Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 8, 1916, Page 3

% why for shou Sra eeteé npainst jors e n Inderanes Paliey costs M bared vwith the protecti: Second: Fires break out in a ke mpst unlonked for places. | Thi K Is the best investment of a small athount of money you oan possibly Ve, and will 844 gready to your a know ha By e 0% are suiilently protected. in importanrt matter. ISAAC 8. JONES tiaurance and. Real Estate Agent ichards B 91 Main Strest " Attorney-at-Law and Shetubket Strests cas Nat. Bank, Shetucke St stalrway near to Thames ‘Hank, ‘Telep! 3 EB. GWYNNER MAY BUY - CLEVELAND AMERICANS Be Agreed Upon—Price ‘a. LittleHigh, . New York, Jan. 7.—After a long con- gl:: ‘here today between James A. ewark Federals, Ed. Gwynner, presi- it of the Pittsburgh Federals, and C. ! Comstock, vice president of the | e club, President Gilmore said synner would buy the Cleveland iericans if he could agree on terms th the banking committee which is %fi“;é"‘ is mosbing Jike what Has o “The priceiis nothing like w! been, -reported,” said Gilmore, “but it wl is a3 little high. We know what club is worth, and when the com- meets our figures Gwynner will Uy o - ¢ Gllmore would not make any definite statement as to whether Sinclair would buy the.New York Nationals. He de- nied: that Sinclair owned any stock in the Chicago Nationals: or St. Louls Americans, under the new order of at fairs. “While Mr. Sfitlair conducted the’ negotiations for thé Cubs for Mr. W, ‘he Wid: not put a penny in the elub, mor did he loan Mr. Weegh- man'a penny,” sald Gilmore. +"Gilmore said nothing would be done abaut disposing. - of Federal league players until the ‘baseball atmosphere el ! He annotinced that the Fed- eral_meeting scheduled for New York om Jan; 12 has been postponed owing to the inability of Phil Ball of St. Louls to attend on that date. MORAN KNOCKED OUT i COFFEY IN 9TH ROUND Bittsburgh Fighter Floored Dublin nt Four Times in Fatal Round. New York, Jan. 7.—Frank Moran of Pittsburgh knocked out Jim Coffey, the Dublin’ Giant, in the ninth round of a ten’ round ‘match at Madison Square Garden tonight. +7This was ‘Moran’s second victory over Coffey 'in twelve weeks, the first fght ending in three rounds. Toright, However, Coffey showed much im- provement and it was not until the sight rodnd that Moran's terrifiic rmashesishowed any effect. Coffey was knocked“down four times in the ninth round, in each instance remaining on the mat for nine seconds._The last timeé Mordn almost drove him through ihe rgpese lut he withid time, ‘secos Tt et way hopelessl. 1 sponge, into. the rigg somplete knockout. The weights were: Coffey 205% and Moran 196%. 7" e 5 e A study of pitching records indicates thiat - Pitcher Williams 0f the Minne- apolis American assoclation team was the real iron man. of 1915. Willlams pltched 64 games, working 441 Innings; h®'‘won 29 starts, fost 15 (a percentage of, .844),. and worked in part of 18 sames. ' Alexander pitched . 376 In- this year, while Walter Johnson besit them @ver In 336. _—-— Chiidren Ory FOR FLETCHER'S CASTORIA BoRoutke. The former bave out, 1ooss from the Hastern and are to merge ‘with the strongest clubs of the New aries. & Stare, preat 8. -8 % -] dent of the jew London club, was asked Friday Ne to comment on the Courant's story. President Starr seid nothing had been done officially as far as he knew. He had not seen the Courant's story. Very Important Baseball News. ‘This announcement comes as the most interesting and important piece of baseball news that has ‘broken in this part of the baseball world in many & month. There has been a break for & long. t‘l!m&e Datweed Clarkla an forces and the element whic] was with President .Q'Rourke. Com- modere Plant's position has been the cause of anxious speculation on the part of both. The Clarkin . party claima that ‘the -announcement that New London, will be a party to the m is @ death “blow to the O’Rourke faction. - . Clarkin, Carey and Cameron have | positively stated that they are through with the Eastern association. O'Rourke. has consistently contended that the league would remain in_existence, but the chance is admitted to ‘be small with the withdrawal of New London. The Courant story follows: The death knell of the Eastern as- soclation was sounded by the base- bail happenings of Thursday night. Everything now looks bright and MARKET CLOSED STRONG. After a Spell of Depression During the Forenoon. New York, Jan. 7.