Morning journal and courier., 1890-03-31

Polo Pointers.

Only one game tonight.
The polo season has been q little too long.
Connors has become q favorite ss q referee.
What snap Hartford had Saturday night
The Springfelds play their last game here
to night.
The game here on Friday night will be q
game for blood.
field games easily.
Frazier is shifting around considerable on
the Bridgeport team.
Reed had sixteen stops and fourteen goals.
What was tho matter, Stubi
Other games tomorrow night: Hartford at
Meriden, and New Britain at Bridgeport.
Best, the Bridgeport photographer, has
taken an excellent picture of the champions.
Newcombe seems to be content with SIM
ply passing the ball. He does not try to
juggle 1t an inch.
Here is your last chance to get out of last
place, boys. Three games out of four this
week will do 1t nicely.
Aeriden will end the season satisfied, even
If they did not win the championship. The
"woodchoppers" are behind them.
There IL no truth whatever In the report
that Ed Porter defeated Connors In . boat
Aaoo oh AoAo w AAsa0ys AAO "hO1o 9boIy u
. fake.
The local team will play In Springfield to-
morrow night and IL New Haven cannot
down that misfit polo team they are certainly
no good.
Broken skates are q rare occurrence this
season. Last year when time was called,
while they were being repaired they broke
quite frequently.
Saturday nights games: At Hartford.
Hartford IA, New Haven 8; at Meriden,
Meriden 9. Bridgeport Q; at New Britain,
New Britain 10, Springfield g
Properly handled the Neridens could be
made championship winners.-Springfel
Union. Who could handle them any better
than they are being handled nows
Manager Kelley had a sweet revenge in
his team win before an audience that has al
ways insulted him whenever he refereed Q
game in that city.
In no year since Bridgeport had team in
the polo league, has the attendance equalled
this season. There has been but one really
small crowd since the race commenced;
while in several games the rink has been
packed full.-BridgepoYt Post.
A team calling themselves tho Spring6elds
will finish out the season. The Springfelds
without Murray and Canavan are very much
left out. Murray and Canavan are the only
players on the team who have clean record
| Of honest, - faithful endeavor in every game
played.-Springfeld Union. Whewi What
does 1t meant 1t may be all right to roast q
team like this. but no other paper would
good steady POLO they have put up during
the past season.
| Base Ball Gossip.
Cahill will not report until juno 10.
The Association has adopted the Spaldine
ball.
Amherst will play in Hartford on Thurs
day and here on Friday.
President Hewitt of Washington believes
tho Atlantic association will have prosper
Gus season.
A committee of three will meet at tn,
Tontine to-day and finish up the business o.
the association.
:. Hornsr says If he IL not signed by Tuesds,
that he will lsave the city. Jack II quit.
sore and is evidently being used it'll,
rough.
All of the local players will probably 70
port to-day OF tomorrow. Tuesday after
noon, the weather permitting, will find mos
of the men chasing tho bali around at th,
Howard avenue grounds.
A young catcher named Thomas +. GUM.
ness was in the city Saturday. Pits sent
him here from Brooklyn to see If Manage,
Burnham would give him q trial, but oul
genial manager being out Of town he could
not see him and Guinness went home.
Judging by the game that Yale played or
Saturday the New Haven team will have t
play pretty smooth ball In order to down til,
collegians. These two teams will play theil
frst game on the Howard avenue grounds Of
Saturday, April 10. It will be worth goine
q long way to see.
The schedule prepared by Managers Burn
ham, Lang, Barnie and Trott calls for l2(
Each club will make four trips and 5la,
three games each, on the first and two ps,ne'
on the successive trips. The season openl
SATURDAY, Hprli H. 4@. Ia
'.That tir4 a feeliagl IL entirely overi IA
BY Hoods StrsaQagiHe, which gives feeIinc
| q buoyancy Ind strength to the wh0.e>xys