The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-28
western League Standing
Last Nights Scores
Lafayette, 3; LOgansport, 3.
Danville, s; Kokomo, 5.

Indianapolis suffered decisive defeat last
night at the hands of the speedy Muncie
team. the final score being IL 10 in the
visitors favor. After the first three min
ctes CT play the Indians were entirely out
OF the running and the result was at no
time In doubt after the close of the opening
period.
Muncie won last night by one OF the most
magnificent exhibitions of polo ever seen
IN this or any other city and all credit is
due 20 FarreIrs men in their game fight
for the championship. The team work OF
the two lightning line men, Higgins and
Hart, was little short of wonderful. The
300 Muncie fans who accompanied the team
in special cars cheered themselves hoarse
and for good cause. The local rooters had
little chance TO display their lung power
after the first two goals had been scored.
Dicky Pierce was the only Indian to play
in good form and the Indian rush played
phenomenal polo. Levi Foster, the new &C
QUESTION Of the Indian band, had little
chance ID show his prowess. owing to the
great defensive work OF Farrell, Holderness
and De Witt. IN the few chances that Fos-
ter had he acquitted himself very credita-
bly, and the fans were more than pleased
with his work Foster is hard driver and
a sure shot for the cage. However, he was
not given chance TO show this last night.
McGilvray and O'Hara were out of form
and Bannon was in his poorest shape. He
allowed drive after drive to slip by him
that he would have stopped with ease when
he was playing his game.
Muncie would have won the contest with
out the many horseshoes they received.
Many of the stops made by Dave Cusick
were luck, pure and simple. In addition TO
this the ball rolled with the Muncie five
all the time.
freely, each side drawing two black marks.
Despite this the game exceptionally
clean. and for a change Captain Farrell
played cleanly and without any unneces-
sary talk TO his players during the progress
OF the game. Knowlton announced before
the game that no time would be taken out
for broken skates. In two instances, once
where Eddie Higgins had a broken skate,
and another when Tommy HOlderness
dropped set of trucks, the referee blew
his whistle and stopped the game. The
fouls called on McGilvray and O'Hara were
for striking the ball while down; Harris
foul was for holding, and Holderness was
penalized with a simple foul when he fell
inside the goal line and stopped one of
Fosters drives. This really constituted
foul-in-goal. but was not so called by Ref
In the first three minutes Of play it
looked as though Muncie had struck her
Pierce started the scoring by caging the
pellet on a short drive after the Indian
captain drove the ball cageward and IT had
rebounded from Cusick's shinpads. Things
looked more rosy when Pierce again count
ed. taking beautiful backhand pass from
Foster. who had Hart blocked against the
rail. Muncie then got busy. and Higgins,
Hart and Captain Farrell did not stop until
they had Jointly Gagged eleven markers. The
home club scored two in the last few min
utes OF play. One OF these goals was the
feature play OF the evening. Pierce won the
rush from Hart, Higgins being out with a
broken skate. drove straight
into the Muncie net The time OF this goal
was four seconds Foster scored the other
tally on a short, quick drive. Lineup and
summary: