The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-11-03
Brown Los Game to Lafayette by Bar
rvs Failure to Kick a Goo| From Place.
Providence Polo Team Opened Local
Season by Defeating Worcester Handiy

Because of Capt. Barrys' kick for goal
going Just a triie wild Brown lost the
game played with Lafayette at Easton,
Pa, on Saturday. by the narrow margin
of one point. The ball struck the goal
post and bounded back into the field. and,
as IT was proven later this lost the game
for Brown.
The game was admirably played as
whole. and Brown did splendid work and
fairly outplayed the Lafayette team, yet
the game was lost because of the acci-
dent mentioned. While the rules have
been adopted and are fair enough TO all,
II would seem that 10 allow a victory be-
cause of an accident Is hardly reasonable.
To give but five points for work In
which all the team takes part for which
every man may deserve credit, and 10 al
low one point for goal kicked. which Is
: solely the work OF one man. and which
Is more or less dependent on conditions.
does not seem fair 10 the game. the play
ers or the teams, and II would seem that
II would be far more Just and reasonable
TO give the team kicking the goal some
slight advantage at the opening OF the
play, II that be necessary. rather than to
handicap an entire tean for the inaccu-
rate kick OF. a player, who may have
difficult angle and heavy wind TO con-
tend.
The game played by Brown at Easton
care to see. The team played It's fourth
hard game In three weeks. and the men
showed the effects of the hard work Be
sides. Scudder was not in the game. Russ
and Hascall were not in good condition,
and Capt Barry was far from being IN
form. To add to these handicaps the
men did not have any too much sleep the
night previous 70 the game. and went IN
The providence team PLAYED the better
game IL would appear for the team gain
ed more ground than Lafayette and yet
ns sns S,s sssk ed rSns wss nes S tho e
team to make large gains through .he
line in the first part OF the game. Neither
team depended on line ouck,ng an, ana an n,n, end
own. Lafayette forced the PLAY in the
st Of Which sRd wss Stocked and
wild by few inches. Brown. also tried
a drop kick, which was futile. and II
gains made that Barry might get over
the line. In the second half Of the game
the play was hard and fast. Lafayette
success snc o ana s the piay S % was % Generally line
work and runs. some OF which were pro-
ductive Of good gains. Brown met Lafay,;
played the steadier and more consistent
game. burt the men were not In the form
they might have been and this somewhat
Hne run of @ yards towards the end OF
Brown was doing nv far the better work,
entirely creditable 10 the Brown and
white The team did we'll and on the
face OF actual work did better than the
winning team The game was Fuit,-
against Cammons. and II cannot be said
that the Providence man suffered In COM
parison with the famous athlete. Ger
tain II Is that Brown nlaved pluckily ard
we'll and against conditions which could
not be changed bv any team Crowell
ed exceedingly well in scudder,'s place;
ran the team well. got his plavs on
orickIv md generally showed nm finely.
Cant Barry. CT mo ont Of the game with
a severely atraired left side and bad
knee. and Hascall gave his bad left knee
another twist hut aside from these W.
r,es the men were In good shave. While
defeated the boys are not DISCOURAGED
and considering the schedule nleved the
team has showed rp w admirable form
prown hrs rIaved three ~ tho ''Rts
Four Iafavefte wes'nvan and the TTnf-
varsitv of Vermont = total ~ six games