The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-07-20
THE ROLLER POLO LEAGUE
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION WE'RE
FILED YESTERDAY.
Season VIII Open in November-In-
d~ianapOlis at Home Every Tues
day and Friday Nights.

TIL articles of incorporation of the West
ern Roller Polo League were filed with the
secretary Of state yesterday. The incorpor-
ators are: D. H. Durbin. Elwood; George
y. Catterson, Matthews; NJ. c. Norton and
]. c. Fisher, Anderson; W. A. Petty, Mum
Gle. and the Indianapolis Polo Athletic AS
ISOLATION by Chas. E. Babcock, secretary,
H. B. Hornaday. vice president. of Indian
apolis. The capital stock is $1,000.
The object of this association is the pro-
noting and maintaining of a roller polo
league, which will grant franchises in the
cities of Anderson, Muncie, Elwood, Mar
iOn, Richmond, Matthews and Indianapolis.
The seven directors for the first year are:
NJ. c. Norton, president, Anderson; NJ. c.
Henley, vice president, Richmond; D. H.
Durbin, secretary, Elwood; w. a. Petty,
treasurer. Muncie; G.. II. M~anlove, Marion,
and H. b. Hornaday, Indianapolis.
The business Office Of the association will
be at Anderson. The league season vii
open early in November, and will continue
tw%enty-one weeks, two games being played
each week in the home cities and two
games each week out of the city. The reg
ular days of the schedule for Indianapolis
are every Tuesday and Friday nights,
New skating and new polo Kinks will be
erected in all of the cities with the exception
of Muncie, which has had. one of the very
finest Kinks for two years. The Muncit
team won the championship of The Western
Polo League last season, and also defeated
the Lowell team, champions of the Eastern
League.
A uniform size of skating floor has beer
adopted by the league, and all of the new
Kinks will be built with the playing floor
JOX100 feet. The floor of the AIuncie rink /:
somewhat larger. but the size will be re,
duced 10 conform with the size adopted
The new building at Elwood, which is be
ing built by Durbin & SebUrn, is almosf
completed. The buildings in the other cite:
will be started by the first of August.
There is great rivalry among the mana,
gers TO obtain a winning team. A majority
of the players will be obtained from the
East. Nearly all of them have been signed
The Muncie team is practically the same a:
won the championship last season. with tn,
exception of the addition of the new Eastern
player. Matthews, the smallest city in the
league, will probably have one of the hes.
teams, as the owners nave signed Jap
Clemens, Buck Buchanan, Cap BeesoI
and "COrky' Harris, all of whom were o
the old famous Muncie team which WOI
many pennants. All of the players for the
indianapolis team have not as yet beer
signed, but ii will be composed mostly o.
Eastern players. There will probably b,
two well known local players on this team
Frank Wilson, who has won several cham
piOnships when in charge of the Logans
port and Lafayette teams, viii be captain
OF the indianapolis team. Wilson is a yer!
fast man, and when he played here befOr,
was a great faVorite. With the crack East
ern players already signed, the ~IndianapOli
team VIII be as fast as any in the league
The indianapolis Polo Athletic Association
which owns the indianapolis franchises
was INCORPORATED JulV j.