The sun., 1910-02-06

National Organization Formed % Gesee&
the sport. s@iN

new organization called The NAtjVna1.3 .3
Indoor Polo Association was formed % q
Wednesday night at the Duriand RidfhGn
Academy. There has been n long felt wan3
OF a body similar to the polo oreARiRAts1&H'
to exercise supervision over the iurGqoof'
games which haze gained in popsilsritx q
ever since the pioneer days OF toJ1, when
the first game was played on the taBbafk n
at the Durland academy. There has been A
one drawback. however. 20 the cstnptesf NJ
success of the indoor games and that wA41
the lamentable dearth Of system In some
OF the games the primitive instinct of might
Is right came to the front so sroneiy n
that II was a case Of the survival OF the
t1ttest and the teams game from the ring
looking like the remuHnts Of the gailant
600 Another thing which was customary
under the old regime hut most conkuSinx \.
TO the onlooker was for some Particularly &
skilfuI player to lend his aid 10 diferenk
team In each game. which Is about aslconeJE
sistent a. II would be for Md Gleason r0j.|
pitch one game for New York and the nexti
for PhiIadelphia. ..g. il. tsfiiata X.
Heretofore there have been no aqcepte{t i,
rules and no central organization 70 govern y
the game. indoor polo not being recoghized II
by the polo association. IL was the opinfo1l.A At
however. OF all votaries OF the game tlfxtr'
special rules and authority to enforce fhan
are necessary to the complete SUCCESS ofi q
indoor polo. Reckless ridinG and .indls.,& 4
criminate use OF the stick are both, pror 81
hibited by the rules of polo as played out,
Of doors and IL stands TO reason that there d y
far greater danger from these oatises wh&h X
the game is played in a limited spscs cn f
the tanbark. ''4 MN
Harry Guggenheimer has been elscfndiN,
president of the new organization. which IA
already has over four score memheFH. ~
Jack WilmerdinR is vice. president aud +,
there are three honorary MISREPRESENTATION
William Durland. Sigmund HeinemGn 3nd
Wuv r. -. q =. I.
New York academies. DIR. f. T. Robson
and Harry Guthrie will act an seersc&rv.D|
A"F The % BOARD of directors are samuel samuel W :
RRoysoG Ro,e aS3snce SnseS ott,SSsr F FrameIS Mspe
deorSe Watson, Jr;. Godfrey Preeee. KsGtns
the instisator Of the Organization. Say1
eral well known polo teams have elKaadEft I,
Z p is hoped that next season @ ali oS he Isrss %
cities will be represented. lsisTac- fNnN
hs{E sRS M.y:r DseiSss 3. Ss e
Ford form strong team called ths SFiekle7
Lake team. composed Of Charles sqewds1.
The last named team have also Joined yK3g
organization and are looking for tina hlt4&
Ths nf Fox oS8sas RSns team, m made s1 Sp n Ha1S
ClaPp, Lawrencs OttingeL Jack WlnnerMnx
County cou ad and Wstchang % Hunt siS6s; ih<.
Durland team formed By Archie Klulse$l
son, Jr.: the Central Park team, made I'M
OF Murray Wilder, Otis Coleman and Jaines
| formed by J. r.. Myers, W. III. Maodiean
and Harry Coombs, are all members of tte \
There had been copsiderabIe, ,ooatryvsrs,>
over the name OF the new, orsanlza 4
| and several were suggested before III NH& "
nSs;, so;a es;oS dsS1dsd 70 oa Ns,ioss Gs Sssi2l
Association was s,igges,ed. also The eerlgs
| that the former was too ambixaosla endA >lV9
| the latter would only suggest 10 thu &eN1
| eral public a game played on skates a1aa n.
II. B. Montgomery has coufptupS pSc&f<1X "a
/ with the organization In behalf ~ 9teY2fy:
stone Troop polo team Of Fhfiasie1r&e@f4 f4
aud the players from the Quaker Gityf.wiItt
Join the ranks At the neat meetinf, whirl. "
| Thursday. February ~, when the datSa -
the tournamcnts VIII be arranged n