The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-10-26
MET THEIR sUPERIoRs.

MET THEIR SUPERIORS.
Cony High School Practically Defeats
Portland High.
Little Fellows Made Monkeys of Their
Big Adversarfes-very Unsatisfactory
Foot Ball on Deering Grounds.
Little Cony High school of Augusta
from which in years gone by have come
light weight, slow playing, easily defeat
cd teams, practically won victory Sat-
urday over the Portland High school
team of which we have been predicting
SO much and Of which SO much has been
expected.
1t Is true that Anderson, one of our
best men, retired from the struggle
| early in the first half. and Devine and
one or two other good men were put out
of the game before it was ended but this
was no excuse for the way things went.
Cony did not weigh nearly as much as
Portland but they did play a more
plucky, snappy and altogether better
game. 1t was the same old thing over
and over. Cony would get the ball on
Portland's fumbles, off side plays, or on
downs and then the little boys from
Augusta would tumble their way
through the center of the P. 81. 8. team,
always buoking the line In the rame
place, first one back and than the other
doing the work and the Portland men
we're seemingly powerless to prevent
gains being made. Luck only prevsned
Cony's scoring. At the last moment in
each half with the ball within three
yards of the Portland's goal line the P.
II. S. boys seemed to wake up and once
in the first and once in the last half they
kept the visitors from pushing the pig
skin over the line. But that's all P.
H. s. could do and when in the first half
they did manage to get the ball back to
the center Of the field, there they again
seemed to close their eyes and let the
little boys from Augusta push them
about at will
| Neither side scored. Cony came near it
twice and kept the ball in Portland's
territory three-fourths of the time. Port
land didn't even come near scoring and
never was there such surprise on the
Deering gridiron as that Portland run up
against Saturday. What was the matter.
The same old thing. Weak tackles and
guards and unless these are changed or
Strengthened there will be many more
disastrous defeats for Portland to swal-
low. Everyone should give the Augusta
| boys great credit for what they did Sat
uiday. They are as pluoky q lot of young
fellows as ever played in Portland.
ing shpes weeks n under 1 Fraa S %sid-
den of Cornell and the result
Of his WORK was shown on Saturday. II
Coach McCarty did not feel disguise at
the way the Portlands played his face
was no indication of his feelings. 1t is
case Of "oheer up, all the way round
needed to mend Saturday g work.
THE WAY IT HAPPENED.
Portland won the toss up and took the
north goal, giving Cony the ball. The
Augusta boys kicked of to Portland's lS
yard line and the crowd which was of a
good size, cheered little when Hadlock
caught the ball and rushed it forty-five
yards. Sullivan Immediately lost ten
yard of this by his old trick of running
backward instead of forward with the
ball. Portland had found her antago-
nists little too strong in the line and
Cookson was give the ball for punt.
C0ny caught the ball on the fifty yard
line but Immediately lost it again to
Portland. Cookson puntsd once more
and the ball was caught on Cony 's forty
five yard line. With the ball in their
| hands Cony worked the mass covered
| criss-cross play for swenty-fve yards,
gain. Portland finally held them on
downs and punted again to Cony' IS
forty yard line. Through the tackles and
guards and around the ends Buttsrfield
and Scribuer, Cony's backs, went down
| the field to within three yards of the
Portlands goal line when tumble gave
the hall to Portland.
Cookson at once punted tt Portland g
forty yard line and Cony by the work of
her backs pushed the ball back to within
fifteen yards of Portland's goal again
Here they lost the ball OH a fun BILE
again aud once more Cookson punted to
the forty yard line. Criss GROSS play and
end circling put the ball back to Port
lands twenty-five yard line and here
| after an unsuccessful attempt at criss
cross, play. very slow and poor, Cony lost
the ball on downs. C0okson again
punted to center of the field and Cony
rushed the ball back into Portlnnd's |
territory as far rs the forty yard line.
Here Foster broke trough the liue and
got the ball for Portland. Sullivan,
O'Brien and Cookson took the bali
rapidly down into Cony's territory with
| something like our old time play and the
half ended with the ball on Cony's
fifteen yard line, the nearest Portland
came to touchdown during the game.
Portland punted off in the second half
to Cony's forty yard line Butterdeld,
Cony's crack halt back, and Soribner
pushed the ball back into Portland's
territory. Devlne was obliged to retire
with an injured shoulder and Dorticos
was substituted. Down towards the
Portland goal the pig skin was rushed.
Portland got the ball on downs and
punted to Cony's forty yard line. But
terfield tried to carry the ball on criss
cross play but the Portland men broke
through Cony's line and spoiled the play.
Butterfield however succeeded in getting
the ball back into the oenter Of the field.
Here the ball went to Portland again on
Gowns but they held 1t only a minute for |
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