The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-05

soon came. Campbell never played sc
fast or so we'll as he did last night. He
was everywhere at once and such block.
ing and juggling as he did was worth q
good deal to see. Finally he got chance
to bang the ball across the Rockland cage
to Whipple. Bitf; and Whipple had Gagged
the first goal for Portland and of the
game Yell We'll itawas. asssman crowd,
but they made more noise than dozen
ordinary crowds.
Rockland got few more fouls piled up
against them for their rough playing by
Referee Spear and to make matters still
more interesting Portland got the third
foul and forfeited the goal which had just
been won. Spear was right and the
crowd wrong when they Kissed his de-
cision. The referee was trying to do the
square thing, but he had an uphill row
to hoe. Portland had. lost it's only goal
and was back to the starting point
again. But Rookland was still worse off.
That team had as yet won no goals and
still had lost two goals by six fouls. Thus
ended the second period Of this remark
able game with John Smith fifteen more
stops to his credit and Allen nine.
In the third period all sorts of queer
things happened. 1t was the most exoit-
ing SO far in the game and never before
was the playing quite SO fast. Both teams
were straining every nerve to score and
vet neither could get ball by the goal
tender If they could pass the defense. At
times the players were all heaped up in
front of the cages, banging away at the
ball and trying to push 1t in, but without
success 1t was heart disease contest.
To describe it would require page or
more. Finally Mckay made the first mis-
take he has made here this season. He
tried to push the ball in front of Port
lands cage. O'Malley intercepted the
pass and banged the ball at the Portland
cage Allen made one stop of it, but the
ball rolled out to O. Mailey again and 5his
time when it came back 1t went into the
netting.
The third period ended here. Each goal
tender had made ten stops, showing how
hot the period was. But where was Rock
land? The game was really at an end.
Portland had won a goal and lost it on
three fouls SO that they were even with
the board. Rockland had won goal too,
but they had been given six fouls. They
had not only lost their one goal, but one
more which they had not yet made.
Therefore Rockland was one goal behind
the game yet. It was a queer predica-
ment. Referee Spear announced his de.
cision as follows and 1t was right too:
portland has won one goal and has
four fouls. Rockland has won one goal,
but has six fouls. In order to win the
game Portland must win one more goal
and Rockland must win two.''
: Then began the overtime period. 1t WAS
fairly hair raising. Such playing has
never been seen here. For speed 1t far ex-
ceeded any polo game ever played. Rock
land got another foul called on Goal
Tender Smith for falling down in front of
his cage to stop q drive by Campbell.
That makes seven all told. The game
goes on more furious than ever. 1t was
simply hurricane of excitement. Sud-
denly O'Malley drove the ball past Allen
into the Portland cage. Where was Rock
land nowp just on earth, that is all.
The minus mark was wiped out and
goal by either team would settle the
business.
Faster and Faster. Now it was ap-
preaching such q point that the players
could not take time to breath. There
must be an end to this kind of thing or
the players could not be able to stand the
strain. 1t came ut last, but it seemed an
age in coming. John Smith in Rock
lands cage was having all he wanted to
look after. The ball was in front of the
cage in dangerous position. Whipple
was about to drive it home when Gen.
dreau, the Rockland half back, in trying
to get it out of harm way knocked it by
the disguised Smith into the Rockland
goal and Portland had won the game.
Line up and summary:
acknowledgement and Whipple, rush
ers; Mckay, center; Turnbull, half back;
Allen, goal.
RockIand-Murphy and O'Malley, rush
ers; Gendreau. center; Perry. half back;
J. Smith, goal.
Goal. Won By. Rush By. Gagged By T.
Campbell ---- Limit