The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1894-07-06
ASTORIA ONCE MORE.
For the Second Time This Season She
Beats a Portland Team.

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this city a football team. better than
n other that has ever been got to-
gether in the metropolis. with the In
tentlon Of avenging the defeat sustained
here on Decoration Day. The boys in
red and white, however, returned home
yesterday conquered ono more, and
this time in even a more decisive man
ner than on the previous occasion. But
they had no cause to be ashamed OF
themselves. At many stages Of the
game they compelled the admiration OF
the most prejudiced o%n-lookers by their
excellent defense, and throughout
played a stubborn, uphill fight in a
very manly and sportsmanlike way.
The game was the prettiest and best
ever played in Oregon, and although the
~score-four goals TO Midnight indicate
q tame contest, none of great crowd
that witnessed the fight came home
with any other impression than that at
no stage Of the game had Astoria an
easy task. Certainly toward the end
the Astoria Football Club men held
the whip hand owing to their superior
staying powers, but up to the last ten
minutes the excitement was at fever
heat, and the spectators had all the
fun they wanted. The ground was dead
and slippery, and It did not take long
fer the new ball to increase very ma
terially in weight. Neither did 1t take
long for Wilson, Of Astoria, and Bigb-
am, of Portland, to cake themselves in
thick folds Of Clatsop mud, an example
speedily followed by nearly every other
player on the field.
When Umpire Mckinley blew the
whistle fr the kick off there were fully
twelve hundred spectators In the ground
and on the surrounding hills. The grand
stand and all available benches were as
usual crowded with ladies. while all
around the lines enthusiastic horn
tooters, from the big Fort Candy artil-
leryman who had come to see "Millsy'
do EN- UP brown" to the screaming,
bowling juvenile member Of the Astoria
Football Club, with oceans Of blue and
white fayors luttering all over him,
were congregated to enjoy the tussle
and yell their lungs hoarse at every
good play.
Portland made her customary break
away by piling In u vigorous rush on
Astorla's backs. but this style Of game
didn't help the visitors any for two
reasons. In the first place. the blues
were ready for It, and secondly, the
force OF the rush was badly broken by
the good battery work Of Astorla's
halves, who succeeded In very effectual-
ly scattering the strength that might
otherwise have come square IN the full
backs. From this on, the game got
warm, and the ball Travelled at a fast
pace to both wings, keeping well in the
center OF the field. The FIRST goal was
Kicked by Astoria % minutes after the
beginning Of play. and was the result
OF q careful combination from Barthol-
omew 10 Bell, Bell to Wilson, and Will
son to goal with a clean, hot shot that
the goal-keeper could not handle. Ten
minutes after, Gibson secured the sec
ond score for Astoria through a peculiar
series OF circumstances He put the
hall into goal with a well directed kick.
Richard, the Portland full back, rushed
II, slipped, and missed altogether, and
the goal keeper, instead OF picking II
as he should have done under the
circumstances. tried to kick II, got rat
tied, and let II slowly roll in between
the sticks amid the shouts and cheers of
a thousand overjoyed onlookers, The
score was unchanged up to half time.
In the second half two more goals
kicked by Astoria, and Portlanr
TO score. Astoria's third notch
was the result of the prettiest piece of
play that has been seen on the grounds
FOR a long while. Grant got hold of the F,
BALL from Wilson, and passed II over I
Dimick, who raced through Latta {
Ind gave It to Marsh. Marsh, ''un-
~attleable," as they are beginning to /
all him, was In the middle of a hostile
,rowd Of red and white shirts, but as /
Usual, got out OF the tangle somehow. I
md passed the ball well over to Bell, $
N the extreme wing, putting It right c
his feet Bell ran II up on his a
'wn line. and then centered II clean into c
,oal. Wilson was on hand, and almost 1
the sphere had landed on the U
put II through the posts. Then c
10 turned around. scratched his head, n
nd asked Mckinley how he had his "
'orridge cooked before he left Aud a
n
Astorla's fourth and last goal was 4
he result OF a side kick by Higgins b
the extreme left, Mills was there s.
hen It dropped, and got suddenly taken Il
nth a violent desire to shake hands y
18th Portland'a goal-keeper. When he Of
OF through shaking hands, the ball a
clean through between the posts .;
hen Mills started in to shake hands e
18th himself, a
Where all worked with such Judgment Is
Is impossible to partlculaIize. Cap, b,
lin TaIlant and George Smith played is
ielrs usually excellent defense. Nc.
linley, the umpire. was congratulated ol
y both teams at the end OF the game. W
say his decisions throughout In an HI
nblassed and sportsmanlike manner. In
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