Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 12, 1909, Page 3

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"PHONE 842, STOCKS, BOKDS AND ' GOTTON, Boom 4 - Bill Block §. Correspont JOMN DICKINSON & CO. (Established 199 ) 42 Broadway, New York. | Mombers mw Stock Ex- nge, N. Y., Board of Trade. : A j CURB STOCKS A SPECIALTY. Jan2od "ATTORNEYS AT LAW. EROWN & PERKIS, torneys af Law ower First Nat Sank, Shetucket St Hmirance \ Stairway nex: to Thames N “Tel. 137-8 B & Thi letest and best in bead-dvess. The use of which combined with s Tiittle tact, any lady ean arrange her halr becom- ingly, . Call and eee me, OTTO STABENOW, Prop. ! decid 17 Nroadway. WHBN you want 1o, put your busi- e Che b i fi ealumys LQ;M";:;:{‘ 5 - gl Lebarre - AR in T. A. B. hall Thursday night a crowd of about 200 of the Nerwich gports saw the best of any of the wrestling matches put on in this city, when Jack McGrath, the Irish Giant, met and defeated ¥4 Lebaorre, the Montreal heavyweight, in the main bout of the evening. Two good pre- liminaries with local men in the Ime- light put the crowd on edge for the dig go. The first bout put on was Harry PBrann and Joe Burns of Pittsfleld, two lightweights, in a 16 minutes catch as catch can go. Both boys proved will- ing workers and possessed of plenty ot science, but neither was able to secure 2 fall, and the referee, Kid Wilson, de- clared the bout a draw. Barber and Bartender Go to a Draw. ‘Enthusiasnr ran riot when Jerry Rav- enell, the iron jawed barber, and Fhimmucks MeGarry, the Bowery Kid, and the bartenders’ champion, appear- ed for the next bout, which was also to be for 15 minutes, catch as eatch can. Both were imaking their first public appearance on the mat,and were stripped in regulation form for the fray. Ravenell had about six pounds on MeGarry, 129 to 123. Both men got to business in a jiffy, McGarry forcing the match and slipping in under Jer- ry’s guard, dumped the barber to the mat. Everybody at once started to tell MecGarry what to do with his opponent, directions about toe holds, half-Nelsons and crotch holds showering upon him. | Shimmucks ‘med to his work, and accepted all the advice he could sort out of the din, but Jerry was too husi and couldn’t be kent on the mat, fore. ing his way to his feet in spite of all that McGarry could do. Again MeGarry down his opponent, alter tossing him around the stage, and tried to put on a head hol¢ bull neck tossed it apart of tissue paper. Rig had a fine chance to gain a fall,* Mc- Garry slipping and going to the mat, but Jerry’s speed was miseing and his man_got away. Tn the last few min- utes 'MeGarry stoood the barber on his Gets First Fall—Local Champion Put Up Good Go—McGrath Matched with Indian—French Team| sv. Leads Racers—Other Sports. 4 — league games. Giant finally flopped Lebarre,in 31 minutes, with g cleverly put on scis- sors, which tied up the Frenchman's head and one arm, The same kind of hold gave him the third and winnipg fall in 22 minutes, but only after another hard struggle. McGrath to Meet the Indian. Before the third fall, Jim Barnes ap- peared on the stage and challenged McGrath to meet Chietf Fighting Bear, the Indian agreeing to throw MoGrath twice in an hour,- The wrestlers later met at The Bulletin ‘office and to the match for next Tnesday eve- ning, the winner to take all the gate receipts. ACADEMY BASEBALL. Eight Leagues and Six Exhi Games in the Schedule. Manager Leavenworth of the Acad- emy baseball team has announced the schedule for the season, filling all ‘Wednesday and Saturday dates except two. It will make a full zeason for the team, which Harrison Noves is to cap- tain and Principal Tirrell coach. The schedule looks like one of the best arranged in recent years, having eight leagie game sand six exhibition games, wit htwo dates left which can be filled with exhibition contests. Be- sides their two league games, Bulkeley is down for two exhibition engage- ments. Bacon Academy of Colchester is signed for an exhibition game, and Killingly High of Danielson for two, one early and one late in the season. All the other games in the list are The following are the date: The Schedule. April 24, Saturday—N. F. A. vs. the Windham High, at Willimantle. April 28, Wednesday—N. F. A. vs. Bacon