Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1908-01-31
POLO
A CLOSE CALL
A. WAS THAT
Waterbury Wins Out in an Over.
Time contest = Results Of All
Other Games.

waterbury played III tHe 6IcdIee
kind of luck in the last two periods
of the polo game with Providence
last evening. The luck was on oul
side in this particular, that Provi
dence just failed to land the win
ming goal in the allotted forty-flve
minutes. They were playing al
around us when the bell changed
for the end of the third period. II
fact in the last two sessions they
made us look like a lot of amateurs
There is not a polo player OIL
the local team, from Eddie Higgins
down, but what will admit that Wa
terbury played last. night without
one bit of team work. On the Other
hand Providence did some of the
prettiest passing that has been done
on the local floor. We have team
that is second to none in the league
if they will only get out about an
hour or two each week, if they don't
want to work every morning, and
practice passing and repassing and
drives for the cage.
AS usual, the visitors paid strict
attention to Higgins in the first pc
Rod, and right here is where Phil
Jason shone and shone brightly. In
fact Jason was all the goods last
night in the goal getting line and
made every one credited to our side.
In the first period he took advan-
tage of the fact that Providence had
been advised to take care of Hig-
rs, and while they were doing So
Jason was getting in his fine work.
Thompson made the first goal for
Providence and the first goal of the
game by catching the ball in the air,
as it came from Barney Doherty's
hockey, and Shaping it behind Gu
sick. And, by the way, that same
Barney Doherty was the real goods
last evening and he blocked and
broke up more plays than any other
man on the team. He was better
than he ever was before in this city.
Tommy Hoiderness, too, played a
better game than usual and kept
more in the territory where he be-
longs. After that first goal Phil
Jason took things In his own hands
and before the period ended he had
slammed the ball behind Mallory
three times. With this lead every
thing looked lovely for a walkover.
In the second Jason began pro-
ceedings Immediately by banging
one behind the Providence goal
tender in fifteen seconds. Then
Providence awoke to the situation
and Nick McGilvray began to do
some stunts. He followed with
goal for his team and a few Sec
onds later Thompson did the same
trick and the score was not so one
sided. Jason hammered in another
to make the measure good, but
Thompson came back with another
for Providence so quickly that the
fans began to look worried. The
period ended with Waterbury one to
the good. The third period saw
put on the defensive with
the whole Providence outfit hammer
ing balls all around our cage. 1t
was a whirlwind game the visitors
were playing and they had our play
ers mesmerized. We put up a strong
defense, however, but in twelve min
utes Hardy, the new center, got a
good chance and smashed one be-
hind Cusick for the tying goal
There was no more scoring done in
the period and the overtime started
Waterbury was awakened by the
wild yells of the fans and went after
like race horse. 1t was
give and take between the two
teams with Jason playing like mad
md Higgins darling in and out and
Town the rink at every opportunity.
Six minutes and ten seconds had
elapsed when Jason got the ball be-
lind the Providence cage. brought 1t
tut like a streak of lightning, car
led 1t about ten feet in front of the
age and 'hen back handed it be-
lind Mallory for the winning goal. |
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