Morning journal and courier., 1888-02-21
FIVE OFT OF SIX.

Superb Work by the New Haven POl0
 Team Last Week A Recsrd Net
 EqualIed by Another Team In the
 New England League.
 New Haven polo enthusiasts are justly proud of their team. Look at the record made last week. The team played every night and won five out of the six games. What fine record that is, to be sure. Every one of the players deserves great praise. There isn't team in the New England league that can show such record. Gener- ally but four games are played week. But last week the New Ravens went in with vim and enthusiasm. They did not weaken as the week came to close, but played the same strong game that they played on Mon day. They defeated the Meridens, Bridge- pozts, Bostons, Hartfords and Salems. The game at Waterbury Wednesday night they expected to lose as Newcomb laid off and Connors and Leydon rushed, the latter not having rushed any in over month. Haliett was unfortunate in Monday nights game with the Meridens to be badly bruised and 50 played in but one of the other five games, that being against Hartford. After playing all the week and making such good show ing everybody expected to see the Salems de-
  l is considered the best in the Central division, but it didn't beat the New Ravens. There is no doubt now that the New Ha- vens will take the championship. The game here Friday night with Hartford virtually ] settled that fact, The Boston people who \ team in Massachusetts could easily defeat the | strongest in Connecticut must feel sick about | this time. New Haven besides taking the | championship in this league will probably take the New England championship: Dean and Connors, late of Meriden, may gc | to Bridgeport.
 1 During Wednesday nights game little Bee | son had the elbow of his left arm knocked out of place. by stopping hot drive of New l combs. It is yet very painful, but will moi affect his playing.-Bridgeport News. | The New Ravens play six games this week They lay off only one night, Thursday, and \ play two on Washingtons birthday. Con nors is not very strong, and as he was work ed all last week he will probably be giveI 1 somewhat of rest this week. Newcomf seems to be the standby of the New Hayer ! team. Notwithstanding the great work don' l in every game by the other members of thu
 team, yet if Newcomb lays of the tean l would not win half the games they play | When Newcomb is on the floor every mem
 Der of the team plays with more con ! fidence, and so play a better game I An instance of this was shown Saturda, night. When Salem had made two goal
 loud calls were made for Newcomb, and jus
 afterward when Hallett was hurt and New
 comb had to go on there was tremendou
 cheering. His coming on infused new Tiff
 into the team and turned defeat into victory
 The New Ravens cannot get a rusher wh
 could take Newcomb's place. Leyden a ! center and Watson at half back work beauti
 fully together. Fuller doesn't take bacl
 seat for any other goal tend in the league. H may not have made such a marvellous recor
 as some others, but he has played just a | well as any of them.
 T The New Bedfords got just about $25 8
 their share of the receipts in MerideD.-Bos ton Journal. The Salems took nearly $10
 away from New Haven.
 New Haven is playing great polo and ha
 held it's own finely against Hartford.-Bof
 ton Herald. Do our eyes deceive us2 w ! were led to believe by the Herald some tim l ago that New Haven would be to Hartfor like chicken to Vulture.
 Newcombe wanted to lay off Saturds | night, but when he saw Salem make tw . goals he wished he was on the floor, and H la
 lett's accident a little later gave him the oI portunity to play.
 \ Up to yesterday every paper has had tn league record wrong. The Hartford Couran
 has the correct one, as follows (not iEcludin
 last nights games)