Telegram-herald., 1890-06-23


PLACED Sith the 'bsBas bgE a. th3
sane tine. Captain Hell Iooru LIS cerssla
slzns saieh are enly kaosn - his team.
~ a1ch BE can gave them 4lrlDg pay.
and wclcA are lot as pSc1sd - either
tie players o. spectators There : TIC
szUe Kind - 9nsLsgght feE tie c4p.-re
of tie ball. and a. IL - kept IA melton
~ the metn bsrs II one side passing L
ff0n one ~ another. soloe very ludl-
eroas and laugnasle scenes sometimes
take place. Two usn wzl cfutch for
TIE hall AZ the sane time, and both viii
disappear, and on their resgPezrance,
the ons with the ball will hnd, on
reaching the ssFface, twO Or three Of
his Ogpoaents n waiting FOR him. sho
poEuce gpop s2d sink hin out cf sight
In moment probably al but tho
gozl-tsnders aro IL the middle of tie
tank. and al shat can &c seen is q con-
used mass OF sras and legs; bat the
keen-eyed captain OF 0ne Of the teams
has GOT his wits about him, and siga
or expression viii cause two or three Of
bis players - gradually near The oppo-
nenss goal
The goal-tendePs fun then CON-
mencea He makes rush for the tall.
but the atroit 'rubberist" passes Il 70
another OF his team. who, IL Sis Dppo-
nents have not come 10 the assistance
ot their gOa4-sendsr. capture tho goal
The difficulty OF making a goal
can only bs understood by actuGl
practice One hand must - on
the ball when it Is placed IN
goal. and in deep water this is rat her u
difficult feat with some body o4 the
players back trying % force him hinder
wnter; bat no depends on his friends 70
keep him out OF such adiiemmA They
may not come up 70 his expect4 4tions,
and IN a second tho aspect OF tho game
Is changed. and tbo ball Is al the other
end Of the tank. The sides change ends
~ the Sydonham clubs tank One time
the goal Is in water eight feet deep;
next time II is IN three feet of water, SO
that both sides have the advantage, IL
there Is any. IN shallow water. by turns
The go&l-tender's position is not
very desirable ono He has not only 10
protect his own goal. but in all proba-
bility has TO do il against odds OF 8 TO l;
FOR the ball is passed so quickly, that
before assistance can arrive no has a
couple OF mon on his back holding him
down, while the third is making for the
goal. But the third man may not Oe
aware that another man has bee % dep
uted 20 watch him, end in lho twinkle
OF an eye ho is under water, and the
ball captured from him.
The water poloist must be amphi bious.
He is liable at any moment and when
least suspecting ID, to be jumped on,
and sent below fora short while, or till
some OF his sido can come 70 his assist
ance; and II he happens TO be the hold
or Of the rubber he may have three or
four on him. But, like pOrpoises, they
have 70 come UP and get a breath Of
fresh air, and then disappear again, the
other men looking on, waiting develop
ments or a word or sign from their re-
spective captains, when the odds are,
perhaps, reversed.
Another essential quality IS wrestling,
and in this, as in swimming, it is de-
sirable 70 be an expert. The struggles
IN the water are often typical of a
Greco-Rornan wrestling match. The
sinewy and muscular limbs arc exposed,
and every movement OF the muscles in
play is easily discernible by onlookers,
and, strange 10 say, in spite OF the vEri-
Gus struggles il twos, threes, quartettes
or more, not vestige of a scratch or a
bruise can be discerned when the teams
leave the water.
These last two accomplishments,
swimming and wrestling, would be of
little use in water polo without a good
pair of lungs. The snbmersious are so
frequent that a man should 30 particU-
larly endowed by nature in that re-
spcct. otherwise he viii only be q him
drance TO the team.
In this last match with the Boston
Athletics, the Sydenhams won six
straight goals. which was genuine sur
prisc. II Will be very strong team,
indeed. 20 wrcst the title Of champions
from them. They are a fac. athletic
lot OF young fellows, every one Of them
model Of physical cultnrc.
Arnold Heilborn. and senior captain
o, the club, was born in London, Eng,
and learned 20 swim az tho Leander
Swimming Club in Birmingham. He
won his first race in 1880, captained tho
Leandcr Water Polo team in 1852 and
won IN tho English amateur polo cham
piouship IN the same year. He carlc to
America IN 1888, and he has won in this
country forty-scvcn prizes Tor swimming
and rowing, Is the amateur champion
Skinner q Rhode Island. and is open
% hold that title for the State against
all coners.
James Gill. tho president OF tho
Sydenhan1. and the swimming MISTER
ot the club. is q veteran swimmer Of
London. formerly Of the Metropolitan
Rowing CLUB Putnov, and London and
Alliance Swimming clubs. He holds
the Humane S0cicty's medal FOR saving
two lives in thc Thames. he "a. be
sidrs. tho winner Of several prizes. in
cIudinv the Crystal Palace gold medal
for swimming in everyday clothes, with
boots on
There arc three other teams in TO
club. and some very promising swim
uors among them Tho Boston An
lotic Association 8 teacher ia John Rob
i1son. who intends 90 chollenge tho
Svdc1haus again in . fcw weeks The
match VIII probably take place in Bos-
tou.
Whllo water polo has thus far hoer
confined 20 shOse two expert toaDs IN
their large natatoIiums, it does nC- fol-
low shat every club desiring % Try tbe
now game need have sixsT-foot tank
20 ioft Irlcod. almcst anT swimming
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