The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1896-12-28
Polo Games This Week.

Polo Games This Week.
The games this week in the National
Polo League are as follows
Monday-Fail River at Providence, New
Bedford at Salem.
Tue esday-Pawtucket at New Bedford.
Neutrality-suspicious. at Pawtucket,
Salem at Fall River.
Thursday-Providenc at New Bedford,
Fall River at Salem.
Friday-Pawtucket at Fall River.
Saturday-New Bedford at Providence,
Salem at Pawtucket.
Coiiegians to Play Chess.
New York, Dec. 2S.-The fifth annual
intercollegiate chess tournament be-
tween students of the Columbia, Har.
ward, Yale ard Princeton universities
will begin in this city this afternoon
at 2:30 O'Clock. Asa w. Parker, Jr., and
George o. Seward will represent CO.
lumbla, Artur w. Ryder and Elmer e
Southard will take boards for Harvard
r. A. Lehlbach and William M. Murdoch
will battle for Yale while Edmund B.
Seymour and William W. Young viii.
carry the Princeton colors The schedule
Of the hrst round will be as follows:
Parker vs. Ryder, Lehlbach vs. Seymour
ard Most OF the competitors have been
coached by experts for these contests,
and II is generally expected that the
games will be much better fought thar
in previous years, when Columbia and
Harvard carried away the first prizes.
One round Will be played each day Of this
week. SO that each team of two players
from each university will have met each
other team OF two, this making total OF
"a games.
Gagged From the Spot.
Griffin of the Salem team will spend a
day or two at his home i'm Waterbury,
Conn.
The latest rumor among followers of
polo is that Roberts is to be exchanged for
Wodtke. The report lacks confirmation,
and it is not probable that there is any
foundation for the rumor.
Bone left after the game with Fall River
on Saturday night for New Haven, where
ne will remain until next Wednesday. His
place in the New Bedford game on Tuesday
evening will be taken by Leydon.
The fact is very apparent that John
| Smith is not at home when "Kid" Con-
| John did not take part in the recent game
The writer Of polo news in the Provi-
dence Journal has had considerable to say
| of late regarding the fouls made in the
| goal circle by players OF visiting teams
| We have an idea that il the Grays were
watched closely the fact would be apparent
that Null Smith does more OF this work
than any other player in the league.
J As regularly as the winter holidays come
/ Henry Babbitt of Taunton comes to Paw
| tucket to call on his old friends, who are
always glad to zee him. Babbitt, il will
be remembered, was one OF the players or
/ the old Waterbury team, but is now out OF
| the business. He was an interested spec
tator at the Auditorium Saturday evening
! with the ball Players.
The Springfield team OF 1897 will have q
strong representation OF New England
| League material.
| The time for the drafting OF minor
league players by the big league expires or
Thursday evening next.
Manager Finn of the Newport Baseball
: Club has signed Lawrence Battam for mex,
wears team. He played third base fol
! John Irwin's Metropolitan team last ses-
| son. and finished with the Paterson club
4 On accOunt OF fresfuent Sudriey n
Marston OF Fall River having embarked
! in the hotel business in that city, he will
not handle the Fall River club next sea
| son, but will intrust its interest 10 play
! ing manager.
Nothing has been heard about new cities
in the New England League next season
Portland and Lewiston will both make
every possible effort to secure readmission
and will send strong delegations TO the
league meeting.
Fall River has already three men signed
for next season. II In possible that some
OF the reserved players will bs drafted by
Eastern or Western League teams. Lyons
the third baseman, Is extremely dcsirous
OF playing in the West next year.
The announcement that II is the pur-
pose ~ Manager Selee to reappoint Hugh
Duty captain Of the Boston team next
year will be taken rs an earnest that the
team will be out for the pennant in true
style. Duty was never In his test form
last season. and did not play his regular
game, but the rest OF winter will bring
him round all right, and players and pub
lie have confidence i'm his ability tn get
the best work out of the material he has
| at hand.