The Portland daily press., 1898-11-15
WON BY A GOAL.
Portland Defeats Lewiston in a Fast
Played Game.
SPINDLE CITY TEAM MAKES IT'S
DEBUT IN Arena.

Bids 10 Take Place Among Leaders-B''th
Continues It's Winning Career by
Defeating Bangor Nine TO Four.
Iewiston's polo team opened the season
in Portland last night in red hot game
with the home team. The latter won by
q score of to 3 but only by the hardesp
kind of work which continued up 10 phe
last second of play. 1t was rough anu
tumble game for the Lewiston team Is
composed of scrappers who get AFTER tne
ball in such lively and aggressive manner
that they keep the opposing team nuseiinS
all the time. The Lewistons were "eaN'
ened last night by the absence OF iierney,
who has been assigned to tnab oiup, 49,
who failsa-f tosTaaterialize in time for the
first game. Scribner, an aEnaSeur piayer
on the SpauIding team, tcos Enc posas ;e.a
of second rush and put up me aroio'e
of polo for a youhgAter. In fasI ne caughu
that old fox MeKaS Mapping onee Or
twice and to the great tlelltsn1 o. tae
crowd stole the ball from rlgno unoer hne
veterans nose a trick that very 70" PRIV
fessionaf players are able to do
The Portland team, to vanish ehe
hooaco which has been following uneln
for the past week. shaved on Iheir
Inustaches for last nights game anu DIP
peared without hair upon their faces.
They were strange looking PLAYERS. anu IL
was difficult for the crowd to recognize
Johnny Turnbull or Mckay wit Noqt thelr
facial ornaments. The hood'oc' Was
vanished all right by this means, DOUBT
Lass, bur the Portland men had to heep
moving after the ball all the time to weep
the hoodoa under for all of their sacrin ies
WI Daft oil a
a. q signal for the beginning of play the re
were i've Lively young fellows around "a
lewiston cage waiting to get into tEA
game. OF these Farrell who tends the
goal will be remembered as the very
active young man who attempted to hold
down Portland cage at the commence
u,ent of last season. He didn' t do so very
well here q year ago, but he more than
tended goal for Lewiston last night In
fact such work as Farrell showed on this
game has very seldom been equalled IN
rhis city. His playing was simply pne'
nomenai and nothing elsa. The Lewiston
defense is very strong and will compare
favorabIy with any defense in the league.
There is Miller who is SO aggressive that
he not only blocks his man every time
and keeps the cage free from the hard
drives of the opposing rushers but ne
takes an active part in the offensive play
as well and shoots far too accurately to
IL
in his D sition. A very strong and actlve
PLAYER he is looking for trouble all the
time and last night he found it often. TO
the great excitement of the large crowd.
He will be a very popular mayer ~
Lewiston for he is cordially dlsilkea IN
Portland already. This is not because
he plays dirty polo. but because be plays
very aggressive game for his own team
and has most unfortunate way or get
ting in front of line shots and preventing
Portland from scoring.
The game commenced in a gale of fierce
driving at the ball, it developed into 3
tornado of speed in the second period ana
il the last period when Lewiston was
only one goal behind and was lighting to
tie the SCORE it reached the proportions OF
a tvphoon. At the end of the t1rs5 period
each team had a goal to its credit PORT
land saw defeat staring them IN the race
and got down to business with SO mucn
determination that little Farrell was Kept
very busy kicking wicked drives away
from the cage In the second period
Hayes and Campbell got mixed VI. in a
corner near the Lewiston cage ana IN
their fury absolutely clinched one another
and went rolling over and over on the
floor. Mr.. Kelley cautioned the two
players not to repeat this performance.
and though no more slugging or holding
occurred the Inix-ups in the corners were
often times very exciting. In fact 1t re-
minded one or the Gays Wnon urDusu
used to bully the Portland rushers in the
corners about as he saw fit. Portland got
two more goals in this period by dint OF
hard work.
In the last period Lewiston captured
goal. and han then only one more to get
to tie the score and perhaps win the
game. Here the typhoon occurrea. and
perhaps it wasn't about the warm est polo
Portland has yet seen. The crowd was
nightly relieved when Timer Dyer
sounded the gong for the end Of the game
for it almost seemed as if the score mus
be tied in about another minute, so hard
were the Lewistons playing.
The Portland players put up very
skilful exhibition of polo. and did not lei
up q minute in their hard work to the
very last second. They are bound to land
at the top of the heap before the seaso il
much older.
Line up and summary:
Portlapd-Campbell and Whipple, rush
ers; Mckay, center; Turnbull, half back
Allen, goal.
Lewiston Foster and Scribner, rush
ers; Miller. center; Hayes, half back
Farrell, goal.
Goal Won BY Rush By Gagged By Time