Waterbury Democrat., 1901-01-07

Monday-New Haven at Meriden.
 The Eagles defeated the South End CTS in q polo game Saturday night hy q score of II 10 Q.
 Manager Tom Cottcr has received 2 letter from McGilvray saying that he will not leave the Bath team unless the Maine league collapses.
 , Lawrence polo cranllS didn't take kindly to the idea of displacing Gavitt with Daly. so the latter was passed on to Hudson. Now there's doubt whether Hudson will enter the league.
 Allie Coggshall. who is in center for East Weymouth of the SoutheaStern league. says that it is q case of every man for himself in that league and the game. resembles wood -chopping more than polo.-IIartford Telegram.
 Billy Parsons thinks that the Maine league will last if let alone by the major league. Parsons must be afraid that if Mir Jennings secures a few of the Maine league stars by grabbing some of the former New Britain man. ager's Southeastern leagues "fnds.'
 At Forest park several polo games were played and were witnessed by large crowds. The Mattatucks con- quercd the LakewoOds by a score of ? to 0. while the North Ends were de feated by the Thistles by q score of 3 to 0. The Brooklyn Athletic club for feited to the Iyys and has withdrawn from the league.
 Waterbury'S record since Russell joined the team is: At home, won ', lost l.: abroad. won f. lost j. During the same period. New Haven has won only [: lost !: Hartford. won ). lost 9: MeridenS Springfield. won D. lost 6. It doesn't require much figuring to show that with another weeks ad vance like that of last week. the Wa terburys will have such q lead as to make the championship almost beyond reach of all competitors.-N Haven Register.
 One of the peculiar things about polo is that notwithstanding the apparent strain upon the players, they wax fat and increase in weight throughout the season. All the New Haven players weigh more than they did when they began the season. and Canavan and Bcne. who went through the summer on the base ball team. have made large gains. In base ball. Captain Canavan says. the work. coupled with the hot l weather causes a steady loss of f1eSh.- New Haven Register.
 
 franchise of the Gardiner polo club may be awarded to Walter W. Burn ham of Portland. The team started the season under the management of R. J. Phillips of Augusta and William 1 Leydon. well known polo player. | Things were not harmonious between them and later the team was placed | in the hands of q stock company. al | though the change in franchise has not | been made. Now it is said that 1 Mr Burnham may take tho club pro | viding the stock company sees fit to l give it up.
 A bunch from the Boston Mera1d: | Canavan foul? Never.-The Nation l al league clubs alternate at Hartford | Saturday nights.-Tom Cotter says 1 Hipson has written from Maine that
 he wants to get back into the Nation 1 al.-Lawrenct is hustling in great | shape and is downing all corners. and 1 reducing that lead of Brock ton.- | Taunton is having it's regular losing | experience. and seems doomed. A | loser won't do there any more than al l Salem.-Aufort of MeridGn is d stayer. | He has been up against enough to
 make most men quit. but he clings on l tenaciously.-Billy Parsons is well LID in beth leagues. Next year he may
 catch on in Maine. If he does he will ] be q winner, for Willie never loses. 1 AIr Jennings told a Globe reporter yesterday that he has received a num- | Der of letters from Maine league play l CTS since the announcement was made
 that he intended to place q team in | New Britain. Among those who have
 written are Nick McGilvray Kid Con.
 way. Eddie Menard. Eddie Iipson. Al | Sword. Jimmy Dawson, John Burgess
 John Roberts and others. The letters
 we're to the effect that although the
 writers were doing fairly we'll where | they were they were not in a position | to refuse d good offer to return to the l National league. It only remains fol | the four major league magnates to l combine their efforts and bring enough ] players from the Maine league to re
 establish teams in New Britain and
 pringtield-Hartford Globe.
 The National league race is one of the prettiest in it's history, and it's a pity that there are not more clubs participating. Up to Friday night in
 elusive only seven games separated l the leaders from the tail-enderS. A
 run of misfortune for Waterbury such l as New Haven experienced last week 1 and few successive victories for | Meriden would turn the standing topsy-turvy. At present Waterbury is
 playing the most steady game. Since
 Russell has been taken on, the team
 has won more games at home and l abroad than any of the others. If it
 can keep up the pace it is in fair I way to make the others hustle to wrest s| the lead away.-New Haven Register, Il The record of games at home and | abroQd is as follows, up to Friday s| night, iucldsIfe:
 l At home. Abroad. I w. L. w. l.. 16 5 Waterbury . 10 12, I 139 sp az. 13eH Haven d A IA