The Portland daily press., 1895-10-31

A Good Attendance for a Mid Week
Game-The Play in Detail.
Another tie game of football was played
by the P. H. S. team yesterday after
noon. The Bowrfoin Freshmen eleven
were their opponents and We're up to
give our boys some practice. Manager
Sinkinson, Veazie, Hadlock and Fair
| field were old acquaintance of the team
and perhaps may have been on to their
weak spots somewhat. AT any rate the
Freshmen put up but a very mediocre
game being particularly weak in the line
but theHigh school boys were not able to
win. The boys without doubt know by
this time just why they made the poor
showing that they did, for they had a
private session with their coach last even
ing. Their game was cratic, lacking
snap most of the time. The work of the
backs was Slow while the line men did
nothing startling. But the team showed
improvement in their work. Several
substitutes were tried and there is some
good material among them. The boys
have not learned it all yet, but yesuer-
days game was indicative of their posi-
bilities. Lots of hard work is ahead.
and Kent's Hill is laying for these COM
ing games and the best work of each
man will be required to put good games
against such worthy foemen as we know
| will represent them. The most deplora-
BILE feature of the game was tho action
| of the crowd. 1t was the same old desire
| to be right with every play, to be close to
the players, never needing the possibility
thatsthey might be obstructing ones
sight, or blocking the game. or even pre-
venting both from doing their best. The
management would do we'll to see to it
in future games that any person who in
sists on being out of his place be ejeoted
from the grounds. The public supports
the game, they demand that their rights
be looked after and will manifest any
sighting of their desires by staying
away.
| When the coin is tossed for choice Cap
| tain Sullivan wins and takes the north
goal. Clarke kicks to Robinson on the
| twenty yard line who allows the ball to
! get away from him, but a Portland play
er falls on it and the two teams line up
on the twenty-five yard line On the first
play Robinson advances the ball ten
yards through right tackle. He is follow
ed by Wentworth for two and by Under
wood for four yards through the line.
Robinson once more carries the ball for
gain of eight yards through the left side
Of the line. Portland plays steady ag-
gressive football, and by small gains
carries the ball over the line in five and
ohe.hal minutes During this time
Wentworth demonstrates that he has the
making of valuable man in him. His
picking up of the ball and carrying it
thirteen yards after Portland player
had dropped it was very opportune.
Though the touchdown is made right
under the bar, giving the easiest kind
wide of it's mark thus loosing to Port
land the game, as it was played.
On the kick off Robinson is once more
given a chance which he accepts, taking
the ball on the fifteen yard line and adj
ding five yards before being downed.
Portland seemed to be weak in blocking
off for him. Portland is held for five
wards on downs, Bowdoin taking the ball
on the thirty-fv yard line. All the
freshmen backs get in little work
which, aided by some poor tackles on
the part of the High eleven lands the ball
on Portland's two yard line, where
| tumble looses the ball and Portland feels
I, ic lint bo
quite decidedly out of its proper place
and should have been put behind the
ropes before the play was >>allowed to be
resumed Both teams are thoroughly
aroused and on the third down Portland
has only one and one-half feet to gain,
but a miserable tumble gives the ball to
Bowdoin, Randall falling on it, The
bows from Brunswick push it right over
for a touchdown, and Clarke misses an
easy goal. Score to 5.
| Underwood kicks to Fairfield on the
twenty yard line and the Portland for
wards allow him to run ten yards before
downing him. Clarke fumbles and Rob-
inson secures the ball. Underwood
makes a small gain. Here the umpire
sees Allen violating the rules and dis
qualities him. (Wherupon he gets him
self disliked by the crowd who, having
exceeded the bounds allowed to them,
forget how to act as gentlemen and give
pent to their sentiments in very loud
discourteous manner, calling the said
official a robber and at the same time
giving themselves the lie by asking AL
len if he shit him goodp) Another play
ends the half the ball being on the forty
five yard line.
| On the Portlands kick off Clarke catch
az the ball on the ten yard line and
shakes off Devine, gaining thirty yards
before being stopped. In two or three
downs he once more gets started, Loring,
Anderson and Sullivan missing him in
turn, but he goes out of bounds after
adding but eight yards to his credit.
portland gets caught off side and for