Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 1, 1915, Page 3

NORWICH BULLETIN, THURSDAY, KPRIL Y, TOTE INSURANCE < "IFIT'S o INSURAN f WE WRITE 1T 28 Shetucket St, Norwich, Conn. The Wisdom and Necessity of Insur- ande is an established fact and needs no argument these days. It is simply & question of the proper Company to insure with. I represent strong, re- liable Companies, noted for their prompt and liberal settlements. ISAAC S. JONES, Insurance and Real Estate Agent, Richards Building 91 Main Street ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW AMOS A. BROWNING Attorney-atLaw, 3 Richard's Bldg. "Phone 700. « Brown & Perkins, Attmeys-at-Law Over Uncas Nat, Bank, Shetucket St. , Entrance stairway near to Thames National Bank. Telephone 38-3. THAYER & JAMES Attorneys at Law Removed To Room 303, Thayer Building, Norwich, Conn. STAFFORD SPRINGS Teachers and Students on Vacation Trips—Talk of Employing a Super- intendent For the Schools. it A NSRS Howard Needham who attends a military school in Poughkeepsie, N. Y., is home for the Easter vacation. Miss Alice Amel, who teaches in Danlelson, is in town for the spring vacation. Miss Alice Walker and Miss Ruth ‘Walker are home from their school duties in New York for a brief vaca-| tion. Mrs, Louise Converse has returned to Clevelard, Ohlo, after a brief visit with her sisters, the Misses Russell, at Woodlawn_cottage. J. S. O'Brien_of Springfleld is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Grady. Miss Elsie Corbin of Holyoke is visiting Mrs. T. M. Lyon in Staf- fordville. Dimodk Glazier who attends Dean Academy is at his home in West Staf- ford for the spring wacation. T. F. Mullen has gone to Maine and New Hampshire on a business trip. Bernard Mullens is _substituting a part each day at the Fabyan office while the regular stenographer is ill. Mr. and Mrs. Danies of Whiting, Vt., are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ar- thur Johnson. Miss Beatrice Congdon has returned trom a few days’ visit with friends in Providence. Holiday Closing. The banks and lbrary will be closed Friday and the post office will ob- terye the usual holiday hours. Mrs. Angie White of the Baltic Academy is at home for the Easter racation. Misses Katherine and Loretta Mul- #ns have been visiting relatives in Mr, and Mrs. Samuel 1ave returned from their Sour. Falk of Superintendent For Schools. There has been much discussion turing the past year of the matter of smploying a superintendent of schools who would have charge of all the whools in town. For a number of) rears ths high school principal has wcted as supervising principal of the schools in the borough and these rchools are in very good condition. It s thought that the employment of a ruperintendent would help out the raral schools. The teachers employ- M in_these schools are frequently alzl school graduates who have no iwctupl teaching experience and with iumeone to direct them and to help 1 planning the work they could un- fo get better results. Many sbject to the hiring of a superintend- nt because of the expense it would mtail. In order to bring the matter © 8 head the town school board has ippolnted a committee to look into he_matter and to report on the ad- risdbility and cost of the same, The committee consists of F. J. Slover, Rev. Percy V. Norwood and & D. O’Connell. To End Seasol The Stafford Young Men's club will fose for the season Saturday after- won at 5.30. There will be a buffet unch at 4 o'clock for members of the dub. Halowitz ‘wedding| - His Natural Thought. A Sowth Dakota railroad is noted br its execrable roadbed. A new rakeman was making his first trip wer the road at night and was stand- g in the center of the car, grimly lutching the seats to keep erect. juddenly the train struck a smooth face in the track and slid along with- ut sound. Seizing his lantern, the rakeman ran for the door. “Jump >r your lives!” he shouted. “She is WHITE HOPE EXPRESSES CONFIDENCE J. L. LATHROP & SONS, | Declares He Will Defeat the Champion in Quick Time if Johnson Stands Up and Exchanges Blow for Blow— Johnson Pushed a Steam Roller and Wrestled a Bull During Wednesday Training. Havana, March 31.