The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-10
ESPECIAL TO THE PREss.l

SPECIAL TO THE PREss.l
Lewiston, February 9.-One OF the
swiftest polo games of the season was
played here tonight. Big Dick Furbush
and his dirty plays, Referee Snowman
and his rank decisions and the desperate
playing of the Lewistons were not
sufficient to land the game for Manager
Cody's Indians, and the Lewiston fans
left City hall with faces yard long and
disgust painted on every feature. And
they had no license to be Disguised either
for Lewiston had all the luck there was
going, and were favored at every turn by
Mr.. Snowman's blindness in cases OF the
worst kind of fouls on the part OF the
home team.
But even, a Lewiston audience sickened
at the nasty work of big Dick Furbush,
which was openly oountenanced by the
referee. When Portland at last got the
lead in the third period and some or the
tin horn sports began to leave the hall,
Big Dick thought to win the regard OF
the spectators and the game at the same
time by crippling Campbell. His oppor-
tunity to mako the attempt soon came.
Furbush and Campbell met in the center
of the hall and the big Lewiston man
gave Campbell wicked shove, throwing
him on his back on the floor. Then the
big Furbush threw all of his weight onto
the PROSTATE man and attempted to nail
him with his sick. Mr.. Snowman must
have seen this, but he paid no attention
to it. The audience saw 1T and they
roundly Missed Furbush for his cowardly
trick. Fortunately Campbell was not
hurt, and Big Dick gained nothing by
his dirty work.
But this is only a sample OF the unfair
playing on the part of Lewiston.
Or the magnificent floor of Lewiston's
City hall the game began at cyclone $
speed. Portland never saw anything to
approach the fast work done here tonight
Ey both teams. The polo cranks OF the
Forest City who have never seen their
team play on a good surface have no idea
If the swiftness they display away from
home. The first period of the game to-
night was absolutely hair raising Tar
rant and Walton worked like fiends and
some of the hot drives that John Allen
stopped were simply wonderful. Lincoln
was playing in the place Of Whipple who
was badly strained in the Bath game and
was unable to play tonight Lincoln did
not get settled down into the harness I'M
til the last period, and the desperate
blocking of FsIrbush and Fitzgerald pre-
vented him from ccomplishinglmuch I'M
til then. At the end of the cyclone period
neither team had scored, and the fifteen
do INV in the first 6ftaan
minutes of play to the ten of White shows
pretty plainly how rapid the work was
and how desperately the Lewistons were
driving the ball.
The second period opened at a two
minute clip. The Lewistons worked hard
eT than ever. Fitzgerald broke the Ice
and gave Lewiston the first goal by a
long drive from the end of the hall which
got past Allen. The crowd was crazy
with delight but Portland was yet to be
heard from. Even the Lewiston audience
had to applaud the beautiful work of
Campbell, Mckay and Turnbull. Lincoln
was worrying Big Dick all the time. By
clever stroke Campbell Gagged Portland IS
first goal and tied the score, and thus
ended the second period. Allen had
stopped twelve hard drives while White
had eight to his credit.
The excitement was at fever heat at
the opening of the third period. Portland
was making the fur fly by this time and
won two more goals. Some of the crowd
became disheartened and started to leave
the hall. Their courage revived little
when Tarrant won Lewiston's second
goal by a beautiful stroke. Then occurred
the rankest piece of work ever seen in q
polo game in Maine. A hot scrimmage
over the ball in which Walton, Tarrant,
Mckay, Turnbull, Campbell and Allen
were all piled in heap with the ball in
the middle of the pile somewhere took
place near the Portland cage. The scrim-
mage was getting dangerous when Referee
Snowman blew his whistle. After it had
sounded Tarrant took the ball in his
hand and threw it into Portland's goal.
To the surprise of everyone the referee
allowed Lewiston this goal. Only one
minute and sixteen seconds remained to
play. The Portlands went into the play
like wild men, and they made Big Dick
and his supporters hustle to keep up with
the pace
Portland had won the game by one goa
and the crowd filed out of tins hall in
silence The Lewistons were simply
broken hearted at the result, as one more