The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-01-07
HARD GAME 10 LOSE.
Lewiston Had to Work Like
Tigers to Win II.
pORTfANDS POLO TEAM PLAYED
AN ELEGANT GAME.

Luck Tarried With Thorn for Three
Periods But Deserted Them in the
| Overtime Play-Over 1900 People
| Yelled Themselves Hoarse Over the
| Exciting Contest.
1t was hard game to lose, but Port
| land should not feel ashamed for having
been defeated.
For over As minutes last night Lewis
ton and Portland fought for victory. 1t
was by oil odds the hottest polo ever seen
in Portland, and it took the fourth period
to settle the game. Lewiston was not in
1T at the start, but from the beginning to
the end they fought like tigers to keep
the home team from getting such lead
that they never could be headed Port
land played an elegant game. Every
man on the floor did his share towards
making the contest exciting and the en-
thusiasm as the game progressed grew
and grew until it seemed as if the crowd
could no longer contain itself. The larg-
est crowd which. has seen polo game in
City hall this season, yelled and yelled
until they fairly shouted themselves
hoarse- It-wa not until Tarrant Gagged
the winning goal for Lewiston that the
result of the game was certain and then
1t was only luck, which gave the victory
to the visitors.
When the gong sounded for the COM
meneement of the professional polo game
there were fully f200 people In the hall.
The arrival Of each Of the Portland play
ers on the floor was the signal for tu-
multi OF applause, and Dick Furbush of
the Lewistons, as might have been ex-
pected, was Kissed and hooted at every
time the crowd SAW chance of doing
so.
Referee Snowman sounded his whistle
for the commencement Of the play at
quarter to nine O'Clock. Tarrant, the
crack. "a lack first rasher Of Lewiston, went
into the game with vim and dash that
showed what the rest Of the game might
be like. It was smash, bang and dash
from the very start. The crowd got into
the game at once and the very first thing
they had a chance of yelling to their
hearts content when Curtis Gagged the
ball on a handsome drive. from the side
of the hall. Then followed over eleven
minutes of the kind of polo that makes
the heart beat faster and which raises
the enthusiasm to the highest point. The
ball was at the Lewiston end of the hall
about ell the first period. Whipple and
Curtis worked like TroJans and some of
their plays were beautiful to witness.
Finally Tarrant succeeded in popping an
easy one past Allen, and the score was
a tie.
There was a large contingent of Lew
iston admirers present and they fairly
raised the roof with their yells of exul-
tation, A few seconds afterwards and
whipple knocked the ball into the cage.
The crowd started in to yell, but before
the shouting had fairly commenced the
sphere was out onto the surface again
and Portland had unluckily lost goal
because the ball had not been driven far
enough into the netting. The first period
enaad with one goal to the credit Of each
team.
The second period was far more excit-
ing and much faster polo than the first
had been. White, Lewiston's, goal tender,
had all he could do to stop the success
sion of drives which were made for Lew
iston's cage. Time after time the mix up
about this goal was of the widest kind.
1t was a case of smash and bang all the
time, with some Of. the finest kind Of
team playing. After ten minutes of play,
Portland took the lead again with anoth-
or goal which was won by Whipple after
a fierce fight around the Lewiston cage.
Whipple got the ball around the corner
and popped it in past Dick Eurbush' S
burly frame, much tn the delight of the
crowd on the sbenches. 1t seemed as If
the scoring had ended here, for the teams
fought out the rest Of the period and
neither Of them was able to score. Once
Furbush and Whipple came together In
q corner and then there was excitement
of the widest kind for a little while.
Furbush threatened to strike Whipple
and the crowd actually became crazy
with anger and for moment it seemed
as if riot might be forthcoming. Ref
cree Snowman blew his whistle and
separated the two men, but called foul
on neither Of them. The period ended
with Portland still in the lead and joy
full countenances we're to be seen on every
hand.
The third period opened in the same
fierce manner. Turnbull and Mckay had
their hands full now keeping the Port
land cage free from the hot drives of Tar
rant and Jason. Turnbull. whose play