—At the con- clusion of today's training routine in the camp of Jess Willard, the big ‘white man who is to fight Jack John- son for the heavyweight champion- ship of the world next Monday, the fighter and his handlers discussed the plan and details of the battle. Just what the campaign of the white man will be against the big black was not made public. Bach day Willard is decreasing his work. Sunday he will do_ little ex- cept give a public exhibition in his gymnasium. Monday morning he ex- pects to rise early and take a long walk in order to limber up. Then he will rest until he departs for _the Mariano race track, where the fight is to take place. He purposes to leave for the ring an hour and a half before the fight is to start. Willard expresses confidences that he will win, but declines to predict 'whether the fight will be long or short. If Johnson stands up and ex- ghanges blow for blew, Willard de- lares he will defeat the champion in quick time, believing that no man can stand up under his punches. If Johnson covers up, clinches and blocks, the white man says, the bat- tle will be long drawn out but event- ually he will be the winner. Willard says he can use his right fist on Johnson, something he has been un- able to do in his training bouts with his sparring partners for fear of hurt- ing_them seriously. ‘Willard will begin his final “drying out” Saturday night. He expects to enter the ring weighing about 240 pounds. He will not select his seconds until an hour before the battle, but it is believed these will be his present trainers and his manager. The men in Willard's camp have made a pool of $500 to bet on him. Today Willard did six miles of road work in the morning and in the after- noon before a big crowd of spectators worked at his training machines, wrestled and boxed fourteen rounds iwith his sparring partners. Johnson was out for a five mile run on the road early in the morning. Later he pushed a steam roller and wrestled a bull. When cautioned against over-exerting himself Johnson said he must celebrate his 38th birth- day, which occurred today. In the afternoon the negro did only light work, throwing the medicine ball, and boxing six rounds with his sparring partners. Johnson declared today that it was likely he would win inside of twen- ty rounds. He praised Willard, but said that ring experience must tell. He added that all champions are de- feated if they stick to the game long enough, but declared that he was now as good as ever and consequently could not see defeat facing him in this, his final battle. Johnson will close his training with a six round bout with Sam McVey aturday and an exhibition Sunday. On Sunday morning he will cease tak- ing liquids and begin to “dry out” He exepects to enter the ring at 225 pounds. A meeting was held tonight to se- lect an alternate referee, but no de- cision was rached. Another meeting will be held tomorrow for this pur- pose. FEDS ADMIT THREE LEAGUES TOO MANY. President Gilmiour Suggests an Amal- Gamaation With Other Major Leagues. President James A. Gilmore has finally admitted that there isn't room enough for three major leagues. He suggests an amalgamation of the Fed- eral league with the National and American leagues, which of course, is out of the question. Gilmore says that by selecting sixteen of the twen- ty-four clubs two big circuits can be rearranged, while the other eight clubs in the smzller citles can be rele- gated to the International league and the American association. This ap- parently is Gilmore's plan to bring about peace in the baseball world. But evidently he forgets that in car- FINANCIAL AND COMMERGIAL MARKET CONTINUES ACTIVE. (Total Sales of Stocks Amounted to 745,000 Shares—Bonds Strong. New York, March 31—Trading in se- curities today eclipsed all records in point of volume since the closing days of last July, when the market was churned into a state of furious activity at declining prices because of panicky fecling engendered by the foreign sit- uation. There were signs in the course of today’s session, however, that ab- {sorption of high grade or investment issues had about reached the limit of its capacity for a time. Over 60 per cent. of the total output was limited to specialties and _the common stock of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railroad. Motor and equipment issues and others far more obscure contributed an unusually large quota. While these stocks were changing hands in blocks of a thousand or more shares, United States Steel, Amalgam- ated Copper, Reading and the trans- cortinental railers were lagzing be- hind. In fact, liquidation of these is- sues was plainly evident. . This was accepted as proof that' insiders and conservative investors had determined to withdraw their commitments pend- ing a restoration of more normal mar- ket conditions. The further rise in Rock Island was again without explanation, but bore all the marks of an open contest in con- nection with the annual meeting, which is to be held on April 12. Bethlehem