Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-01-28


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Polo Pointers.
Meriden was not in it last night.
Newcombe is playing wonderful polo.
Games this evening: Neriden at New Brit
ain.
New Britain has not played in Hartford in
five weeks.
Hill will never play the game as a rusher
that he did at centre.
Bridgeport's string of victories were brok-
en- Saturday night in Hartford.
The game last night in Bridgeport had the
least number of goals of any game so far
this season.
Bridgeport won II out of the last 16 games
played, and % out of the laat 50. Truly
great record.
New Haven doesn't play again until Fri
day night when they will have the cham
pions again for their opponents.
Connor's 1ay-off does not seem to help
Now Haven any. It looks though there
was some trouble in the acknowledgement
Post
Perry's play this season is q decided Inn
provement over his last seasons form. No
body supposed he possessed such speed as he
showed last Thursday night.
New Haven should be able to put In some
good practice between now and Friday night.
Practice makes perfect and such team as
New Haven has should be among the leaders.
Dan Canary, the famous trick bieycliet,
gave an exhibition before the game in
Springfield last night. Dan would prove a
strong drawing card here in this rink.
Hartford instead of playing in Bridgeport
tonight played there last night This was
done in order to benefit Manager Bancroft,
so he intends to have Bridgeport and Spring.
field play two exhibition games, one in Paw
tucket tonight and one in New Bedford to.
morrow night.
other Games Last Evening.
SPRINGFIELD, Jan. 27.-The game here to-
night with New Britain was q hot one, and
was finally won by the home team by a score
of 3 90.
BRIDGEPORT, Jan. 27.-Bridgeport won
the closest game of the season here tonight
from Hartford by score Of too.
Base Bali Budgets.
Manager Burnham will probably sign Cahill
in day or 30.
All the ball players that visit Denver
praise it as being great base ball town.
The release of 9urkett has been sold to In
dianspolis for 81 600. Burkstt is to receive
$4,000.
There will probably be only q one league
In the South this season. Base ball has be-
come dead in that part of the United States. |
Won der Abe says he wants to sell out the
st. Louis club and that he 10 disguised with |
the whole business. The willy Chris will not |
loose anything by the operation.
The Cleveland National league officials say
that the sale of season tickets to their games |
has been greater up to date than at any time |
In the history of local base ball.
Director Conant, of the Boston league club |
says that eve will have the best team that |
ever went into a ball field" Perhaps you |
will Mr.. Conant, then again, more likely You |
won't.
Base ball does not pay on the Pacific slope
az 1t used to. The st. Louis club on it's last |
trip there, did not make any money, but the |
play ers said that they enjoyed themselves
thoroughly.
Tomorrow night the differences between
the Atlantic association and the New Eng
land league will be settled. Then we will
probably know which is the strongest, eight
clubs or three.
when Bates pitched for Harvard. II
claimed that he could outpitch Stage, but he
Is not the ball player that Stagg is" says
0onn ClaIkson, "Stagg is great ball player,
The countenanoe of Secretary Hart of Bos-
toms Players club became fairly radiant yes.
terdsy afternoon as he read the following dis.
patch from Charley Bennett: ~ am with
you. VIII write you from Detroit"
The magnates of the National league saw
That the Brotherhood will probably last I'M
~ the fourth of July, not any later anyhow.
They will change their minds before that
lime If we are not greatly mistaken.
The Cleveland Brotherhood club have
'igned old Pete Browning of the Louisville
club. A great many people think that Pete
mas seen his best day, but Pete says that he
VIII line them out as he did in days of old.
Manager Powers of the Rochester, is a
,ustler He has already signed ten men for
MS Rochester team. He had quite a strug-
yle to get Harry Lyons, az there were several
Hubs who wanted him. Cincinnati particu.
afly.
Mat Kilroy, in letter to Secretary Hart
y the Boston players club, yesterday, SAYS
hat Manager Barnie has offered him salary
# $1,000, with 81, 500 in advance, to jump
lis Boston contract, to which he replied: 81
I'M no Tucker.
In securing the service of shortstop Lang,
II the Kansas City team, the Boston National ]
eague club made undoubtedly the best catch ,
# the season. Probably no other PLAYER !,
ver received such praise as Lang got from
he Kansas City newspapers, when he left
hat city.
Manager Barnie has signed Sam Shaw of ,
asst years Burlington, Iowa, team. The ,
layer is promising young pitcher, and was
With the Orioles for q part of the season of
1888. Since then he has been with the
tewarks, and lately with the Burlingtors.
lis home is Baltimore.
If the attempt to place club in Brockton
oes not succeed, there will be club in the
lew England league from Salem. There are
eople In that city who are sure that club
here would be success. They say that :
alem lie good ball city, and by all means
9 good as several clubs In the New England
sague.
Treasurer Pierce of the Worcester club
avs that the New England league is not In
he antagQnistic to the Atlantic association.
As far as am concerned, wish it success.
ii we object to is being drawn into anv
,heme against our will, and we do not bro,
ose to be drawn In; but We wish they would
ave us alone"
Scott Stratton the clever young pitcher Of
10 Louisville club, run Monday morning.
e eloped with Miss Bessie Anderson.
oung lady of Spencer county. After driy-
g all night in buggy they reached Louis.
llle in the morning, and crossing the river to
fEosrr< L.
in before breakfast.
Clarkson, the pitcher of the Boston leaonnes +
me, lie takings easy with the Harvard cam
dates, and is getting them into form. After
10 nid-year examinations he will haya1
large OF Harry Bates and Downer. he "a.
sionally takes a hand Of pitching to thef
tcher.. Thus faf, Rowland has been DOL