The Portland daily press., 1898-10-25

good c0nS1aerln8 the IacG JnaG bnls Is ufsu
football game here this season. The
colors of the P. A. G. are red and yell
low, the same as may be seen on the Span
ish battle flags, and these were in evil
dence on every hand. The field was nice
ly roped off and the grounds in excellent
condition. A numbor OF ladies were pres
ent and all of them sported the yellow
and red in some form. On big tally
ho, which has done much service of the
kind in the past, were many OF the best
known members of the p. A. c., who
foupd plenty of opportunity to use the
big fish horns with which they were
provided.
The Portsmouth boys ware represented
on the field by quite q number of admi
rers. A little fellow dressed in black and
yellow with swallow tailed coat and
Jockey cap served as the Portsmouth
mascot.
The afternoon was warm and there was
little or no wind. In fact it was a su-
perb day for foot ball. The one bad feat
ure of the game was the way in which
the crowd enoroached upon the field. At
the slightest provocation they would
come crowding over the ropes out into
the gridiron. There were plenty of Off
GERS engaged to prevent this sort OF thing,
but they failed to perform their duty very
satisfactorily. One or two of them seemed
to know what was required and did their
best to keep the crowd where they be-
longed, but the others seemed to be asleep
about all the time and the crowd roos All
vantage of it. AT no time during the
game was there very much cheering. The
p. A G. had few deep-voiced rooters,
who did their best to make things lively,
but there were not gre many OF them.
The Portsmouth team has been win
ming games all the season and were In
excellent form. In fact yesterdays defea
was only the second time they have lost
since they commenced to play early in the
season. They were much lighter than the
P. A G. team and seemed very small ID
comparison with them They played very
pIucky game and considering their light
weight held the p, A C.'s very we'll.
The one thing which interfered with the
team work. Individually they made many
fine plays and showed conciusively that
with few more games of this kind
they can be equal to anything in this part
of the country. Their Interference was
very poor indsed and only once or twice
did they get down to business and line
up any sort of interference for the run
ners. They did their best work on the de-
fensive and time after time held Ports
mouth for downs or loss of ground.
Portsmouth won the toss and took
the southern goal, giving Portland the
ball and the northern goal. McReadie
kicked of for the p. A. G. in fine shape,
sending the ball bounding along the
ground to Portsmouth's 20-yard line.
Here it fell into the arms Of Woods, who
got back to the 3O.yard line with 1t ana
was there stopped.
Portsmouth punted to Sullivan. who
succeeded in gaining 40 yards before he
was tackled, taking the ball to Ports
months 25.yard line. 1t vas fine run
and the p. A. q. lined up Tine inter-
ference about the ruDner. Then big Nc
Readie electrified the crowd by going
through Portsmouth's line for ten yards.
crooks and Smith opened up hole big
enough for horse and wa.on to drive
through Once more Brooks and Smith
smashed big hole in Portsmouth's 5 line,
and Noticeable went through it for five
yards more. Kelley then had chance
and took the pig skin to Portsmouth's s
l0-yard line. Things seemed to be COM
ing our way and the Portsmouth line
couldn't hold the Portland men any bet
ter than seive can hold water.
The Portsmouth boys took brace and
did their best to stop the P. A. G. here.
but without success. Kelley and Nc