Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-22
POL
A TRIUMPH
 FOR OUR SIDE !
With Our New Center We WalIop- ed Hartford Last Night
 Bridgeport Also Won.

John Fahey, late of Niles, o, was
 given q warm welcome by the two
 thousand or more polo fans, as he
 skated out on to the playing surface
 of Eagles rink last night. His team
 mates sent him out first too, know
 ing that he would be given royal
 reception by the loyal fans and ex-
 pecting probably to have the laugh on
 the new center, when he became con
 fused over the kindly i. but noisy greeting. Fahey took the applause
 like an old veteran and doffed his po-
 10 stick to the new friends lie had
 just met. Friends they were too, and l friends they will be, if he continues
 to put up similar games to the one he played last evening. He was there
 with the goods and his juggling. pass Ing and drives had much to do with our victory over the Hartford players.
 In fact he Is just the one man we
 have been seeking and will fill a long felt want.
 There was still another happy and generous welcome given another play
 CT by the fans, when Long" John Wiley put in appearance. He was greeted by kindly words from all
 parts of the building and John smiled
 like boy with his first pair of
 pants. All the old fans remembered
 Long John and they recalled the
 corking good games he used to put
 up. The years that have passed since
 then have not aged him much in looks
 but they have taken out little of the
 ginger that used to be one of his
 chief assets. ''IZZy" Whipple changed the aspect of things when he put in an appearance. 'Izzy" is not popular with the local rooters and the way they shouted at him would make a nervous man ill at ease. "Izzy" has become callOus to ieers and snubs ever since Manager Simmons tried to squeeze his wind out down in the Bridgeport dressing room. He jeered back at his taunting audience and vowed to get even by defeating the Rough Riders, but his VOW was broken.
 The game itself was fast in spots and clever at all times. Both teams begged away hard in the first period with the centers and halfbacks of each team breaking up plays and stopping drives. As the bell rang for the end of this session Weimert had eight stops only to his credit. while Sutton had but seven and there hal been scoring. In the second the To- calls went out to do something and the way they hammered the ball to- ward the Hartford cage was q eau ton. Weimert was stopping the drives all right. hut many of them struck him while he was sleeping in front of his cage and the contact Of the ball nwoke him to the fact that he was in a polo game, After four of play l.oxson drove one against O'Hara and on the rebound | Nick McGilvray drove it quickly bc- hind Welmert. That was all the | scoring was done in that period. In | he third we simply walked away | from the Hartforlltes and Fahey showed the rooters just how they did juggling and passing out west Lox- i son scored two goals in little over ,ne minute each and at the end of | 'even minutes and one half more Me- ;ilvray made our last one. Then the ocals indulged in some fancy pass md repassing and played rings lround the visitors allowing Sutton to iefend inc goal alone. The lineup md summary:
 Hartforl. .oxson ............ ...... Whipple