The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-01-29

and the excitement was over, a COR
respondent succeeded in obtaining ar
interview with Connolly. Connolly's
head was terribly battered. Apart from
this, he said he had felt no iii effects
from the fight. Asked his opinion con.
cerning the contest. Cononlly replied:
1T really was such hot work that j
do not know what happened. 1 hope
my Boston friends will understand thai
1t was great battle"
No Polo Last Night.
On account of the storm there was no
games played in the National Polo League
last night.
The Salem Providence game will be
played this evening.
After Sailor Sharkey.
Peter Maher has accepted the challenge
of Jack McAuliffe to fight Tom Sharkey.
Sharkey is expected to come East very
shortly, and no doubt the men will be put
together. Maher says that he will be
present at the ring side of the Fitzsim-
mons Corbett fight to challenge the win
ner, and he has also accepted a challenge
to fight Joe Goddard, who recently
whipped Ed Smith.
No Champion at Billiards.
Schaefer, the wizard" of the billiard
table, expressed himself recently on the
subject Of the billiard playing champion
ship in way that must have been painful
to that other crack, Frank G.. Ives.
"There is no champion billiard player
today" said Schaefer. sit is true Frank
Ives defeated me in the last match for the
championship but that Is over two years
ago In order to retain the championship
the holder must defend his title every 90
days If necessary / have challenged Ives
many times since our last meeting, but
never have received any sort of satisfaction
from him. He Is ut present managing a
billiard hall in New York, but does not
feel disposed to defend his generally ac-
cepted title of champion under any consid-
Grafton or through any induccment. 1
will say further that as far as professional
billiards 90 the game is at a standstill.
There is no chance whatever of cham
pionship match being gotten up.
Polo Pointers.
Lations has twice had but IL stops in 6
game this season.
Portland's record has taken a tumble
Lewiston is at its heels.
New Bedford has won 10 games away
| from home, six of them in Salem.
At Portland last night, Gardiner de.
! feated the home team z goals to 8.
Menard's seven goals Wednesday is his
best record of the year, and a fine record
for a game away from home.
The New Bedfords will play in Bath
March II or 13 for the Dunning testimo-
!! nial, that being an open date.
Cotter made his 5Oth goal Monday, and
is now ahead of his record of last season
He made his top figure Monday, four goals
Hadley, who formerly played with the
Pawtuckets, has been signed by Manager
Burnham of the Portlands. He ought tc
make good man for the team.
Out of 13 games between Fall River and
Providence, the winners have made double
figures in goals in all but four. The goals
stand 113 to 81 in favor of Providence, and
the games to 6 in favor of Providence.
The New Bedfords will play at Fall
River tonight. II Capt. Cotter's team
wins, and it is quite likely they will, and
the Tigers can defeat the Whalers at the
Auditorium tomorrow evening, first place
will be in sight for the Pawtuckets.
1t is to the credit of the New Bedford
and Pawtucket polo teams that when the
news reached them on the night of theil
last game here that 1t was proposed to get
up fund or benefit for Archie Newcomt
of Providence that after a short consulta'
tion they both offered their services in the
way of a benefit game. Without any ex'
ception / think our polo players are as
good in this respect as any class of sport.
ing men know.
1t is rumored that a wellknown young
lady of Providence, who may be classed as
| polo fiend, has offered to furnish tn,
financial backing necessary to take the
team abroad in case of the failure of tht
negotiations now pending. There is moth
| ing surprising in this TO those who watcl
the game and its patrons. In Maine they
give away gold watches, in New Bedford
money, in Providence they ''roast" th'
referee, in Pawtucket, "well, let that pass,
as Francis Wilson would say. The fact II
self-evidept, however, that during th'
winter the polo player is king of the land
and IL the foreign trip is taken will be o.
the sea.