Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-11-30

Oh. but it was lively game, and
there was excitement enough to last
one a whole week. Everyone shouted
from the start to finish. and when in
the last period we went ahead, it was
noticed that even the quiet, dignified
gentlemen, who go to the game Just
out Of curiosity, you known" fairy
went wild with glee.
The game started with a rush, as
usual. and our Schof. captured it with
ease, a feat that he repeated the ma
tority of the p rushes. But Hough-
ton juggled it and made goal in just
seconds. In this period there were
several stops on account of broken
skates of the Gardiner players, who
had no substitute, and the breaks had to
be repaired during the game. This
period closed uneventfully with the
score 4 to 3 in GARDENERS favor.
In the second period, Gardiner lost
one goal on fouls by Smith and Hadley,
but they made up the lost goal by
making one about Is seconds after the
time limit, caused by the inability of
the timer to make his little whistle at
tract the attention Of either the referee
or the players-and right here let it be
said that Referee Wakefield is all right.
He Is firm and wholly impartial, and
not mhrmer has even been uttered
against him by an Augusta audience.
1t was in this second period that
Schofield made one of the quickest
goals Of the game. He captured the
rush, and pushed the ball into the cage
In just 6 seconds. Score at the end Of
the period: Gardiner, s; Augusta, s.
From the start OF the first period it
was evident that Augusta had decided
to take the game. A goal was made
in So seconds, which was followed by
one for Gardiner in 5 minutes and 80
seconds. During all this time the Gar
diner goal was in danger the greater
part of the time, and only the grand
work Of eastman kept it free. Turner
hung tenaciously about the Gardiner
goal and every time the ball came his
way it was followed by a mix up in
front Of the goal. Augusta made three
goals in about minutes play, tieing
the score.
So great was the applause that the
city fathers present had fears for the
safety Of the building. But If the ap-
piause was then great it was doubly
80 when in less than minutes. with
only minute to play, Turner skill
fully made another goal :
All was chaos, men pounded each
other, bells We're rung horns blown
and everyone nearly went wild with
joy, for here were our boys walking
off with the GARDENERS. from whom we
had not yet won game. One corpu
lent gentleman in the gallery started
to shin standard to the ceiling in his
great glee.
The Gardiner players crowded about
the. time keeper, and although they
knew nothing about the time, claime1
they were being cheated, which was
absurd, as every second of time was
played that the rules call for In q dis
pute with an outsider Smith foolishly
lost his temper, and struck at him.
missing him man and hitting the Jour
nal man on the head. The blow was
forgiven, although no one asked to be
pardoned.
Neither side could score in the re-
manning time. and Augusta had won,
10 tO9.
= For Gardiner, Houghton and Hadley
put up an excellent game, while Tur-
ner was the star Of the Augustus. al
though all played good polo.
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