Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 19, 1910, Page 3

n )L LATHADP & SONS. Shetucket Street, Norwich, Conn. useco your property ipsured at cannot tell what moment oy vour valuable belonz- <t of Companies are the ><gr 8 our rates as low as the Ty et on ISRAC S. JONES, Imsnrance Agt. Rishards Buil 91 Main Street. b11da K. TARRANT & GO., \ 117 MAIN STREET. {ire, Accideal, Eealth, Lishility, Plale Giass znd Steam Eoiler ... INSURANGCE Nerwich Unlen Firs Insurance Saciety. u. 8. Assets j2,759,422.1C Western Assurance Co. U. 2., Assets §2.397.608.00. Sec17a 1HE OFFICE OF WM. F. BILL Real Estate and Fire Insurance, #s Jocated In Somers’ Block, over C. M. WWilllams, Room 9, third ficor. feblza ‘Telephone 147 ATTORNEYG: AT LAW. A%9S A. EROWNING, ®ftorney-at-Taw., 3 Richards Bldg “Phone 205 EROWN & PEZKINS, Ittmeys-at-law ever First Nat Bauk Shetucket St Entrance Siaicw to Thames Nat. Bank Tel Open Monday and Sat- wrday T ASIHEATIC Mo, L was 2 grec: mt- frres tmes Asma remedics and was | @ w w fpearae RESPIRO REMEDIES cured P Me Mooty s in bard worker, has next CURED IN 1995, Jominick & Cominick MembeFs of the New York Stock Eychange. Yonds and Higa Grade Sscurities Drders executed in Stocks and B Grain and Cotton. 67 BROADWAY Telephone 901 FRANK ©. MOSES, Mgr. Chapman Building Nerwich Branch febta IN BLACK AND WHITE F high-grade work caningfand Dyeing of all it be neces- can dye #d to us and charge reasonably Lang’s Dye Works, Telephoue: 157 Frankiin St. The Herwich Nicke! § Brass (s, Tableware, Ckandeliers, Yacht Trimmings and such things Refinished. £9 te 87 Chestout St. Norwici. Conn. ——OPEN— Del-Hoff Cafe Business Men’s Lunch 3 specialty. Alse Regular Dinner, fifty cents. ir%a HAYES EROS. Props i 1647 Adam’s Tavern 1861 offer to the publie the finest swndard pranés of Beer of Burope and America Bohemian, Plisner. Culmbach Bavarfan r, Bass® Pale and Puorton, Muelr's Ale. Guinpess' Dublin _Stout - G & O Tmporied Ginger Bunken £ B. Als, Frank Jones’ ourish Ale, Steris Bitter Ale. Anbeussr Titaweiser, Schiltz ana Pabst. . A A ADAM. Norwich Town. “Telephone 447-I yua 5 old | More Fowns. i A meeting of the baseball promoters In this part of the state called out a £00d attendance in the office of Mayor Dunn in Willimantic Friday afternoon The interest taken and the enthusiasm displayed augurs well for the sport. ‘hereabouts the coming season. 7 The burning issues were all discuss- ed with much fervor, and the detalis of the leaue were carefully gone over by the various represemntatives present from Middietown, Norwich, New Lon- don and this -city. After the entire proposition had been threshed out in- formaliy, the meeting was called to order and organization effected. - Considering the fact that Middle- town had come into the field .it was <cemed advisable to ehange.the orig- nal pame of the league from the Con- aecticut Trolley league to the Connec- PRESIDENT DANIEL P. DUNN, Willimantic Man to Head New Base- ball Association. . ticut Baseball association, which name was unanimously chosen hy the mag- nates present. It was decided to con- fine the salary limit to $600 per team. It was the consensus of opinion that sach team could carry ten to eleven- en men on its players’ list, this of course to be optiohal with club owa- ers. The cague season will open, in all protability, the week commencing slonday. Way 9th, and close the Satur- day after Labor day, making a sched- ule of 18 wecks. The clubs are to play two same each week at home and two abroad. Counting the double headers on the three holidays, it will make a total schedule of 7§ games. The Con- necticut Baseball association will launch forth under Class C protection of the National Association of Profes- sional Baseball Clubs. Tt was decided to hold the league open for the entry of two more clubs | representing towns convenient to the circuit as_embodied in New Lomdon, Norwich, Wiliimantic and Middletown. Rockville and South Manchester are the towns that would be most cordial- Iy welcomed to the new league, but | there is a possibility of Westerly com- | ing forward with a live wire sport { knocking for admission, as the league | is no longer a visionary proposition,but | an actual reality, with ginger enough