The Portland daily press., 1898-03-04

Played Fine Polo-Lewiston Made a
Piucky Fig hit to Win.
| The Portland polo team olinched their
claims to thu second place in the race for
the championship last night when they
defeated Lewiston by a score OF to 4.
1t was red hot game from start to I'm
| ish and was by no means an easy one
for the home team to win. The Lewis
tons played polo from the start and they
made the home team hustle for what
they got.
The game began with cyclone speed.
This gait was kept up to the very end
and the crowd was kept on the anxious
seat until the very last minute. The
Lewistons were out for every point they
could make and they put up very plucky
game. In the first period Mckay made
two of his famous long distance shots
and won the only goals of the first Is
minutes. In the second period the Lew
istons went to work like cart horses and
they were after the ball all tho time. 1t
was about as exciting and rapid work as
any which has been seen here this season.
John Turnbull was playing with the
liveliness of a two-year-old, and batting
balls in the air MS if he were veteran
tennis player Campbell and Whtpple
fairly outplayed themselves in blocking
of and making hard drives for the cage,
while John ALIENS phenomenal stops at
the most critical points fairly took the
Put
was to Mckay that the honors were award
ed last night He showed. himself at the
most exciting moments to be possessed OF
cool head and steady hand. Again
and again he saved the Portlands from
losing goal by his quick work and when
Fit came to offensive playing it was Nc
Kay who landed the goals for the home
team. The triangular playing between
Mckay and the two rushsrs was never
worked to better advantage than it was
last night and the three men who play ed
forward for Portland covered themselves
with glory again and again. In the seq
ond period Lewistonsgot its innings and
won three goals. Two of these were due
to the lightning work of Jason who is
as good shot for cage as any man seen
here in long time. Gay got one of these
goals on a long drive from the end Of
the hall, but it was only by luck that he
was able to do it. Campbell added an
other goal to the Portland column catoh-
ing swift pass from Whipple on the fly
and sending 1t into the cage with the
speed of cannon ball. When the second
period ended both teams were playing
roughly and very fast with the score tic.
1t was do or die with the Portlands
/ in the last period and the Lewistons be-
gan their work in the same manner.
Mckay relieved the mind Of the crowd a
good deal when he lifted the ball by a
Bradley Martin shot into ths cage. Then
the playing went on for ten minutes as
fast as has been seen here in many
months. A lucky stroke by Lewiston
would have tied the score again and the
home team played strictly on the defen-
sive. It was as pretty piece of defensive
work as one would want to see Finally
Campbell made great shot for the cage
from the middle OF the hall and practi-
cally clinohed the game for the home
team, for minute later Gay batted the
ball In the ain and drove it past Allen,
placing the Portlands one goal in the
lead again. The crowd passed a few min
futes of anxiety fearing that another
lucky goal might tie the score. but it did
not come for the Portlands settled down
to purely defensive play and so won the
game. The line up and summary:
Mckay, centre; Turnbull. half back;
Allen, goal.
Lewiston-Jason, Gay ,rushers; Walton,
centre; Fitzgerald, half back; White,
goal.
Goal. Won by. Rush by. Gagged By. Time