The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-14

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iron bound contracts for much higher
salaries than they are now receiving. Should
a player sign with the National League Off
the latter refuses to enter into peace
agreemenD, and fail to make good he
would be in a sorry plight. as he would be
blacklisted in the two Indiana leagues Polo
Is the coming indoor winter sport but the
supply of firSt-class polo players is indeed
limited There are barely 100 really first
class polo players in the country to-day
and about 80 per cent. of them are now IN
the West. Many good players in the coun-
try are out of the game, giving as a reason
that they do not care TO play polo for the
teurS have been developed in the cities OF
the Western and Central leagues this winter
and the indications are that many of them
will be seen in one of the big leagues next
season.
Manager Joe Fox, OF Marion, is one of
the truest sportsmen in the game OF roller
polo. On Tuesday night of last week the
Marion team played in indianapolis. Harry
Way was severely injured at the start of
the second period and was unable to con-
tinue. Instead Of taking the advantage
thus offered TO pile up numerous scores
Manager Fox ordered Frank Warner to
leave the floor and was willing to finish the
game with four men until Manager Cohen
played Coffin, local amateur, In the last
period. Warner then returned to the game.
The Marion team has consistently held first
place for good many moons. The result
of last Tuesday nights game decided the
leadership. Marion and Richmond were tied
for first place and the latter team did nos
play on that night. Marion won that night
and the team is still winning. Marion plays
here again next Tuesday night
John Burgess, the goaltender of the
Marion five, is still too ill to play. = Joe
Fox has been playing the cage position
during the time Of Burgess's illness and has
a clever man in front Of him In Jimmy
Cameron.
B. B., of Gas City, asks: Has Harry
Way, of the indianapolis polo team, played
center during any game this season. A
Yes. twice. Way played center in a game
at Richmond while Coggshall was out of
the game with broken skate and once
in Elwood while Murtaugh was out for the
same reason Way played the central posi-
ton regularly until he accompanied tine
All-Star team to Europe. This team played
exhibition games before the King and
Queen of England and other members OF
the royalty When playing in England two
years ago Way started playing half back
and has been playing that position ever
since
James Sebern, manager of the Elwood
team, has again started the report that he
has signed new rush for the Elwood team.
This report was in circulation once before
and the much-talked of new man has as
yet failed to appear According to the lat
est story the new man signed for the Ell
wood team was secured by William Lush,
the eX-referee, for Manager Sebern. The
Grays, will, according TO their versatile
manager, carry seven men If the new man
makes good.
The Indianap polls team has had far more
than its share Of hard luck in the polo
world the present season. There is no
gansaying the fact but that the members
of the Indian band are good polo players.
They are all stars in their respective places.
but with the hard luck that has continually
followed the team since the first of the year
it is not to be wondered at that the play
ers have become to a certain extent dis
heartened. Coggshall and Way have been
injured at divers times when their services
were needed the most and both are now on
the hospital list. Half Back Way, not be-
ing so severity hurt as was CoggShall, has
taken the place of the former at center, and
O'Hara is playing the position in front of
the cage guardian. David Tarrant has
shown in past years that he is a lightning
polo player, and he viii do his share
towards lifting the team out of the slump.
The fans of the city of Kokomo have
shown that they will not support a team
when it loses a majority of games in one
week. Kokomo and Lafayette have, for
two weeks, been alternately holding the
second and third positions in the minor or
ganization. Captain Smiths not
to be considered out of the running by any
means and the polo lovers in Kokomo
should change their "a la Elwood style"
and stick to the team. The better a polo
play in nine cases out of ten, and the fans
should take this into consideration.