Waterbury Democrat., 1901-01-30

sons holds the Lawrence franchise he should let some one else have Salem.-
 Providence Telegram.
 Billy Aufort of Pawtucket wants no
 player on his team who can play only the home games. He regards it as un-
 fair to send out q team to other cities
 with a sixth man in q regular mans
 place, except, of course, in case of ac-
 cident.
 The knockers did their best to kill
 the game ill Connecticut and succeed
 ed admirably. It costs no more to
 boost than to kick, and the results are
 far more satisfactory-Boston Herald
 The worst knockers of all were the
 high officials.
 Almost as soon as the two teams
 had begun to play. Mercer and Con-
 way came together quite heavily. and,
 Connolly said he would have no more
 rough playing, and would fine the first
 man S25 he saw doing it.-Lewiston
 Sun. We would like to see photo of
 the Kid letting go $25.-Lawrence
 Telegram.
 The managers of the Maine league
 wish 1t to be known that the Bangor
 team has not gone out of business, as
 would be understood from a develop
 ment in that city Monday night. The
 men who have been running the club
 announced that they had retired with
 Monday nights game, but the league officials secured responsible parties to
 ass''n'a the mana cement and the team
 will play out the schedule.-Boston
 Herald.
 4 lot of old-time followers of the game were at the auditorium last even- 1<x, %I,;e, .;{ who went out to see the old Provi-
 dence favoritees, Pierce and Heffer-
 nan. Among the players in the audi
 ence were Al Sword, A1ul Smith, George Cunningham, former Provi- dence players. Bill and Jim Dawson. the former first rush of the Brockton team, Walter Tebbetts. the Lawrence goal tend; Dick Lee, Billy Keough and l Hugh Lee, former referees, and num- | Der of others.-Providence Telegram. One reason given why the Gardiner team disbanded is that the players 1 have not received their salaries in full and would play no longer. Spencer gives up polo entirely and has accept | ed a position in New Haven. Higgins | returns to the Portland team, where | he is a great favorite Farrell and | Cusick, it is said, have. joined the Fall River team, and Woods signed with | the Plymouths. What effect this ac- I tion will have on the Maine state | league remains to be seen, but it is | thought by many to be the forerunner l of the final ending of the game in the | state.-Brockton Enterprise. Manager Guest, who has doAe so 1 much to give the people of this city l such good polo is entitled to good patronage in the state league scheme. l He has got together pretty fast l lot of polo players at that. | It will be strange to see Johnny | Griffin in the center garden. but he I ought to make corller. His pass | ing as second rusher will stand him l in well now for he can keep the two
 rushers of this team pretty busy talk | ing care of the balls he will send up 1 to them.
 Sutton also should be right at home | in the halfback position His position l of goal tender in the Massachusetts l league has given him good practice and he will make 1t interesting for the rushers of the opposing teams. Chatfield will undoubtedly be the
 best goal tender in the league. He Is | considered fast enough for the big | league and would be there if he so l desired but he prefers to remain at home. e In the two Joes, Bottomley and Dews, Waterbury will have q couple
 of rushers that are not new to the business. One has been in the profes-
 siQpal ranks and has crossed the ocean to show the crowned heads of Europe how to play the game. The other Is one of the fastest amateurs in the city
 and was considered so Fast that even,
 Doe wanted him for his Maine league
 team.