Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 19, 1911, Page 3

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Main St e WHAT'S NEW s | 00. ‘THE PALACE CAFE “ PRANK WATSON & CO, 72 Franklin Strest '| emside kick and a running play. INVESTMENTS Yvear were developments over the end -| management ‘That increasin g the number of downs and decreasing the yardage can only mean a return fio the cld line pounding football game s the opmnion of Parke H. Davis, who writes in the Princeton Alumni Weekly. He deplores the sug- gestion for further sweeping changes in_the rules. Mr. Davis :sums up the situation as follows: “It will be recalled that in 1909 the injuries and fatalities of the sport were so nurherous that the existence of the game was threatened. So far &s Princetomians are mostly eoncrend | the acutenc:ss o this opposition to football occurred in our own faculty room, where, it is reported, a motion to abolish 'the game was lost by only a few moties. “Through the efforts of James H. Moffatt, who minutely investigated | each injur'y of that seasonm, precise | and accura.te data were obtained by the committee as to the causes of the in juries. These were, first, interlocked interfererscw; sccond, the recovery of forward jpasses. and, third, flying tackles. s Twro Plays Wiped Out. “Interlowcked intererence and flying tackles easily were met by a peremp- tory abolftion of these plays. The sub- ject of forward passes, however, en- gaged tive commitiee for ten-days and for a large portion of the intervening nights. The difficulty lay in the com- plexity of the play, which is not iso- lated like a flying tackle or an in- terlockad interference, but is inter- mixed with several other plays, For instanee, if end rushes are injured (as many ‘were in 1309) while attempting to recuover a forward pas: it is easy to say that*an end going down the field to recover a forward pass ought not to be blocked. - The query, how- ever, jnstantly arises, as it arose be- fore the rules committee, how is it to ‘be kriown, before the pass actually is deliveered, that the end is endeavoring to reicover a forward pass? may be going down the field to er a PPBL or to recover an onside kick; or, | more importaw®still, he may be going dowm to_ interfere for a run following | a fake forward pass. Protecting the End Rush. - “‘Hence, it 18 obvious that any protecting an end rush attempt rocover a forward pass also will terfere with the defence to a punt, rule | to| an “The only solution of the situation, | :therefcre, was the establishment of a {zone within which soffensive players going down the field should not be blocked except where acting as inter- ferers in an attempt to advance the ball by a rush. It is apparent that forward passes must be limited to this zone of protection.” “But_there was another considera- tion which favored a limitation upon forward passes. In 1909 a number of | players developed who could throw forward passes accurately from 45 to 65 yards. By first employing two and three backward passes it was posslhla' to get every available man down the fleld to participate in the recov of these long forward passes. This manoeuvre threatened to do away with [ { m E-pert Warns of Dmge;of mh@ Pounding Game—Revised Rules B punting, for why would a team punt 35 yards and lose the ball when they could forward pass 50 yards and re- tain the ball? : Forward Pass Zone. w ing_ o ment the backfield support would in vite a pounding attack upon the line, which the experience of 1909 proved was dangerous to life and limb. Hence the forward pass zone was established d fixed. at 20 yards. The require- ment that kicks and forward passes should be delivered from a poini. five yards behind the line scrimmage was then necessary in order that a rushing play might be disclosed almost in: tantly. The prohibition of anside kicks within the 20 yard zone also was imposed so as not further to compli- cate the plays possible within this space. Injuries Greatly Lessened. “Now, what have been the results? Injuries have been surprisingly lessen- cd. At Princeton, with five times as many men plaving football as baseball in 1911, the accidents on the gridiron, nothwithstanding have been less than those upon the diamond. But football tacties have been revolutionized. With the abolition of interlocked interfer- ence evegy matched teams no longer can advante the ball by rushing pla: ir. a series of first downs, and with ablishment of the five and 20 yard restrictions upon the fo: the game has become, SO Some persons al- lege, intolerably complicated. Forward Pass in Jeopardy. “The rushing game can be re-estab- lished simply by increasing the num- ber of dowas or by decreasing the vardage, but with this change also must return the continuoas line- peunding attack. The solution of the problem. of the complicated forward pass conditions has not been - ed. This play has owed its life during the past two years to the slender ma- Jjority of two votes on the rules com- mittee. A new composition or a new alignment of the committee of, 1912 quicklv and easily may remove the rroblem of the forward pass beyond the necessity of further consideration.” Independents Ready for Taftville.” The Infiependents ave ready for the gome for Tuesday night with Taft- le and have strengthened up, and thev expect to make them go at top speed to get away with the big end of the score. A big crowd is expected to go to Taftville. Captain Washburn will spring a surprise on the Taftville boys, as he has three new men who will make any of them go. Roller Polo Monday Night. At Taunton: Hartford 2; Taunton 3. ‘At Worcester: Waterbury 3; Wor- cester 6. At Providence: New Haven 5; Prov- idence 4 (overtime). FINANCIAL AND GOMMERCIAL. SMALL LOSSES GENERAL. Market Had Heavy Undertone With Downward Drift. New York, Dec. 18.