The Portland daily press., 1896-11-19

Ou Ao4b OdOufuay aIG6P0OOQ THO EOrU-
land High School football team will line
up on the Deering grounds against the
Bangor High School. This game will
Undoubtedly be one of the most exciting
and hardest fought contests seen in the
State this season. While 1t Is true that
the Portland team has not met with the
best of success on the Rridiron this sea-
son, still the boys intend to put up a
fight worthy of the school they represent,
and If they lose to Bangor Saturday it
will not be for want of hard work at any
rate. Bangor is confident of winning an
youngsters, who really play very good
game, have not yet learned that 1t Is
wiser to over estimate rather than to
under estimate the strength OF an oppo-
nent, and in Sinking their practise
games this week, as it is reported they
are doing, Bangor is liable to meet
with the same surprise here that Port
land encountered in Bangor.
With the Bangor team on Saturday
will come many supporters, old and
young, male and female, to cheer Ban
gor on to victory. Portland's aggrega-
ton will not lack for enthusiastic root
ers at the game either. If the weather Is
fair the largest crowd in the history of
football In this city will undou btedly
witness the contest.
The Thornton football aggregation Is
claiming the earth. Not only are they,
in their own minds, or in the mind of
the fotball scribbler of the Biddeford Rec
ord. the champion team OF Maine. but
they are equal to any thing In New Eng
land. Poor little Hebron, with far
more oreditable record on this season.
games, and, as many people think, a
much stronger team than Thornton,
has no new spaper of the Records stand.
of Maine, and accordingly her sixteen
candle power incadescent light is hidden
under q bushel, as it were while the old
fashioned dip candle of Thornton Is flick
ering constantly under scare heads in the
Records columns.
Cans with Thornton, and with Hebron
to setple>s5e championship of the State.
Very few weeks remain for football In
{! Maine. and il Nhese contests are to take
place they should b. called on at once.
Seminary o.
The Portland Cape Elizabeth football
team defeated the Westbrook Seminary
eleventh an.exciting and closelyscontest.
ed game on the Seminary grounds yes
terday afternoon. The team from the
electric road was the heavier of the two
but they lacked experience, this being
the first game they have ever played.
The Seminary team put up good game,
their practice making up for their lach
of weight. Their trick plays worked
we'll and they made pig gains severa
times on criss- CROSS plays. The Port
land team won the toss and chose thu
ball Portland kicked to the 20 yard
line and the ball was returned 10 yards
On the next play Macleod BROKE
through and fell on the ball. Maoreadie
in two rushes through the guards. mad'
10 yards and then Griffith went through
left tackle for touchdown. The goa
was kicked and this ended the scoring.
Portland's goal was seldom IN DANCE
after this, the only exception being il
the last half when the ball was on tbei
five yard line. The Seminary team wa
unable to gain their distance, howeye
and the ball went to Portland OIL
downs. Plumb, Griffith, Mcleod ant
Macreadie did good work for their side
Sxtford and Dunhaan put up the hes
game for the Seminary team. TIL
halves were So and ID minutes, respective
ly. The line up:
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