The Portland daily press., 1895-12-02


Saw the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Lively
Game.
The Boston English High School eleven
came to Portland Saturday and played
the Portland High School and the result
| made it very manifest that it was a big
mistake ever to. have arranged for this
game except as money making venture.
Portland was simply outclassed in age
| and weight. Over 1000 went out and
stamped around in the mud or shiyered
on the bleachers and witnessed very
| one-sided contest.
When the teams first lined up there was
such disparity in age that the crowd
saw that Portland had little chance to
score.
In the first half the home team succeed
ed in holding the big visitors down to one
touch down and did remarkably good
work considering the odds against them.
But in the second half the superior ply
steal qualifications Of the visitors began
to tell and they secured four touch downs
without much difficulty. The game re-
suited in score of 26 to in favor of the
visitors.
1t was an enthusiastic crowd before
the game. The sun was shining then
and the world wasn't entirely frigid,
as 1T became before the game was over.
A good many ladies were in one of the
bleachers and troops of blue ribboned
young men shouted themselves hoarse
IN defiance of the yells of the Boston con-
tingent, which numbered 90 or 80
A feature of the game was the shape,
personality and play of Mike O'Brien,
the Boston teams right guard. Possibly
somo slight defects of costume did some
thing in the way of distortion, but cer-
tainly never did human shape before look
SO much like DuChaillu' S original gorilla,
He was gorilla in size and strength.
that wa s scarcely human.
He received good many compliments
from the crowd such as 90 Brien, where's
your hodf' etc. Somebody suggested
that he was the janitor and not q pupil
of the school, but he paid no heed to all
these little jokes, and be kept on manu-
featuring touch downs He had way of
Selling the, man with the ball and drag
ging him through the crowd for big
gains.
The Portland boys-would pile on to this
human cart with its football freight,
but they always got ride of or 10
yards before they stopped the horse.
Eaton did splendid work for Boston,
securing three of the first touch downs
For. Portland Hadlock made beautiful
tackle and Sullivan made sevel al Griffith
also did good work.
Following is the game in detail: TIL
English High had the kick off. Sullivan
caught the ball After several downs and
no gains Underwood kicked far down
the field. He was tackled by one of the
big visitors, thrown and deliberately
jumped on, the latter's knee striking his
neck. 1t was sometime before he recoy.
cred. The crowd Kissed. After the first
down, Boston fumpled and Sullivan fell
on the ball. Soon Griffith went through
for five yards, Portland lost on downs
and Boston made three gains of five yards
each. Portland held them for two touch
downs and then Boston pushed through
for ten yards, close to the line.
In the next rush Ellsworth went be-
tween the poles for touchdown. White
more failed to kick goal
Portland kicked off. After several
downs a Boston man made run for
the end, but just as he was getting clear,
Sullivan had him around the legs and
they rolled over several times in the
mud. 1t was beautiful tackle. In the
next round De Claybrook was stretched
out.
Boston fumbled and Devine dropped
on it. Underwood punted for a gain of
20 yards that brought the ball within
10 yards of the Boston line. Because of
an off side play. the ball was advanced
five yards
Griffith came round for six yards. He
was almost clear when Sherlock just
reached and held his ankles. In Q
next down one of the big visitors was
hurt for the first time.
While: close to the line Portland lost
on downs. Boston gained about 10 yards,
then fumbled and Sullivan :. fell on the
ball.
After several downs Portland punted,
but the 25 minutes was up for the first
half with the ball close to Boston's line.
Score, Boston, 4; Portland, O. :"
mrry cnOoHn nan,
In the second half Underwood began
with kick that sent the ball almost
to the Boston line By splendid inter