The Portland daily press., 1897-10-02
FOOT BALL.
Portland High School VS.. Deering High
School.


School Athletic Association will play
their first game this afternoon at three
O'Clock on the Portland grounds. Deer
ing High will be the opposing eleven.
The Portland team Is in excellent trim
and expect to put up a fine, fast game
Tom Pierce Of Bowdoin, who so success
fully coached Hebron last season, is coachss
ing the Portland team. The boys have
worked hard for the past two weeks and
start in with good team, which is
strictly school team in every sense Of the
word. In the second half of the game
several changes will be made in the line
up, thus giving all the good men chance
at the game.
Deerfng High has been praoticing assid-
uously for two weeks under the direction
of G.. Everett Bean of Bates. 1t will be a
Let everybody go out and see the game
and 50 assure the Portland boys that they
will support good winning school team
Portland's line up will be as follows:
Right End-Anthoine, Fogg.
Right Tackle-Feeney.
Right Guard-Dorticos, Finnerty.
Centre-Smith.
Left Guard-Watson.
Left Tackle-Anderson Captain
3 Lett End-Devine.
Observation-Disclosures, Hanson, Wal
ker.
Right Halfbaok- Anthoine.
Left Halfback-Webber, Wentworth.
Fullbaek-Underwood Dorticos.
Merle Griffith and Scott Wilson will be
the officials, whileSC. Clark of Portland
and Chapman of Woodfords will be lines
mon. Two fifteen minute halves will be
played.
The Augusta High School Team.
The football eleven of the Coney high
school of Augusta has been made up and
is engaged in 6aily practice. Games
have been arranged with Gardiner High,
Bath and Nichols Latin, and Manager
Nash is in CORRESPONDENCE with Deering
High, Skowhegan, and one or two other
school teams. Captain Blaine Owen is a
member of the class of 49, is 1S years
old, and weighs 140 pounds. Height, s
feet, 10 inches. He will play right tackle
this year.
The rest of the team will be made up
as follows:
Alton J. Wall, '99, right end; II years
old, 5 feet, 10 inches tall, and weighs Is 0
pounds.
Albert Farrand, 1901, right guard !;
aged, 10 years; height, 5 feet, 10 inches;
weight. 140 pounds.
Charles McGraw, 80, center; age, IL
height, feet, inches weight, 140
pounds.
years; height, feet, inches; weight,
160 pounds.
R. P. Small, 'eS, left tackle; age, II
years; height, 5 feet, 10 inches; weight,
100 pounds
ssHarry Lyon, '9S, left end age, II years;
height, feet, 1-2 inches; weight, 1870
pounds.
Daniel L. Nash. '9s quarter back; age,
IS years; height, feet, 10 inches; weight
40 pounds.
Thomas a. Cuddy, '99, right half;
age, IL years; height feet, 6 inches !;
weight, 100 pounds.
Maurice Russell, 1900; left half; age,
10 years; height, feet, 10 inches; weight
ia pounds.
4 William Barrows, Jr., '9s, full back;
age, 10 years. height, feet, Q inches;
weight, 185 pounds.
Harry Gross, $50, sub. end; age, II
years; height, feet, inches; weight,
1876 pounds.
3. E. Beane, '99, SUBJ, age. II years;
height, feet, inches; weight 129
poands.
Harry Barrows, '99, sub; age. II
years; height, feet, inches; weight.
100 pounds.
The average age is little strong II
years. The average weight is 1876 pounds.
The average height is 8 feet, 8l-3
inches.
Colby Hopes for Victory.
Waterville, October las Colby is
probably the representative football team
of Maine this season, every 70 jtba1l en-
thusiastfin New England will look with
interest for the outcome of tomorrow E
game with Worcester Polytechnic Instl-
tute. 1t is not especially the personnel OF
the team but the fact that the team has
been coached by ex-Captain Wharton OF
the University of Pennsylvania, who in,
PRODUCES the NEW school of football
which has never before been played In
NewsEngland. Wharton states tonight
"Coiby has taken hold of our play in a
most satisfactory manner, and unless
errors occur l have no apprehension but
what victory will result Saturday"