Academy, at Norwich. May 1, aturday—Killingly High, at Norwich. May 5, Wednesday—Westerly High, at Westerly. May 8. Saturday—Morgan school, at head with a coudle of crotch holds, but | May 12, Wednesday—Bulkely, at New the match closed without a fall and | London. Exhibition. was announced a draw. It will take | Norwi another meeting to declde which is May 15, Saturday—Black Hall, at the better of the two. Black Hall. After the match s over, Phil May 19, Wednesday—Bulkeley, at Barnes stated that he would challe Fxhibition. e McG@arry for a_similir match put on as a preliminary at some fu time. Big Match a Bruiser. Norwich. May 22, Saturday—Bulkelay, at New London. May 26, Wednesday—Open date. May 29, Saturday—Morgan school, Clinton. For the big match, McGrath vs. Le- | **yar 31 Monday—Windham High, at barre, which was their second meet- | Norwich. R ing, McGrath having a previous decis- |~ Junpe Friday—Westerly High, at fon over Lebarre, Kid Wilson was an- |‘Woester! 2 ' nounced as referee and Harry Jennings | June 5, Sakurday—Open date. timer. The conditions were best two| June Wednesday—Killingly High, out of three to a finish, catch as catch | at’ Killingly. : can, pin falls to count, strangle hold June Saturday—Bulkely school, barred. at Norwich. Prominent wrestler: were Jim Barnes of Springfleld, mid- dleweight champfon, his protege, Chief Fighting Bear, the Wisconsin Indian, and Bill Collins, the pride of Central Village, Both wrestlers stripped in fine con- dition, Lebarre showing in much bet- ter form than on his previo ance and McGrath was trai the minute. From the start the go was a fierce one, the two powerful wrestlers resorting to every k the trade, roughing it up with vigor at different times and trying to obliter: each other's countenances at different stageg of the game. Claver \'orkfznfl herculean strength ‘were called fop in e ‘bout and both were there with the goods at all time, one after the other breaking out of seeminglyssure holds. Lebarre secured the advantage at the opening by get- ting the first fall in 14 minutes on a wrist hold. The next came to McGrath, but only after a flerce struggle and the senti- ment of the crowd more than once showed that they were thinking Mec- Grath was up against his equal. The t the ringside Central Athletic club to give their ad- vice. the moving spl extended a g sentatives. structed. F. A. Indepndents Have a Game. Captain Donohue has matched his N. F. A. Independent basketball team for a game in New London on Saturday night. They will play the Mohawks and expect to give them a tight rub. AMATEUR LEAGUE. Meeting Tonight in C. A. C. Rooms to Talk Over the Formation of a City League. Th: amateur baseballists of the city who are interested in talking over the formation of a city league will all be on hand tonight in the rooms of the The tral Athletics have been in the plan and have 1 invitation to the baseball teams to send in their repre- In the Aifferent baseball centers of the city meetings have been held. dur- Ing the past week and delegates ink The plan proposed is to have the teams in the league play two COMMERCIAL FINANGIAL AND EXTREME 'DULLNESS. | Market a Neglected and Inert Mass in | the Afterncon. | New York, March 11. ties of the room trad today were | #dded to by the want of responsiveness | in the stock market to any news de- velopments, The room truders A selves gave over their efforts as the | day progressed and I the market a | neglected and inert mass late in the | day. Such a specta rarely witnessed stock exchange. 1t ipposed | that the “ending of the government's suit against the 4 Oil company would revive animation in the market. ers bought a few stocks | late yesterday, expecting to sell higher prices to the buvers whi acted the Standard Oil There was no such realizing sales consequently forced prices downward Acute weakneas developed i the issues, ac p by coming receiverst Serious which might be at be considered a contl T there was no pressure of selling in the | general list of securities, any more | than there had been buying on account | of the Standard Oil - deeision. measure jected for the the Hrie from a threatened ship by advances from was one of the ewrliest ing the revival of s v dence following the panic. failure now to take permanecat