Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, October 10, 1916, Page 3

NORWICH BULLETIN, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1916 INSURANCE INSURANCE AUTO FIRE COMPENSATION Let us quote you rates J. L. LATHROP & SONS 28 Shetucket Street. Fire Insurance that’s dependable— /ALWAYS at ISAAC S. JONES, Insur- ance and Real Estate Agent, Richards Building, 91 Main Street. Expert service the kind you want— why not have us handle your Fre In- surance then? e s ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW "AMOS A. BROWNING, *Phone 700 Attorney-at-Law, Brown & Perkins, Iiomeys-at-Law Over Uncas Nat. Bank, Sketucket St. Entrance stairway near to Thames Telephone 38-3. National Bank. HARVARD LOOKS TO HAUGHTON TO WHIP TEAM INTO SHAPE Famous Coach Will Work With Play- ers This Week. There isn't an alibi in the air at Harvard as a counter ecuse for the Tufts trimming. The Crimson team was simply overwheimed by an eleven with a brilliant backfield and a stout line and Tufts deserved the top end of the score. The game showed Tufts more than able to sive Harvard the honest and skilful competition that has charac- terized previous sporting conflicts be- tween the two colleges, and the vie- tory by the men of Medford was not only well earned, but will be a good thing for the future relations of the rivals, This week Coach Leary will set about to drive his men to do better gridiron work. It #s no longer a ques- tion of material. The problem is to develop a team capable of beating Cor- nell, Princeton and Yale in the latter half of the season, out of the 40 men who now compose the varsity squad. Fortunately for Harvard, the work of rebuilding can go on for the next two weeks without risking another licking for the Crimson. The Univer- sity of North Carolina, which Prince- ton proved to be easy plucking on Sat- urday, comes to the Stadium this week and the following weelk the Massachu- setts Aggies are billed. Thus Leary has a couple of weeks in which to smash the lethargy cut of his men and bring them to form. It is likely that Percy D. Haughton will go to Cambridge to give srid- iron guidance to the Harvard players this week. The second phase of Har-. vafd's development 10W in progre: and Haughton_c; much to make the players swi their biz game PRINCETON MAY SELECT EDDY AS QUARTERBAC Tigers Have Good Line This Year and a Great Punter. After sevel eeks of experiment- ing and sk with limited amount of desiranle Speedy Rush has deter- mined upon Jack Aceton’s first_string quarter Though he has had but litt at the p sition, Eddy ha rick for keeping his team workir ously and at top sneed Other Tiger quarterhaci oped eater versa 3 comprehension of the possibilities of their position. but all have failed to measure up 1o the attained by the for ifpack. Princeton thi son feels a peculiar need of an exceptionally good quarter-( back. The Tigers have a splendid line from tackle to tackle, are well with ends whe, though and stamina, are fast, nd have one of the hest punt the cast in Eadie Driggs. Back of iine, however, &s on the ends, there is o tendency to frailness that does not promise much in the way of sustained effectiven gainst such husky oppo-/ nents as the Tigers will probably en- 1l standard | counter jn th: Yale and Harvard games SPORT NOTES Danny Murphy, former captain of Athleti last year manager of the New Haven Eastern League team, with Prentice Chase of this city at- tended the game in Boston Monday. It looks us if the McGraw incident is & closed Dook. It seems to be the consensus of opinion that Johnny ‘pulled a bone,” and his recent outburst has only proven a boomerang to him- self. A good deal of surprise is expressed in Western league circles that both Cleveland and Chicago cancelled drafts on Outfielder Kenzie Kirkham of St. Joseph. There seems no doubt that Kirkbam can hit ’em, and he seems worth watching to see if he has the other qualifications. BELL-ANS Absolutely Removes Indigestion. Onepackage | provesit. 25cat all druggists. | RED SOX WIN A THRILLER Boston Americans Tear World’s Series Records to Shreds in Defeating Brooklyn in a 14-Inning Battle—Gainer, Man of the Hour, Coming Across With a Double in the Ninth With a Man on—Score 2 to 1—Game a Great Pitchers’ Duel. Boston, Oct. 9.