The Portland daily press., 1894-11-08
TIE GAME.
Interesting Foot Ball Contest Between
Hebron and Portland High.

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Details of an Interesting Contest-A Mud
dy Field Does Not Interfere With sharp
Playing-Sound Criticism,
| Inc foot ball game beteen Hebron Acad
| envy and Portland High, drew about $50 to
the Portland grounds yesterday afternoon
| Although the day was disagreeable and
The ground very muddy, those who went
were repaid by seeing the teams struggle
lor forty minutes without either scoring a
point The fact that the ball was in Port
and's territory for only two minutes of the
Time, demonstrates the superiority of our
school team. 10 sum up the game: The
INES were quite evenly matched Portland S
backs were stronger, the slippery ground
alone preventing their scoring. Every inch
| OF Hebron's gains were made by Buxton,
aided with little interference and a good
deal OF individual hard rushing.
| The game in detail: Hebron won the toss
and Portland kicked to their Is yard line.
Buxton caught the ball andsrushed it fol-
eight yards. Portland forced Hebron 10
KICK, Buxton kicking TO Portland's forty
yard line. Portland advanced thirty yards
by tackle and line plays. but were forced to
KICK. Sinkinson sent the ball fifty yards by
a magnificent punt over Buxton's head. But
he recovered in time to fall on it. Hebron
lost 1T on tnmble. Portland carried it 10
the fifteen yard line. Hebron regained it
on four downs. Buxton gained ten with
l'eyle hanging to his neck. Hebron forced
10 KICK. Sanborn gained ten aided by good
blocking of Sullivan and Sinkinson. Sulli
van gained five around the end. Failure to
turn inside his blockers lost him consider
able ground, possibly a touchdown at this
point. Portland was held +. for four downs
Of twelve yards from the goal line. Hebron
soon lost ten yards by an attempted criss
cross, Lincoln to Small. The first half
ended with the ball on Hebron's fifteen
yard line.
Second halt: Buxton kicked to Hadlock,
who gained five yards. Sanborn followed
for fifteen more around the end Portland
pushed steadily toward the goal. but FUN
bled on the thirty yard line. Each side here
held for four downs. Then Hebron wa
forced to kick, Sinkinson catching the ball
and making the only brilliant run of the
game for thirty yards. Here, after Port
land had made seven yards in two downs
the ball was given to Hebron, Dr. Crockett
wrongly insisting on ''four downs, two yards
to GAIN" Portland receives ten yards for
off side play and loses on tumble Chap
man falls on the ball, but the Doctor gives ii
to Hebron. Frost soon breaks through and
captures the ball, but the Doctor again
comes to the rescue with the cry Heb
ron's ball." Time up with ball on Hebron's
ten yard line.
The teams lined UP as follows:
-Hebron-R. Shannon. 140 pounds. l. e.;
II. Lamb. las pounds. l. t.; Maxim, 1888
pounds. ]. g.; Thompson, 165 pounds, c.
Wheeler. l73 pounds r. g.; Doughty. 100
pounds. r. t.; Bornhimer. Isl, pounds, r. 81:
pounds, l. H.; Lincoln. 1856 pounds. r. h.
Buxton, 1876 pounds. captain, +. b.
Poltland-Chapman. 125 pounds, l. e.; AL
Foster, Jas pounds, c.; Davis l76 pounds, +.
g.; Hadlock.al4 pounds, +. t.; Deyine, la
pounds ds, is e.; an Dunbar 5s5 pounds q b.
tain. l4o pounds, T. h.; sinkinson, 142
A. Chapman Of Portland, and D. II. Fuller
3 OF Portland. Time-20 minute halves.
ToUCHDOWNs FROM THE GAME.
1t will. be seen that Hebron's average
was 156 pounds to the man. while Portland's
was but 145 pounds. Portland might do
well to initiate theshard rushing of Buxton.
Davis, who played in Hussey's place,
did well for a. beginner.
The tackling of the Portland team while
far superior to that of / he Hebrons. is not
always sure. low and hard. Exceptions
must be taken in the cases of Chapman and
sinkinson, who are improving at faster
pace han.the rest of the team in that re-
spect.
The good work, of the coach, Mr.. Chan
man, is very apparent to all who have fol-
lowed the team this year. If the boys will
Jo-4 h. f.,sx
lays out for them each day they need fear
not even Bangor and Fairbanks
1t must be remembered that Mr. Buxton
learned the game in Portland.
II is to be deplored that the game was SO
badly refereed during the last half Part
isan decisions detract from the interest of
the sport.
1t is unsportsmanlight for any team to
be willing to receive decision which they
know to be wrong just because it gives them
a momentary and often large advantage.
But they not only do so in silence but
openly go and beg for such decision to
prevent their being beaten in fair and
open way. Why cannot the appointing of
the officials of the interscholastic games be
taken in hand by the leading colleges of the
state the same as is done in Massachusetts
by Harvard, in Conneo ticut by Yale, and in
Rhode Island by Brown. Much more salts
ia tory results are obtained where such
course is followed. If Bowdoin and Colby
would only realize that these contests are
the training grounds ofrtheir future ath-
letes and seek in some way to do away with
the difficulty referred to it would certainly
reflect to their credit.
Railroad Commissioner Frederick Dan
forth of Gardiner, is at the Falmouth.
Hon. George M. Warren of Castine was
in thp citv last avaniuo IN hic ,,ou