The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-04

Furbush Has Lost His Nerve and the
Lewistons Have Struck the Toboggan
at Last
The blizzard blew away the hoodoo.
And also it m be said that 1t is
long road which has no turn.
Having thus broken the news to the
polo readers of the PRESS it can be safely
stated that Portland won the game from
Lewiston last night in City hall
Fully sixteen hundred people saw the
contest, which was about the prettlest e1-
hibition the popular game which mas
bepn seen here this season. The result OF
the game was never really In doubt from
s2as beginning, because the Portland Team
was laying in the best of form and the
Lewiston aggregation was on the run
about all the time. Little Dicky furpusn
has lost his nerve and was as tame as a
new born kitten. He WAS so bothered oy
Campbell and Mckay that he was prac-
tically out of it all the time. This is the
beginning Of the uselessness of Dick
Furbush.
Tarrant and Walton had a pretty hard
time. They found that it was no sinocure
for a rusher to run against either Mckay
a. Turnbull. The Portlands played bill
lizards about all the evening. Some OF
the carom shots which Were made were
very cleverly worked. Lewiston got two
GOALS to be sure, but there was little to
brag about in this fact. The first one
was made by Walton who was more sur
prised at the result of his long drive from
the middle of the hall than any one else.
The second goal was due to the careless
ness of Allen. The ball rolled out near
the corner of his cage. Fitzgerald stood
in front of it. Allen knocked the ball out
To Fitzgerald who drove 1t back hard at
the Portland cage and won goal. Johns
desire to heIp out Mckay and Turnbull
who had been sorapping over the ball in
the corner with Walton and Tarrant
,,roved very unfortunate for the home
team.
The Portlands simply played all around
the visitors and when this is said there
is little left to say. Both teams went into
the game with dash but after a minute
or SO of fast work the Lewistons began to
Get weary. Such passing to and fro by
the Portland men they were not accus-
toned to and when they did get chance
at the ball they could do very little with
if. The first goal was won by Portland
and it was O signal for an outburst OF
tremendous applause. Mckay lifted the
ball from the back of the hall and it
landed between Whites knees. The
Lewiston goal tender tried to carry it out
around the corner Of the cage but it fell
at his feet, Whipple drove 1t home and
Portland had drawn first blood.
Then, few minutes later Whipple
made another drive at the Lewiston cage,
White stopped it and the bali rolled out to
Campbell who sent it into the cage again.
The crowd set up yell of delight which
was quickly checked for the Lewls1on's
were playing in luck and the ball rolled
out of the cage on to the surface once
more. Then came Walton's long drive
and Lewiston scored its first goal, tieing
the score at the end Of the period. White
had 10 stops and Allen in this period.
Then came some more elegant playing
by the home team. White did most of
thegwork for the Lewistons and during
all tho evening played an elegant game,
Portland got two more goals in hand
some manner, then came Aliens unfortu
nate play which gave the visitors their
second and last goal. In the second period
White made IS and Allen II stops.
Neither team scored in the third period
Portland knocked the ball into the visi-
tors cage but it bounced out again. Wal
ton and Mckay had one or two collisions
which were very exciting but the Port
land man out-generaled the Lewiston
rusher every time.
Whipple and Campbell did some of the
best work they have yet done together.
OF course John Turnbull and Allen
played their usual good game. The Lew
istons were demoralized and on the run
nearly the whole game. White saved the
visitors from a disastrous defeat by
making many phenomenal stops. He
made % stops in this period to Aliens G.
T lis shows where the ball was about all
the time.
In fact while the game was decidedly
interesting from beginning to end the
Inangit1cent playing OF the home team
knocked the spots out of the visitors
Lewiston will lose a game every time she
meets Portland in the future and her
chance of landing the pennant is very
slim if this gait is kept up by the home
team.
The line up and summary:
Portland-CampbeIla and WhippIe, rush.
ors; Mckay, center; Turnbull half back;
A Hen, goal.
ers; Fitzgerald, center; Furbush, half
back; White goal.
Goal. Won by. Rush by. Gagged by. T.
Portland, Tarrant, Whipple, 1905
2-Lewiston, Whipple, Walton, 4.46
Campbell ---- Limit
3-Portland Tarrant, Wnipple, 1857
Portland Whipple, Campbell, 3.45
5--LeWiston, Campbell, Fitzgerald, .22
Tarrant Limii
Campbell Limit
n Ecore-Portland 8: Lewiston g. Foul,