New-York tribune., 1911-02-24
TIMELY BITS OF SPORT
Dates Submitted to England Tor
Big Polo Match.
JUNE THE TIME SELECTED
Charley Murphy Tells Why Artie
Holman May Not Play
with the Cubs.

Dates for the international polo match
between teams representing this country
and Great Britain were submitted 10 the
Hurlingham Club by cable yesterday The
message addressed TO Major Green by Will
lam A. Hazard, secretary OF the Polo Asso-
citation here, read as follows:
Very pleased 10 accept condition that
las, date for play be arranged prior TO 10th
Of June. Considering no fast boats on 10Th,
and as Kaiser sails on 18th and Mauretania
on 18th, we suggest the following dates:
June 5. : and 10. II your team must sail
on June 10 we suggest May 81, June and
= Kindly cable reply"
Nothing now stands in the way OF the
matches for the trophy held in England for
20 Ions but brought back TO this country
in lee by the Meadow Brook team, cap
tanned by Harry Payne Whitney.
The best two out Of three games will be
PLAYED on the Meadow Brook field, II the
dates as submitted are acceptable to the
English challenging team. II the first set
is decided on it means two Saturday games,
a. June and June 70 fall on that day of
tho week
The Chicago Record Herald" tells the
story of the probable loss Of Artie Hof-
man. tho hard hitting outnelder of the Cubs,
in tho following way:
II YOU have tears prepare To shed them
now. We come 20 bury Artie Hoffman. not
10 praise him The great Circus Solly''
VIII not he member OF the cub team Of
l9ll. and as q consequence there will be a
olS gap 10 fli in tho outield before the
National League champions are NJ 10 go
lorth and give battle for the pennant when
tho barrier is raised April u.
At conference with President Murphy
and Manager Chance yesterday afternoon
Hoffman announced his retirement from
baseball and hit West side championship
prospects a Jolt as hard as il was uneX-
rec'ed. He refused 10 discuss tho matter
and left for Akron Ohio last evening
Artie refused "a sien contract and told
both Manager Chance and myself that he
said He had made up his mind TO take
tnis stand vhen he visited mo yesterday.
rut ] asked him 20 wait until to-day In the
hope that he might reconsider his threat
sped move
He claims that tho mortgage banking
business in which he has embarked both
IN Akron and Columbus viii require ali of
his attention and that an offer Of twice the
salary that he received last year would not
te sufficient incentive for him 10 return 20
the Cubs
viii have 70 retire some time and l
might as well do 81 now Hoffman told VS..
He contenplstes opening e branch Office
IN ChiCag next wear and believes that II is
best for him 20 devote his entire time ~
his business
There rs a slender possibility that Hof-
man may reconsider his action If yester-
GAY and return 70 the fold later in the
spring Three wears ago he renounced the
rational pastme only ~ ioin the team dur
ing the training trip. and President Murphy
r. hoping that history may repeat itself
''Packev" Mcfarland. the Chicago light
weight. and owen Moran, tho VISITING
rriton. have settled their difference over
tho question ~ weight and will box ten
rounds az the Fairmont Athletic Club or
March u. a compromise was reached and
the boys viii weigh in 81 l25 pounds at
o'clock on tho afternoon Of the nout.
Mcfarland left for Chicago last night
hrt will return 10 finish his training here
Moran left for Saransc Lake y. Y. where
he will stay until a few DAYS before the
struggle. lie will finish his training al
Lakewood, y. J.
Connie Mack is quoted as saying that
the world champions will take the field
for the coming pennant race as they die
last year. at least so far as the inheld is
concerned This means that Davis will bc
81 FIRST Collins at second Barry at short
and Baker at third.
some Of the hest Canadian hockey play
srs VII he seen in the lineup or the Vic
o,ia team. which comes here tomorrow
night to play an all-New York team al
the ST Nicholas Rink. in picking 4 repre-
sentative array Of local players considera'
ble stress was laid or having all the club;
in the Amateur Hockey League represent
sC by the players who did the most effec
I've work in the recent championship
series This has resulted IN the formation
Of team OF hockey stars.
In the few practice games played the!
have shown a remarkable adaptabity il
working together and may be depended
upon TO give the visiting Canadians a hare
game The latter are the best amateur
players i'm Canada, and will probably b.
headed tv Russell Bowie. who captsineC
the Victoria team TO Victory IN severa
championship struggles.
Paul Krichell. a Bronx boy who played
under I'd Barrow in Montreal last yea
and who is 10 be with the ST Louis Amer
leans this season. has signed with th'
Browns and VIII start for the Mound Cit!
on Monday. Krchelrs first professiona
enlargement was with the Plattsburg clul
of the Northern League, I'm 1905. Othe
players in that Organization al the tim
were Jack Coombs % tho Athletics; Dav
Shean. Of the Onetime Doves, and Franl
Barberich, Of the Royals, who had tria
with the Boston Americans last season.