—Tearing owrld's se- ries records and traditions to shreds, the Boston Americans defeated the Brooklyn Nationals by a score of 2 to 1 in a fourteen-inning game here this afternoon. It was the second contest for the _championship and was decided only affer a struggle that surpassed in situations any ever evolved in the fertile mind of a baseball fiction ‘writer. For more than two hours the teams pennant winners in their respective leagues, battled with almost superhu- man skill and courage through a one- run tie. Then, with the stage set as though for the thrilling climax, a pinch hitter and a pinch runner, won victory for the Red Sox just as twi- light threw its mantle of semi-dark- ness over Braves’ Field. Delos Gainer a Hero. Of the heroes who rose from _the playing field like the warriors from the dragon’s teeth sown by Jason in tales of Greek mythology, Delos Gain- er, of Elkins, West Virginia, was the star of stars. It was his single in the gathering darkness of the final inning that scored from second base Michael McNally of Minooka, Pa., running for Hoblitzell, with the talyy that won the second straight victory for the Carri- ganites over the champions of the senior league. Myers’ Sensational Homer. The contest opened with a sensation- al circuit smash by “Hy” Myers in the initial inning and not for a mo- ment afterward did the struggle halt or lose intere: for the forty-odd thousand fans who hung on every play with intensity equal to tbat of the members of the two teams battling for fame and financial rew TFor a short space of time the rd Jone run scored by Myers appeared to be the margin that might give Brooklyn an even break in the series. inning, however, Scott ter and scored the In the third ripled to cen- tyving run when Cutshaw juggled Ruth’s tap and had time only to make the play at first base. Deeds of Amazing Skill. " From that point the Red Sox and Supe s grappled in a ‘aseball bat- tle that rolled through =leven pcriods of play without the slightest advan- tage for either club, while diamond deeds of amazing daring and kill held the spectators enthralled. Siz- zling hits, wonderful catches, scintil- lating throw 1d the keenest of e- ball generalship succeeded cach otker so rapidly that those preceding were forgotten in the stunning brilliancy of later events. Splendid Twirling Duel. Thus it came about that, with gray shadows creeping down over the stands to the field, the Boston players made their last stand at the plate. Sherrod Smith, Brooklyn's southpaw who had fought a splendid twriling duel against Carrigan’s left handed star, “Babe” Ruth, faltered for an in- stant with Hoblitzell at the bat. could not locate the plate the twi- light and passed ‘“Hobby” to Daub- ert’s station. Lewis moved his club- mate to second with an infield sacri- fice. Here the Red Sox manager showed his baseball acumen by send- ing McNally to run for Hoblitzeli and taking Gainer from the bhench to bat for Gardner. Gainer set himself for his effort and slashed a tine drive be- tween short and third which came to Wheat on the second bound. The lat- ter, playing deep left, whipped the ball toward the plate w every atom of strength, but McNally had sprinted h the crack of the bat and ball and slid home with the winning ran be- fore Catcher Miller could clutch the flying sphere. Brooklyn Players Still Confident. As a result of Gainer’s hit the Bos- ton team left for Brookilyn tonight with two of the necessary four vic- tories to their credit and will renew tomorrow at Bbbet's Field the strug- gle for further honors. Almost simul- taneously, the Brooklyn players de- parted for ®their home grounds confi- dent that their fortune will change once they are back upon familiar fields and bearing with them the ad- miration of every spectator who wit- nessed the desperate battle against what is conceded to be one of the greatest baseball machines of modern times. Honor for Vanquished Team. Brooklyn, in the role of vanquished, gapnered almost as much praise and hoflor as the triumphant Red Sox. Their fighting spirit will go down as one of the remarkable in the annals of the game. In holding the Carrigan clan_for fourteen innings before ad- mitting defeat, they established a new record for world’s series play, ecli ing the 3 to 3 thirteen inning tle game played by the Chicago Nationals and the Detroit Americans in 1907. Fine Setting for Boseball Battle. No finer setting for a baseball battle of this record-breaking tvpe could have been conujred by the cleverest mind of a stage director. Braves’ Feld, the largest baseball stadium in the country, was filled with a gather- ing