The Portland daily press., 1898-11-10
ROCKLAND won.
Champions Made PIucky Fight for
@ g Game.
PLAYING WAS OF THE WHTRL.
WIND ORDER,

siost Exciting Game Seen in Portland fol-
Hard for yictory-The Amateurs
Augusta Defeats Bangor.
The second game of the season fount
the Auditorium well filled with polo fans
and saw the champions defeate Port
land fought hard and died hard. They
put up one of the best games of polo thai
has ever been seen in this city. They
worked like fiands and performed
miracles, but Dame Fortune, who de
lights to exhibit her yagaries in the
game of polo, WAS not kind to the home
team and SO they lost to Rockland.
1t was the first appearance of the team
from the Lime City here this year, and
they improved the opportunity to win q
game. 1t was rather surprising that they
should do this. The opening game5 at
Rockland they dropped to Bath after a
weak exhibition. At Bath on Tuesday
night they lost again by big score and
when they came to Portland. which has
the strongest team in the league by all
odds, jumped into the contest with de-
termination to win and did win in one of
the best played games ever seen in Maine.
The visitors played magnificent polo and
no mistake. They started into the contest
with whoop and hurrah that seemed
to sweep all before them. Portland
caught the fever and helped them slash
away at the ball which went flying about
the hall in a most erratic manner. There
was none of the cool passing, collected
team work which has put Portland so far
above the other teams in point of
strength. The home tsam did nothing of
this kind. They fell into the Rockland
trap and played like Indians. It was a
very pretty game to watch, perhaps more
exciting than a skilfuliy played game
would have been. But for all that 1t was
not the kind of game that Portland is
strong at and this is why they lost.
Rockland is supposed to be weakened by
the absence of Murphy, but Phelan and
Jason seem to work very prettiIy to-
gether. At least they did well last night
and though it seemed as if fortune favored
Rockland not a little in all the goals
she made, it must be acknowledged that
these two men did we'll. Jonh Smith is
Rockland's S goal did more, perhaps, than
any other man on the visiting team to
win out the game for the Rock1ands. His
wonderful stops in the goal were abso
luteIy stratling and his work seemed to
be one of the best features of the Rock
lands play. Maynard and Perry did
we'll too, but it was Maynard whose work
attracted the most attention. On three
separate occasions Maynard sprawled out
in front of the Rockland goal in such
manner as to prevent the Portlands from
scoring, but he was very foxy about do.
ing this little trick, and fortunately
escaped Mr.. Kelley's watchful eye each
time On each of these occasions Portland
lost goal by Maynard's work, and that
player is to be congratulated on his
quickness and agility in making himself
into living target 1t was well done for
Rockland, ant. .had Portland man done
this trick we would have thought it all
right.
Rockland got two goals in the first
period and Portland got none. 1t was ex.
citing playing with plenty of slugging at
the ball and lively scrapping in the
corners. The Portland men showed that
they were not afraid of scrapping match
and did their share of it. Both goals were