The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-03-02
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contest every seat In the big Coliseum
had been sold, and when the rival
factions swung onto the hardwood for
me start Of hostilities, It is conserva-
tive to estimate that more than three
thousand Of the old guard were on
deck.
Cambridge City, Hagerstown, Mil.
ton, Dublin, Centerville, New Paris,
and even points as far away as West
Alexandria and Knightstown were rep
resented when Referee Cunningham
gave the signal for the opening gun.
Leaving the subject of statistics and
coming back to polo, all agreed it
was one of great game-every second
of every minute of the three rapid
fire. double-action sessions.
Features of that struggle between
teams representing the best in west
and the best in the east were as nu.
merous as stops accredited to that
most versatile goaltend of the East
erners, Billy Blount And while on
the subject OF Blount, it might truth
fully be said that the kid sure didn't
lose any of his reputation In Rich
mond, either Blount's work, outside
OF the stellar performance of Eddie
Higgins and Bob Griffith, might be
classed as the feature of the evening.
The near goal of Cap Barney, the de-
fensive work of Jimmy O'Metz and
Walt Evans OF the Quaker crew, and
other noteworthy happenings were
not sidelights to the big show by any
means.
Richmond Takes Lead.
| The game opened with Richmond
| jumping the gun. The big crowd
voiced it's emphatic approval as Lou
Quigley took the initial rush. And
when just sixty seconds after the in
cident Looey copied a pass from broth
er Sox and the little red spheroid
swished into the draperies, scenes and
sounds among the more enthusiastic
of the rooter populace beggared de-
scription. 1t was perhaps the "nois-
! lest" noise that has echoed through
| the dusty rafters of the Coliseum
since George Bone, the Cunnys, Ado
Mansfield and Barney himself took
/ over that Observation-Disclosures 4-3 affair
away back in the early days some
where.
With a margin on the score sheet
! the Quakers speeded up. Billy Blount
was accorded terrific bombardment
throughout this round, and only his
sensational work kept that lone tally
! from having company. Blount had
sixteen stops in the first chapter to
six for Jimmy O'Metz and his new
shin guards.
Teh second part of the program was
Just like the first, although with not
quite so much of it. With SoX and
Lou Quigley working on the offensive.
and Griffith and Evans protecting
| O'Metz, Fall River really had few
chances to break into the score sheet.
The work of halfback, Griffith, espe-
cially, was a treat. His great play
saved the day for the local crowd on
more occasions than one.
Quigey Scores Twice.
Lou Quigley scored twice for the
Quakers in this round. Higgins anc-
ored one for the visitors The Quak-
err scores were the result Of work by
the Quigleys. Harkins and Higgins
between them managed to shove home
the Fall River goal.
The third and final period was chock
full of thrills Fall River, thanks to
n donation of the speedy Higgins, hove
up to within a 80 range of the Quak-
ers. Just to ease the minds of the
home folks. Oscar Quigley came to the
fore with donation that really put
the game on ice. Then Harkins and
Dame Fortune got together and slipped
one through O'Metz for the score that
made things again look doubtful
Thirty-two hundred fans and fanesses
gasped while that little red rubber
sphere rolled slowly through and past
O'Metz's armor.
Barney Thrills Crowd.
And right at this point the veteran
Barney took hand in the entertain
ment Taking the ball from his own
goal. the tow-haired leader of the Wis
itors with series Of brilliant man
euvers advanced the pellet to the
4 Quaker pen. His feint fooled Jimmy.
The ball nestled into the netting. The
force of the hook, however, caused the
ball to rebound out Of the pen, and
8. 200 persons began to breath again.
/ And right here along comes SoX
Quigley with the fifth and final that
was TO sew up the game. With the
score four all. and Fall River stock
boosting at every turn, the elder Quig-
ley copied out rebounded ball and
with a solid swipe had the satisfac-
ton of seeing the meshings move per-
ceptibly. That ended it as the gong
sounded scant sixty seconds later. |
Lineup. score and SUMMARY:
Fall River. A. Richmond, 5.
w. Williams ............ l.. Quigley |
First Rush.
Higgins ................ " 4ulSley
Second Rush.
Harkins .................. Evans
Center.
Doherty NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. GrlHun
Halfback.
B]Cunt .............. " MelL
Goal.
Score by periods:
First Period.
Goal. Gagged by, Time. I
Richmond, l.. Quigley .......... 100
Second Period.
Richmond, l.. Quigley .......... 3:O5-
Richmond, l.. Quigley .......... 600
Fall River Higgins ....... 3:21
Third Period.
Fall River, Higgins ............ 2:45
Richmond, o. Quigley amman. 2:40
Fall River, Harkins ............ 1882
Fall River, Higgins ............ 2:10
Richmond, O. Quigley .......... 5:43
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