The Portland daily press., 1897-10-28
A GREAT TEAM.
That Is What Portland High Has in
the Field.

The Game Yesterday With westbroon
Summaries Was Finely Played and Re-
suited in an Easy Victory for the Port
q land Boys.
The Westbrook Seminary team was de.
feated by the Portland High school eleven
yesterday afternoon on the Deering
grounds by score of 90 to 6. 1t was an
excellent game and was witnessed by a
good sized crowd for Wednesday after
noon. The Westbloo team is strong
aggregation and to defeat them by the
score that Portland piled up against them
yesterday is very creditable and speaks
we'll for the work which the Portland
boys are doing this year. In every way
the team shows improvement and Coach
Warren is to be congratulated on the good
results of his coaching.
The ball had not been in play two
minutes before Viles the star player Of
Westbrook met with an injury and was
obliged to retire from the field, his place
being taken by Warehouse. On the line
up after Viles had retired Watson got the
ball, which had been In Portland's hands
on tumble. 1t rolled out of the bunch
and Portland's swift running guard had
trotted down the field 40 yards with 1t
and scored Portlands first touchdown be-
fore Westbrook knew what had happened
Underwood kicked a goal making the
score to 0.
Westbrook put the ball into play once
more by kicking off to Twitohell on the
10 yard line and he succeeded in getting
1t up TO the IS yard line before he was
stopped. From this point the Portland
boys worked the ball down the field like
chain lightning and the way in which the
Portland backs pounded their way
through the Westbrook line was sight
to see. The ends played back for many Of
the plays and the work done by Ander
son, Webber and Underwood was gilt
edged. Twitohell improves with every
days practice. He got one yard run and
If he stuck to his interference a little
closer when he got the ball he would be
good for as many yards every time he got
the ball. The Portland team had worked
the ball down to the IS yards line when
Watson fumbled the ball and it went to
Westbrook. They were unable to hold it,
however. Smith broke through the line
at will and smashed every play. This
center was in the game every minute and
he is showing up in great shape. Port
land got tbs ball on the 35 yard line and
Watson who should by rights be playing
hohird ha 0P - t.
sensational run Of 80 yards around the
left end, being stopped on Westbrook's
five yard line by Murch. In an attempts
to push the ball over Westbrook's line
after 1t had been worked up to within
one yard of the line Walker showed poor
Judgment in giving the ball to Twitchell,
who is all right in end runs but not
heavy enough for line buoking. Twitchell
dropped the ball and Cousins, West
brooks center picked 1t up and run the
length of the field making a touchdown,
The ball was not dropped by Twitohell
until after he had called down and not
until after the referee had blown his
whistle, but the touchdown was allowed
and Muroh kicked goal from 1t making
the score six to six.
SO far it was six Of one and half dozen
of the other with odds in favor of Port
land who were playing very snappy and
scrappy game. Underwood kicked off for
Portland to Murch on the 10 yard line
and he carried it to the 20 yard line be-
for he was stopped. Tracey, Westbrook's
heavy guard, and Bennett the star man
Of the team tried to for gains but were
neatly stopped. Il
The ball went to Portland on downs but
was Immediately lost by tumble by
Webher. The ball was now on West
brooks five yard line and in Westbrook'e
hands. Tracey took it out to the Is yard
line on pretty run around the end and
there Anderson fell on it when he
fumbled. 1t took but few minutes to
push the ball over Westbrook' IS line for o
touchdown which was scored by Ander-
son. Underwood kicked another goal
making the score 10 to 6.
On the kick off by Tracey for West
prook Dorticos caught the ball on the rs
yard line and got to the So yard line with
1t before he was downed. In very few
plays and hustling the ball before. through
and around the Westbrook line at will
Portland carried the ball to within half
yard of Westbrook's goal. Here Walker
made the mistake again of giving
Twitchell the ball for gain through the
center and within half yard of touch-
down Westbrook got the ball on a tumble
This was hard luck and but for the nm.
fortunate tumble Portland would bava
had another touchdown easily. On tho
line up Murch carried the ball out to tbo
five yard line and out of the danger limit
Bennett went five yards more and hero
Smith, Portland's center, got into tbe
game again and smashed the play of West.
brook until they were obliged to punt to
save the ball. March punted 30 yards and
the ball was in Portland's hands onoa
more on the 40 yard line. Down the field
into Westbrook s territory came the Port.
land backs and ends and again until tho
ball was within one foot of the West-
brooks goal line. Here time was called
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