Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-29
SOME POLO POINTERS.
Barney Doherty Guilty of a Pretty
 Mean Trick.


 Barney Doherty was guilty of very despicable trick when he quit thls state and signed with one of the Massa chusetts teams. He had the right. of course, to sign wherever he wished, but he should have notified the managers of the teams in this league that he was going to do so. lie gave the other managers every Dellef that he was trying to arrange for polo in New Britain and he was also try ing to get some parties to take team in Hartford. One week ago tonight he was ill Waterbury and he then told one of the stockholders of the Ansonia team that he was on his way to New Haven to attend the meeting. He did not show up at the meeting nor did he send word. All efforts to locate him for the next few days were unavail- ing and finally he was found i'll A1assa- chusetts, having signed with Tom Cot ter. It may have been Doherty's in tention to wreck this league and if so he should be reminded of that attempt later. It was contemptible piece Of business.
 The Lowell polo team will be made and Fox.
 Tom Cotter has begun the work of getting the Salem rink in condition for the game. Paint and new board walks, new seats and an overhauling of the steam apparatus will be among the schemes calculated to draw the people to the old place. Doherty has arrived in Salem ready for work and has joined the '. NJ. c. A. gymnasium crew to get into condition. Cotter announces that ill the goal he expects to play either Cusick or Heffernan, and his preference is for Heffernan.
 J. H. Coughlin, owner of the Clinton franchise in the National Roller Polo league, has received overtures from Malachi Kittridge, catcher of the Bos ton National league ball team, looking to a purchase of the polo right in that town. Pending the arrival of MT Kittridge the Clinton players, Bart lett, Ramon. Houghton, Daily and Devlin. are being kept with the expec- tation that they will all be signed. Clinton is red hot for polo, and the cranks want to see a local team in the -Brockton Times.
 Coughlin says that the Brockton peo- pie who are iii polo will pay the rent on their empty rink all winter rather than let anybody else come here, and he says there will be no polo in Brock ton. As for Sammy Upton, his TOW with Doe has laid him on the shelf, and Doe will not allow him or his WoonsocIet team in the league. One of the local magnates said this fore noon when he was informed of the Clinton move, that so far as he was concerned the new plan up that way didn't bother him at all. He took no interest ill polo, and he was inclined to think that Coughlin was correct in saying that there would be no polo played in Brockton this winter. It has been said that amateur polo would be tried here. but the magnate said that was news to him. Brockton Enter prise.
 Ansonia will not be represented in the State Polo association this winter from present indications. The repre-  sentatives of the Bristol estate, which owns the new auditorium, better known as Bristors rink. have refused to lease the place for polo purposes, and unless some other place can be se- cured to play the games, Ansonia will withdraw from the association. The promoters of the local club are much over the refusal of the of the Bristol estate to let them have the rink. and as no other place i'll Ansonia is large enough to play polo in, the attempt to put team iii the field from here will be given up. A Sentinel reporter. who called at the office of the Bristol estate to-day, was told that the managers of the local team had endeavored to secure the place, but that the offer was refused and no polo would be played there this Sentinel.