Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 1, 1913, Page 3

TAFTVILLE BASKETBALL TEAM ager Fred Caron, Fontaine, Potter, Jacques. Asst. Manager Vic Caron, Murphy, Capt. Disiardins, White, Man- MUST BEAT MACK'S MEN FOR 1913 PENNANT. | the Struggle | ith Athletics. | Red Sox Manager Says for the Flaa Will Be V where iia from pennant cause, un- | pro: remarked remembering that ( i forced administer punishmen Pitcher r gnd Outfielder Oldring. two of ar players, in midseason, his § pled “The the Red they we: the previo Mackites d imitate | we_did we kept < prop. the dope doesn't show that the > However, that the Athlet every soul in the the | will be BASEBALL LOST FAST BASKETBALL TEAM. Taftville Five, with “Pete” Desjardins o first time as regard: Weorth and Dennison. MADE WINNING RECORD ON THE DIAMOND | ¢ represe: Captain, Making Good Record. — = In the year just closed The Taftvilie basketball team bids | spicious figures in the world fair to uphold its excellent record of | and athletics have been re other years from the iind of a game | death. Haseball, pugilism, g an ng Norwich State Hospital Team Scored | 17 Victories Out of 27 Games. he wich e 1l had a fairly ton Red S cees in winning 17 the spring training triy it of 27 games played and finishing the dope that Manager Stabl an | the season with a winning percentage Boston fig P Capt.—Manager McGraw was Ath hem a tiz t tvidual star of the team, lead- for c honors in 191 ng the squad in batting, and playing spite Red Sox won |a er game at third. record of the -pennant puil to a snail-like | games plaved follows: walk this vear, t lon't 1 on- | OpShents. tering the 1913 believing that they are invinci i paying th penalty of belng overconfident | “The dope how that t MANY NOTABLE FIGURES. | Grim Reaper Exacted a Heavy Toll in the Past Year. on sport od swim- uis Browns (Lefty)y (Pige that has been played so far this Sea- | ming, rowing and the tt son. ven fast players make up the | lost noted leaders during feam and one is a star in his | monthe. own particular position. Capt. “Pete” | On profassional b Deajardins and Fontaine Bave repre- | the hesvicer toll. by Sented Taftville on the floor for the | Heading iho Jist OF a Dast five years around these two | tne name of John T. Frush, Yeterans the present team has boen | the MNew Fork Gints and built up. Murpi White and Potter | recognized as ave played with Taftville two years | the Natfonal Tor members of the | connested wit : Jewett Cty | pased away _durimg has been i th 16 Tineup for | Rneeaas oyon. two years. | Washington league Five sames have been played so far ‘ Knowles, formerly this season, with bat one defeat. The | New York National Zames are as follows. | "The vears losses Taftville, Opponents. | players and oldtime st sty | mond included the following: z (Bugs) Ravmond, - Glants; Jimmy S [ Crarence " (¢ his greatest reput e ‘f‘lfl,\' land N 1‘.,Snn\;; Sam Barcla c star player with the St. L. SOCGER CHAMPIONS. i e Taftvilie Team Made Season of Eight | N2IT, Who piaved with tho | Games Without a Defeat. Ward, another old Natlo s William J. Finley, who caugh Eight games Without a defeat is the | Wo ars 0 i Tss9: A record of i “ho umpired for the Natiomil Soccer cha m, | in ‘the early seven awa Shich won from | pach, = scout for the Cinnatt Sterling two out of thre rs. In | the reputed discover of the first two ga car Tattville | Mathewson: Ace Stewa Was viciorious and Sterling forfeited | arent paser. the third game The record games —_—— plaved this vear is as follows NI S Taftville. Opponents. | g - s e o the fourth time OCE 19 ......... 5 New London | Frank Wooten led the w Nov. 2 ---. 3 Lorraines W"Iy. 3| on the English turf in 132 New London .. 1|secord of 118, fust mine mo Sterling ....... 1|than Danny Maher, the Hart Sterling : ined. - Woote 11’5 Plainfela 111111 fon of having 2 New London 11 Willimantic .... 