Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-12-14

est team In the league. The Bath
team. now said to be the strongest In tho
Maine League. will meet Rockland's van
quishers at the Alameda. tonight. Tar
rant and Mooney will make their first
appearance before a Bath audience, Phe-
Ian and Murtaugh their second, ana
Scanlon will be at his old stand. 1t looks
as though lIewlstons triumph would be
short lived The Boston Globe
predicts that there will be an army of re-
leased polo players in Maine by Christ
mas time. The Times Is not In a position
to know the financial standing OF the
other Maine teams, but the Alamedas are
In the league to stay to the finish.
At this writing it looks as though Gar
diner would have a cracking good polo
the State League, but If this Is not done
it Is probable that Il strong independent
team will be started and games arranged
in the league or not. A good team In
Gardiner would break the jump to Au-
gusta and put money u the league ciuD
treasures as well as the local Team.
George Patterson, Mark Day, Bert Locke.
ana "Rusher Emery" will probably be
seen in the game and with practice they
will make the best of them hustle. Ar
rangements are being made to have the
old Coliseum the largest and best polo
hall In Maine, fitted up for the game
Gardiner cor Of Lewiston Journal.
Rockland Opinion: DR. G. +. Saul
is entitled to grateful recognition by the
polo public here. for the excellent man
ner in which he has discharged the duties
of referee in all the games. He has done
much to make the games played here
clean and satisfactory His decisions are
given promptly, clearly and with firm
ness that admits OF no discussion, yet
always with due consideration for the
players affected by it. He sees every
thing-or as near everything as is possi-
Bile in this whirlwind game-and he
knows the points of polo from first to
1F.- ttF,I IafA In hos s,,F
thority Oh the game for years. and is
everywhere recognized as such. His fair
ness and honesty have never been ques-
toned even in the most exciting crises
and the visitors to Rockland ara always
sure of fair treatment. We were very
fortunate TO have among us just the
right man for referee. and to find him
willing 10 discharge the not always pleas
ant duties of that position.
The Rockland Star says regarding
the Rockland- Lewiston game at Lew
iston. Friday night: More good
refereeing did it. Rockland's victori-
Gus career was checked by an unso-
phisticated party. whose first attempt
il was as referee. He manufactured
three fouls on Kockland. taking away
the winning goal within ordinary
limits of the game and then wanted to
call the game a draw when he had
made il : to :. so announcing To Cap
tain Campbell, who genially smiled
and. after enlightenng Mackenzie on
the rules the play was resumed. In
the overtime play-off the home team
won the goal. thus defeating the
greatest team yet playing in the
league. The timing was something
weird in the last l5 minutes. and it
was to Rockland's disadvantage"
Saturdays Portland Argus: There is
joy IN Augusta tonight. At ,9.iS to-
night a rainbow Of hope burst through
the clouds that hung like a pail over
the placid waves Of the kennebec. as
much as To say, We cut ice tonight
and We viii cut it for future reference
later on in the season. polo or other
wise" Business was at a standstill in
the Capital city. Even the hotel pro-
prietors left their desks where they had
been industriously figuring how they
could make two rooms accommodate
six rural law makers at 50 per. and al
the same time explain why they should
have plaster of paris mask moulded
over the cocks Of the gas jets. The ad-
vent of the gold brick purchasers was
forgotten and nothing was talked about
but the great game of polo between the |
Augustus and Portlands. The contest |
between W. II. Williams and Walter
Stinson as to who would give Chaperone
Hanna the glad hand first for the Au-
gusta postmasterShip was forgotten. |
Even Mr.. Manley was forgotten in the |
shuttle The vital question at issue was |
can we beat Portland?' The question |
is easily answered. The Augustus de- |
feated Portlands fairly and squarely. |
Referee Barbour ofiiciated fairly and |
squarely and he should be retained as
a permanent referee.