The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-01-03
NEW HAVEN VICTORIOUS
HARTFORD POLO TEA MOUTpLAYED z BYNEW HATENS SCORE, sTO3.

$ 4 I
 BYNEW HATENS SCORE, 8 TO3.
 Aecord Made for First Two Goals Which
 some Amusing Incidents tn the Game
 Which the Holiday Crowd Enjoyed
 Waterbury Wnl be Here Tonight
 The New Haven polo team once more changed their luck yesterday afternoon by scoring a victory from Tom Cotter's < aggregation from the capitol city. Close E on 1,200 people saw the game and it is needless to relate that things went just the way the crowd wanted them. The crowd was a typical holiday one and We're brmming over with good humor. They had lots of opportunity of giving vent to their feelings and did not hesi- tate to roundly applaud the Blues when they scored goal after goal, nor did they Z forget to award a fair measure of their E applause to the Hartford boys whs n they got in some of their brilliant plays The game also had it's funny sides which at times greatly tickled the fancies of the rOoters. On one occasion when Kid { Cusck left his cage unattended and Whipples had got the ball in his pos { session, Everett in his anxiety to cover 8 the "Kid's'' goal fell feet first into the cage and got entangled with the netting Where he had to remain until relic ed, E Whipple banged the ball in during Ev- erett's temporary imprisonment But Referee Lush did not allow it. On an- other occasion when Leyden was jug { gltng the ball up to Hartford's end pur- sued by the flying Dutchman and big < Tom Cotter, the little fellow lost his balance and fell to the floor with the veteran rusher and Cotter on the top Sof him. During this scene Whpple again got on to the ball and shot it past Cusick, but Lush had blown his whistle and 1t did not count. The manner ill which Cotter spoke to his players every time they lost a goal also gave the rOoters lots of opportunity for jollying, and they did not hesitate to make good use of it. First it was Mooney that 4 came under the captains lash. then Kid" Cusick got a turn and Everett ! occasionally came in for his share of it, but 1t was very noticeable that no mat ter how Wodtke played the big fellow had not word of criticism for the fly ing Dutchman, who was not by any means playing brilliant game. He seemed to get discouraged at the man. ner in which Leydon and Bill Whiting \ put a stop to his quick rushes and fam cy Juggling and contented himself by < trying to pass to Mooney or make Ar}rv f1 i+rr showed itself. Cusicks usual run of good luck did not follow him and he lost several goals by his cratic play. More Z than once, however, he proved his col- ors by leaving his cage and advancing g In front of his opponent when he was about to drive. Cotter seemed to have that tired feeling and did not play up to his usual form. Mooney played a very hard game and proved himself a dan gerous man when he got within shoot Tug distance of the cage. Everett, al- though he had two fouls called against hifn, put in some very hard work which was at times brilliant and but for his effective blocking the score would have been more. New Havens work was clean, quick and scientific. < Bone played hard and at times a bril- liant game, his method of evading the afI2rtford players was deservedly ap- plauded He also passed in good style to Whipple who was also playing a very good game. Whipple seemed to under stand the teams play better than he did when he made his first appearance on Friday night and his drives for goal were generally very accurate and effec- tive. Leydon played in his old time form, his Juggling of the ball and his dOdging of his opponents was quite a treat to behold. The spectators seemed to appreciate his efforts to win and rOundly appIauded him as he worked his way up the rink. Bill Whiting played a reliable game at half back and did much in the way of breaking up the combina- tiOn plays of Wodtke and Mooney. La tions although far from well was at his post and fully sustained his reputation He made some marvellous tops and ut ter1y refused to let any of Cotter's swift drives past him. The game was a rec ord one for quick caging. The first two goals which fell to New Haven and which were caged by Whipple and Bone respectively took just 51 seconds playing time, while Mooney for Hartford scor- ed the third in 21 seconds, making 71 seconds playing time for the first three goals, Hobe Whiting was unable to take his position on the team, but hopes to he able to play against Waterbury to- | night.
 POSITIONS.
 NEW HAVEN. HARTFORD 1
 First Rush.
 Bone ....... ............. Mooney !
 Second Rush.
 aWHlpple ..... ...... ............ w Odtke |
 Center.
 Leydon ...... .......... .Cotter-Maynard
 Halfback
 HI. Whiting ......................E Everett
 Goal
 LAtionS ........... ..............C Cusick Won by. Made by. Time. New Haven Whipple :22 New Haven Bone :2S Hartford Mooney :21 Hartford Wodtke 3:33 New Haven Whipple 3:39 Time. New Haven Leydon 1895 Hartford Wodtke 6:41 Time