0 | wins to mounts. Stovali's Three Teams. | Reulbach Was Shut Out ren 3, is the| Although Christie Mat parture for the sunny south on their | to have been his superior in spring _trin. | work, thes is no greater name ablc to have thres|of Edward Reulbach, whose in he fie to send to Beau- | consistency while prime mont, Houston, Gaiveston, Dal Ft | him the title of “Shut-Out-Ki 1-/:ar~: when the club base bzll ma James Thorpe, of Carisle, the Athletic Marvel of the Year—Americans the Stars in Olympic Games in Sweden —Long Standing Records Fall Before Assaults of New Champions in Many Lines—Earth, Air and Water Conquered By Man’s Mind and Muscle in Pursuit of Sport—Speed Kings of Aviation and Automobiling \ Drives Machines at Terrific Pace for World’s Records. From year to year the men of might ! in the athletic world continue their as- | sault upon the records which some champion has hung up before them, and each passing twelve months sees new athletic luminarics arising to outshine the stars of other days. In the past year the recurrence of the | Olympic games was perhaps the most notable event in the athletic world and here again as in other years at the | same g , America led the world. To the apparently natural fitne hletics found in the people of the | United States was added the best that | training could do in preparing our | representatives for the _international | struggle, with the result that the Stars | and Stepes waved #bove ail other | flags in the stadium at Stockholm [ where the games were held As a team and individuaily the ma- | jor part of the honors went to the men | from the U. S. A., for James Thorpe, | the Inaian froi sle school, | | wrested the a nors from | > best men th: could put him, es ng a record even caused him to be hail- G. T. Touchard defeated Raymond D. Little in the final singles matoh of the Nassau County club tournament, Sop- tember 27 Miss Clare Cessell won_ the sinsles cup In the tournament of the Mont- clair A, C., September 21. ~ New Records. Three Rhodes' scholars from Ameri- ca ropresented Oxford in the dual meet between that university and OCam- bridge, March 23 M. Wright, Dartmouth '13, set a new. collége indoor record of 12 feet 1 inch for pole vault. Enright cleared feet in high jump at same time. James Thorpe, representing Carlisle university carried away the individual honors at the Athletic meet of the Pittsburgh A. C., March 9, winning in the 60 yard dash, the hurdles, shot put and running high jump. George Horine, Stanford university, | broke the world’s running high jump | record, March 29, with a jump of 6 feet, 6 1-8 inches. A’ new record of 2 h. 21 m. 18 1-5 =, for the Boston marathon, a distance of about 20 miles was set by Mike Ryan, April 1. | Sound, Eastern Yacht olub, sailed oft Marble- head, Mass. The Astor gold ' cup was won by Morton F. Plant's schooner Hlena in the annwal cruise of the N. Y. Y. C. August 13. The Astor cup for sloops Went to G. M. Pinchon’s Istalena. In the last of the N. Y. Y. C. races the King George V., cup was wom by the Winsome. The Hilena, Istalena and Dorella TL won the prize cups offered by the New- port Yacht Racing association. Motor boat Dream, owned by Charles L. Lagen, was the winner of the Ber- muda Challenge cup in the Philadel- phia-Bermuda race. J. S. Blackston's Baby Reliance IL won the Wrigley cup at Chicago. The winning boats in the four divi- sions in the nal race for the seacon in the handicap class of Long Island Sept. 21, were: Alert, R. A. Budd: Mist, H. T. Hornjdge; Awanita 4, A. B. Fountain; Ada, L. Price. In the Eastern Yacht club's run oft Marblehead Morton F. Plant’s Elena won in the blg echooner class Harvard made a clean sweep of the Thames river on June 21, winning from Yale all three events of the annual re- The two days' shoot for the Pres- ident's trophy, imdividuai maich, was won by Corp. C. M. Leng of the bth Massachusetts, at Seagirt, N. J. The first and second prizes of the interstate