Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-01-18
POLO
STARS ARE
 ALL COMING Every Team Strengthened Except New nayen-Tommy Holder
 ness Released.

Now for polo that the fans will be sure to like. Every tea in the league has strengthened with the exception of New Haven and Georgie Bone will be very sorry he did not gobble up some of them, before the season has gone forward many weeks. The h. terstate league is no more.
 The following is from the Erie Times of Thursday:
 After recognizing the Interstate has again gone up. Last night at Beaver Falls, when New Castle was to play here, the New Castle players told Sam Marquis that all of them have accepted offers to go east. The result is that the league is now brok- en beyond reorganization"
 Every player in the west has been sending telegrams, letters by special delivery and telephone messages, in order to get under the wing of the National league before it was too late Of course all could not be accomodat- ed, for the west did not have all the stars. Waterbury has at least two new men coming and it all depends on Jack Fahey and Kid Cusick, whet- her there will be two more new men here or not. Both have said that they would not stand for the recent cut and Cusick maintained that he would go to Pawtucket last night and play with Waterbury, but would not return. Both of those players will be very foolish if they drop out of the game now. They cannot get on any managers wouldn't stand for that way of dong business. They cannot go to the west because the league is broken up. Some of the locals say they could have gone to the west weeks ago and been given a bigger salary Admit that this is so where would they be now: They certainly could not have saved the league, any more than did Higgins. Lewis, Mercer and the other stars who were out there Some of them had they gone west, would now probably be seeking jobs. They had ther whack at the eastern managers when players were scarce and de
 
 The consequences were that the salary list was eating up all the proceeds. It was no wonder tbon that the man. ugers decided on little retremchment It had to come or give up business.
 Managers McMahOn and Halliwell have decided to release Tommy Hold crness, the old faithful halfback, who has been favorite in this city for years. Tommy has been playng well enough but he has been pretty long the harness and has not been play ing in old time form. In his place comes James McGrath the big half back of the Erie and Sharon teams. He is two-hundred pounder, stands six feet in his stockings and is rated as one of the best in his business. If Fahey and Cuslck quit the local man agement has center already engaged and waiting telegram and Frank Sutton will in II probability take Gu sicks place. Eddie Higgins is now on his way east and will start the ball rolling against Bridgeport on Tuesday night in this city
 And the other cities have not been idle by any means. Bridgeport will come here Tuesday night with practic- ally new team. The New Castle team of the Interstate league, with one exception vii he on hand. In this lineup will he Lewis and Cunningham rushers. Ball halfback and Harper at goal. Bob Griffith of the old team at center will be the only one retain cd Manager Hanna of New Britain will have Mercer and Harkins for rushers and Banon for goatender. All these are from the champion Canton team. With Jean at center and Lyons at halfback. that team certainly ought to tear up things. Mallory goal tender and Thompson a rusher are in the Providence lineup They came from Beaver Falls and they did things to New Haven last night right on the leaders own floor too. Mansfield. the New Castle center and Pence n goal tender have joined the Pawtucket crowd and they threw 1t into Water bury last evening. Handy, the old rival of big Jean. has taken Long John Wiley's place at center on the Boston team. With all those acquisitions there should he things humming around the Tinks of the National league.