Bowdoin College - Bugle Yearbook (Brunswick, ME)

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Bowdoin, smoldering from its shutout by Am- herst the previous week, traveled to Williamstown to meet the final opponent of the Little Three. Show- ing more spirit, the Polar Bears started two short drives in the first period. One was halted by a fumble and the other by a pass interception on their own 36. Williams scored three plays later on a screen pass to Smythe in the flat. On the first play of the second period Cosgrove passed to Coukos, who went to the Williams twenty. Bowdoin moved the ball to the nine where they had a first down with five and a half minutes to go in the period. Fearon of Williams pick- ed off a lateral and was stopped on the Bowdoin 35. At the end of the period, Bowdoin got the ball again on a Williams fumble. The ball changed hands on a pass interception and a Williams fumble. After forc- ing a punt, Williams took the ball on its own 19 and went all the way to the Bowdoin one, where Fearon went over. After the kick-off, Williams took the ball on a fumble, but had to punt. Freeman intercepted Cosgrove’s pass to Murray and went all the way. The conversion was missed, as Williams was penalized for holding. The half ended with the score Williams 20, Bowdoin 0. At the start of the second half Williams fumbled, but Bowdoin lost possession on a pass inter- ception. After making Williams punt, Bowdoin took over on their own 44. A drive sparked by Cosgrove sneaks, with Dyer and Coukos running well put Bow- doin on the Williams five. Cosgrove then went over left guard for the score. Cosgrove passed to Roux for the extra point and the clock showed five minutes and twenty seconds left. Bowdoin once again forced a Williams punt and started to move the ball with the help of a Cosgrove-to-Roux pass for twelve yards as the period ended. At the start of the fourth period, the Bears lost the ball on a pass interception, but forced Williams to punt. Throwing from his own thirty-sev- en, Cosgrove hit Murray, who snatched the ball and moved to the Williams 30. Coukos picked up a first down at the 20. Dyer hit off tackle and ploughed his way for the touchdown. Cosgrove carried the ball over for the extra point. Bowdoin held Williams, but Cosgrove too speedy for a host of Wesleyan pursuers With icimd lost the ball on its own 30, barely missing the try for a first down. Williams tried an unsuccessful field goal from the Bowdoin 17. Bowdoin then took over on the 20. Cosgrove passed 20 yards to the 40. Flc then passed 11 yards placing the ball on the Williams 43. Dyer went for 12 yards off-tackle to the 31. Cosgrove fum- bled with a minute and a half to go, and Williams stalled for the remaining time. Williamson ran well at fullback along with Dyer and Coukos. Farrington and Cecelski played topnotch defensive ball.

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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

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Bowdoin opened State Series play at Whittier Field against Colby on a crisp and sunny day. Streng- thened by the return of Mel Totman, the Polar Bears took the field with determination to defend their State Title. On the first play, Colby fumbled and Bowdoin recovered. It proceeded to move the ball to the Colby five yard line, where Colby strengthened and held. After forcing a punt, Bowdoin took over once more on the Colby 33. Williamson drove up the middle for 11 yards, but was injured on the play. Dyer carried to the 13, Coukos to the six, and then Coukos scored on the second play from the three. Dyer converted. At the end of the first period, Colby fumbled on their 33 and Bowdoin recovered. Bowdoin moved to Colby’s 22 on an eleven yard pass to Roux. The second period started with Libby passing 15 yards to Atkins for a first down on the Colby 7. Day hit to the 6, and Libby went into the end zone. The conver- sion attempt failed. On the kick-off Colby fumbled, and Bowdoin’s recovery was followed by a Colby in- terception. Punts were exchanged, Colby started to move, and Bowdoin forced another punt on the Colby 49. Dyer fumbled on his 29, and Colby recovered, tak- ing the ball into Bowdoin territory for the first time. Friedlander recovered a Colby fumble on the 25. Bow- doin drove to Colby’s 15, where they lost the ball on downs. The running of Day and Garland and two passes by Libby featured the drive. On the next play Cosgrove intercepted a pass on the 35 and scored. The conversion was missed because of a holding penalty. About five plays later Cosgrove intercepted another pass on I-owdoin’s 22 and returned it to Colby’s 37 as the half ended. During the third period, the ball changed hands constantly through six fumbles and two pass interceptions. Bowdoin fumbled four times and lost the ball on one pass interception. At the start of the fourth period, Libby ran out of a spread for 36 yards to Bowdoin's 48. Colby intercepted a Bowdoin pass, but failed to gain any ground and was forced to punt. Bowdoin moved to Colby’s thirty on a flat pass to Coukos covering 24 yards. Day and Williamson al- ternated to carry the ball to the 15. Libby passed to Atkins in the end zone for the touchdown. Colby took the ball on their own 35. On Burns passes they went all the way for the score. Sheerin converted. Bowdoin ran the clock out, and the game ended with the final score 25-7. Day’s running, although he had been out because of an injury, gave encouragement for the remaining games. Halfback Fred Coukos around right end against Colby End Don Roux drops one in the Colby game A Colby tackier about to hit Quarterback Cosgrove