The Portland daily press., 1898-12-07
IN FIRST PLACE.
Portland Team Leads in tho Polo
Race.
DEFEATED BANGOR LAST NIGHT
INA FINE GAME.

/ CAPTAIN Mckay shows Rangor Something
New in Polo-H How the Scheme Worked
i --otber Games and Notes.
sgThe lovers Of polo turned out last night
! in large numbers to witness the game be-
twean Portland and Bangor In the
Auditorium and also to show Manager
Burnham that their support could De re-
lied upon during the rest of the season 70
support the game in this place. Inc
action of the city government IN refusing
| MIR. Burnham City hall was a great as
appointment TO many people ana on an
sides last night was to be heard express
sions Of sympathy for Mr.. BurnhaM
whom the polo lovers at least think mas
been treated rather unjustly.
These lovers OF the game had an oppor-
| tunity last night Ut witnessing by far the
prettiest contest as far as scientific play
| ing goes, that has ever been Sc In this
city. They also had the satisfaction OF
seeing the home team defeat the leaders
in the race for the championship.
Bangor came here in q somewhat
crippled condition last night Grsenleaf.
who usually plays half back OH the Ban
| gors was injured few nights ago and
Mana .er French secured the services Of
Phslan, who had cen released by Kock-
land In his first game in Bangor Phelan
was hurt and went to his home in Massa-
/ No oh rod
to come to Portland with only four men.
He secured here the services of Wilson an
amateur player who put up very pretty
game at center but undoubtedly the loss
of professional player did much to PEE
vent Bangor from taking last nights
game.
| Above all things, however, the playing
Of Portland was by all odds the very best
that has ever been known in this city.
Captain Mckay has been trying for
| months to get Whipple, who is tine shot
for cage, to stay by the goal and take
what Mckay may feed up to him. Until
last night Whipple has newer been able to
to remain quietly by the opponents goal
TO shoot at the cage, SO that until last
night the Portland people have never had
chance to see how we'll Captain McKay's
little play would work.
The other night Whipple hurt his foot
quite badly aud SO was forced in last
nights game to remain pretty quiet. As
instructed by Captain Mckay he staid
near by the opponents goal all the time
and the way this little scheme worked
was worth going long way to see
Mckay, who can juggle the ball better
than any one in this league, began to feed
the ball up to Whipple from the very
start. Campbell as aggressive and fast as
ever, followed Mokay's passing contest
and with Johnny Turnbull and Allen to
protect the Portland cage, the Bangor
men were kept hard at work trying to
prevent the ball from being sent into
heir own goal. or the eleven goals Gagged
Whipple Gagged seven of them, just on ac-
count of Mckay and Campbell working
together in feeding the ball up to him.
The best efforts of all the Bangor men
combined could not stop this work and to
the great delight of the audience the
beautiful exhibition Of passing went on
McKsy's back handed passes were abso-
Iutely marvellous and fairly surprised
even those who have seen him do excellent
work In the past. In fifteen minutes of
playing 1t is safe to say that Portland had
the ball fully ssven-ei ghths of the time,
and for a greater part OF this the sphere
was knocking up against eastman every
second or two with the regularity Of
clock work.
Bansor WAS nome the less aggressive las
night than they have been in the past.
Jason and Walton, always good men
played finely. while McGown worried like
"a fiend during the entire game The Ban
gors were simply out played from first to
last and this was all due to the inagnifi-
cent work OF the Portland forwards
By winning last nights game from
Bangor, Portland moves up to the head
of the list and it Is safe to say that she
will stay there for the rest of the season
il she continues to put up the game that
has been played in the last few weeks.
The fact that Portland will now fight
hard to hold this position aud the other
teams will work just as hard to take the
games from them here means that Port
land people Will have plenty of good sport
before the season is ended.
The line up and summary:
Portland--Campbell and Mhippie, rush.
ers; Mckay. center; Turnbull, half back;
Allen, goal
Bangor-Jason and Walton, rushers;
Midtown, center; Phelan, half back;
eastman, goal
Goal Won By Rush By Gagged By Time
Portland Campbsll Campbell 40
2--Portland Jason Whipple $50
3-Bangor Campbell Jason LOS
4--Portland Jason Whipple LIT
--- Campbell -- Limit
5--Portland Campbell Whipple 1915
/ 6--Portland Jason Whipple LIT
$1,000 Campbell Limit
7-Portland Campbell Whipple 2.05
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