The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-11-13
EASY VICTORY.
p. A. C. Eleven Add 10 Their
List Of Victories.
Thi. Time An coiIsx. re.n OF ns.ton
were Victims.

easily defeated by the Portland Athletic
club team saturday afternoon By SCORE
Of ~ TOO. The game was played In .
blizzard, IL being the FIRST snov storm Of
the season. The Boston players were out
olassed by the home team. They fought
hard, hut the lack Of team work and the
| magnificent defense Of Portland prevent
ed them from making any gains Boston
/ held the Portland team once and got the
| ball on downs In the second half, only
| to lose 10 again q second or two later.
This was the only time they held the
Portland plsyera The Boston team car
ried the bali no more than ten yards alto
gether, excepting one gain Of 10 yards
made BY Nolts, their full back, on fake
kick. They were big strsppirg fellows
and knew football, but evidently had not
played much tngssher. This game WAS by
no means q one sided contest, however.
10 was full Of exciting incidents and pref
ty play. Portland won the game by
bard, skilful work and should be given
full credit for what they did. The star
plays OF the game were made by Twitch-
ell. sullivan and Halliday and Chapman,
though II would be unjust to say that
they alone distinguished themselves
Lamb, for example. did magnificent
work In blocking on, tackling men twice
his size without hesitation snd bringing
them down. Then there were the big
men In the line. Smith, who blocked sew
eraI kicks; Carter and Dyer. who worried
the giants In Boston's line SO that they
did nothing but tumble the ball whe n
they got 1t; big Coombs. who was called
back once or twice and bored big holes
through she Boston line; Stock bridge,
who put up the game Of his life. and
Perry. whose quick eye saved the rail
for the homo team more tnan once.
Despite the bitter cold and binding
snow there was a good-sizs1 crowd pres
emit to zee the game. Had the day been
pleasant there would have been as large a
crowd to witness this game as has ever
been seen on the Deeting grounds. bnt
sven football cranks hesitated about ex
posing themselves to the fury Of Satur-
lays storm.
Portland kicked Off to Boston 1t could
70 seen that all the odds were In favor OF
the home teams winning the game. Not
because they were larger, because they
we're not, tut simply tecause they are
perfectly drilled in their team work and
especially strong on the defensive.
Noite caught the kick on on Boston,
so-ysrd line, and carried It to the s5-yard
Inc before he stopped. Ths Bostons tried
to buck the centre. 1t was no 60, how
ever, the Portland gisnts standing as drw
"a rock and not an inch was gained.
Nolte then puntsd to the centre Of the
ileld and IL Was Portland's ball. Twltch-
IL got into the gAms at once and follow
ng his Interference CLOSELY carried The
tall for Is yards around the right end,
sullivan, Chapman and Halliday block
ing of for him in beautiful style. In
running TwitohelI was forced over the
ide line and once more Portland pook
Sne,r opponents by surprise by kicking
from the side line instead Of carrying the
oan In. This put the ball on Boston's
s5-yard line. Time was called and the
all put In play before the rsferee's
thistle sounded. Twitonell got away
n beautiful shape and crossed the Boston
Inc for q touchdown, but had to bring
he ball back because Of the time out.
in the sounding Of the referees whistle
rwitcheu got away again and followinG
| ,is interference succeeded In making IL
sarts to the good. Chapman and Twitoh
III aided by Coombs. got little more
territory and when the ball was within !;
ards of the Boston goal there came a
tumble. 1t would have been dissstroui
ne II Chapman had not tumbled upon
he tall and saved 1t In the nick of time
IA fake attempt was made for . mas
clay at ths centre, then came delsye!
osss and Perry was sont over the limo fol
| he first touchdown. This sent the crowt
o yelling with delight and the shout'
we're redoubled when Halliday kicked 4
GOAL making the score Portland q; Bos
con. 0.
Nothing discouraged Boston kicked
III agaiE the ball dropping into Twitch
ll's arms who made tlns catch NJ Il
md a gain Of ten yards to Portland's 40
yard line before he was tackled. Then 1,
xas that Halliday showed himself cool
/ tLu kuluhok. nc was kivcu tNs
ball for kick. but finding himself abou
=, be blocked. started for the right enc
with IL, got clear field and punted OF
the run. sending the ball well into Bos
on's territory. With the ball In Boston,
lands Nolts tried TO punt, but Smith
oortland's centre, broke through ant
blocked 1t. the ball going 20 Portland OF
i3oston's S5-yard line. From this poin
tie ball was kept in the hands Of Port
land all the time, though Twitohel snvet
It once by \ narrow shave from falling
into Boston's hands on a tumble Chap
nan finally took the ball for . run
,round the right end. He had fms inter
ference. but 1t was shortly scattered b.
the terrific onslauGhts Of the Boston
hacks. Chapman was running at full
speed, saw an opening and turning sharp.
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