regimental team match at the military shoeting tournament, were won by Towa Natienal Guardsmen. The Gould trophy was woen by Sergeant Jacobsen, U. S. Marine corps. _The Hayes medal was taken by Sergt. F. H. Kean of Massacnusetis. Swimming and lce Sports. Oscar Mathieson_established a ne skating record for 500, 1,000 and 10.000 meters at Christiania, Norway, I'eb. 15th. Percy McGilloray, new champion for 220 yard swim, winning at Pittsburgh Feb. Pennsylvania won the 1912 intercol- legiate swimming championship. Cap- | tain Willis made a record plunge of 30 | feot March 9th. Princeton won the intercollegiate champlonshlp at water polo. Bobby McLean, a Chicago sclolboy, won the International one mile han- dicap at the New Ensland meet at Cambridge, Mass., March 1. Miss Neille Schmidt, a 19 year old | NORWICH STATE HOSPITAL BASEBALL TEAM W. T. Leahy, S. Austin, P. Chase, T. Corbett, G. Rogers, P. LeBlanc, J. Hawkins, J. McGraw, O. Moors, W. Kincaid, G. Dahl. d as the most remarkable athlete of | A new fifteen mile marathon world’s | gatta—'varsity eight, four oar, and ! girl swam around in the | record of 1 hour, 18 minutes, 15 seconds | freshman eight. ocean _ outside to San ere | was set by Arthur Edwin Wood, the| Cornall university won all three races Francisco t never < lines | English distance runner in the pro- | at Poughkeepsle June 29, defeating before accompiizhed fessional championship races at New | crews from Coluwmbla, Wisconsin, Sy- Céllogs . Gponty; York, May 5 ratcuse, Pennsylvania and Stanford | oo g0 pe World's ck Boston - ameri=i|o 8t oW Tork ey 20, Ausl R K | oulvarsidce baskeipall, March 2 winning i cans at set a record of 3.59 1-5 for i onship of the Intercolle champions _Bos. | 1990 meter race and Louis Smith made Ryssplans Hacing: DD o e R a record of 15.11 2-5 for 5000 meters. The hydroplane Baby Reliance IL | "Iyl winlavan pasicetball term w tional Teague champions—New |, Pennsyivania won the intercollegiate | owneq by J. Stuart Blackton. won the | (nzowgh {he entire. scason undefented. nis and ah 2d, again won the Harvard e of Boston pril 13, Jay _retalncd the American Court | 3 a D, the Metro- city ana H i Marxill won the McLoughlin _won the ! National ~ championship _Newport casino, | lin and Thomas C. Bundy | dational championship in | t Newport, August 21. tional Inter-Scholastic cham- | won by Clifton B, Herd - Murdock, T. Greenhalgh, Vice-president R. R. Mclintyre. Lower row—White, S: haigh TarTviLll soccer FooTEALL TEAM Top row—Assistant Manager Pearson, Manager Brown, H. Finlayson, R. Wilsoon, F. Raymond,. F. . .Greenhalgh, -A. atamour, Knowles, R. Pilling, J. Belair, A. Finiayson, Ca ptain James Greenhalgh, Jesse Green- | follow, at New York, September 28. track and field games on Franklin fleld, June 1. R. A. Gardner of Yale made a record of 13 feet 1 inch in the pole vault. Charles D. Reldpath low- ered the quarter mile record to 48 seconds. John Paul Jomes, Cornell, Gid the half mile in 1.56 4-5. Russell Lawrence Beatty of Columbia put the 15 pound shot 48 feet, 10 3-4 inches. P. R. Wittington of Harvard aid the two mile run in 9.24 2-6 Wonderful Pole Vaulting. M. S. Wright, Dartmouth, perform- ed the most remarkable pole vaulting feat ever witnessed by clearing the b 13 feet, 2 1-4 inches, at the c trials at the Harvard stadi- um, June 5. At the same time Abel R. Kiviat d his own 1500 meter record to 5 Matt McGrath set a new world’s record of 191 feet, 5 inches, for putting the 16-pound shot, unlimited run and At the annual fall games of the Irish | American A. C., at Celtic park, New Vork, October 21, these new recerds were ‘made: Four mile run, 20.8 1-5, Louts 21 pound shot, 42 feet, 4 2 in Pat " McDonald; _hammer feet, 2 1-2 inches, Pat Ryan. throw, 17 Boating. _ Oxford won Cambridg, the two The trisnzular boat race between Cornell, Harvard and Primceton, May | d, was won by Cornell. Harvard finished second and Princeon third. Schooner