which feli less than a thousand below the record for a championship throng. Bleachers and ands were filled almost to capax nd in contrast to the opening game spectators, thrilled with the tensenes of the contest, rooted without ce tion through the entire two hours 32 minutes of play. Once the charac- ter of the contest had gzripped them, men, women and boys, aided bands and improvised noise-producers, a dine that rattled the windows staid Back Bay houses and made it impossible to hear the umpire’s de- cisions. Robinson Protests Blare of Bands. Robinson finally protested to the arbi- ters against the blare of the bands, on the ground that his plavers could not hear his coaching instructions. With it all, however, the thousands were ex- smooth Red Sox. machine. Gainer Enters Hall of Fame. While Gainer’s hit coming as it did at the climax of a remarkable game, has earned him a place in the hall of fame reserved for baseball players, there were others whose play showed the heights to which a player can rise when occasions like that of this afte noon demand. “Hy” Myers, already hero with his home run in the open- ing inning, robbed Hooper of an extra base hit in the sixth inning, with a running catch in which he picked the ball off the grass top and finshed with a complete somersault ,coming up with the ball still tightly clenched in his bare hand. Daubert took a high twisting foul far back of first base from Walsh’s bat in the eleventh in a manner made famous by Hal Chase. Wonderful Throw by Myers. In the ninth Myers again temporar- ily saved his team from defeat with a wonderful throw which nipped Jan vrin trying to score from third L | Hoblitzell's deep fiy to the Superba centerfielder. Great praise fell also to Pitchers Ruth and Smith, who s wung through fourteen innings for the closest kind of play with a s dines: of service and pitching Judgme; Idum equalled. Fifty-one batter | FINANGIAL AND COMMERCIAL MARKET PANIC STRICKEN. Declines Were Most Startling and Be- wildering at the Opening. w York, Oct. 9.—The supreme im- portance of the foreign situation upon financial, industrial and commercial conditions in this coun:ry was exem- plified with telling force today, the stock market becoming almost panic- stricken as a result of the exploits of Germany's submarines in neighboring waters. Declines were most swartling and be- wildering at the opening and suggested a recurrence of the apprehension man- ifested on previous occasions when r lations between Washington and ‘Ber- lin were admittedly under a severe strain. _ Such leaders as U. Steel, Union Pacific, Mercantile Marines and the better known “war brides,” broke from five to almost twenty points, the st for a time showing little sup- port. This condition underwent gen- eral readjustment, however, before the end of the morning session, much of the setback being retrieved, but an undercurrent of uncertainty prevailed to_the end. Dealings slackened materially in the early noon, the market at that period apparently proceeding through the stages of assimilation. Fresh activity developed in the final hour, Steel pre ving something of a balance with oth- er investment issues, some of which hardened on the publication of the government crop report. Of the tremendous turnover at about 2,100,000 shares, fully 30 per cent. was limited to Steel and the Marines. ‘Steel fluctuated between 108 and 113 1-4 closing at 111 1-2, a net loss of { 5-8 points. Marine preferred and cominon recorded gross losses of 13 and 10 points, respectively, closing at no material recovery from minimum prices. LEGAL NOTICE ASSESSORS’ NOTICE All persons liable to pay Taxes in % Town of Norwlioch are hereby noti- fied to return_to the Assessors on or before the first day of November, 3916, a written or printed list, properly ned and sworn to, of all taxable Loperty owned by them on the first cay of October, 1916. Those failing to taake a list will be charged a penalty 10 per cent. additional, according to aw. Blanks can be obtained at the As- sessors’ Office in City Hall, or will be sent by mail upon application Office Hours: 9 a. m. to 5 p. Lists will be received beginning| Monday, Oct, 2d, 1916. Dated at Norwich, Conn., Sept. 27th, H, 1916. x}. M. £ 20 J. CURRAN, Rails were steadily absorbed at con- cessions and wound up the feverish session at comparatively slight losses. Certain recently strong sna@ustrials, no- tably Central Leather and Sugars, as well as gas