The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-02-18
Manager Murray's Summer Girls
Much Elated Over Their First
Pawtucket Victory.
THE DUCK PIN TOURNAMENT.
Seme Excellent Scores Made at the Auditsrlun
Yesterdsy-fslI Rivers wss From SaIen
Last kight-Geseral Spsfting Notes.

Last nights polo game at the Auditorium
was of the variegated variety,at times very
rapid, at other times q trifie slow. The
old saw about hard luck is q chestnut with
moss ON it, but those who saw the game
will bear testimony to the fact that hard
luck had considerable to do with the Prov
idence victory.
The result was somewhat surprising to
the Pawtucket rooters, and every one else
who has followed the game, as a game
with the Grays in the Auditorium was
looked upon as "dead cinch," Incident
ally it may be remarked that several dol
lars changed hands on the result. But
give the Dorcas Society from Providence
their due they played fast clean game of
polo and according to the fortunes of war
won the game.
There was q striking difference between
the game put up by the mon from Provi-
dence last evening compared with the
style they adopted when the teams met
last Monday night. Even Null Smith
played the game in quiet Sunday school
picnic style, and Charley O'Malley did not
have to use his whistle once to call a foul
on either team.
Now to come down to the business end
of the argument: The game started of
in a fashion that indicated that "there
would be hot time in the old town last
night" To start with Bone missed two
easy shots through being apparently too
sure of them, and a second later the ball
went in the Providence goal only to roll
provokingly out again. Menard tripped
Bone, but no foul was called, and a min
ute later the Grays made their first goal
on a pretty pass from Canavan to Pierce.
The features of this period were the con-
tortions that Cunningham did in getting
the ball in position to drive and the excel
lent defence put up by Bill Whiting.
Menard scored goal on pass, and at the
close of the period the Grays led by one
goal.
The second period was Of the zigzag
variety, and both teams won two goals
alternately.
Just as the men had begun to get
warmed up the slight that failed" act was
introduced, and all hands waited for the
midnight sun to improve in radiance, but
the light had the best end of the argu-
ment and by mutual agreement play was
resumed, but not until Pierce and Menard
had delayed the game q short time by
rushing out before the referee blew his
little tin whistle. Pierce made several
drives, but they all went high, and his
last attempt landed on Bones jaw, and for
q Soxu vv,ov,opta JuocLod h;,x, oor,plat a IN,
out. After liberal applications of water Of
all degrees Of temperature, from warm to
ice cold, the rusher recovered sufficiently
to resume the game. The lights about
this time became tired and dim, but the
game went on just the same, on the sup
position that IL one team could play in the
religious glimmer that the game, in school
boy parliance stood as fair show on the
principal, ''it was as fair for one as the
other"
The lights got in little faded work
about this stage of the game but the boys
kept right on and matters became very
interesting for the gentleman who looks
after the destinies of the Providence goal
The Grays made a goal by pretty pass
down the rink from Canavan to Menard
to Pierce, who Gagged 1t. The score was
tied by pass from Bone to Cunningham.
When the teams got in play again the
Tigers opened up a notch in their play
and the result was that Hobe ran into
Bone at the side and something had to go.
1t was Bone, who turned a half somer-
saLt and landed with his skate in the net,
and 1t took the combined efforts Of four
men to release him from his suspense be-
tween love and duty.
The Tigers played fast polo during the
last period, and the Grays kept them com
pany. Lations and Sword lodged all
kinds Of old drives but most Of the work
fell to AL. The contrary ball went In and
out of the Providence goal on two occa-
sions during this period and the Tigers
began to look for the hoodoo. Very warm