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The morning journal-courier., 1907-12-26
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How Keeper of Madison Hotel Got Around Law Forbid
 ding Ninepins.
HAPPENED BACK IN 1887
Hammonassett House Complied With New Statute, Yet Pleased
 it's Lodgers.

About 1897 Connecticut passed a law prohibiting nine pin alleys. He- man Coe kept the Hammonassett house in Madison, Conn, which is still used as a. summer resort. The only amusement Mir Coe had for his board CTS was his alley, and he felt the loss of 1t to mean his ruin. Jonathan Coe built his alley and kept him supplied with pins; to him Heman Coe hurried the morning after the governor signed the bill and this was his salutation: Jonathan. am ruined! The governor has signed the bill, and I am liable to a fine of $50 if allow my boarders to roll ball; what shall I do?"
 Jonathan asked how the law read Heman handed him the Morning Journal and Courier in which he read the law, and said "Heman, it is too bad; are you going directly home? If so, I would like to ride down as far as Boston street with you, but must flrse go to my shop for a bundle, which I desire to take. The bundle, hidden from Heman proved to be two pins
 On reaching the alley Jonathan wished to be left alone, so he could think. It was but few minutes work for him to lay out and set the ten pins, which done, he called He man and asked him to call his board CTS, and bid them roll to their hearts content, as there was no law against ten pin alley
 In 1S41 a law was passed allowing the playing of bowls, skittles, or nine pins, whether more or less than ten pins were used, provided worthy per sons were licensed by proper author ity, but with a penalty of $50 if play ed without a license Now, inasmuch as this change was made within about forty eight hours after the bill became law, is it not safe to say that Jona- than Coe laid out the first ten pin all ley for his brother Heman of the Hanmonassett house of Madison, Conn?
 LAD FROM THE HoRsEPoND
 DISTRICT.
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ward passes in the last few games was probably the deciding feature, though as an all around payer he showed up well the entire season. Big low is Yale's best tackle since Jim Ho- gan and has in nearly all all-stAr teams been picked for the All-Ameri- can captain,
 Coy is the only Yale player to make MT. Camps second team. and Goebe lis the only one honored on the third eleven.
 Though the team is an All-American. MT. Camp evidently believes in the suv Iperiority of the eastern players over Ithe westerners. fer his only western player to make either the first or sec ond eleven is Schulz of Michigan, who is AlLAmerican center.
 Following are MT. Camps selections for his third eleven, which with the other two are announced in this week S issue of Golfers: Left end, Mister, Princeton; left tackle, Lange, West Point; left guard, Goebel, Yale; center, Phillips, Princeton; right guard, Krid- Ter, Swarthmore; right tackle, Weeks, West Point; right end, Mcdonald, Har- yard; quarterback, steffen, Chicago; left halfback, Capen, Minnesota; right halfback, Hauser, Carlisle; fullback, Douglass, Annapolis
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ANrBIDExTRoUs PITCHER.
Manager Dowd of Hartford Announces
 He Has One.

One of the pitchers that Manager Tommy Dowd has secured for the Hartford baseball team, and who is said to be all to the good, is an ambi- dextrous tWirler who can twirl with either hand How rare it is to find such man may be gathered from the fact that there is no record of any ambidextrous twirler excepting Tony Mullane,
 But little is known about him here, but Manager Dowd has seen him work and he is said to be q wonder. The twirler was working up in Maine one season and a gang of thugs jumped on him. His right arm was put out of business by the thugs, but he was able to pitch the next day with his left arm and he won his game. Manager Dowd does not care to give the name of his ambidextrous twirler just now, but he says that due announcement will be made at the proper time.
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! SUTTON TO PLAY MORNING STAR
Match for the Championship of the
 World on January s.

St. Louis, Mo, Dec. 25.-- George Sutton has named Lenox academy, New York city, as the place, and Jan uary 8, as the date on which he will play ora Morningstar for the 1S.2 balk line billiard championship emblem, held by Sutton, and a side bet of $250.
 Morningstar received news to-day that Sutton had named the date and place for the match.
 Morningstar challenged Sutton for an 1S.3 championship emblem some time ago. He posted his $350 to go as forfeit and side wager Sutton ac- cepted Morningstar's challenge and covered his money inside of ten days, as called for by the rules. The rules do not state how long a champion has to delay playing the match after ac- cepting the challenge.
 Sutton had the right to name the place and date. He has had Morning star guessing for Q long time. Morn ingstar plans to remain in St. Louis until about a week before the match which will be d 50o-point affair.
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BRITISH RESERVES.
Much Worriment Over Waning Pres
 tige in Sports.

