The Portland daily press., 1898-12-10
MAGNIFICENT polo.
LIE wiston Team Entirely Out
Classed

Capt. McKsy's Men Delighted Large
Audience with their scie ntfic PLAYING
A One sided but Extremely Interest
ing Game The Other Games.
Portland has about the finest polo team
in this country and the best in the Maine
league. This was demonstrated last
night in the auditori UNI in the game
which the Portland team played with the
aggrege ton from Lewiston, The home
team won by score of to and the ease
with which they defeated the visitors was
surprising, to say the least
The attendance was not as large ms the
fine playing warranted last night. 1t
was good sized audience. but not what
this magnificent polo playing should
draw. Throughout the entire contest.
which was brim full of exciting Incl.
dents and magnificent playing, the audi
ence frequently expressed their appreoi.
alton of the work done by Capt. Mckay
and his stars by hearty and liberal ap-
plause. The Portland men deserved all
they got and more for certainly no team
ever put up prettier game than they did
last night. ~
The Lewiston team is composed of some
hustliug players VINO keep their eyes on
the ball all the time and make things
lively during every moment of play. 1t
was painfully evident at the end Of the
first period last night that the Portland
team was victorious, but in spite of this
fact the Lewiston men kept up the gait
they had started and played polo to the
very end They were game until the gong
called the teams from the floor at the
close of the contest and fought an up.
hill game well and hard. More than this
they played clean, scientific polo, but
their work could not overcome the mag
nidcent playing of their opponents, so
they lost.
When Referee Kelley blew his whistle
at the com mencement of the game Lew
iston went for the ball with a rush. The
first few seconds were lively CROUCH and
in a trice the ball rolled down into the
Portland cage, under John Aliens feet
But this good beginning turned out to be
about the only luck they were to have
during the game Whipple, true to the
teachings of Capt. Mckay. stuck by the
Lewiston goal like a leech and not even
the fierce aggressive blocking of Hayes
and Connellys could keep him away from
1T. The feeding of the ball up to Whippis
began right away. Mckay and Campbell
would leave Johnny Turnbull and Allen
to guard the home goal and together
would work the sphere up the hall to-
wards the Lewiston goal The way they
passed the ball about beneath and by
the Lewiston men was worth going. miles
to see. In short space Of time Whipple
had won the first goal and the Others fol-
lowed in rapid succession, McKay's work
was absolutely startling. He seemed to
be able to carry the ball as far and as
long as he wished and though he was at
times surrounded by the entire qass OF
Lewiston forwards they were not able to
take the sphere away from him. Camp
bell, by his hawk-like swoops down the
hall again and again stole the sphere
from the Lewiston men and only Far
rell's work in goal prevented this player
from filing the cage full of balls, The
Lewiston defense is strong but it could
not stand up against the aggressive work
of Capt. Mckay and his men. The game
was made intensely Interesting by the
scientific playing and though the score
shows that the contest was one sided
it cannot tallSof the beaut ell plays which
were MADE by all of them ncr CT the hard
work of the visitors 10 score. 8
More exciting games have been played
here in the past hut not one of them
was ever bettersplayed that was this game
last night.
Line up and summary.
Portland-C Campbell, Whipple, rushers;
Mckay, centre; Turnbull, half back;
Allen, goal.
Lewiston--Gay. Foster, rushers; Con-
nelly. centre; Hayes, half back; Farrell.
goal. 4
Goal. Won by Rush by Gagged by Time