The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-09-05
CHORUS
MA|DENS
AT POLO
Teams From million Dollars
and "Cherry Blossom CON-
panies Play In the Water.

New York, Sept. 5.--A team OF athletic
young women from the chorus OF the
million Dollars" company defeated a
team from the Cherry Blossom Grove In
a game OF water polo which was played
yesterday afternoon at the Yorkville
swimming baths. foot of East Eighty
sixth street The Million Dollars girls
now consider themselves champions as
the Cherry Blossoms defeated the Casino
team last summer and their victory yes
terday was decisive over last years
champions. The teams lined up as fol-
lows:
Cherry Blossom Grove-virginia Barnes.
centre; Zaza Belasco, right forward; !;
Nora Lovelace, left forward; Adele Har-
rington, half back and Leila Romer and
Nellie Hazelwood. goals.
Million Dollars Company-Dick King
ston, centre; Rita Dean, right forward;
Anna Snyder, left forward; Rose Mars
den. half back, and Anna Leslie and
Ethel Goodyear, goals.
The judges for the Million Dollars girls
were Josie Sadler and Dottie Goodyear,
and those for the Cherry Blossoms wete
Lille Collins and Eugenia Collins. Harry
III. Reeder was the referee and Ben
Fisher timekeeper. All of the players
were skilful swimmers, but the Million
Dollars girls had been more carefully
coached than their rivals, so they man.
aged to score two goals to the Cherry
Blossoms one.
Lionel Lawrence. stage manager of the
New York Theatre. who superintended
the play. tossed the ball overheard at
exactly SIP o'clock. The costumes worn
by the players were light and airy in
many instances and might have been rec
ognized by theatre-goers, for they were
the feshings. odd colored In design, that
were used in The Man In the Moon" and
From Broadway 10 Toxic" productions.
This style OF garment is scarcely adapted
10 the rough-and-tumble game of water
polo and before the first half was over
the game had to be called to allow a
number OF the girls to go to the dressing
room for repairs.
A few minutes after play began Rose
Marsden attempted to pass the ball To
Rita Bean. She threw II too high and Rita
Bean left the water TO get IL. Just as she
clasped the ball Anna Snyder fell upon
her and both rolled I'm and went TO the
bottom together. Rita Bean swallowed so
much OF the East river that when the
two girls came 10 the surface she let
go of the ball and sank again.
In the excitement that followed Adele
Harrington grabbed the ball and made a
goal for the Cherry Blossoms In the
meantime Rita Bean was fshed out and
carried to her dressing room She was
able to appear again during the second
half. The Million Dollars gilrs declared
that the goal had been scored by means
of foul. but this was not allowed and
the first half concluded with the score I
TO I'm favor Of the Cherry Blossoms
In the second half Rita Bean had her
revenge. She grabbed hold OF Zaza Belas-
co and ducked her until the latter let go
of the ball. Then she scored goal This
trick she repeated a few seconds before
time was called for the second half, only
this time IL was Virginia Barnes who had
TO give up the ball or drown.
After the game both teams marched
through Eighty-sixth street singing the
songs of their old productions They also
sang on the Eighty-sixth street cross
town car and the Eighth avenue cars 10
which they transferred.