The Portland daily press., 1898-01-26
PORTLAND GOT ANOTHER.
Baths Team Fell Victims to the ALI
Star Aggregation.
THE P0RTLANDS PLAYED THE
FINEST GAME Ole THE SEASON.


For Much Rough Work-The Home
Team Captured the Game in Fine
Shape.
Portland won the fiercest game of-polo
of the year in City hall last night.
Bath was the opposing club and they
played like parcel of fiends from start to
finish, There Avas not a let up in the
game and hardly breathing space. The
resnlt was in doubt until the very last
minute of play for with the way things
were going the scorin,y of a goal by either
team depended a good deal on luck ana
the nosiTion of the players in the various
com binations. x,bz
Billy Long gave a very yellow exnlpl-
tion as referee and deserved all tine Kisses
and groans he received from the oroWo Oh
enthusiasts present. Time Siter siine M.
Long allowed the most fagraut violations
of the playing rules to pass nnno5lced.
He did his best not to see anything Whlco
did not occur directly under MS nose put
for all his contempt for the rules OF tne
game the Portlands defeated BAN anu
did it in handsome manner
Bath came to Portland with Asrgs
size knife ND their sleeve for the home
team. Th2y did not anticipate an easy
victory. but they did believe they m1gho
win the game by hard work. Iney
started in to do or die, but they olQ
neither. All of the Bath men played
rough polo, but they played well ior an
that. Murtaugh IN psrticuia If W. Wot that
very hard, and it was no tauit OF ms tnae
the visitors did not return nome Wieh oil
other game to their credit. .;,a
Bath went into the contest with as WHO
GAIT as ever team started out Win,
and this pace was kept up until tne soIy
last minute. At the first send Oh foro-
land had things about all their own way.
CamnbeIl is back in his old form again,
and Whippls is now simply invlnclnie.
| These two players work together IKE
Siamese twins, and they made tnlEgs
very lively for Burgess in Batn,s goa
| last night. Campbell got the frst goai
after an exciting interval ABOUT une
| visitor g cage. linen occurreu W. wv
minutes of hot work and finally MCKAY
| from the end Of the hall made one OF ms
| famous slow tosses for the cage. Whlpple
| caught the ball in the air on the point OF
| b is stick and drove it with lightnlng's
speed past Burgess into the Bath cage;
| The crowd was crazy with delight ana
howled and howled until it. seemed as II
| the roof of the hall would certainly be
rent asunder. Then came Baths turn.
and J. Mooney got in his work and
landed the visitor first goal. Both teams
were playing faster and faster all the
time and the Portlands were IN tne COLI
test all the time. Finally the ball rolled
in front of the Bath cage. Murtaugn anu
Burgess piled up on top. of Campbell and
nailed him to the floor, bat before ne
went under Campbell got back handed
stroke in with his stick and sent the ball
fiying into the netting of the Bath cage
It was one Of the cleyerest things Whlcn
has ever been seen in this city, end the
audience appreciated it greatly. Then j.
| al
| he'll sounded for the end of the first period
| Portland also scored another goal, but
| Referee Long would not allow it. Allen
| had thirteen stops and Burgess fifteen in
| this period.
| AS the game went on the playing grew
fercer. Bath eyened things up ana tleo
| the score in the very beginning of the
second period, and then the players, urged
ON by the tremendous applause Of the
| crowd worked like tigers for another
goal. Bath got the lead finally by two
more goals and the hearts of the crowd
were down in their boots.
But before the second period ended
Portland had tied the score by magnificent
lplaytng and the excitement reached fever
| heat. Allen had eight stops in this period
and Burgess had eleven.
/ With the score tie Bath went into the
third period to do some desperate work.
TIE players did rything but fight from
this out ana Uu6 playIAS Woo dDoup az
rough, and at the same time as skilful as
apy which has ever beon seen here. But
chs home team was under excellent dis
cjpline and never for moment did the
PLAYERS lose their heads. Both Mckay
! and Turnbull by their unexcelled work
on the defensive saved goal after goal,
while John Allen was simply immense.
When Portland Gagged the leading goal on
a beautiful pass from Campbell, which
was sent into the Bath cage by Whipple
like the shot out of a gun the crowd fair
ly went wild with joy. A little while
later Murtaugh who was doing some fine
work in blocking off the Portland players
tackled Campbell. Whipple was left to
do about as he pleased. Burgess got ex
cited and tried to rush eEthe ball and
Whipple Gagged it very prettily giving
| Portland lead of two goals. To the very
last moment of play it was nip and tuck
between these two teams, but the all star
aggregation of Portland cannot be ratified
as easily now as of yore and they won the
game. It was the best game to win which
has vet been played here and the song OF
the bleachers was "We aren't out of the
race for the championship yet by any
m cans"
Line up and summary:
Portland-Campbell and Whipple, rush
ers; Mckay, center; Turnbull, half back;
Allen, goal.
BATH. Mooney and McGilvary, rush
ers; e. Mooney, }nentre; Murtaugh, half
back; Burgess, goal.
Goal. Won By. Rush By. Gagged By. 7.
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