The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-19
SPRINGFIELD ICE
 CLUB DISBANDED
 BY RANGER BOSS
Colonel Hammond Says
 Garden Has Dropped
 $l6,OOO Promo tin g Hockey This Year

Springfield. Mass, Dec 19.-Pro- fessional hockey in Springfield sang it's swan song with Saturday nights game between the Springfield Inc dians and the New Haven Eagles. Failure of the Springfield Ice rink directors and representatives of the Eastern States Exposition com- pany to agree on terms with Col John s. Hammond, president of the New York Rangers. caused the latetr to withdraw his team from the city. The Canadian-America league will continue to operate with five clubs.
 Official notification of Ham, mond's drastic move has not reached President James E. Dooley and until he receives it he will be unable to mack any schedule re- visions. All of the other clubs, at meeting on Saturday after noon, voted to continue regardless of any Springfield action which was taken late at night.
 In their session on Saturday at- tempts were made to reach con- mon basis of the sport in Spring field, but the meeting wound up with the representatives of, the three factions at loggerheads.
 No Can Sec
 At the end of the conclave di- rectors of the Ice Rink, Inc, stated they positively couldn't continue Hammond. They declared that, fig tIrtf1U hA ho Af gate, they stood to lose money, as the expenses for operating the plant totaled more than they could possibly receive under the figures offered by Madison Squares dele- gate. Under the conditions, the directors asserted, they could not see their way clear to. continuing when they knew that to do so would mean additional debit.
 For his part Col John s. Ham, mond contended that he had gone as far as he reasonably could. Prior to boarding train for New York city, the Gothamite declared that he would remove the Spring field players not only from the City of Homes but also the Can adian-American circluit.
 Moving Day
 MT Hammond advised that he intended to take Coach Frank Car roll of the tribe and some of the more talented Indians to the squad of the New York Rangers, whom the Garden owns. A majority of the Indians will be placed with clubs in the International and American leagues of minor classi- fication, according to Col Ham, mond.
 I've reached my limit" began the colonel. "Thus far this season Madison Square Garden has re- ceived no money except that which had taken from the gate for last nights game. Nor is there much prospect of us receiving any money regardless of whether or not there is quick change for the better in the patronage at Springfield's home games. Madison Square Garden has dropped $16,000 already this season. iIt canont afford to lose twice that sum.
 We are willing to do better by the Ice Rink, Inc, than the Can Am league is willing to do. At the league conference in Boston it was agreed to pool the receipts of | games and make common fund for players wages, expenses of league officers and league referees, rental of rinks and operation of teams. The league decided to turn .25 per cent of this pool over to the rink owners for rental of their surfaces.
 At the conference here I offered Ito turn over to the Ice Rink, Inc, 35 per cent of the receipts taken in at the home games of the In- dians. This is 10 per cent better than the figure the Ice Rink would receive under the leagues latest ar- rangement."