Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 15, 1909, Page 3

very “Thames Loan & Trust Co. Building. B.P. nfinfi, Agency Established 1846. OCtIZMWEF is when you will find us, been known to Jet a you place your Insurance matters in ALWAYS ON THE MINUTE our hands, you can set worry aside. ‘We represent lowest. ISAAC S. JONES, insurance Agt. Richards Building, 91 Main Street declddaw N. TARRANT & GO., INSURANCE 117 MAIN STREET. Fire, Accident, Health, lla'lllly. Plate Glass and’ Steam Boiler . Norwich Unlon Fire Insurance Society, Western Assurance U 8, Assots §2,750,422.10 e, Assota $2,397, “feclld have never lley lapse, If first-class _companies | only, and our rates are as low as the | * weRE THERE WITH SOME BiG SCIRES In “TTRIKE & WERE As THICK tas ncered /AT Foraes. “wesTEALY The Westerly letter carriers’ duckpin team handed the Norwich representa- tives of the mall service a proper beat- ing on Tuesday evening at the Rose alleys, copping out three straight strings and finishing 111 ahead on total pinfall. After the match Dave Ben- dett said that he would challenge the winners on behalf of the Mohican duckpin five of this city. He would like to hear from ¢hiem as soon as pos- sible. Counthan’s single of 92 and total of 239 made him high man on the Nor- wich team, but three of the Westerly mailmen beat this out with ease. Mc- Guire's total of 273 was high for the match and he also got the high single with an even century. In the Westerly five was also included-the champion low score of the evening, made by Flynn with a single of 59 and three- string total of 204, which just shut Brown of Norwich out by one pin from ringing up the consolation tally, Norwich made its best bid in the third string of the match by putting - a mark of 392, but Westerly met THE OFFICE OF WM. F. BILL [55," 57507 second beat score of the Real Estate and Fire Insurance, 1s Jocated in Somers’ Block, over C. M. Willlams, Room 9, third floor. febl3a ‘Telephone 147. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. TAMOS A. BROWNING, Atterney-at-Law, 8 Richards Blag "FQome 205. BROWN & PERKINS, Attorneys-at-Law ever First Nat. “J:Li Bank, Shetucket St. ntrance pext to Thame$ Nat. Bank pen Monday and Sat- oct29d Dr. Rush W. Kimball has removed his office to Broadway, Wauregan. Block 2to4ani7to8 p'm Sun- da; g to 4 p. m. Telephone 45. Do It Now Have that old-fashioned, unsanitary plumbing replaced by new and mod- ern open plumbing. It will repay you in the increase of health and saving of doctor’s bills, Overhauling and re- fitting thoroughly done. Let me give you a figure for replacing all the old %l-bmx with the modern kind that outs the sewer gas. The work will be first-class and the price reasonable. % sugltd 67 West Main Street. | J. E. TOMPKINS, CHIROPODY and MANICURE Treatment of Corns P 2 speclalty. Halgpdressing and Shampooing, Puffs, Switches and Pompadours made from your own combings. Chapman B, > o MRS. B. BURTON, Broadway. Headquarters for Best Al THE PLANK Lagers, Eto, in Town. JAMES O'CONNELL, Propristor. Telephone 507. No Building in Norwich will ever be too large for us to bufld, All for th we ask is an opportunity to bld Job. Competition is keen and compels close figuring, but years of experfence h; taught us the way to figure close and do first-class work. C. M. WILLIAMS, General Contractor and Builder, "Phone 370. 218 MAIN STREET. may27d ——OPEN— Del-Hoff Cafe Business Men's Lunch a specialty. * Also Regular Dinner, fifty cents. iy%a HAYES BROS, Props. : Dominick & Dominick Members of the New York Stook ¢ 3 i Bonds and Migh Erade Investments Orders executed in 8tocks and Bonds, Grain and Cotton, Broadway tetestone so1 RANK 0. MOSES. Mgr. | | | | wvening, going 15 over the 400, which swamped the chance which the local boys had of pulling out one string. The scores: Westerly Letter Carriers. St. Onge . 94— 258 McGuire 100— 273 e . "BRAGEED THE NoCAL JEAVEWWITH EASE LasT NIGHT. ' ¢ ’ SE -AST L FIoH STRINGS ON YHEe 3iDE, 78 . 