The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-10-09
FOOTBALL TODAY.
The Situation in the intercollegiate
Field.

Portland High Plays South Portland on
Deering Grounds-some of the Other
Games Today.
inc loot ball season in Maine is now
larry on and from present indications it
promises to be the most successful in the
history OF the sport i'll this state.
Inc various colleges report an album
uaIce OF good material and they are all
sure to turn out stronger elevens than
ever before. ..
Previous to this year Bowdoin his
generally had things pretty much her
own way on the Maine gridirons, for
while on various occasions Colby, Bates
and the University of Maine have given
her pretty good argument, they have
been unable to wrest her football honors
from her.
The defeat of Bowdoin last Saturday
| by Bates however practically marks
new era in college football in Maine, for
1t proves conclusively that there is at
least one team in Maine able to defeat
Bowdoin and there may be others.
| The writer does not wish to give the in
ference that Bowdoin will not figure in
the championship race this year, for I'M
less entirely unlocked for occurrences
arise, Bowdoin as usual will be very
prominent factor in the intercollegiate
contests, but she will this year have to
cope with far stronger elevens than ever
| before.
Bowdoin has been unfortunate this
year i'll having to develop SO many new
men, for not few of the stars who have
upheld the prestige Of Bowdoin on the
gridiron during the past two or three
years have graduated. On the other hand
Bates lost only few Of her last year $
eleven, while Colby and the University
of Maine have nearly all the members Of
the '96 team in college, to say nothing of
some excellent new material
OF course the presence of q majority of
old players on team gives IL an i'm
mense advantage at tho start and whether
this advantage may be continued depends
solely on the excellence of the new ma
terial which the other eleyens are com.
PEELED to develop. Thus at the beginning
Bowdoin is somewhat handicapped by
having several new and practically I'M
tried men on her eleven but this fact will
merely serve to spur the Bowdoin men on
to greater efforts than ever before to win
the college championship of Maine.
Two important games will take place
today, and their result will help decide
the chances for various teams in the in.
tercollegiate race. Bates and the Uni
versity of Maine will meet at Bangor,
while Colby will have for her opponents
at Boston the strong eleven Of the Bos-
| ton Athletic association.
A great deal OF interest is being mani
tested In the outcome of both contests by
the followers Of the sports.
Bates has proved her ability to defeat
Bowdoin and now arises the question,
lean she defeat the University of Maine?
| Cr0nn nj no NV,
to.the present time which would enable any
| correct estimate of their strength to be
obtained. All the members of their i ut
years team are in college and if they
have not turned out strong eleven this
year under such condition it will not be
surprising.
The fact of today's game taking place
in Bangor will be Of considerable advan-
tage to the University boys for the crowd
is sure to be with them and the encour-
agement of few hundred loyal rooters
frequently cuts considerable figure in a
football game. a4
If Bates is able to clearly prove her SUI
periority over the u. OF M. eleven then
the odds are in favor of Bates and Colby,
but If, on the other hand, Bates is de-
feated then the football situation be-
comes more than interesting and it will
be wise man indeed who can predict
the final outcome for, as previously
though Bowdoin has lost her first game
with Bates, she is not out of the race by
any means.
If Colby wins fromsB. A. A. today Col
by will take decided boom. The writer
does not know what kind of team b.
A. A. has this year, but they generally
send out an eleven able to hold it's own
against any in the country.
According to all accounts Colby is pur-
suing University of Pennsylvania tactics
and they were highly successful at Wor-
cester last Saturday. Whether the Boston
eleven will be able to break up Colby e
plays remains to be seen, but the game
siasts are more than confident this veal
and if their team does not win the in.
teroollegiate championship of Maine, they
will be greatly disappointed Some Of the
other games to be played today are:
Nichols Latin with Hebron at Lewis
ton.
Edward Little High with Thornton a
Saco.
Tufts with Cornell OF Ithaca, N. Y.
Deering High plays Coburn Classioa
Institute at Waterville.
!. Potter Academy Of Setago with Bridg
ton Academy at Bridgton.
Dartmouth and Harvard at Cambridge
Westbrook Seminary and Yarmouth
Academy at Yarmouth.
Portland High will play the Soutl
Portland team at the Deering ground
this afternoon. The Portland team ha
improved greatly during the past weel
and today's game may show what oul
chances are this year in the interschol
lastic field.
Portland High had-a great Epractio
game last Thursday afternoon. Their
was the largest squad out with suits on
that there has been for several seasons
The men played hard and earnestly. TIL
backs of the first eleven played on the sec
ond and the practice was long and hard
Foot ball interest in the High school ha
never been greater. There is every reason
to suppose that Portland will have
cracker jack team this season.
The boys will line up against the Soutl
| POrtlands this afternnou at throo os.,..,