Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-11

tfiuay-BrockJOn at Clinton.
 Saturday-tall River at Plymouth. Salem ar Brockton, Clinton at Law renee Pawtucket at East Weymouth.
 In 1893 Billy keough started to manage I Brocllton team. He had poor luck. the attendance dropped and he quit. Inc players kept on, braced
 amazingly. and only the burning of the City rink prevented them from making I fortune. Diclie Pierce was
 one of that lucky crowd Will he and
 his team repeat history as a co-opera-
 tive team at Pawtucket :-Brocht ton
 Enterprise.
 Despite glowing reports in the col
 u1nns of the Boston papers. Tom Cot
 ter, who was inveigled in going 10 the
 Massachusetts section by Parsons.
 writes to q Hartford friend that he is
 broke and that the prospects in Fall
 Fall River ar4 very bad We played
 to less tEan 300 people last Friday night. and if the crowds do not come
 better this week I think I will drop
 out of the league" he wrltes-Hart-
 ford Globe.
 If the quitters who migrate to Mas
 sachusetts desire to transfer their in
 terests next season. they may be forced to negotiate with the mana gers of the new league. All Of the cities named in the original makeup of the league have qualified. with the excep-
 ton of Manchester, and it is probable
 the silk town will be able to furnish
 sufficient hacking to place q club in
 the league at the meeting this after noon.-Hartford Globe.
 X large crowd witnessed the polo
 games. four in number, which were
 I .,,N-,
 Nationals proved their superiority to
 the North Ends by q score of : to l. while the knockabouts easily defeated the Ivys by score of 1 to l. The North Ends Were the victors in their contest with the Thistles. the score being 1 to l, while the Forest Parks
 presented team from the Waterbury Manufacturing concern with q case of
 goose eggs. The score was . to 0. Polo seems to be about at q stand still in this section. The amateurs are not gerting the support that they looked for. and the State league project is virtually dead letter so far as this
 town is concerned. Eddie Hausman
 has not changed his mind in relation to the management of q State league team. and his friends here are advis- ing him 10 keep off. The amateurs have about decided to quit. as the games were not bringing in enough to pay expenses.-New Haven Register The alleged officers of the National league are very greatly exercised lest | the game shall be reinstated in Con- necticut. They realize that if the next years circuit has a foothold in this state the soft thing they have milked for two or three years will be lost to
 them. They are working tooth and nail, as they have for the past two years. to cut Connecticut out of it. But their efforts will prove unsuccess- full. for the reorganization will be eff fected with this state occupying its proper place and influence in the cir cult, and the Boston officers will be re- membered only as an unpleasant dream.-New Haven Register
 At the meeting of the directors of the State Polo league in Hartford yes- terday afternoon the franchise for Manchester was awarded to Henry L. Valiant. the old Hartford player, who did much towards revfving the game in that city few years ago. Mir Vail lant went to Manchester this after non to look over the situation. At one time he was one Of the best play CTS in the circuit and can go in now and play q good game in a pinch, al- though he is rather over weight But little business was transacted, as there was some question of Hartford's drop ping from the league. It was said that
 Manager Jennings has not come to an agreement yet with Manager Cotter at6uf sfhe rink there md there was ! UttH@ @D4 Hnf4fo9dyo withdrawing.