—Conflicting ele- ments guided the course of today's ac- tive market to a considerable extent. During the forenoon sentiment remain- ed under the spell of depression or caution engendered by the Gary state- ment and prices ranged from heavy to weak, some specialties yielding three to six points, while high priced issues suffered more severely. In the last half of the session material recoveries running into substantial met gains weré registered, the improyement be- ing concurrent with the report that Berlin _ had .accepted . Washington's terms in the matter of the Lusitania case. Trited States Steel, the, bellwether of the market, had been in free supply during the early. operatiqns at 86, yes- terday's low price, but on the upward movement of the afternoon it advanced to 87 1-2, closing at its -best.. Other shares, notably American Can, war de- scriptions and petroleums, as well as ccpper and miscellaneous lissues, rose syiritedly from low levels, and General Motors, which registered an early loss of 25 at 415, rebounded to 450. Rails also participated in the rise, altbough to a smaller extent. A fea« ture of this group was the better in- quiry for issues of minor roads at a material gain toward the close. Among the other specific movements was tiat of Mercantile Marine pre- ferred, which made an extreme ad- vance of 3 3-§ to 79 7-8, on unofficial statements purporting to give an out- line, of the proposed reorganization. Tota! sales of stocks aggregated 835,000 shares. Reactionary tendencles were at work in the foreign exchange market, ster- ling falling over two cents from its|’ high rate of the previous day. Marks made the new low rate of 73 on some earlier offerings, but closed at 73 1-4, yesterday's minimum. Anglo-French fives rose to 95 1-2, their high quota- tion of recent weeks and within a frac- tion of the syndicate price. ‘The known movement of money dur- ing the week points to an increase of local bank reserves tomorrow, largely as a result of additional gold imports. New financing by railroads nad indus. trial corpasations is expected shortly. Bonds were firm, with more diversi- fied trading. Total sales, par value, aggregated $4,320,000. TUnited States bonds were unchanged on call. STOCKS. B FiF gereEeR: g sSassstabel EEERERRERERES ; flf-: : sshyssy i3 EERRIRRERbERRE i.‘- i ¥ 3&‘2‘2; ¥ o iggiEi’?:féi i?g? 5 iiig;;:iskii%fissfiss;iiiiiifiimiii! w K g0 Plant Quits Eastern Association. Morton F. Plant, the millionaire stockholder of the New London fran- chise issied a statement from Spring- fleld Thursday night that he had quit the Eastern assaciation for good and for all. Mr. Plant has no intention how- ever, of guitting baseball. His state- ment can ‘be taken that he has decid- ed that the merger league is best for the national pastime in New England and. that he will be seen in the role of one of the merger league magnates when tHe season of 1916 comes around. The decision of Mr. Plant is another death blow to the Eastern Assoclation. That orzanization had hopes of keep- ing this wealthy baseball man inside its own circles and his decision to have nothing further to do with the Bast- ern Association will cause the few sup- porters of this league that are left to realize that all'is not se serene for the formation of even a six club league be- fore January 17, the date set for the league's report 'before the committee that wil finally decide the brand of basebail for New England the coming season. Merger Can Give Cl: A Ball. Further than that, it was discovered Thursday night that the merger mag- 100 Crucible Steel pr . 100 Del & Hudson 100 Del Lack &W . 200 Den & Rig G pr . 1460 Dame ' Mines 250 Detrolt Edison 1000 Dia Match 150 Det Tnit R 1 5300 Dist 360 ke 9300 krie 1500 Erle 600 Erle % 5% 2% 35 s6% 13 50 1% 3% 124% B % 107% S o 100 Gen' Motors pr 4100 Goodeich G ¥ . 800 Tnt Har of 00 Int Paper .. 