The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-29

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 dence Saturday Night-New Britain
 Team Dons Green Jerseys and Wiil b,
 Here Tuesday Night.
 The polo situation has taken quite z
 change during the past week. This
 has been occasioned by the failure oi
 New Britain to support Manager Par
 sons in his endeavor to keep together
 a first class team, and the absorption
 of the same by Manager Reilly to rep
 resent Meriden. This change puts New
 Haven up one peg on the league table
 and brings Providence and the Blues
 right on the track of Cotter's men, who
 arc now leading in the race by only
 four games. This, with only differ
 ence of a game between the Grays and
 Blues ought to make a close and ex-
 citing finish for the pennant. New
 Haven's have certainly been showing pennant form of late. Any team which can score six wins of seven games is |certainly worth watching, and if Mana ger Aufort's men can only keep up their present fine form for the next week
 they will come within an ace of land ing the pennant, if they don't do it al- together. Whipple was unable, through a severe cold, to take part in the Providence game, and was sadly
 missed. Captain Canavan and his men
 are now in their best form and unless
 something unforeseen occurs will be in
 a position to put up game that will please the most exacting crank that
 enters Bowling hall The form now be-
 ing shown by all the players and their ability to show the dust on their heels
 to the other teams ought to be the means of rewarding the management with crowded rink from now until {, the close of the season.
 The deal made by Manager Reilly of Meriden for the New Britain team is an important one, and Manager Reilly is to be congratulated on his enterprise It means a fresh revival of polo in the Silver City, and while the management can hardly expect the deal to be a | financial gain this season, it certainly will be next, and leaves Meriden with a veritable gold mine on its hands and for the season of 1900-01
 The New Britain team under Man ager Reillys management will play it's first game in this city on Friday night, and ought to draw a record house for the New Haven management. Under the new colors the Meriden men will surely put up winning game, and with the Blues present form the con- test ought to be one that every lover of polo should make point of seeing.
 Providence will be here Tuesday night. There is no team in the league that the fans like better to see up against their favorites than the clam chowder men of Rhode Island. Recent meetings have generally been of the sensational and hair-raising kind, and there Is little doubt with both teams eyeing the pennant as within their grasp that hardy and closely con- tested game will be the result
 Bone" has a good deal of faith in the honesty of the Waterbury people, and why shouldn't he. Any man who acts so careless with diamonds, gold rings, gold watches, to say nothing of wad of bills, ought to think highly of those who had such a glaring temp tation set before them and were honest enough to allow George to scoop them in when he returned.
 There is every prospect of couple of teams crossing the ocean soon to play exhibition games and introduce the game into England and Scotland If once polo took a hold oh the Scotch people it would get to be as popular as association football in Scotland. It is estimated that from 160.000 to 100000 people pay for admission to football games in Scotland every Saturday and that game In Glasgow between such teams as the rangers and Celtics will draw gate of 40, 900 to 50,000 alone
 Tom Cotter thinks that the goal ten der ought to be allowed to stop the ball any old way as long as he keeps 1t from getting in. It certainly should not l be considered a foul for goal tender to stop the ball with his hand, as is often done. But to allow him the lati- tude that Cotter suggests might end in | his lying across the mouth of the cage | as Everit did here on Friday night, and | then more luck than good guiding | might prove an important factor in the l game won.
 Jimmy Canavan's headwork was very | noticeable Saturday night. He Is in- | troducing triangular play to the New | Haven players and it worked we'll | Bone, Cunningham and Canavan work | ed it while they were with the New | Bedford team. Providence's patent has | been infringed upon; it cannot be im- | proved. Waterbury American.
 The goal which won the game for New Haven made by Bone, who took | advantage of one of those opportunities which comes to a player only once or | twice in game. The ball went out of | bounds near the grand balcony. Wa terbury's cage was on that side of the rink. In lining up to commence play again Bone took his usual position near the cage. In pulling the ball from un- der the referees feet it went over to Bone and he was not found, wanting,- American.
 The following is the new schedule for his week.
 Monday-Hartford at Providence, Waterbury at Meriden.
 Tuesday-Providence at New Haven: Waterbury at Hartford.
 Wednesday-Providence at Water- bury.
 Thursday-New Haven at Meriden.
 Friday-Meriden at New Haven, Hartford at Waterbury
 Saturday-Meriden at Hartford, New
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