—Prices moved in a hesitating, uncertaln way today on the stock exchange. The undertone was heavy, and toward the end of the day the drift became more decidedly downward, so that at the close losses of a point or so were frequent. There was evidence throughout the s€ssion of considerable pressure on some of the speculative favorites, which per- haps registered the conclusio of pro- fessional traders that the advance had gone far enough to justify expecta- tions of a reaction, The movement seemed to bear mno relation to outside influenceés, which on the whole were favorable. The improvement of the banks' position as shown by the weekly clearing house report, and the huge gain in foreign trade revealed in the figures for the of the week on which bull traders i relied for some improvement, but no response was made to these influ- ences. was lively at the open- ing. It was apparent that stocks were being sold as fast as the market would absorb them, and traders on the long side were able to do lttle. A few issues, including Lehigh Valley, the Eries and some of the copper stocks, showed a fair degree of strength, but vielded later under a steady supply. Lehigh Valley was the exception. It rose to 184 1-2, the highest price in several months, on a continuation of the accumulation which was in vrog- ress last week. The only explanation offered for the strength of this stock was the reiterated report that the ould soon outline plwns for segregating the company’s coal lands from the rallroad property. United ‘States Steel displayed none of its recent strength. It moved with the other industrials and closed a point off, Steel manufacturers report- ed that there had been no falling off in business, and it was ex- pected that the demand for rails would shortly become more active. A e part of the speculative in- terest was attached to the trading in Union Pacific, which has been sold freely for several days. The stock was under pressure throughout the day. Its heaviness acted as a drag on the market, and was influential in de- pressing prices at the close. T were several movements of considéra. ble size among the speciaities, Un- derwood Typewriter showed pronounc- ed weakness and declined more than six points. On the “curb” United Ci- gars broke 23 ints. The fortni ly figures of the Euro- supply of copper were more fa- ible than had been expected. While a f &l o in the supply had been looked for, it was thought that the change would be comparatively ing to the heavy shipments from this country during the past three weeks. The decrease of nearly 4,500,- 000 pounds bore oat recent reports of | better trade conditions in England and Germany. Inflow of cash from the interior cit- les continued, and there was an eas- ier tone in time money market, Bonds were lrregular. The local ion issucs showed a declining ten- Geney,. Total sales, par value, $3,808,~ Unitsd States bonds were unchanged on eall. f ! 63 L3 1 &1 5% 5 n° wh b4 B4 “ay a = 8 —. 8 5 o %2 nd 37 Teak e 113! 130% i30% 103% jore - 5200 Anaconda Mining Ce. 5000 Atchison Qreat Northem pfd. Do. Ore Cifs. .. 2 Inter Harvester . Inter Marine pra . Tnternational Paper Now Fakene Yo ew Yorl — g Nobus hott and dull; st: 2nd ninety days 4@4 14 o e COTTON. New York, Dee. 18—Cot closed barely steady. Clollntm mmtur- December 9.22; Jani 8.34; Febru. ary 8.80; March 8.96; April 9.02; May 307; June 12 July 918 .17; September 9.18; E November 9.28. e s Spot closed quiet; middling uplands :.4,6; middling gulf 9.70; :a.l‘aq,’ 5,700 ales, - I i o 5w = 63 1118 841116 o 1330 ‘Mutual - tire history. - written. Bt fuct, thely Fire Ins Seeking to be - Though State-wide in its scope, this Company . \ Secretary, W. F. 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PROTHERO ounty pnlnunly a local Institution—being, urance Company )nth a Ho?ne Office in Eastern Connecticut. Thames Loan & Trust Company Building, Shetucket St. NORWICH, CONNECTICUT. “MYSTERIOUS BILLY” S8MITH SHOT DEAD IN OREGON Former Welterweight Star Goes Down in a Gun Fight. Por 4, Ore., Dec. 18.—“Mysterious Billy” (Amos) Smith, at ‘one time a well known welterweight prize fighter, Was fataliy shet last night by Capt. A. B. Loomis of the river steamer, ‘We Own. Smith came here from Portland, Me, 15 years ago. His ring career dates from 1897 to 1903. Though nev- er a claimant to the championship he is #aid to have been one of the best welterweight fighters in the country. His flve fights with Joe Walcott, the famous nesgro boxer, did much toward building up Smith’s reputation as a fighter. STORBECK KNOCKED OUT. Bombardier Puts the South African Champion Away in the Eleventh. London, Dec. 18—Bombardier Wells, whose scheduled fight with Jack John- son last September was prohibited by the authorities appeared in the ring of the National Sporting club tonight to meet Fred Storbeck, the heavy- weight champion of South Africa. A big orowd had gathered to see ke bout. It lasted eleven rounds, Stor- beck beiug krocked out by Wells with one of his powerful swings. ® Murphy Maust Build Up. Philadelphia, Dec. 18.