The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-10-28
Temporary Officers Agree to
Meet Demands of Coliseum
Directors-Will Pick Fast
est Combinations.
CIRCUIT ELECTS BYERS
Puts Ban on Paying Players
and Prohibits Teams Play
ing Men, Who Earn Living
at Polo.

About forty men turned out last
night to organize an amateur polo
league for this winter. Mason Byers
suggested that a committee be ap-
pointed to elect temporary officers.
Sox Quigley, Herbert Williams and
George Brehm, the committee appoint
ed by Byers, named Mace president;
Karl Allison, vice president; l.. Shaw,
secretary and John Ulrich, treasurer.
Byers explained the proposition OF
the Coliseum directors. They agree to
furnish balls, floor, referee, goals,
light and other paraphernalia free OF
charge, with the understanding that
d four.team league be formed each
team playing one game week, ana
that the personnel Of the teams shall
be on a strictly amateur basis. ANA
tours, as they explained means that
no team shall use a man who is play
ing polo for a living, and that no
player shall receive a compensation
for his services as a player in the
City league.
Teams Submit Line.ups.
The president then called for appli-
cations of teams desiring franchises.
Six managers answered, giving the
ers. Vic Newman was the first to
make his application, which team Is
to be called the Greeks, and is backed
by Kutche & Adams of the Greek
candy store: Vic gave his lineup which
consists. besides himself. of Howard
Red" Marine, Joe Lefty" Bulla, Har-
ry bill" Fetzer, and Frank Hank"
Lancaster.
Roy Geyer answered for the Smoke
House team, which is to be backed by
p. A. Zindorf and Joe Torbeck. This
team consists of Kid Haughton, Rus
sell Geyer, Howard Dutch" Oesting,
Sam Jones and Ike Essenmacher.
The Quigleys, backed by Mike and
Jim Quigley, we're represented by Carl
Reid, who gave as his team, Lewis
Shallenberg, Reid, Ralph Snaveley, Ev-
srett "Cubby" Skinner. Walter Snip
Snaveley, John Shallenberg, extra and
Russell Hawekotte extra.
The A. S. NJ. was represented by
John Ulrich, with the following line
up: Louis Quigley. Link Williams, Har-
ry O'Metz, w. Evans, H. Fry.
Hort Dennison, who is backing Pres
ton Coggeshalls team. was represent
ed by Pres, who submitted the names
Of Fred Otte, Elmer Beseke, Ralph Lit
tie. Ernest Toney and George Foxy
Schepman.
The last answering the call was the
KID Kitchen Cabinet team with Harry
Goddard as it's representative. The
personnel he submitted was Wilbur
Turner, Ray Geyer. Charles Peede,
Glenn Miller, Guy Trotter and Glen
Mcclure.
Committee to Name Teams.
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teams to get berths was the next
question. After much arguing, the fol
lowing proposal was made to the Coli
scum directors, that the league officers
with one manager to meet with them,
and decide which teams would make
the strongest league. Vic Newman
was elected to represent the managers
The election Of directors and Off
Gals of the league was indefinitely
postponed.
The league will play under the lat
est and most approved rules. Sox
Quigley. who expects to leave at any
time for the east to play this winter,
was called upon to explain some OF
the changes that have been made in
polo since 1t was played in the west
Where formerly when foul was called
two players would buck for the ball
the New York State League sends
the team making the foul back to their
goal and lines them up as at the
start of the game. The opposing side
which was not guilty Of fouling. is
allowed free shot at the goal The
player must hit the ball while standing
perfectly still.
Explains Rule Changes.
Another change is that the third
period instead Of being fifteen min
utes has been heightened to twenty.
Goal tenders shinguards have as their
maximum width nine inches. Any
player breaking his skate while in play
must Immediately get off the floor and
a substitute take his place without
time being called.
The league will back the referee to
the fullest extent. He will be the boss
supreme, says Mace, and if he orders
a man off the floor then that man, if
he wants to play any more, will obey
No favoritism will be shown any one
team or any one man. and no one team