The Portland daily press., 1897-12-17
AGAIN WEsWlN.
Portland Defeated Lewiston at Polo Last
Evening,


it was not so hard.
The final score was, Portland, 9; Lew
iston, 4, but twice in succession Lewiston
tied the score and each time when PORT
land got the lead again the crowd grew
crazy with excitement. The playing of
Portland on defense was perfect, but the
aggressive work WAS not SO good. Whipple
covered himself with glory and was all
over the hall, and by good luck happened
to be right in the right place at the right
moment every time. Turnbull showed
the Lewistons something about the game
which they did not know before, and his
playing was one of the most interesting
features of the evening. AS for John
Allen, too much could not be said about
his work in the goal. He had his eye
on the ball all the time and many stops
that he made were absolutel marvellous.
Had 1t not been for Portlan wonderful
defensive work there is no telling what
the score would havesbeen. Lincoln and
Curtis were not up to their usual mark
last night and though they managed to
secure enough goals to give Portland the
game and did some excellent work to-
gether they were not quite as effective in
last nights game as they have been in
other games during the last few weeks
Encouraged by the success of the home
team in landing games from some of the
best teams in the league the cranks turned
out in force last night. By the time the
game was called there were fully one
thousand people in the hall and larger
number of ladies were in attendance than
at any other time during the season.
Billy Long was the referee and when he
sounded the whistle for the first rush, the
way the visitors went into the game left
no doubt about their intentions to land
the game or make the Portlands hustle if
they won it. The Lewistons are playing
much stronger game than they were
earlier in the season. The same old men
are on the Lewistons, but their play is
faster and they display good team work.
Comparing the game last night and the
one with Rockland on Tuesday night
a close observer would be obliged to ad-
NIT that Lewiston is playing much faster
polo than Rockland, and could give the
game without injuring their own chances
very much. Furbush aud Fitzgerald are
very strong on the defensive, but they
have not got their work down to such
tine point as have Whipple and Turnbull.
Furbush is not active enough to make
on of
nervous unless he happens to be directly
in reach of the ball. At such a time he is
a formidable person to run up against
but the active rushers fnd little difficulty
in giving the big man an exciting
moment or two occasionally without en-
dangering their chances of goal making.
Lewiston was fighting for glory last
night, and evidently knew that they were
running up against no soft mark as soon
rs the play began. Portland was doing
its work easily and intent on bringing
matter to an issue at once. Lincoln,
Whipple and Curtis hegan their triangu-
lar movements and on pretty triple
pass Lincoln got his first goal The
others followed in quick succession and
then by the luckiest kind of work Lewis
ton was able to tie the score before the
first period ended.
During the intermission the crowd was
in an agony of suspense, but this ended
when the relief came in the beginning of
the second period by some pretty work by
Whipple. Lincoln and Curtis resulting in
Portland's fourth goal. Immediately
afterwards Lewiston won another goal
tieing the score again, but it took them
eight minutes to do it. John Allen saved
them from scoring again and again and
Turnbull and Whipple by their fine play
ing kept the Lewiston rushes guessing all
the time. When Lincoln Gagged the ball
on another triangular play and gave
Portland the lead once more the crowd
yelled like mad and pandemonium
reigned supreme for some minutes. A fter
this Lewiston was not In the race for a
minute and in the last period the home
team exhibited some Of the prettiest kind
of work in passing the ball and without
exerting themselves managed to add two
more goals to the lead they already had.
1t was very pretty game to watch and
the big crowd came away satisfied with
the showing made by the Portland team.
One thing is certain, there isn't team
in the state league that can play on the
defensive with the Portlands, and Turn
bull should be given the credit for this
for 1t is due to his coaching that Whipple
is able to play the best game this season
of any center in Maine. John Allen is
doing magnificent work in the cage and
1T is delight to watch him kick the hot
drives away from the cage. He never gets
ratified and is the same old Allen, no
matter what happens. Line up and sum.
mary:
Portland-Lincoln and Curtis, rushers;
Whipple, centre; Turn bull, half back;
Allen, goal; Jordan, substitute.
Lewiston-Tarrant,a and Walton, rush
ers; Fitzgerald, center; Furbush, half
back; White, goal; Jason, substitute.
Goal. Won By. Rush By. Gagged By. t..
1-Portland, Lincoln, Lincoln, 1.2O
2-Portlsnd, Curtis, Whipple, 1.24
3-Portland, Lincoln, Curtis, 500
4-IjewjstOD Winnie Fitzpereld o 90