The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-11-11
on FOOT BALL FIELDS.
Portland Surprises the Confident
I.umbermen.
SHE PLAYS BANGOR TO A TIE ON
SATURDAY.
It Was Nasty Day-Regular Ba ngor
IVeather-Six Hundred Crsnks Were
There Though Other Games.


There Though Other Games.
Well Welt WelI How the crowd
did yell Overrabed Bangor ran up
against snag in the shape OF the +. ID.
S. little eleven on the Deering grounds
Yesterday. With everything III her favor
the prestige of many victories, an average
of seventeen pounds to the man, and last
but not least Bangor weather-she oiu
not do thing" to Portland.
Friday night Bangor was dreaming OF
a victory over the Bowdoin Varsity IN
the nearfuture. saturday night Bangor lay
awake. deyising means to beat our little,
moderated and easy-meat team. we
sy1npathize with Bangor In her grief. We
we've disappoiuUod IN the showing OF her
highly reDutation-e1 team. We knew our
team was weak, but We were surprised
to see our rivals put uQ such an INFERIOR
game.
1t is to be regretted that sufficient pro-
vision could not be made to care for the
crowd. While enthusiasts heId their peace
remarkably well they would not stay
where they belonged and created no END
Of ANNOYANCE to both teams and the
officials. At Maplewood Park tl'ey keep
the crowd where it Belongs and 1T seems
pity we cannot do the same here.
But what a game the boys put up
Coach Hall has Certainly hand leo the
material at his command admiralty ana
in leaving he takes the hearty wE'hes OF
all who have been under him.
Every man on the Portland teaIn put
up The game of his life. One fun bio only
marred their play. While Chapman was
much in evidence at every stage OF tne
game, yet every man did we'll Inc new
men were in hard places, but met an
gor's assaults in a n1astelly MANI er'
Only after Portland was exhausted CO m
pletely from repeated onslaughts again 81
such heavy line were the backwoodsme
able to make any good gains
When Gilman starts the lall going the
Portland sylnpathizers wonder how soon
before it will be over their boys line.
Chapman gets it on the bound on Poft-
lands % yard line, heslta1es moment
and plunges forward for five yards before
being downed. the teams lining up Oh
Robinson triesJ Chalmers fer mo gain.
Griffith squeeZes out one yard by Ollman
-1hird down, and four yards TO gam
Underwood goes back for punt
The crowd is fearful lest he mutt the
slippery ball but nay. Standing On Port
lands fifteen yard line, he meets the pall
souareiy on his toe and Connefs muHs,
Chapman getting it Oh Bangor's 40 yard
line.
Chalmers gets off side in the first line
up and it is Portland's ball on Bangor 3
So ward line. Underwood plunges through
the centersof the line for five yards and
tho crowd yells. Griffith tries left END
and tackle for three yards and ptucky
little Robinson gets yard by Gilman
and Immediately follows fer two yards
more by York. Gilman once more is an
easy mark for Underwood, who goes by
him for three yards and not content with
that, dives through the same place again
for ten yards. One more play, and the
ball is On Bangor's II yard line when
Portland is penalized for Gulliyer's OIL
side play and Bangor takes the spherola.
Corners fairly flies at the line and
right over WEIGH for six yards knalde
ties Portland's right but Devinel tackles
him-only one yard gained. Not at all
discouraged, Knaide goes inside OF Chap
man, who is blocked off hard, and by
Griffeths for twelve yards Corners once
more finds hole for six yards. Corners
tries the right once more, making no
gain. Devine getting him hard HUM
makes hard dash past Chapman, who IS
buried by two Bangor blockers. Hunt
now tries Devine, but he dives right
for no gain. Portland gets the ball one
yard from the center of the field, because
McCann runs ahead with it.
Up to this point Bangor has rushed the
ball 80 yards, just offsetting Underwood S
punt. Underwood goes two yards py
Hunt Robinson adds three through
Gilman, who is being well taken care OF
by Welsh. On the next line up, the bali
is fumbled but Sullivan gets lt-three
yards lost.
Robinson hits tho line hard-no gain.
Underwood punts high; Corners nuns,
and Chapman is once more on the Daii Oh
the 35 yard line.
Underwood smashes into York for five
wards and once more for three yards.
Bangor's center gets offslde and PORTLAND
has ten yards But ON the next line up
the ball goes TO Bangor for holding IN the
line.
Snow tries Chapman and only loses
two yards. The lumbermen get ten yards
for E. 6. Aliens offside. Conners tries
for no gain. Claybrook gets ambitious
and Bangor walks ten yards nearer Port
lands goal.
McCann IS Keeling the signals off rapid
" and Hunt dashes by Claybrook for four
Yards, Robinson bringing him down.
Corners adds two yards and Hunt i've
more Here Gilman is caught holding
Allen ana POrUlanu mas the JAIL bWO
yards from the center of the field.
Underwood works Gilman for two and
one-half yards. Portland is very slow in
lining up and giving signals. Under
wood is again called upon and gets two
yards; Robinson one yard. Griffith loses
a couple OF yards and it is the third dowI
with three yards tos gain. Underwood
punts for 25 yards; McCann failing to gel
the ball After several men attempted
the feat Chapman gets there and has the
ball right betweenshis legs and on Ban
gor's ten yard line. How the Grove
cheers
Griffith gets one yard through Gilman
but on the next rush fumbles. the ball
Chapman falling on it. Time is called.
The summary of the work done in thu
half shows Bangor to have rushed fifty
yards kicked off thirty three yards, re
ceived the ball twice and twenty yards OF
penalties; Portland getting 81 yards b.
rushing, 20 from penalties and - from
punts. Or, starting with the ball from
her % yard line she ends the half z