The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1894-05-31
ASTORIA WINS.
The Local Boys Beat the Cham
pions in Good Style.
SPLENDID EXHIBITION
Two Goals to Three Was the Score
With Everybody in the City
Smiling Hard.


from the moment when the down-rlVer
canneries and the can factory started a
laundering series of toots on their steam
whistles, up to midnight, the wearerr OF
the blue and white were enthusiastical-
ly mobbed wherever they showed them
selves. 1t was the first win OF the year,
and the first win that has ever been
scored against Portland since the A. f.
c. has been in existence
From early afternoon the motor cars
were crowded with people, and the car
rying capacity of the Bay Railway
Company was taxed to the utmost The
Sarah Dixon made a quick trip down
the river, and the Portlanders, with
their supporters, reached the city at
o'clock. Utzinger's brass band was
ready for them at the wharf, and they
were escorted in body to the club
rooms, making the gymnasium their
headquarters.
At 8 o'clock there must have been
fully 600 people on the ground and In
the grand stand, in addition to over a
hundred small boys, who naturally
crowded in at every knothole Of the
fences. These ubiquitous orators made
matters very lively the whole afternoon
and caused no end Of amusement by a
running series of remarks, caustic and
otherwise, directed at the players. The
enthusiasm was general, and everybody
was on the tiptoe of expectation When
Gibson won the toss and elected to kick
from the grand stand goal. Black, cap
tain of the Portlands, took the kick,
and his forwards, who played well TO-
eether, at once ran the BALI down and
crowded Astoria's goal. The backs, who
were rather taken by surprise at the
sudden attack, at once got into the CON
dition commonly designated ratified
and. as is customary before a crowd
they began to tumble. Before they
could recover, Cameron, Bigham and
Watson were in among them and by
some pretty plays Cameron shot the
ball through the sticks, scoring hrs'
goal for Portland within two minutes
after the start Of play. There was
visible tremor at this among the hum
dreds of ladies' who sported the blu'
and white, and everybody felt blue.
Gibson kicked off again, and Port
lands backs responded with a hare
drive. once more invading the territor!
! of the home men and putting Grant
5 Rathom and Crosby on their mettle. 4
Z, .ouick rush took the leather past Bar
3 tholomew and Smith, Wright wa
3 dow ned, and before the people could re
= alize what had happened Cameron re
t peated his performance, scoring No.
n for his team--and the game only fv
I, minutes old. 1t pretty nearly came to
h panic, but judicious whispering on tn
y part Of the older heads in the Astori
+ team caused the boys to swallow dow
the gulp in their throats and go !
harder than ever to redeem themselye
in the eyes Of their disheartened SUI
1 porters
Gibson kicked off once more, and th
r time the forwards pocketed the ball an
put a different aspect on the game. Ft
= five minutes there was some hard figh
q ing in the centre Of the field, but tn
crowd, realizing that the local boys ha
recovered their grip, breashed litt
y more freely. Then Bell, who played
- faultless game throughout, took II
sphere up the right wing and passc
70 right across the field to Higgins, VIII
< with a neat dash, rushed II up to Il
eneray's posts and kicked 1t throug
te Maybe the crowd didn't shout! Ham
j. kerchiefs were waved, and there was
1e general scene OF excitement that HI
hardly ever been paralleled In the cit
ID Five minutes after the next hclk-c
r. Astoria claimed, and was allowed,
n foul. The ball was kicked clean throug
but did not score. according TO associ
ton rules. This little dlsa2pointmer
: however didn't dampen the A. Il.
men, who kept the ball well up 4