Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-01-20

may not cut much ice up in Massachu-
sets, but 1t appears they are losing
some sleep up there over polo league as
the. following clippings would indicate:
Some Maine league club Is liable TO
steal a whole national team II the ex-
element keeps on in the Pine Tree
State.-Pawtucket Times. No. they
won't steal team, but some city will
buy a whole national league team from
some manager who Is having hard
shedding. This once done other Maine
cities win have to follow suit, and 1t
will not be a surprising thing to see
nearly all the good clubs down In
Maine in season or two. Very few
OF the present national league man.
ayers are making money and it would
not be surprising to those who know
the expense account Of the league clubs
to see this very thing happen. The
clubs all went to Connecticut once, and
why not go to Maine, if there is more
money in the game there?-New Bed
ford Mercury.
Portland Sunday Telegram: Portland
has the weakest rush line in the league.
1t should be strengthened. Don't
have too many idols. Manager Burnham.
Give the Portland patrons live men. They
are paying you good money and you can
afford to be generous. Moiumpy
is not playing the juggling game with
Lewiston which he put UP with Augusta;
Stop, your knocking" boys, and
get into the game. Fitzgerald:
Lewiston's half-back, is weak.
We have had enough experiments in base
ball. don't let us have them repeated in
polo. The public go to see good playing;
not to see tns series Of experiments rh frsh
should play half-back, where he is "A
tower of strength: as center he Is weak
The referees of the Maine state
bit of rough play in the excitement Of
rush is not a foul by any means.
Referee Orr was fully. justified IN inning
Tarrant of Lewiston. Tuesday night, for
sounded. Portland has the strong
est defence in the league. Whipple, CEN
ter; Furbush. half,baek, and Allen goal
land has in Campbell the star player OF
the Maine State Polo League. and he Is
also a gentleman on and off the moor.
sence Of Hackett. : An all Maine
team: Campbell. l r.: ]. Mooney. 2 r.;
Whipple. center; Furbush. half back:
Elackett. goal. Tarrant was a pig
in Rockland, Thursday night, Jan. IA.
Bath made blunder when II al
lowed Tarrant to go. In Jones
Lewiston has a good. conscientious play
Portland Argus; 1t is reported that
the Maine League is likely to have
some trouble if the alleged tampering
with players in the National League
continues, says the Fall River Globe.
Some of the players developed in Maine
may be useful to the big clubs later,
nd then the protection arranged at the
beginning of the season will be needed.
The exact nature of the protection
agreement between the two leagues is
net generally understood here in Maine.
in fact, if one exists only those on the
inside know of it. 1t has been generally
supposed here that the two leagues
were entirely independent bodies. free
to do as they like. To what extent
tampering has been carried on is not
known. but every player secured by the
Maine clubs from the National League
has secured his proper release and so
far as is known no purchase money
has been paid.
There is absolutely no connection.
There was no projection arranged.
There was a willingness on the part
of the National League. expressed by
Mr. Jacob c. Morse of Boston, Mass.
to accept $40 per club, but the clubs
were perfectly satisfied to have moth
ing to do with him.