Steel, which had recently been the source of much speculation and con- jecture, was heavy at all times, re- cording a net loss of two points. The market's tone at the close was irregu- lar, a number of standard shares sell- ing under the preceding day’s final fig- ures. Central financlel news dealt mainly with the question of additional foreign loans, improvement in the steel trade, chiefly as a result of further large or- ders ‘placed by European governments, and some more railroad statements for February, Unlon Pacific showing a net gain of $457,000. Total sales of etocks amounted to 745,000 shares. Bonds were active, strong and broad, with total sales, par value, of $4,328,000.; United States bonds were unchanged on call. After the close of the market, an- nouncement was made of the abolition of all minimum prices which have been in force since Dec. 15 last. The stock exchange authorities pointed out that this action was taken because of the improvement in financial affairs throughout - the _country, resulting largely from the foreign trade situa- on. STOCKS. STOCKS. High. cmenien 8% 8% a 3% 503 5% 3% % % 14% % 9 5 28% 28% 1% Saloa. 1000 Alsskn Gold® 3 6200 Allis-Chalmers 3000 Allis. Cral. pr 21400 Amal Copper 680Am. Ag. Chem. 5760 Am. 21760 Am. Mait pr Steiting Smeiting pr Steel Fary . Sugar 2100 500 01700 11600 100 1 &R. G. pr Securttics. 1st pr 2a o .ol 3 asmeli UM & S or . 300 Motors 500 Motors pr 1300 Goodich B, . 100 Gooddeh pr 1800 Gt. North pr 8200 GE N Oro Sub. 3300 Gusgen Expl. 200 Tiinols _Central 400 Tnt, Arl. 12000 Tnp Copper 11000 Inter Met. 19625 Tuter Met pr 200 Int. Har Corp 100 Int. 300 Tne. Int 240 330 00 Manhattan = 14900 Mazwell M Co. 4050 Maxwell M 1 pé 11100 Maxwell M 2 pr 300 May Deot. Store 100 May Dept S pr 3300 Mex. ~ Petrol 100 Mex. Petrol 6220 Miami Copper 410 Minn. & St L. 550 Mion. & St L. pr 100 M. St P. & S8 9700 Mo., Kan. & T. 80 Mo, K. &T. pr 18200 Mo." Pacific Mont. - Power Mont. Pow pr Nash, &Chat. Nt Blscult Nat. Blscult pr Nat. Clo. &Sult 100 300 l120% ann s a0y Tieay 1610 North Pacific 900 Pacific Mall 2300 Penn. B._R. 100 Peo. & Fast .l 500 Peoples G. & Co. 500 P C. C. &St L. 4900 Pitts’ Coal ........l.... 2845 Pitts Coal pr 500 Press Steel Car 300 Quicklver 100 Quicksliver _pr. 1400 Ry. Steel Spring 5700Ray Con Cop. 20700 Reding 2400 Rep. Ir. 800 Rep. Ir. 100 Rock Island 1800 Rock Isaxd pr 6200 Rumely . 4200 Rumely pr oSt L& 8. 300 St L & S. 800 St L. & 8. 3500 Seaboard A 2850 Seabd A. L. or 400 Sears Roebuck 5800 South Pacific 2500 Southern Ry. 300 South By Dr - 9100Studebaker ¥ 5. S L Union Pacific Union Pre. pr Unon Pac_ war Tn. Ry Inv or U5 fe TS Real & U S. Bubher .S R 1stor . U S, Steel MONEY. New York, March 31. — Call money steady; high 2; low 1 3-4; ruling rate 2: last loan 1 7-8; closing bid 1 3-4; offered at 1 7-8. COTTON. New York, March 31.—Cotton futures closed steady. May 9.77, July 10.08, October 10.40, December 10.55, January 10.67. Spot quiet; middling 9.80; sales J00-Cub. Am Susar 1 100 Del. ~ &Hudson 200 Del. Xack &W. 500 Dea. ~ &RBlo G. -, 1,700, CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET. WHEAT Hig May ... Juy 12 Bopt. CORN: May Juy oars rying out this plan he would be elim- inated himself, inasmuch as Ban Johnson and Governor Tener surely would be retained as the presidents of the two new major leagues. As_a matter of fact Gilmore is try- ing to Aind a way to get the Wards, Weeghman, Gwinner and Ball, who own the Fed clubs in Brooklyn, Chi- cago, Pittsburgh and St. Louis respec- tively, into the National league. On past performances Newark, Balti- more, Buftalo and Kansas City, which are the other Fed cities, belong in the minar leagues and all but Kansas City should be returned to the Interna- tional league. The American league will consider no such proposition from Gilmore or any other Federal leaguer. The own- ers of the Brooklyn and Pittsburgh National leauge clubs have declared that their baseball property was not for sale, Weeghman had a chance to buy into the Cubs last fall but C. P. Taft finally called the deal off. Ball had made several fruitless offers for the St. Louis Cardinals since last seaso; Organized baseball turned down the Federal league's peace proposals last November and refused to be blufted when the big lawsuit was brought before Judge Landis. It may be in- teresting to know that the Federal league has been working diligently for a compromise ever since Judge Landis heard the evidence in Chicago. But organized baseball apparently is satisfled to allow Gilmore and his fol- lowers to run their race. LONDON LOSES THE CUP TIE