shares, suffered only nom- inal declines. Bonds were heavy to weak on re- stricted dealings. Total sales (par value) were $4,270,000. United States coupon 2's declined 1-2 'per cent. on call. 8TOCKS. High. Am zine .. Aleske_Goid Alls Chalmers Am Beet Sugar Am Writ_Paper pfd Am Car Foundry At Gur Am Loco Am. “Bteet Am. Tobacco . Am’ Sugar Ref, Am. T & T Woolen Raltimore & Ohlo Rutte &Sup Pacif tral Leather Fuel ipon_ Cop CornProduts Man . I & Pacifle C M & St P Con Can | .. Distillers Sec Denver pfd Frin Inspiration Tnd. Aleohol Intnational Paper Int Pager pfd Int MM Tnt M M pra” ) Kansas City South, Kennecott o Kackuwana SEteel T & Tebig] AMaxwell Mexican Miamb s Mosowrl Pacific National Lead New Haven Nev Cons .. North. Pacific Norfolk & West. New York C_ ... Y. Alr Brake Ontarlo & Vgsstern Penn R R Pressed Steel Car Ray Con . Reading .. Rep. I & § R. R Steel Spring Southerh Ry Studebaker .. tr. Pacific Texas Ofl .. Tennessee Copper Third Avenus AMofors Petroleum Ya Car Chem Wabash .. Wabash pt 4 Wabash pt B ‘Westinghouse Western Union Millys Overland COTTON. New York, Oct. 19—Cotton futures closed steady. October 16. ber 17.98; January 16.94; M May 17.00. New York, MONEY. Oct. 9.—Call money kigh 4; low 2 1-2; ruling rate 2 3-4; last loan 4; closing bid 3 1-2; of- fered at 4. CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET. Low. Close. 154% 156% 130 1333% 154% 157% % 184 M 8% 0% 51 7% the So great was the noise that Manger ceedingly fair in their applause and every star play of the many made by Brookiyn was accorded the same ap- Bfoeklyn & 5 proval as those reeled off hy the Boston Seeeeeeeiiaens Smith and of this number but scven got hits for a total of twelve bases. Of the forty-eight that stepped before Ruth’s delivery but six got hits for a total of tea bases. Scott was the only player to get two hits, his collection consisting of a single and triple. Sherrod Smith, fanned but one batter, Ruih, but he did it twice, his rivai hurler appearing unable to fathom his slants. Ruth fanned four, the quartette consisting of Daubert, Myers, Cutshaw and Olson. Rl First Inning. Johnston, the first man up for Brook- lyn, had two strikes on him and then received three bad balls. He lifted the next pitch to Walker for an out. “Jake” Daubert hit the second ball pitched for a high foul which Gard- ner gathered in near the Red Sox dug- out. Myers’ Long Homer. Center Fielder Myers, after allowing the first ball to go by, caught the next pitch squarely on his bat. The ball shot to the far outfield between Walker and Hooper. Hooper, running fast, made a great leap for the horse- hide and missed it, the ball rolling to the extreme center field corner. Myers raced all the way home before the hall could be relayed to the plate. His team-mates slapped him on the back as he walked to the Dodgers’ bench. Wheat then hit almost to the same place where Myers ‘home run had struck ,but_the ball sailed higher and Hooper had lots of time to get under it ,ending the inning. The Red Sox were easy for Smith in their turn at bat. With the count two and two, Hooper weakly grounded to Smith and was_thrown out. Jan- vrin flied out to Myers and Walker ended the inning by lifting a high foul fly -to Daubert. Third Inning. Miller opened the National Leag- uers’ third inning by grounding out, Scott to Hoblitzell. Pitcher Smith slammed a two bagger down the right field foul line. He tried to stretch the hit into a triple, but a perfect return of the ball, Hooper to Walker, who had come in almost to second hase, to Scott, beat him to the bag. Smith ap- parently did not have a chance to get to third and what some experts de- clared was an error of judgment killed Brooklyn’s chance for a run, as Johns- ton, the next man up, laced a single to center field which would easily have scored Smith. Johnston who is right spry on the bases ,tried to steal, but a perfect throw, Thomas to Janvrin, got him. The inning was thus ended with Daubert at bat, with two balls and two strikes. | 1 How Boston Scored in Third. Scott began the Red Sox half of the third inning auspiciously. With the count two balls and one strike, he hit to the left center flelder for three bas- es. He was held on third on Thomas’ rap, when Cutshaw came runming in, scooped up the grounder and tarew the catcher out at first. Ruth sent a grounder to the same spot, but this time Cutshaw, in his anxiety to throw to the plate to head off the speeding Scott juggled