the pro- vision then temporarily arranged would present many sugge able purport of demonstmating to recalcitrant bonu- holders the possible consequence of 4 | refusal to assent to the financial plan, | such assent on the of the bomdhold art of 90 per cent. | ) g enjoined by | public service commpission &s = condition of thelr permission of the | plan. The assembling of the confer- ence over anthraci aining wages presented an issue i the solu- | tion is awa’ted. Further reductions in prices of some ducts today and a copper r re still preva- | great industri A few { under the impulse of | si 01 causes; the sugar industrials on ope that import dutles would e lgturbed borough- ' Meirop F ¢ subway | propos: 4 preferred of the record ez becaus: ngs report- ed for I ast vear, and =0 on in a few other cases, Bonds were steady. Total | sales, par value $3,040,000. Unitea @tates bonds wWere unchanged on call. STOCKS. Sales. Hi Low. 38700 Amalgamated Copper .. 5 1489 Am. Car & Fowndry... 48l 160 Do. pfd ... 110 Asg. Cottom 800 Am. I, bid 1000 Am. 3 —— on. 700 American Locometive 5 Do. pid . - 82 % l‘l: 9% 43 193 T wr P4 Brooklyn Rrapld Tra Catiadian ~Pacifie Central Leather .. Do. * ptd g 5 Central of Now Jersey. Chesapeake & Ohio ireat Western 0 Chicago & X. W... 3500 Chicago, M. & 8 200 C. 3 1300 Co 3 Y 1] 100 1 5 Deaver & Rio De. ptd . 4 Psttlers' Becarfies . 200 600 44200 Central s Clty Bouthern { L. S 8w & Tems...... TR B, . Misouri Pacifi Mo. Kan. Do. pfd Nallonal Lead Jem York Centeal w0 ssd | | Pacific Mail Pennsylvania People’s 9% | o Do. pfd | Tennessee Copper Texas & Pacifie ... Toledo, St. L. & Teat.. 00 Do. pla . 00 Unlon Pacifie . Do. pfd .., —— United Statés Tibber —— Do. 1st pfd o g 34100 United States Steel.. 1200 Do. pta “——— Ttah_Copper { 300 Va. Carolina Chy Do, pfa 100 Wabash 600 Do. pra ... 800 Westinghouse Fiects 200 Western Unlon 100 Wheeling & L. Erl 890 Wisconsin Central Ty Teg. [ 204 900 Am. Tel Total saies, 300, ares. New York, March 11.—Money on call easy at 1 1-2@2 per cent.; ruling rate 1 3-4;\last loan 2; closing bid 1 3-4: offered at 2. Thme : L loans inactive: sixty days 2 1-2 per cent. ofieg: ninety days 3 1-2 to 2 3-4 per cent.. six months 8 per cent. 4 COTTON. New York, March 11.—Cotton spot closed quiet, 5 points lower: middling uplands, 9.80; middling gulf, 10.05: sales, 1670 ~bules. Futures closed steady. Clo bids: March 9.47, April 043 - 9.44, June 9.36, July 9.37, August September and Oc- tobér 9.32, November and December i3, January 836 | with perfect score. Scotch, bu., eet. 1b., old, qt.. ia, Ib., o 1b,. 75-90 t, ‘beh, 10 20{Graen Min Cranberrie: 12-20 75 e, 10} Lettuce— Strawberries, Fresh and Salt Meats, Pork_—Native— Loins, {0-15 Vi Hams, 3| Shoulders, 10-11 10-11] 12-12 11 8-9| 9-10| 3 ve— 22-23 1 10-1. Th— 12-14 12-14 1 7 reast, 2 Veal—West s, Loins, Shoulder, Breasts, of— Tenderloin, Porterhouse teak, 2! Sirloin Steak, & Inside Round, 18-20 Shoulder Steak, . Rib Roast, 20-22 Blade Roast,14-15 Rumps— Frosh, 10-14 Corned, 10-14 usage, Tenderloi ~—Lamb—Naf Hindqu'te: Forequ'ter, Loins, Rib Le; Hind, Foren'rters, Loin or Ribs, Tegs, g5, Mutton— Legs, Goslings, Ducks, Roasters, Fryers, Fowl, Guinea: Roasters, pr,$1.50 Broilers, pr, Phil, Turkey: Grocerien. Butter— Granulated, Tub, new, 34 18 ibs. $1 Creamery, 40| Brown, 19 1bs. $1 cese— Gutleaf, 14 1b. §1 Ne: 200 Powdered, Eng.’ Dairy, 25! Powdered, 15 Ib. Sage, 2 $1 Edam, each 95{Molasses— Bpss, Jocal, doz. 30| Porto Rico, gal. 50 Pickles, gailon, 75| N. Orleans, gal. 60 Honey, comb, Vinegar, gal. Sugar— 22|Maple Syrup, 25| _bot 2 Kerosene 0il.13@15 Flah, Halibut, 18@20 Brand, box. 60 Markei Cod, ~ 8|R. Clams, pk. 60 Off 8. Haddock, 10|Round Clams, op. Steak Polinck, 8 Mackerel, 20|Canned Salm: Am. Sardines, 56@15 2 Impt. Sar: . 