Evening journal., 1908-11-13
LENOx BOYS TRIM
THE CHAMPIONS
Break the Tie in a Struggle
That Aroused the Great
est of Excitement


'When a champion goes down to de-
feat" said spartacus Of old, .''the very
stars weep" 1t is not known whether the
seventh sight or the seventh sense per-
mits anyone to know as to the weeping
of the stars last night, but it is known.
beyond all question Of doubt. that there
were several sore hearts at the Eleventh
street rink last night when the Lenox
boys broke the success spell Of the
Springs boys with a victory over them
In roller polo. And what a victory il was!
Il was a victory worth Growing about.
and The supporters of the boys of the
blue.and white made good every moment
before and after the game to let Il be
known that the Lenox would surely trim
the champions. The rink was crowded.
standing room only was to be had and
the excitement aroused by the tensity Of
the game kept the audience constantly
shouting and screaming for their re-
spectiVo team. The game of last night
was the result of a tie between these two
teams played last night one week ago.
and just why the Lenox boys wanted 10
win last nights game is not known, un-
less Manager "Blly" Hin OF the Lenox
can give the reason. His boys played the
game as they have never played before.
and in the opinion of Frank Traynor. tho
referee, who Is "A recognized authority on
sports and especially polo ne having
reforced or witnessed nearly every game
played I'm this city since the revival of
this popular game, last nights struggle
was the best that the LenoN boys con-
tended In for AT least two years They
played all around the Springs boys. who
were impclled at every stage of tho game
TO fight their hardest But the Icnox
seemed polo victory mad
Mr. Trlynor announced "a new stvla
for opening tho game last night. which
is tlu rule of the eastern end of the
Western Association OF roller polo. In
stead of rushing for tho ball from the
cage tho first rush of each team nuts
tho ball In action from the center of the
hoor at tho call of the referee This is
much better way than the old stvlo
aud II rs hoped that Mr. Traynor will
insist on this style of play.
Tho FIRST goal of tho gam, was mado
by Mitch Tin. after fifteen minutes
and torty-two seconds of tho ha,dost
Kind of scrimmages over seen ON the RIM,
hoor Mitch played wonderously good
last night, and he was seconded i'm s,Iper.
iority by VIII Stevens who made tho
second goal for Lenox I'm TWENTY-FIVE sec.
onds "Will" Stevens got his steam ~
last night and when ne does nc give. q
good account Of himself CAPTAIN God
WINS work Al soal and Yates at half
/
playing the game of their lives Ere,
Stevens also contributed his share TO win
ming the game
For tho Springs Beatty did most Of tn,
work, but he was off in his shooting. al
though he succeeded in making the onl,
goal hts team got which came i'm IN,
second half of the game. Bill Clovar,
suffered somewhat dangerous fan ii
the beginning of tho game, landing nj
his face lie played throughout the res
of the evening in a semi-stunned cond
tion Had "Bin" been feeling like him
self there might be a different story {
tell, Seiman and McElweo's work at ID
fense is also worthy of mention owe
though three did slip I'm on them Stod
dard as usual, put mp "a hard game IN
Springs boys took their defeat good
IhANl'tNAf NlN WillIN lIIfA AUlnllfrU tf
feat they one IN all admitted that the
were satisfied with tho result II must b
said, however. that the LenoN boys playe
the harder and the better game but IA
Springs boys were not beaten TO "a fraz
zlc. TO borrow the Presidents mucl
mooted term when these two team
meet again the LenoX boys. Tho. say
will bo run to cover. Last nights victor
gives the LenoN two games and one ii
with the Springs. and the Springs on
victory. The linc-up follows:
Springs Lerox
Seiman ........,,goal .GoGwi
Capt
McElwee ..........half .......,...Nate
Stoddard centre ......F Steven
Beatty ......frst rush wv Steven
Cloward second rush ......M. Iii
Can't
w. Leonard. substitute.
Goals-Hin. /; stevens. .; Beatty.
Referee. Traynor Timekeepers, Eli
colt Hill