The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-11-22

to win il such thing were possible. 1t
meant the second position in the race for
either Bangor or Portland. and the play
ers went into the fight with determine
tion that it would be their own particu-
lar team which should have that coveted
place. Just who began the rough play
it would be hard to say, but certain 1t is
that once started the Bangor men showed
themselves the past masters of this In
dian style of playing. Every one of the
visitors were primed for scalp and be-
fore the contest was two minutes old Nc
Gowan had been given two fouls in sue
cession for interfering with Campbell
After that it was war to the knife be-
tween these two men.
Whipple did not have his usual luck
last night. He was badly hurt in the be-
ginning of the first period and after this
his. usually steady hand In shooting fol
thu cage was gone, and Campbell and
Mckay were left to do about all Of the
hustling for the home team.
| Hangor's defense was almost perfect.
| Again and again it was tackled and II
no gentle manner by Mckay, Whipplt
and Campbell, but to no advantage. Fol
all they were defeated, Portland played
magnificent game on the offensive
Portland played Bangor to standstill II
| fact the entire two last periods witnesses
desperate attempts to score on the part
| of Capt. MoKay's men, but the hoodot
which protected eastman and the Ban
gor cage could not be driven away. Ban
gor won three straight goals by the mag
nificent work of Jason and Walton,
The crowd was becoming discour aged.
| No score had been made in the first
period, though this was about as hot al
/ they make'em in this state. Whippl'
had given place to Spear, the substitute
who didn't seem to do very much in tht
way of juggling the ball. but be, did
drive away the hoodoo. At this time
towards the last part of the second peri
cd Campbell made two of the pretties
on McKay's passes. The fighting abou
the Bangor cage was at close quarters
when Campbell got in back-handec
shot which escaped Cashman's watchfu
eve Immediately after this Campbell
caught one ON the fly and drove 1t homt
after his best style, as in the good ole
days when he played on the Rocklant
team.
The crowd was crazy with delight an(
yelled and shouted as though victory wal
already theirs. Here the second period
ended and Whipple came back on thu
floor for the third period and with him
came the hoodoo From this time out II
was q terrific fight and one which fol
hair raising incidents has never beer
surpassed in Portland. Mckay and Camp.
bell did all they could to meet the on
slaught and plucky defense Of Bangor
without success. Our hopes fed when
Jason landed another goal for Bangor
by a very pretty piece of work. But still
tine home team fought on and on. AS the
period drew to close there were more
thrilling incidents and faster play. II
was very exciting to see the desperate
efforts made by the Portlands to get jnst
one more goal, but they couldn't do il
and the crowd were disappointed.
Lineup and summary:
Portland-Campbell and Whipple,
rushers; Mckay, centre; Turnbull, half.
back: Allen, goal: Spear, substitute.
MCGOWAN, centre; Greenleaf, halfback
eastman, goal; Kane, substitute.
Goal. Won by Rush by Gagged by Tim.