Waterbury Democrat., 1900-10-31
POLO MuDpLED }! AGAIN.
Waterbury Just Now is in Very
 Bad Shape.

Harry Starkie Traded For Cash
 man of Hartford-This Was Done,
 To Prevent Doe From Taking Him
 With Him-Manager Parsons Says
 He Will Return To-Morrow With
 Team
 Just at the present time Waterbury is ill a bad way. to begin the season next Monday night ill Springfield. Manager Parsons has been doing the Massachusetts league but with what results cannot yet be determined. The Waterbury polo team is ill probably worse condition than it has been in several years and it was all caused through taking the words of some polo players who will be made to walk the plank before many weeks have passed over their heads. It will be d1sap- pointment to the fans to know that Harry Starkie will not play with the local team this season. He was under obligations to Doe and he felt in duty bound to either go with him or play with some other team besides Water bury. He could not slap Doe in the face by coming to Waterbury and as the best way out of the dijculty and in order . ) prevent Doe from getting Starke uiJ in the Maine league. the Waterbury management decided to trade him if possible. Tom Cotter of the Hartford team thought it best to let his speedy goal tender go in eX- change for Starkie and Cashnan may officiaate on the local team as goal tender. There is nothing sure about that either as CaShman has been en- gagged so some of the Massachusetts manag gers say, for the Massachusetts league. COtter has sent several tele- gram for CashTnan but he has answered none of them. Whether he will play in Waterbury or not is still a mystery. Dan Daily. the rusher en- gagged for the local team, has not yet arrived in the city and he also has been engaged. so it is said. for the Portland team of Maine. If Daly does gC!tO Portland he will find himself in a nice little box but the local manage ment do not believe he would be so foolish as to break away from his. con tract. Last Thursday or Friday he was sent SIP advance money and his name is already affixed to a contract. Daly must have sense enough to know that this will not be allowed even if the team he joins will not be under the National agreement. It is be- ieved yet that Daly will be in Wa terbury before the week is over. Fred Jean is the only player that las as yet reported ana lie IS D0Sl1lIlluS 10 get'v very lonely. Frank Warner will be here tomorrow. As at present con stituted the Waterbury team is only assured of Warner, Jean and Parsons.
 Manag ger E.-J. Sullivan of the Port land team, who was last season mana ger of Poli'S theater in this city has already made application for the Jac- ques cages and if Daly has gone to that place he will find it difficult to play there under the conditions that will be eXacted in the contract with the cages.
 Manager Parsons will be in Boston tonight and so will Jean Jacques, and they will endeayor to have the South ern New England league come in un- der the National league agreement If this is done at the meeting to be held tonight it will. be one more step in the way of the protection of the polo interests of the both leagues. Mana ger Parsons will be home tomorrow and he sends word that he will bring a team of polo players with him, or enough to fill up the gaps
 - Johnny Griffin, who has been en- gagged as rusher by the Hartford man. agement, will leave tsr Hartford to- morrow. to begin prac,N Nee
 The color of the Wate bury suits this season will be moroon. Hartford will have grey. Meriden the ol,. green. New Haven will be blue and Sl, >og- field black.
 Manager Dwyer of Brockton is will ing to wager good money, it is said that Cashman will De found there this season instead of in Hartford
 Jim Dawson. Al Sword, Null Smith, Billy Leydon and Spencer all left yes terday for Gardiner. On paper Ley don's team looks all right-Pawtucket Times.
 Jim Cameron of this city, who was wanted by Taunton, will probably play cenrer for Lawrence. Parsons will move Hadley into the rush line.-Paw- tucket Times.
 -. The last two seasons of polo in Maine finished in mid-winter. The down east organization nas never yet been able to hold the players when men were wanted down this way Lawrence American.
 Null Smith has gone to Gardner, Maine. Null wasn't certain that he could make good as a goal guardian, so he accepted the offer to play half back for Leydon's team.
 Fred Doe, in an alleged interview with a representative of the Brockton tUterpTlSe, IS Sdlel tO nave Sluteu Cllsl he would disrupt the major league, aa his personal popularity among the players would bring him a. majority of the National league stars for his Maine league. Personal popularity may be all right. but it does not mean "a full dinner pail Even a, polo play. CT needs something more substantial occasionaIly.-Har Post. I
 The National Polo league still seems to be in a chaotic state despite the fact that there has been . distribution of players for the purpose Of strengthen ing. up the weak brothers" The cri- cult as arranged some weeks ago in- cludes New Haven. Meriden, Water bury, Hartford and Springfield, but fromea reliable source comes the in formation that Springfield will not be in. Whether or not this is correct re mains to be seen. It. is fact. how ever, that Billy Murray is ayerse to opening up in the Massachusetts city with a weak team and although he