Morning journal and courier., 1889-02-11
SPORTING MATTERS.

SPORTING MATTERS. The Marvellous Record Made by
 BrIdgeport During the Past Week.
 New Haven's Work Not to be
 Ashamed Of- The New Haven
 Amusement Company Effect an
 Organization.
 The work of the New Haven polo team during the past week is nothingt to be asham- ed of. They won two games and lost two. The Springfelds and the Meridens won but one and lost three. Hartford's record was the same ss New Haven's. The Bridgeports eclipsed them all, winning every game they played. This gives them tight hold on first place. Everybody has said that they would take drop, but they don't seem to yet. Curley and Mckay have not materially strengthened the Meridsns very much. One of the features of the week was the way the New Ravens blocked Cotter and Sealy on Friday night. They should block Pierce and Menard tonight in the same way.
 Saturday nights game in Hartford was surprise, as Bridgeport won by the score of 10 to7.
 In Meriden the home team defeated the Spring6elds to 2.
 The base ball boom is fairly under way. A meeting of the stockholders was held at the Elliott House Saturday night. The ar ticles of association which were presented were adopted after they had been amended so that they gave the company power to purchase whatever real and personal proper ty may be deemed necessary. The articles provide that the company shall be joint stock corporation, duly organized under the statute laws of the State of Connecticut, and that it's objects shall be to engage in and maintain the business of providing legiti- mate sport of any kind, and especially to organize and maintain 6 base ball team. The articles were brief and to the point, and l it was decided that they covered the ground | fully.
 After the business had been disposed of it was decided to elect directors of the compa- ny. After some discussion it was thought \ best to have directors appointed. The fol- | lowing directors were elected by ballot: Fred. Fl. Brethauer, James o. Kerrigan, k. W. Curtis, Will Loomis and Frank H. Kel- ley, jr.
 P.J. Carroll and F. H. Brethauer were ap- pointed delegates to the meeting of the At ! lantic association, which is to be held at the \ Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York, this after noon at o'clock. They will pay $10O as dues to the league.
 The first thing that the directors will dc | | should be the lucky man he will play second \ base also. Last season he managed the h. | dianapolis team, but there was some fault \ finding because he could not control such men as Denny. Spence is greatly in favor ot
 g playing manager, or a captain who has full charge of his team when on the field. He l says that no man can manage or captain 6 | team from the players bench. To be sue cessful club must have man on the field
 to direct the players.
 | :'Dickie" Burns is looking for an engage.
 ment, as the Scranton team has disbanded He would be splendid man for New Haven
 He and Hunt would make two frst-class | out6elders.
 Hartford will have representative in New ! York to-day to make application for admis l sion into the Atlantic league. A meeting
 was held in that city Friday night, wher | Managers Powers and Burnham were present \ but only @ few were present and it was post I poned until Tuesday. New Haven for once
 has got ahead of Hartford, and the people here ought to appreciate this fact by giving
 all the encouragement they can to the Elm City's new enterprise.
 Pierce, Meriden's new rusher, was witt Boston last year. The sooner Meriden get. ] the old Boston team the sooner she will go | to the bottom. Meriden had Doe of th, ' very much.-New Haven Union. Judging from the outcome of last nights game a
 Bridgeport. which resulted in defeat fo ! Meriden by score of to 0, the Union i
 about right. Now if Meridens will only sigl
 Jake Morse as manager it's position at the foo
 of the league will be assured. O'Connen ant
 Doe, the remaining members of the over
 lauded Bostons, probably won't be signe' right away by Meriden. Queer that the frs
 appearances of Pierce, Mckay and Curley a
 Meriden players, should be signalized by ig
 nominious defeats, Meriden not getting gosl.-Spring6eld Union.
 The New Haven polo team has been play
 ing great polo lately, and last nights gam
 was no exception.-Hartford Post.
 It is said that Harvard does not weep be
 cause Bates has left college. Clarkso | thinks he can make better pitcher out o | Luce.
 | New Haven citizens were inclined to fee ! sore because Hartford was boasting of it I intentions to have 8 real league team and tn I city arose Eff Hartford can have leagu : team, guess we are large enough to have better one; so therel" And, presto! it wa done. Hartford had been talking big bu ! when it came to question of dollars an cents the public ardor had cooled, and tn Hartford Times, which led the movement, pathetic in its latest appeal to the sleep sports of Sloopville to awake and go dow into thelr pocKet6.-OanDury Press. The Sporting Times and the Sporting Lii both say that this new Atlantic league wi be the strongest minor league ever formed ! New Haven people should feel proud thG } this city will be in such league. t The All Americans and Chicagos, on a tri , to Australia. played in the Sahara desert tt
 other day, in sight of the pyramid. Sever of the players sat on the base of the pyrami 7 while the game was in progress. 3 It is likely that Staley of Pittsburg will , traded for Hecker of the Louisvilles. l The Indianapolis team is now run by tt f ! National league.
 It is said that Wagenhurst will get $1, ,4t t from the New Yorks. Rather a low salar, l The Polo Grounds in New York are beir , | torn down. The New Works will have f play ball somewhere else hereafter. Harvard college is to have new base ba 3 and athletic field superior to any collee campus in the country. The college author ties are very anxious to lay out the field an l l will do so at once, providing the expense wi
 not be too great The new base ball cae will be built on Holmes Field, not more tha