The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-10-25
TINES CHANGE.
Portland Players Easily Down Their
Opponents.

Year 1t Was a Different Tale.
| Last years team of the Portland High
school had hard work to score touch
down against the big eleven from the
| Edward Little High school Of Auburn
but this yeIr's team found little difficulty
in scoring five touchdowns against much
heavier team from the Auburn school.
Coach Warren who has until recently
been at Bowdoin but who now has the
Portland boys in hand has worked great
change for the better in the High school
team in two days. The playing of Twit-
chell at half back. the work of the two
men at quarter back, the interference, the
breaking up of plays, the tackling and the
quickness displayed in the work all goes
to show the benefit the team has derived
from the two days of practice.
Edward Little High school team. is
composed of some big and well trained
football players, some of whom have had
several years of practice. But they were
not In Saturdays game for a minute.
The Portland boys played them to a
stand still and for nine-tenths of the time
the ball was in the territory of the Au-
burn boys. The visitors put up a plucky
game but the snappy work of the Port
land boys was too much for them.
On the kick off Portland had the ball
and sent it to within twenty yards of the
visitors goal By the help of their heavy
backs the visitors took the pig skin up to
the forty yard line in no time and lost
~ l,o1 10 arl
backs by the aid Of the ends carried the
ball rapidly towards the Auburn goal and
had touchdown in less than five minutes
after some very pretty work. Underwood
failed at goal and though he had five
chances the big full back did not put the
ball over the goal bar but once and he
couldn't have missed 1t then.
On Edward Little's kick off Portland
got the ball by the work of Twitohell
and Underwood to. the forty yard line and
lost it on tumble. By two lucky end
runs Edward Little carried the ball to
within twenty yards of Portland's goal.
Here they worked bluff kick and lost
ten yards on it and it was Portland's ball
thirty yards from the goal. By a success
sion of quick and snappy work on the
part Of the backs guards and ends Port
land took the ball to within three yards
of Edwsrd Little's goal where it was
| when time was called.
Watson in particular distinguished him
self in the latter part Of this half by his
great work through the line with the ball.
This man is built for a back and should
be behind the line.
The second half was a snap for Port
land. They scored four touohdowns in
four more had 1t not been for several I'M
fortunate fukes.
On Edward Little's kick off at the be-
ginning of the second half Twitchell and
Watson aided by the other backs and ends
took the ball down the field and Ander-
son scored a touchdown in no time.
Underwood couldn't kick goal from it
and the score was TO O..
On the next kick off by the visitors
TwitcheIl got the ball on the fifteen yard
line and by the display of fine judgment
advanced it to the forty yard lire before
he was stopped. Here Underwood punted
twenty yards and Williams was fortunate
enough to secure the ball on failure to
kick by an Auburn man. Once more
Underwood punted. this time for twenty
five yards. Watson got the ball once more
for Portland and after Underwood had
gone through the line for yard or two
Portland lost the ball on the Auburn ten
yard line on downs.
Here the Edward Little team took
decided brace and worked the moss
covered criss cross with good effect for
fifteen yards. Anderson repeatedly broke
through the line at this point and tackled
like fend breaking up every play. A
bluff kick didn't bluff anyone and it was
Portland's ball again on the thirty yard
line. Twitchell made two magnificent
runs around the ends and once got
twenty and another time eight yards.
Anderson went over the line for touch
down and Underwood kicked his first and
only goal, score IA to O.
On the next kick off young Anderson
got the ball to the centre of the field
where Edward Little got the ball on a
tumble but Immediately lost it. Under
wood punted forty yards and Williams
got the ball. On the line up Dorticos
pushed over the line for a touchdown
and the score was IS to for Underwood
once more failed at an easy goal.
Young Sam Anderson is born foot
ball player. He got the ball on the next
kick off and took it twenty yards up the
field The same old thing was done right
over gain. Twitchell and Williams
carried the ball down the field in quick
time and Watson scored touchdown
making the score 90 to 0.
Things went badly on the next kick off
for Portland didn't get the ball back to
the centre of the field as quickly as they
did before. When time YVES called at the
end of the half however tie pigskin was
in Portland's hands in the centre of the
field.
The line up:
P. II. S. e. l.. III.