yacht Helen IL won the an easy vietery over the annual meeting of principal prize in the Seawanhaka Go- | rinthlan regatta on the Sound oft Oys- | ter Bay, June 22. The Interim, a 23 footer, owned by R, A. Revere, won the 100 miles race of the N. Y. A. C. Juno 22, | The Puritan oup, most famous of the | perpetual yachting trephies of {ke country, was won July ¥ by the Aven- ger, owned by Henry L, Maxwell of Netw York, in the annual regatta of the | time championsnip trophy ef the Buf- falo Motor Boat regatta, Sept. 12, set- ting a record of 3 minutes, 35 sec- onds for the 30-mile course. As a result of the vietories of Maple Leaf IV E. MacKay Edgar's hydro- plane in the series of races on Hun- tington bey, the PBritish International trophy has returned $ England. At the national carnival on the Hud- son river during the week of Sept. 15, the English hydroplane Debutante set & record of 4.13.31 for the 161 nauti- cal mile course and Peter Pan Sr. covered 49 nautical miles in 3:00:36. Shosting. F. B. Stephenson won National Tn- door Amateur trapsheoting champion- ship at Sportsmen’s show at Madisen Square Garden in March, breaking 95 out of 100 birds. University of lowa team won cham- pienship of western intercollesiate rifle Shooting league for 1912. Donato Romneo won National Schoel- boy Rifle Bhesting champlonship at New York Sportsmen’s show In March, With a score of 1785 eut of pessiblé 1,880, The championship of North China ! was won by the Americans at the in- ternational rifle match at Tien-Tsin April & The team of Massachusetts Aggies won the intercollegiate rifle shoeting championship of 1812. B. M. Higginson, J won the sev- enth annual natlonal champlonship at clay birds at Travers Island, with a score of 185 out of 200. The mllitary team representing the Uny States won the international army rifle ghooting competition June 9 &t the Olympic games, A. P. Lane, representing the Unitad States, won the duel shooting individ- ual competition of the Olympic games, The American shooting team won the world's echampionship at clay birds Juge 9 at the Olymplc games, The pistol shooting eompetition for toams at the Olympic games was won by the American team. taking 18 straight victorie: Cornell wrestlers won every event in which they were entered at Inter- collegiate finals at Columbia March 22 The Yale gymnastic team won Intercoliegiate championship for 191 For the time in 23 years a Wesleyan football team scored on Yale, in the game on Yale ficld Sel University of Maine held Harvard to a ecore of 7-0 at Cambridge, Sept. 28. Motor Cycling. Arthur Chapple New York set a new treck mark « § 4-5 for one mile and also a record of 118 4-5 for two mtles { B. J. Hawkins won a match race, | Cleveland to New York, from E. F Kumler, covering the 700 miles in 2§ heurs, 32 minutes Johnnie Albright of Denver made a recorq of 38.42 1-5 in the 30 mile race | at the Brighten Beach inotordrome Aug. 23, yeling. Donald McDougal, amateur, w n the one mile world’s champlonsiip at the Newark velodrome Aug. 25 The one mile grand prize race was won by Frank L. Kramer. | Golf. | The title for the open golf .cham- pionship of the Dnited States, played over the course of the Buffalo Coun- try clup during the first week in Au- wasw, J. D. McDermott i onal). The' leadinz amateur was W. J. Trayis Legs, ‘Who has carried the title of champion for six vears, was winner in the Trans-Mi in Minneapo sissipp! Golf tour is Aug. 12-17. BASEBALL’S CHA! League. American Asso’tion, Butler, American, Cobb, Detroit.......... Blue Grass, O'Connell, Richmond. . Border, Peltier, Mt. Clemens...... Carolina Asso'tion, Stuart, Greensbore Central Asso’tion, Manusch, Ottumwa. Central Kansas, Munroe, Minneapolis. Central, Lejeune, Grand Raplds Connecticut, High, Hartford...... Illinois-Missouri, Wolfe, Lincoin. . International, Murphy, Baltimore Kitty, Bohannon, Paducah. 