200 Int Paper pr 785 Inc Nickel 500 Kansas City' S0 300 Kansas C S pr - 500 Lack Steel 600 Lebigh Valley. 101% u% 8% 2008 sk 18 129% i) 3400 Mazwell 900 Maxwell 500 Mazwell A 100 May Dep 20700 Mer Mar ctfs 88900 Sere M pr ot 69000 Mcx Petrol . 150 Mcx Petrol pr 7100 Miami Coper . 800 Muon & St L 73 M. St P BS M 100 M, K. & T pr 2100 Mo.’ Pacifie 400 Mo Pacifie ctfs 100 Mo. Pac ets 300 Mot Power 160 Nat Cloak 00 Nat Enam & 2000 Nat. Lead ... 1800 N B B of M 2 pr 100 Pabst Brew 3400 Paon R R . 0 Peoples G & G 300 Phila. Co. 1700 Pltts Cosi . 200 Pitts Coal pr 1100 Press Stect Car 100 Bep T 88 pr 300 Jtock Teiand. 300 Rock Isand pe U S L &S F 500 S 1. &S F 1 pr H0S. L ‘&S F 2 pr 200 Sexb” A L pr 900 Sears Rocbuck 100 Slors § 5 &I, % 3300 South Pacife g 1100 Southem By 309 Scuth Ry pr 7700 Studebaker \An\ Ave 100 Tomacco. Pr_pr 10 oS L 100 Tvin © R T 200 Union Bag &P 4400 Union Pacine 1000 Trnton Pac br 130 0. C 8. of A 100 U 8 Cot & pr 500 Cnited Erutt 200 Cnited Ry Tar 300 . By fo v or B0 U SC 1P & B @00 U. 5. 1 Ateowat 100 U. . Roal & Imp. 100 U. 5 Bed & et 200 U 5. Runwer %00 U 100800 U COTTON. New York, Jan. 7.—Cotton futures closed steady. January 12.36, March 12.59, May 12.84, July 1298, October 12.62. Spot steady; middling 12.55. 3 MONEY. New York, Jan. 7. — Call money steady; high low 1 3-4; ruling rai 2; last loan 2; closing bid 1 8:4; of- (| terea at 2. ATN. MARKET. Migh. Low. Closs 1% 1% 135516 9% % TR ) 8% % 7% M 1ae 1T 3 % 1% men in that sport. His final action in coming out in favor of the - mated league may be taken as an in- dication that Sir sees nothing bu the merger league for the people of New England the coming season. Timothy s right. Nothing can stop the mergerites now. With New Lon- don, Hartford, Springfield, Worcester and the other New England league ci- ties all settled and in favor of the merger league, where, oh where, is the Eastern Associatlon going to get together enough baseball paying cities to form a league that will strike that fatal committee as being of the cali- ber fit for New England. followers? Eastern Magnates Meet Monday. There wil be & meeting of the East- ern Association magnates at the Allyn House, Hartford, Monday afternoon at 2:30. The meeting has been called for a final action on the merger lea- gue and it is almost certain that, aft- er Monday, the Hastern Association will give up all hopes of running dur- Ing the coming season. It took the New England league only an hour to decide that the merger was the one best bet and the Bastern magnates will follow suit. The only thing that has postponed this call was Worcester. Now. that the affairs in that city have been definitely settled and in favor of the amalgamated league, nothing is left but the looked for action by the Eastern magnates. All the Eastern Association clubs will be represented 2nd it is expected that everything will e settled in a satisfactory manner at | the gathering. Clarkin and Carey Originated Merger. The events of Thursday night bring an end to the hard uphill fight of the several magnates who want to see the betterment of baseball in this territory. The idea of a merger first originated four years ago with Mr. Clarkin of Hartford and Mr. Carey of Springfield. It was only this season however, that the idea was placed be- fore the public and it instantly gained favor, both with the baseball fans and with the sporting writers of all ex- cept two New England publications. The happenings last night mean a dis- tinct victory for the amalgamated lea- supporters ‘and the practical route of the Bastern Assoclation _supporters. The latter were banking on Mr. Plant in no small measure. Mr. Plant now sees nothing but the merger. They had Worcester almost settled as an Eastern Association city. Worcester had hopes on Mr. Murnane. He is n “heart and soul with the merger What have they left?" Mr. Plant's decision to back the merger is nothing but what could be expected from that fair-minded man. r. Clarkin, when told of his act, sald “I expected it. Mr. Plant s altogeth- er too honorable a mah to attempt to break franchise holders like Mrs. Cam- eron and others who are trying to boost good baseball.” Mr. Murnane's latest statement fol- lows:— “I suppose there has been some mis- understanding respecting so-called protected territory in the Eastern As- sociation, and of course baseball law demands’ that investments be protect- ed, but the supreme court of baseball is not the organization that has money invested , but the fans .themselves. And knowing the attitude of baseball enthusiasts in New England, from close observation, 1 pledge myself for the merger, heart and soul. Indications point clearly to a_mer- ger league for New England. Noth- ing short of a miracie can now stop the magnates who have worked hard this past season for the betterment of baseball. The meeting of Monday will undoubtedly end it all. The fans may rest assured that this coming sea- Zon they wil see a brand of baseball that will be second to none in minor league circles in the United States. KING COLE DEAD. Yank’s Twirler Had Been Seriously Il For Several Waeks. Leonard J. Cole, pitcher on the New York American League Baseball team, and formerly with Chicago Natlonals, died at his home at Bay City, Michi- gan, Thursday. He bad been seriously ill for several weeks. Jeonard Cole was known to the fans throughout the country as King. He leaped into fame overnight, it seemed, and for a while was rated as or the best pitchers in cured his first professional engage. ment with the Bay City team in 1909, and the same year went to the Colum- bus nine cf the American, Association. He was bought in 1910 by the Chi- cago Cubs, who, under the manage- ment of Frank L. Chance, won the Naticnal League pennant. In that campaign Cole was the leading pitcher of the National league, winning twen- ty games and losing four. He pitched the greater part of the only game won by the Cubs against the Athletics in the world’s ceries, but did not receive credit for the victory. Brown relieved him in the ninth frame and was cred- Ited’ with the winning. Cole had another good yedr in 1911, when he won 18 games and lost 7. ranking third in the National league. But then his star began to wane. In 1912 he was traded to the Pirates and once on the toboggan _travelled fast. He was releaced to the Columbus team and worked there in 1913, when he showed signs of recovering his effec- tivences, Ho was drafted by the Yan- kees and, after taking a short leap to the Feds, returned to organized base- ball. did little with the Yankees. 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C, is doing good work with the nd will make a good handi try for Lawson Robertson's Both Howard Drew and Joe Loomis and sald to have sent their entries to TAFT, LANE, GARRISON NAMED FOR SUPREME BENCH reported to Bill Donovan at Savannah | last spring apparently in the best of health, but the strain of training told, and before the team left for the North preme Court Justice Joseph R. La- mar the names of fc President Taft, Secretary of War o and Secretary of the Interior Lane: have been mentioned Srequently. Mr. Tatt had experience on the federal bench before assuming office as president of the commission and. .ac- Mlhl‘hmn&n&mulhflf‘-‘ the Millrose A. A. games, set for Jan- uary 26, which means a sprint race in the 70-yard special that will be well worth traveling some distance to see. m;n"l;n'-.t was one umo‘ ‘When s 4 ‘worked perfectly,” remar! Coach Eicock in telling of this rare play. “Every man was picked off ac- cording to Hoyle, and it was on the great Shelton's end that Johnny made run. Chicago has a new athletic club, calied the Sportsmen’s Club of Chi- cago. The building is situated on Michigan avenue and is close to the Dlinois Club. It is the intention to promote amateur and field sports and other games. Ellery H. Clark is evidently the live wire in pushing the swimming pool at Harvard to a near prospect. More wer to him. It seems absurd that rvard should continue to trail be- hind most of our colleges and big schools in this important utilitarian sport.