Waterbury Democrat., 1901-01-25

but on both occasions collapsed befofet the season was many weeks old.I Hartford Post -Waterbury has lots or good material right at home for a state league team. Let us have the state league, by all means. Make the salaries low enough so that the man agers will not be swamped. s-
 Apropos of the polo situation, the Lewiston Journal says: Ut would not be surprising to see a league next sea- son composed of the following cities: New York, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Scranton and Wilkesburg. Manager Doe has received several let ters from parties interested in polo, stating that they are willing to back q club in each of these cities. Know ing it will be an expense of $1O,0OO to $15 ,OOO to open in New York, it looks as though they wanted polo badly. One can expect to see a grand national league in the near future. This big league scheme, says the Brockton en- terprise, has been tried before. It doesn't pay. The big cities don't want the sport, and it would take all kinds of money to educate them into want ing it. Walter Burnham tells with tears in his eyes of his experience in trying to make go of polo in Phila- delphia. All was lost but honor in a week.
 s.The clubs in this league will not be outclassed by any means when the big leaguers come this way, says the Lawrence Telegram. The stars of the big league can be counted on ones fingers Bone, Wodtke, Pierce, Russell, Jean, Canavan and Cotter being about the only ones faster than the youngs- ters in the Southeastern. A number of players now making good in the Ma tional league were not considered any too strong for our own players last year. Among this number are Jason. Griffin, Curtiss, Fox, Holderness and Eddie Mooney. It will also be re membered that Cunningham and Kid Conway, who were considered top notchers in the National, had their troubles holding their own in this league. Let the big fellows come We'll show 'em. Pawtucket will again be welcomed into the fold. It will be a pleasure to knock the Pawtucket outfit, because the Times of that city it such an able exponent of the ''re- tort courteous
 Manager Thomas B., Cotter of the Hartford polo team has been in Mas sachsetts for two days looking over the situation, says the Hartford Times, and has decided to locate with his team in Fall River. The first game will be played Tuesday night. NIT Cotter will return to Hartford Friday Manager Cotter has lived up to his statement made week ago. to the effect that he would stand by the Ma tional league until every other team went by the board. He was the last to leave it, managers of all other clubs having made arrangements for the transferral of their teams several days ago. Cotter made a gallant effort to save the league and insure polo to the Connecticut patrons of the game for the remainder of the season, but without avail. He could not do it alone. and the others broke away at the first sign of danger. Fall River has not had a team so far this season. and MT Cotter said several days ago that he had no doubt but that the game will pay there. In Hartford the game has been well supported. The audiences have not been record break CTS. but there has always been q good crowd to witness the sport. The same is true of Waterbury.