Bowdoin at Dartmouth

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  The Portland daily press, October 29, 1896, page 2

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  BOWDOIN FOUGHT HARD. Dartmouth Foot BaIlists Given Good Battle. MAINE MEN SCORE TWO TOUCH DOWNS AT HANOVER. Brunswick Team Sized up at Hanover as Stronger Than Last Year.-Played the Game for All it Was Worth Hanover, N. H., October 2S.-Dart mouth played football. with Bowdoin today and won hard TO ught contest 26 to 10. The playing demonstrated Dart mouths weakness in her line. Bowdoin made repeated gains through the tackles, aud on criss CROSS play made forty-fi five ynrds AMI a touchdown. Captain Nc Cormack played quarter back during the first half and got considerable team work out of his men, Dartmouth running up sixteen points. With Mccormack and Eckstrom out in the second. ths men downs and Dartmouth got two Comparing tho teams of this and last year. Bowdoin is much stronger, and Dartmouth weaker. The home team Is especially weak on the offensive, and must wonderfully improve If they win the tri-eollegiate series. The Bowdoin men are stocky and quick. playing the game for every bit there is in it. Bowdoin kicked off and Dartmouth made several good gains through the line. After seven minutes play, EokstroID secured the first touchdown and Nc Corinaok kickea the first goal. Bowd0in kicked off, Crolius and Eck strom made five yards each. Here the ball exchanged hands twice, and Dart mouth went ON rushing il. Bael scoring the second touchdown, Mccormack again kicking a goal On the third kick off McCorm ack gained ten yards. Eckstrom made a briilient run Of As yards. Crolius secured two i’ve yard rushes. Edwards was sent over the line for the third touchdown. Mccormack kicked the goal. Time was called with Dartmouth rush ing the ball toward Bowdoin’s goal. Tho second half opened with fast playing, and Buell. placed the ball behind the line Inside of three minutes. On this next kickoff Dartmouth lost the ball, which cost touchdown, Veazie circling Dartmeuth’s light end for 45 yards and a Touchdown. During the next play the home team got ratified and lost the ball within So yards of the goal. Bowdoin took courage apd Stock bridge and Clarke were sent through the line for good gains, the latter securing tou chdown and goal. Dartmouth got the ball for holding on tbe next play, and soon her backs had gotten the ball down near the posts and Crolius made touchdown. Dartmouth was making rapid advances toward Bowdoin’s goal when time was called. “a mo

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Dartmouth leads 7–⁠0–⁠1 in eight meetings, counting the three since this game.