Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1908-02-21
WAS NOT EASY
BUT WAS NICE
Pawtucket Gave the Locals a Good
III
Battle - The Leaders We're
Downed Again.

ing, and Waterbury stored the game
away by the score of 4 to 2. The
victory last evening brings Water
bury practically out of the cellar
position, for the team is now tied for
last place and Is only six points be-
hind Pawtucket. If Waterbury con-
tinues to dance around as she did
last evening the winning streak WI.
not be broken for some time.
Although Pierce and Cunningham
were in the lineup for the visitors,
they looked like limitations in COM
parison with Higgins and Jason.
Mansfield at center did not begin to
shine as did Fahey, while Holderness
at halfback showed that Cameron
was not in the same class with him.
Pence at goal played an excellent
game for Pawtucket, and If 1t were
not for his fine work Waterbury
would have piled them up. Pence,
by the way, had shin guards which
must have been over one foot in
width. Many shots were not coming
Cusick's way, but when they did
come the 200-pound man was there
with the stop act. Waterbury played
mighty fast game last night and
would undoubtedly have taken the
measure of anything in the league.
Higgins was a whirlwind and the
manner in which he sidestepped,
whirled around on one skate, then
dash down the floor first by one,
then by another, finally to baby
the ball into the cage, was indeed
good to watch, and gave the crowd
reason to say that he was the fastest
man they ever saw. Jason also
played slashing game, in fact, the
individual playing of the team could
not be better.
Bht for some reason or other Hig-
gins and Jason do very little team
work and until they do Waterbury
will in a way be handicapped. IN
dividual work is not SO harmful in 4
large rink, but when the team is
playing on floor about haif the
size of Waterbury's, 1t is then that
team work counts. If Jason and
Higgins passed the ball last evening
they would have filled the cage of
the visitors until 1t was overflowing.
Imagine the game you would see If
the two rushers passed little more.
Why, there would be nothing around
to beat them. a
One could not help thinking last
en-" To behold Dicky Pierce on the
floor floundering as though he were
in storm made the old timers real
ize that Pierce is about played out.
Yet 1t is only year ago that the
Auditorium was packed one evening
because the fans heard that Pierce
was coming with the Bridgeport
team. But Pierce has been playing
polo twenty years or more. He does
not mix 1t up now as in bygone days
and he seems TO have lost his knack
of driving. When Pierce was in
form his back hand drives did not
roll to the goal tend, they simply
whizzed against the pads of the man
guarding the cage, that Is, providing
they did not get into the netting.
At times last evening Pierce did his
spin around stunt. getting ready for
wicked drive, but IL was only a
fash of his former self. The team
seemed much better when the vet
eran was replaced by Kid Duggan
In the final period.
Cunningham has still some of his
younger day speed and at times last
night he showed he still is able TO
cope with the stars of to-day. p
Mansfield at center is a vicious
driver, but he is rather clumsy and
last night was falling all over him.
self.
Waterbury started right after the
game and in Just four minutes Hig-
gins had lifted one past the barn
doors OF Pence. II was a nifty scoop
and was of the kind that goal tends
find so difficult TO stop. Before the
period ended Higgins had poked an
other into the netting. and Jason
also sent the ball on one round trip
journey. This first period almost
pulled the cork of the visitors.
Seven minutes of the second pc
riod had elapsed before there was
much doing. then Holderness went
down and out. While the play was
hot around the home teams cage.
Pierce gave the red pellet a vicious
swipe in an effort TO make a goal.
II connected with the side of Tom
my's Uranium and he went down
hard. He had to retire from the
game. This necessitated Fahev
going TO halfback. Higgins moved
back to center and Loxson came on
the floor TO aid Jason on the rush
line. The only goal in this period
came after twelve minutes and fiv.
seconds of play. when Loxson sent
her home on a short drive from in
front Of the cage This was the last
score for the home team. as IL got
nothing in the final session.
The appearance on the floor o
Kid Duggan seemed to add much
] life to the visitors and in the las;
period the Kid and Cunningham sent
a number Of healthy vallops towar
watsrbury's cage. In this period
Pence had ten stops while Cusick
had nine. which shows how evenly
the game At this point ives being
contested II vas after one minute
and fifty seconds that Duggsn
winged one from the side that CusieE
could not foot. and the ice was
broken The second score for the
visitors came eight minutes and ~.
teen seconds later During a mix
M of skates and sticks near the
home teams cage. the bail rolled in
lit seemed as though IL was Gus
ick-s skate that kicked II in Here
il was that Referee Leshy would
have been wise TO announce whn
cared the zeal. There wse no fur