The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-21
Manager Kittredge Offered All
Kinds of inducements to Keep
the Present Polo Team in the
Reservoir Town
BUSINESS MEN WANT THE
GAME FOR SAKE OF SPORT
An Offer to Buy the Team With
the Intention Of Turning Over
All Profits to Clinton Hospital
Refused-PIayers Refuse to
Desert Kittredge

Manager NJ. ]. Kittredge Of the Wor-
cester polo team, formerly the Gin
tons. come to Worcester last night af-
ter the game in Clinton in which the
local team defeated Plymouth by a
score of to 2, and he left a crowd of
sorrowful sports behind him. The
Clinton men do not like the idea of
having their team taken away from
them and have done everything posi-
BILE to keep the aggregation in the town
but it is no use.
They realize they are losing a good
thing and with the departure of the
polo team the sports are losing the
most exciting game that is played and
they hate to see 1t go. When the news
reached them through the Worcester
papers that Manager Kittredge was to
transfer the team to Worcester, steps
were at once taken to retain the pos
session Of the sport. A stock company
was formed including many of the
leading business me of the town az
leading business men of the town and
yesterday he was offered all kinds Of
inducements to break away from the
Worcester deal and remain in Clinton.
The men at the head of the stock
company are not in it for the money
they can make. They have agreed to
give all profits to the Clinton Hospital
If the team Is left. The game itself
and the excellence Of the players have
made big hit in the town and the
citizens want to keep it.
Manager Kittredge was offered q
cash bonus to remain in the town and
when he refused this, he was offered a
big price for the team and a promise
to help him get together another ag
gregation for Worcester. Manager Kit
tredge also turned down this offer and
then the Clinton men resorted to other
tactics. They tried to get the players
to remain in the town under a new
management but the players have de-
cided to stick by K1ttredge and they
turned down the offers that were made
to them. They have all signed con-
tracts with Manager Kittredge and
they will have to play polo under his
management or else they will not play
the game at all.
Mr.. Kittredge has told the peoplsSof
Worcester he would give them the
Clinton team, and he will give them
that team or nothing. He considers
the team the fastest that Is playing
polo today, and he says the Worcester
people will be surprised at the speed
of the youngsters. They may be han
dicapped for few games in Me-
chanics Hall, because they have been
accustomed to playing on larger sur
faces, but when they once get the lay
of the hall, they will show Worcester
admirers of warm sport something that
will open their eyes. The team has
the reputation of being the best passers
in the business, and the boys can play
rings around most Of the other players
in the league.
Manager Kittredge says he does not
leave Clinton because that town is a
dead one. He comes to Worcester be-
cause he thinks it is better place
to play the game than Clinton is.
Clinton will have a polo team if the
men out there have to buy one, but
they can't have the team that has been
known as the Clintons. That team Is
now known as the Worcesters, and all
its home games will be played at Me-
chanics Hall. The team goes to Ply
mouth tonight and to Lowell Monday
night, coming to Worcester Tuesday
from Lowell. The players will give
their assistance in getting things ready
for the opening game in Worcester
Christmas night. Christmas after
noon the team is to play in Salem and
after the game the two teams will
come to Worcester for the game in the
evening. The second game of the week
will be Friday night, with the Lewis
tons, who are champions of Maine.