FINALS. Sentiment Against Soccer in War Time Reason Crystal Palaces is Not Chosen, At _a special meeting of the Eng- lish Football association held in Lon- don, recently it was declared that the final played on April 24 on the ground of the Manchester United club, at Old Trafford, Manchester. This is the first time in twenty-one vears that the cup finals will be de- cided awav from the Crystal Palace, Que eutirely to the hostile attitude of the London and South of England press_against the continuation of foot- ball during the war. The teams in the finals are Chelsea and Sheffield United and if_the tie had not been removed from the Crystal Palace the whole of London’s soccer fans would have risen as one man and turned out to cheer Chelsea on. Past record attendances would have been easily smashed as this is only the second time in forty-four years that a London professional club has figured in the finals. The Sheffield club has won the cup twice before, in 1899 and 1902, but as knocked cut by a London club— Tottenham Hotspur—in 1901, when 110,820 persons saw the game. _This larke crowd is by no means a record one for a final, for in 1913 when Aston Villa beat Sunderland, 121,919 persons passed through the turnstiles, whose gate money totalled the record amount of $47,030. Heavyweight Championship Bouts Un- der Queensberry Rules. September 7, 1892: At New Or- leans, La., Jim Corbett knocked out John' L. Sullivan in 21 rounds. January 24, 1894: At Jacksonville, Fla., Jim Corbett knocked out Charley Mitchell, champion of England, 3 .| rounds. March 17, 1897: At Carson City, Nev., Bob Fitzsimmons knocked out 3. J. Corbett, 14 rounds. June 9, 1899: At Coney Island, N. Y., James J. Jeffries knocked out Bob Fitzsimmons, 11 rounds, November 3, 1899: At Coney Island, N. Y, J. J. Jeffries won from Thomas 3. Sharkey, challenger, 25 rounds. July 25 1902: At San Frandisco, Cal, J. J. Jeffries knocked out Bob Fitzsimmons, challenger, 8 rounds. August 14, 1903: At San Francisco, Ca., J. J. Jeftries knocked out J. J. Cor- bett, challenger, 10 rounds. August 26, 1204: At. San Fran- cisco, Cal, J. J. Jeffries knocked out Jack Munroe, challenger, 2 rounds. July 3, 1905: J. J. Jeffries, having previously announced his retirement, officiated as referee at Reno, Nev., and declared Marvin Hart champion, when the latter knocked out Jack Root, 12 Tounds. February 23, 1906: At Los Angeles, Cay., Tommy Burns won from Marvin Hart, 20 rounds. May 7, 1907: At Los Angeles, Cal, Tommy Burns won from Jack O'Brien, 20_rounds. July 4, 1907: myBurns knocked out Bill Squires, round. December 26, 1908: At Sydney, Aus- tralia, Jack Johnson, colored, won from Tommy Burns, 14 rounds. October, 16, 1909: At Colma, Cal, Jack Johnson, knocked out Stanley Ketchell, 12 rounds. July 4, 1910: At Reno, Nev., Jack Johnson, knocked out J. J. Jeffries, 15 rounds. July 4, 1912: At Las Vegas, N. M. Jack Johnson won from Jim Flynn, § rounds, June' 27, 1914: At Paris, France, Jackson won from Frank Moran, 20 rounds. £ 23 At Colma, Cal, Tom- 1 BIG WAGER ON WILLARD. Mexican Bets $10,000 at Even Money on White Man. The first big bet on the Johnson- Willard fight has been reported at Havana. : A wealthy Mexican, who declined to give his name, put up $10,000 at even money that Willard would win from the champion. Minor League Club Releases. Auburn, N. Y., March 31.—Secre- tary John H. Farrell of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues, today gave out the follow- ing releases in minor league clubs: Released by purchase: by Spring- field, Mass.,, Walter C. Hammond to Cleveland, Ohio; by Providence, R. I, fohn_Onslow to Buffalo, N. ¥.; by Hartford, Conn.,, Roger Salmon, Fred Reiger and James Curry to Jersey City and Maurice Kelliher to Spring- field, Mass.; by New Haven, Conn. Hyder Barr to San Antonio, Texas by New Britain. Conn., J. Eagen to New London, Conn. New England League in Distress. The New England league, like the Bastern association and many other minor baseball leagues about the coun- try, Is in distress and may experience considerable trouble opening the sea- son next month. It is doubtful if the Lowel club in the New England leaguo will be able to play the coming sea- son over inability to secure grounds. The outlook in the New Bngland league is reported very gloomy and many of the club owners want to shut up shop for the 1915 season. They feel that much money will be lost by continuing the sport during the hard times. Johnson-Willard Fight. In answer to many queries as to what time Johnson and ‘Willard start fighting Monday in Havana, we are able to state that they enter the ring at Oriental racetrack, Mariano, about five miles from the heart of Havana, at 12.30 o'clock ~Monday _afternoon, eastern time. Tickets range from $& to $25, and Johnson is to receive $32- 000 for his share of the purse. There are accommodations for 30,000 people in the arena. College Baseball Result: Lexington, Va., March 31.