- Walter Elcock, who has made an en- viable reputation as a successful foot- ball coach at Washington and Lee, says there is nothing to the story that Johnny Barrett is going to trans. fer to Cornell. “He likes Ward L. too well to do that” is the way “Jogger” puts it Notre Dame University has attained considerable reputation for the excel- nce of its football, baseball and bas- ketball teams, but as a matter of fact few, if any colleges, can point to a record equal to Notre Dame’s in inter- class, intramural and all other kinds of sports than complete a sport for- ail system. W. R. Applegarth, the former ama- teur sprint champion of England, who recently turned professional, has join- ed the 1st Surrey Rifles and expects to g0 to the front during = the present week. The 1st Surrey Rifles are known as the “sporting regiment” of HEng- jand. The recruiting agent is Dick Burge, the old time fighter, and he has enlisted over five hundred athletes who will fight for the British Empire. Proselyting is one of the .serious problems of college athlstes but. when professional coaches and tralners go back to their job in the fall with a group of school athletes they have picked up as recruits in the summer and early fall the wonder is that col- lege authorities, many of whom attend these annual athletic reform meetings in_ New York and cisewhere, are 80 “blnd” to what Is going on right un- der tireir noses. Frequently, too, the coming of these athletes is heralded in the press. Masked athletes may become the vogue. Now that the “masked mys- tery” has added to the success of the wrestling tournament in New York a fight manager proposes-to introduce a masked featherweight boxer to. the New York public. This newcomer or oldcomer does not wish his identity known. It is a_g0od’ publicity scheme, but the fellow behind the mask has to make good tfo.insure success. . The ;masked mystery” wrestler made good from the start and woke up the New Yorkers In good style. Come at once. Some THUNE & LOWENBERGER, Prop. i and Market Sts., Norwich. methods, can give his university a smooth working system. The franchises of the Albany, Troy and Utica clubs of the New York State league are on the market. Ao ¥ aocis Umpire Charles Rigler of the Na- tional attack of typhoid fever in a Cleveland hospital. Tommy Connolly, former shortstop for the Bennington, Vt., nine, has been retained by. Washington for the coming season. . Mafager Mike O°Neill of the Syra- cuse club says he wiH play Tony Marhefka at third base this season in- stead of shortstop. Hal Chase, the former Yankee first baseman, is ambitious to become man- ager of a Pacific Coast league club. Chase is now at San Diego. Harrisburg, Pa., will make formal application for a franchise in the New York State league at the annual meet- ing of the latter late this month. The Worcester Post gives the East- ern association a hard clout. “Worces- ter fans will stand for nothing but a regular league,” says the clouter. Scribe says Nap Rucker has a sore arm. There still are about 15 major league clubs who are willing to take a chance on Nap, sore arm and all. Joe Tinker, who will succeed Roger Bresnahan as manager of the Cubs, league is recovering from an| $28.00 and $230.00 Alfred Benjamin & Co. expects to unload a lot of players on the Cincinnati Reds in ¢ to obtain Heine Groh, the : gecond baseman. ¥ Topeka, Kan., has 1,000 golf . siasts. - And they serve ginger at the 19th hol Princeton has declared ineliy promising candidate, for its b because he played summer b summer without permission. tim, it is admitted, received no kis playing; he did mot asi sion.” ~ Princeton, anyway, strict. Unfortunately, the New ‘baseball situation is muddled bee of personal feelings. It-is i1 though to note the Worcester gram, which denounced the threaf expansion of the New England ‘as not merger at all, now favo th threatened expansion of the Haste | association. The javelin record in the 1916 * letic Almanac” is still given to H. | Liversedge of Stanford, Ca., the. being 185 feet, 9 1-2 inches.. 4 throw was made with a light implement it should not bave b printed, The mark of 173 feet 6 | made by G. A. Bronder is the record made under fair cona : a full weight jayelin and will be_ ognized by sporting authorities as 4 ficlal.” The throw was made Boston “tryouts” last summer and witnessed by members of the,n fscord committee, . who, c