Much Worriment Over Waning Pres
 tige in Sports.
 The waning prestige of England in the matter of sports is creating great concern over there, and efforts are being made to determine the cause of what appears to be the deterioration of the athletes. Some claim that the British are becoming nation of spec tators at sports rather than active participants in the games of the field. Among the reverses they have sus- tained during the past year are:
 Jay Gould won the court tennis championship.
 May Sutton won the women's ten- his championship.
 Australian players, with their rail, road service, won the mems tennis championship
 Richard Croker won the Derby with his Irish-bred colt Orby.
 The Belgian crew won the Grand Challenge cup at the Henley regatta,
 Tommy Burns won the heavyweight boxing championship from Gunner Moir.
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ron Poou cHANlPIoNsHIP.
Jerome Keogh of Buffalo Anxious tc
 Win Back Title from Houston.

Jerome Keogh, of Buffalo, formerly pool champion Of the world, has about decided to go in quest of his lost lau rels, and he has declared that If Tom- my Hueston, the present champion, will agree upon St. Louis as the play ing ground he will meet him for the tii e for the third time.
 Keogh specifics St, Louis. as he is about to take temporary position there, playing three cushion billiards and pool in an academy in the Mound City after the beginning of the year. Hueston won the title from Keogh last January in Buffalo, and two months later defended 1t from the Buffaloian's s attack at meeting in New York.
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LIGHT GUARDS FLOURISH.
Bazaar Ended Last Night With Fourti,
 Crowd Biggest of All.

Christmas festivities for many cen4. tered in the bazaar of the Light Guards which has been going at full blast for four days and ended in a blaze of glory late last night. Social ly,s financially and delightfully."- the ba- zaar was a success due largely to the individual efforts of First Sergeant Fitzgerald.
 The crowds. attending yestes sday ' X messed an exhibition basketball between the Light Guards and Blues, in which the Guards won. Ansonia team slated for the afterno3 failed to show up.
 Special interest was excited by tise awarding of prizes for the contests held during the week. Cups to the value of $100 were given to winners in various numbers. As each victor was announced, he or she again performed for the benefit of the applauding gal leries.
 Dorothy Warrington made the one big hit with her singing. She is only five years old, but when she sang Do, Re. Mi money was showered upon her, enough to fill an army cap.
 In the much contested song and dance affair, Murphy and Franklin. representing the T. A. B. of Norwich, secured first prize. Welch and Mac hen2ie for the Monarchs were award- ed second place. All prizes were sil- yer cups, many of them beauties.
 Franklin club were prize winners in the cake walk and Irish step dance The All-New Haven club won the In duan buck wing dancing Miss Mori~ arity and Miss Ara Esta won first and second prizes respectively in a little contest of their own. Some fine sing ing brought the silver cup to the East Side quartet, who competed against the Elm City and Quinnipiac quartets.
 Sixty prizes for drawings were given out.
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MORAN AND LAWSON WIN.
Logan and Milton Get Second Place in
 24-Hour Race.

Boston, Dec, 25.-The twenty-four hour bicycle race, which began last evening at the Park Square rink, was won tonight by the team consisting of J. F Moran of Chelsea and Iver Law son of Salt Lake City. They covered 461 miles laps. Patrick Logan of Boston and W. S. Mitten of Davenport Ia, were tied with Moran and his part ner for first place at the conclusion of the race, and mile sprint was neces- sary to decide the winner
 For third place three teams were tied, but after a sprint, the place went to Floyd Krebs of Newark, N. J., and Hugh Mclean of Chelsea. Beden Brothers of Long Island City were fourth; Charles Sherwood of New York and George Wiley of Syracuse, fifth; ". II. Anderson of Denmark and E Ruppieke of Belgium, sixth; and IA. " Holbrook of Boston and Joseph Halli. gan of Montreal, seventh.
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Young Tom shanley Promises to be Q Second Martin
 Sheridan.
WELL ACQUAINTED HERE
As Point Getter He Would be Very Valuable in Intercollegiate
 Championships.

