The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-11
SPRINGFIELD HERE
Starkie's Roller Polo Quintet to Seek Revenge This
 Evening.
NATIONAL LEAGUE RECORDS
Jason Pushing Hart Hard for Lead in l-Making-Farrcll is
 Playing We'll.

Starkie's roller polo aggregation now settling in Springfield will make their debut as a representative team of that city this evening al the Quinnipiac rink This quintet, which has five of tho best players in the league have lost their unity during the past few weeks on account of their unsettled condition. starkie. who, owing to his inability to make both ends meet, has been on the verge of "dementia Ameri- capo,' has at last struck a town where he expects a splendid reception, and where he expects to draw crowd suf- fcient 10 overcome the expenses of tie Massachusetts situation.
 The game this evening will be be- tween the locals who, having struggled and thrown off the Boston yoke. have attained step ahead of that aggreEa- tion. and the Siarkie five, now termed Springfield, whose duty it is to wend their way up the ladder, whose steps they have during the past week found extremely slippery, Starkie is out for revenge as nearly every team in the league has struck his team a blow, which caused the recoll of tho former Bostonians
 To-morrow night Bone will take hls team on g trip to Syracuse rink, Spring field, where the return battle will bo held. Thursday night the locals will drop into Waterbury and on Friday night Eadles Dumplngs will he the at- traction here.
 While Hart Of Springfield still leads the league in goal making, Jason now of aWterhury Ia rubbing him hard for the premiership, Since Jason has join ed the Rough Riders he has been per forming brilliantly and has gained con siderably on the leader
 Last week he mode II goals, as against r3 by Hart, On two occasions he shot no less than five goals in a single game. He led Lincoln. the third man, by seven goals last Monday, but as the Boston man scored but three goals during the week Jason's lead i; now ls
 Cunningham of Pawtuoket is coming fast in the goal getting line and pass ed the century mark early in the week Had "Cunny' been in the game stead fly he would be strong competitor for one of the first three places.
 Lewis has been doing some effective work during the past week. getting 2 total of r.. This kind of work if con tinued vii make the Bridgeport fivt
 Wild Charlie Farrell of tho Bone yards has been moving at a tremendous rate for a center, his sixty eight goslE demonstrating this fact Big Chlei Jean of the Bank Wreckers has tho most goals for q center in the league his total being Sl
 Lincolns 450 rushes sets mark high mp in the annals of the game and there appears no let up in the speed of tho fast Boston rusher. He captured 3l rushes last week in punches of II, { 10 and 3 Jason is following him fast but far away, although he won 35 rush es during the week, hut played in on, more game than did Lincoln The rec ord of rushes however for long tim' was smashed by Mercer Saturday nigh when he beat his opponent to the spo 1b times and he was up against Lin coln at that. Fahey has taken the bit In his teeth, and has started on q runa way race for the foul record In fv, games last week he was peualized fv, times, and Is now but ono behind Jean The big fellow was on his good be havior. and incurred the wrath of tn, referee hut once
 Mallory not only holds his place p, tho premier goal tend. hut improved hi percentage last week by a single point iIarper is ,,iose bchind.h Both are ove the .sNl mark Sutherland. who le, the league up to the advent of the mei from the West has droped to fourtl place. although hut a point back Q Rannon Mullen brings up he rear O the procession. but he is doing grant work and but for bad start would b wolf up now His goal tending is feature of the New Haven games an, | with epte Woods in front of him an, l Farrell at center makes 8 great de | fense
 The league records follow: