Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-11-06
POLO WORLD.
Salem Players Will Be Divided and
 Hartford May Go Under. Too.

Hartford May Go Under. Too. The Salem polo team, formerly the Waterbury team. is no more. Mama ger Halliwell has disbanded the out fit being unable to secure location other than Salem. The sport did not pay in Salem. The salaries were at least $200 a week. Higgins received $50 and Jason and Fahey $45 each. Saunders got little less and Jim White $35. The travelling expenses were heavy. When at home the play CTS pay their own board bills. When away the manager has to settle. As Salem could not be reached from any of the other towns after a game, 1t meant hotel bills for every trip.
 The team is supported by its home receipts. No division is made and no financial gains made away from home. The first night In Salem Manager Halliwell took in $1O7, the second $108.25, the third $127.25. and the fourth $147.75, or total of s490.25. An unofficial list of the ex- penses, roughly estimated, would be for two weeks: Salaries $40O, hall $120, caretaker at the rink $30, referees $50, advertising $25, sticks and balls $25, travelling expenses $200; to say nothing of the managers time, the use and expense of freight of, the bleachers, and hundred and one little details, all of which con- front polo manager. This would give total of $830 outside of the details, or, in other words, loss of over $150 a week.
 A conference of polo managers of the National polo league was held in Providence Wednesday evening, at which six of the ten clubs of the league. were represented. Present at the meeting were Messrs McKenna and McGilvray of Providence. Gamer on and Cunningham of Pawtucket. Hallwell of Salem, Mason of Fall River, Phelan of Worcester and Mil Ter of Brockton, the latter represent ing Manager Fitzgerald.
 The withdrawal of Salem was talk ed over, and the question of disposing of the surplus payers thus thrown on the market discussed. Manager Phe- an of Worcester expressed the de- sire that his team be strengthened, and Miller of Brockton also pointed out the necessity of strengthening that team. Manager Mason of Fall River also declared that 1t would be of great advantage to hs team to be given one more fast player.
 Brockton expressed preference for "Jigger" Higgins and Worcester wanted Hart of Hartford and Fahey of Salem. In the event of the Hart ford team giving up it's franchise, as seems probable now owing to the in- ability to longer retain the rink in that city, Hart, Schiller and Cogge- shall would be on the market. Man ager Mason also put in claim for Higgins.
 The matter was discussed from all sides, and while strictly informal, it was the sense of the meeting that the two weak teams of the league, Brockton and Worcester, should be strengthened first. Higgins has play ed in Brockton and is a great favor ite there, and it was felt that he should go to Brockton, perhaps to re- place Lincoln. It was also the sense of the managers that Worcester should have Hart and Fahey, and that Fall River should have the pick of Lincoln, Schiffer or any others that were on the market.
 It was thought that with the above changes the league would be. greatly strengthened all along the line and the game would be better in ev- cry way. Another suggestion made was that Hart and Schiffer. or Hart and Lincoln go to Worcester, and the man left join Fall River.