—Lafayette tie for the English cup will bej DOINGS IN THE AUTO WORLD Motor Car Owners are Doing Much to Eliminate Accidents— International Motor Racing Association Organized— Arizona Motorcycle Rider Establishes World’s Record— Now is the Time to Pay Attention to Tires. The matter of crossing collisions be- tween automobiles and railroad trains —matter which cannot be too much dwelt upon—was discussed recently in an address before the Chicago Auto- mobile club by E. M. Switzer, super- intendent of safety of the Burlington rallroad. At this time of year when motoring is starting up again for the spring and summer, Mr. Switzers re- marks are most emphatically in order. He said in part:— Motor car owners are doing much to eliminate accidents. They are using time and influence to promote greater are on the part of drivers of cars. They have circulated literature and have spoken words of caution, and that these efforts are achieving results there can be no question, for, while the number of motor cars going into use is increasing by leaps and bounds, it does not appear that the number of accidents is growing in anything like equal ratio. Clearly the campaign for safety is not in vain. We hear a great deal about safety. We are urged to learn and observe the rules of the road, to drive carefully in crowded traffic, to g0 slow when pass ing other vehicles on a narrow pike, to be considerate of persons on foot and passengers getting on and off of street cars, to light our lamps at dusk, to sound the horn, etc,, etc. But there is one warning more important than any of these which has not been called sharply enough to our attention: The warning placed by railroads at the ntersections of the tracks with pub- lic highways at the grade: “Danger! Look and Listen for the Cars.” To look and listen at the railroad cross- ing is so evidently what ought to be done that further comment would be unnecessary were it not that failure to take this obvious precaution results each year in death and injury to hun- dreds of drivers on the highways. Of all safety admonitions which w ever in the minds of drivers t the most neglected by automoi sociations and safety associations, Is the most important—Look and Listen at the Railroad Crossing! The Capital City Motorcycle Club of Sacramento, Cal,, will hold its an- nual spring race meet on Ma; The following programme of evi has been arranged: One-mile time trials, professional. Five-mile professional stripped stock twins. Five-mile amateur (for club mem- bers only). Ten-mile professional stripped stock twins. Ten-mile club championship. Five-mile single, open. Five-mile free-for-all. Ten-mile free-for-all. nts The International Motor Racing as- sociation has becn organized for the purpose of making rules and govern- ing dirt track automobile racing in the territory covered by the American As- sociation of Fairs and Expositions, which includes the entire country. The two organizations are to be clos Iy affiliated according, to G. W. Dick- insin of Detroit, president of the new organization. The new association has no inten- tion to conflict with the American Au- tomobile association, according to the announcement issued by the officials. An Arizona rider, Joe O'Connell, was winner in the recent annual Phoenix- Tucson motorcycle road race—time, 3:13:30. This set a new record for the course the fastest previous time hav ing been made by E. G. Baker, when he covered the distance from Tucson to Phoenix in 3:20. Lorenzo Boido finished second in 3:25 and Bill Gerig n third, completing the course That some of the commercial motor vehicle men are out looking for revenge was the rumor current at the capital in Hartford Tuesday. It as stated that, at the instance of certain trucl ing ‘concerns, an amendment is to be introduced placing the registration fee on pleasure vehic at $2 a horse- power. Why the commercial motor vehicle men should seek to relieve their feeling by attempting to tax the pleas- vehicle owners out of existence Is tax per ton, and you see that it is $9.37 per tone for the weight carried upon the highways. Very few realize that these five-tone truck: eighteen or twenty miles an hou: ome of them even faster. The: over the roads as fast as the average pleasure vehicle. This tax, at $9.37 