Morning journal and courier., 1889-02-25
SPORTING MATTERS.

Meriden lakes the Poorest Record or Any Team During she Week-Riley
 Does the Best Goal Work and Reed
 Comes Next-Springheld Wins Five
 Games Out of Six.
 The Springfelds kept up their brilliant work Saturday night and defeated the Meri- dens in Meriden by the score of to 4. Hartford won from Bridgeport, 14 to 9. Me- nard collided with Cotter and injured his hip and forced him to retire, Shea of Hartford taking his place.
 The Springfelds have made a remarkable record during the past week, winning five out of six games. New Haven won three out of six, Hartford two out of fsur, Bridgeport two out of five and Meriden one out of five. Poor Meridenl Can't Morse extend some sympathy to them9 He has been cruelty silent during the past two weeks. The Boston aggregation hasn't done Meriden bit of good. Mckay may have been 8 good half-back in Boston, but he hasn't done anything down this way. Hannaford is better man. The New Ravens have been doing such good work lately that Morse hasn't troubled them with his fearful utterances. Can it be that he is writing base ball poetry.
 The New Ravens should have done better during the past week. There was no reason why they shouldn't have won one or two games out of town. Two were lost only by one goal which shows that there must have been carelessness somewhere. The winning goal was made in Springfield by McPeck's lodging every one. This week the New Ha- vens should win three games, and they can if they play as they have been playing. In order to get out of last place they must win won out of town in fourteen weeks Not very good record for team that is putting up so good game.
 The Bridgeports play here tonight, and the defence want to see to it that Pierce is blocked every time, and that he doesn't dodge them. He is the most dangerous man, in scientific sense, on that team.
 The following games will be played this week:
 Tonight Bridgeport at New Haven, Hartford at
 Tuesday-New Haven at Meriden. Springfield at
 Wednesday-Meriden at Hartford.
 Thursday-Hartford at Bridgeport, Meriden at 0tFrioayNSpringhsld at New Haven.
 SaturdayINew Haven at Hartford. Bridgeport at Meriden
 There wss some wonderful goal tending during the past week. In two games Riley had 49 stops, and in another 45. Reed had 33 in two and 31 in another, while Williams had in one game 37 and in the second 34. Riley leads the zeal tenders on percentage of chances accepted, with Reed second. The record is: Riley, whole number of chances 230, accepted chances 201, per centage STA; Reed, whole number of chances 180, accepted chances 145, per centage .805; CurIey, whole number chances 123, accepted s6, per cen- tsge .7S0; Mccarthy, whole number chances, 91, accepted eS, per centage TAT; Williams, whole number chances 16s, accepted 112, per centsge .703.
 There is good deal of talk in Bridgeport over John Smiths being laid off. Manager Harris did just right. Smith has been run ming the team during the whole season. MT. Harris should have the earnest support of ever lover of polo. Williams is doing good work, and that makes Smith all the more raving. He says he will never play on the Bridgeports again. When his two weeks are up he will undoubtedly be glad to go to work.
 Stamford has gone to his home in Salem. He left the same day he was released. He was a perfect gentleman, and when released did not go about backbiting the manage ment. He says there is no management in the league that treats it's men with so much generosity as does the New Haven manage ment.