Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1908-02-12
ROUGH WAS
THIS GAME
The Locals Trim Providence After
a Bitter Fight > Other Polo
Results.

bound and we will be above her. 1t
looked like cinch for the visitors
when the game. first started. They
had the locals on the run and kept
them quite busy in a pretty passing
game that only Nick McGilvray's
mind could have conceived. Water
bury had not awakened for those first
few minutes, but when the Mcmahon
Halliwell cohorts did answer to the
trumpet call of the rooters, there were
things doing right away. They came
out of their trance like sleep, like a
shot from gun, and soon McGilvray
and all his plays were swept to the
winds. Down the floor went Eddie
Higgins, carrying the little red ball
along with him. Patiently waiting at
the cage was Jason. Quick as a fash
shot the ball to Phil and just as quick
ly was it sent behind Mallory and we
had scored the first goal of the game
in 7:35. The ball was scarcely in play
when the game began again, when ia
son took it around the Providence
cage. Turning and twisting with the
sphere, until he had the Providence
players twisted themselves, in thirty
seconds, he had shot in the second goal
for the locals. The little wizard. Hig-
gins then showed the Providence play
ers a new trick himself. He took the
pass from Jason and skated back
wards toward the Providence cage.
Mallory did not know just how or
where the ball was coming from, so
he started out from his cage to break
up the Higgins trick. 1t was just what
the little chap wanted, for quicker
than you could think he had passed the
ball between his legs and into the
cage for the third goal Of the period.
Waterbury was not even then salts
fed, for Higgins took the ball once
more from Jason and in less than two
minutes had slammed in another.
Here they rested, for the locals said
enough was plenty. Just as the bell
sounded for the close of the first per-
iod, Referee Rorty's whistle sounded
for a foul on Hardy. The rough CEN
ter of the visitors had deliberately
tripped and thrown Higgins as he
came flying down the rink The foul
was not called, however, as the period
was ended as it was made. 1t gave
the fans chance to sail into Hardy,
however, while the rest was on, and
they did it to the queens taste.
Nick McGilvray must have given his
teammates talking to during the
intermission, for they fought desper-
ately in that second session. Their
efforts were rewarded for in a little
over six minutes Thompson had Gagged
the first goal for the Providence quin-
tette. Twenty seconds later Barney
Doherty surprised the fans by taking
one in the middle of the rink and riv-
ing straight by Cusick for another
goal. And by the way, this same Bar
ney Doherty played the best game he
ever did on the local floor, and it was
to his efforts alone Providence was not
beaten worse.
When the third session started,
rough house began with it. Both
teams threw science to the winds and
began battle royal. In thirty see
onds Higgins had Gagged another for
the locals and both teams became
fighting mad. Jason and Dcherty
were continually getting strangle holds
on each other. while Fahey and Hardy
were doing catch as catch can gym
nastics whenever they met. In two
and one-half Thompson had
Gagged another for the visitors. Then
began bitter fight, with the bali bat
tering now against Cusick's shin pads
and then up against the Providence
goal tenders door mats. Jason caught
mother at the end of six minutes and
and two fouls were registered
up against each team. The ball was
in play the next time when
Thompson Gagged another in twelve
seconds. II mattered not then whether
4 team lost goal on fouls or not
They went at each other for keeps. |
Il was bin and rebiff. with Rorty try
ng hard to preserve order. As the bell
.ang Of the close, with Waterbury |
.wo goals 10 the good. the fans cheer |
d. while the referee breathed a sigh |
# relief. II was a strenuous exhibit |
ion for all. The lineup and sum- |
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