the ball and the best he could do was to swing around and throw out Ruth. As subsequent events showed, this momentary fumbling of the ball, allowing Scott to score, beat Brooklyn. Cutshaw apparently upset by the play, let Hooper’s zrass cutter go through his legs and Hooper was safe on the error. Janvrin ended the inning by forcing Hooper, Olson to Cutshaw. Fourteenth Inning. In the fourteenth inning Johnston was thrown out by Scott; Daubert flied to Walsh and Scott threw out Myers by a spectacular play. Scott {rushed in and got Myers' sharp i grounder in front pf second and whip- ped the bail to Hoblitzell as the Red Sox fans cheered. Then came the climax. Hoblitzell drew his fourth base on balls in his sixth trip to plate. He went to second on Lewis' sacrifice, Smith to Cutshaw. Amid intense excitement and a ter- riffic din, Manager Carrizan sent Gainer into bat for Gardnmer and Me- Nally ran for Hoblitzell. Gainer had one strike on_him when he laced the ball to left field. McNally dashed faround third and the crowd cheered frantically when they saw Wheat's throw to the plate go wild Me- Nally easily tallied the run which gave {the Red Sox their second straight vie- IlOl"y. I Home run, Myers. plays, Scott, Janvrin and Hoblit ze Myers and Miller. Left on bases, on errors, Brooklyn 1, Boston 1. Hits and earned runs, off Smith7 Ruth 6, hits, 1 run in 14 innings. | Connolly. Time 232, Boston, Oct. 8.—The official box score: BROOKLYN BOSTON e ab. r. h. po. a. e Johnston, rf 5 0 1-1 0 0 Hooper, rf . B0 1 G20 10 Daubert,’ 1b . 5 0 018 1 0 Janvrin, 2b 601450 Myers, cf .. 61 1 4 1 0 Walker, cf . 200 2.1 8 Wheat, If 500 2 0 o Walsh'cf .. 38000 1 020 Cutshaw, 25 .. 5 0 0 3 5 { Hoblitzel, 1b 2001 10 Mowrey,'3b ... 5 0 1 3 5 1 McNally, zz . 010000 | Olson, ss 20 12 4 0 Lewis, ' If-... e 2 180 [| Miller, e (0005 0 1 4 1 g Gardner 3 500371 Smith, 5 ainer, z .. R Zawlirl e Scott, ss 412180 Totals ..... 45 1 6x40 25 2 Thomas, ¢ (x) Oné out when winning Ruth, p 500240 TeRyecoled: Totale ) 222 74231 1 14th. Two base hits, Smith, Janvrin. Sacrifice hits, Lewis 2, Thomas, Olson 2. Struck out, by Smith 2, Ruth 4. Um- pires: 4t plate, Dineen; on bases, Quigley; left fieid, O’Day; right field, z) Batted for Gardner in 14th zz) McNally ran for Hoblitzell in ¢ 1000000000000 0—1 0010000000000 1—2 Three_base hit, Scott, Thomas. Double Ii; Mowrey, Cutshaw and Daubert; Brooklyn 5, Boston 9. First base Base on balls, off Smith 6, Ruth 3. hits, 2 runs in 13 1-3 innings; off Qualities For He Must be a Quick Thinker, the Ball is Helpless. By SOL METZGER. | (Coack of the Washington and Jef- ferson Football Team) The more one ches football is impressed with producing capable although, for these full and the two the more he fiiculty of ficld players, sitions—quarter, fhac there than y other eleven. Boys cf all | ties come out for. the few are fitted to piay there | due to the fact that in nearly are more candidate pl ces on _the es and abili- backfield and This is all pre for % | paratory school football the boy: and the small ones, who are faster usually play in the backfield. Noth- ing is more natural than for them to | attempt the same in college. In spite of all this there are few zood backs. | Most of this type know only how to {run with the ball and running with the ball is the last requisite of a back. In fact, because of the other require- ng interference and play- se—it is more difficult to ions properly than any ments—m ing on defe play these po other on with the Carrying the ball to the football pl 250 yards to the must first know how fere tc be on a winning te a golfer must first master pu ;approaching. Consequently, making interference and playing a stiff defen sive game is the problem of the back- fleld player and coach. In the former the back becomes a lineman in that be is not likely to receive much pub- lic praise for zood work. In the lat- ter he must not only be able to tackle viciously but he must be quick at diagnosing the offense in order to break it up before it is under way. And with equal importance his value grows as he is able to catch, pass and kick the ball. Knowing the requirements for good backfield play it is not strange that so. fe wplayers really are great backs. To become a sreat back one must be a quick thinker, aggressive, strong and speedy in order to flcc%mplish his tasks as well as to stand the round- ing one in this position is subjected to. Running with the ball is a