65— 236 99 80— 262 302 425 415 1232 Heath O'Neil Brown . O'Sullivan 82 76— 232 Counihan ees 81 92— 239 368 355 398 1121 / While the Letter Carriers’ * match was on Allie Murphy and Julian Har- ris lined up for a game. It was nip and tuck all the way, Harris coming under the wire with 129 to his credic, wrich looked good for the game. But Murphy was yet to be heard from and he made good with a margin of just one more pin than Harris had toppled over, New Model in Duckpins. Manager Stone has secured a set of a new make of duckpins for a tryout at the Rose alleys. He will put them into use the latter part of the week. They are shaped more nearly on the model of a big pin than the kind of ducks | that are generally used on alleys now. Bowl in New Haven Tonight. C. Leroy Hill and Allie Murphy, the two bowlers who are to represent Nor- WINDOW DRESSING Suggested by Sudden Activity of Not Usually Prominent Stocks. New York, Dec. 14—The stock mar- ket today was still characterized by the wide movements in stocks not usually prominent in the dealings, The sudden awakening into actlvity of these at advancing prices was accompanied in .some cases by “deal” rumors and in other cases had no other apparent cause than the purpose of market backers to adjust the price level to conform to earlier movements at other points in the list. Many of these move- ments carried with them a suggestion of window dressing purposes in prepa- ration for the period of the year when current market quotations appear in balance sheefs and ‘annual reports to mark the valuation of investments. Here and there were slight signs of reinvestment demand, in anticipation of the profits to be available for use after the first of the year. At other points were the effects of palpable ef- forts to stimulate the work of this reinvestment demand, which sometimes makes its appearance at this time of vear, which has been disappointingly scanty this year. In the bond market, where it is usually most marked, it has made no perceptible impression at all, the demand for bonds continuing inert up to_this time. Such signs of investment buying as were seen today were in some of the high grade rail- road stocks. The speculative move- ment today was halting and irregular. The active strength of the first hour med to be taken advantage of to effect some distribution of stocks and the tone was drooping thereafter, The action of Reading was of large sym- pathetic effect in this result. That stock, after early strength, sold off on reports that the meeting of directors to act on the dividend would be held tomorrow. ‘The rumops -persisted of an intended increase at! that time. The speculation was less impressed with 50 imminent a prospect than with the similar_rumors of a projected increase in the Southern Pacific dividend to be acted on in January. Attention was attracted by & report that the United octeq | States Steel corporation will assign preferred stock for subscription to gm- ployes this year in pursuance of the profit sharing plan, Instead of common stock, for which the employes were al- lowed to subscribe at 50 last January, with satisfactory results in the years movement of the stock. There is a feéling in stock market circles that the pendency of the American Tobacco case decision by the supreme court at ‘Washington will prove a drag on spec- ulative enthusiasm. Preparations for enforcement of the corporation tax and the incidents of publicity involved in the process are a cause of disquiet to corporations. Adroft use is being made of the speculation of the varying ru- mors of the merger of the so—called Guggenheim copper propertles. Official details were still lacking today. In- terest rates for sixty days’ and six months’ loans were lower today, with increasinig offering and lessened de- mand. - Call loans again touched five per cent/, although heavy disburse- ments for tomorrow, including the Standard Ofl dividend, aid not seem to affect the market. Bonds were irregu- lar. Total sales, par value, $3,522,000. United States twos advanced 1-8 per cent, on call. STOCKS. .. . 300 Allls Chalmers Co. g 15% 200 Do. ptd ... 53% _33% 53% 12000 Amal. Copper % % % 890Am. Ag. Chem. 40;2 6 “ 700 Am. Beet 4T AT% AT 500 Do. ptd . 0% o 900 Am. Can. % 1% s 800 Do. 8% 8¢ 84! 400 Am. 128 T34 7l 600 Am. % 69 L3 200 Am. H. I3 8 8 200 De. ptd ey “% 6% 400 Am. % %’ 5 200 Am. 1% 81 1 100 Do. 200 Am. 180 Do. 19400 Am. 600 De. 506 e, 00 Am: 1800 Am. 200 Am. ' 500 Am. 300 Do. * 23509 Anacends 431 228 R R o Chem . al_Flectile 2800 Great North pfa 000 Do. etfs. i 200 Do. ptd ... 600 Internationai Paper 100 Internatioual Pump 200 Towa. . 0. & ik & Western 26800 Rock pd Jeland 'Co. 2600 Do. pfd .. 1000 Wabash Uhion " 200 Wheeling & L. Erle. Total sales, 791,705 shares. MONEY. New York, Dec. 14.