25|Lobsters— Oysters, qt. 46@30| Live. Eoneless Cod,10@15| Boiled, Shore Haddock, 10|Steak Cod, Sea trout, 1 qt. 35 on, 15 for 25 Red Snappers, 4 13 Red Snapper |Smelts, 15 teak, 15 Smelts, extra 22 Smoked' Salmon, 35 (Perch, 15 Roe Shad, 25| Striped Bass, 20 Diamond Wedge iBnlnilh Mackerel, J Hay, Grain and Feed. No. 1 Wheat, $2.10|Qats, bushel, Bran 0{Cornmeal, Middlings, 65 o[ cwt., $1.50 Straw, cwt 0/Hay, baled, Bread’ Flour, | top, $1.00 $7.20@$7.75| Provender, St. Louls, 3 6.25] cwt., $6|Cottonsed Mea Al cw |Lin. Oil Meal, ——— games a week. M is the best move taken in amateur baseball in this city in a number of years, and deserves to succeed. ye, Corn, bushel, GAME WITH THE LEADERS. Norwich Warriors Out to Down West- erly Duckpin Team Tonight. The Norwich Warriors, under Cap- tain Julian Harris, get after the lead- ers tonight in the duckpin tourney, meeting the Westerly Team No. 1 on the Rose alleys. The game will be called promptly at 6.30 o'clock to let the visitors from Westerly catch their car back. The Norwich rollers expect to send them home a defeated team, and are Jooking to have a big bunch of shouters out to cheer them on in the fray. Frank Gleason is sick and will be missing from the lineup of the War- 1664 195 \riors, but a fast man by the name of Peters will be on in his place and keep the score up to the standard. A win for the Warriors by three stralght will tie them for first place with Westerly No. 1. Strong Jewetc City Svccer Team. Jewett Cirz will come down here with a strong team of Association foot- ball players on Saturday after the sealp of the Mcrwich Soccers in the opening gume of the season. The N wich w1 bLeat them twice and tica them onee lac: year, and thew are after revenge, hovinz dug up some strong players over the winter and added them to the lineup. Manager McIn- tyre's men, however, are not frighten- ed out by fhe reports which have come from the borough, and promise to be there with the goods when the game is called at 3 o'clock at Sachem park. PERFECT SCORES FOR 14. Auto Endurance Run, New York to Bostor—One Fatal Accident. March 11.—Foureen of the automobiles which left New Boston, twefnty York at 6.20 o'clock this morning on the endurance run to Boston for the C er L mpbell trophy, finished on schedule time, 12 hours later, tonight, The tie will not be run off, but the holders of the tro- phy for the coming year wil] be decid- ed by Jot tomorrow night. One gerious accident marred the run, A. W, Wallace was kllled at Fairfield, Conn., by attempting to jump from his carriage, his horse be\‘omlng frighten- ed at the automobiles an running away. Driver Lacroix of car No. 2 was detalned at New Haven on a tech- nical charge to await developments, it being claimed his car was nearest the scene of the accident at the time. A car follow ihe competing auto- mobile sturnc tartle in Marlboro. G. B. Blake of Fosion was painfully bruis- ed. E. it Rucbards and F. E. Spooner, both of New York, were slightly hurt. French Team Leads. ew York, March 11.—AVeragink a fraction over flve miles an hour, Cibot and Orphee, the French competitors, who are leading dn the six day go as vou please race at Madison Square Garden, are gradually increasing the distance between themselves and their nearest rivals, ‘Late tonight the Frecnman had almost a 19 mile lead, and, as they are running in good form, the trainers picked them as likely to win the race, barring aceidents, There is little likelihood now that the record of 770 miles 1 lap,.made in 1902, will be beaten. Oxygen was administered to one of the contestants today with good sults. Dineen, whose game struggle has attracted attention, showed gigns of weakening today, bu¢ after oxygen was administered to him he seemed as= sprightly as at_the beginning of the race. . Corey and Hegelman did some fast work late today and displaced Feegan and Curtis from fifth place. Sprints between. fresh men some- what relieved the monotnoy of the &lnd today and tonight. Pat White, Irish loog Leean ade Round the World for Comiskey. Chicatgo, March 11.—A_despatch to The Record-Herald from San cis- co_says: } . President Charles A. Comlm".m the m will take his baseball team around the world after the season of 1911 is finished. e start will be made from San Francis- co around October 15, 1911. Arrests to Follow Fight. Chester, Pa., March 11.—The fight between Abe Attell and Young Plerce last night at the Olymplc A. C. at Es- sington resulted in warrants being is- sued today for the arrest of the ofie cials of the club by the Delaware county authorities Favorites Rewaird Their Backers. Oakland, Cal., March 11.—Well play- ed horses rewarded their Yollowers at BEmeryville today. Mllford won the two mile race from Nadszu and Logistilla. Semperonium, the heayily supported favorite, was clearly th® best In the seven furlongs event. T Dartmouth 25, Syracuse 22, Syracuse, N. Y., March 11.