The New York herald., 1877-08-29
PALLONE..
TIE ITALIANS PLAY fwEtvx GAMES At xsw-
PORT on POOR GROUND.

TIE ITALIANS PLAY Twelve GAMES At Nsw-
PORT ON POOR GROUND.
By TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD
NEWPORT, r, l., August IS 1871
Tho game Of pallone played on mo polo 10, this
afternoon before q lair numbcr Of spectators "Dcad
Hcad Hill" had it's usual number however. The game
has never been Witnessed lin New England before and
naturally there was considerable speculation as to
what It was like. Unfortunately for the management
there several private dinners receptions &C.. at
the cottages, and ut Southwicks Grove q prominent
Now York gentleman gave . magnificent outdoor en-
tertainment, which took away large number Of
the summer people who would have been
present The Italians, however, werc we'll pal 4
for their enterprise. and perfectly satisfied with
the receipts The weather was ane and carriages
were ranged all sides Of the lot Among tho spec
tators were Mr. W. r. Travers, Mr.. W.. W. Sher-
man, Mr.. and Mrs Fairman Rogers. Mr. John 0.
Kane, Colonel G. E. warng, Hon. August Belmont
aud family, Leuten,nt Derby, United States Navy;
Mr.. Samuel Blatchford Mrs Bloomfield, N. Moore
Mrs. Ely Goddard and daughter, Mr. Alexander Van
Rensselaer,, Mr.. X a. Romsen aud family, Mr. L.
L. Lorillard Mr. Perry Belmont, Mr.. A. Belmont,
Jr.; Congressman Young, OF Georgia who
in company with General Thomas w.
Sherman, United States army Mr. f. w.
stevons and family, Mr.. and Mrs G. II Preston Dr. T.
A. Woodward, Mr.. A. A. Morse, Mr. W. L. Mckenzie,
Mr.. =. Mckenzie, Mr.. s. H. Whitwei and wife, General
r. B. Potter, ". W. Dundas, grandson OF Lord Dundas
OF Scotland; Mr. g. j. Peterson, Mr.. Royal Phelps
Governor Carroll, OF Maryland; Mr. II. s. Fearing anu
family. IL IS u settled fact that other game
will draw the samo as polo tho latter bong by far
the most popular entertainment ever presented to
tho public. Lacrosse and paons have been
cd under the most favorable auspices vet non
OF these have received with the same demonstra
tons OF approval from he masses the gamc OF polo
and many Today we're hoard remark they mad
luain than AstArr
which has come under thoir observation.
THE GAME
Tho sides for tho games wcro as ollows:-
Baroa,, swixpK opsl'Dni. striker:
Banchini, shoulder. V~spgnani, shoulder
Tabaneli, third Martini, th.rd.
AS IN the gamo Of polo, It Will be scon the sides
distinguished by being atrcd In different colorr.
Their Shirts brccchcs, stockings shoes
and the blue and red Of tho different sidcs made
u very pleasing contrast Their various antics In
catching the ball with tho 'hedgehogD looking glove
with the same facilities rs those 10 bo iound IN thcir
own country their success here this afternoon would
but tho lack oil them not tho fault OF
the Italians, Tor Tho ground was soft from tho
hoavy rain of Saturday night The gamo should
properly havo been played on firm land; thon, again,
there was no protective WALL which 10 tho unfoftu-
nate ones who we're not receiving the oAll from lhe
thrOwcr was decided DISADVANTAGE. In running at
quick ratio ON turf the performers to-day found that
they could not Keep IN very steady posi-
ton, but some OF their receptions were most
traordinsry and their skill was much admired.
GAME
Tho blucs received tho bali, and It must DO
fessed that Cpollon, for hs side, did good service
with two extraordinary "skyers," making tho samo
number of points. During the playing OF the third
point Baron did well Tor the reds During the contest
for the fourth point Bravo, bravo good, good ~
heard IRON all the Italians, Tor Martini mado one OF
tho best hits OF the day. 20 tho contest continued,
both sides playing remarkably WE'LL But the reds got
tho upper hand their bluc friends aud made
tmes 10 Ave made by their opponents
In each game The contest was hard, and during the
afternoon there was not u clcar game Won
Alter the regular games had been finished tho
strangers gave an exhibition Of thoir skill on tho
track used By tho carriages tho side OF tho ot
ana then could be that thcir powers OF sndur
ancc and qucxness OF eye wore something cxtraordi
nary They play again on Thursday, ana before their
return 10 Now York will probably give m exhibition
OF their game In several New England cities