sec- ondary consideration of the good coach in_selecting his first string of back: There have been few ‘backs piaying on winning teams because of their running ability alone. In a number of years of experience in closely fol- lowing the game I know of but one. He could not make interference or tackle vet he proved of benefit to this team because he made many .touch- downs by almost superhuman speed. His coach played him solely because he could score more points than the opposing eleven and he -‘broke up” {many games in the first quarter by his magnificent running—a time when scores are almost certain to discour- age any opposition. Yet this back, whose name I am not at liberty to give, was only a success because his teamates made the needed inter- ference for him. This player was a football freak, the exception who proves the rule that interference and defense must come first. While many backs are better at running with the ball than others, be- cause of speed, driving power, abil- ity to hold their feet and to fight for- ward when tackled or because of soma od knack in eluding tacklers, they often prove to be a problem for the coach if they lack other and more important essentials. At the start of Says Sol Metzger-—Without Interference Man Carrying Backfield Man Aggressive, Strong and Speedy Hear World’s Series Games by Megaphone As customary, all details of the world’s series baseball games will be announced by megaphone from The Bulletin office window each afternoon. What's going on every minute of the game will be flash- ed to The Bulletin from the Bos- ton and Brookiyn ball parks. Play begins at two o'clock. CORNELL OPENS FOOTBALL SEASON WITH A VICTORY Ithacans Pile Up 26 Points On Get- tysburg. Ithaca. N..Y. Oct. S.—Cornell versity in its opening football gume of the season here today defeated Gettysburg 26 to 0. The same was played in a drizzling rain and on slipperyfield. Many penalties ma the play. Cornell’s line and backfeld good form and the Pennsylvanians could not make much ‘headwsy. Hof- man started the scoring in the first period. Shiverick and Mueller Lotn made touchdowns in the second peri- od. Gettysburg rallied in the third and held Cornell scoreicss. In the final pe- riod, however, Captain IMueller again carried the ball over. Quarterback Role made several good gains for Get- tysburg! Tni- 2 a showed INTER-CLASS MEET N. F. A. Seniors Pile Up 73 Points— Dolan Furnished a Surprise in De- feating Burke. The third interclass track meet was held at the Norwich Free Academy Monday in which the seniors scored 73 points, easily winning the meet, although they received a shock ni the very first event when Dolan, '18 came in an easy first over Burke, who ‘was recognized as the fastest man at the Academy. .Dolan clearly outran Burke from ‘the start to the finish. Holdridge ’17, went 9 ft., in the pole vault. Although the records of last year were exceeded in pole vault alone, the Academy promises to turn out a fine track team. The events ure tak- en up in order. 100 Yard Dash—First, Dolan; sec- ond, Burke; third, Norton; fourth, Connor. Seniors 4 points; Upper Mid- dlers 7. Time 11 seconds. Running High Jump.—First Himes, ’17; second, Ferguson ’18; third Norton *18; fourth, Johnson and Stoddard tied. Height, over foot line. Seniors 9 points; Lowerclass men, 12%. Half Mile—First, Johnson '17; sec- ond, Holdridge, '17; fourth, Billings '17. 23 seconds. Standing Broad Jump—FWirst, Fan- ning; second, Connor ’i7; third, Em- erson '17; fourth, Himes ’17. Distance 8 feet, 10 inches. Seniors took all points. 220 Yards—Burke recovered his hon- ors and came in an easy first. Nor- ton took second place. Connor third and Lynch ’17 fourth. Time 23 sec- onds. Shot Put—First O’Sullivan ’17; Em- erson and Purvis tied for second place. Distance 30 feet, 9 inches; _third, Himes; fourth, Eastwood '19. Seniors 48 to 17%. Distance 30 feet, 10 inch- es. Mile Ru made. third, Parker ’18; Time 2 minutes, —Very poor time Billings first; Parker .second; a season when the coach is bending every effort to teach them these es- sentials and during the first practice games, ally, the coach is inclin- ed to discipline such players by keep- ing them the team which starts these gam Later, in order to see them under fire, he sends them in. They are then fresh and' with victory ready assured (who cannot play great football on a winning team?) they thrill the crowds by spectacular runs for scores agzainst a beaten