The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-12-01
Two Thousand People
Saw the Contest.
in the First Half Bowdoin More
Than Held Its Own.

cupted when the play began. Ihe weAth-
er was unusually mild for Thanksgiving
and the ground wss oorespondingly sos-
~ ana hssvy, making many plays almost
| inp7ssfble.
The scene from the side lines WINS .
Iretty ons. On the two grand stAnds
wore . large numter Of women. The
Bowdoin mon furnished shout all the en-
thusiasm snd made nearly all the noise,
unless We take into account the mega
phone contingent Of the Portland Ath-
letio club which did its shnre towards
cheering the horne team on to victory.
Bssdiies these there was an army of foot
tail cranks whose applause was be-
slowed imparrlaily. the coilegians coming
IN for much more than their share Of II
throughout.
Bowdoin had the ball at the start while
Portland took the south goal AS the
tsarns lined up to begin the play Il was
seen that as far a. weight and siss were
concerned Portland had much the best
Of II. though perhaps the average weight
was not 90 much out Of proportion ms
might have been expected. Donnell
kicked OF to Perry. and on the next line
up Halliday sent the sphere back into tbs
centre of the field. TheI Bewdoin made
try around left end but failed TO gain.
DonneH fell back for punt and sent the
ball 10 sullivan who. by fast running,
managed to csrry the tall back 30 very
near the place from which " was puntsd
bsfurs he met the Bowtoiu skirmishers,
Il was now Portlnnd's turn TO pnnt ind
| Halliday ssnt the ball we'll into Bowtioin's
territory. otsskps,e was there 20 catch
| II and inside gain of - yards getting
| the bail hask into Pofrland's tsrritUsy
onos more where Bowdoin imnediatsv
lest tins bali % dowD&
A fake kick gave Sullivan . chance TO
carry the hail saross the centre hne fnbo
tine Bowduin territory. He made . bssu.
tiful run Of Is yards and ives going like
An express train wtss he encountered
Srs-kpols. The Bowdoin man made a
fierce TICKLE Of Sullivan after he h.d
passed the Other Bcwtfoin players and
was rapidly gaining u clssr Field for q
touch down. Portland next tried Coon,bs
| at hns bucking. Coo nbs has bsen coach
ing BoWdoin some this season and the
college men were anxious to meet him IN
this game. They got the ohsrss ~ this
point and often Afterwards. Coon be
\ strupk the line like = batter1pg ram, but
only gninsd few feet. tire Bowdoin mem
stopping the play wish esss. Portland
was then forced 10 punt and Haliuay sent
the bah down the Held IN fine shape. It
was now ON ths college 25-yard Iine, On
the very fret line up Stsckpols got 10
yards on fake kiuk and was stopped In
the nick of time by Halliday. Then with
the line UP near the side line Hunt, ON
a delayed psss, got around Portland's
lsit end and before the spectators realized
what occurred was of for q So yard run
to the Portland goal In old-time style.
4 But Referee Wilson decided that the man
had gone out Of bounds ami so the ball
was brought back much to the COLE
CLANS disgust.
From this time on to the end OF tbs
half the ball was In Portlkud's territory
about all of the time. The college men
got Il down to the aa-yard lice once and
there lost it on downs. Hhe playing WINS
fast and ut times brilliant. Sullivan and
Halliday did about al the work for Port
land while Stsokpoie was the mainssay
Of Howdoin. The half ended with the
ball In the centre Of tho tieia In Port
lands hands.
In this second half Portland pnb tho bali
irto play, 1t going to Clark on Bow
doin's s0-yard iiBe. He took it ten yards
and was there stopped. The bail then
went to Portland, whsn Ooonbr. Sullivan
and Halliday worked 1t down the field to-
4 wards the Bowdo4n goal. The college men
did not seem to be ms strong In the hne
during this half as they had been In the
first part Of the game. They succeeded in
get. ing the ball unoe or twice % downs,
but could not save she inevitable advance
Of the Portland men though they made
desperate attempts to do 40. halliday
finally punted to Bpwdoin's 90-yard line,
4 but the bail went out Of hounds. A de-
lnyed pass g~~s Perry five yards, then
Coombs hit the Bowduin line for fivs
more. the first real gain through the COX
iege line:upito this time. Another delayed
pass and Perry had made tive more yards,
taxing the bali to Bowdoin's tsn > Hrd
line. 1t was comparatively dry ground
here and Capt. Sullivan realized his ati-
vantage by Hsing smother mass play and
finally tent Chapman with a fine intsr-
ference around the Bewdoin left end foa
a touchdown. A failure was made ui
the attempt to kick gosi.
This was the only score IL the game
lOnly fonr minutes rsmained for play
lduzfns which time the ball hovsrsd about
tbs oentIe Of the field.