The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-09-18

The p. H. S. Eleven VIII Be Light, Bnt
What They Lack in Weight VIII
Make Up in Quickness The Finances
in Bad Shape.
About this time ct year the attention
of the public interested in sports Is
turned to foot ball and once more the
pig skin is being chased all over the
country by sturdy young men who are
getting in training for the coming con
tests on the gridiron. Football is just
as popular now as ever it was and de-
spite the black eye which the game re-
ceived in Portland last season there
seems to be good prospects for q lively
team here in the High school this fall,
which will reflect credit uponsthe city
and that institution. So far no definite
plans have been made and all is specu
lation. Some of the material in the High
school which may turn out to be ex-
cellent football timber has not as yet been
sized up and the team itself is not yet
thoroughly organized.
The plan of campaign this year will
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seasons. Today an athletic association
Is to be formed in the school and in
this matter Principal Chase has taken
great interest and will aid the boys with
the benefit of his experience and advice.
1t is said that the school committee this
year is little more favorably disposed
towards athletics, which do so much to
make the high school an attractive place
for the young men and helps to tighten the
labors of those who are fitting for college
or higher institutions as we'll as to give
them some sort of a start in that branch
Of education which is now lookedsupon
by the wisest educators as having an
important place in the curriculum of the
school and college university. This ath-
letic association which will be organized
today will control all of the athletics of
the school. Under this head will come
the football team, and for its manage
ment there will be selected an advisory
board of gentlemen who are interested
in this sport and who will oversee, in
some degree at least, the management Of
the team both at home and when play
ing against other school teams about the
state. just who will constitute this
board of advisors it has not as yet been
decided, but doubtless they will select
from those persons who are well quail
fled to carry out the plans for the season
to take advantage of all concerned
Pending the organization of this associ-
alton little can be done by High school
enthusiasts, but even now the team
which Is to represent the Portland High
school in the approaching contests has
been canvassed and the young men who
have the matter in hand SO far, know
just about what kind of material they
have to deal with and what can be done
with it. Some of the young men who
hope to win glory on the gridiron during
the coming season have been out to the
Deering base ball grounds once or twice
this week and have in a measure settled
down to work. Anderson of last year 8
team, one of the best ends in the state,
and young man who has a reputation
which extends beyond the boundaries of
Maine as cool and heady player, has
been given charge of the team until a
captain for it is chosen. He has been
looking the ground over very carefully
and hopes to put into the field team
which though it may not be as heavy as
the teams of other years, will at least
be a very quick and active one and may
be able to pull out a few victories from
the contests in the state. There is no
doubt about Anderson being chosen the
captain Of this years team. He has
shown himself to be an excellent general
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men in such way that the very best
there is in them is brought to the sur
face. He is besides, as has been said, a
fine player himself and it is doubtful if
any men in the state can put up better
game at either of the ends than can this
same young player. In the contests in
which he took part last season he saved
the Portland team from many bad de-
feats by his quick work, and on one or
tvV0 GiOnG yyhaT in the ahSanCa of Tia
vine, he captained the team, his work
was of the gilt edged sort that fairly
made winning team out of one which
did not seem to have a ghost of show
of being victorious. With Anderson as
this years captain there will be at least
cool hand at the helm who will inspire
the men with confidence and set an ex-
ample of hard and conscientious playing
which will bear good fruit. The election
of a captain for the team will not be
made until Monday or Tuesday, but there
is little doubt about who this man will
be.
For manager of the team there are two
candidates in the field. Frank Twitchell
is one of those who is looking for the
this position while the other candidate
| is Hudson Sinkinson. Either of these
young men SO the High school athlets
say, will make good man for the place.
The finances of the foot ball association
this year are in very bad shape. Last
season was disastrous to the treasury of
the association and it has been conclu
sively proved that without a winning
team the game OF foot ball in the High
school cannot be made to pay expenses.
| If the school has winning team in the
| field it can coin money and this sort OF
team Anderson, who will probably be
the captain of the Portland aggregation,
intends to put on to the gridiron. The
foot ball association last season was
about $500 in debt, but by good luck this
can be wiped out and there will be
something left over to pay this season s
expenses.
| The foot ball team will be obliged tc
hire coach; but just who the coach will
be it cannot be told at this early date.