The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-21
JERSEY CITY POL0IsTS WIN.
A Hard Played Game with Yale In
the Ciarernont Rink

Inc game or polo Saturday night at the
Clermont Rink, Brooklyn, was one of the
most interesting in connection with the
game in this vicinity. The game was be-
tween the Brooklyn Polo Club and the
crack team of Yale University. The New
Haven boys played a remarkably clever
game, and although falling to cage a goal
this was due to the brilliant work of Ar
thur Longfield of this city, who played
in front of the goal. He stopped every
thing that came his way. and there were
a great many chances offered. His star
playing won the admiration of everyone
and really won the game, as there were
drives made at him that looked almost
certain for a score. The playing was
more often in his vicinity and Yale kept
the Rrooklyns very much on the defen-
sive, yet for all that met with defeat
brooklyn counted a goal right at the start
IN less than five minutes by a corner shot
sent in the cage by F~itzmaurice. It was
a very pretty piece of work and won mer-
tied applause. The victory does not mean
as much for the City of Churches as it
does for this city. as three of the best
players on last nights team are located
llCAO duA put up d WOlQGTlul 6&llDlIlOQ.
The team was short the services Of Gus
Reuter- last evening. He is an excellent
cover and allows but few balls to get by
him. After the goal was made by Fitz,
the playing was more spirited even thar
before, and the scrimmages We're contin-
ued in all parts Of the rink. The battle
waged fercely, and although. in the last
FIVE minutes Yale tried repeatedly to score
and kept their opponents in their own ter
rltory the largest part of the game. and
the local players had to fight hard to hold
their own. Tom Longfield and Frank Ell
lison put up their usual game n were
always in the thickeSt of the fight. They
did some good juggling of the ball and
ton for F~itzmaurice, the drive, but each
time he failed to connect, and no dam
6 was done. There waJ an absence of
the pass work that usually characterize
the playing of the Jersey City boys, and
Longfield and Ellison played more of an
individual game. Yale worked the. ball
from one to another, and in this way time
and again pushed it down the surface OF
the rink to the goal to have the good
chances spoiled by Longield's clever de-
Tense. Yale boys had lots of speed and
were able to out-skate the Brooklyns
when they had the ball. There was a
very large crowd, many of the alumni be-
ing on hand to cheer for the Blue. IT
brought them no luck, however, and polo
in Brooklyn was more thoroughly estap-
lished by the victory gained Saturday
evening over the stars OF Yale. The home
team were congratulated on their success.
It was a clever victory, but deserved, as
the team was handicapped by the absence
of two of their best players, and every
advantage was hard-earned. The score
was:-Brooklyn, /; Yale, 0. The teams
we're
Yale-Hall, first rush; Ryder. second
rush; Barnett, centre; 9. Morris, half
back; Sheldon, drive; Fl. Morris. goal.
B-rooklyn-Tom Longdeld, first rush; F.
Ellison, second rush; F. Kayer, centre; G.
Fitzmaurice, half back back; W. Fitz-
maurice, drive; Arthur Longfeld. goal.
Referee-George d. Bushfeld. Timer
Samuel D. See. Goal made by W. Fitz-
maurice. Time of game-Two halves of
fifteen minutes.