2 M-1-N-K, Drumm, Nebraska City Michigan' State, Platte, Cadillas. Natiopal, Zimmerman, Chicago Nebraska State, Price, York.. N. Brunswick-\aine, Ganley, New England, De Groff, Lowell New York State, Bay, Alhany Northwestern, Meek, Victoria. Ohio State, Nesser, Lima. . Pacific Coast, Howard, San Francisco. South Atlantic, Massey, Savannah. South Atlantic, Herndon, Albany Southern, Weichonce, Nashvitle. . Southern’ Mic Texas, Metz, San Antonio........... Texas-Okla., Brown, Wichita Falls. ‘Three-1, Kerwin, Quiney..... Tri-State, Johnson, Trenten Name Club. St. Paul. Virginia, Griffin, Richmond......... Western Canada, ed'ton . igan, Onslow, Lansing.. . Union Asso'tion, Murphy, Great Fais. .. Borton, St. Joseph, . West. Tri-State, Pembroek, Pendlotan. ‘Wisconsin-Tllinois, Sylvester, Apnleton WPION BATSMEN Avy Reports 1912 to: Plttsburg (N. L) Detroft (A. L.) Richmond (B. G. L.) Mt. Clemens (B. L) Gréensboro (C. A (Free agent) Minneapolis (C. K. L.) Grand Rapids (C. L. Detroit (A, L. Chicago (A. L.) Philadelphia (A. L) Paducah (K L. Nebraska City (M L.) Detroit (A. L.) Chicago (N. L.) York (N. O. L) Fredericton (N.B.-M.L.) Lowel (N. E, L) Albany (N. ¥. §. L) Victoria (N, L.) Lima (O. §. L. Fran, (P, C. L) Savannah (8. A. L.) Birmingham (8. L.y Washington (A. L) Providence (L. L.) Boston (N. L. St. Louls (N. L.) Quincy (T. I L) o Trenton (T. S. L.) Great Falls (U. A) Richmond (V. L.) Chicago (A. L) Pendleton (W.T.-S.L) Appleton (W.-1 L.) Automol At San Diego, Cal, April 1, Louls Disbrow set a new world’s racord of 88 6-5 meconds for one mile on a cireular dirt course. This year's Vapderbilt cup race was won by Ralph De Palma, driving = Mercedes car over the course of 299 miles, 2,764 feet In 4 hours, 20 min- P I I NEW MARKS utes, 31.54 seconds. Hughie Hughes was second. Olympic Games. Jim Thorpe of Carlisle, Pa., won the pentathlon in the Olympic games at Stockholm. Ted Meredith (American) won the 400-meter race in the Olympic games, making & new world's record; time, 4§ second K. K. McArthur of South Africa won the Olympic Marathon at Stockholm. America won the track and field meet at Stockholm with 1238 points to Sweden’s 104 and England's 66. ;J'hol’»e. the Indian, won the decath- on. g HEINE ZIMMERMAN s ELY HITTER. Cub Leads National League in Batting in Runs, Having 98 to His Credit— Doyle Second With 97. Heinie Zimmerman of the Cubs was the J. Franklin Baker of the National league last season, leadins the players of the senior organization in batting in runs, according to the figures issued | recently. The ' Chicozoan hammered | home 9 tallies in 145 contests, being outranked in percentage of runs batted home per game by Larry Dovle of the Giants, winner of the Chalmers car awarded to the Natlonal league’s most valuable player, and by Jerry Bdgin- ton_of Pittsburg end Charlic Stengel Slac- use of Brooidyn, athietes who can b ass be: ey took Wagn , Wil- son 93 and Sweenmey 2. Other con- sistent clubbers were Konetchy of St Louts, Murray of New York, Mitchell and Hoblitzel of Cincinnati and Milier of_Pitteb: The National league's team of time- liest hitters would be made up of Alexander of Philadelphia and Meyers of New York as battery men: Konet- chy of St. Louis, Doyle of New York, Zimmerman of Chicago and Sween of Boston as infielders, and Wazne and Wilson of Pittsburg and Murray of New York as outfielders. These men put the finishing touches to talies. Cleared the Bass: Thirty-five hits were made in the National last season that swept ithe bases clear of their three tenants. ‘The only player whe twice turned this trick Was Chief Wilson of the Pirates, he making a triple with the hassock congested off Dickson of Boston and homer when three were on off Steele s. That there was class to New York's pit the fact that year was a long hit made o th hing staff is only once du hurier that brought in three runs Magree of the Cardinals made wallop off Jeff Tesreau wher an emergency hitter, HUNTING FATALITIES WERE LESS THIS