The Indianapolis journal., 1904-03-13
GOSSIP OF POLO
IN THE TWO BIG LEAGUES
Manager Wilson Says Logansport qOW Nor Be Dropped BY the
Ceunaf-Fot Wayne TO Tour Canada

had used every effort to borrow a utility
man from one OF the other Western League
clubs. The night following this game Ma
Tion used Lennon one time Central
margin the game being played in Marion.
Richmond always has kick coming.
The Auditorium rink, in this city. will he
opened for public roller skating for the
first time tomorrow afternoon and many
of the old skaters will doubtless be In at
tendance Two hundred pairs Of new model
skates have been received by the local
management and the members OF the local
polo team will act as instructors until
o'clock, when they will leave for Muncie.
Several of the Central League clubs have
been given sweet sounding names by the
polo writer's in that circuit The peer OF
all is the appellation under which the
Kokomo five is known. They. are dubbed
"Barnes's Menagerie of Trained Wild Cats"
The Terre Haute quintet bear the title OF
the Hottentots and Mr.. Foor's Danvflle
team is known as the Suckers"
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A Fort Wayne exchange says: Surface
indications point to the conclusion that there
is something radically wrong with the Fort
Wayne team. From playing polo Of the
championship variety the team has fallen
into rut in the last three weeks and Is
dealing out the same brand as IL played
early in the season with no rink for prac-
tice and the players idle half the time. AS
q pennant proposition Lafayette is not now
dangerous, as squirt. the like of which is
not in polo history, would be necessary for
that club TO get the Central League
bunting"
There is a great deal OF speculation as
to what kind OF a record the Anderson FIVE
would have made this season. had they
not been badly crippled at divers times
That ii would have had a better percentage
than II now has is conceded, but there are
few who will contend that Anderson would
have been championship possibility. An
derson, with no bad luck, might have fin
ished in the first division, but IL is hardly
probable that it would have landed first
place.
The Danville team, Of the Central League,
is playing a great game. In DAILY and Camp
bell, Danville has the best. If not the fast
est pair of rushers in the Central Whit
ing and Hardy are playing an excellent
game at center and half back. respectively,
and Wiemert is putting up faultless game
at goal That Gloomy Gus" Campbell Is
plenty fast for major leagues was shown
Norton's men to defeat Muncie. IL the
squirt had not started so late Danville might
yet be a championship possibility. Moran
and Hadley seem TO have been the draw
backs for winning combination in Dan
VILE
While Whipple was yet a Central Lacquer
he roasted numerically for playing
dirty polo. Kokomo papers handed It to
him in large chunks. and to get even the
Fort Wayne papers started the anvil chorus
on "Ikey" Houghton, formerly with Rich
mond and now with Kokomo. Houghton
is as large as a fair-sized flea, and the IDEA
of his playing dirty polo against MIN the
size of Phil Jason and Whipple is laugh
able. Houghton won several games for the
Quakers when the latter team played
against indianapolis In this city.
The Logansport Journal has it all figured
out that Logansport may yet finish fourth.
What lovely dream.
The longest overtime game yet played in
the West was won by Muncie on Thursday
night of last week. Elwood losing by a 4-to-
score. Elwood has never been an easy
proposition for Muncie to solve, and at
times has administered defeats TO Petty's
men when least expected. Thursday nights
game broke all records. The game
played in Muncie and only a fair-sized
crowd was in attendance. the official marks
sent out saying that a total Of 900 specta-
tors witnessed the contest.
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Polo fans in Kokomo and Elwood are
watching the work Of Goal Tenders White
and eastman closely. Manager Sebern.
of the Tin Plate. town. and Manager
Barnes of Kokomo, decided that a
face on each team would help the attend
ance. The upshot Of the meeting was that
Peggy White, once the invncible, was
| traded for Mickey eastman, who made an
excellent record while guarding the Racine
cage last year. White has failed TO make
| good in KokOmo. and the polo lovers are
asking for the return OF eastman The
letter has more than made good In the
! Western League, and ElwOOd fans do not
want pretty Peggy" to return: Both man
/ ayers agreed. when the trade was first
talked Of that If either man failed 10 put
up a good defensive game. that he should
be exchanged at any time the manager saw
| lit. kOkOmO fans want TO know N Man
| ager Sebern will consent 10 the return to
the former city OF Goal Tender eastman.
| Right here Is a quiet tip. Manager Sebern.
| of ElwOOd. Is one Of the squarest magnates
| in the game to-day and will live UP TO any
contract he makes.
1t is being intimated that a shake-up OF
the Marion team is coming even at this
late date. II is not known just where the
AK is going 10 fall. but II is said that the
/ fall is sure TO come. sooner or later. Joe
/ Fox was asked by a Marion reporter 10
| deny affirm the report. but the crafty
1 leader OF the foxy five merely smiled and
/ refused 10 confirm the story. Fox has
/ something up his sleeve. and when he
/ shakes his sleeve something is going 10
/ fall There is something wrong with the
1 Marion aggregation somewhere, dnd IL .S
/ believed that Manager Fox has IL located
President Mart Norton, OF the Western
League. has come out with a statement
that the proposed National Roller Polo
| League Will not be a winner. and also that
/ next year the Western League will have a
/ competent set OF referees. This sounds like
/ ancient history.
The Fort WAYNE team OF the Central
/ League may tour Canada. Arthur Irwin.
president Of the Toronto Cam team OF the
Eastern League has pan on foot where
/ by ne will Introduce roller polo I'm several
/ Canadian cities. His plan Is 10 take two
| polo teams and play series OF games In
| Toledo. Detroit and Cleveland aud the
! cities in southern Canada, giving the con-
| tests I'm the armories and hockey rinks. The
| other club Is 10 be picked by Captain Jimmy
| Canavan, OF Fort Wayne, from among the
stars of the Central League. Irwin and
| Canavan are great friends and will be
| Jointly interested In the venture. Irwin