New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-11-20
BOOM FOR WATER POLO
Teams Being Recruited from
Swimmers All Over Country.
REPORTS ARE ENCOURAGING
Prospects Bright for One Of the
Best Seasons in History Of
Various Associations.

Encouraging reports from all the big
swimming centres indicate q revival N
water polo. Clubs and colleges in every
section Of the country are putting strong
teams n the water for the American game
and i the rumored patching up OF the
break between the New York Athletic Club
and the Chicago Athletic Association is
effected the coming season should prove
the most brilliant IN the history OF the
sport. There Is TO doubt that the players
on al the big teams are anxious 10 see
friendly relations resumed between the
Mercury Foot and Cherry Circle orga-lza-
lions. and Il Is probable that Il The touTna-
rnenr for the nationa- championship Is
RULED of n & neutral pool half a dozen
clubs will be REPRESENTED. including the
New York Athletic Club, Chicago Athletic
Association. Illinois Athletic Club, Missouri
Athletic Club and Pittsburg Athletic Club
These teams are now pretty evenly matched
and the meet should be worth going good
many miles 70 see
That there is hope al the New York A. c.
Of the authorities lifting the ban or a
game with the Chicago - a is evidenced
bv the activity shown n getting together
all the available material. Goodwin Hand
ley. Trubenbach, Steeu and Rudy, OF the
veteran team Of champions. have already
begun practice. and ogden Reid is eX-
pecred 70 Join them later. Among the new
candidates are Humphreys and BIssell. Of
Colurn bia: Princeu, OF Yale, and Z TTu-
benbach and Manley. Of the New York
\ c Il Is also possible that Boyce, Of
ire Brookline :. {, and Martin, Of the
Missouri =. g. viii be on the squad
The Chicago =. a contingent is prac-
c!caIIy the same as last years Captain
Kehoe viii again lead the men and he has
with him Laugllin, Durant, GaidZick,
L-oende. Renaus, Healy Meigs. Gunther and
Mcconnell, formidable aggregation.
Al the Missouri \. c, OF St Louis,
good many changes VIII be made Frank
Sullivan. Of Chicago, has been retained TO
coach and he IS devoUng himself 10 the de-
ve]opn7ent Of new material Hugh SlegeI
will be the captain and The strongest can
l5idares al present are Banks. Schwarz,
c,oessl:ng. Cohn, Allen, Hancock and Toep-
Der Several Of these men were on the
sextet that gave the Chicago a = such
= scare 2 little over q year ago and Su!li-
van has hopes OF turning out winning
team
The Illinois \ c has e promising array
OF talent IN training. Frank Elliott mas
l,azn elected 10 the captalncy ana ne Is
WORKING the men overtime Jaeger, VOL
broth Jentzen, Walsh, Mclaughlin John-
san and 3. Elliott have the best chances
70 win positions
The P1ttsburg poloisJs are considering
-re advssability Of splitting their best men
into TWO teams and combining themselves
"a 1ocaE competition or organizing the
---oneest sexteI they can lay haLcS OF 10
rake rq-t II the national meet II IS IKE
Nv that they will wait until the plans OF
other clubs are Known before they decide.
,an4ain Basler. formerly Of the East LID
-.r4v : 9. thinks that with Slcan' t.l;le-
hart. Cutler Blake Blair and TWO or t-lTee
others. PittsoUrg can hold ITS own asai-iSI
all corners AMI place in the AWARDS
There is talk al The Philadelphia alld
Frookline swimming clubs OF corralLlhg me
available material and entering me game
~ so oar nothing definite has been done
r IS also possible that one or more OF lle
alleges nav enter the open championship
Soccer water polo VIII be played N lesser
&C The New York a g, City a. c.
Princeton. Pennsylvania and c { n l.
in have teams. and CavIlI. the coach OF
the Illinois a 9, IS endeavcrlnS 10 gel
-, or three clubs IN the West 10 take up
i+Raa he VIII DjgDdJl9 SAC~t~~~' 80
,oarv fast swimmers, who look upon
American water polo as too strenuous
favor The English game
The City A c viii not play the Amerl-
can game. but is Qua for the soccer pen
rant. Captain CurTier has pressed into
I-,-,-,,e several foreigners with a record and
exrects to develop an invincible seven
Anaong the recruits are Rogers, Hager'
TIN. Behrens. Tobias. Adae, Ritter, Hall
etein. ClIrrier, Bessellman. Curren. Auer-
lscb. Mulvey ard Herald.
A. the New York 4 c q fairly strong
team should be formed. though attention
Iii be paid principally TO the American
aarne. Daniels. Handley. Rudy. Goodwin.
= Trlbenbach. Steen. Reilly. South Nerich
"a + Trubenbach are now al practice.
rbe makeup Of the college teams is not
known at the. present writing. No cham .E-
Pioiii't,e1ir Athletic Union has not placed tie
,79. on its list OF utulaT events, but many
I-,-,.s are being arranged for and competl-