A schoolboy athlete who is well known in this city and who promises 10 develop into a star-like Martin Sher- idan cn both track and field, is Tom 6hanley of De La Sale institute. He is the star of the year in interscholas- tic athletic competitions, He graduated this year and now at least five of the prominent eastern universities want him As a point getter Shanley would be valuable to any track and field team in the intercollegiate championship.
 Shanley's father is Thomas Shanley, the well known owner of the Shanley restaurants of New York Young Shanley his visited this city many times and is cousin of Michael Shan ley, the natter on Church street, and of the wife of John B. Judge, superin- tendent of the Connecticut railway s New Haven lines.
 The New York World has the fol lowing about him:
 Captain of the football team that has won this seasons interscholastic football championship, captain of last seasons basketball team that was head and shoulders better than any other eastern school five and that de, feated many prominent college lives, and captain of the track team that won the New York interseholastic track cha pionship, he himself having voci.,te +a E7-et Q a for his school-such in part iU the rec ord of young Stanley.
 The boy is IS years of age, is 5 feet inches tall and weighs only 14S pounds He entered De La Sale when II years old, and the following year won the junior strength prize, among other things, chinning himself twenty times. At the age of IA he was cap tain of the junior basketball team.
 Then, on track, baseball field, swim ming pool, gridiron and court, he be- gan to make his presence felt in the New York Interscholastic league. Il is a notable event when a student ex- cells at one particular sport, but this boy showed a wonderful aptitude fol aA.
 Last spring De La Sale did moi dream of winning the interscholastic track title from either Dwight, Cutler or Columbia Grammar. The De La Sale rooters simply journeyed to the championship meet to cheer on the gritty captain. Only two other nler in addition to himself had been en. tered
 When shanley won fourth place 1T the hammer throw the onlookers rub bed their eyes When he secured fourtl in the half mile they looked again Never before that day had the boy touched a discus. He secured thir( place. De La Salle began to get Ill on it's feet and cheer
 When he won third place in the hun dred yard senior dash they gazed a each other in amazement. One leap and he had jumped further than thu furthest in the running broad jump De La Sale, youngsters staid gradu ates and revered brothers, all hugget each other. A few moments later thei l captain won the shot put.
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ALGONoUTNs To BOwT,.

James Goulden. president of the South Norwalk club, with Messrs. Jar wis and Nutting, were guests at the Algonquin club, Monday and made arr engagements for a bowling contest be- tween the two organizations. The first game will be at South Norwalk on the 18th of next month. The return date will be arranged that night. The Algonquins will be represented by Henry Beach, William Welsh, c. Fred Stead and D. Spotswood Bowers and William Middlebrook
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BASKETBALL TOURNEY.
Cedar School Five Have Best Chances
 for Championship.

In the basketball tournament of the Grammar School Athletic league two teams have been eliminated, Shelton in the championship section and Wooster in the novices.
 The Cedar school aggregation has a splendid chance for the pennant fol the third consecutive time. This team composed of the same boys that play as the representative team of the Boys club and they put up a game that is as finished in team work and the fine points of the game as any of the teams of men in the city
 To-day the games begin at 9:30 sharu .aand the following is the schedule for to-day:
 Day vs. Hamilton, Welch vs. Wash ington, Webster vs. Strong, Sherman vs. Dwight, Orange ys. Hooker.
 Neither Cedar nor Winchester play to-day.
 In the last series of games played al the Y. M. c. A. Oange scored three goals from the floor against Dwight while the latter team was unable tt score once. shelton managed to gel one point against Webster's 3 by mak- ing goal from a foul. The Sherman, Washington game was the closest oi the series Washington got two goals from the floor while Sherman netted three. Welch had walk away wit Day. Cedar, the best team in the league, overwhelmed the Winchester five, who have the second best in the league. Hamilton allowed Wooster tc make but one goal from the field. The scores: Orange 6, Dwight 6; Webster g, shelton l; sherman 6, Washington 4; Welch 20, Day 4; Cedar IT. Win, chester 8; Hamilton 10, Wooster 2.
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YALE HALL JR.'s LOSE.
Are Outwelghtcd and Defeated by
 Bancroft Five.

Yale Hall Juniors were de e ted last evening by Bancroft's five by the score of II to 6. Although the Bancrof s out weighed every man of Yale Hal by 20 pounds, Yale Hall put up a clean. steady game.
 Yale Hall Juniors would like to chal- lenge any team in the sata avsrag ng 90 to 100 pounds. Emeralds of Branford preferred. Send all coinmunica, ions to Simon Liebman, Lyon street, New Haven. Yale Halls lineup is as fol lows:
 Left forward-Sam Silver.
 Right forward-Mike Casman.
 Center-Ed Gerard
 Left Guard-Simon Liebman.
 Right Guard-Jim Leeney-
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soDERsrRoM COMING HERE.
Pole Vault Champion of England and
 Sweden to Get Points in America.