—Money on call firm at 4 3-4@5 per cent.; ruling rate 4 7-8; last loan &; closing bid 4; offered ar 4 1-4. iTme loans weaker; sixty days 4 1-2@4 3-4 per cent.; ninety days 4 1-2 per cent.; six months 4 1-4 @4 1-2 per cent. £ COTTON. New York, Dec. 14—Cotton spot closed quiet, 10 points lower; middling uplands, 15.10; middling gulf, 15.35; no sales. Futures closed steady. Closing bids: December 14.82, January 14.94, February 16.10, March 16.27, April 15.38, May 15.57, June 15.47, July 15.60, Au- fifi 15.85, September 14.04, October CHICAGD GRAIN MARKET. High Low. W% g 113 2 IR L0y 1% 9 15-18 6t 6% 5% 6% 6 Es 6% 65% 651118 - % 45 1 4 « winning finish e final games h next Tuesday. e P ROBINSON’S VOTE TO BREAK DEADLOCK Between Ward and Heydler—Hanlon Mentioned as Compromise Candidate. New York, Dec. 1 matters alone were disposed by the board of directors of the National League of Professional Baseball clubs, which convened here today, consequently the all-important matter of electing a president will not be taken up until tomorrow. £ The situation apparently is dead- Jocked, with John M. Ward command- ing the votes of the New York, Brook- lyn, Chicago and Philadelphia clubs, and J. A. Heydler, the present presi- dent, receives the support of the Cin- cinnati, St. Louls, Pittsburg and Bos- ton clubs. Stanley Robison of St. Louis holds the deciding vote, but has not yet decided for whom he will cast it. - Might Be Ned Hanlon. Baseball men on the ground believe that the National league magnates, if Heydler and Ward have each four votes, will look around for a compro- mise candidate and that the man who has the best chance of bein gelected in this contingency is New Hanlon, former owner of the Baltimores. The National commission will hold another meeting tomorrow morning. No important trades between major league clubs have as yet been negotiat- ed. It seems to be an assured fact, however, that the New York Ameri- cans will get Catcher Criger from St. Louis, and that Norman Elberfeld, the New York Americans’ shortstop, will be sold to Washington. . The Baseball Writers’ association of America held an informal meeting to- day and decided that it was unneces- sary for them to indorse John Heydler for the National. leagne presidency, feeling sure that the club owners were :ware of how they stood in the mat- er, Censures Sign Tipping Bureau. The American league's meeting to- morrow is_called for two o'clock and President Johnson says his organiza- tion will be all through with its affairs by 5 p. m. The directors, who con- cluded ' their deliberations today, dis- missed the charges that the New York team had maintained & bureau to dis- close the signals and signs used by opponents. In dismissing the charges, however, the board resolved- that any manager or official found gullt yof op- erating a sign tipping bureau shall be red from baseball for al ltime. This otion was carried unanimously. The pennant of the National ledgue was officially awarded to the Pittsburg club today. The directors of the American league held a meeting in order to lay out the general business of the leaguc meeting tomorrow. The directors awarded the pennant of the league to the Detrdit team. LANGORD BUILT N FOR ME TO LICK. So Says Kaufman—Would Get Sam Aft:r Two or Three Rounds. “Sam Langford was builtifor me to lick,” says Al Kaufman, the Salifornia heavy weight, who s desirous of hook- ing up with any man in his class. “He' has a short reach and is wide open. All he has is a wallop. “If 1 should agree to fight him, T'd stand his off and call him with a straight left every time he came at me, No fighter in the game has a stiffer, harder straight left than I have. As my reach is about six inches longer than his, I would hold hom off with the left on the chin until he blew up, then nail him a few with the right. “Jeannette, the other negro, proved that this is the rigth way to lick Lang- ford when he made him quit in three rounds in New York. Langford claimed that he had broken his hand, but the ringside fans said that he quiet because Jeapnette had his unmber. “Langford is a demon for about three rounds, but he is getting to be an old man now (Langford is only 23) and if he fails to get his man in two or three rounds he shuts up like a jackknife. “I have a longer reach and a stiffer straight left than Jeannette, and T can hit harder with my right, ang-if Jean- nette could make Langford quit in three rounds I can’t possibly see how he could stay six with me. “Then, too, am much stronger than Jeannette, and if Langford should man- age to nail me one or two in the early rounds I could take them and come back for more. ‘Philadelphia fight fans saw how Langford blows up after a few rounds when he fought Al Kubiak there. For about four rounds the things he did te the man from Michigan were a shame. Then he slowed up and in the sixth Kubiak nearly had him out, though Kublak never was a bear among the first raters.” WRESTLERS INVADE CUBA. Troupe Which McGrath Turned Down —All Nations Represented. at troupe of heavyweight wrest- which Jack McGrath of this city chance of joining on an invasion uba has got under way. Hjalmar Lundin of Hartford, the Swedish wrestler, is