and worn out opponent. The result is a ha'f-baked back who knows all there is to know about football (in his own opinion), but who on the _contrary, tas both planted the seeds of dissatis- faction in his cwn mind and given the coach oné of the many intricate and difficult problems in handling human nature that he daily meets during a season. This problem is one of the most ex- rating from the coach’s stand- point for he must keep this candidate off the team until he masters the es- ntials of backfield playing in spite of the demands for his appearance by the public and the press as wel as the belief of the boy himself that he is_being discrimindted against. Any other course but ruins any chance of ma this player into a good back, while the following of this proper course brings but censure and criti- m upon the coach. Some even do t hesitate to come to the coach with their views— they leave thinking dif> ferently. I: is scarcely necessary to discuss ive backfield play, because it is kling, except to say that the defensive back is to a team what a general, wit hhis reinforcement. is to an army- the back must sense the attack and meet it before it is under it is a run he must drive under it before it reach- es the line of scrimmage; if a for- ward pass he must “cover” the eligi- ble man he is responsible for; and it a kick he must either catch the ball cr bowl over the ends or tackles who are first down under the kick. So varied is modern football offense that most teams plays a roving center on defense whose duties are like those of a defensive back. Some of the best centers get their training for this po- ition by previously playing in the backfield. Pe of Pittsburgh, is an example of this. On offense all backs must be able to make in‘erference for the modern attack divides the strain of carrying the ball among all four of them. With- out this interference the man carry- ing the ball is heipless, be he a Ma- han, a Barrett or a Hastings. Making interference is first a matter of quick starting in order to meet the defense before it is in a position to damage the play. The proper method of mak- ing interference was discussed in a former article. In taking a position in the backfield on offense a player should stand with his feet, abou: parallel to the line of scrimage so he can run forward -or to either side with equal speed. His feet shoud be about two feet apart and he should lean forward with one hand on the ground and zet “up on his toes” in order to get under way rapidily. In carrying the ball the runner should secure it in both arms when bucking the line. In plays off tackle and around the end he should secure it under the outside arm so he can use the inside arm to ward off tacklers, all of whom will come from that direotion on such plays. (Co‘pzrlflted, 1916, by Sol Metzger.) Time 1 minute, 1 second. Pole Vault—Holdridge, first; Emer- son second. Purvis and Ferguson tied for third place. No fourth place. Fanning made a fine jump In the running broad jump, but he was dis- qualified for overstepping. The officlals were as follows: Ref- eree, Coach McKay; starter, Mr. Cros- by; announces, J. Keefe. judges, Mr. Tirrell and Dr .Bunnell ;iimers Mr. Cranston and Mr. A. C. Latham. Field marshals, MacMillian, Keefe, Cough- lin, Rogers. The score: Seniors 73; Upper Mid- dlers 39% Lower Middlers 4; Junors 1-2. The Academy second team plays the West Ends at the Academy campus at 3:00 this afternoon. A series of games have been arranged for the second team and this is the first one. Martin Outpoints Zulu Kid. Bridgeport, Conn.,, Oct. Y.—Silent Martin_of Waterbury outpointed the Zulu Kid of New York in a 15 ruond bout here tonight. The first half was about even, but after that Martin had all the hetter of it. They weighed 160 pounds. Battling Kunz of Norwalk knocked out Willie Condon of Bridgeport in Mientlemen — was TO THE STOCKHOLDERS OF The Sterling Securities Co.: Please take notica that by order of the Roard 6f Dire-tors of The Sterling S i smpany a1 speeial meeting Stockhalders has heen called to held on the 21 day of November, at 1.30 o'clock ». m.. a: the Waue House, /Broadway and Main St., ich, Conn.. for the purpose of con- ng 'the vote of the Board of Di- tors to terminaie the corporate ex- istence of the company. You will alsc take notice that at a meetirg of the Board of Directors of The Sterling Securities company, held on the 23th dav of S. ber, 1913, the call for meeting