Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-01
POLO
THE LEAD
 SLIPS AGAIN 
New Britain Too Much For Us So We Drop Behind Bridge
 port Won.

a record breaking crowd WeDded us way to the Auditorium last evening, where Waterbury was neatly trlm- med by the New Britainites, who Tn team work and general all around play outclassed the home team. It was a bitter pill for the fans to swai- low, but although the defeat was sour. nevertheless the game was ex- cellent and those in the hall were well repaid for the price of admls- sion. A win last night meant much for Waterbury. but the players were not equal to the task. As stated be- fore in the columns of the Democrat the Waterbury team is in need of an other rush and center, as last night Loxson was compelled to make the at- tack almost unaided. True, Murray and Mooney were in the game from the start. but they showed up nnta- vorably ip comparison with Warner and Harold.
 Standing room was at premium when Referee Doherty blew his wlls- tie and the game was on With vim. The first couple of minutes were of the kind that made the fans realize what good polo really is, and when Loxson, after two minutes and three seconds, on a wicked drive, lodged the spheroid beneath Anders0n's shins, and q mighty roar went up to the rafters, and the. crowd had visions of Waterbury occupying first position after the game.
 But the home team was not ahead long enough to say So, as Warner, who during the evening played fin- ished game, sendingI some terrific drives against Sutton's pads, after six seconds on q back-hand drive made one of the prettiest goals of the night. Right here the team work of the visitors was conspicuous and the spectators saw some clever passing. With Devlin feeding the ball to Har- rold, who as n center needs no apOlo. gles. and he in turn pushing it on to Dutch" Schiffer or Warner. the Wa terbury defense was kept on the jump continually. There was very little passing by the home team as I.Oxson found 1t more advantageous to spurt down the floor and shoot, al- though at times Murray connected well with some of his passes. It took over six minutes before the next goal was made, and Harold. who can send them along fast. was the fellow that put another dent in Wa terbury's ambitions. But about q minute later. Murray found an open ing, while there was n scrimmage near the New Britain cage, and as he tied the score, the audience roared.
 It was in the second period that the hopes of the fans were blasted, for within fifteen minutes time Warner was credited with a trio of goals, while not ball got by Anderson. who as usual was guarding the cage in q pralseworthy manner. In this period New Britain drove again and again, and Sutton was busy kicking them out.
 All of the New Britain bunch took a wallop at the cage and towards the end of the period. even Devlin would go down the floor and "bing" it to- wards Sutton. Waterbury was striv- ing hard, but it was in vain and when Warner made a goal in 3:59. followed almost nine minutes later by another. the fans sat back and groaned. About a minute and half before the period ended Warner made another. The fans remembering how Waterbury trimmed the same team in the last period in the second game. which the New BritainS played here this season were praying that the feat would he duplicated last night. but the best that the Brass city aggregation could do was to increase their score by one. Murray shooting 1t home after nine minutes of play. It was case of try hard. but New Britain played on the defensive so that no more goals was made before the final whistle. It had been a we'll played game. the better team had won. and crowd although disappointed because of the result of the contest was we'll satisfied with the exhibition. The score: