Morning journal and courier., 1888-10-04
A NEW POLO LEAGUE.

Meeting O1 the Polo Magnates Yester- day-New York, Brooklyn, Jersey City or Sprtng ngAeld 10 Come Into the Connecticut LeaSue-Massachus usetts Players NOW at a DiseOunt-The \ Now League 10 bo made up of SIX Clubs.
 The polo magnates of Connecticut met yes- ! terday afternoon at the Elliott House in this city. Frank Bancroft, manager of the New Bedford team, was present besides Manager ! Harris of Bridgeport and Frank Sands of Meriden. Soby of Hartford telegraphed that he ceuId not come as other business detained him.
 At the meeting it was settled that New Ha- ven, Hartford, Bridgeport and Meriden will certainly be in the league during the coming season. MT. Bancroft made an application to be ad- mitted to the league from New Bedford. His application was rejected. The reason of this was because the Connecticut teams do not desire to go so far into Massachusetts as they claim that they can make no money by so doing.
 MT. Bancroft was, however, admitted as member of this league. His team will play in either New York, Springfield, Brooklyn or Jersey City.
 The Massachusetts, league is now practically
 broken up. Clark, of Boston, and Lewis, of Salem, are raving over what they term the outrageous conduct of the Connecticut man. agers. The fact is, polo is played out in the Bay State, and the men up in that section wanted to come into this league. Polo is yet paying investment in this State, and if Salem, Boston, and New Bed
 ford were admitted, those teams, when they
 played in the Connecticut cities, would take
 away a nice sum of money, and when the Nutmeg clubs went into Massachusetts the
 patronage at the former would be 30 morally small that the Connections managers would
 be likely to get away without putting their hands iE their pockets to pay expenses.
 That was the condition of things and the Connecticut men didn't intend to be caught in that way.
 It is now definitely settled that the new league will be made up of six clubs instead of five, as was the case last season. The two cities outside of this State will probably
 be New York and Springfield, but the choice lies between those two places and Jersey City and Brooklyn.
 with men in these cities, and he will transfer the New Bedfords to the city where he can get the most encouragement.
 There will Be no team in either Salem or Boston. In the former place the rink has been let and Boston has none now.
 Last season the Massachusetts managers sought to outwit their Connecticut brethren kAs~SAA-S 9S~~-4 that it would have taken a millionaire to \ have been able to touch any of them.
 The outcome shows, however, how unwise the move was. The Massachusetts players are now at discount and the managers, although they yet hold the players in reserve, will not get near the sum that they could have got last year.
 All the best polo players in the country are by the action of the league yesterday thrown into the Connecticut league. The Massachu- setts managers will be obliged to dispose of their players.
 New Haven lovers of polo may be assured that this city will have much better team than last season. Although the newspapers have not said much about polo so far. yet the New Haven managers have been on the l hunt, and the team that is to represent New l Haven is practically decided on. Who the l new players are is kept strict secret.
 The next meeting of the league will be l held at the Winthrop hotel in Meriden a l week from this Saturday, |