net 20 yard mark. Hubbard made nine
yards through the line In the best
Bates play of the game thus far, Win
| the exception of the long pass. Z.
Ray made first down with gain OF
one yard. Kinds received five yard
| pass from Ray and then Bates was
forced to kick. Rogers and Johnson
carried the ball 80 yards to within IL
yards of a score, when the Bates line
held for downs. Hubbard and Karkos
made five yards, but Ray kicked and
Erickson returned the compliment,
Smith tackling Kinds one foot from
the line and 1t looked like two more
points for Colby. until Ray booted
out Of danger. when the period ended.
The final allotment of time was
mad scramble on the part Of the Gar
net. Erickson scored on IL YARD
pass from MacLean and Mathers
plunged over for the final tally. Erick-
sons work on receiving the pass was
very good and Colby gave Bates
dose of her own medicine. Bates
passes were futile, however. and they
did not complete ono in the period,
of the many which they attempted.