The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-26
A GREAT VICTORY.
Portland Won from Hebron YeSter-
day Afternoon.
IN RED HOT GAME OF FOOT
BALL on DEE ING GROUNDS.

Plucky Portland Players Put Up Great
Fight Against Big Odds-TwitcheIl's
wonderful Forty Yards Run Hebron
within One Fo3t of PortIand's Goal
But Could Not Score Touchdown-A
Most Exciting Contest.
Portland won the game after mighty
struggle and the football season in Port
land ends in a blaze of glory.
To win from Hebron was something
that none of the staunchest hackers of the
Portland team dared to hope for. They
had believed in their powers at Bangor
and were defeated, but to win from a
team which is acknowledged to be one of
the fastest in the state and which recent
lv defeated Coburn Classical Institute 26
to O. when Coburn has won from Bangor
IS to O, was SO far beyond their dreams
as to be even thought of. And yet Port
land did win and that too in clear, well
played game against team which out
weighs them by many pounds to the man.
The Portland boys showed what they
could do in the first half when on defen-
siye work they held Hebron for downs
time and time again. But 1t was in the
second half that Twitohell made forty
yard run and scored the touchdown, and
this was done by clever tactics and by
the finest kind of blocking by little Walk
er, the quarter back, and others. Then
when the Portland boys held the visitors
for downs when the ball was within
foot of Portland's goal line, held the big
heavy Hebron men.who were fighting like
tigers to gain that foot and with the ball
in their hands once more, after that
plucky defense which has never before
been equalled in this city, the Portland
boys carried it slowly but surely back up
the field and landed it ten yards from
Hebron's goal line when time was called
for the end of the game.
Well may the Hebron boys feel blue
and with good reason did the Portland
High school boys shout themselves hosrse
last night. Captain Anderson and his
lucky team deserve all the praise that can
be bestowed upon them for against odds,
on muddy field which was favorable to
the heavy weight of Hebron, and after
season of crushing defeats they pluckily
stood up and fought out game which
was as hard played and as creditably won
as has been any contest ever seen on the
Deering field.
The afternoon was cold, drizzily, dis
agreeable. The football field was covered
by an inch of Shiny, slippery mud. The
ground beneath this mud was frozen and
this made the footing as treaeherous as
to the rain, but the four hundred people
who were present had chance before the
day was over to witness as pretty a foot
ball game as ever was played in this city
Captain Small and bis mon from the
old Hebron Academy, big strapping fell
lows with the marks of many hard
fought battle plainly to be seen in thei7
dress and manner, arrived on the field
about three O'Clock. They were rugged
looking set of fellows and while they
were working out their signals on the
field and Passing the ball about there
were not many people in the crowd who
would have dared to hope that Portland
could win or even score. And when Cap
tain Anderson and his players put in an
appearance. There were few struggling,
disheartening cheers from few loyal
souls in the crowd who believed in them
still but the majority of the crowd
viewed item as they might flock of
lambs driven up to the slaughter.
Referee Grant of Lewiston, a young
man who has an excellent reputation as
an official in football, and Mr.. Coombs
the big guard of one of Browns best team
in years gone by who was to act as UNI
pjre, waded out through the mud to sup
erintend the tossing of the coin by the
two captains.
PORTLAND WON THE TOSS
and gave Hebron the ball. The crowd
was a very quiet one when the teams
lined up for the beginning of the play
defeat seemed only few minutes away
for Portland
Captain Small kicked off for Hebron
and Dortieos of Portland caught the
sphere on the twenty yard line and took
it to the forty yard line before his was
stopped. Portland tried twice in sue
cession to gain but failed. 1t was as the
crowd expected and none were surprised
at this. Twitchell got the ball for an end
run, and with good interference lined
up about him tried Hebrons right end.
The referee was in Twitchell's way, and
in lodging him TwitchelI lost a good
chance to forge ahead, but as it was he
made the necessary five yards. Anderson
and Weber made small gains and then
1t was yard to gain on the third down.
Weber finally made the yard around
Hebron's right end. Anderson, Twitohell
and Webber between them made good
gains through Hebron's tackles and
around the ends. The crowd began to
wake up and the "rooting'' was of the
good old fashioned sort which had the
heart In 1t. The Portland team was
PLAYING FAST FOOTBALL.
Thornton began to realize that they had
no easy thing and worked like tigers
4 fake kick and Dorticos got ten yards
more through Hebron's tackles, CARRYING