The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-11-18
A PRETTY GAME.
Portland Tsok a Fall Out Of Bath
Last Night.
raouGH CUFFED BATH PUT UP A
FINE FIGHT.

They We're PIucky to the Last and Never
Let Up on Their Hard Work to the End
Curtis and Dawson Did Nice Work
shaw, an Amateur, Distinguishes Him
| self.
| Portland defeated Bath, the leaders in
the polo race SO far this season, in fine
| ly played and purely scientific contest last
night by score of nine to four Bath
was weakened by the absence of their half
back Murtaugh, who is laid up with an
| injured back. Wood, the Bath substitute
| took Murtaugh's place at half back, and
| he played magnificent game in this
position. During the first period it was
observed that Hackett. the crack goal
| tender Of Bath, was not putting up his
usual game. Before the period ended and
while there was yet ten seconds to play,
Haokett informed Referee Connolly that
his strength had failed him and he would
have to leave the floor. Hackett, whom
| it is reported to be far from we'll, retired,
and on reaching his dressing room utter
| " collapsed. After some little delay,
Shaw. a Portland amateur goal tender
was put into the Bath cage to take
| Hackett's place. Portland had been play
ing fine game and was two goals in the
| lead when this change was made. The
score would probably have been much
closer had 1t not been for the change OF
goal tenders on the Bath team. Sh aw
did not put up very strong game in the
beginning of tie second period, but in the
third period he distinguished himself by
stopping many hard drives and acquitted
himself very creditably.
| The feature of last nights game was,
[ perhaps, the beautiful work of Curtis and
| Dawson, the Bath rusners. These two
men, who were once upon the Portland
team, and who have many friends here
fairly took the breath away from those
| who remember how they played here
year ago and the season before that. They
| have come along very fast since their last
/ appearance here, and are now putting UP
a very fine article of polo. Curtis, is per-
haps, the best skater in the league. In
the old days of hemacite rollers and
much, but today on a fine floor and On
brass rollers, he can out skate aud out
manoeuvre any man on the floor, unless
it be our own two stars Whipple and
i Campbell. Curtis has also improved
wonderfully in his shooting for the cage,
and some of his work last night in this
lime was absolutely startling. As fol-
tr, Il a rS1or
from the player vino has been seen in
Maine in the two years before the present
season. He is as lively as cricket and
hobs up Unexpectedly at the most mop
perfume moments. He drives hard and
strong and with true aim and between
Curtis and Dawson Allen was kept busy
during the entire game. Smith, Bath I
center, is very hard working player
and taken in the aggregate the Bath team
is the best which has been seen here this
year, even If it is badly crippled just now.
/ As far as orr own men are concerned
they put up the fastest kind of polo. an6
their team work was equal to, If not
i superior to the Baths. Allen made many
4 phenomenal stops and his magnificent
work was cheered again and again by the
audience. Johnny Turnbull is by all odd:
the most systematic blocker playing al
| half book in the league. He never losei
sight of his man and it takes O fast pail
of rushers to crowd anything past him.
/ A strange feature of last nights game
was the kissing of Captain Mckay and
| Whipple for interfering with the Bath
rushers Both men were given foul by
Referee Connolly and strange to say the
decision seemed very satisfactory to The
audience, or large part of it anyway.
This was due to the interest which Port.
land patrons of the game take in Curtis
and Dawson, but the time WAS when both
Curtis and Dawson were almost Kissed Oh
the Portland floor. Mckay never loses
his head in polo game, and never does
mean trick. He did hold Dawson last
nj ght and took the chance of being called
down for it.by the referee in order to save
Portland a goal Had he not held Daw'
son that player would certainly have
| driven the ball into the Portland cage
Mckay didn't want this to happen ane
was Missed for holding. Mckay Is firs
and always polo player. Holding OF
the floor is against the rules of the game,
i but Mckay did no more in holding Daw
son than is done surreptitiously by almos
every player in the league when he get g
chance. Whipple was Missed for tripping
| Curtis. but although..W hipple's intention
in throwing out his foot in time to catcl
! the Bath man was not apparent to MIR
Connolly, who rightly judged of the &C
as he saw it. thoss who were near enough
TO witness the accident were willing t,
take their oaths tn at Whipple did not in
tend to trip Curtis, but did trip him acci
IDENTIFY in trying to save himself
Be this as 1t may it is pleasant to not
that this season the league has twl
referees in Messrs. Connolly and Kelle,
, who are not afraid to call foul on tn
home team when they think foul is de
served.
Last nights contest was pretty one t.
ratob. though 1t was too one-sided to b.