was adopted aid Jloard, of W s a cop. the opinion of ble that the cor- of The Sterling be terminated. that rted into cash and its stockholders. and ration dissolved ac- rther, That a speclal stockholders of tho led to be held at the Broadway and Main on the 2d day of 1.30 o'clock p. m., confirming the ‘vote ctors to terminate ce of the Com- v; and Resolved further, That the Secre- tary of the Company be. and he hereby of th be. 1916 regan a vote of ch the following i Resolv That this Board cording to i “Resolved meoting of { | corpor is. ‘authorizad and instructed to carry these reso ns into effect, and_ to give such ce of the Stociholders’ meating v be required by law.” Dated, N October 2, 1915, ERRY, Seerctary. Braves Field, Boston, Oct. The national commission announces the following official figures or today’s game: Total receipts . .$82,626.00 Players’ share . ..$44,618.04 Each club’s share ........$14,872.68 National Commission’s share ........ 3 .. $8,262.60 Attendance figures 41,373 the fourth round of a ten round bout. Kunz weighed 138 and Condon 130. Harry Glenn of Baltimore outpointed Young Nunce of New York in six rounds. MABEL TRASK HAS AN EASY TIME Wins Castleton Cup for 2:07 Trotters In Lexington Races. Lexington , Ky, Oct. 9 -— Mabel Trask had an easy time winning the Castleton cup for 2:07 trotters and scoring her seventh victory over St. Frisco at the Kentucky, Trotting Horse Breeders Association meeting here to- day. Mabel Trask took the race im straight heats. St. Frisco, with Geers driving, divid- ed second and third money with Don- na Clay. The fastest time of the race was 2:03%. Geers, after an illness of several weeks because of injuries suffered at Columbus, also drove De Roche one heat in the Champion Futurity for four year trotters, but drew her after she finished lame in the first heat. Geers was applauded when he made The card today looked like a Walter his first appearance on the track. ‘W. Cox programme, he twinning the first three aces and one heat of the fourth. He captured the first race with Trusada, Onward Allerton and Connell third; Byrnes fourth. Time |Winnie Laockhard _.each . winning a seven minutes. heat, however; won the four year old Running Broad Jump—Ferguson | champion trotting futurity with Mary first; Nerton second; Emerson third. |Putney after Allle Watts had taken Fourth place disqualified. Distance | the first two heats; drove Mabel Trask 16 feet, 3 inches. to victory in the Castleton Cup race 440 Yards—Lynch firs orton sec- (and was behind Camelia that won the ond; Connor third; Billings fourth.|second heat of the unfinished 2:07 pace. With Colleen, Camelia and Beth Clark each winning a heat, darkness compelled the postponement of the 2:07 pace until tomorrow. Volga, who' was carded to start to beat 2:04 1-2, the world’s record for three year old mares, and Roan Hal to beat 2:003%, pacing did not start because of weather conditions. A free-for-all, two in three, worth $1200, with Single G, Russell Boy, Ben Earl, Roan Hal, Anna Bradford, Brad- en Direct and Hal Boy entered was nounced for Wednesday. Mitchell Takes Charge. Cambridge, Mass.,, Oct. 9.—Fred Mitchell, who coached the successful Harvard baseball team last season, has taken the squad in hand for fall practice. The players were divided into two teams and haa a practice game of three innings. A large squad of pitchers worked out under the eves of the coach, who will have to develop new men to take the place of Mahan and Whitney, who were lost by grad- uation last June. Esther Smith feared Hoblitzel’s war club as he could not pitch to Red Sox first baseman, Monday. Hobbie walk- ed four times. 1 EBBETS FIELD DIAMOND AND MANAGER ROBINSON Nearly 1,500 extra box seats would be placed on Ebbets field, Brooklyn, and there probably would be 0 circus steats constructed in left field, it was announced. These extra accommoda- tions bring the capacity of Ebbets field up to about 27,000 for the world's series games of the Brooklyn with the Red Sox. The same conditions exist in Boston. Allotment of the ! served seat tickets for world’s series showed that the available reservations were oversubseribed so greatly that many persons who asked for a modest pair of seats were allowed but one, while others, asking six and eight, in some instances obtained only a_pair. The happiest man in baseball today is Manager Wilbert Robirson, who pilot- the Brooklyns to their first pennant in sixteen years.