The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-11-13
THE FIELD OF SPORTS
SOME FRIENDLY CRITICISM,
That the Portland Eleven should Paste
in Their Hats.
They Are Playing Good Game But Must
Improve


They Are Playing Good Game But Must
Improve. va
The loot rail- game yesterday between the
Bowdo.n Freshmen and the PORTLAND hish'
while exciting at times was Disappointing To
t1ose looking for victory oyer bangor On
Saturday next. The loose game put up oy
Portland may be partially excused on the
plea OF new men. of which there were three,
tvlz; Moulton, I. e.; Robinson, T. l. anu
| Davis, +. 60 but not wholly. When teams
interference breaks up at a toucn, Wheh
the men fail to follow the runner to bring
him down, If an opponent, or to assist MN
| if one of their own side. it is not the new
men who are wholly to be blamed. 10 Tie
Thornton. then Hebron, and yesterday the
| Freshmen Is little better than defea,- Come
boys brace up. Put more of Camps git
thar" into Your game Or Bangor Will lie
you.
! Portland lined UP as usual. with the
| above changes, and Lappin playing the last
ten minutes in Sanborn's place. while the
Freshmen put in their usual team. Ihe
game was devoid of brilliant features.
Neither side scored.
Bowdoin's line played horse with Port
| and's. and her backs generally did good
hard work, Kenda1rs rushing, Stetson's
blocking and Stanwood's kicking and
tackling being worthy of comment. Fort
lands interference was SO weak that 1t
seemed to break like glass on meeting the
slightest obstacle. The fault of walking on
each Others heels was very noticeable.
Frequently it tripped he runner. At times
Portland's game was snappy, but too often
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| little following of plays. Sullivan's runs
were good. 1t is a pity he cannot give his
opponent sitter arm when about to
| tackle.
The next game is at Bangor on Saturday
next. Arrangements for round trip tickets
at $500 have been made. Several will go
down with the team.
An Exasperating Deer Hunt.
| A Portland man recently returned from
| hunting trip in the Wild River region, tells
| the following narrowing tale of days deer
| hunt: One hunter and the guide started up
| on the fresh track of a deer in this light
| snow. They found it near the camp. and
followed it off into the wilderness. All day
| long they tramped. The deer made big
circle of twenty-five miles. and near sunset
! came back to the camp sand passed SO near
| that another of the party, who had loafed
| comfortably in camp all day. leisurely shot
| the tired deer from. the camp door. and was
engaged in dressing Fl when the weary
hunters arrived Their evaporation can
| be imagined.
Another Porpoise Hunter.
| Mr.. William II. Soule. the veteran gun
smith, and sea-fow1 hunter. while referring
d %
| Mr.. Simon Skillings of Peaks island, who
recently shot two pcIpolse, though ~ years
| of age, says that it was remarkable feat
| for so old man, as the shooting of a
| pofpoise requires extraordinary quickness
and skill, more sothan shooting wild fowl
on the wing. They appear in sight above
| tho water. but an instant and the trigger
must lie pulled and the gun aimed just right
| in a second.
| He himself has shot porpoises in this bay
| though not often. But during the war he
| had an unusual experience in Georgia. 1t
| was near the close of the war, and his COM
| pany was stationed on the banks of salt
| river on the Georgia coast. The porpoises
would come up the river after email fish,
and could be'seen under water from the
| top of the high bank in one place. There
! soldiers musket and fire down Mt porpoise
| just as it emerged from the water.
He was thus able to Shoot several Of them
with bullet. Herslot an unusually large
one, and gave it to Scotch mill owner on
the river. He even took the trouble to hui
up the eating carcass and show the man
where it was. The Scotchman tried out the
| oil and obtained three gallons. He also got
a pint of the very valuabl jaw-oil. that is
| superior to all others for lubricatIag pur-
| poses. Mr.. Sou]e asked him for little of
| it to oil the lock of his musket,ss but the
mean fellow wouldn't give Linn drop. Mr..
| Soule thinks that was the most extreme
case of ingratitude and meanness that he
| ever encountered.
A Caspian Tern
Line Daniels has recently stuffed a
very rare bird. 1t is Caspian Tern. the
| largest of the terms, and in all the extensive
experience of his life, he has never seen but
| one other specimen. The rare bird was shot
at Richmonds' Island recently by Howard
Loveitt. and presented by him to DR..
| Twitchell.