Bowdoin College - Bugle Yearbook (Brunswick, ME)

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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.

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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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On another afternoon of perfect football weather, Bowdoin suffered its first defeat of the season at the hands of a particularly strong Amherst eleven. Bow- doin’s only serious threat of the game came after stopping Amherst on their own 31. Bowdoin moved the ball to Amherst’s 38 on Dyer's running and a Cos- grove-to-Murray pass, which was good for 12 yards. Amherst strengthened its defenses and held. Bowdoin punted out of bounds on the Amherst six. Jedry, on the third play, broke away and was finally stopped by Goldstein on Bowdoin’s 37. This run set up the rest of Amherst’s drive, with Turner going over from the one. Amherst’s second touchdown came as Cosgrove was hit hard attempting to pass deep in his own territory. Amherst recovered his fumble on Bowdoin’s one. Knight went over, and the half ended with Am- herst leading 14-0. At the start of the second half, Bowdoin received the kick-off, but failed to move the ball. Amherst took the punt, moved downfield, and scored on a Knight-to-Richardson pass from the eight. In the fourth period Amherst scored once more, making the final score 28-0. Bowdoin, lacking some of the spirit of the first two games, never got inside Amherst’s twenty. Libby looked good at quarterback as he ran the club for most of the second half. Gold- stein and Testa did well in the line. Bowdoin’s first team ready to go against Maine