The Portland daily press., 1898-02-09


Period 1t Was Different-Mr. Snowman
Did Not Seem Very ANXIOUS to Enforce
the Rules When Bath Was Concerned.
Portland won from Bath last night af-
ter o most exciting contest. There was
plenty of scientific work on both sides,
many beautiful exhibitions of quick.
heady plays and some of the best goal
tending that has ever been seen here. In
oidentally, also, there was about as weak
an exhibition of refereeing as any which
has ever angered a crowd. Mr.. Snow
man was the official and everything short
Of a knock-down and drag out fight
would have escapedsysshis notice last night.
There were four distinct fouls made by
the Bath sssteam, any one of which it
would have beenifollytSor. q man in his
right Emind and with good pair of eyes
to claim that he did not see. In only one
of these cases was foul called on Bath
Mckay made one foul which showed him
TO be a cool and lcvel-headed player and
the referee could do littleMelse than
penalize him. In this instance. Mckay,
at most critical point in the game, the
score being tie, when the ball was in
close proximity to the Portland goal,
and with McGilvray's poised stick about
| to descend upon Tito drive 1T home,
saved Portland from being scored against
BY throwing himself full length in front
of the cage. The ball instead of going in
to the pen bounded up over it and Referee
l ft,l tc a
A few minutes later Burgess, the Bath
goal tender, did the same thing exactly
and was not penalized for it. This was
only one of the cases where Mr.. Snowman
showed himself to be decidedly OF, and
stamped himself as most partial omcial.
The game opened with cyclone speed
and for the first three minutes the sphere
travelled back and forth about the hall
at lightning speed. The crack Bath rush
ers, McGilvray and J. Mooney, made
things decidedly warm for the Portland
team and everything went their way In
the first period. They volleyed the ball
at Allen SO much that only the magnit1.
cent work of the Portland men prevent
ed them from scoring dozen times. Nc
Kay and Turnbull were not yet down In
to harness and they were completely de-
moralized by the fast work of the Bath
men. Finally, Campbell, who had been
playing in very hard luck managed to
make beautiful pass by Murtaugh and
e. Mooney to Whipple. The latter drove
the ball past Burgess SO quickly that he
did not even see 1t and the crowd went
wild over the first goal. This was the
only scoring done in the first period, and
the Is stops by Allen against the three by
Burgess shows which way the ballswas
travelling about all the first period
| 1t was the same old story in the second
period. McGilvray and J. Mooney wore
after the ball all the time and their work
was SO fast atstimes that it fairly took the
spectators breath away. Campbell and
Whipple had not got down into trim yet,
and though both men were working hard
they met with hard luck and plucky
defense. Bathswon it's first goal in this
period by most fortunate accident. j.
Mooney volleyed the ball from the CEN
tire of the floor and it landed between
Aliens legs. He tried to get away from
| the cage with it after stopping it in this
way. but dropped it into the cage SO that
the ball was really Gagged by Allen instead
| of j. Mooney. Z The whole period was brim
full of exciting work and the crowd was
very enthusiastic. Allen smade Is stops
in this period while Burgess had 10.
In the third period Portland got togeth-
or and it was Baths turn to get move
on. Mckay was now playing in the fin
est form he has ever shown here. His
work was simply immense and of course
TurnbuIl and the two rushers backed him
up in great style. About seven minutes
of heart disease work Mckay got the
ball behind the Portland cage, carried it
around the corner past two Bath men,
made one of his famous slow passes to
| Campbell who was out in the centre of
| the hall and the latter drove it home into
the Bath cage in such fine shape that the
two minutes. A few minutes later Camp
bell carried the ball from the Portland
end of the hall down towards the Bath
cage, lodging three Bath players on the
way and juggling the ball in mastery
| manner while at full speed, passed it
out to Whipple who sent it flying into
the cage. 1t was the handsomest thing
ever seen on the polo surface in this town
and Campbell and Whipple received no
end of applause for their fine. work. Bath
managed to get another goal before the
game ended, but they were completely at
the mercy Of the home team for the rest
of the game and were on the run all the
time.
For good, clever polo playing the game
last night surpassed anytwhich has been
played here lately. The Bath team is
very plucky one and the playing of Nc
Gilvray in particular is fine. Burgess, in
the Bath goal, made all kinds of stops
in the last period ana he was kept pretty
busy too, by the hard drives of Campbell
and Whipple.
But it is too bad that Mr.. Snowman does
not devote few minutes every day to the
study of little book known as the