Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-21
POLO ON WHEELS.

A New Game That Will Probably BE.
come n Favorite With Clever Cyclists.
From the New Yo.k Herald.
The latest acquisition to sport is a game
called polo on Wheels" which has been in
troduced by Ike johnson. Polo now
played on horseback is an exceedingly in
teresting and exciting game, with numerous
probabilities of serious accidents. The game
to be played on wheels will certainly not
Lack a spice of danger, as a wheel is often
more unruly than a horse, and when the
contestants get closely punched in their EN-
deavors to get at the ball, the possibilities
of falls and accidents are numerous.
Mr. johnson says that both ladies and
gentlemen can participate in this new game.
and of course, the new woman will be to
the fore, attracted by the possibility Of dis
tinguishing herself in game beset with
dangers.
The game has already been introduced~at
the Livingston Club meetings. and seems to
be unusually attractive to the ladies, who
enter into the game energeucally and seem
to enjoy it thoroughly. So far no serious &C.
c.dents have occurred.
Polo on wheels is played almost daily at
Adelphia Hall between Messrs. Johnson.
Robbins. Duane and Hunter, who are all
experts and form a strong team.
The contestants are divided into side, the
number on each side being determined by
the size of the space available for play.
Space is then measured Off and in the CEN
ter ball, little smaller than the regula-
ton polo ball and larger than tennis ball,
is placed. Then as in foot ball, the play
toss for the first bunt, the object Of the
winner of the tess being to bunt the ball
with the front wheel of his bicycle toward
the goal belonging to his side. The actions
of the contestants in trying to prevent their
opponents scoring goal are sometimes ex-
ceedingly funny.
A goal counts ten points and 100 points
constitute a game, the victorious side being
Al, s,l,
The referee has the privilege Of filming the
contestants one or more points for errors.
Orient to Play Canterbury.
The eleven of the Orient Athletic CLUB
will meet Monday afternoon at National
Base Ball Park the team of the Canter-
bury Athletic Club. The Orients, although
having played more games this season
than any other local team, have not met
with defeat, in fact. they have been so for
tunate as to prevent their opponents from
even scoring.
The Canterbury team is considered one
of the strongest of local teams and Is q
high bidder for the championship. 1t is
composed of old and experienced players
and plays an exceedingly hard and agrees
sive game. 1t has been defeated only
once this season, that by the strong Gal
laudet aggregation on Thanksgiving day.
Fitzsimmons' Appearance Deposit.
Joe Vendig has deposited with Richard
X Fox a check for 1000 which he had re-
ceived from Dan. A. Stuart a guarantee
that Fitzsmmons would meet Peter Maher
at Ell Paso, Mex, February IA.
John j. Quinn, manager for Maher sends
word chat he will arrive in New York
Thursday morning with $1,000 to post for
Maher. Many bets are being made on the
fight. Maher is a slight favorite.
Statistics of Running Meetings.
A compilation of the racing figures for
1885, including computations on the events
to occur between now and January !. 1885,
at San Francisco and New Orleans, shows
the total number of running events to be
1862 The horses placed in the events have
earned S2S26749 These figures do not In
clude the outlawed meetings at Elkton.
Nd, nor those In Virginia, Illinois and Mis-
souri,. In Chicago the loyal racing compi-
cations tied up 100000 The races were
conducted on thirty-four tracks and had
q, 93S starters.