The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-11-29

blew his whistle at 305, Dow OF morn
ton kicks the ball thirty yards to LOCKE,
who is forced out of bounds after running
twelve yards, toward the Saco boys goal.
Underwood and Robinson add eight
yards by shorter rushes, but the Thorn
ton lads are putting up pretty stir de-
tense and Underwood punts thirty yards.
ihofnton muffs the ball, but keeps 1t by
railing on it. Portland gets offside and
IL Is Thornton's ball on their forty live
YARD line. Cole, Foss and Wakefield hit
Portland for total of fifteen yards, when
the ball goes to the High School boys for
holalng' in the line. The Portland
backs fail to advance and Thornton has
a chance. Dole rushes through Locke
for ten yards, but loses the ball, Sullivan
getting 1t aid ten yards for ''piling On"
by Thornton. Portland now rushes right
down the field for, steady gains. Griffith
proves thesbest ground gamer, Robinson,
Devlne and Underwood blocking off well
for him. Underwood also works the line
for several good gains. Portland is with
in two yards of a score when the hall goes
to Thornton, CULVER being guilty of
holding.
Dole carries it out of danger in two
rushes and Foss adds ten yards. All these
plays are directed at Locke who seems
weak. Then e. Dow passes the ball ahead
and Portland has it twenty yards from
the goal. Griffith takes it back in three
PUSHES by excellent lodging, only to lose
it ON tumble as he is downed two yards
from the line. The Academy boys get
five yards further aw az from their goal
when time is called for the first half
Underwood kicks off thirty three yards.
Thornton rushes back twenty three
yards in five downs, relying principally
upon the tandem" Dole running with
the ball behind Wakefield, the point of
attack being the Aliens. Portland has
little luck in the form of being presented
with the ball. Wentworth trying to hold
6. ALIEN. This is the chance the boys
have been waiting for and they show
how they can play when they have to.
1t takes nine rushes to carry the ball the
circles Beal for twenty, short sharp plays
invariably adds little, till Underwood is
pushed over for touchdown He also
kicks the goal. Score, P. II. s., 6;
Thornton, O.
Dow kicks thirty-fye yards Sullivan
runs back fifteen. Portland does not try
many rushes, but prefers to have Under
wood kick. Thornton catches the ball on
her forty five yard mark. Underwood
holds and the lads from Saco have the
ball in the center of the field. BY hard
rushing, Thornton gets to Portland's
forty five yard line when Hatch is caught
holding. Portland rushes only four yards
Oh the next three downs SO Thornton
takes the ball. The visitors can make
but two yards in tEeir attempts at rush
ing and Dow falls back for a kick. The
High School forwards were right with
him and block his kick. The ball is very
treacherous and flies around in mid air
E. 6. Allen has good reach and uses it
to Portland's advantage by knocking
the ball toward his opponents goal.
Thornton gets the ball, but the attempt
to kick has cost her twenty three yards.
She is able to advance over four chalk
marks and has the ball on Portland's
fifty yard line, when time is called.
The summarizing Of the plays shows
that Portland outplayed Thornton in
every way except the fact that Thornton
held for downs twice. The following
makes it plain how the teams played
relatively:
FIRST HALF.
Rushes-Portland, 96 yards; Thornton.
4S yards
Blocked kicks-Portland, 80 yards:
Thornton, 80 yards.
Penalties-Portland, 10 yards, ball;
Thornton, 10 yards, ball.
SECOND HALF.
Rushes-Portland, 66 yards; Thornton,
55 yards.
Kicks-Portland, 81 yards; Thornton,
'35 yards.
Blocked Kicks-Portlan % yards.
Penalties-Portland, ball twice; Thorn
ton, 10 yards.
From the above, it will be seen that
Portland out rushed Thornton by SO
yards, out-kicked her by 26 yards,
blocked one of her kicks for % yards and
was penalized but twice to Thornton S
four
The two teams lined up and played the
game through without any change in the
make up, which was as tollows:
PORTLAND. THORNTON.