for a dozen leagues. The Connecticut Baseball association effected orzanization as follows: Presl dent, Mayor Daniel P, Dunn of Willi- mantic; vice _president, Charles H. Humphrey of New London; secretary, George J. Fisher, Middletown; treas” Insurance €0. |Norwich, Middletown, New London ganize Connecticut Baseball Asscciation—Class C League—Schedule of 78 G;m-o-f-‘(odn for Two —ee urer, Dennis J. Hayes, Norwich. Team managers: D. P. Dunn, Willimantic; Charles H. Fumphrey, New Londo C. N. Burdick, Middletow: Dennis J. Norwich. was voted that the mext mecting ‘be subject to tle call.of the secretary, George J. Fisher of Middletown; the meeting will in all probability- be held in that city. All officers were elected without a dissenting vote. Mr, Fisher, the Middletown official. is one of the prominent business men of Wkat city, a leading jeweler and vice president of the Middletown Business Men’s association. He is a thorough ‘baseball man. Major Manléy escorted Messrs. Hayes | Humphrey about the city while the tes were awaiting the arrival of the Ailr Line train that brought Mr. Burdick to town. The visiting zentle- men commented upon the rare beauty of the landscape from the footbridge, and expressed the opinion that the Fourth ward would be a fine place for 2 residence in the good old summer- time. DREYFUSS SAVES NATIONALS FROM HOPELESS DEADLOCK. Agress to Take Chicago Conflicting - Dates—154 Game Schedule Adopted. New, York, Feb. 18.—The Na league adopted a playing sched night calling for 154 games for the coming season, but it was accomplish- ed only after 4 ‘mapori ¢ the club owners had expressed their opinion that newspaper criticism over the lay was causing unfatorable publi Season Lengthened Out. Though the wishes of the American league for a 154 zame schedule were met, that league's interests were disre- garded when it was resolved to stretch out to October 15. The American league schedule termintes October 9, although all league contracts with players call for’ service until October 15. Ebbetts of Brooklyn and Murphy of Chicago in- sisted on using their piayers up to the contract time. Barney Dreyfuss of Pittsburg was the only club owner willing to make concessions, and he saved the leazue from what scemed to be a hopeless deadlock. Pittsburg wes schedulced for six Sun- @ay games in Cincinnati, where there is no opposition, and four such dates have been exceptionally remunerative St. Louis was scheduled for six Sunday games in Chicago, and four of these were when the champion Detroits of the American league were to play the White Sox. St. Louis and Chicago ob- jected, holding that Detroit would draw the big crowds. Then Barney Drey- fuss, with his world’s champions, step- 4 n and offered to take three of the | t. Louis conflicting dates. The mat- ter was gettled today by transferring | the St. Louls dates to Cincinnati and | the Piitsburg dates to Chicago, so that in Chicago it will be sen whether the Pittsburgs or the Detroits are the more | popular. Take Up Murray’s Claim. Upon the adoption of the schedule | tonight, the board of directors met to| consider the claim of ex-Manager F.| Murray of the Philadelphia club, for | two vears’ salary on. his contract. Un- | il the newspaper criticism became 0| severe the board refused to comsider the case, but tonight they took it up. No decision was reached and the board adjourned to meet tomorrow. Close Game for Yale. New Haven, Feh, 18.—The Universi- ty of Pennsylvania basketball team was defeated by the Yale team eonight, 13 FINANCIAL AND COMMERC READING AGAIN A LEADER. Prics Rose to’ 1721-4 on Tra ctions. New York, Feb. 18.