The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-11-13
POLO NOTES.

| Interesting Items of News Concerning
| Players and Games-New Ravens Ill
Luck Broken-Games for the Coming
| Week.
It's a long road that hasn't a turn
. in it and rocky one that never comes
to an end. At last the ice is broken.
The New Haven polo team has won a
game and all is well. The slick Provi-
dence team fell before them in their
own rink Saturday night in a fast and
stiffly contested game in which the
Blues emerged victorious by one goal.
The Blues record for the week Is not
an encouraging one so far as their
standing on the league table Is concern
ed. Three straight defeats so early in
the season make quite a hole in the
percentage. But then there will be
many ups and downs before the March
month gets here. That Captain Whit
ing and his men have been running up
against the hardest of luck during the
past week not even the greatest crank
will deny. The team has been putting
up first class game of polo and in the
majority OF cases playing an altogether
better game than their opponents. But
luck has failed to smile on them.
Manager Aufort has just cause to
feel annoyed at the treatment his team
has been receiving at the hands of the
referees. When these positions We're
filled by New Haven men Manager
Aufort did not expect any favoritisn.
But he certainly expected to get fair
play for his team. Lately referees have
been allowing the opponents of the
Blues to do very much as they pleased,
rules of the game were broken in the
most fragrant manner and in many in
stances without fouls being called. For
instance, take Friday nights game in
this city with New Britain when the
latter made more fouls than would
have left them without goal to their
credit had they been called, yet only
two were observed and seen by Doher-
ty. Of course referees are not perfect
any more than the players are, but
players and audience look for more
satisfactory rulings at New Haven than
has been the case recently. The ref
erees should show no partially, call
fouls when they are made irrespective
of the fact that it may mean the loss
of game to the team making them and |
all will be we'll.
The Blues should redeem themselves |
during the coming week Tuesday |
night they line up against Waterbury. |
This will be the third meeting of the |
teams this season and the results stand |
New Haven two. Waterbury none
Doubtless the Brass City team, who, by |
the way, are now strengthened by the
addition of "Dumpy" Williams, will |
make a strong bid for victory and the |
game ought to be well worth seeing. |
Friday night Tom Cotter and his band |
Of Red Indians will be at the rink and
the friendly rivalry, together with the
fact that the teams are closely match
ed, good game is sure to be the out
come. The out of town games this week
are at Meriden on Wednesday and at
Hartford Saturday.
The Courier's polo notes of last Mon
lay were freely copied around the cir
,uit. After weeks sojourn one Of
hem ultimately landed back in New
Haven, appearing in two of the evening
,apers on Friday and the other on
The former gave the Provi-
lence Telegram credit for the same,
While the latter credited it to the Paw
ucket Times