Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-29


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 Al Sword is back from Maine and says there is money due him for sal ary.
 New Haven will change its home night from Monday to Tuesday after January l..
 In the amateur game last night the ScOvill team was showed under by the Watch shop to the tune of II to 7. Nine hundred people saw East Wey- mouth outplayed by Plymouth last night in fine exhibition. The score was: Plymouth ?, East Weymouth l. ; Barney Doherty had lots of trouble with his rollers last night and was compelled to leave the floor several times His place was taken by Main.
 If asked what member. of the local 7 team played the best polo last night, one would be justified in answering: Russell. Griffin, Jean, Holderness and Fox
 It was worth the admission fee to see big Tom Cotter start up the floor with good intentions and the ball. only to meet tiny Tom Holderness and lose both.
 Games tonight: Waterbury at Hartford. East Weymouth at Brock ton, Clinton at Plymouth, Salem at Lawrence. Bangor at Lewiston, Fort land at Bath
 One year ago to-day the Waterbury polo team was last in the standing with q percentage of .3I2. and We were sup posed to have q group of all star per formers.
 The standing of the four clubs now in the National league on this date last year Was: Hartford. .395: New IIu- ven, .34H: Mcridcn, .39J and Water bury, .:I112
 For the third time this week. Gardi- Ter defeated Bangor last night at Bangor. and goes to the head of the list. The score was ? to o. Mooney made q good impression.
 Fred Doe has sold out his interests in the Lewiston club of the Maine league. Ii begins to look as though Jimmy Canavan. Tom COtter and Will liam AHfort had put their enemy to rout at last.-Iartford Courant.
 Fox should be given a big allowance in he size of his cage when he goes up against q big chap like StarkIe. JI isn't fair to have so little of his and so much of the other fellows anatomy count the same in front of a polo cage.
 Russell got hard whack on the ankle in the last period. It came from Wodtke's stick and temporarily stopped the game while Russell used d little palm oil Meanwhile the we" side choir sang, (Which Hazel do you Want:"
 Starkio earned every cent of his sal aly last night. If you don't believe it. ask him. As for Cotter, he simply puffed like a porpOise when that ter rible second round got under way. In the third period he inquired of the timer if time wasn't up, when there was still seven minutes to play. Tom is getting paSSc.
 In the hardest fought game of the year Clinton last night at home defeat cd BrOcktOn in overtime 4 to 3. From the last goal in the regular playing time till the zeal in overtime was caged the teams struggled twcnty-four min utes without caging the ball. The game was roughly played on both sides.
 Had Tom COtter been able to come 10 Waterbury last night with q dis penSatiOn from Jake Morse. allowing the contest to extend through but one period. the Hartford polo team would have gone home winners. As it was. however. the full time limit was played and the homo team sent the Hartford braves home labelled with the score of s to g..
 The most amusing thing in last nights game Was when young Schiffer Skated full force into Jean in the mid die Of the floor. Jean allowed Schiffer to get his head under his arm. and then thc two spun around for several seconds like q boys new Christmas top. Jeans hands were in the air, just to show the referee that he wasn't doing thing.
 The New Britain correspondent of the Hartford Times says: IL can now be definitely stated that New Britain will have no professional polo this season. There was q good deal of off hand talk about locating q team here after January I, and the matter was really looked into by one or two of the managers. It is understood that w. X. Parsons is against any local polo scheme
 Tom CottCr played for two periods last night, but couldn't find the heart t9 play the game out. when he saw his team going down lO defeat. The big fellow should be treated with more re spect. however. Ii is all well enough to carry on good natured railcry with opposing players. but when sit comes to d point where insulting cpithets are , shurled at them the managers should put a stop to it. even if the offenders have to be removed.
 The difference between Russell and Daily can be seen by the number of goals made by each. Daily in the last six games played with Waterbury made twenty goals, four in the first of the six. none in the second. five in the third. two in the fourth. three in the fifth. and five i'll the sixth. Rus sell made seven in the first, four in the second, six in the third. five in the fourth. four ill the fifth and three in the sixth, making a total of twenty nine.
 The polo admirers who essayed to visit the Auditorium last night got their moneys worth and more. It W;tS q game full of speed and science, and for such an extremely fast game was. comparatively free from roughness.