Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-15
BADLY THRASHfD.
Waterbury Quintette Plays the
 Fastest Kind of Polo.
The Visitors Were Outplayed ill the

The NlSltorS were Outplayeu i'll the
 First Two Periols, but Made Q Good
 Sprint in the Third-Spleudid Work
 of Each Member of the Team--Meri-
 den Surprises the New Haven Team
 Made Seven Goals in the Last
 Period
 The Waterbury players went on to the floor in the Auditorium last night determined to win, and they did it.
 RusherS Griffin and Daily have been accused during the past week with lack of headwerk, and with not being capable of filling the positions they were engeged to fill, and they evidently wished to lurl back those cuts. no matter whom
 they might strike, when they got into the game. They accomplished
 what they went after and eger have the two played together so well, and they deserve all the praise that can be given them. Tommy Holderness
 has been rebuked for failure to pass time and time again. but last night he. loo, proved that he knows how to play his position from to 2. and his work
 was one of the good things that Were dished up to the spectators. It seemed as if his particular work was to keep company with yoGng Schiffer and he did it with such care that this herald. ed boy wonder was made to look like cancelled postage stamp. Fred Jean was here, there and everywhere. and
 when he was not breaking up plays he was passing and repassing 1hc ball to the ll!SherS. And young Fox, what can be said of him? Why, lie simply covered about every corner of the cage and when left alone, uS lie was some times. he was out on the floor taking the ball away from q dangerous man on the other side. or blocking the drive. 1t was goal tending of the premier or der and won the hearts of the fans.
 This was the kind of work that de- feated Hartford i'll one of the hardest and most tiring games that has been played on the local surface. It was smash and bang from the first sound of the bell and long before the game was ended the players were wishing they were in their dressing rooms. The first period ended with the score 4 to ? iii our favor and the playing was fast and furious on both sides. Young Schiffer made vain attempts to poke | the ball into the netting when it was i passed up to him, but Holderness was 1 in front of him on every occasion. The 1 second period saw us do some more | fast work and when it closed we stood 1 ' to 3. It looked like q walkover then, i but the last period brought surprises. i Griffin made another goal in that lasr
 period shortly after two minutes of | play. and then everybody sat down to l take things easy. Schiffer then got his | first chance of the night. and he poked l one behind Fox ill less than three min- l utes of play. Tn sixteen seconds he | had placed another one i'll the cage, | and Wodtke hammered one into the
 netting in twentyseven seconds of | play. When Schiller put another be- l hind Fox in less than a minute of 1 play the crowd woke up and became 1 anxious, for Hartford was now with 1 in one goal of us. The Waterbury
 players went after the ball then and i Griffin sent one behind Starkie in | tventy-siN seconds. He did the trick
 again in nearly eight minutes playing
 time and Daly followed with another
 in thirty seconds. Griffin sent in his
 last one of the night in a little Ovel
 a minute and there was yet seven min
 utes to play. Schiller got the rusf ! and in four seconds had sent it iron i the spot into the cage. but there the
 scoring stoDDed. for the goal tenders
 evcrto1 themselves and the balls were l all blocked. When tho ball rang fol
 the close it was q welcome sound fo' | the DlAvcrs. who were all pretty wei
 tired out. The score and summary: