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

Small talk has been going the rounds
10 the effect that Manager Petty, of Mum
Gle, had the release of Goal Tender Dave
Cusick in mind. Where this story origin
ated no one knows, and the chances are
that the affair will end in smoke. To re-
lease Cusick would be poor policy on the
part of Walter Petty. The fiaxen-haired
cage guardian can give at least two of
the other Western League goal men a few
pointers on how to play the hardest posi-
ton in the game and he should be retained.
David Cusick is quite a favorite with the
Muncie fans. For player to be compelled
10 work under captain Of the ilk of Wild
Charley" Farrell is enough TO discourage
athlete in any branch of sport will have
'off times occasionally. The player, in
instances where his work is not of a yellow
hue for a protracted length of time, is not
to be blamed because he happens to play
one or two poor games.
For the good of the Muncie team let Petty
put Bobby Hart IN Farrells shoes. The for
mer next to Fred Lewis, is the greatest
goal-getter in the game and would make
an excellent leader for the Muncie team.
Hart is well liked over the circuit, which is
just the reverse in the case of Farrell.
Farrell Is a good polo player in every
sense Of the word. He is an excellent shot
for the cage and leads the centers in goals
Gagged to date. However, a man of Far
relis type is not the one to try and lead
a team to victory in a race for a cham
ptonship and the Muncie fans will soon be
demanding that the change be made.
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Roller polo is again on the boom in Wis
consin Teams have been organized in Rae
inc and Milwaukee and the two clubs are
playing series Of games in the two Kinks.
The first game played in Milwaukee since
1885 was played on Tuesday night of last
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by score Of to g. a Milwaukee paper
has the following story in part in regard
to the contest: Although last nights game
was not particularly fast as a game of
roller polo, due to great extent to the
small surface and the dead banks, to the
spectators who were unfamiliar with the
from start TO finish.' The goal tender
of the Racine aggregation had a total of
eighteen stops, and his opponent in front
nineteen. The game must have been Of
the whirIwind style. A six-club Wisconsin
League is now being doomed in the Badger
State.
The Lafayette aggregation is playing
good polo in the Central League. Man
ager Baugh should have retained Fahey
the crack utility player, as he was fast and
a popular player. Ed Gavitt is the Fred
Lewis of the minor league. The lanky rush
can. and does drive from any position and
with terrific force and is an excellent man
for any club to have. The Lafayette team
is slowly crawling up the ladder, and from
present indications the fight for first place
in the Central will be between Fort Wayne,
the present leaders, and the Lafayette and
Kokomo clubs. The Terre Haute team has
not shown the form expected of it. The
Danville club is not by any means to be
counted out Of the running, but their new
men, Hardy and Whiting. have not been in
the West long enough to give the critics a
chance to Judge their work. DOganspOrt,
by virtue of holding the tail-end position
with a hearty good will since the opening
Of the season, is the weakest proposition in
the Central League. However. Manager
Frank Wilson will not again try to
strengthen his team until the fans of the
Bridge City demand IL. To not do a thing
until forced to is one of Wilson's long
suits.
Polo as a college sport is taking great
hold on the colleges of Indiana. Teams are
being organized in nearly all the prominent
colleges in the State, and the indications