—When the ener- gies of the speculation had begun to show signs of flagging today they were revived by the resumption of the strong upward movenfent in Reading. That siock again assumed the leadership of Enormous day. On enormous transactions tbe price rose to 172 1-4, only a shade more ihan a point below its record price, touched in the speculation of last year. The news g _on the movement consisted almost wholly of conjecture as to the source of the buying. An obstinate and unwiledy short interest was credited with a large part of the urgent demand. Forelgners were in- cluded in the shorts by reason of pur- chales of calls on the stock made for some time past in the London mar- ket. 7 > The general list was slow to respond to this development in Reading; and the sympathetic strength was not uni- | form or all-embracing. Speculative | sentiment continued to feel the relief of the passing of immediate apprehen- sion over the anti-corporation ques- tion. American Taboceo 4 per cent. bonds moved up In @ buoyrnt manner. No authoritative explanation could be had of this movemcnt, but the effect on stock market sentiment was to imply & feeling of confidence on the part of the corporation chiefly concerned in the pending supreme court decision. It was pointed out, however, that in case of a dissolution ‘of the merger of the com- panies. in this .combination, the re- dmeption of these bonds at par might Dbe implied. Jt is a fact, also, that large purchases of these bonds in the open market have been made by the com- pany in times past for cancellation. Incoming reports of renewed storm blockades through the west and south- west did_not interfere with the rise in prices. Special interest attached to.a report of a large reduction in’ the St. Paul working forces for the purpose of economy to meet the heavy cost of operation on account of bad weather conditions. Reparts of an intended en- try of the Vanderbilt connection into Baltimore tl h the Western Mary- land, and of Chesapeake and Ohio de- signs towards Hocking Valley had thelr effect on the ‘special stocks in- volved. Preliminary estimates of the week's currency movement indionted a large aain In cash by the banks, in spite of the miilion and a ha)f gold shipped to Argentina tdoay. * Profit takine sales made some m- pression, on the market at the advances and accounted for the irergular tone at the closing. Bonds were irregular. Total sales, par value, $4,200.000. United States bonds were unc! ap call. ‘sTocKs. Saten. 200 Alls Chalmers Dtd ... Copper s38isdy T ¥ | gaeraasangge) hfiifiwa;efin] i i the market after having rested for a | IAL ——= o5 v . 2700 Atlantic Coast Lind 10100 Baltimore & Ohio. Jnter Marine ptd Intemational Baper Intemational Pump | | 2| | | New_ York, Feb. 18.—Money on call easy, 25-8@3 per cent, ruling rate 28-4, last loan 27-8 closing bid 2 3-4, offered at 27-8. Time loans easier: sixty days 31-2 per cent., ninety days 31-2@33-4, six mouths ¥ 3-4. COTTON. York, Feb. 18.—Cotton spot 2 uplands 14.80, 15.05 100 bales. . Closing bids: 14.40, April 14.40, 34.36, July 14.36, Au- 06, October 18.45, December 1 - | make in its 154 game schedule,” said commission acting as _an arbitrator. {ihe committees at Pittsburg is not ad- | New Yori, April 14, 15, 16, 17 e e Fuly, At New York] At Boston o nd|At Wash'gton|At Phila’p [ April 25, 26,2 7, 28| May 10; 11, 12, 18| May 14, 16, 17, 18|May 24, 25, 26, 27|May 19, 20, 21, (30), (30, 31|July 22, 23, 25, 26|July 18, 19, 20, 21lJuly 8,9, 11, 12 |July 13; 14, 16, [June 21, 22, 23 Aug. 22, 23, 24 Aug. 18, 19, 20 Aug. 25, 26, 27 [Aug. 24, 30, 31 July 6 i Sept. 2, 3 18, 19, 20 |May 5, 6, 7, 28 |May 19, 20, 21, 23 |May 24, 25, 26, 27|May 14, 16, 17, June 38, 28, 30 |July §, 9, 11, iz |July 33; 14, 15, 16[July 18, 19, 20, 1, 22, 23, 25/3uly 28, 30 Aug. 29, 30, 31 ‘Aug. 25, 26, 27 Aug. 15, 19, 20 Avpril 25, 26, 27. 28| iay 29, (30), (30) May 31 June 26 May 27| May 19; 20, 21, July 8, 9, 11, 12 27| Aug, 29,30, 31 28|May July Aug. 13{May 14, 16, 17, 26[July 1 - | Washington NEWS 13[May 19, 20, 26|July 13, 14, Aug 29, 30, 31 18|May 10, 11, 12, 0, 21|July 22, 28, 25, Aug. 22, 23] 24 21, 28lMay 2¢ 26, 2 16|July 8. 9, 11, 12 [Avg. 25, 26, 37 une 10, 11, 12, 13/June 15, 16, 18, 19|June 6, 7, 8, 9 ug. [Sept. 26, 56,78 July 13, Amg. 1, 2, 3, 4 27, 28 Sept. 23, 24, 25 Sept. 19 Aug. 13, June 1, 2, 3. 4 14."15, 16/Aug. 9, 10, T1, 12 14 Sept. 15, 16, 17 IN I |May 5.6, 7,9 May'z, 3, 4 July 27, 28, 29, 30{May 25, (30), (30),|Apr. 2 [Apr. 18, (19Y, (19, 0, 21 Sept. 16, 12, 1" |May 51 June 21, 24, 28, 24 opt. 30 ept (&), (5) Oct. 1,3, 4 Philadelphia June 15,15, 15,19 (yume 10, i_}. 