Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-01-26
POLO
DROWNED
 TO A MIGHTY
New Haven Defeated Us Last Night in a Very Fast Game
 Hartford Won Game.

New Haven, Jan 26.-In a game that started listlessly, but grew more and more exciting as time elapsed, New Haven defeated Waterbury in polo last night at the Quinnipiac rink by the score of to.2. After the two or three indifferent spells in the early part of the game, the con- test was red hot and full of spectacu- lar incidents.
 New Haven tried two new men; one was Mullen, at goal, and the oth- CT, Perkins, who essayed to play rush. Mullen more than made good. In truth, if 1t had not been for Mullen, the score might have been something like 25 to in favor of Waterbury. But Mullen was on to his job, and put up the best game at goal ever witnessed in this city since the palmy days of polo, several years ago. 1 Loxson and Murray. the Water bury rushers, drove the ball repeat edly at the recent acquisition, but contrary to former games in which either Porter or Dupee was con- cerned, they found somebody that knew how to tend goal.
 Mullen won the crowd though, when he caught the ball with his knees on drive from Holderness, ! wiggled out to one side and then opened up, letting the ball drop in back of the goal. Had he not dis played this presence of mind, Water- bury would have surely scored, as there were three of the visitors al- most on top of the cage. Allen was not far behind his rival and stopped magnificently.
 Perkins created anything but fa- vorable impression. Whether he had
 stage fright or didn't like the crowd
 Is still a matter of doubt, but he hardly ever connected with the ball.
 Bone soon hauled him out and sent
 Dews into the game.
 H At first Dews didn't do much bet
 ter, but he came out of his lethargy
 in the third per l and really played
 decent ball. The trouble with Dews
 and Welch, particularly the former,
 seems to be a lack of confidence.
 When Dews assimilated little faith
 in himself in the last part of the
 game he displayed the dash he ex-
 hibits when backing up Bone. Neith-
 CT Dews nor Welch, however, follows
 up his man sufficiently.
 Welch caged the first goal of the
 evening after 36 seconds of play. Sev. eral minutes passed before the next xa1 ok r,oa 1rtv a
 spirited attack upon the loca
 teams goal. Loxson finally tallied 2 goal through the aforementioned carelessness of the ball.
 No more goals were recorded unti the third period when the playing became wildly exciting. New Haver was the first to break the tie ther existing, Welch tallying the goal : Waterbury soon duplicated the tricl i however, and from then on until tim
 was called, 1t was anybody's game. | By clever piece of passing, Dew and Welch negotiated with the bal directly in front of the visitors goa
 several times, and after sending fou or five shots at Allen, Dews finall, poked the ball by him for the las score of the game.
 Loxson was formed to retire iron the game through his attempting t
 rough 1t with Bert Warner. Umpire Rorty was just bit sh in imposing penalties. Three foul | were called, two on Waterbury am
 one on New Haven. The lineup an
 summary:
 New Haven. Waterbury. Welch, Dews ............. Murra First Rush