The Portland daily press., 1896-11-02

to do with the size of the crowd which
accompanied the Portland High school
foot ball team to Thornton Saturday.
Fully 200 young men, and not few who
have ceased to be Young men, all be-
decked with ribbons Of blue and full of
hope and confid ence fuJmed the body
guard of tine Portland team. With them
went "Rover." the pet dog of the Port
land Chemical Engine Company. bear
ing bright blue Droadcloth blanket
bearing the letters "P. II. S." en-
Droidered i'll white on it and guarded
by four of the most enthusiastic foot
Dali cranks in the city, who were pre-
pared to do battle for Ellis Pupship"
to the death. if necessary. But it wasn't
necessary, and as a ,cHscotl Rover"
was decided failure.
The game between the teams of the
rival schools took place at the Saco dri7-
ing park, where the good people of the
twin cities were also holding what is
known as an "oat race. )" in which few
specimens of the equine family were
matched to win their feed for the next
few weeks.
II any one saw these races bexides the
judges, he was certainly not member
of the Portland foot ball team, for the
boys of Thornton gave these young men
about all they could attend to.
The gridiron was nicely topped off and
was in good condition, the attendance
was large, and considerable enthusiasm
scores of pretty girls who watched the
game wore the red and gold uf Thornton
in lunches Of ribbon pinned on their
shoulders, while nearly every person who
saw the game bore either the colors of
one school or the other. The Portland
contingent awoke tho echoes with their
Rah! rab rah
Sis boom hah
Portland High school!
Rahi rah rahi
And Thornton's supporters responded
in NO feeble tones in yelling for their
own school.
Precisely at 2. 10 o'clock the two teams
took the field The Thornton men we're
notieeably larger and stronger in build
and apparently in the pink of condition,
while with the boys from the Forest City
there were many stiff joints and band
aged heads, evidences OF hard practice
playing and of former battles. Portland
won the toss and took the western goal,
giving Thornton the ball. Toby Burke
of the Argus with Rover" the blank
eted mascot in tow, walked through
Thornton's goal amidst the cheers 0
the Portland contingent and then Thorn
ton
OPENED THE GAME
by bunting to Portland's 20 yard line
Underwood made good catch, but was
tackled by Bowker, Thornton's full
back, almost in his tracks. The Port
land men lined up quickly and Cookson
made an attempt to gain around Thorn
toms right end, but failed. A tumble,
and with the pig skin still on Portland Is
2c-yard line, Thornton captured the ball.
Immediately Thornton began its quick
play and the Portland contingent were
given a sample Of what was to come.
Armstrong, Lee, Cole and Boyker made
repeated dashes at Portland's centre and
gained good five yards with every try
The ball was now on Portland's Eve
yard line. Brad ford took it for drive
through aentre, but Portland stopped
him with only yard gain. The Port
land contingent yelled encouragement.
but almost before the echoes of the yell
had died away Boyker played through
Portland's centre for good five yards
gain and scored a touchdown.
The time was JUST two minutes and
when Armstrong kicked a goal the
hopes of the Portland contingent were
at low water mark.
With the score 6 to 1t was rather an