Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-04-06
POLO
THE VEIL is
DRAWN ON POLO
Waterbury Was Not Financial
Winner = Results Of Games
on Saturday Night.

came to an end Saturday night with
| every team in the league making
coin, with the exception of Water
bury and Hartford. The local man
ayers say that they will lose about
$500 apiece on the season and this
was all caused by the recent funk
! in attendance. For the past month
the attendance has not nearly paid
the expenses, but Managers McMa-
| hon and Halliwell kept plugging
along and made good all their prom
ises, even to donating the $3.50 to
the amateurs. Had Waterbury be-
gan the season with the team, with
which she ended, there would have
been no lack of attendance. When
we did get good team, it was too
late in the season to better our posi-
ton, for all those ahead of us were
battling to keep US back and the
lead was too big to overcome. The
expenses have been unusually high
this season both as to players and
hall rent. Still under any ordinary
circumstances the local management
would have made money, but every
thing seemed to combine in making
it a financial failure. There is every
reason to believe that Waterbury
will be represented in the league
next season. Managers Mcmahon
and Halliwell are willing and anx-
ious to stay here and if they do
they will have practically the same
team. Higgins wants to play in this
city as he has been given the most
generous treatment by the manage
ment and the public. The league
may be made an eight-club one, with
New Britain transferred to Fall
River and Brockton coming in as
the new member. Hartford, New
Haven, Bridgeport and Waterbury
will be the Connecticut cities,
Providence and Pawtucket from
Rhode Island and Fall River and
Brockton from Massachusetts. The
west is talking of reviving the
game, but the chances do not look
bright for a league there next year.
New Britain was the one good bet
in the league race this season and
came out with flying colors, winning
the championship almost in a walk.
The last few weeks saw a battle
royal for the seco- j position, how
ever, which only ended on Satur-
day when New Haven went down to
defeat before the champions and
Bridgeport whipped the Providence
team. Thus Bridgeport jumps into
the second position, while New Ha-
ven must be content with third.
Having been offered $1,000 to
take two teams of poloists to Rich
mond to play four games during the
week that the Elks hold their big
athletic carnival there, April 20,
George Bone, manager of the New
Haven National league team, will
soon leave for that city.
Bone has decided upon the fol-
lowing men for the teams: The
Riehmonds-Bone of New Haven,
first rush; Cunningham of Paw
tucket. second rush. Mansfield OF
Pawtucket, center: Barney Doherty
of Providence, halfback; Sutton of
New Haven, goal Cunningham of
Bridgeport. extra man. All Star
team-Higgins of Waterbury, first
rush; Hart of Hartford, second rush;
Cameron of Pawtucket, center;
Gardner of New Haven, halfback;
Bannon of New Britain, goal.
Four games will be played by the
teams. The people in Richmond are
crazy to see polo and therefore made
that fattering offer to Bone, whom
they knew would pick out two teams
that could furnish plenty of amuse-
ment.