Waterbury Democrat., 1901-11-20
POLO SEASON OPENED.
Eight Hundred Fans See Water
 bury Go Down in Defeat.

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 Outplayed the Locals-Old Time
 Enthusiasm Was Very Manifest
 Meriden Defeats New Haven in an
 Overtime Game-Notes About the
 Players.
 Many old and familiar faces, as III the days of yore when Billy Parsons and his gang held forth at the Audi torium, were present last night at the opening game of polo in this city th.s season. It was the same old crowd, but somewhat fewer in numbers. There were over 500 people. Carson City was there in full force and as i'll days gone by few hammers were clipping. Tn the grand balcony and in the galleries were many old polo enthusiasts And as a whole the crowd was enthusiastic and was llb- eral in it's applause. When Water bury made for it's goal a prolonged cheer arose which shook the rafterS of the building.
 AS to the game, New Britain won by the score of 2-1 They lost a goal on fouls. Waterbury has a good team. excluding one or two players, and with little practice they will be heard from. Last evening it was par ticularly noticeable that they have not yet perfected system of team work. Individually they were superior to their opponents. Starkie perhaps was the star player of the game. He was well nigh invincible in the New Brit ain cage. In the last two periods he was bombarded with fast and furious drives by Griffin and Mooney, but he kicked them out i'll that style which made him favorite with the local polo sports q year or two ago. Johnnie Griffin played 3 good game. He was everywhere. He made some clever drives. but Starkie appeared to be on to his trick of taking the ball from behind the opponents cage, bring it alongside the cage and drive it into the corner of it. They had several scrim- images. It seemed as if Starkie wished Messer penalized him with foul in one of these scrimmages. Nenard's game at center was fine. He is some what slow in handling the ball. He still has the habit of hugging the floor
 
 tempted to punch Cunningham, but fell in attempting to do so. Conway was the same old Kid" It was few and far between that the opposing russher succeeded in eluding him. He handled the ball in clever style. Chatfield at goal has to improve and improve much to make good. But perhaps he was nervous owing to it being the first home game and may show Up better next time. Tarrant showed up well notwithstanding a sore hand. Mooney did not play his characteristic game. He was some what timid in getting in mix-up and has q habit of standing aleof from the ball.
 As to the game, it was interesting and exciting. The play was fast throughout and of such. a nature as to arouse the spirits of the crowd. The New Britain youngsters are a steady, persistent lot and keep plugging away at pace that counts. But the rush. CTS were wild and rather inaccurate in their shooting New Britain won the first rush. Not until the close of the first period was score made and then Cunningham caged the sphere for New Britain. After about seven min- utes of the second period Griffin made the first score for the local team. In the last period New Britain made two goals. foul in goal circle was called on them during this period and thus they were deprived of goal. The score:
 Waterbury. Position. New Rritain Tarrant-Mooney first rush Higgins Griffin second rush Cunningham MeHdfu center Mains CONWAY halfback Rhodes SnalHelo goal Starkie
 won py: Gagged by: Time: New Britain Cunningham 13:3O
 Time limit.
 Waterbury Griffin 9:15
 Time limit
 New Britain Higgins 1925 New Britain Higgins O:42
 Score, New Britain 2, Waterbury I;