The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-17

are that next winter will see a State
league Of teams. Roller polo has even at
this early date taken the place of basket
ball at Earlham. Charles S. Rauh, Of this
city. is manager of the Purdue team and
has signed fast bunch TO represent that
university.
President William Foor. of the Central
League, has handled the reins of that or
ganization in an admirable manner. Mr.
Foor released three of his best players
Zone of them, DAILY. conditionally) to up
hold the dignity of the league. Paddy
Moran. Dan DAILY and Spot Hadley violated
a strict rule OF the Central League and
were released at once by President Foor,
who owns the controlling interest in the
Danville team. DAILY, who was afterward
resigned, is playing fast game on the
rush line with Gloomy Gus" Campbell and
will do his share toward lifting the Dan
vile quintet from the second division.
Moran is now playing with Logansport
and Hadley has been signed as the sew
enth man by the Elwood team of the West
ern League.
The Ohio League which is to be organized
the coming season will. if the National
league does not materialize, be composed
of the following cities: Dayton, Hamilton,
Cincinnati. Springfield. Piqua and Lima. If
the National League is organized Cincinnati
will, in all probability, be a member of
the national organization. some ROOQ play
ers still in the East, but all the real
stars are in the Western league and will
be here again next season.
Halfback Cameron, of the Marion West
ern League team, is not the only player who
is trying the ''goal-raising'' trick. Goal
tender Tibbitts, of the Lafayette five,
worked the same trick in a recent contest
against Terre Haute. which escaped the
notice of Referee Kilgara. This is an I'M
sportsmanlike trick and should be stopped
by the officials of the two leagues. A good
way to stop this would be to fasten the
cages tightly to the floor 1t is hardly
possible that the players would jerk the
cages loose from their fastenings TO allow
a ball to roll out on to the floor after il had
once been Gagged.
Fred L. Wiltshire, a Kokomo newspaper
man, has organized a six-club amateur
league in that city. Manager Barnes. of
the kOk0mO team of the Central League.
will give handsome silver cup to the win
ner or the City league championship and all
games are closely contested.
Goal Tender Peggy" White, of the Ell
wood team, was saved from serious injury
on Monday night of last week in the game
played at Anderson. Frank Wodtke, the
Flying Dutchman," sent terrific line
drive in the direction of the Elwood cage
and the cage guardians of last years cham
pion team was only saved by his mask,
as the ball struck squarely in the wire of
the face protector and White was knocked
over the cage by the force of the blow.
And still the goal tenders, with the ex-
ceptlon OF Bannon, say that they would
rather play without the mask
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McGilvray's men have delivered the goods
in a way that has been entirely satisfactory
to the fans. The Indians have been excep-
tionaly unlucky i'm having the ball roll
against them and lost more games than
they won in the past week. The local five
are not by any means disheartened and will
continue to play the polo which will eventu-
ally land them the championship of the
Western League. McGilvray and Pierce
are teaming like they had played together
on the same clubs all their lives. Murtaugh
is playing a fast game at center and has
fouls CD from Referee Lush. Allie Coggs-
hall can be depended upon to play the game
and he filled Ways place at half back in
an excellent manner in recent games. Ban
mons work at goal has exhausted the vo-
cabulary of the polo writer's and nothing
more can be said about the big cage guard
ian. Charles Kerrigan, the Indian utility
man, although a lightweight, will, when it
becomes necessary, rough it with any play
er in the game and is general favorite
with the fans.
The playing of the Fort Wayne team is
entirely different from that of any other
club in the minor league 1t is seldom
indeed that Jason or Legion drive for the
cage except when in the immediate vicinity
of the draperies. The ball is passed from
one rusher to the other or from the center
to one of the two rushers, and is carried
down the floor in this manner. That this
style of play is successful is shown by the
fact that the Fort Wayne bunch leads the
Central League teams by a margin Of 200
points.
| 1t would not be a difficult matter to pick
an all-star team from among the Central
League players. Phil Jason. first rush, and
James Caravan, center, Of the Fort Wayne
team would be entitled to play these two
positions on the premier five. Scissors
Gavitt of Lafayette would be the man
picked for the second rush and Hughey
Devlin. of the same team, should, on form,
be picked for the position of half back
John Berry. of Logansport is the best goal
tender in the Central League. Although
playing with team which Is holding down
the last place with opposition, Berry
is a peer among the goal tenders i'm the
minor league. 1t is probable that an all
star team will be picked from the Cen
trail League at the close of the present
season to play a pOst-season series of games
with an all-star team of the Western League
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