2 adfgume 12 4,5 lgune 6.7 5.0 wug. 1, 2, 3, ug. 5, 6, 7, 8 ug. 9, ), 11, 12 JAug. 13, 15, 16, 17| July 5, 6, 7 Sept. 23, 24, 25 Sept, 27, 28 Sept. 15, 17, 18 Be‘\'li 19,,20, 21 SEI?L 1, 2, |Oct. 8, 8 April 14, 15, 16 3 June 21, 2: April 27, 28, 29, 30|April 22, 33, 26, 26 23, 34| NORWICH [sert &), G).'s May 2 , (30, R, 317 S0 20 Sept. 7, &, 8 New York June Ave. Sept. 23 45 |jme6 7,89 une 10, 11, 12, 13|June 13, 14, 15, 16[Aug. 9, 10, 11, 12 |Aue. 5.6, 7, 8 |Aus. June 19, 20, 21 (Sept. 15, 17, 18 |Sept. 26, 27,'28 |Sept. Sept. April 22, 23, 25, 26| April 18, 19, 20, 21 27,28, B9l duly 1, 2, @), ) Oct. 5, 6, 7 MORNING May 5, 6,7, 9 July 37,28 3. 30 Sent. 16, 13, 18 June 8.7, 3, 9 June 2,3, 4,5 |June 15, 16, 18, 19{June 10. 11, 13, 14| April 27, 28, 29, 30|May 2 3, 4 April 14, 15, 16 3 Aug. 8, 10, 11. 12|Aug. 18, 14,15, 16fAug. 1.2, 3, 4 [Aue. 5, 6, § July 1,2, (4), (4)|June 35, 27, 28, 20|July 5, 6, 7 ~ Boston Sept. 15, 17, 18 |Sept. 19, 20, 21" |Sept. 38,24, 25 [Sept. 26, 27, 28, 29|Oct. 5, 6, 7 Sept. 30 Sept. 1, 3, 3 BULLETIN . Oct. 1, 3, 4 Oct. s, s 14 Saturdays 12 Saturdays 13 Saturdays 14 Saturdays 13 Saturdays 13 Saturdays 13 Saturdays 17 Sundars 16 Sundays 12 Sundays Decoration’ Day |July 4th July 4th Decoration Day July 4th Decoration Day |Labor Day July 4th Labor Day Labor Day (Conflicting dates s At Home Confiicting dates | July 31—, April 30 Oct. 2. . May 4, 8, 29 June 26, Sep. 11] Oct. 2, 9 - - [Decoration Day |July 4 at Chicago|Decoration Day [Labor Day April 19 at Boston|Decoration Day |July #th aty 4tn at Cleveland [Labor Day at St. Louis at Chicago Decoration_Day | ~at Boston at Philsdelphta | at Wasbington Abroad at Detroit yuly 4th at New York |Labor Day at Cleveland Labor Day at New Yori at Boston 3 BAN JOHNSON NOT LOOKING FOR TROUBLE. But Nationals Must Adhere to Sched- ule Adopted. Chicago, Feb. 15.—“The Amerlcan league will not object to any minor changes that the National league may President Johnson of the American lcague. “The agreement reached by the joint schedule committee of the two leagues at the Pittsburg meeting is_binding on both schedules, but we will waive that right to eome extent. “I wish to repeat that the two har- monious schedules decided upon by the committee are the best that the two leagues have had since they have been working together or the-dates. If tke Natlonal league makes any changes that are not ecceptable to the Ameri- can league and persists in keeping them, then we will consider our agree- ment at an end. We are not looking for trouble, and that rests gentirely with the other league. “Some time ago I advanced the plan of having the two schedules drawn up by the presidents of the two circuits, with the third member-of the national The schedule adopted in this manner should be binding on both leagues and thus all the trouble that the National league had this year could have been avolded easily. < “If the National league wishes to change the teams that they would have in Chicago in opposition to the Ameri- can league club, we will make no ob- jections. ¥ the schedule accepted by hered to, it will be a breach of faith.” VERMIFORM APPENDIX RECORD. Yale Athlete Loses o Massachusetts Man—Latter’s Was 6 7-8 Inches. Winthrop, Mass., Feb. 18.—After holding the world’s vermiform appen- dix record for four days, George Goss, the former Yale athlete, today surren- dered his honors to Howard Gould of Winthrop. Mr. Gould was operated upon for eppendicitis today at a pri- vate hospital in Boston and the sur- geons remoyed an appendix meastring 6 7-8 inches in length. Last Monday an appendix six inches long was re- moved from Mr. Goss. At the time it was believed that Mr. Goss' appendix was the longest on record. The aver- age appendix is from two to three inches in length. Close Play Racquets. Boston, Feb. 18.—There were five matches played and three defuults in the national amateur racquet cham- pionship tournament here today, bring— Ing the .event down to the 'second round, with the following matchies to Dbe plaved tomorrow: Lawrence Waterbury, New York, vs. G. R. Fearing, Jr., Boston; Payne Whitney, New York, vs. Q. A. Shaw, Boston; R. Finke, New York, vs. G. C. Clark, Jr., New York, and R. D.Wrenn, s. H. F. McCormick, Chi- The laiter is the present’ title- cago. hoider. Decidedly the best match of the day came late in_the afternoon, when Mr. JMeCormick defeated William Stack pole of New York in a _four-ga mafteh. The latier gave a fine exhibi. tion in the first three games, winning the first, but losing the next two by narrow margins. Releases and Contracts. Chicago, Feb. 18.