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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1905.Hamilton evening democrat.PAGE 7.XX♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦:444Description of ThetoPlayed at The Coliseum♦4♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦*♦♦♦It will not be long now before til® !n lss-' tin* first professional league. 111«* v* N. w England le. u©| that ■ ' * the roost at- 1 I» : ond, Indiana, ilton was i• hsv® befti tafliiA 1. Fofgame |of I roller polo will be|played|in I was| organized. Hit §eomprised|Fall4 ' «k Ml 1ttL A. ---—. Athis city by teams as good as there are in the west. The new hall to beknown as the Coliseum is being rap- sumis* tli;it otheiidly completed on North B street and when i; is finished, which will be bvRiver, Newport, Wall ham, Chelsea and (Iloucester. Chelsea won thechampionship. The league was - h athat it w^is able to offer the moat a 1-lurinp inducements ilt; the be**t players tlt;; visit tlia, ''M'lion. and the result the sale of the Pawtucket club.wast hi:; were formed and I;iu- and baggage. Of three were in the ‘field tin* following;# 1,000 went to the players, season—thes amountThis in-the fil of the new year, Hamilton Salem, I- ■ . Cambridge, Waltham.will have one of the finest rinks forroller skating and roller polo in theNew England, ineluding road upon the New England leagueeauM'd iis death and the game boomedin lt;onnect icut.I I “fIn 1^!L’ a movement was made to re-Somerville and Taunton; the Massachusetts, with (Jloucester, Peabody,lt; helsca, Brockton and Fast Boston.mvive tiit* irame bv Tom Colter, Fred* ' Ip* ■ -vb' ^ v7l •Roller skating is very popular juat jand the Southern New lv -land, with I v Fs : • . lt;\ Morse and TimMurnan, with the result that theregained a foothold and hasnow and all over the lt;nntrj the rinks Springfield, II. ’ . Meriden, Nenare drawing large crowds. I’olo is! Haven and Bridgeport.I W a I 1 » I-MM Ithe game. The owners of the new rinkhave laid their line- for players anda No popular and there are many peo-1 Jn 1884 the goal cage was inventedI*1 «* in this city who are enthusiaats on j by Franklin P. Baker, of Chelsea,with ils hanging of netting to retainCTT1 k*H|HPHHHIH^^I^HVHi!ilH|PV f)1 e ball after its entrance.iThe nnm-witl have a very strong team to rep- her of players was reduced from ~ \resent Hamilton. II iving started late to five, the cover point who played inin the season, this city will In* unable front of the goal to receive • balllo net in a leagu: tliis year but there and facilitate g aI getting bfflmy; lt;liHlt;!ilini;cd \ilhout interruption in cen-ral New Fnglaud eveitractive f winter -porta. So popularwas it in some of the we-teru citiesi hat the theat rica! attrae! tons werecompelled to suspend their performances tiu nights that polo held forth.There is the same “glorious tin-certainty i lt;• gillie of roller polothat there i in our national game of base ball, and it is this that makesthe game .» thorough I v t’.i ~ and exciting. At Worcester, November 9, It Hip the Portland team had alead of to 2 and Worcester succeeded in t \ in i before the time expiredand w ': in ovei ime.nice.are many fast independent teamswhich put up a splendid article of the game.Wi'-h the promise of the here this winter, something about tinTaen the game began to move wt^t-w’:rd and the \\ e-tern league was organized in the fall of 14m11 and there • ! 1 1 ■ ' ■ , 'cis in t e race, Rieh-fH^id. Ind., I;* i . \\ is., and Muneie,I nd. Richn umlWonra 1!\ *I .lt; i w e' | Piercegamepensed with. It was found tint six players were too many, and tlier wastoo much ero* • ing and tolt; .-nw ork.secured............. . . be Paw-jpeket^^Mp wo11origin of roller polo and it* present first honors in the New Eugla id lea-standing will probably be interesting gue, the competing clubs bei to any people. I ton, Salem, . NewKollc r polo sprung from the game! and I’awtueket. In of hockv on the ice.I ’eii for. Ithe SoutliernS\\First *!«Iing N. w England, Nlt; a II \ fro a\ as an amateur sport in the sum- Wateriwiry, Hartford. Meriden andmer of lss2, it waby professionals.- quickly taken up I Bridgeport.Hie game was tirstiPm^l^^^l^H|Hi^l^H^^l^^*fl|hlt;‘*ew'|Fni:l.ind league began the played with six men on a side and s.*asou*»t Slt; with Bostoi . Sal* m. v'p..