The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-12-19

| The polo game i'll Cliy hall last night
between the RoeIland's and the home
| team was the greatest contest of the kind
ever seen in this city. Fully 1900 people,
many of whom were ladies, braved the
rain and the slippery sidewalks to see
the game and all Who witnessed it were
we'll repaid for their trouble.
Rockland has been playing excellent
polo since the season opened. but it Ia
doubtful if that team has worked airy
harder for game than they did for that
of last night. The home tsam was GU ,
for glory and though they were out
manouvered, and out-played by the
visitors in the last period Of the game
they kept the sRocklands guessing the
most of the time and succeeded in giving
the big crowd something to applaud and
make merry over i'll the first two periods,
at least
The Rooklands started in by getting
the first goal after five minutas and
fifteen seconds of play. Suoh dashing,
smashing hair raising kind Of work has
never nesn seen here before, and the fine
plays of both teams were literally ap-
plauded. Just two minutes and fifty
seconds later W. Dawson, aided by excel
lent team work, succeeded in caging the
ball in Rockland's goal and the crowd
went almost mad with JOY. The other
Dawson then succeeded in getting gon',
and with Portland one point to the good
the crowd almost lifted the roof with its
cheers. Urged on by the appla1ss, the
Kisses and cat calls from the small boys,
both teams went to work like fends. 1t
was an exciting minute, and more az
playing, but it ended in the VISITORS
getting their second goal and tying the
score. This ended the first period, and
with our boys doing such good work it
seemed as If the game was surely coming
Portland'a way. When the second period
opened it took Rockland just thirty
seconds to cage the ball, and the hopes of
the crowd fell like the mercury in
thermometer during northeast gale.
But Portland again evened the score by
getting their third goal and when W.
Dawson sent tie ball flying into the
Rockland cage after six minutes ana
more of desperate, hair raising playing
there were more yells and cheers. Rock
land, however, plays game that is
worth going miles to see, and before the
period ended thu visitors had succeeded
in caging the ball twice in SUE cessior,
and this led the home team by ono gosl
when the second third was over.
The hardest fighting was yet to come,
however. The Portland boys worked like
Trojans and again and again sent the
sphere flying towards Rockland's goal,
but the mastery work of O'Malley, the
VISITORS goal tend. prevented Portland
from scoring. Rocklsnd made two more
goals in this period after hard fighting.
One of these goals was made in a peculiar
way. The ball was driven to the Port
lands end of the hall, and a hot scrap
took place over it's possession. During
this melee Allen, Portland's goal tend,
10 ade one or two brilliant stops, but
finally the ball bounded high in the sir
right in front Of the goal, and Campbell
Iy downward stroke drove it into the
cage. The game ended Rockland, Z; |
Portland, 4, but for all round good play
ing and excitement from start to finish,
last nights game was notable one. The
summary;
Portland-W. Dawson, first rush; J.
Dawson, second rush: Foster, contre;
Whipple, half back; Allen, goal.
Rockland- Campbell, first rush: G.
Gay, second rush; e. Gay, centre; May
nard, half back ; O'Malley, goal.
GOALS. WON BY MIN. SEC. |
/ RoCkland, G. Gay, s IS
2 Portland, W. Dawson, 2 80
8 Portland, j. Dawson, / 45
Rockland, G. Gay, l 10