—The following bul- fetin was issued by President B. B. Johnson of the American league today: Releases—Boston to Sacramento, B. F. Hunt (optional); to Denver, H. N. Young (optional); to Scranton, C. Ven- able; to Toronto, C. Tonneman. By Cleveland to Columbus, Jerry Downs. Contracts—With New York, F. B. flffl"m, E. C. Foster; with Boston, D. wis. Leonhardt Seeks Irish Giant. Charles Leonhardt, the wrestler, who is now conducting a physical culture school in_Jacksonvilie, Fla. has writ- ten the Sporting Editor of The Bul- letin that he has heard there is an Irish Giant up here in the mat-game and he proposes to go after him in May. Leonbardt says he will be back at his home in Newark about May and will then endeavor to arrange & match to meet the Irish Giant. Atz Released to Providence. Chicago, Feb. 18—The release of Ja- cob Atz second baseman of the Chi- © Amerjcans Jast seasonm, to the P idence Pastern league club was unced today- by President Charles . Comiskey. Atz is given in part pay- ment for Shortstep Blackburn. Nolan Raced Cute Guideless. _ An anxious sport asks The Bulietin it Mrs. Strong drove Cute, the guide- o= worder in the race) with John D. Kolan, the Tafivilic runner. at the Now London county fair in September, 1904. She did not. Cute went the mile without a driver, doing the distance in 2.12 3-4. Nolan ran the half in 2.10 1-2, thereby winning the race. NELSON WILL TRY TO STOP WOLGAST e Dane Has No Love for Milwaukee Lad and Wants Revenge. San Francisco, Cal, Feb. 18.—When Battling Nelson enters the ring with Ad Wolgast on Washington's birthday he will feel about the same way toward his opponent as Jim Jeffries felt to- ward Jack Monroe. This means that if it is in Nelson's power Wolgast is in for the lacin~ of his life, This much became patent during a conversation between Nelson and the writer at his training eamp yesterday. We were talking about the various lightweghts Nelson had stacked up against during his tempestuous ring career, and I asked him which of the bunch’ Wolgast compared the closest with. The Dane’s.jaws snapped and he replied with much spirit: “Why, this fellow Walgast isn't in it with any of the men I have been against He is a boob of the worst idescription, and I will demonstrate as much when I get him in the ring at Richmond on Washington’s birth- day. Some people seem to think I have a great respect for him because I am training hard, but they do not know my innermost thoughts. I am training the best I know how, without a doubt, but it's because I want to give this fellow the worst licking he ever re- ceived and the better I am trained the Dbetter Tll bandle him.” Former Fight Sours Dane. While Nelson advances various rea- sons for the dislike he feels toward Wolgast, it is more than likely that the ten-Tound bout at Los Angeles is the cause of the venom that rankles in the champion's breast. Speaking of the affair, Nelson said: 1 thought very little of him before | we went into the ring, and I thought less of him afterware As Wolgast was popularly believed JAPS WILL NEVER MAKE STAR BALLPLAYERS Great on Fielding but Can't Bat—Cy Young Exposes Their Weakness® The little brown men of Japan are planning an invasion of the United States A baseball attack. They are planning to attack the American and National leaguc teams. Among the tribes they will attempt to Subdue is the White Sox. Also the Detroit Tigers. The players are stu- dents of Kelo university. If they succeed, a regular invasion will follow, and we will have unpro- nounceable names on every club. Old Cy Young, the Cleveland pitch- er, the veteran of mhny battles and the holder of many baseball records, says this will never come to pass. The Japs play excellent baseball The members of the University of Wisconsin baseball team discovered that fact when they journeyed to the land of the Mikado last year. “But the Japs will never become great players” sald the veteran Cy. The 6ld man gave this as his opinion out in California. Maybe he is talk- ing for the benefit of the native sons, as they are not exactly fond of the little brown