Morning journal and courier., 1890-03-24
AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LADDER.

N BV UNI VE - 1A1s - 0 ASASAssss The season,s work of she Local Polo
 Team shines In Last PIace-Why
 They Are at the Tall End-1he Stand-
 inG-Sporsine News and Gossip.
 Here we are again at the foot of the ladderl And this at the end of the twentieth week of polo and with only two weeks more in which to get out of the present dilemma.
 New Haven played four games last week and out of that number managed to win one. They made the poorest record of any of the teams in the league and are at present ten points behind the old, broken-down New Britain polo team, to say nothing of being behind 'sKelley's Kids" Let the New Haven team stop and think for 6 moment. and then let them explain, if they can, why they have lost ten more games this seasen than they have won. Their percentage is .442 and it should be nearly 500, for the team is cer- tainly good enough to win as many games as they lose. Little criticism, If any, can be given to the players, unless it is the unstead- inees of the rushers Hill and Newcombe do not seem to keep their regular gait, although "Billy" Hills playing in the last two games has been of the s'gilt edge" order. It was pleasure to watch the defense of the home team last Friday night, and what in the world is the reason that they cannot do 1t all the timeq Their percentage last week was .451 and it dropped to .442. But never mind, boys, take a new lease of life, get your old second wind up and see if from now until the season ends you cannot do better. Commence by downing the "Kangaroos" tonight and follow up the good work. The people will be with you as long as you do as you are cspa~ ble of doing. The champions are still in the lead, and the dandy hustling team from the Park City will not have much trouble in dnishing the season in their present position. They crushed the boys from up the river Friday night, and could do 1t again if necessary. How the Hartford cranks must feel when they think that those five remnants who were not good enough to play with the great Tom Cotter and his other pennant winners are the present champions. But then. there no use in reviving old times, but suffice to | say that the champions, as usual, made the best record last week and won three out of the four games played, bringing last weeks 1 percentage of .592 up to an even 500 at pres- | ent. | The Springfield team, after a grand spurt, have at last succumbed to the inevitable, and l those dear Massachusetts boys must wait l championship. They must realize this fact | for they were beaten hands down in Meri l den Saturday night. They played four games
 last week and won two of them, bringing
 last weeks percentage of .564 to .566 at pres
 ent.
 The Hartford team still holds third place
 without much trouble, and unless "Sully' gets another hundred slapped on to hin
 they will probably keep 1t. They played four games last week and won two of them
 bringing last weeks percentage of .481 up te l .4S2 at preset.
 Meridian played fair polo last week, and
 although they dropped in their percentage
 they won both of their home gomes. They
 still lead New Britain, however, and thi'
 fact alone paci6es the Silver City oranks
 Meriden played five games last week ant
 won two of them. bringing their percentag'
 of last week of .462 down to .459 at present
 New Britain passed New Haven last weel
 and are passing close after Meriden. The!
 may pass Meriden, but it would be safe t
 gamble the other way. The Woodchopper
 played three games last week and won tw'
 of them-the home games. Their percent
 age last week was .444, while at present it i l .452.