Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-27
90-YARD DASH FOR TOUCHDOWN
PROVES WINNING MARGIN FOR CONY
IN FOOTBALL OPENER AT AUGUSTA

left half back tucked the oval under
his right arm, shook on q Trio %
tacklers and outstripped the entire
Morse outfit raced 90 yards Tor .
touchdown, the six points. the cAiy
and winning score for the RED ana
White warriors over the shipping
City lads on william Field saturday
| afternoon.
Although victory came to chs
Cony boys in this spectacular FASH.
ion, they had labored hard tor o
touchdown earlier in the game and
should have crossed the Morse iine
at least once. only poor generaiship
at a cruical moment baking them.
1t was in the second quarter with
| only few minutes to play that the
| Pierce coached gridders had succeed
ed In planting the ball a scant 10 in.
| ches from the line and the count was
| first down.
J Here the Cony director Of strategy,
with the opposing lines directly BE-
| meath the goal posts, elected to buck
| the line four times in succession with
| the desperate Morse outfit holding
| them like stone wall, aided In no
small degree by the two goal posts
| which served, in a way, as two ex-
ira men. In the heat OF the fray It
was undoubtedly the thought Of the
| Cony quarter that matter OF inches
! could be overcome in four trys, but Il
was apparent on the sidelines that AZ
least one end effort would have
gained the necessary terrain.
Cony, however, was not the only
| one to miss a bet in the third quar-.
ter following a poor pass and a free
! for all scramble for the sphere. IL
was Morse's ball on Cony's 1s-yard
line and first down Here the Morse
board OF strategy pulled bone when
after one futile line plunge, the down
| river general called an aerial shot
Out unfortunately the oval vent
straight into the paws OF bennett.
ana the winning dash was on
Again in the third period Hilton,
the Cony quarter. grabbed a toss BY
the Morse fullback and raced Is
yards before being brought down.
Iaken as q whole the practically
green Cony eleven acquitted itself in
good style. There is a lot OF work
yet to be done. 1t is a big heavy ma
chine that needs polishing ana in q
couple OF weeks more Coach Pierce
VIII parade a much more finished
| a "
ed absence OF punch at crucial noinfs
as well as a lack of defensiyenass
especially in the last moments Of TIE
game when Morse made first down
repeatedly. The weather was far
from ideal for football. II wa. nies
Tor the crowd, very good one by the
way. but 1t was manifestIy hard On
the players. Va
FIRST PERIOD-conv t,cl.a =.
Morse, and nailed the runnAr ,r;f,
little gain. Doyle got five yards
through the line on his first play ana
ohver was downed with less than a
YARD on the second. Longley fumblei
ana then ran offside on the Morse
so.yard line. Doyle punted to mid
uela TO RAND, who ran back to the Is
Sard marker before he was downed.
Oh the hrst play for Cony, Morse
was penallzed for being offsde; "a
brizi, Rand and Hilton made n 6rs,
down, Rand and bennett nsdA !.
total OF four yards and a pass Rsnd
10 Hilton, gave Cony another nrs,
down. Fabrizi, bennett ana Hilton
gained yards in four rushes a. the
period ended. 'o
SECOND periodic was Morss.x
bail. Line plunges failed to helm
Morse and Doyle punted to Rand.
VINO brought it back to Morse,s a.
yard line. A forward pass Melted
Cony first down. bennett mA6e :
yards right through the Morse line
ana Hilton made 1t first down again.
bennett shook off two tacklers ana
reeled off an end run Of II yards,
Rand Murphy substituting for IA
orlzi ana Hilton made it first down
with an off tackle play. Rushkt by
Hilton brought the ball to wfthin
three yards of the Morse goal In
four downs Cony made less than tso
yards on line plunges and the BAN
went to Morse. Hagan made four
yards and the half ended with the
ball belonging to Morse on her own
4 1-2 yard line
THIRD PERIOD-Doyle kicked OF
to Rand, who brought the bali bach
from the Cony 10 yard line to the IS.
Rand made three, bennett made a
yard and then bad pass from the
center went past the backfield aud
Morse recovered on the Cony 10 yard
line. Dongley made a yard, Doyle
added three and then Oliver threw a
pass which bennett intercepted and
ran through the entire Morse team
for a touchdown. Morse received ana
made three first downs in quick sue
cession. Morse was penalized for be-
ing offside and Hilton intercepted an
other Morse pass and ran with It
from the 80 yard line to midfeid.
FOURTH PERIOD--An incomplete
pass spoiled Cony's chances. Morse
was penalized Is yards for sidAliAS
coaching. Lonsley was nailed In his
tracks and Diplock blocked DoyiAs
pass. Diplock broke through ana
blocked Doyle's kick on the very next
play and Doyle was hurt but re-
manned in the game. Fabrizi ana Lis
ter were nailed without any Gains
and pass from Hilton to Rand net
ted Is yards. Cony lost the bail on
downs and Morse. with Doyle, Long
ley and Oliver carrying the bail.
started a march down the field but
the whistle halted their tramp after
they had ripped off two first downs.
The lineup:
Cony (6) Morse (0)
Hayden IL Observation-Disclosures. 10 Orr
Brann IL .................. IL Decker
Baker lg ............... ig Bofnkei
Bilodeau C .............. Mitchell
Hunnewell, Weymouth, Cole re
rg Rowe, Kennper
Diplock RI ................ TT Dyden
Coakley re .......... re Miller
Hilton 90 ................ % f1aSdn
Rand IN .................. IN DoyIe
bennett, Lister. In ...... In Lcngley
Fabrizi, Murphy fb ........ 10 Oliver
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