fellow “Can’t Hit” Says Young. “Ill tell you why,” continued the veteran of veterans, the man who at 43 is one of the great pitchers of the game “The Japs can neither hit nor Ditch. “It’s granted that they are excellent fielders. But they can't hit. So it is with the Cubans.. So it is with ev- ery nation outside of the United States, “Baseball belongs to this country Its supremacy in baseball will never be threatened. And for the very good reason that while some of the athletes of other nations may imitate and even equal our baliplayers in one depart- ment of the game, they cannot excel in all. “Take the Japanc hit worth a hurrah has it on him. Why, Down in Cuba they athlete. He can't Every good pitcher 1 don't know. claim 1o have to have had the better of the bout, the Battler is slightly ambiguous in his remarks. He leads one to believe that he found Wolgast a poorer per- former than he expected. but chances are it was the way Woigast strutted and crowed after the newspapers pass- cd judzment on the matter that caused the Milwaukeean to sink in the Bat- tler’s estimation. One thing, however, is certain. The Nelson-Wolgast bout will e for blood. Wolgast wants the championship and thinks he has a good chance of grab- bing it. Nelson does not appear to think for a minute that his laurels are in danger and he is filled with the desire to administer a good cuff- ing to Wolgast. = This means that neither man will “stall” to give the picture men a show, if there are any picture mén, WORK OLD CY YOUNG ONCE A WEEK. McGuire of Naps Has Plan to Prolong ) Old Cy's B Cleveland, Feb, 18.—Denton J. Yo dean of the major lcague pitch isn't going to be worked to death by Munager Jim MeGuire of the Naps next season. The Deacon has decided that Cy will win more games for the Naps if he goes on the rubber only once a week. When manager of the Boston Red Sox in 1908 McGuire found that the Grand Old Man of the slab could do better work after four days' rest. During the short time Jim pilot- ed the Clevelands last fail he decided that Young ought to have a six-day vacation between games. “I do mot mean to say that Cy is retrograding as fast as my plan to work him only once a week would lead one to believe,” sald McGuire, “but I think I will get far better results if 1 pursue this course. There will be no saving Young for this or that club, He Wil pitch once a weck, and it will make no difference which club opposes the Neps whin '$ falls s ton o work.” INCREASED PURSES AT LATONIA Cineinnati, O., Feb. 18.—To make the stake events to be run at the Latoiia spring meeting more attractive (he purses will be increased. This was announced, today by C. A. Tillas of St. Louis, who has purchased @ con- trolli interest in the track. The . which has long been the feature race of the Latonla sprivg meeting, will be increased from $250¢ to $4,000. All the other stakes excepi the Oaks and Deeoration Day haudi- cap will be replaced by the In ence handicap to be run July 4, aad it will be worth $2,000. The Oaks will be abandoned. 37 Etriex to the sta. -] close March great ball teams t they haven't. They have men who are fast once they get on the bases and who cover lots of ground in the fi jut they can’t hit. “A Jap can't pitch reason for this, of cOUrs son is that they cun't grip the ball. The hands of the Japs are very small. So small, in fact. that for one of them to grip the ball as the pitehers in this country grip it is impossidle. Same With the Cubans. There is one That rea- "That reason does not hold good with the Cu Yet their pitcher are a poor lot. They have no. cui ball, and, of course. use little h work. Some of their best have great speed. So the man on the slab shoots a fast ong and then another fast one at the bafter . “A change of pace is unknown. The art of working the batter is a stranger to the island pitchers. “Pm not a bit afraid that the Japs will invede this country and replace the Americans, who are now -the stars of the game.” The little Jap men prom quite tonr of this countr wwill vy reach r ay a f bitic White pro N games Sox W the latter ninz here. Then they will t through the ving - the ms of th will Jually work o nd will play some of the American league teams, 1 there are any open dates {n midsum- mer. Thev have already asked for gamies with Detroit Fast Infielders. If the Japs arc as fast infielders as some of she men who have' played against them ciaim, Sam Crawford, the slugger of the Tigers. wijl have littlo pleasure in playis gainst them. If there is one man on a buse- bei!