Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-11-04
KAY JAY
SPORT
CHAT

The Cony- Gardiner game will be
played on Williams Field Saturday
afternoon at $50 and fans who are
not present will miss the best game
OF the season. Gardiner will be the
favorite in the game Saturday due to
the better showing she has made In
games won and lost and will be in the
best Of condition for the contest.
Cony held a blackboard drill yester-
day afternoon and the team asked
questions regarding certain rules
which were explained by the Cony
coaches. The team is determined to
win the game Saturday and should
hold the Gardiner team pretty well in
check If the team plays the game as
1t has been coached.
Colby is now out with an answer to
insinuations filed recently to the effect
that Maine was so thoroughly secuted
before the Maine Colby game last
Saturday that Colby not only knew
the plays which Maine had been using
but also some plays which Maine had
been practicing secretly and We're
using for the first time against Col
by.
n such was the case, someone was
very lax down at the university to let
a Colby scout get in on the secret
training sessions. If the charges
which have recently appeared in print
under an Orono dateline are true, one
out OF two things must have hap
pened. Either the Colby scout, who
by the way is well known by every
In rn11poQ NIrcfeG.
must have viewed the workouts or
there must be someone connected
with the Maine squad who Is very
careless as to whom he talks with on
the subject of football.
The charge fails to hold water. In
the first place everyone who knows
the Colby man who secuted Maine to
advantage will unite in saying that
he would refuse to accept any unfair
advantage over any college. He
| knows where legitimate scouting ends
and deliberate spying begins. Never
| to our knowledge has he ever stepped
over. In regard to the second charge
we don't believe that, either. we
don't believe that any member OF the
J Maine outfit has been broadcasting
any information and we think that
! the statements that Maine was UNI
| fairly secuted is even more incredible
Maine was thoroughly secuted and
| YOU may believe that. The scout en-
| ployed by Colby gets paid for his
| efforts and turns out good job. He
does not stop at learning formations
but studies their effectiveness and
also figures out their possibilities. The
| Colby team, coached by Roundy and
wised ND to the general style OF play
that Maine employs by me scout who
went down there in full view OF the
| Maine coaching staff and procured
| the information desired. all the time
being a guest of the home team. Nc
| matter what college he scouts, the mrs,
| person he visits is the coach ano
| trainer of the said college and if they
choose to watch him they are at 10
| erty to do so.
Tn our opinion a carefully coached
Colby team went down to Maine Win
thorough knowledge Of the fundamen-
| tails Of football and aided by the
mower of observation. which by the
way is the most important funoa-
| mental of football, they kept their
eyes open ana the uioNehloh.o
| actions of the Maine team told them
all they needed to Know. Maine
| has a fast offensive and is one OF the
most effective in the state but as long
| as the players keep their eye on the
spot where the ball is going that les
sens the ability of the Maine team by
about 40 per cent. II the players
| choose to give their movements away
and the Colby team was wise enough
to take advantage of 1t, that's all to
! Colby's credit, It's perfectly good
football and unless the rumors drift
ing from Orono are founded on facts
that can be proven, someone has evil
IDENTIFY been stopping over on a per-
| fectly delicate subject.