Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-11
Blue Streaks Score in Last
Period When Cony is Penaliz-
ed to Goal Line-Visitors
Greatly Outweighed Cony-
Cony Played Passing And
Punting Game

Pat French and his Lewiston Blue
Streaks streaked into town last sat
urday afternoon and were very glad
to streak out gain with the tough
est so verdict they have annexed In
recent years. For three periods and
eight minutes the visitors got the
ruggedest battle they have hooked
up in for quite some time.
Lewiston presented heavy team.
which looked as if it outweighed the
Cony team by at least ten poundsI
to man and before the game II
looked like Lewiston victory by at
least three touchdowns but the visi-
tors lacked one thing which was
plentiful in the Red and White line
UP and that was aggressiveness
From the first whistle until the last
one the light Cony team played one
of the best defensive games seen on
Williams Field in years.
Lewiston had the power in its line
plunges until she got within scoring
distance of the Cony goal and then
the march abruptly stopped. For a
team which has been undefeated as
long as the Spindle City, the visitors
showed a woeful lack of variety in
its offensive game. Their efforts
were confined to the left side OF
their own line with an occasional
smash through Melvin and they
made few efforts around the end or
over the forward pass route.
Every man on the Cony squad
played a stellar brand of football.
Hilton in back of the line backed
up his primary defense in heads up
style, Rand kicked for good dis
tances despite the fact that Red
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| breaking through on one or two oc-
casions. Murphy and Lister both
| were there when it came to taking
| out their men and bennett unleash
ed a couple OF long runs la Red
| Grange that had the crowd frantic.
Malcolm, playing his first game on
| the Cony wing, made some sweet
| tackles and got down under the
| Cony punts like a veteran, as did
| HAYDEN. who succeeded him. His
| teammate, Coakley, was also there
! with the goods and on one occasion
| smeared VIM about { yards in back
| of his line. Brann and Fabrizi held
| their own with the highly touted
| Lewiston tackles and until Fabrizi
was taken out he was tower of
| strength in the Cony line. This was
| FabriZis first game in the line ana
| he will have to be reckoned with
| before the season is over. Baker
! Hunnewell and Weymouth also put
| up an aggressive battle that stopped
| any lengthy gains through their
| territory and they also showed up
| to good advantage against the heavy
| Lewiston guards.
| But if there is to be any indlVld-
l nal star. let it be Eddie Robinson,
q .af hi
| Robinson came out for the team the
| first of the season and was going
! like a house afire in the pivot posi-
! ton. Then he began having trouble
with his feet. He left the team and
! was unable to appear in toys again
| until last week. Bilodeau was the
regular center but he was forced out
| of the game because of in iuries. In
!. less than week Robinson was
| sroomed to take Bilodeau's place
| and he did it to perfection. He was
up against a rugged, experienced
center and he played his part to per-
| lection. Time after time the Lewis
ton attack was aimed right through
his position and time after time an
! arm shot out from no place in par
! ticular and pushed him in the face
| but he stuck to his position and
firmly established himself in the
| hearts of the Cony fans as an ag-
gressive player to whom the word
fear doesn't mean very much.
II was "a case of. the entire Cony
| football team determined to take a
| fall out Of Lewiston. against a quartet
! Of fashy' backfield men and a husky
| line. and the battle was waged on very
even terms until the last part of the
| last quarter. Lewiston marched from
| the Cony 40-yard marker to the 6-yard
line through the fast-tiring Cony line.
! Here the break of the game came. The
ball was less than six yards from the
| goal but the team had held like a
stonewall up TO this point. An offside
play took the ball to within a foot of
the Cony goal and Peaslee carried it
across. Melvin missed the goal.
Cony received, tried two plays, Rand
| kicked and the game ended with the
ball on the Lewiston 19-yard line. Den
nett's two runs, one around right end
for IS yards and the other for 20 yards
from a kickoff, featured the game for
Cony, while the ling plungng of Peas
lee, Hall and VIM was outstanding
for the winners.
FIRST PERIOD-Lewistonr received.
Melvin ran the ball back to the 40
yard line. Hall made about two yards
in ann off tackle play. Rand smeared
Peaslee with a gain of less than four
| yards on the next one and Robinson
! nailed VIM after he had made about
Il yards. Peaslee unleashed a long
kick and the ball went to Cony on her
own 25-yard line. bennett failed TO
| gain, Lewiston lost i've on an offside
penalty, Simard nailed Hilton with no
| gain and Rand kicked to Peaslee. who
was nailed in his tracks.
VIM and Hall made It first down.
VIM made three and then lost eight
when Coakley cut in fast and nailed
him before he hit the line. Peaslee
| kicked to Rand, who was tackled on
the 17-yard line. Rand made a yard
through Red Melvin. On the next play
Rand, running interference with his
| teammates for bennett, took out three
men and bennett reeled off 2S yards
around his own right end. The crowd
was in an uproar as several bystanders
I claimed that Lewiston was guilty of
slugging. A forward pass. Hilton to
| Murphy. was incomplete. Rand made
three through the line and punted to
Peaslee The quarter ended with the
ball on the Lewiston s7-yard marker
SECOND PERIOD-Hall made first
down. The Cony team stopped the
next two line rushes and Peaslee kick
ed to Rand on the Cony 40. The ball
went almost straight up into the air
offering a splendid opportunity for a
fair catch, but Rand took it and was
nailed in his tracks. Rand lost five
yards on an attempted backfield cross
buck and pass. Rand to Coakley. was
incomplete. Rand punted. Hall made
two first downs, Peaslee made nine
through the line and Hall made five
more yards. Within easy scoring dis
lance Of the Cony goal, Weber elected
to try field goal from placement on
the fourth down, five to go, and drag