_team that Crawford haies it is the lightring second hascman or short- stop. For Sam usually hits in that territory. The big fellow must have given thanks when he learned that Hobe Ferris was on his way to the minors In the olden days, Crawford figured that Ferris alone knocked 10 per cent. off_his batting average. Ferris seemed to be able to divine just where Crawford would hit. Crawford hits on the liue, hut many a arive tagged for a double, or triple. was stopped by Ferris, = who would leap, stick up one harid and come. down with the ball, f e \ Glad ts Have Allie Mprphy. DMurphy defeated Teller of Water- bury In Norwich the other night six stralght games of duckpins. Murphy to win six out of seven games to win his series with Teller. Teller won the first game and then the little Nor- wich wonder went out and took away the rémaining six games. Some class! | the ball team' next spring. They are probably mot over crying about it in Waterbury yet, Some of our readers mav think the writer is a little bit unjust to the Waterbury bowlers. Not'a bit of it. ‘When the Waterbury bowlers win they are a bunch of real good fellows, but when they lose they are the biggest cry bables i nthe state. The other fellows, according to their idea, are lucky, and not clever, when they de- feat Woterbury. Murphy is now a Eridgeporter, and we are glad to have him in our midst ‘When he gets used to our polished alleys he will probably show us all something in the way of duckpin bowling. In his match with Teller in Norwich he averaged 116 per game.— Bridgeport Telegram. - BITS OF BASEBALL. Manager Jack O'Connor of the Browns says that drinkers will not be tolerated on his team. Detroit has landed Stroud, the Wil- Namsport twirler. Jennings has a good man in the Billles’ star Manager Stallings of the Highland- ers says that there is no truth in the rumor that Walter Manning is to be traded or sold. Pitcher Bob Ewing, who had just become @ member of the Phillies, was operated on a few days ago for_an adenoid growth. = Pitcher Rucker of the Brooklyns re- turned to his home In Georgin with a severe injury, sustained in Cuba, for which he may have to be operated upon. Tommy Leach has assured President Dreyfus that he has given up man- agerial amblitions and wants to remain with the Pirates the remainder of his Laseball career. Clark Grifith will hayve full sway out in Cincinnati this season. Presi- dent Herrmann has released Tom Mc- Carthy and Louis Heilbronner, both of the ciub’s scouts. Rube Vickers has changed his m about refusing to join the Eastern' league club, and it is expected that he will come to t ager Jack Dunn in a few d. Alf Odell, the Reading infielder, is tickled to death over being traded to Syracuse. Al Is a gooa all round man when things are breaking right. but when they are not he is very bad Bill Donovan, Detroit's twirler, who has forsaken his native city for that burg, will enter the retail aitomobile business in the Michigan city and is fitting up a place at the present time, Ralph Glaze, the former Dartmouth star, who belongs to the Altoona club of the Tri-State league, has bheen of- fered to the Troy team of the New York State league by Manager Hank Ramsey. Jack Knight is cert in New York with hoth Iy solid over na the fans. When talk was being circu- lated that boy was to be traded, the fans a4 an awful howl, and Stallings did likewise. Jimmy Hagan, the Phillies’ assist~ ant seereta is improving slowly. Jimmy was pretty low for a while af- ter his operation, but is now picking up nicely. He will not get around for several weeks, however Springfield es not want Mike Flynn, the fo A whose speed o in the New ago for runs was out of fc wrence m last Murphy of on of St Presic Stanley Ro to be at odd Chance to i Louis are the failure hoa deal wherehy nt the Cardinals would g Heinle Zim- merman and Pitcher Hagerman There s @ prospect that Ot 3 Ganzel, the former catcher ot ihe Detroif