The Portland daily press., 1896-12-17

nothing. That tells its own story Of the
hardest kind Of WORK. the heart disease
excitement, the magnificent playing CT
both teams and the Jubilaticn Of eight
hundl ed enthusiasts who braved the
storm to see the game. And it was
game, too. Thsre was no staggering"
in it, not moment OF loose playing, not
a period that was not brlm full Of interest
and good playing. To be sure thers
wasn't much roofing or great deal
of that yelling, the crowd was too much
interested In the game to shout, but
everyone followed the ball from the time
it was first put into play until the end of
tho contest, and applaadea the good work
of both teams impartially.
At eight thirty O'Clock whom the game
was called, every available seat WAS occu-
pisd, and to the surprise Of all, and the
fair ones themselves were the most sur
prsed Of the lot there wore rs many
ladies in the balcony seats as there were
gentlemen. Polo Is fast becoming fad
with the fair sex in Portland. and the
way the charming feninsnltv followed
the game last right clearly shows that
the spirit is here in Portland to stay.
Manager Burnham's Teachers, ar
ranged about three sides of the hall were
packed solid full, and old City hall with
it's playing surface fenced off, and its
nets, arc lights and bleachers, locked like
another place, and altogether unfamiliar
to those who have ssen it useH for all
sorts of occasions.
When Referee Orr blew his whistle for
the opening of the game both Portland
and Augusta went Mt the ball with =
rush. Such slugging, skating, lighting
and wild playing has never lean seen
here before.
Augusta's forwards did the best kind
OF work and each one in turn distin-
guishea himself By stealing the ball
away from tie homo players at Critical
MON eats or in making pretty pas ca.
From one end Of the surfacs ID the other
the sphere W, tcsasd back and forth.
Now it was Hackett, tie Augusta goal
tend, who made beautiful stop, now
one OF ths Dawsons or Whipple wEo won
the applause Of the crowd for clever
wogk. 1t began to lock rs il neither side
would score. Alien stopped Que OF two
hard drives, but Hackstt had tie most to
do. Zen minutes and tea seconds after
the first rush j. Dawson got the ball
down in the corner near Augusta's goal
and fought for its POSSESSION with three
Of the visitors. The ball rolled out OH
the floor directly in front Of Augusta q
goal. The Augusta men were oil punched
togetEer in the corner Hackett the Au-
q sMipe at the ball, but didn't dare TO
leave his cage. AS quick as flash J..
Dawson was out altar the ball, and by u
rattling smash sent the sphere flying in-
to the Augusta cage. This was the on ly
goal of the evening made, aud the Iucky
Dawson was cheefe:l again and again.
Augusta was not discouraged By this,
not by a great deal. During the re.
mainder of the period her men tried
again and again to cGEe the ball, but
without SUCCESS. PortlAnd's men never
played better game in their lives than
they did last night.
| The second period was another quarter
of an honr of intense oxcitement, hit
neither side scored. Once Alien, Port
lands goal tend was lurred away from
his cage. An Augusta man saw an OPEN
ing and smashed the ball at the Gage.
The crowd for an instant heId its breath,
but Whippls was in Aliens pla-e quicker
stop. 1t was Whipple's turn then to re
cei,e an ovation. So 1t went on through
the second period, and then through the