Bowdoin College - Bugle Yearbook (Brunswick, ME)

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First Ron-, left to right: G. Larcom. A. Farrington, W. Fried lander, M. Totman, J. Cosgrove, P. Garland. G. Goldstein, E. Atkins. Second Row. left to right: Coach Walsh, P. Testa, II. Stephens, I). Jeon, A. Murray, D. Roux, F. Coukos, J. Ingraham, Coach Coombs. Third Row, left to right: W. Philbrook, Manager, G. Peluso, P. Day, S. McCabe, L. Pratt, S. Kowal, I.. Dyer, J. Libby, A. Williamson, A. Cecelski, T. Joy, Manager. Bowdoin opened the gridiron season at Medford with a balanced squad, but with a slight lack of depth. Bowdoin, after being stopped on the 23 by Tufts, took over on their own 45. Cosgrove’s pass to Coukos was good for 24 yards and a first down on the Tufts 31 yard line. Dyer, Coukos, and Totman carried to move the ball to the 13. Then a pass from Cosgrove to Totman, who made a sensational shoe-string catch in the end one, gave Bowdoin the first score. Dyer missed the try for the extra point. Tufts fumbled and McCabe recovered. Totman, on the next play, went 27 yards to the one foot line. Coukos then took the pigskin over and Cosgrove miss- ed the point. At the start of the second period, Bow- doin smothered Sawin trying to punt. He fumbled and Bowdoin took over on the Tufts 20. Totman, Cosgrove, and Coukos moved the ball to the 2, where Dyer took it over on the second play. Cosgrove’s run of 11 yards highlighted this drive. Dyer then con- verted, making the score 19-0. At the start of the second half, Tufts took the opening kick-off and marched all the way for a touchdown with Gerulskis going over from the one-yard-line. At the start of the fourth period, Bowdoin started on its own five, and aided by the fine running of Anthony and Totman, moved to the Tufts 35. Cosgrove passed into the flat to Totman on fourth down for 22 yards and a first down on the 13. Cosgrove went to the 7, and Totman ran around left end for the score. Cosgrove converted. In the last two minutes, Howe intercepted Etelman’s pass and returned down the left side line for 40 yards and a touchdown. The game ended with the final score 32-6. Sophomores Dyer and McCabe showed great promise while Anthony and Totman ran very well.

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Jk omecomincf 1953 October 30-31 was the climax of the football sea- son at Bowdoin this fall. That was the time that many alumni and friends of the College met with the stu- dents for Homecoming.” The weekend began with large numbers of old Bowdoin grads” attending their individual fraternity initiations on Friday. Warm, fair weather Saturday held much activity for everyone. In the morning there were various meetings of the alumni and the elders of the College. At noon, with business out of the way, there was a luncheon for alumni and friends in the Sargent Gymnasium. In the afternoon, a cheering crowd packed Whit- tier Field to watch the Polar Bears play Bates. Bow- doin had little trouble in this tussle, rambling over the Bobcats, 38-13. In the evening, the Houses were filled with happy revelers enjoying cocktail parties and buffet suppers. A dance was held in the gymnasium with a large attendance. The Meddiebempsters, in their first College appearance of the year, stole the show, as usual. The cup for the finest house display was award- ed to Alpha Delta Phi with second place going to Phi Upsilon. Sunday, after the dates and alumni had left, the campus became its quiet self once again, and the 1953 edition of Homecoming” was history. Rallicrs gather behind Hubbard Hall Psi Upsilon predicts victory on the morrow

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Bowdoin opened the season at Whittier Field on another perfect football afternoon. The team, suffer- ing no serious injuries at Tufts, was at full strength. Bowdoin succeeded in stopping Wesleyan’s attacks in the first half, while getting off only one good drive of their own, which Wesleyan managed to halt on the 4. Coukos' run of twenty yards and Cosgrove’s pass to Totman highlighted the drive. Anthony suffered a knee injury in the second period and was removed from the game. Bowdoin took the kick-off at the start of the second half and moved the ball to the Wesleyan 33. Dyer carried for 17 yards off tackle to lead the surge. Totman went for nine, and then snagged a pass from Cosgrove on the 13. He scored after bowling over a couple of would-be tacklers. Cosgrove missed the conversion. After forcing Wes- leyan to punt, Bowdoin took over on its 43. Dyer went for one yard, then nine, barely missing the first down. Coukos carried off left tackle, cut sharp- ly to his right and went all the way for Bowdoin’s second touchdown. The play carried 43 yards, with Dyer throwing the key block to aid Coukos' fine running. Cosgrove’s attempt for the point after was blocked. Forcing Wesleyan to punt, Bowdoin took over and moved 49 yards for a third score, but Dyer’s attempted conversion was blocked. Coukos and Dyer did most of the work. Mel Totman was injured on a nine yard run. Coukos cut off right tackle from the five for the score. In the fourth quarter, Cos- grove stopped Wesleyan’s best effort with a pass interception behind his own goal and returned the ball to Wesleyan’s 41. The pass had been deflected by Atkins. The game came to a close with the final score 18-0. The loss of Anthony and Totman was to prove very costly to the Polar Bears. Co-Captain Totman goes for five against Wesleyan Jack Cosgrove avoids two would-be tacklers in the Wesleyan game.