Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-23
IN TIE POLO WORLD.
The National League Magnates
 Held Another Meeting.


 Springfield Was Dropped and Wal
 Ingford With Billy Lush as Man
 ager Comes In-A Flexible Schedule
 Was Adopted Wires Are Now Be.
 ing Worked for the Star Players
 Manager Harrington After Hipson
 and Holderness-Notes on the
 Game
 A meeting of the poIo managers and officers of the National Roller Polo association was held last evening in the hotel Garde and the business transacted will be of interest to the lovers of polo in this state. In the first place Springfield was dropped like hot potato. Some person named Mills has been negotiating for the franchise for that place but he failed to put ill an appearance last evening and the managers without q dissenting voice dropped all thoughts of Spring field. This was most satisfactory from another standpoint too, for Billy Lush, the we'll known ball player, wants q franchise in the state league and he has asked for Wallingford. Manager Harrington of the Waterbury team went to WallingfOrd yesterday to look over the territory and he se- cured a rink and a team will be placed in that town in charge of Lush.
 There were two parties 0Own from Hartford who desired the franchise for that city and a committee was ap- pointed to look over the field and if will be admitted. This will make q seven club league. The matter Of ap- pointing referees was laid over for another week. There were several names mentioned. among them being Dan Shannon, Tommy Leahey, Doh erty and several others That business will in all probability be left to com mittee. The question of salary will also be decided at the next meeting and it is pretty certain that the salary will not be as large as last season. Then it was S6 a game and pay your own expenses.
 A flexible schedule was adopted. Usually it has been customary for each team to have certain nights in the week and this will now be done away with. The same method will be used in making out the schedule that is in vogue in the base ball league. There will be five games played each week. Two games at home this week and three away and the next week vice versa, three games at home and two away. On holidays the clubs will divide everything and other days or nights the sixty and forty percentage plan will be used. The schedule will be made out by secretary Rieger and will be ready when the magnates meet next Tuesday evening.
 Everyone present at the meeting was enthusiastic over the prospects of if a4Iy...I law all that thera will be more interest created because the teams will be more evenly matched.
 After the meeting last night the var ious managers began working the wires for players and it is pretty cer- tain that some of the stars who are now on the list of the American league will be seen in this state once more.
 Parties from Portland and Lewiston have been in New Haven for several days trying to- get Jimmy 4Canayan, George Bone and several other players to sign contracts but they all positive ly refused to go into that league.
 Manager Harrington has wires out for Hipson and Tommy Holderness, and he said last night that he would probably land them. This will give Waterbury Hipson and Griffin on the rush line.
 :. There will be salary limit in this league this year, and it will be large enough so that it will be of interest to all the stars who are in the game. in all probability Waterbury will open the season here on Saturday night, November 9. As the schedule has not yet been made out it cannot be told just yet what team will com pete against her. = The opening will be an suspicious one, for there will be plenty or musIc anu reu nre on LnaI night
 Lations, who tended goal for New Haven and who was considered the best goal tender in the business, will in all probability be with Billy Lush's bunch in Wallingford.
 Harry Starkie is anxious to get back into this league, and has made overtures to several of the managers. There is no doubt but that he w1z wear a Connecticut league uniforT this season. Many of the players are a little bit afraid of that top-heavy league up Massachusetts way.