- - about four feet hi”ll served a» l’.edtorlt;l, Wobuin and Paw m-!,et. Thegoals.•g inie nad taken fin-h strouur hold inwonhip with Pacine lt;: cond.Since that ii»«* name hilt;|U!e a foothold m :li west and-thcre ha\e been other leagues fonned and old one- iv-organized, itidepee '.-nrinks built and roller pollt;» has conn* tvt he west to stav.• :The west, well provided with finerinks, and enjlt;»\ii lt;_• a most liberal pa troiiatie. was enabled to offer enticing ind !lt;-en eats to the players of the iMts'orn section, and the result was that the eastern managers were con pell**d to increase the salaries paid the players in order to hold the men. It has been atnuregistered another yrand its own rink lleccmbcr 17. •d, S tt 4, in the lat period.hell pulled the game out by making five goals in succession.performed fttMp^fpeiit attlie ( hampiou-i I.owell, ,lanuar\ I. I^owell hadlei sI I J f » J { IMl is;' IS u * mfiittrpp inc‘iuti\e goalsI me, (i toween ('Iwdsea • o *»ka 1 w.hi inin «♦ !i *111 I U ;*eili:*s. Attempts h«'\e bei n made to locate in N* u ^ ork.Phil adclo’ni i and Brooxlvn, but withcon si. i* i a f i e !. » v to the p ro j ee t * * r ,Still, with t|jt* new interest in the game th is , , son W by .o ■ heratteniD! should not be siieees-1 ul'I lie act ual caj ;eit \ ..t .' e rink - ’ tiie west are as t »!lowsj Anderson.Mil' ie. I.ood; EIwoihI, t.itUO;liacine. 1.40U; 3udianaiK»lis,demonstrated Richmond, 1,700.»» i|k1o team of the Western league is ome reason or other the league wasthe finest rink in the world. It was never formed.built by the Richmond Athletic as so-■ tciafion, and «*tst something over .1*l-»,-1 (to. The property of the company, inig the ground. i valued close tocludi-J'.non. The building hi- an ac tual*rs was oneof the hr-*t to become interested in this league and would probably havehad th*’ local franchise despite an effort on the part of certain individuals in t cm iti to freeze him out infavor of Indiana parties who wanted to step i intoi Hamilton aiull reapiaA t !:o.is|||ii ui e ha\e been crowded { harveat out ol the apparently f(0odseating capacity, without the use ofpolo floor, of between 1,TOO and 1,800.iiiitof see polo I games. With |tlie||T:.|H||Hppp^PI|H|||pHHHHHHHHBH|of the I ! *or, '_!.vttit peop!lt;‘ can lie »eat- I Sin. e t!i'*n polo has often been talked. and it w oul.I n«u he a diffn all ed ot t»• r Hamilton .ind Mr. Milder1*task to get o. ^H) people in 'the build-1 has interested himself in the game to ing at a public meeting. The building the extent that be has made an eftort is sr :ia! \ built, and is admir-Kach year to finance the projH»sifi«uiably arranged. It is an ideal place inwhich to play the great iinlooi game.T Richmond franchise is controlled b\ ihe Richmond Athleiic associa-t ee . w hilt;*!i has a capital of 'H^.ooo. The association has about l-’iO mctn-bflii. and its affairi Imlu hand*of. a bo.ird olt;‘ directors, -even ill untilher, elected ii\ the association at it:annual meeting, e beautifulTsii veiIini'lliilr of the Wesi hi league, stands 110biyb aiwl is of handsome dolt is the j|ift of \\ illiam Hor-lick. of Racine, and will be the pi ■» ei’iv of the league and lield each vearby the cli.iuipion team.Haii .Itlt; n Iv.'s se'eral times beensin**led out ;:s a cits with good oros-pect- for po|o and in 100.1 an effort wa made to org.ini/e national poloin the circuit o| which Ham.1 has at various times taken ex-i«.: - to oia. citiea from Hamiltonii i- t i •* pe«i|.!e of this city an op-port unit v for education in the tine I roil ts of the gan and to see it pi a'ed so . stand it when it be-Hiua's a local spoi't.The time for the gain*' to be played e is now at hand and Hamilton people ate t.» l*e eongrat dated that itI be in sitch g»»od hands. Ji*cot» Milders, Frank Iieck, Ra\ Worteti. d\ke. Mike Katie and C. E. Ilciserform the company which is buildingthe i oliseum ott Nortli I* ktw* t ami sot idea of how well they are providing for their future pairons both in. Her i and roller skating can be toroieiI when it is n.ii.I that the localrink i' almost a eouutei*|Kirt of theline rink at Richmond which has beenI t * 11% |it ii ilu'ii ni |t*i^ ai t u*h*.
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Hamilton Evening Democrat
Hamilton, Ohio, US
Sat, Dec 09, 1905
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