Morning journal and courier., 1888-11-26
SPORTING MATTERS.

The Leaders or Ghe League to meoe | i, the New Ravens Here TO-Nighf-A |
 Review of the Weeks DOinEs-Satur-
 day,s Games-W0rk of th0 Referees. Il
 The Meridens, who aow lead the league for the championship, will play at the rink here tonight. The New Haven team is stronger than it was last week and the games that
 were played Friday and Saturday nights
 should be enough to draw good crowd to
 the rink tonight. Cunning and Cunning
 ham will rush for the visitors, and Lations l
 will make his first appearance here as a mem | Der of the New Ravens. Phelan will play center and Valiant half-back. sATURDAY's GAME. The New Ravens played 8 stiff game at Hartford Saturday, one that nine cases out of ten would have won, but the Hartferds were suffering from the sting of the defeat of Monday night and they made up their I minds to win or die. During the first half
 of the game not Hartfordite his own team. Lations played his | first game as a member of the visiting team, and he was frequently applauded for his
 beautiful work. Pnelon at center was cheered ! by the 250 people again and again for his blocking of George Smith and Cottsr and
 Seely Vaillaint played 8 strong game at
 half. Connors made ninnies of Ootter and
 Seely, but he was not helped much by Perry
 | Had the latter played as he did here the
 \ night before, New Haven would probably
 have won the game. He was quick on his feet, but his drives for goal were away of,
 I and besides, when he got the ball it was ina l mediately taken away from him. Just as the bugle blew for the half Connors made goal which would have put the visitors ahead. Referee O'Laley would not allow it. The score was to 4. Lations had 14 stops and , \ Mccarthy II.
 | In Meriden the Bridgeports were beaten in
 8 finely played game, to 2.
 WORK OF THE TEAMS.
 .t All the teams will start out this week much l ! stronger than they were last week. The . Meridens have surprised people by tbeil :. great work, whereas there is surprise at the ! poor playing of last years champions. Ii , anyone thinks that the Hartfords are going tc ! H have a wslkover he is greatly mistaken ? E There are many who say the Hartfords vii H brace up and then have no trouble in defeat D \ ing the other clubs. This talk is by those
 ' who have not seen all the teams play 2 Hartford polo people do not think the;r tean ' will do anything of the kind. The othel ? teams in this league are stronger than those | that the Hartfords had to cope with in Mas U \ saehusetts. A Bay State man told CoURIEI reporter Saturday night that he had seen thu i | present Hartford team every season that i playeo ID MASSACHUSETTS, anu tnoe Ao nnS . 2 started off at 8 slower gait this season thaI ever before. They have not taken care O : themselves during the summer, and nearl. :, every member of the team has so much ia . on him that it is all he can do to get about u The Sprinefelds have not shown up well !, but will later on. Meriden is going t' I make Q big bid for the champion \ ship The New Ravens, however, vii
 make every other team hustle before tn T. [ season is over. There is better material il ; \ the team than it ever had before All tha is wanted is more thorough training. Tn :, \ players are in good condition, but they cal get in better shape if they want to. It al
 lays with them as to whether they will i'm prove. It will be expected of them, becaus t they have the ability. A well knowl ' trainer suggests that the manager hav
 \ every member run five miles at the rink eaol
 day, together with praoticing. The Bridge ports are playing great game. This is tn
 \ standing to date: