Ted Faulk, manager of the Multnomah Winged M's squad promised former Winged-M Harry Cook and Labor Temple a game, and even refereed the game between the St. Johns Bachelors and the Lamorites the following week.  Multnomah would bail on the game and Labor Temple took out its frustrations on Waterfront in an 86-0 rout in their second meeting in place of concelled Multnomah, topping the 52-0 win in week two.  The Temple vs Winged M's was expected to draw a huge crowd as both teams were undefeated at the time of scheduling.  The Winged M's lost in California to Olympic Club on November 11th then canceled the game scheduled for November 18th.  It was reported that Porter ripped numerous 60-yard touchdown runs against Waterfront in an 86-0 rout, however official individual yardage and scoring stats were not kept in what was likely a 200+ yard rushing game.
 
Porter would be the difference for Irving Park as they defeated the North Portland Athletic Club of the 140lb League on Nov 26 after the Albina Aces league season officially ended.

The 1923 team returned to the Albina Athletic Club banner after one season as Labor Temple.  The 1924 team was sponsored by the Piedmont Club and rebranded as such.  The Tacoma game was the only one for Johan Yeager who was making a name as a heavyweight boxer.
 
The 1925 team found itself at the bottom of the league after Highland and Vernon Park broke up and those players bolstered other rosters.

Returning to "Albina" as its moniker, the team became a heated rival of the St. Johns Bachelors from 1926-1933.  Albina won the 1926 and 1932 League Titles, but struggled keeping the best players when other teams formed in Albina such as the Union Pacific Railroaders of 1928.
 
Albina and Highland merged squads in 1930 for entry into the Oregon-Washington League as the Junior team continued to supply experienced fast players.  The Cosgrove Brothers were named as coaches, Tom Cosgrove a long time coach of Highland from 1912-1923.  Moses "Moe" Sax was named coach of the 1931 team, Sax coached the Multnomah Winged M's in 1925.

Hellem was one of the "no-headguard" holdouts until a 1930 game when he suffered a severe blow to the head agains St. Johns that required x-rays.
 
The Albina team banner was again replaced by the Piedmont Commercial Club for the 1932 season with Eric Waldorf named as coach.

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