—Mike Murphy, the_athletic trainer of the University of Pennsylvania, has been ordered by his physician to spend the winter in a milder climate so as to build himself up for the work of training the Am- erican team which will compete in the Olympic events at Stockholm, Swe- den, n year. Murphy is at present confin tgr his home by fillness. aseball in Cuba, Havana, Dec. 18.—New York Na- tionals #; Almendares 1. Spokane High in Revolver Shoot. Springfield, Mass., Dec. 15.—Results in the third and fourth rounds in the indoor league of the United States Revolver association were announced date is of New York city continues its fine work, having shot over the 1100 .mark in all four matches so far. Signe to Manage Scranton Team. Scranton, Pa., Dec. 18.—Jack Mullen, captain last season of the Toronto In- ternational league team, and for sev- eral years prominent as an Kastern league player, signed tonight to man- the local Ni Pulled Fighters Apart. Troy, N. Y., Dec. 18—Al Delmont cf Boston, claimant to the bantam- weight championship crown held by Johnny Coulon, and Buddy Foulkes of this city went ten fasi rounds to a draw Fere tonight. 1he bout ended with both men fighting har] and it was necessary for the referee and Landlers to pull them apart. Articles wore signed for an>ler niseting n Friday night of this w3sk Tke com-, ing beut will be of twenty rounds’ duration. At the end «f the tenth round there will an_intermission cf taree minutes, du~nz which time the fighters will sign articles for an-~ other bout of ten rounds, Howard Afraid of Battler. New York, Dec. 18.—Battling Nelson easily had the better of Wiille How- ard in a ten-round bout in Brooklyn tonight. Howard appeared scared and while Nelson continually tried td bore in his efforts were frustrated ow- ing to Howard’s habit of grabbing his hands and holding them. While the hout was all Nelson's on points the blows he landed seemed to be weak. Pacific Middleweight Knocked Out. Akron, Ohio, Dec. 18.—Joe Gorman, champion middleweight of the FPa- cific coast, was knocked out by George Chip of Pittsburg tonight in the fifth round of what was to have a twelve- round bout. SPORTING BRIEFS. McCoy Pitts, an Appalachian league player, was accidentally shot and kill- ea In Georgia recently. Bill Abstein and Rube Kissinger, two ¢la Eastern leaguers, have been’ sold by Jersey City to Memphi: ‘William Elmer of Cleveland and Jack Kennedy of Baltimore will do umpiring in the Cotton States league next sea- son. Members of the Philadelphia Na- tionals who took the trip to Cuba say that Catcher Killifer, the new Quaker, is sure to make good. A, new league may be formed in estern Pennsylvania to ificlude But- er, Franklin, Beaver Falls, New Cas- tle( Oil City and Meadville. The directors of a new club in Cleve- land are trying to bring together Bob Moha and Jack Twin Sullivan for the cpening boxing show some time in January. The New York Amesican leagie club has released Harry Abeles, a pitcher, 2nd Eddie Wilkinson, an outflelder, to the Oakland, Cal, club of the Pacific Coast league. Umpire Bob Emslie has won another trap shooting championship. And for several years players have been yef- ing that Bob couldn’t see and should wear a pair of “cheaters.” As Ovie Overall is in bad with the <Cubs, the national commi n_ will Erh..pl slap a fine on Ping BEodle, iner Brown, Oscar S the Bos- Red Sox for 1 i Catlf playing ball with Tt rests with the result of his meet- |mg with~ Bm - MeKu Ge will Yotned George Hail meet Hurley, but he will have to make good against McKinnon in order to Lold the match. Regarding Mlke Gibbons, the St Paul lad right now is the most sought after boxer in the country. A few more pounds in welght makes little cifference to him. Gibbons, however, is far from being a real welterwelght himself, as he favors welsaing around 147 pounds. Gibbons is v/illing to meet anyone up to 164 pounds, Trainer Bill Quinn of Harvarada an- nounces that John Crmmings, who ran recond to Chisholm of Yale in London last summer, Ja.kson, & sophomore, and_Panzer, a freshman, will compete in the hurdie events and Moffitt in the running high jump at the national in- door championships to be held in Made ison Square Garden, New York, Dec. 2¢ and 27. Cyclone Burns, the Boston heavy- weight wrestler, made a remarkable showing in & handicap wrestling match egainst Romaneff, the glant Cossack, ir Attleboro. Romanoff agreed to throw two men each in 30 minutes. He scored a fall on Strangler Lewls, Jr., in 12 minutes, but aldn’t do any- thing with Burns, who showed good Gefense form. Don Labor, 2.06 1-4, has recently table of roadsters and Bervaldo, 2.08 1-4, may soon find there. a home \ If there is anything you want first- class it is the pocket knife that is with you 16 hours a day and in use a dozen times each day. you want a knife that looks well, that is keen and sharp ~when you buy it and will seldom, if ever, require sharpen- wisic NEEN KUTTER v ; ‘?e' KUTTER pocket knives represent Advice to Mothers Have you had baby's photograp taken 7 It's an art to take baby's photo raph as It should be taken. To catcl is roguish little smile, his pretty littV dimple, Such photograps become prize remembrances of babyhood’s days In years to me. We have had years of experience In photoeraphing children They always look their best when we take them. No troublesome posing. Snap them in & Jiffy. LAIGHTON, The Photographer, Opposite Norwich Savings Soclety. Fidelio Beer On Draft or in Bottles, Team Dellvers Everywhers. H. JACKEL & C0. 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