one of the party and de- scribes the trip in a letter to a Wa- terbury exchange. He says: “It is a_ Graeco-Roman tournament and I think I have a good show to be in the finals and get some of the 45,000 francs, the prize money. “The tournament beings tonight (De- cember 9), but I will arrive there be- fore my turn is called. The last en- tries will give an idea of the nation. | ality of the men and their weight, and they are as follows: Madsen, Dane, 102 kilos; Lundin, Swede, 115 kilos; Jacobson, Norweglan, 104 kilos; Stro- bant; Belgian, 90 kilos; Perelli, Italian, 102 kilos: Johnson, American, 101 ki- los; Cordarelli, Turk, 120 kilos. Four- teen others have already reached Ha- vana. The tournament is one of a series of international matches .that’ have been arranged. It is to be a sort of continuous affair, with wrestlers golng from place to place, some drop- ing out and others entering. All wrestlers are entered in the same clsu and each man will meet every other man on the list. The meet will b a long one.” A kilo Is equal to 2 1-5 pounds so that it can be seen there are some big men in the list given above. Zbysco vs. Doc Roller. Kansas City. Mo, Dec. 14—Dr. H. F. Roller of Seattle and Zbysco, the Polish wrestler, were matched last night to wrestle here December 30. Zbyszco agreed to throw Roller twice in an hour and a half or forfeit the purse, which will be 60 per cent. of the gross receipts. Roller is the last obstruction . in the Pole’s path to a mateh with Frank Gotch. Deshler and Bronson Drav:. Boston, Dec. 14—Dave -Deshler of Cambridge was awarded a draw in his match with Ray Bronson ef In- dianapolis at the conclusion of twelve rounds of hard milling at the Armory A, A. tonight. To many spectatirs Bronson seemed to have the better of the fight . much of the time. Crew Man Elected Football Captain: Ithaca, N. Y., Dec. 14—Ly D. Simp- son was elected cantain of the 1910 Cornel) football team tonight. Simp- son also is a crew man. He is of the 1911 class in ‘mechanical -~ of mmflgl defense for a. greater variety of ta, | that exhaustion had becor of Princeton, and DeWitt as well, were men who could score by letting the ball drop and booting it as it rose from the ground. ‘When football was first played Chicago the crowd applauded when- ever the ball was punted. This was perfectly natural, and it is by virtue of this natural emotion that the names of Brooks and O'Dea are still so fa- mous in football They could kick it ang far. So can Coy. Mitchell and Moffat Two Stars. Yet if accuracy and timing of punts for ends, adapting height, speed and distance to their ability fo get down the fleld be considered, Ledyard Mitch- ell of Yale and Moffat of Princeton should be ranked first of all. Height which gave the ends a chance and ac- Curacy were good polnts Haughton A kicker, however, who was a mar- vel of accuracy was Harlan of Prince- ton. His skill with the onside kick has not been surpassed by any other new football player. Where, then, does he rightly belong in the hali of fame? ‘The first goal from placement made in a big game was made by Jack Minds of Pennsylvania, and no’player has surpasse@ him at his own special- ty, John Glaze of Dartmouth coming as near Minds as any-man. McCaa of Lafayette and several of the Carlisle Indian warriors have also excelled at this, feat. The greatest place kick, to be dis- tinguished, of course, from the place- ment kick, ever made in a game was made by Crowell of Swarthmore, who from the avolding the n “the increased skill ‘It was absolutely necessary to take the defensive back away from-supparting the tackle. The end had been taken away in the first year or two of forward pass- ing, but now when the attacking side had become more expert and could get more men through in position to re- ceive the forward s-u the halfpack was moved back and the last support of the tackle In defending against the running game was taken away. “Now what did this mean? It meant that one lone” man occupying that pivotal position around which the “In order to in | heaviest plays conld be swung was left entirely unsupported to meet, time and time again, the mass plavs on tackle. No wonder he became exhausted and no wonder accidents happened after e extreme. That measures must be taken to meet these conditions is patent to everyone and there is no doubt that the rules will undergo modification to meét this emergency.” HUMILIATING PENN'S CAPTAIN. Too Much Experimenting by Coaches Blamed for Penn’s Poor Season— Captain Miller Made to Take the Blame. The football season for the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania is ended, says the Philadelphia_ Times. Down in the archives of Red and Blue athletic his- tory will the records be smothered. ‘With the shouts of thousands a glori- oud victory over Cornell was recorded but at what a cost. A tie game with State college, a tie game with Lafay- etie and a defeat sustained through the powerful Wolverines is the sum tetal of the achievements of an eleve: that in the early weeks of the seaso 3. lcoked like an intercollegiate cham- | picnehip possibility. As told in the Evening Times just prior to the Lafayette game, 0o much experimenting was done by the coach- es. Alnost. pitiful is the condition of lit- tla Cartain Alie Miller, who, through ths experiments of thé coaches, was snifted 10 ulmost every position on the tear: und Fis playing so ruined thag on the last day of the season, the lust game in which his fellows could him captain, the last game he would ever pliy for his university, he was found sicting dejectedly on the substi- tutes’ bench watching his own eleven sweep down the fleld to victory. Per- heeled a fair catch at the center of the field. But O'Dea of Wisconsin kicked a drop kick from five yards on his own side of center. The place kick was the chief speclalty of DeWitt of Princeton, the man whose toe bea Yale, although DeWitt was am all- around kicker of considerable merit. This does not mean that DeWitt was greater than Alexander Moffat, in spite of popular opinions. The accuracy and nerve required in kicking goals after touchdowns is not to be despised. Braddock of Pennsyl- vania, Hobbs of Yale and Captain To- bin of Dartmouth are recent players who have had this to a marked degree, Never One hike O'Dea. Of all kickers the name of Pat O'Dea will no doubt last longest. His high spirals time and again in games went 80 yards through the air—only 30 yards less than the length of the fleld. He consistently punted 66 yards. To be sure, these spirals sped so far and so fast that no ends could - cover the kicks, yet they represented wonderful ability and a unique style which few kickers have imitated successfully. ‘When Phil King of Princeton as coach brought the Wisconsin team e: 1899 the idea was to play Harvard if possible, in order thai O'Dea might match himself againsf Percy Haugh- ton. The match was practically ar- ranged, but it nevertheless fell through and Wisconsin played Yale instead. Yale won in the last minute of play by Richards’ five yard run. Comstock, Wisconsin's center, pla; ed with his wrist in plaster of par] and could not pass with his usual ac- curacy, yet O'Dea’s wonderful kicking will never be forgotten in the east. As a matter of fact, however, no_en that ever lived could cover O'Dea’s kicks. McBride of Yale, himself a most dependable kicker, was quite as actually effective as O" in this fa- mous match. O’Dea’s longeat field goal was made in 1398 on Thanksgiving day from the 65 yard mark five yards back of the middle of the field, Wisconsin beating Northwestern 47 to 0. Saxe of Harvard kicked a drop kick against Amherst from the 52 yard lne, this being the longest drop kick in the east of authentic record. Hirschberger of Chicago was the great fancy kicker, He could do more things with a football than any other one man, though he could not get di tance with O’Dea. Hirschberger, on the kickoff, used to impart the ball a twist similar to that given a billlard ball on a follow shot. CAMP’S HONOR LIST. New Departure by Veteran Football Coach—Names Best Men on Leading Teams. In the January Outing Walter Camp gives the following honor list of 1908 football and tells why the men belong on this roll. This is a departure from the usual All-American team published at this time of the year. Honor list of 1909 foothall. Yale—Coy, fullback; Kilpatrick, right end; Philbin, left halfback: Andrus, left ‘guard; Hobbs, left tackle; Cooney, center; Howe, quarterback. Pennsylvania—Braddock, left end; Miller, right end; Pike, right guard; Hutchinson, quarterback. o) Harvard—Fish, right tackl Minot, tullback; Corbett, left halfback; M- Kay, left tackle. Dartmouth—Marks, fullback; Tobin, left guard; Ingersoll, left halfback; Bankhart, right end. Lafayefte—Blaicker, left end: Mc- Caa, fullback; Irmehlér, right haifback. Princeton—Siegling, left tackle; Ber- gen, quarterback; Cunningham, right Lalfback. Fordham—McCaftrey, right end; Bar- rett, center; McCarthy, right halfback. innesota—McGovern, quarterback; Rosenwald, halfback; Walker, tackle: Farnam, center. Brown—Regnier, right end; Sprack- Ling. quarterback; Ayler, left guard. Chicago—Page, quarterback; Worth- wine, halfback. Michigan — Benbrook, left guard; Magidsohn, left halfback; Allerdice, right halfback; Casey, left tackle: