The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-10-09
PORTLAND'S POLO TEAM.
Men Who Are to Represent This Cit
This Season,

Manager burhhAm has some otf"AS
Players Under Contract-The Make Up
of the Other Teams In the State.
The polo season opens in Portland Oh
November 8th when Bath will meet the
home team in City hall. Stimulated
by the success of last season and conhden'
of the protection afforded by the by the
National league, the Maine teams VIII
be stronger this season than they were DE-
fore, and Manager Burnham OF Portland
will have one of the strongest, II not
the strongest, in the league.
Only two men of last years team VIII
play here this season. These are l.. u.
Whipple who did such good work as
rush and center during the latter part of
last season and Little Charlie Jordan
who has also been retained and will prob
ably be seen sometime during the first of
the season in his old position at half back.
The new men whom Manager Burn
ham has signed are all well recommended
and come here from teams which have
won fame in either the professional or
the semi professional leagues.
w. e. Curtis of the old Dawson team
of Pawtucket has been signed as trst
rush. He is the man whom Manager
Burnham did his best.to secnre last sea-
son without success. and is said to be ore
of the swittest and surest men in the
business.
Fred Lincoln is also Pawtucket boy
and has been signed by Manager Burn
ham as second rush on the recomnendn-
ton of Curtis. These two men have
played together a great deal and are able
to put up a very strong offensive game.
j. NJ. Morton of New Haven, Conn.,,
played a number of years in the Conneo-
only played semi professionally. He will
either play centre or second rush.
For goal tender Manager Burnham has
signed Patrick Farrell of Fall River, q
young player who has strong recommen-
dations and is very ambitious.
Manager Burnham may also have sew
eral cards up his sleeve in the form of
other men who have been signed, but
whom he docs not think it good policy to
speak of just at present. He will not say
that he has any other players under con-
tract, but as he is going to make fight
for the pennant this season it is not mt all
unlikely that this is the way the thing
stands.
Billy Long, the well-known baseball
umpire, who is favorably known all over
New England will act as referee He
o fficiated in this capacity towards the
close of last season and his decisions were
never questioned for moment
Tommy Connolly, another umpire of
base ball games, who is we'll known in
Portland, has been approached by the
league management and asked to become
one of the referees. His answer to the
proposition has not vet been received. but
it is to be hoped that he will decide to ac.s
cept the proposition.
Just when Manager Bur - ms team
will report here to begin pr has not
yet been decided upon. IL am will,
however, be given plenty OF time to get
into shape for the years work and the
practice games will undoubtedly take
place in this city.
The uniforms of the Portland team this
season will be of the same color as those
of last seasonal deep maroon. 1t is like
ly that all of the clubs in the league will
be uniformed as they were last year.
Manager Brunham has ordered two com.
plete sets of uniforms SO thai his men
will appear to good advantage at al
times.
The Bath team will be much the same
as it was last year. Burgess, new man,
to be corker and has put in many sea-
sons with the game on Fall River anna
teur teams.
The Lewiston team will be virtually
the same as it was Last season, with
White, new man at goal; Tarrant al
first rush. Walton as second rush, Fitz
gerald, as centre, Furbush. who played
played for awhile in Portland, when he
first came to Maine, as half back, and
Connolly as substitute.
Many of the old men will be seen or
the Rookland team. Campbell will play
first rush, Maynard at second rush
o Malley will surely be with the tear
and Murphy, who played with Portland
for awhile last season, and who is capa
BILE of doing excellent work with Camp
bell. the star rush of the state, will also
play with Rookland.
On the Gardiner team will be seer
eastman at goal, Schotield, who also
played with Portland for awhile during
the middle of last season, and Charlie
Gay, as rushers, and Smith and Dougher
ty at centre and half back.
| b On the Augusta team many of the ole
| men will also be seen. Hackett, Perry
W. Dawson and Turner will all surely
be with the team. Besides this Augusts
will have some new men who will great
| ~ strengthen the aggregation.