—In a fast basketball game here tonight, Dar mouth defeated Syracuse university by the score of 25 to 22. The teams al- ternated in the lead throughout the game. Mld-gpmm Football. Annapolis, Md., March 11.—The prac- tically completed schedule of football games for the Midshipmen next season was announced today. The season opens on Wednesday, Oct. 6. Baseball Results Thursday. At Atlanta—Cincinnati Nationals 1, Atlanta Southern 1. N OLD-TIME DISTANCE RUNNERS. Milwaukee Man Says Present-Day Stars Fall Short in Comparison. The numerous Marathcn races whicn are being run all over the United States has started some of the old- timers digging up records and compar- ing walkers and runners of .25 years ago with those of today. There are few mer better qualified to compare these atnletes than Henry O. Messier, one of the old-time pedestrians, now making Milwaukee his home and get- ting out dope on such events. Messier who has walked and run in six-day races In all parts of the United State and Canada during the past 25 years, who says he has covered a distance of over 3,000 miles ca the tanbark track during that time, <efeating most of the vest men In the worid, says that in his opinion the present day runners and walkers do not class with the sprint- ers of the cld school. Hurst Could Beat Them All “I consider Len Hurst, the English- man, who is now in New York,-in a class by himself, and at 15 to 25 miles, or even a Marathon distance, Hurst can defeat such men at Longboat, Do- rando, Hayes, Sidney Hatch and oth- ers easy. At the present time I do noc beijieve that any of the above men, who are looked upon as present day cham- pions, could have defeated such men as George Cartwright of England, the world's champion, at 50 miles, Peter Hegalman, Peter Golden of New York, Tom Howarth of Philadelphia, Gus Guerrere, the Mexican, John Hughee of New York, John Hanrahan of Bos- ton, J. J. Engleman of South Bend, Ind., or Dave Bennett of Canada. I have run against these men in many races and with the exception of Han- rakan I have defeated most of them, and also have met defeat at their hands. I have seen these men run 25 or 50 miles without stopping, not only for one evening, but to keep it up for six days in races of four tu eight or 12 hours dally. “Thirty years ago Norman Taylor, the veteran of the Clvil war, when 50 years old, ran 20 miles In Madison Square Garden, New York, in one hour and 58 minutes. Taylor held the world's record at that fime. He now lives in Minneapolis. While in Chi- cago recently 1 witnessed the Mara- thon race between Dorando and Albert Corey, and while Dorando ran a splen- did race and deserves all the credit that goes to the wimner, he was pretty nearly all in at the finish, and if call- ed upon to run the same distance for six nights in succession. as the old- time pedestrians used to do, Dorando could not have done it. While he has the speed for a sprint race, he has not the build for a long endurance race. such as was in vogre a score of vear: ago. As for this man Corey, he is a very poor type of runnmer, in fact he had no endurance and he seemed to lack the courage that an athlete must have when called upon to test his ability against a trained runner like Dorando. Corey has claimed several recorde, but 1 doubt very much whether he would be able to hold his own against several men I could men- tien. Corey must have known that he could not run the Marathon distance without stepping, and his excuse absut a sprained ankle was a joke. “In the old days the runners were always willing to take a chance, but now the runners want to be guaran- teed evervthing in sight, and have it paid to them before the race, the same as many of the champion boxers. If they have another international Mara- thon race I hope the stars and stripes will be revresented by men who have the courage, ever. if « have not the ablility. I remember that during a six day race of eight hours daily at Man- chester, the week of Feb. 3, 1890, 18 the best runners of this country took part. Cartwright and myself ran 50 miles without a stop tLe first day. Cartwright ran 56 miles in eight hours, and by so doing won first lace. e