and MBoston Natlonal league clubs, may manage the Quin team of the OId Colony league' the coming season, It is understood that he has Deen offered a good sum. Bob Groom, Washington's youngster, who pitched grand ball last season, but lost many games because of poor con- trol, has recovered his control entirely, aceording Lo reports from the coast. He gave but one base on balls in four games out there this winter Rickey, the youngster who caught for St. Louls and New York a few years ago, is now a student al the University of Michigan and will c e appear. ed to have the making of a great ball player, but preferred business. WHITE 80X MAINTAIN A PITCHING SCHOOL Billy Sullivan, the Catcher, Has Mac the Twirlers of Chicago Team Stars Billy Sulllvan, White Sox_catch and king of all backstops In the A enican league, earned his title by sh pluck. There has been no path of along the line to fame for miske knight of the big mitt. On the co: trary, he has been driven harder d ing the last ten seasons t 1y oth catcher in the circuit pre d over B. B. Johnson, Tho heavy work In the fact that Sullivan has been ed to handle some of the greatest ball pitchers the game has ever pro duced. Askk any backstop in any leagu what he thinks about the yme: fling the elusive slant with ity def plication of sallva. Then drop to Biily for the harrowing partl In Ed Walsh, rated the most sensation al spitter in the annals of baseba lvan is asked to double up with tr master hand of the whole cireu There's only one Walsh. And it ta a man like Sullivan to handle the twirler. A few seasons ago W a mere butter-in on the Am league color scheme. Nobody thou he could pitch for sour apples. Sullivan Taught Walsh. Sullivan peered beyond the ou mist and touted the big, red-n athleto a budding hopeful. He for Walsh as if realizing that so distant day might see the hard wo ing, ambitious pitcher al tender Tor slab fame, Sulllvan guesse: right, and at the vory firs ttime, for few aeasons later Walsh was mowing ‘em down with startling regulerit Ask Walsh where he learned his le wons, He'll tell you Sullivan turne the_trick, Then thtre is Frank Smith, who se frequently is labeled The Iron Mar Prior to his debut as @ white log Smith Bcarcely knew the fine points of tha rand old game entitled high-low. Bus he learned rapidly under the tute of Sullivan, Toduy the Plttsbur ano juggler stacks up Big 12d. Then there's Wyoming terror, who front with ponderous st ing the South Sidery las is young in the L gays another ye crew will boost Jim to the heap. Teaches Twirlers Spitbal Tt hag been known all along that S aged the use moi wearing all pHchers toggery, but the o Olmstead, coming fro . Millers last fall, added a fourth ¢ Ple to the list. Olmie lost ne hunting out Sullivan in orde: up on the pecullarities of Why, Sully has that buncl tamed that even G. Harris White, r ordinarily as a slow curve ball exp ent, often finds himself uncon: dallying with the salivated slant says if ho had ten pitchers he'c sea them all uging the style of that made . Walsh famous Spitters Easy to Handle. “It's much easier to handle a spit said Sullivan, “than a plain. eve curve ball. In all the years caught the spitters T have ne ed any injury to my hands. I most of my hurts have com curve balls lobbed ncross the pi Doc White.” And lest the -anxious fa suspect Sully of being anything ot than a brilliant backstop, bis averages for the last ten summers herewith chronicled. In 1900 he cau in 64 games for an average of .933, T next year he pl precentage of 903, when Sully caugh games for o standing of .987. T following 3 Bil officiated las, gelti Avera, i total of 91 centdge of 974, same In 1 the veteran rol 983, when th ®ot a figure of caught 94 gam 1 Take o peek arounc cate another catcher spitball artists and see backstops' figures tally the sturdy Sullivan Trinity Runs Up Big Score. Hartford, Feb, 18— Trinity defea e Springtieid | Training basketbell tonight, 50 (0 Edgie Grant, wl than Wagner lasi sea /300 clip next year, & ident Fogel with those a o chool hits had . ording Phillies. acker to Pres of the Hor says the star third dropped down In the batting orden Tius may lead the list, with Bateq aecond and Grant third, Then Mages and Bransfield.