The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-19
OFF FOR BANGOR.
Portland Football Team Plays Bangor
on Saturday Afternoon.

The Portland football team goes to
Bangor this noon to play return game
in that city with the team of the Bangor
High school. The last game. between
these two teams was played in Portland
and resulted ina victory for Bangor by a
score of 4 to 0. The Portland people who
followed this game were convinced that
the Portland boys should have won it and
they look for victory at Bangor ON Sat
urday. Satisfactory rates having been
offered by the railroad for all who desire
to see this game there is little doubt
about this city's sending over a large
crowd to cheer the High school boys on
to victory. A football game in Bangor
between these rival teams is the event of
the year and one who has attended one of
these contests i'll Bangor is quite certain
to see another one if such a thing is
possible. The people of the Queen city are
very confident of their team winning this
game and the oranks of Portland seem to
be equally certain of the result. Bangor
since her appearance here where she won
game by pure luck has been working
hard at practise, has employed three or
four coachers and has been doing all that
she possibly o.uld to build her team up so
that victory on Saturday might be a
certainty.
| The Portland team Will leave Union
station on the noon train for Bangor and
will take along with them many well
known citizens who love nothing better
than good game of football and who
will go miles to see the home team win a
victory.
Portland has strong, fast play ing and
plucky eleven to represent her this season
and if they do not give good account Of
themselves on Saturday it will be surpris
ing. Watson, who has been playing guart
for Portland all of the season is laid III
with bad knee, yand will be unable te
take part in Saturdays contest. This will
weaken the team a great deal, for Watson,
besides being very clever ground gamer
| Is also strong man in the line, and is
| in the game from the start. His place
will be taken on Saturday by Finnerty
who is doing good work, and who maybe
|
Watson's position. Behind the line Port
land will play Walker as quarter back.
Underwood as full back, Wentworth and
Twitchell as half backs. These men are
all good in their places, and have been
working conscientiously for many weeks
in hopes of landing this Bangor game
With a decent field and any sort of luck
Portland will win unless Bangor has in
the meantime greatly strengthened her
team. SyS8.
Many people who cannot go to Bangor
this noon will take the night Pullman
and some will leave Saturday morning at
seven O'Clock.
| The train leaves Bangor Saturday night
about 7.45 O'Clock which will give every
| one a chance to see the game and return
home before Sunday All who love fast
and exciting football will not miss this
chance to see Portland revenge itself on
Bangor for the defeats of the past few
years.
Saturday at ten o'clock IN the forenoon
the Thornton Academy team will line up
on the Saco Driving Park grounds
against the Kents Hill team. Thornton
has been trying to get game with Kent's
Hill for some weeks, but their conditions
were such that Kents Hill found it i'm
possible to agree to them. AT last after
much argument game has been arranged
and it will without doubt, prove to be
one of the best games that has been seen
| in Saco this season.