Rowell’s Great Reocord. " “We must look back to Charley Rowell, the Englishman, who ran 100 miles in 13 hours, 26 minutes and 30 seconds, and 150 miles in 24 hours on Feb, 27, 1882, at Madison Square Gar- der, New York. This remarkable feat was performed on the first day of the six day go as_you please race against such men as Johnny Hughes and oth- ers. Hughes made 168 miles in the first 24 hours, but Rowell managed to lead by a few yards, and therefor holds the record. Both men ran them - selves off their feet in that time and neither won the race, as at the end of the thiré day they were forced to re- tire. George Littlewood of England, who holds the 142 hour record of 623 miles, and James Alberts of Philadel- phia, who holds the American record of 621 miles, have never been touched at such distanc The old-timers used to train from”three to six months. while the present-day athletes train two or three weeks for a contest. Th- records show for this as to the best two runners and it is all in favor of the old-timers.” Baron Wilkes a Great Sire. Baron Wilkes, 2.18, one of the last ot the living sons of George Wilkes and one of the as a sire, will this season be in the stud In Illinois. Few of the stallions which attained great- ness while still young have been jogged around in their old age as Baron Wilkes has. Foaled in Kentucky- this son of Georga Wilkes raced to a fast record early and then with good op- portuntles in the stud juinped almost at once into fromt rank of great sires. Later on he was bought for a big price by a New England breeder. who-after giving him a harem of high-class mares for a few years lost enthusiasm and then for a long period the hor: bad nething lite the epportuntities & AT ALL greatuess justified. Finally a Missouri breeder bought Baron Wilkes and took him west. The change secemed to do the horse good, and he made a big sea. son for a horse so advanced in age. Last year he was sold to a Kansas breeder, who kept him in the Sun- flower state, and recently he changed hands again, his new owner sending him {o Illinois. He is now 27 years old, but rugged and vigorous and bids fair to sire at leagt another ¢ of {lfllll to swell his al dy notable fam- y. FANS WANT TIGHT GAMES. Batting Bees Get Wearisome—Every- body Stays When the Score is Close. Just why this hullabaloo about the falling off in batting should be made so much of is a mystery. The ery has been taken up all over the country (orj an increass in stick work. We are told | that pitchers hold the whip band and the poor batters are compelled to eat out of their hands, says a Cleveland writer. While it is true that the “spit” ball and foul strike rule have helped the pitchers, still they have had that most commendable result of short- ening the games, greatly to the delight of the players and fans alike. The p'ayers scon tire of a merry go round baseball game, one in which there is an abundance of hitting. If a team piles up 17 or 18 hits and some 10 ar 11 runs In seven [nnings the men are so near dead from running that in the remalning two innings they make no effort to get on bases, belng well satis. fied to be retired in order. What is true of the players is also true of the fans. They become Jdisgusted when one teams makes a runaway race of a game. They would much prefer to have hits and runs about evenly divided so that it would be a real contest. In a one- sided geme when one team has the bulge on the other by some seven or eight rung and is doing all the batting it is safe to =say that between 40 and 50 per cent. of the fans will depart for home before the sixth inning has start- ed. In a closely contested game, one of ‘%he kind v'heie the home team has the ther fellows on the hip b{ alto0 score, or vice versa, the chances are that not 1 per cent. of the fans will even leave their seats until the last Man has been retired. Of course if both teams are batting and the game is close, the attention of the fans will be held, but in this instance more of the baseball patrons will leave the stands before the game is over than if a nerve-racking 1 (o 0 or 2 to 1 con- test was on the boards. Al! of which brings us to the point of whether or not the baseball public really wants more batting or if it is only the hue and cry of the sporting