per ton of weight, is approximately the same that is paid per ton by any ordinary pleasure venicle. The fees between five and ten tons of carrying capacity advance with an increase for each added thousand pounds, so that the tax on a_ten-ton truck is § Fifty dollars is added for each ton above that weight. This, as has been said, is not to produce revenue, but is to discourage the use of these excessively heavy trucks. Anyone who has_observed road con- ditions in New Haven and vicinity t heavy trucks belonging to two different concerns have ruined in the last year two stretches of high- running into the city. Measured the actual injury dome by these in breaking down and destroying our roads, the license fee 5 is a joke. en a road is built it with a road roller weighing 15 tons. This weight is over a width of eight feet by the roll A ten-ton truck, so-called, whic weighs a total of 15 tons when loaded to capacity, carried practically all this weight on the rear wheels. “A little attention to tires right now when motorists are getting their cars into shape for the spring and sum- mer, will save considerable money on the season's tire bills,” says the sales manager of a certain tire and rubber company. The service of tires will be abhreviated to a considerable extent if cuts, punctures and snags are neglect- ed The cost of fixing such injuries is small but if neglected, the difference in the tire bills is mighty big new macadam roads, especially when wet, are apt to damage the rubber cover. If rear wheels lose traction and spin around on wet pavements or ice, or in mud or sand, the cover may receive nu- merous small snags or cuts. Then again, in the ordinary course of tour- ing, sharp stones, tacks, glass and other objects injure the tread. is rolled perhaps tributed This automobile street sprinkler will do the work of three or four hors drawn sprinklers and it is expected, will save the New Haven considerable money. In _putting this automobile et sprinkler in service the city of New Haven takes its place as one of the leaders in motorizing its sprink- ling work. In Europe automobile are just as common, than+ horse-drawn this country, but very few Amerlcan municipalities have manifesteq _the same up-to-the-times spirit that New Haven has in bringing this class of its work up to the times. sprinklers in fact more so, prinklers are in 15; Washington, of Vermont 7; (10 innings.) Washington and Lee 1. March 31.—University Catholic University 8, Appointed Acting Captain of Harvard nine. Cambridge, Mas: March 31.—Rus- sell B. Frye of Marlboro, pitcher and outfielder on Harvard College base- ball teams for two seasons, was ap- pointed acting captain by Coach Se: ton today. The appointment was made necessary by the illness of Cap- tain Russell R. Ayers, who has been at his home in Montclair, N. J., for several weeks. Frye will have charge of the team during the southern training trip. Independents Accept Challenge. The Independents accept the chal- lenge of the American Thermos Bottle Baseball club for a game on Sunday afternoon, April 11, at 2.30 o'clock, on the Cranberry. The Independents will lineup against the Senators on Sun- day afternoon, April 4, at 3 w<clock on the Cranberry and an interesting game is expected. The Independents <challenge any team in Eastern Con- necticut under the age of 20. Will Retire After Big Fight. Jack Johnson’s fight with Jess Wil- lard will be his last in defense of the world’s championship. The “big smoke” has announced that he would never fight again. He is going to re- tire without giving Sam Langford or Sam McVey a battle. The claimants of the championship will be permit- ted to scramble for it without any in- terterence. A few milos outside of Paris Is a little farm on which Johnson has set eves. Ho will visit it at the end of th war and will spend the rest of his life there. Englewoods Open Season Friday. The Englewoods of Norwich will play their first game Friday morn- ing, when they lineup against the Preston Stars, on the Battlegrounds, at 9.30. They would like a _game with the Nutmebs or Trimmers Friday aft- ernoon. Send all challenges through The Bulletin, or to Manager McKnight, 6 Robbins court, phone 1023-4. Champion Braves Defeated Cleveland. Macon, Ga., March, 31.—The Boston Nationals defeated the Cleveland \American Association team here to- day, 5 to 1. Score: RHE BOStON .iieeemcestresmenaeseb b 2 Cleveland ... .. 