The Portland daily press., 1900-10-08
They Put Up a Game
Worth Seeing.
The Soldiers Did Best Work in
Second Half.

Inc soldiers OF Fort RTeble have en-
barked in football and they have team
which VIII furnish the lovers Of this sport
in Portland much enjoyment before the
season ends unless all indications fail.
Saturday the Fort Preble boys played the
team from Colby college. They won by
the clever lodging and running of right
half back Haygood in the second half
when HaygOod made a touchdown after a
thirty-hv yard run and from it Camp
bell kicked a goal. Colby scored in the
first five minutes OF play but failed to
kick goal and thereby lost the game by
one point.
1t was an interesting contest to wit
ness. The playing on both sides was
somewhat ragged at times but for a game
coming so early in the season 1t was a
remarkably good exhibition. Colby came
to Portland expecting to win. Their
team has many players Of experience and
with a good knowledge of the sport. The
Fort Preble team has only begun its play
ing this year and may be called young
sters at the business. On offensive work
they did good work Saturday but during
the first half did not play as fast as they
might have done. They have sacrificed
fast play for accuracy in passing and the
few fumbles made Saturday shows that
they have been wise in this regard. The
fast play will come later and in fact it
began to show itself in the second half
with Colby when with the ball in their
hands Fort Preble walked right down
the field.
Like all new teams Fort Preble lacks
in defensive work. 1t is this that they
must cultivate to win games during the
rest Of the season.
The attendance at Saturdays game
was not as large as 1t should have been.
From this time out it is safe to say that
larger crowds viii witness the contests, for
good games may be expected, Saturday.
attendance included a few ladies, all of
the officers from the forts about Port.
land, many civilians and soldiers who
were bubbling over with enthusiasm.
Messrs. Johnny Sullivan, F. Q. Twitchel
and Mr.. Kelley Of last years Athletic
club team have been coaching Fort
Preble and were present to witness the
work of the soldiers.
Colby started the game by kicking
off to Fort Preble. The ball was caught
on the ten yard line and advanced five
yards where the runner stopped in the
arms of a big Colby guard. The soldiers
made three Intellectual attempts to ad
vance the ball and lost it on downs
Colby started in hammering the soldiers
line and within five minutes Haggerty
was sent over for a touchdown. Rice
failed at goal and the soldiers had a big
five to overcome on the score board.
Preble kicked off well down into the
Colby 5erritory and the college men
worked it slowly back to their twenty
yard line when they punted. The soldiers
advanced the ball back to the college thir
ty yard line and Immediately lost it on &
tumble, one of the few of the game. Col
by punted forty fye yards to the soldiers
80 yard line. Then after two plays with
little ground gained Lieut., Lawson, whC
played left end for the soldiers, made {
pretty run around the opposite end fol
twenty yards and Haygood, the star full
back for the Fort Prebles, by some
pretty lodging and twisting through the
Colby tackles placed the ball on the col
eye fifteen yard line. 1t looked as
though the soldiers would score but at 6
critical point they were held by Colby
and lost the ball. The college men lost
no time in getting to work and by fast
playing carried the pig skin back up the
field over the hard fought-territory, Hag-
gerty and Rice between them managing