Bruno Soderstrom, the Swedish and English pole vaulting champion, will shortly make a trip to this country for the purpose of studying American ath- letic methods, and incidentally to get a line on what America will have at the London Olympiad next July.
 Soderstron, who defeated all in the pole vault at Athens, except Gonder of France, is one of the greatest vault CTS in the world, He finds it no trouble at all to do twelve feet consistently.
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sHRUBB DEFEATS RELAY

Pawtueket, R. l., Dec. 25.-Alfred Shrubb, the champion English runner, easily defeated Frank Randy and Sam uel Myers of Boston to-day in a relay race of five miles at the sabin street grounds Kandy ran the first half the five miles against Shrubb and My ersthe second half Shrubb d2.sha the five miles in 25 minutes and ST SC onds.
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POLITICAL STORM ABATEs.

Lisbon, Dec. 25.-Following the promises of the government to termin- ate the dictatorship and hold the cleo tions for the chamber of deputies at an early date if the calm in the poli- ical atmosphere was maintained, a de- cree was issued to-day fixing the cleo tions for April
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1 CRACK ATHLETE IA STIRRING F
In Christmas Handici Feature of Racing aa
 Orleans.
TEMAcE0 WINS BY
Jockey Notter, by Brilliant Scars Ahead of sall
 Preston.

New Orleans, La, Dec. ' [ Christmas handicap which was ture of the racing at the Ci track to-day. produced one ofs stirring finishes of the prese, | season. Tenlacep flashed lI judges a nose in front of Sa ton, one of the outsiders in tn and the pacemaker all the wa :
 An even dozen paraded to II with Tenaceo and Yankee GfLA honors with Tileing, as favorx< ing and Yankee Girl were bo ES played at to 2 as the tale that the race was between tn # the field reached the head s9k stretch, Temaceo was in the
 the bunch, and Jockey Notter at work on him. At the pa A B. was third, and quickly wore {. s lead of Sally Preston and by dint N brilliant riding on the part of Mott V he managed to get up in time to J N by a nose. 8X
 The largest crowd of the season I | in attendance. Jockey Notter rode f& "4nllciS anu Olle SeCOnus Summary. &#
 First race. 1-2 furlongs--Severl l05, Notter, 2 to 1, won; Tea Leaf. 1oS Brussel, 15 to 1, second; Inauguration1 loO C. Swain, 12 to 1. third TimeI l1:oS 3-5.
 Second, six furlongs, selling-coon. la4. Notter, 5 to 1, won; Belle stron1e. lo1, J. Conlin, 20 to 1, second; Meadow Breeze, 1oS. c. Koernep 6 to |. third. Time. 1:12 1-5.
 Third, six furlongs, handicap--Rav Thompson. 116, Warren. 4 to i won: Dew of Dawn, 1Ol, Notter, 10 to |. seq ond; Miss Delaney 1o7, c. Koerner. x to 2 third. Time, 1:15 2-5. sE
 Fourth, mile and sixteenth. tlb Christmas handicap-T -Temacso TOT, No { ter, to l, won; Sally Preston ss, MAT tin, 20 to l, second; Piantland, 112, Minder, 40 to 1, third. Time, HAS.
 Fifth, mile and 70 yards, sellins z okenite, 1o4, Notter. Il to 5, won; HEat bard s1, J. Sumter, s to 5, seed .nt Flavigny, 9s, J. McCahey, 15 to i. th tr Tine 1;4S Is.
 Sixth, mile and a quarter, sellinAx. Agile, 112, J. Hennessey, Il to 5. woS Footlights Fayorite, 1o4, W. Gloss, so to l, seccndi Doubt, 90, J. Sumter, T "a 1, third. Time, 2:11 S-5.
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DONOVAN HAS BEST oF IF.

New York, Dec. 25.-Jim Donovan of this city. and Charles Hitte of Albany, boxed six fast rounds before club here to-day. The match was pretty even during the first. second and final rounds, though Donovan had the bet ter of the others.
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ANoTHER SIX DAY RACE.
Jack Prince to Run One for the Sta
 of the Recent New York Contestl

Kansas City, Mo, Dec. 25.--A six-day championship bicycle race, under the management of "Jack" Prince. Is aln- nounced to take place here in Conveh- ton hall during the week beginning January 20. Among those who 1t Is stated will ride in this event are Ivef Lawson, Moran, Mclean, Matt Downey, all of Boston, Hardy Downing. Los Angeles; the Bedell brothers. Long Isl and, N Y; Benny Munroe the Southern flyer and Eddie Root, New York.
 The track is to be banked at an angle of forty-five degrees, with a sheer slope of fifty degrees at the turns.
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EVENING GAMES.
Bridgeport OutpIays Locals and Wins
 to 5.