160 SPORTING NOTES The Braves will carry eight pitchers this year. Detroit has promised Scranton either Pltcher Ledbetter or Pitcher Oldham. Big league clubs will start in a few days to do some wholesale slicing of squads. Eddie McDonough has been signed as manager of the Utica club of the New York State league. Jimmy Viox of Pittsburgh is playing a better infield game than he over did. His speed around third base reminds the scribes of Bobby Byrne. Martin Walsh, ex-Bridgeport pitcher, has been sent north by the Brooklyn Feds to have his lame arm fixed up. The damage is not considered serious. Manager Jack Kiernan of the Man- chester club of the New England league hopes to land a few men from the Eastern association if the “great league” remains dead this year. Ted Cather of the Braves, whose regular line is outflelding, is showing up strongly at third base. In fact, some consider him better than the av- erage of regular third basemen. The row between organized ball and the Feds has cost both sides hundreds of thousands of dollars, remarks the Philadelphia Public Ledger, which only can see a poor baseball segson ahead. Pitcher Meadows of the St. Louis Cardinals, the fellow with the specs, is a wizard in botany. The Horner military academy of Oxford, N. C., will sign him up as a professor any time he wants to quit baseball. The proposed Three-H league is surely finding it hard everywhere. It Is evident that a league is wanted by many of the towns mentioned, but they all have a different idea as how the league should line up. Manager Bill Carrigan of the Sox believes in six days a week of baseball for his players. He says the seventh day should be one of rest. If Carrigan talks much more like that he'll never get a chance. to map a league schedule. : Red Tom Hughes is the best looking pitching prospect Manager Stallings has ever shown Boston, hums an en- thusiastic Boston scribe. This is pret- ty strong, but Hughes has everything a good pitcher should have and some stuff that others have not. Things are breaking badly for the Amherst team on its southern trip. The tourists are handicapped because they had little outdoor practice before they went away. But the object of a south- ern trip is to get practice, and Amherst is certainly getting that now. According to Jimmy Johnston, who staged the bouts which have been fought in Madison Square Garden since Nov. 2, 1914, the gross receipts of the boxing shows have amounted to $10; 000. Jimmy further stated that he ex- pects to hold the next show in the Garden the early part of May. Jack Britton will be kept busy fight- ing next month. He has already two bouts on. His first will be with Billy McCarthy, a Canadian welterweight, for 10 rounds, at Montreal Can. on next Saturday night, and his second facturing that is made YORK STREET, industries The White Adding Machine Company . of New Haven, Conny the latest addition to the manus« of Connecticut and now are prepared to supply the BEST ADDING MACHINE in America. The White Adding Machine Co. NEW HAVEN TELEPHONE 3350 Troop No. 1. At the regular weekly meeting, Will- fam Aldrich was elected assistant pa- trol leader, Fiying Eagle Patrol. The troop hiked to Mohegan park for track- ing and scouts pace tests. Three scouts, Aldrich, Graham and Johnson sing the former and Graham suc- ully negotiating the latter. Troop No. 2. Troop No. 2 met Saturday, March 13 at which time it was voted to change the meeting date from Saturday after- noon to Tuesday evening. Practice on second-class work was tried out with gratifying resuits. Fire Chief H. L. Stanton gave a demonstration before the boys and a good talk on fire prevention, illusirat- ling his talk with the new fire alarm box which has been stationed on Laurel Hill On Tuesday evening, March 16, the troop meet and practiced first aid < and also had a profitable busi- meeting. Notes of Troop 3. During the past weel the Bob White Patrol has strengthened its grip on the nter-patrol contest prize, they having gained 29.7 points to 23.0 points for the Engles; the standing being Bob Whites 101.2, Eagles §4.9. The honor scouts on the contest for the week were Albert Fairbanks of the Dob Whites with 44 points and Chifford Pardy of the Eagles with 36 points. At the troop meeting on Tuesday evening these two scouts acted as the national and troop color bearers re- spectively. At this meeting practical work in_bandageing was taught by Dr. Lester E. Walker, also instruction in artificial resperation was given. Last Saturday a number of the troop spent the afternoon at Mohegan ness WHAT THE BOY SCOUTS ARE DOING park doing tracking, signalling and pacing work, Scouts Siocum, Chase and Rasmussen being successful in pacing, Next Saturday a treasure hunt is planned to take place in the park. Patrol Leader