SEASON. Dead Number Only 90; Against 160 the Same Period Last Tllinot Indiana Towa Kansas Maine Massachusetts .. Michigan | Minnesota Now Jersey New York ... North Dakota srmont Washington Winconsin | Alaska ...... Totals 5 The hunting searor vesterday was | Season of 1911. Gead nnd injured | numbered 90 and 51 vely, as |2 100 and 37, respeciively, for In 1910, the deadlicst vear of ich there is record, 113 jersons lost | their lives while hu zame | "X glance at the c 5t the ace | dents is interestin The followin | table shows how they happened | KILLED Shot by companions Shot themselves | Mistaken for deer . Shot by unknown hunters INJURED. by companions themselves : by unknewn hunters 5 Hunters and Deer Killed. Twenty-eight hunters during New Hngland's gam | Figures showed 15,000 deer, |and 125 bears were bagged thousand deer were Kkilled where hunters spent $450,000. Shot, Shot Shot were Twelve Maine, THE RECORD MOOSE OF 1212 | | | SEASON. Big Fellow Shot in Maine Near 1200 Pounds. Weighed To Frank T. Wardsworth port goes the distinction of shot the largest bull moose in Maine the past season. The animal, Whic is a splendid specimen, was shot Tomah Sta-Stream. The moose welghs between 1,100 and 1,200 pounds and was brought down by Mr. Wardsworth at a distance about 70 paces. The animal has splendid head with web antlers, hav ing a breadth of 1§ inches. Ome o the antlers has 14 points and the oth- er 12 while the width of the horns from tip to tip measured G0 inc The guides in the neighborhood of having of moose ever shot in that region. Mullin's Thirteenth Year. For the 18th time In as many years, George Mullin has signed a contract to pitch for the Tigers next season. No figures are given as to his sulnry, fyrther than that a handsomo bonus { Wil be n order if he delivers the zoods, Killed | Tomah claim that it by far the largest | Academy Baseball Captain, ~OB FLETCHER, ACADEMY BASEBALL. Team Scored 124 Runs to Opponents 92—Capt. Fletcher Led in Batting. The Norwich Tres Academy bad successful ba: 1 season in 1913, the The team euffereq a slump towards Academy s d duri tha Team Was Fast, but L d Weight |12 | The Academy eleven playcd but tem Collegians, ¥ ROLLING LOGS MADE CARTY A ST NG MAN, Big Help in Making t a Great Fighter, Outdoor Life McCarney’s Gian Luther McCarty, whose_decisive; Gew feat over Jim Fiynn at Vernen, Omke recently_places him in the lead #% the army of white hopes, bas- bad m# entful carecr. ioven before be Be= f the padded it Mow enough thrilly inte z atie e average taste fof exeltement. At various times he Je been miner, lumberjack, cowban, Sl tabout and many other Stdugs ceme & knlght Iife to as’ the opportunity offered. Now Ne s |in a fair way to become the hesvy: | weight champton, and yet he is stid | 1acking a few months of his mwjer- | 12, | “MoCnrty was born on & raneh swiwa by hig father that was lyoated 30 soiley | out of Lincotn, Neb, ¥ sher adetl when he was 8 yesrs ind 4 fow rs Jatgr he went o live with Fbn s in Colorado, At tho awo of 13 3 he left his home put the formality of snnouncing MM des purture and sterted on his tsevels. | These tecl him th oSt OVary state in_the o antlodt arpund Cape Forn while o cabin boy on a “wind jemmer” and visited China and Japan on enother | vessel After his forelgn trayels MeCasty brck attle herdine om ocee [ | Soon he branehed out on hi | 88 o pugllist, setting his first opp tunity when t the pr us tn & | bout against Walt Adams, & Consdian | Beayywetzht, failed to show One { ot McCarty's heavy swings ended the | pattie in the secand round ana | mediately decided s | found a vocatio Lim more yesll e yet tackled Sends Thres Pitohers 1o Texas Ranch. Connte Mack, maneger | er of the Atni | attieth anntversary of Decamber 28, ed | Th | Bena | on sstay of Texas several ongrat to | San Antonto, the 1918 camb | seems Cin Joe Ti t | ing to ry Papie considerablc | department, think, apcord ati, that I ould \