The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-25
PORTLAND is COMING.
Home Team Played a Good Game Last
Night.
R0CKLAND WON BUT WITH NO
GREAT EASE.
ment and Are Surely On the Right Road
If They Don't Miss II Again.

The POrtlands Show a Marked Improve
ment and Are Surely On the Right Road
If They Don't Miss 1t Again.
Portland is coming
They have been a long time getting on
the right path but now that they have
found it and struck gait there is great
hope for them.
Not that they have taken game but
they have demonstrated that they con
give the Rocklapd team a hustle for what
they get and every one who has followed
polo this winter will know what that
means. Last night Portland was defeated
again by Rockland but they fought we'll
and did some very clever work. Only
O'Malley's fine playing in the Rockland
goal and the support that was given him
by Maynard and McGown prevented the
Portland team from making still better
showing. And the funniest thing about
the game was that it was not until Curtis
was injured at the beginning of the last
period and Lincoln took his place that the
home team began to accomplish much
Lincoln for the first time this season
played an excellent game and some of his
shots at Rockland's goal were up to the
mark established by many older and
better players in the Maine league.
Portland does not mind defeat once
in a while for she has become accustomed
to that and not expecting much is well
pleased when the home team makes a
good fight. 1t was the universal opinion
at the end of last nights game that Port
land has got on the right path and it is
to be hoped that she will stick to it,
Campbell that man from from Rock
land who never misses shot at a goal
and who is a standard for all players in
this league was at his best last night. He
and Murphy did some of the cleverestt ,
kind of playing and the way they pissed
the ball about the hall was worth4 going
good way to see. The Rock1r.and team has
got this kind of playing<down to science
and they are far ahesGd of any of the teams
which have playedin this city as far as
scientific playing goes.
The atte 'ndance last night was about six
hundrerl and before the evening was over
the crowd was indulging in some en-
t'nusiastic roofing. 1t did them good to
applaud Portland plays too for they have
had very few chances of doing this sort of
| thing for some weeks.
Although the home team went into the
game as if they meant business and kept
O'Malley busy from the start they were
unable to score. Rockland won four
straight goals but two of them were
gained by the luckiest kind of strokes and
the other two were made by Jordan s
carelessness in passing the ball in front
of the cage.
In the second period after Allen had
made some of the most remarkable stops
yet seen in City hall Rockland got two
goals and while the forwards Of the home
team made things lively about the Rock
land cage Curtis seemed to play in the
worst kind of luck and was unable to
take advantage of the many fine passes
made to him by Whipple and Morton.
Both of these men were in the play for all
| they were worth and kept the crowd
worked up to just the right pitch of ex-
element Finally Curtis managed to cage
| the ball from the center of the hall on
lucky drive and the crowd went wild with
joy. After some more hard fighting
Rookland got another goal making the
score seven to one in their favor.
This was discouraging but Portland's
time was coming. Curtis injured his
knee badly and was Obliged to retire at
the beginning of the last period. Lincoln
who has never shown himself to be very
fast on the floor took his place as first
rush while Whipple retired to center and
Morton played second rush Lincoln had
hardly got on to the floor before he had a
chance to cage the ball on handsome
| pass of Morton. few minutes later
Morton who can juggle the ball with any
of them got another pass up to Lincoln
who put the ball into the cage by a back
hand drive. A few minutes later Whipple
put the ball In from the centre of the
floor but it rolled out of the cage and the
| crowd groaned in dispair. Then Rock
land got goal and before the season
ended Whipple and Lincoln had got two
other goals.
This work was done well. The last
period was very pretty one to watch
and Rockland had all they wanted TO take
care OF. 70 be defeated by Rockland after
such q game is no disgrace. The Port
land team showed that they could do good
work and from this time on the Portland
public will expect it of them.
The line up and summary:
Portland-Curtis Whipple and Lincoln,
rushers; Morton, center; Jordan, half
back; Allen goal.
Rockland - Campbell and Murphy,
rushers; MoGowan. center; Maynard, half
back: O MalleY, goal.