Dolbeare was elected to that office by a majority of one vote Scoutmasters’ Association. The Scoutmasters’ association met at their headquarters Monday _evening with an attendance of five. The prin- ciple matter discussed was plans for a big local scout rally to be held next month for the purpose of creating en- thusiasm for a Local Councll, details of which will be announced later. St. Andrew’s Church Troop. This troop, Wiliiam G. Baker, scout< master has sent in registration papers to headquarters for ten boys, and ex- pects soon to receive its commission. Wolf Patrol. Registration papers have been re- ceived by James L. Hubbard, which it is expected will be filled out on Friday evening. A Valuable Good Turn. Two weeks ago three scouts of Troop 2, while scouting on the West de, discovered a quantity of smoke cending in the vicinity of Norwich Town. They decided to investigate, and found a lively brush fire raging there. They set to with a will to help those already fighting the fire, and their valuable assistance prevented the fire from covering a greater area. At the solicitation of the owner of the land their names have been handed to the state authorities who will compensate them for their trouble, which sum the! boys have decided to put into the troop treasury, since they performed the work in the nature of a good turn. much running the coming outdoor sea- son. If the little New Yorker cannot get around in shape for the Panama- Pacific exposition, the east will have a hard time copping the honors in this event. The official report from Secretary Conner shows that no less than 28 as classy trotters as were ever prepared for the ensuing season are named, with every assurance that comparatively a large number will be kept eligible for a final start, promising another sensa- tional speed battle. It is no doubt the first time in the long history of this turf classic, in which every entry has shown racing quality, and pract.cally all of them have either demonstrated better than 2.10 speed or are capable of lowering that mark. No matter what way one figures It, Jess Willard has everything to gain and nothing to lose in that big Jack Johnson mill down in Hayana, Cuba, next Monday afternoon. But few of the wiseacres give the big cowboy a chance to topple over Johnson, and if by any crook he can accomplish the unexpected he is sure to be the most popular heavyweight champion we ever had. As for Yil' Artha, it is go- ing to be one of the real critical battles of his career. He has got to win, and win decisively, if he is going to hold on to that world’s championship crown. Aside from the number and proven quality of the entries, the number of individual entrants shows that making the event for a faster class was to the direct benefit of a great majority of owners and training stables. When the M. & M. was carried forward ten seconds last year, its opponents ob- jected because the classic would lode its greatest feature of being an uncer- tain event with practically green trot- ters as starters, vet the present entry list fully proves that if there ever was a big trotting event in which the final winner was in extreme doubt it will be next July at Detroit. The entry list received for. the two harness turf classics, the $10,000 M. & M. and $5.000 C. of C. by the manage- ment of the Detroit Driving club for it- Blue Ribbon meeting, second in line for the grand circuit, is more than sufficient proof that the changing of both events to faster classes was & wise move. Up to 1914 the $10,000 trot- ting classic had been for a 2.24 class, and when it was reduced ten full sec- onds last year the result at once proved to be beneficial to all concerned, in number and quality of entries and the contest which the final starters brought. out. Encouraged by last year's show- ing, the Detroit horsemen took another radical step by further reducing the class to a 2.08 trot, and the returns still show that this, too, was justified. Yorkshire has 12,000 lcoms weaving Khaki. Everything in with Soldier Bartfield for 10 rounds at the Buffalo Social club on April 15, Dan Noonan, who transferred his Haverhill club of the New England league to Fitchburg, says he will have a fast team. He is on the lookout for stars, not youngsters. Noonan may find it harder to round up fans in Fitchburg than stars. Yet he is con- fident that a team can last a whole season in Bitchburg. Abel Kiviat, that sterling little Irish- American A. C. miler, is laid up for re- pairs with an enlarged palate, which will Tequire an_operation. 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