Smith, center; 'Wasmund, quarterback. Notre Dame—Miller, left halfback; Vaughn, fullback; Edwards, tackle. Wisconsin—Anderson, quarterback. Commenting on_the season’s play and the reasons for the many aaci- dents, Mr. Camp continues: “The really dificult problem, and the one that brought unfortunate re- sults, was that it was fmpossible to teady running game with the pessibilities of the for- ward pass and onside and at the same time to take care of the double defense necessitated by these pessibilities. haps it wus sentiment, perhaps it was a final experiment,just before the close of the game he was sent in to play, and with what result? The eyes of the university were upon him: he became over anxious, perhaps, lost his head; but he was rcugh, too rough, and he was ordered from the game. The Michigan game showed that Penn’s season was almost a failure The student body knew it; the press knew it, and the coaches knew it. ‘Where was the blame to go? On Mil- ler? On the man who, after the injury to Kid Keinath last year, took hold of the Penn eleven and whipped it into uch shape that at the end of the sea- sorl it was a toss up between Harvard, who defeated Yale, and the Quakers for the championsip? By many last year's Penn team was conceded the best in the history of the uni . and Miller helped make it. This v team compares with that of last ye as' does a preparatory school to a col- ltqt—an“ d Miller was not good enough or_it. The humiliation to Alie Miller must | be scorching. When he was ordered from the fleld on Thanks: ng day for unnecessary roughness, he stopped a second dazed, then, then, slowly gath- ering up hig Red and Blue blanket and drawing it close about him, lifted his left arm so the thousands in the west stand which he must pass could no see his face. It was a Penn captain ordered from the field—the last time he would ever appear on it In his university suit—he was crying. Standing close to the gymnasium door watching the game was Jack Means, on_whom Miller called twice in the 1908 Michigan game for ficld goals, and each time they were made. Jack had played his last game _the year before. As the sturdy Penn captain brushed by him Jack patted him on the shoulder kindly and said: “Never mind, Alie. I'll alwiys remems per last year.” Miller passed through the high archway into the kymnasiumn and was gone—gone forever in t role of a Unlyersity of Pennsylvania | foothall player. From the time he was ordered from the field not & sound broke the still- nesé ‘n toe great stadium. The game was forgetten for the moment. And when the great doors clanged behind him a ceafoning cheer was sent sky- ward to the University of Pennsylva- nia caplain who suffers for the repu- tation cf the coaches . HOWL FROM THE TIGERS. Westerly Bowlers Havs a Grievance— Were Pitted Against Topnotchers. The Tigers of Westerly, the duckpin team that was beaten here three straight games on Friday evening, and makes no pretension to be anyihing more than second class bowlers, feel pretty sore over the result of the match. In a lengthy letter to the Sporting Editor of The Bulletin they charge Murphy with breaking an agreement to match them against a team not averaging over 85, as they claim he picked up a bunch of top- notchers, including some of them un-— der assumed names who rolled against Westerly's first class teams. In_conclusion the Tigers say: “If this Norwich team wishes to come to Westerly and roll in their class we will gladly invite them to a team that will roll them for fun, money or marbies. What object did Murphy have in putting this strong team against the Tigers of Wester! He has mot yet gotten over the trimming that Packard and Casey of Westerly gave himself and Jules Harris on two occaslons, both in Westerly and also on their own alleys. “Norwich fs to play the Tigers of Westerly a feturn game some time in the near future, and Murphy he in along with the Tigers. will roll the same men that rolled in Norwich; so let us hope that the Nor- wich rollers will be men enough to live up to_their agreement. Thanking you very kindly for a small space in your valuable paper, we remain, “Yours most sincerely, “THE TIGERS OF WESTERLY." ‘ommy O'Toole and Patsy Kline have been matched by Tom O'Rourke to box at his new club in New York December 20. “Cut, down the size plate and Il hit .500 as long as mfl lasts. Where the front of e piate is 17 inches wide make it 10 or 12. Then the batter will be able to get an even break with the 1 who now has everything in Wigh 2 home base half its present size, a pitcher would need perfect control to get theball over. All this business of cutting across the in- side