The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-01-16

night that he would quit playing after tb 8
month and nothing would induce him 10
get In the game again.
Maine Is evidently the State for both
players and managers. On the'20th2Rock-
land plays at Portland, and every reserved
seat In the City Hall has been sold, and
the only ones now obtainable are In the
rear of the gallery.
Dick Furbush went down to Maine with
the idea that he would be the bright par
ticular star in the polo constellation, but
he finds he has to hustle to keep In the
swim with some rapidly developing
youngsters they have up that way.
John l.. Sullivan will referee the polo
game Monday night at New Bedford,
when Doe apd Cotter will captain team at
the Dunnihg benefit. The ex-champion
says he has the rules down fine and will al
low the boys good scrappy game.-[Bos
ton Globe. The chances are about 10 to 1
that "Mary Ann" and John l.. will fur
nish the material for the "good scrappy
game.'
The two Mikes cut considerable figure
In last nights game at Fall River. A no
ticeable thing about the play was the utter
inability of the Pawtuckst rushers to get
in their telling open shots which have
often wrought havoc with FalliRiver's de-
fence. When Bone or Cunningham did
manage to percolate a shot through
Everett Mike Curley met 1t with persist
ent accuracy.
In Portland the women [take as much or
more interest in the game than the Gran ks
OF the male sex, and come to the Ga mes
wearing club colors and armed with tin
horns. Their attendance has had refill
ing influence on the game, and nothing in
the way of profanity and vulgar talk is
heard. We are sorry to say Portland is
way, way ahead of our league cities in
this respect.
A man from Biddeford, Me-, had busi-
ness in Portland the other day and want
ed to take car to the depot. A police
man, who noticed his perplexity, as ked
him what the trouble was, and received
the following reply: "D- it all, I've been
here for 20 minutes waiting for car with
a sign on for the Union Depot, Hand d it
eight have passed with polo signs 80 thick
on them that I'll be blankety blanked If
could tell whether they. went a. to h or
Cape Elizabeth"
General Sporting Notes.
Frank Work, one of New York's prom.
inent road drivers is 7S years old
There are 453 horses in this country that
have trotted or paced in 2:12 or better.
One of the features of the coming expo
sition at Nashville will be horse show.
c. A. Thompson, an Iowa trainer, has
given 90 horses records from 2:0SA to $3.50.
The Cornell athletic council has voted
that hereafter every branch must be self
sustaining.
The cost of a we'll bred pack of fox
hounds is about $5, 900, and the annual bill
for keep about as much.
A cyclist whose wheel was stolen in Bos-
ton year ago had the felicity of finding 1t
by accident in secondhand store In Lon
don
The third annual meeting of the Ma.
tional Game, Bird and Protective associa.
ton will be held at Kalamazoo, Mioh., on
Feb. 10.
Wealthy western gentlemen are seeking
admission TO the New York Yacht club,
and the majority of them will either char
ter or own yachts In good time.
Arthur McGinn, a well known Phila-
delphia contractor, has what Is considered
the champion homing pigeon of the coun-
try. This bird has flown in q number of
100, 200, 800, 400, 500 and 600 mile races
and has never been out night.
The individual contests for the silver tea
service, for the highest scores in regula-
tion and duck pins at the Auditorium
Alleys, will close on Wednesday evening
next. The high scores thus far are as fol-
lows: Duck pins-E. Tinglay 315, Wood
3O7, Hobe Whiting 2S2. Regulation pins
G. Godfrey 544, Wood 5i1.
Taunton has always been an up-and-
coming city where the sub'ec. of tacks
was concerned, but rather sleepy in other
respects. 1t is in the nature OF surprise
to learn that the city is trying to get up
enthusiasm and raise cash to put ball
team in the New England League. OF
course everyone wishes the movement sue
cess but no one appears to want the job
that Mr.. Pettee, the promoter Of the
scheme, has on his hands.