writers. It looks as if the latter is the case, as seldom indeed does one hear a real fan yell for more batting. He is satisfled if there Is a little batting on both sides. He wants to see a real contest. no mat- ter which team may be the victor. CHAMPION EATERS. Three Fat Men Get Away with 676 Oysters and 22 Pounds of Steak. Three members of the Manhattan Fat Men's club who are in tralning for the forthcoming annual cham- pionship eating contest met Sunday at 244 East Third street to settle a pri- vate wager of $50 as to which of the trio could get outside of the most food. Here is what they consumed: Fx-Alderman Frank J. Dotzler, who weighs 880 pounds: 275 oysters, 8 1-8 pounds of stea, 12 rolls, 11 cups of coffee, three large pies. % Jack Gossman, who weighs 315 pounds: 219 oysters, 6 pounds of steak, 9 rolls, 10 cups of coffee, 3 large pies. Jack Probst, who weighs 320 pounls: 190 oyster, 12 pounds of steak, 10 rolls, ¢ cups of coffee, 4 large ples. Peter Balvado, the referee, awarded the $50 to Dotzler, who had hard work pushing the money into his vest pock- et. A dozen other members of the club, who were present as watchers, got so interested in the contest that their mouths opened and shut automatically as the trio ate. Finally they all be- gan to howl for some food them- gelves, = “It’s all gone,” saild Balvado. With joud cries the twelve rushed out to a restaurant.—New York World. SPORTING NOTES. Red Waller is a favorite new comer with the New York Nattonals. | Gardner and Wilson will leave New | York with the Americans at once. Maiinger Fred Winkler of Holyoks talks a trade of Kid McAndrew, the Holyoke captain and third baseman, ! for Kig Sherwood of New Haven. Tom Fleming, once with Hartford in the Eastern league, and a few years ago manager of the Holycke tean, will | manage the Lowell cldb of the New Engiand league this season, Umpire Rorty says that he has not made any definite plants for the sea- son. He has not fully recovered from | his injury, but thinks he will be all right when the season opens. Howard Earl, scout for Pittsburg, saw Wadleigh work down south last season and he says there is no catcher in the Connecticut league that his anything on him. gh will | behind the bat for Hartfurd this sea- son. Jack Hess says he will quit ball rather than go to Nashville. H wes covered up €0 many times by Dan O'Nell that he thinks something is wrong if he cannot play in Springfield. ares he will not go b Paddy O'Conior left. Win r Locks vesterday to juin (he Pittsbures on their trip to their training camp ut Hot Springs, Adk. His salary has been inereaged $300, and he will be the first assistant to Gibson, the main catcher for the Pirates. Gotch Will Mest Hackenschmidt. l';r"nk Gotch, the ugn‘:mlon heavy- welight wrestler, and rge Hacke: schmidt, the Russian . ed the terms of a Melbourne syndicate to wrestle for the world's championship in Melbourne Australla, Nevembar & ner’ | ALL STYLES, WEAVES « CUT PRICES 164 Main Stree TIMES. H : with Noewich H Circulating Library ; —-‘mJ HOLYOKE HOLDOUTS. New Men on Roster Want More Money —Best of Stars Have Signed. For the past six years that Holyoke has had a baseball club, there has been a holdout club among the players about this time each year and this year has proved to be no exception. It is purely a business matter for the players to write on, asking for more money, and when this not given to them, they report the same as ever, completely forgetting their complaints. All of the best of the old players have sent back their signed contracts, but there are still a few more of the “sec- ond raters” who, instead of sending their contracts sent pathetic notes telling how much they need the money. . The players have all been notified that they will have to report for April 7, and for the first few days the new comers will be drifting in. while the old timers are sure to be at least two days late. To date about 15 sign. ed contracts have been returned, and about nine more are expected. Owner Winkler has been having a great deal of difficulty In procuring exhibition games. The opening game will be against the Brooklyn yal Giants on April 10. Montreal was slated for the 13th ard 14th but as the Eastern league opening has been set for the 15th it is hardly ble that Manager