The Portland daily press., 1899-10-02
They Downcd The Colby Team Seven.
teen 10 Nothing.
The College Eleven is a
Strong One.
How the Portland Players APP
peared in First Game.

The team Of the Portland Athletic
club won its first game, Saturday after
noon, from Colby and opened the football
season In Western Maine. The p. A. G.
team played remarkably good game
for the first one of the season and made
very favorable impression upon the
football enthusiasts who were present in
large numbers. On the defensive they
were strong hut In their aggressive
work were little slow, especially in the
first half. Their aggressive work was
close of last year and they promise to
come out stronger and in better form
this season than ever before.
Colby sent up team of more weigh
tnan they have had for some years and
they were very we'll pleased with the
work they did and with good reason.
Lined up against the strongest team
in Maine by all odds, the largest MAORI
ty of the players or the p. A. G team be-
ing experienced men, Colby's team did
some magnificent work. There were
many weak places in the line of course
and quite. q number Of changes behind
the line would strengthen the Colby team
not little. In the first half they play ed
remarkably good football. Dearborn
found many holes In the p. A. G. line
and got through them with remarkable
ease and quiokness. Allen al left end
made many tine tackles and foiled quite a
number of plays. The other end was
weak and was constantly oircled for large
gains. Rice, Oolby's full back, punts
strongly, and showed himself to be pos
sessed of cool head and an ability to
punt well in an emergency. The Colby
mon are slow on the offensive, do not
catch very we'll, have no Interference to
speak of and not much team work.
There is good material there, however,
for remarkably strong team.
The p. A.C. team was weakened Sat.
urday by some changes which wers nec-
essary on account of the absence OF Sui
Ivan who win play at quarter back. Be-
hind the lire Saturday at quarter hack
Chapman did reInarahly well but his
strength Is as half back. With Kelley
ana Chapman behind the line as halves
there will be pair hard to equal any
where. BY all odds the man who won
the NEST glory in Saturdays game WIS
Halliday who played at full back. He
can punt with any OF them and plays the
game all the time Again and again his
interference and blocking of enabled the
+. a. @. men TO make big RaiRs. he
seemed to be always at the right spot and
his work was gilt edged throughout For
ends. the p. A. Q. team can't be exceIled
in this state. Lamb and@PerFy not only
break through all interference and us
naliy get their man, but they are what is
termed "'headyn players and ara quick
to take advantage Of every opportunity to
smash up plays. Dorticos, Of course,
plays in his usual good form. a habit he
has Of using his hands at the wrong time
proved costly once, on Saturday, but It,
is fanlt which can be easily remedied.
de made many remarkable gains, Satur-
day, and was worked good deal and AL
ways to good advantage. St0ckbriigs
did, do so we'll in the first half. Dear
born found hole at this point many
times and St0okbrldge didn't seem able
to prevent this back getting through re-
peatsdly. IN the second half okbridge
improved good deal aud made one or
two excellent gains. Smith at center Is
inginciple. while with Coambs ana Dyer
as regards this part Of the line it could not
lie improved. Macreadie took Dyer's
place in the second hall and acquitted
himself creditably. Mttla more ginger
which win come with practice ana fol-
owing the example set by halliday ana
Chapman ia lining up interference will
make this team capable of holding its
own with any 1t may meet this year.
FIRST HALF.
The grounds were in good condition
but the rorth wind was little strong,
giving Colby all the advantage in the
first half though things were evened up
in the second when the teams changed
goals. Portland had the south ogal in
the first half and the ball was put into
play by Halliday at three O'Clock. He
punted to Haggerty on Colby's five yard
line and the ball was advanced to the 10
yard line. Then Rice puntsd for Colby
to halliday in the center OF the held.
Portland With many narrow escapes
through fnmbles worked the nall slowly
down by Kslley's and DoEtleos's runs to
the rs yard line Here Halliday showed
his wonderful punting ability by making
q try for the goal and missing it BY less
than a yard. Rice caught the ball and
returned the punt on the next lineup to
Kelley on the fifty yard line. Coombs
made four yards gain but Dearborn got
through on the next play ana captured
the bali for Colby. Rice puntei for
Colby to PortIhnd's nfteen yard line
where Kelley made good eatch A
tumble, caused by Dsarkorn. who got
through, caused loss Of ten yards for
Portland. Halliday puntsd magnificent