Morning journal and courier., 1890-01-27
Polo Pointers.

"Newcombe's cannon ball drives"
 Conway is charged with playing dirty polo sgain.
 polo league of wheel clubs.
 The New Haven Flyers defeated the New Haven Reserves ct the local rink Saturday night by . score of to 3.
 The game in Hartford Saturday night between Hartford and Bridgeport was the toughest played there this season.
 Cunningham made goal Saturday night in Meriden in Ave seconds. It was the quickest ever made in the Meriden rink.
 Bridgeport seems to be the only team that Ia winning games away from home. The other teams are hustlinR to win home games.
 Reed played . great game at goal in Ner- iden Saturday night. "Stub's" record for the past two weeks Is way ahead of other aoalsender.s
 ."Billy" Hill is playing about the same game right along. He has played every game this season and polo cranks can find no fault with his work.
 If the report Is true about Jo Reilly going to Springfield, somebody has evidently made . mistake. The game that Lations is playing at present can be beaten by no one.
 "Menard" does not soldier this season the way u0 uIu Aubb uounOns " WeD shOA ~A MA usual sight to see him in . corner hustling for the ball, but at present "Willie," if any- thing, Is doing more than his share.
 Springfield cranks feel pretty sore to think that Bridgeport defeated them in their own rink Saturday night. But, of course, there is an excuse. ...-..
 ''The springnslds lost the game partly on account anc so. seo %Ha
 That's right: let her go at the referee if you don't win.
 Base Hall Budgets. No matter what kind of team Now Ha- ven has this season, they will have to beat Yale in order to draw crowd. t New Haven has signed four men and Nanaesg Burnham expects to have several moro signatures before many days. Terry, the Brooklyn's clever pitcher, says lsyan college, is another phenomenon. Work has begun on the grounds for the Players' league club in New York. The oon- tract will soon be awarded for the grand stand and fence.
 Baseball is at present booming along the Hudson. They are talking of having a league composed of tAe best cities between New York and Albany.
 The Players' National league made @ clever move by agreeing upon . schedule and throwing the question of conflicting dates on tho National league. -'----r.=- Hartford, Worcester and Lowell news. papers are booming the Now England league, but down here In New Haven we say noth- ing. But we know where the foundation is. Everybody ia awaiting an1iously to hear what decision the court will make in the Ward case. It Is only matter of opinion which side will win, but we hope "Johnnie" will don Brooklyn uniform when the season opens.
 From general appearances Louisville will be without catcher next season. Paul Cooke has signed with the Players' league | club of Brooklyn, and Buck Ewing says that his brother and Vaughn will join the P!sy- ers' club of New York.
 | There is considerable talk at present in the National league, whether there will be ten clubs or only eight. The eight clubs chene Is looked at with favor by most of the clubs. They think 1t would be more profit able than the old league.
 LOWELL, Mass., Jan. 26.-Mansgsr Sulli. van has received from Secretary Byrne . blank to All out with application of the New England league for admission to the Nationa agreement. Mr. Sullivan regards this al practically settling in the New England leagues favor the controversy with tht remnant of the Atlantic association. Dc troit's claim 10 Frank Day will be contested before the board of arbitration.
 General sPorsing News.
 Dan Walker, who is training to fight ar unknown in this vicinity, while running near Wsst Rock ,on Saturday severely sprain cd his foot.
 | Sullivan has gone to Boston again for hil little dish of beans. But he keeps his eye aI the calendar on the 10th of February. That is the day he will be a humble as if he was still working on the sand banks in East Bos. ton.
 Jack Dempsey, the greatest fighter ol modern times in his claes, and the hero of fifty battles, is closing his brilliant career . thousaad miles from home and practically penniless. Young pugilists car see what fighters fortune Is. Slavin's sweeping challenge to Sullivan | did not paradise the new world as he thought 1t would. John L. will probably make hil last appearAnoo with Jackson. Slavin will | find plenty of men to make 1t warm for hin without looking for go with Sullivan.
 Peter Jackson will make his first public appearance tonight at the Brooklyn Theatel since his European trip. He will get g, ,0O( for s3arring ono week with Jack Ashton, ,wht
 will get $200 for the same work. There is nt other pugilist in this country, barring Johi L. Sullivan, who could get this amount O
 money for eight performances. Death in WOOAbradGe.