The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-23
ANOTHER GAME DROPPED.
Portland Lost Again Last Night to
Bath.
THERE WERE SOME EXCITING
MOMENTS IN THE GAME.

Two Players Ruled Off the Floor for Using
Their Fists-Referee Wakefield Was
Blind and Didn't See All That Took
Place on the FIoor-score Was to 4.
The Portland polo team met with defeat
in City hall last night at the hands of the
aggregation from Bath. While the team
| work of the Portlands was not up to the
average they show considerable improve
| about the fact that last night they put up
plucky fight. The game was not much
of an exhibition of polo playing, but it
| was filed with sensational incidents,
scraps between players, very yellow de-
cisions on the part of Referee Wakefield
and some of the hottest fights about the
goals that have ever been seen here. That
| the Portlands lost was due simply to
| their want of team work and their in
ability to keep up to the pace set by the
Baths. But every man on the Portland
team fought hard and some minutes of
the game were most exciting.
= Taking the Portland team as whole it
| is not up to tho standard of the other
clubs in the league and though last night
| the men we're at their best they showed
very plainly that the polo as exhibited by
Bath is a bit too fast for them to keep up
| with. What Portland needs is good first
rusher, player who is an accurate shot
at goal, fast skater and man with a
head who can steady the rest of the team
down into doing good work. Curtis
played very good game last night, and
for his aggressive playing and fast work
was given round after round Of applause
which finally ended in his receiving three
cheers from the benches-a most extra
ordinary thing when it is considered that
when these cheers were given the Port
lands were hopelessly defeated and were
fighting an up hill and losing game.
! Curtis is hard working, conscientious
player. With good first rusher, man
who could poke the ball into the cage on
pass, Curtis would work all right. But
it is right here that Portland Is terribly
weak and this weakness has cost them
games they have lost this season. Unless
Manager Burnham is fortunate enough
pick up good shot at goal and a first
class rusher, the Portland team will re-
main right where it is
Whipple is said to have done excellent
work at Augusta on Saturday night, but
the praise he received for this must have
i Lie hi 1nc ifrht
work was of the poorest description.
Lincoln is not in it with the class of
players he is supposed to run up against.
Last night little Jordan did very fair
work and some Of his plays were all
right. But none of these men worked to.
gether, and what playing they did do was
| by fits and starts. 1t was lack of
rusher Is obtained.
| The first two goals were won by Bath,
and both were made in very short order
and were simply lucky drives which John
Allen did not get in front of. Then after
a very hot six minutes of play in which
Portland showed that it could do a little
work at passing the ball and during
which time the ball was flying all about
Baths cage, Morton Gagged the ball on
shot from the center of the hall. Then
the play went on fast and furious with
Portland doing better work than it has
done SO far this season. Morton's work at
center was especially good and he was
often cheered and applauded for his clever
Juggling of the ball. Finally when things
had become a little too swift about the
Portland goal and everything was going
John Aliens way, he got out Of the goal
for d minute and before he could get
back to the cage again Rath had scored
again. Whipple who had been doing
very poor work for the last few minutes
was now pulled out of the team and
Lincoln was substituted. He worked
hard but the result was not anything to
brag about. The score at the end of the
first half was Bath, 8; Portland, /.
The second half opened fast and furious.
There was lot of hot work in the corners
and Morton seemed to be getting the best
of M:Gilvary every time. Referee Wake
field was blind apparently for he allowed
the worst kind of fouls to be made by the
Bath men right under his nose. Once Nc
Calvary put his arms around Morton and
threw him on to the floor. Referee Wake
field did not want to see anything of this
kind apparently for he paid not attention
to it.
McGilvary after an exceptionally hot
fight in the corner over the ball, became
wild and deliberately struck Morton in
the face with his fist. In an instant the
crowd was wild with anger and Kissed
and yelled like mad. MCGilvary struck
Morton three times and Morton returned
one of the blows, hut apparently did it
simply to save himself. Referee Wake
field then seemed to wake up and while
the crowd yelled itself hoarse ruled both
Morton and McGilvary off the floor. This
was extremely unfair and was roast of
the worst kind against Portland, for Nor
ton was not to blame for the scrap and
acted like gentleman during the whole
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