The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-11-27
THANKSGIVING FOOTBALL.
Fierce Contests on the Gridiron Field
Yesterday.
CHICAGO DEFEATS BOSTON ATH-
LETIC TEAM.

A Broken Leg One of the Features of the
Conflict-Brown Defeats tho Carlisle
Indians at New York-Pennsy Wins
from Cornell.
Chicago. November 26.-Twentyt
exhausted and bruised football players,
decorated with mud from head to foot,
walked off the Chicago Athletic assooia-
tion field at two this afternoon. The
Chicago team carried with them the
honor of having won the fourth annual
contest on the gridiron with the Boston
Athletic associations eleven. The score
at the close of the game was 10 to 6.
The Boston players were too weak tor
the opposite aggregation of muscle and
running power. A heavy rain fell most
of the time, driven by a brisk wind,
which was in the Chcago's favor. In the
first half, when eight of their twelve
points were made three men were dis
abled, Graham and Butler of Boston
and Choyinard of Chicago, Graham hav-
ing the ligaments of his right leg
broken, but here was no dirty work done,
except by the mud laden field.
Chicago woD the choice of goals. Bos-
ton gained Is yards on the kickoff
Chicago quickly got the ball and passed
1t back for punt by Draper. The visi-
tors 80 yard line wassreached. In the
rush and sorimmage there, Graham was
laid out and had to be carried off the
field on a stretcher.
Before the Boston s knew their danger
and could make stand, the brawny
Chicago rush line had carried them off
their feet by snappy work, through the
centre and past the end tackles to Bos-
tons five yard line, close to the goal
posts. A determined stand was made
Ehere. The line of defonse went down
like nine pins, and in two efforts Draper
was clutohing the ball for the first
touchdown under pyramid of twenty
one other players.
He missed hard goal to kick. The
ball changed hands good many times
on off side play. fiImblesTand forfeits on
downs, without five yards advance. This
nearest Boston got to the goal of the
cherry colors, was forty yards. There
Chicago had the ball set ON Bostons 25
yard line on kick back by Draper over
the goal line ont of Curtis's reach. The
piHyluS WttS siOW HIlus ltldy6 UH6f Qislut9s
tedious for the 700O spectators. half of
whom were exposed to tho win1-driven
rain.
Curtis punted into Draper's hands
on the 60 yard line, and the Chicago
full back, who with Slater, did all the
brilliant individual play on that side.
ran around the end, lodged and threw
the tackles until he sat on the ball
for his second touchdown. His kick
Ior goal sent the ball against the post.
After the kick off Choyinard got the
bail for Chicago and made n thirty yard
run around fhe end to Boston's fifteen
yard line, being hurt in the scrimmage.
took his place doing effective work.
Chicago l1st the ball for holding. Full
lard and Curtis were sent through the
line for thirty yards. putting Boston
out of it's dangerous position. Bullard
made 25 yard run. Time was called
before the advantage could be followed
up.
In the second half the ball was quickly
rushed to Bostons 25 yard line. 1t
was lost and Fennessey went through the
line for the same distance, repeating the
pl for twenty yards more. There was
cree struggle on Chicago's 45 yard
line ending in Curtis going through the
centre and around the Chicago's 30
yard mark. From there the ball was
oleverly advanced by five and ten yard
| stages, and the ball was soon on Chioa-
go's twenty yard line.
| The Boston men failed to make their
five yards, and by bucking the line.
| aided by two runs from klunder and
| Draper, the latter WAS soon making a
| snake-like glide over the slippery
grounds inside Boston's 55 yard line.
| The best play of the game was then
made by Slater. He got around right
end, wriggled zigzag threw off five men
and made 45 yard Tun to within three
yards of Bostons goal before Curtis
threw him. 1t was only the work of q
for Draper to score another touchdown.
His goal kick again failed.
There was some open play after this
and the Chicago men took it easier
They got the ball again to the 25 yart
line, but Boston made a successful stano
| there and Bullard went around the enc
| for 35 yards. Curtis tried left end fol
twenty yards more bringing the ball al
yards from Chicago's post.
By desperate line work the ball wal
| pushed few yards at time by Bostor
o the 15 yard line. There the BostoI
msa were given FIVE yards on off-sid'
| plays. Another pass wedge, rush ant
interference and the ball was,within eigh
yards of Chiago's goal. There the decol
team play was resorted to and Chicago
centre jumped on the mon who were sup
posed to have the ball, but did not.
Bullard had the leather and sho
through to touchdown to suit himself
after shaking off solitary tackle. H,
was downed between the goal posts ant
Curtis kicked an easy goal
Boston y plucky play was done in the
last ten minutes of the time, as th'
whistle blew during the run after tn
following kickoff
BROWN DOWNED THE INDIANS.
An Exciting Game on Manhattan Fiel'
Yesterday Afternoon.
New York, November 26.-Eighteen
thousand persons saw the eleven
Brown university defeat the pluoky In
dians from the Carlisle school at Man
haitian field this afternoon. the nna
score being, Brown "a; Carlisle Indians
IL.
The greater bulk of the crowd WIZ
messed the game without paying for az
mission, but the six thousand wn
bon ht Aiclr atc vvora n,x, ~ oo,oatd nv o u