 6 to 3. Bridgeport, Dec. 25.-Bridgeport out played New Haven this evening in the last period, winning 6 to 3, before a small crowd, only 1,600 coming to the game on the holiday. The feature of the contest was Woods defensive work and his drive the length of the rink for goal The lineup: Bridgeport. McCarthy. Jason ..............A. A........ Mccarthy
 First Rush. Murphy ......."....,...... Bone, Ole
 Second Rush Grlftth .s........,........,.. Fafrell
 Center.
 Halfback. Sutton ...........,,,........, Mullen
 Goal. Score-Bridgeport, S; New Heven, 8. Rushes-Jason, 5; Mccarthy, 6; tied, 2. Stops-sutton, 24; Mullen, S6. Fouls Saunders, Griffith. Referee--Doherty
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TIGERS DEFEAT GRAYS.
Rushers of Providence Unable to Cope
 With Cameron and Mooney.
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 Pawtucket, R. |, Dec. 25.-In the fastest game between Pawtucket and Providence played thus far this season the Tigers defeated the Grays after hard battle in American hall tonight the score being to 9 The Grays put up the best game that they have dis played thus far in Pawtucket due main- ly to the excellent defense work of Doherty at halfback, but the rushers were unequal to the task of coping with Cameron and Mooney when there wasan opportunity for a score.
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First Period.
AT THE RINGSIDE.

London yesterday Tommy Burns who recently defeated Gunner Mo before the Rubin probably March IT, is for $5OO and a of S7500
 training his if the will be
 Pat o-nigh Longacre bound fight be- France he
 Sullivan a Arcadia, ues ri3e from the expects he ernc ies sporting
 New Ael while Moran lowering mark
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FOOTBALL IN HAVANA.

Havana, Dec, 25.--In a game Of foot ball to-day between the Universities of Louisiana and Havana, the Louisi- anans won by the score of 56 to 0.
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On Friday night New Britain will float into McLary's Quinnipiac rink to play the local poloists New Britain has been robbed of first place by Hart ford and she has 1t in for New Haven because the locals have counted much in the Bank Wreckers' downfall.
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Olle's work during the brief period he played in the Waterbury game was well and drove we'll and played an all around brilliant game If Bone desires to leave the game and act as a substi- ute on account of his past sickness, New Haven will be pretty safe with Mccarthy and Ole paired as rushers. Olle's three goals in succession shows cated
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The Boneyards succumbed with an even break. Waterbury was easily dis posed of in the afternoon. but. Bridge port wouldn't suffer double defeat so New Haven yielded.
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ONLY SCORED ONCE.
Providence Defeats Bridgeport Gazing
 Goal in Final Period.
Special to the JournaI-Courier.)

Special to the JournaI-COurier.) Providence, R. l., Dec. 25.-The strengthened Providence team defeated the Bridgeports this afternoon, after the finest and best played game of the s. ason here, by a score of 1 to 0. No score was made in either the first or second periods, although both teams caged the ball once only to have it come out. Curtis made the goal on a fine shot. from the side in SS minutes of actual playing time. Doherty has strengthened the Grays a great deal and his work to-day was almost mar velous. Every man on the floor played phenomenal polo, but the visitors visi- bly, weakened during the last period, the home team having the ball most of the time near the close. The lineup: Providence. Position. Bridgeport. Curtis .,..................... Jason
 First rush. MeGilVray .-.................., Murphy
 Second rush. V 4ot |GAA 0i4t4+t4A
 Center. Doherty .......,..........,..., Woods
 Halfback. Tlbbltts ....................,,., sutton
 Goal.
 First Period. No goals made.
 Second Period. No goals made.
 Third Period. Providence. .... Curtis .............SS:0O Score, Providence 1, Bridgeport 0; rushes Curtis 1, Jason 2 stops Tih- hitts 2S, Sutton 4S; fouls, O'Brien 2, Jason, Wood; referee, Kilgara; timer, Perrin
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Hartford was the only team to win double header yesterday They out played and defeated the Bank Wreck CTS in the afternoon and Waterbury in the evening.
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Mccarthy tried hard to get a goal from the spot yesterday but he was un- able to perform this unusual feat.
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Chapin rolled score of 6s5 in three strings at the Republican club last eve ming His score is the highest for three strings in the prize tourney at the Y. M. R. c. alleys. The tourney ends January 2.
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second Period.
Third Period.

Score, New Haven 10, Waterbury 2; rushes, Mccarthy 12. Daley 3; stops, Cusick 86, Mullen 2s; referee, Leahp; timer, Sullivan.