Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-28
Polo Notes

ROcklanQ courier Gazette. L he
Rockland management now has Il
ladies' night which should be especial
ly pleasing to the fair sex.
The Southern New England League
played games morning. afternoon and
1vening, Christmas day. Wallingfori
made a record of losing three games
and now has won one game and lost %.
Z .Rockland Courier Gazette: Polo
games in this city are patronized by
Che. best element and the conduct of
Any player on the floor unbecoming a
6tleman should not be tolerated for
{SRoment.
-stsA1len, who went to Rockland from New
. Bedford. as a result of the Campbell deal.
was released at Portland. Saturday night,
his work in the three games in which the
Rockland management tried him not be-
ing up to the standard.
The Rockland polo team returned home,
Sunday, from it's Christmas trip in a
weakened condition. McGown. who was
accidentally hit over the eyes by Walton
In the Lewiston game, narrowly escapes
losing the sight of one eye. and will not
be able to play for week at least.
IT is as easy to guess the source of
Some Of the Specials published, Mon
day morning. regarding Augusta with
drawing from the Maine League as 1t
has been all along to guess the source
of certain items published by the same
papers.
Bath Times: The Augusta polo team
withdrew from the Maine League, Sat
urday night, owing to the continued
lack of patronage at the home games.
Manager Smart had combination that
kept all the teams guessing, and it is
too bad that he had to retire from the
field
Rockland Courier Gazette: Let us
hope that Doherty, eastman, Smith
and Houghton will be prevented from
playing in the Connecticut League.
Renegades should not be tolerated
among decent people. If these players
were deprived Of their salary jumping
contracts would look serious to them.
Rockland Courier-Gazette: There is
a certain element that seems to think
that the beginning of the new year will
see the last of polo in Maine These
people are mistaken. The managers
state that the ball be kept rolling as
long as the coin holds out. Not as
much money will be made on polo this
year as last neither will there be much
lost.
I3ath Enterprise: Furbush of the
Lewistons is disgrace to any team
His smuggling match with Jim Mooney
in Tuesday nights gone was uncalled
for and his threat to strike Mooney
over the head with his stick showed
to what class of players he belongs
The crowd of enthusiasts in the hal
gave him the roasting" that he de-
served for his dirty playing.
It may he said that the Augusta polk
team drew better in Rockland thar
Rocl,land Gid in any other city except
BAIL h, and that Augusta played better
poo III Tockiand than Rockland die
Anywhere outside CT Rockland, yet tht
Rcckland correspondent c. the Boston
Globe SAYS: The dropping out of Au
Gust3 is nct especially regretted here
as the team has not been a drawing
card at any time in the season"
The New Bedford Standard says o,
C,Lnrhcil. the Few accession of tn,
team: The .gorngsier made l.
atifkc and no naistake He's quick as
cat 81 fnl, of singer. can drive Tx.
y fcnd ard Is ~ cool as cucunlbel
OF The ice. One coed point which HI
i!:ss is tkut ef Icing able to make :
quick stop and ready recovery Will,
fkn'si,E~ down the surface. He's ahol
TIC build pr the late Howard Cumming