Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-02-23


of the Portland polo team Wen
through to Boston, Saturday night
having received a telephone messag.
while at Lewiston, that his father wa:
at the point of death.
Bath Independent: a polo stick now
appears quite as necessary for Bail
boy to own as Il jack-knife. Woods
about town have been carefully
searched for crooked limbs that are
converted into polo sticks by the
youngsters.
Rockland Courier Gazette: The Maine
Base Ball League appears to be enjoy
ing a good. sound, midwinter sleep. and
but for an occasional reference to 1t in
the Bangor Commercial. we should be un-
aware Of it's existence. But just wait till
the polo season is over and We will show
the NJ &: NJ. combination of Newspaper
Row. Boston. what trees make the best
kind Of shingles.
There is talk in Gardiner of having a
grand tournament at the end of the sea-
son to last one week. The plan is to have
the six league clubs there, two games to
be played each night for three cash
prizes. This would show the supremacy
for al games would be played in the same
rink under equal circumstances--though
vantage of a more intimate acquaintance
with the surface.
Bath independent: There is quite a
gusta polo teams. who are fighting
hard fer the last place. When cur
Bath boys play in Gardiner, Augusta
comes down and cheers for the visit
ors, while the Gardiner boys do a like
kind act when the Shipping City team
is cheering in the Augusta rink.
Bath Independent: Did you eve,
hear of a polo player who doesn't know
how to skate? Well. the Smoker has
seen one on each of several visits to
the Alameda. 1t is Murphy, Bath'c
goal tender. When he leaves the sup
port of his cage for a moment in the
excitement of the game, he wears the
expression of a man about to fall al
any moment and has an awful time
back to his position. Say,
Murphy. why don't you practice skat-
ing an hour day?
Gardiner Herald The work of the
Gardiner polo team in the recent games
played in the Coliseum has not pleased
the lovers of this exciting game to any
great extent Those who have attended.
pretty regularly know what the team is
capable of doing, and when they let the
visitors take games away from them
with apparent ease it don't send the pat
ronage home in a very pleasant frame OF
mind. 1t is not fair for some members
OF the team, who can always be relied
upon to 10 their work, to bear any of the
blame due the others who do not. That
was becoming pretty gen
cral was evidenced by the action of Man
ager Snowman. Wednesday evening.
when he fined Phil Jason IS. also rele:,s
ing him from the team. for leaving the
floor, Tuesday evening. in the game with
the Portlands. 1t is. believed that the
Gardiner team can play as good polo IL.
the best of them. and. needing all the
games they can win. it is an injustic.
all around to let those they can get sin
through their fingers.
Regarding the last appearance of thu,
Augustus at RoclSland. the Opinion says:
Those who staid at home Friday night
or attended a whist party. however, mist
4 good display of clever polo. True. the
Rocklands rather outclassed the visitors.
and the result was never in doubt. But
the Augustus put up a very fine game.
Billy Dawson and Turner do their rush
ing now. and they are both very quick
men. Perry remains at center, and Phil
lips succeeds the incompetent Barlow at
half back. The management have fired
i1ackett. which Is a surprise to us. We
iistu oiAcu OOy UP stS the DeSL goal
tend in the league, barring O'Malley, and
regarded him as the backbone OF the
Augusta team. We are Informed that the
trouble with Hackett is the same as;
caused the downfall of the parrot. as well
as that of a number of public men-he
talks too much. They say that he was so
abusive to the men that played with him
that nobody would stand It. Kid Broad
bent was In the goal for Augusta-he that
was formerly with the Lewiston; the fell
low that dislocates his legs and his arms
and casts them In n shower In front of
the cage whenever a bali is sent his way
His style of play was as eccentric as ever
on this occasion. and even more than usu-
ally effective. lie made 81 stops. and it
was no fault of his that his team were
beaten-A to 2. In fact 1t was not any
body's fault. They all played well. All
there is to it is. the Rockland is Just a
little faster, just a bit stronger. just aditc
better posted in the fine points of the
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