The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-30

The Fighting Five" Richmond's we'll
named bunch of polo players. met with
defeat at the Auditorium last night that
pleased over 1900 enthusiastic fans, who
kept up a continuous applause from the
opening of the contest until the finish. The
Quakers received the goose egg end of a
to score. They placed one goal in the
Indian cage, but because they were rude
during the contest three fouls were called
against them by Referee Lush, just enough
to deprive them of the only goal they had
scored
There were many incidents in the game
that pleased the fans. Above all was the de-
cisive victory and brilliant and sensational
team work accomplished by the Indian
band. The two Indianapolis rushers played
together like a machine, while the three
defense men had the opposing rushers
''buffaloed' from the start Every man on
the home team did his share of the glorious
work, while Ways game was the most ag
gressive displayed by him this season. 1t
has become so usual for Bannon to play
brilliantly before the cage that the fans
think little of him putting up good de
Tense, but last evening he did something ex-
traordinary and when the visitors got
drive past the other defense men he was
''Bannie before the net" and stopped the
drives.
Early last fall Barney Doherty, the
heavy man" of the Heavenly Twins
sketch and knockabout team, arrived in
Richmond and filled the newspapers with
interviews regarding the men signed by the
various teams in the Western League. AS
expert opinion Doherty said that Pierce and
McGilvray would make the poorest team
or rushers in the league, etc, and that
the indianapolis management had done
very unwlse thing 10 sign them. An en-
thuslastic fan reminded Doherty of his
opinion during the game and Pierce and
McCiilvray heard the "hot shot that was
hurled at the flaXen-haired half back They
gave each other the office and to further
explode the opinion they gave exhibition
OF the most brilliant team work that has
been witnessed here.
Bones aggressiveness was rendered use
less by Ways clever and persistent block
ing. He followed Bone when the play was
vented or blocked his drives. Cunningham
shared the same fate as Coggshal took
particular care to see that the Quaker sec
Ond rush did not carry the sphere to an
advantageous position. AS the game wore
on and the Quakers failed to score they
grew desperate and it was then that they
resOrted 10 fouling so often that they lost
the only goal they registered.
The game was fast from start to finish
opening in a spirited manner and closing
with the Quakers resorting to every trick
they knew to prevent a shut-out McGilv-
rays great floor work and Pierce's clev-
erness in executing trick plays made it
possible for the Indians to take the lead and
maintain it to the end
1t was Lush's first appearance in this city
as Western League umpire and he dem
onstrated that he will call fouls without
fear or favor and that he will control the
men as they should be controlled He
called two fouls against Way for holding
TWO against Cunningham for the same of
Tense, although others might have been
called for tripping, and one against Bone
In the last period Richmond had an in
and-out goal and the visitors claimed that
BannOn kicked the ball out Of the cage,
but Lush the sphere roll out on the
floor and refused to call a foul in goal
against BannOn.
Bone won the first rush and for nearly
ten minutes the two teams played fast and
fought desperately for the first goal Pierce
got the ball and eluded the visiting rush
making two or three bluff strokes got di-
rectly in front of the netting and drove the
ball home.
Bone won the first rush in the second
period, but Pierce sneaked the ball away
from him and drove il into the netting in
sphere in the third three fouls had been
called and the goal was forfeited Pierce
added one to the indianapolis score on a
clever play and McGilvray Gagged the last
one on pretty pass from Pierce. Lineup
and summary:
Indianapolis. Position. Richmond
Pierce. First rush. ............B Bone
McCIilvray. Second rush. Cunningham
CoGgshali ......... Center. ....... Mansfield
Way...............Half back. Doherty
Bannon ............. Goal .............. Jessup
First Period