Casey will bring his men here. Pop Anson, the Chicage veteran was to give the Holyoke clud two dates. but changed his mind and gave Springfleld and Worcester the dates. The management is accordingly busy trying to fill in for these dates. TRAINING CAMP NOTES. : Connie Mack's Many Candidates—AN Look FIt. Connie Mack has 0 many new ean- didates for the Philadelphia Athletios that Topsy Harts:i suggested the fifty- "t:mln varieties should be tagged for & while. Plank, Murphy and Vickers appeas to be lighter than they were last fall, and as it they had been trained to the hour for a prize fight. ‘Harteel, Nicholls and Strunk are the only ones who appear to ba overweight. Fach has taken on some flesh since last fall, but at that neither has more than perhaps ten pounds to take off. Bender looks more robust and hetter than he has looked in five years. Un- less his looks belie him, this ought to | be a great year for Chlef. Thomas has the appearance of a man who has taken extra good care to keep himself in perfect shape physically this winter. With the Phillies. | Kid Gleason's Colts are making tf§e regulars go some to beat them. In a game between the Yannigans and the regulars, Hansford led with a homer and tweo singles. Gleason and Jacklitsch led for the Yanigans in swinging the big stick, each getting two clean singles. Buster Brown be. gan pitening for the Yanigans, and after he had twirled three Innings and had -‘eht hits scored against him he was relieved by Coveleski, who 4fd not fare any better during his stay of foue innings, he having seven runs scored against him. Van Dyke pitched the last inning and retired the side with- out a score. ART NICHOLS A HEADLINER. the Opening of the on. s Limbering Up for S Willimantic's famous quartette of ball tossers, Art Nichols, Mike Sulli- vau, Mon Peloquin and Jamesie Nich- ols, are book: solld for the comlnfl season, and it is a pipe that they wil all be headiiners by the time the first payday arrives, if self confidence amounts to anything. Art Nichols, the dean of the Thread City tossers, has been in professional harness for the past sixteen i”” and in his time has played all of the dig towns. He will hook up again with the Naugatuck valley romancer's Water- bury team. ‘A bit of money is due Art vork 1 season and when w angel ‘utn up his spondulix Art exp check for the amount due. Nichois has had a chem- istry position in the dyehouse of the tl!r?ltrcomplny all winter and h» says i that if Harry Durant wants any local { color he can come to him, as it won't | be mecessary to take a trip to Spain. Art chaperoned several rod .and n parties this winter and the exercise { put him In prime condition | WRESTLING. | Chic Lawson Has Practioally Accepted { the Terms of Hendek. Chic Lawson of Naugatuek, cham- | pion featherweight wrestler of the | United States, has accepted the chal- | lenge of Young Hendek of Williman- tic for a wrestling match, but he wants the match to take pl ‘before the club making the best ¥ offer, and_he makes several other conditions. The officers of the Windham athletie club, who are backing Hendek, are agree- able to all the conditions named hy | Lawson’s manager, except that thev want the match to take place in Wil- limantic they have sugwested Monday evening. March 22. as the best time for the contest. If Lawson and his manager agree to this there will he a wrestling match: if not, all negotiations will probahly be called off.—Waterbury Democrat Klobedanz Signs With Waterbury. Fred Klobedanz, well known as ome of the best southpaw pitchets the game ever produced, has signed with Waterbury of the Connecticut league. It was in Waterbury that Kloby b gan his baseball experiences and there he hopes to remain unt!! his baseball days are over. With Kloby when he broke into the professional game, wasx George LaChance, afterwards famous ag first sacker of the world's cham- plon Boston Americans, Kioby plved with Boston for a while last season. Hoffman Gees South. Tzzy Hoffman will not miss his an- nual training trip to the sunny south- land, even if he s not on the roster of any big league club. Connle Mack has taken the former Holvoker with him New Orleans, where the Ath- Siack mes letics will spend a month in Hoffman has accompanied south for several seasons.