and outside would be a thing of the past. There wouldn't be enough to the plate to give the pitcher the advantage of feedin goutside low ones that can only. be hit into someone's hands. Then, too, the batter would know that the pitcher would have a hard job cutting such a plate and would pass up all the balls which now he has to go after because he is atraid they are golng to curve just a Dbit over. “With a home base 10 inches wide, the ball would have to look pretty good right from ‘the start, and if it didn’t a batter could easily pass it up. There would be more hases on balls at the start and that would mean a base on balls or a hit, or & hard liner that would bring a flne fielding play. A smaller plate seems to me to be the thing, even If it only produces more bases on balls; in fact, that's where I would come in.” WON'T LET COLLINS SQUEAL. Dan Murphy Says He Must Have the Match—Will Throw the Central Vil- lage Man Twice in an Hour. Dan Murphy states that Is some sort of a mixup in the published reports of Bill Colling withdrawal from the wrestling match that was slated for New Year's day In €entral Village. It 1ooks as If Collins was trying to squeal out, and he doesn’t intend to let him, it he can help it. Dan says that th agreement was for a straight match between him and Collins, that is, if Murphy could make Colins’ weight of 158. If he could make the weight he was to give Collins a handicap by agreeing to throw Collins twice in an hour. If Collins thought it was up to him (Colling) to throw Murphy twice in an hour, this other understanding of Murphy’s puts qiite a different com- | plexion on the match, and leaves, Col- ling no loophole to escape a bout with the Norwich man. can throw Collins twl {all he wants is the cha on New Year's. Westerly Cyclones Want Basketball Dates. The Cyclone basketball team of Westerly has organized for the season and is desirious of arranging for games with any amateur or high school teams whose average weight of players will be between 130 to 150 pounds. The Cy- clones have several ott of town dates, but still have open dates. Hall is manager and John captain, and the team is made up as follows: C. Hall rf, H. Moore If. G Lea ¢, J. Taylor rg, Cramer and Sten- house lg. Acceptances of this challenge should be addressed to Clyde H. Hall, Box §76, Westerly, R. L RINGSIDE GOSSIP. Billy. Papke has been signed for three fights In Parls, one being with ille Lewis, which is to be held some time In January. John Jones, who is said to be gigger an Jeffries, has been discovered in Philadelphia. Fle is anxious to get in- to the heavywelght swim. Harry Lewls and Willie Lewls have been signed by a Paris promoter to box in_Parls the first week in Janu- ary. Papke will meet the winner. Jack Twin Sullivan received an of- fer from Pittsburg yesterday to box Sam Langford the patter part of the month. The big twin declined it, his hands being sore. Mike Twin_ Sullivan has received an offer from Milwaukee to box Jimmy, Clabby on December 20. As Mike is to meet Jack Carrig in Pittsburg, De- cember 21 he declined the offer. Boxers who are toscrap In Pitts- burg hereafter will have to be ex- amined 24 hours before the bout by the director of public safety to see if they. are in shape for the contest. If n;rey are not, the bout will be called off. Tiger Smith, the English heavy- weight, who bought his release from the drmy. believing he could win the English title, is still getting bumped. The .other night at Birkenhead, Eng- land, he was knocked out in the sixth round by Tom Stokes. Some unauthorized person in Boston is sending out reports that the Armory A. A. has decided to cut_the limit of its bouts to ten rounds. The directors of the club have not made an} change in the limit of the bouts, and there will be no decisions given as usual. BASEBALL BRIEFS. Manager Roger Bresnahan of the St Louis National league baseball club has announced that members of I club will meet at St. Louis the latter part of February and will reach the training camp at Little Rock, Ark., March 1. A full month will be spent there, The charges which have been made in the east that it Christy Mathewson plays this winter on an indoor - ball team with Jack Doescher, who is an outlaw, he will be unable to play with the Glants next year. is “all ro according to Chalrman Herrmann of the national commission. A. M. MecAllister, who is engineer- ing the scheme to take a team of “all- star” players to Cuba for a three week stay, was disappointed terday on hearing from Christy Mathewson that the latter would be unable to go to the island at this time. 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