The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-14

Too much cannot be said of the polo
played by the rejuvenated Indianapolis team
last night. II defeated Anderson by score
OF to after losing one goal on fouls and
after the visitors had had one tally in and
out
One OF the largest and most enthusiastic
crowds Of the season greeted the new In
dianapolis team and the efforts of the
players were rewarded with long and con-
tinued cheering. To pick an individual star
on the local quintet last night would be
harder matter than the average fan would
care to undertake. Dicky Pierce. at first
rush. played the most magnificent polo
ever witnessed in the Auditorium. Tarrant,
the little black haired second rush, was
lightning fast and the many polo enthusi-
asts were all for him." Captain McGil-
vray, at center. played wonderful polo and
Gagged the first marker for the Indians.
Paddy O'Hara, the new man signed by Man
ager Cohen to play half-back. made good.
He blocked Wodtke and Mercer effectu-
ally that they had no chance for short
drives hooks and many of the stops
credited to Bannon were on long drives or
were driven toward the local cage during
scrimmages in front of the goal
The game was rough, but not necessarily
dirty. Referee Knowlton failed to make a
decided impression on the fans and he was
continually hooted by the bleacherites. He
failed to call several simple fouls in addi-
ton to two fouls-in-goal committed by Goal
Tender Mallory. In the first period the
latter calmly sat upon the ball in front of
his own camp and in the final inning he
showed the red sphere out of the circle
while he was on his knees. Both "unfor-
tunate mistakes" were overlooked by the
referee. In the final period Bannon and
Wodtke. of the Anderson team had a slight
mix on the rail in the east end of the rink
and the referee called a foul on the local
player where Wodtke just much at
fault as was Bannon. This foul made the
third called on McGilvray's men and as a
consequence they lost one goal.
The Flying Dutchman's'' in and out goal
was a piece Of hard luck for the AndersOns
Wodtke made a line drive from. difficult
angle and after the sphere had drawn
myriad of sparks from the steel on the in
side OF the Indian cage IL rolled out onto
the floor and the tally did not count.
Neither side scored i'm the first inning
Captain McGilvray scored the first marker
for indianapolis at the opening of the
second period on line drive from the
ter Of the rink after he had taken the ball
away from WOdtke at the indianapolis
cage and carried it down the floor. After
this goal was scored the Indian captain
started long drive toward the Anderson
cage and the ball struck Tarrant just above
his forehead and dazed him for a moment.
lie continued in the game and loudly
cheered by the fans for his gameness. The
cheering was increased ten-fod when Tar
rant. scored the next goal for indianapolis.
Tarrant took a flying pass from McGil-
vray and scored in 400. The fans were
given another chance to root when Pierce
scored for Indianapolis after 1851 play in
the third period. The Indian rush Gagged
the ball on a hard angle drive, after taking
q pass from Tarrant. Miller scored the
only goal registered by the Anderson team
on a short drive from the center. The final
goal Gagged was the feature play of the
evening. Pierce scored on a bee line drive.
sending the ball from the Indianapolis cage
through the Anderson defense and into
Mallory's net. This tally was marked with
but thirty seconds to play and the swiftest
contest of the year won by Indian
apolis. Lineup and summary: