The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-01
GOSSIP OF POLO TEAMS
AUDITORIUM WILL BE READY FOR
FIRST LOCAL GAMES.
Kokomo VIII Make a Bid for First
Place Honors I'm Central League
Situation In the East.

II IL improbable that the first local polo
game of the season scheduled for Nov. II
between the Indianapolis and Richmond
teams will have to be postponed. Work on
the new auditorium is well under way and
the contractors have notified Secretary
Harry Cohen that the building would be
completed in readiness for the opening
night.
The organization OF the Commercial
League, an amateur organization, has been
concluded and the playing schedule will be
announced in a few days Six teams have
been admitted to the amateur league. ive
of the teams having been members of last
years amateur league. The Barristers are
all old Training School players who played
under the name of the Reds" last year.
The only new team admitted is the five
from Battery A. The members OF the lat
ter team are nearly all ''six-footers and
will be right In the running for a place in
the first division.
From late developments the Kokomo
team will be strong contender in the race
for the championship of the Central
League. Charles Smith, of Racine, Wis.
will captain the Kokomo aggregation.
Smith will play first rush and will make
the other rushers in the minor league hus-
The battle for first place should be be-
tween Terre Haute and kokomo. On
paper these two teams seem TO be the fast
est in the Central League, although the
fans will do we'll to watch the Lafayette
team, which Long john Wiley. of Law
renee, Mass, will captain. Lafayette has
league in Ed Gavitt and the latter can
show the way to Hipson, who will captain
and play first rush for the Hottentots.
It is conceded that the fight for first
place in the Western League will be be-
tween Indianapolis, Anderson and Marion.
The managers of the three teams have
signed the best and fastest players that
money could secure, and their efforts to
secure winning teams for their respective
cities should be appreciated by the lovers
of polo Secretary. Cohen announced nc yes,
for the Indianapolis team in the near
future Propositions have been made to
Mo ars IN
be received from one Of them before the
middle of the week.
The Eastern Polo League should have a
successful season this year, although the
game as it will be played will not be up
to the standard usually seen by the East
ern people. Captain Harry Way, of the
ter from "Pinky e Tmrne &' who viii pl e
second rush on the Danville team OF the
Central League, In which the latter stated
cities of Lowell, Clinton, Providence, Chel-
sea, Lawrence and Worcester, opened on
Oct "a, and that the Kinks were crowded
to their full capacity at all games.
William Parsons was a ruling factor in
Eastern League polo last year. He owned
one team and had a controlling interest in
two others. When one team would show
signs of weakening Parsons would take the
players from one of the other teams that
were higher in the league, and the interest
would then be revived. This earned for
Parsons the title of "Wise Willie" but il
killed the game in the East, as the patrons
of the game would not tolerate this kind
of work. Parsons is out of the game in
the East entirely this year, and interest is
now at fever heat in the cities named.