Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-02-26
POLO
HAMMER ON
 THE ANVIL
Waterbury Used Providence Pretty Shabby Last Evening"
 Other Results.

dence at Eagles hall last evening, but before the contest was over the home team was, running like real race horse and went under the wire a winner by six lengths, the score being to 1. Providence sent the red pellet into the netting twice dur ing the game-three times, by the way--but they lost one goal on fouls and another rolled out. The game at times was very rough and six fouls were called by Tommy Leahy, four on the visitors and two on the home team.
 The team work of the visitors in the opening session should have netted more goals, although the ses- sion ended with Waterbury one in the lead
 It looked as though Providence was going to be the whole thing in the second session for fifteen sec- onds after the period started McGi.- vray got in drive which brought home some of the bacon. But for the remainder of the evening Nick's cohorts went hungry.
 The remainder of the period was corker. There were all kinds of polo and how it did get the fans going. There were mix-ups galore, some of the widest driving seen at the rink this season, promiscuous swinging of "shinnies," and in addi- tion some spectacular polo playing. The hug and squeeze game seemed very popular, while Hardy, the pug nacious center of the Rhode Island choppers, was laboring overtime try ing to do the thigh act on Higgins. Tommy Leahy was kept busy trying to make noise with a bum whistle and for time the crowd toasted him because he did not penalize the rough house play of the visitors.
 Jason, who was whizzing around in good style all night, even when McGilvray had Higgins tied up in a knot, got in the first sting on tho scoring bee in eight minutes and twenty seconds after McGilvray had tallied. Higgins then gave one of the best exhibitions seen on the f1oor in many day. He went up and down the floor in streaks and although his fast sprints were not often successful, as his eye seemed not as true as usual, nevertheless his exhibition was exhilarating to the fans. When he copped a goal in one fifty the, crowd howled itself hoarse.
 He continued his fast work in the final session and was ably assisted by Jason, Fahey, Holderness and Cusick. There was very little team work, but as long as the individual efforts were piling them up there was no kick coming. Individual playing if it brings goals always pleases the majority of fans more than team play. But if the red pel- let is not send to its nest when the individuals are starring it is then that the sparks fly from the anvil
 Providence did not seem to fna the cage in the last period and when there was no other way of stopping the speed of the Waterbury attack ing party they began to do the rough house stunts. Two fouls had al- ready been called when Mallory caught one drive with his hand and as result Providence lost a goal. It was only short time later that Hardy committed another offense, and if the game had been a little longer Providence would have had a goose egg on her end of the slate The victory of last night brought the local team out of the hole and fo. the time being at least McGilvray's hard workers will do tunnel work. The lineup and summary: