The New York herald., 1876-08-20
SPORTS AT NEWPORT.
-Four Exciting Games Of Lacrosse at
the Polo Grounds.
A BAD DAY FOR THE RED MEN.
The Montreal Club Declared
the Winners.
Two Well Contested Games
Of Polo.
THE BLUES VICTORIOUS IN BOTH.

Of Newport TO tho Polo grounds There were a, least
5000 persons in and around tho ten acre field, which
looked splendid with its flags and colors and snow
white sents and tho carriages fed all tho space avail
able. The immense popular success OF tho
game Wednesday caused lacrosse to be
the talk OF Newport, and those who bad
not seen 1t were resolved to use tho last
opportunity while thase who had il wero still
more determined 10 1t again. The universal ver-
dict is unquestonably that lacrosse ID tho most
markabc, versatile and exactng OF all tho games of
ball That II IL al Of tho most complicated to
play and ono OF the easiest to understand and that
there Is moro real fun In II Tor tho spectators than in
either cricket, polo, base ball any other similar
sport. IL is certain to be great gamo
in the United States before long, and we
shall this and delightful outdoor
amusement 70 tho Indians, who invented II, to the
Montreal Club, which consented to come to Newport.
and TO tho Polo Club, whose members issued the nvi-
tation and paid the expenses of the Indians Tho
dams, u should be understood, play lacrosse as IA
profession. Tho Montreal amateurs make it thoir
pleasure
Tho rst gane began about haifpast hve O'Clock. and
played by but ten sidc owing to the sickness
OF ono or players This necossatcd some pairing
OF, IN Congress, ana Ncssrs J. V. Whito and
Shcaror, for tho whites. and those great chiefs
of the lroquois tribo--John DeIlobout and Foster
remained Of the game Their absence regretted
but did interfere with the pleasure Of tho day. for
the twenty than 1llcd the field and In fact
made raids among the carriages and seats which scat
tered the spectators Is maxim with printors Ito
follow the copy, II it dies out OF tho window"
andi the lacrosse players would follow tho ball. u
II snould go TO tho devil When II falls among
the horses out of bounds, tho Indians
and the white players scramble undor carriages,
stampede Of the excited lockers on The bali gives the
players rcst and doubt that il Is still for
ond. Lacrosse has solved the problem of perpetual
motion; such caping, running bouncing, humping,
tumDiing and tearing was never seen in any other
gume. The people laughed and chcercd Til tho
the fold till 1t appeared as II cvery player
had gone crazy The swallows that c!rccd over the
fold did not lily faster than the ball, and the birds
could have been easier caught IN the than that
elastic globe Even Recorder Hackct, who was. the
grounds, and who has shot many swallow on tho
though am much mistaken in his aims II he had not
killed an Indian.
To-day was q bad day for the noble rcdmcn. Tho
Indian summer had not come. The ncld organ
ized u.uch as It was Wednesday, Jacob defending
the goal for tho Indians and Rcpcrt Montreal
Club Tho players at point cover, point centre and
homo worc thc sarnc. and each side was deficient in
two edcrs, but nobody noticed this deficiency o- the
field IL free fight and as much mixed up American
politics
The umpires OF tho Montreal Club we're Mcssrs Will
lam f. Mckenzie and Sanled Macdonald, and Tor tho
Caughnawasa team Messrs Howiand and Grswold.
Mr.. Bennctt was agaL chosen as reerec. but no I'M
good nssuredy played by both sides IS s''' 'e''
Tho first gane was won splendidy BY tho aboriginal
Of & S ana @
one OF the best players and In all The games did excel
lently
The second game wss won by tho Montreal Club after
an intensely exciting baltic Of quarter Of hour. in
which Suhmorhayes assisted by Hodgson put tho ball
between the flags. Tho third game again won by
fourth which was intensely exciting and the longest OF
Tho series, resulted IN an Indian defeat If Terry and
GrnN Din oil In MAnt
club to-day, how the country will rejoice In
ond game the Indian Keroniarc. received hard blow
got "his crosse and crown together" In oil OF the
games Mr.. Bowie, Of the Montreals, who won the cup
lS73 played admirably. and his running remnrk.
able. The Montreal Club, having won three games,
The lacrosse games wcro followed by running
match between SIX Indians aud live white players from
the northern end Of the field to the polo goal tho
southern end. The for the Montreal Club
were:R Summerhayes, s. Massey, T. E. Hodgson
John Dciiabout Thomas Jacob, Francis and Lazarus
Zacharic, and Paul Dclarimer. The distance
was abou, $50 yards and II was run
was unluckily not taken. for Mr.. Summerhayes, the
winner revealed wonderful spoed, and in fact,
hard pushed. keronlare, tho Indian champion, led
the race nll within twenty yards Of tho goal when
Sumipcrhaycs made burst and amid the applause OF
everybody dashed across tho string three yards in ad
vance. The victory made moro impor-
tant by the fact that Keronmrc was for
q long whiio the champion runner Of America
and had never met his equal In fact. he
next to Summerhayes and then came another In
dian, and then all thc of the in heap,
close together that If that great braned man, Daniel
Webster, had boon thore he might have put them all
under his hat
There wcro n number OF the members OF the Toronto
Lacrosse Club on tho grounds, who took great in
crest in the game and agreed that tncy could
beat the Montreal Club in the next match,
claim tat they had not all Of their best players with
them and that they have no fears Of Toronto All OF
the regret OF the public, and 1t is barely possible that
they may play there by invitation OF the ball clubs OF
Massachusetts II would bo a grand mistake for Bos
ton to miss the opportunity This evoning tho Montreal
Club dned al tho Ocean House by the Polo Club.
TWO GAMES OF poIo-rHK BLUES VICTORIOUS
IN DoTH--A DISTINGUISHED THnoSa OF spEc-
rATons. INCLUDING MANY PROMINENT NEW
yoRKE1s.
NEWPORT, K L., August 10. 1875
After tho second game OF lacrosse two very interest
ing games Of polo were played with tho following
sidcs:-
BLugs.
Augustus Jay captain; s: s Rowland, John Mott,
William p Douglas and S n Robbins
c. II. Ridgeway, captain; George W. Thorn, IL II.
Hunncweli, William Jay and y. Griswold
Fa,rman Rogers was chosen umpire.
In the first game the respective captains charged
and Ridgeway fortunate enough to strike tho bail.
Mott knocked the ball several times and sent It near
the blues goal, but Ridgeway at his heels and
struck II twice very handsomely. Douglas followed
him up and sent IL toward the blues goal and
Augustus Jay Immediately gave n a handsome back
stroke aud TO cap ALL Mott, also OF tho blues
twice and sent IL long distance GrIs
void, for tho rcds at this point, played remarkably
well and struck the ball thrco times in succession,
sending almost home. Tho blues, however, had
II IN centre Of the lot. and for several tho
pooics oil huddlcd together, and IL with
tlo difficulty that could bo extricalcd The ponies
legs suffered some from this fcrimmagc. After IL was
nullcd out Douclas who played remarkably well IN