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== mammnout‘w that produced pastime 2 batting average of .400 or bet- flr? Ym guessed right. It happened in the olden days of big league pastim- mt, in the dz of which grandfather to how they pickled the 'nm-ty years ago the National league the American association held the qunuan in baseball, as do the Na- tional and American leagues today. It was then—in 1887, to be exact—that A cLo the hardest hitting on record came to b ;ucl:n‘theo ;mn t?vr:e Sets, but show-|pass. 1In that year the American as 2 plenty rese; parently ex- | gociation records showed 11 players $8-15| tending himself only when necessars. | with a batting average of .400 or better. ‘Throckmorton used a high, bound|The players were O'Nefl, Caruthers serve which bothered the westerncr |and Robinson of St. Louis, Browning except in the last set, when he broke|ang Mack of Louisville, Lyons ang through it. Stovey of the Athletics, Bedford and Miss Mary K. Browne znd McLough- | Orr of the Metropolitans, Burne of lin (west) won again in the exhibition | Baitimore and Burch of Brooklvn. mixed doubles against Miss Molla 2 5 Bjur-ted: and Throckmorton (east) Quartette of Hitters. Insure the home NOW-—don't delay | scores 6 The same season the National league anothet day. This is the season in Sries Byurstedt alao was defeated by kicked .in with 2 quartette hitting in Mins Mary K. Erowne in the lagtjiick®iomn With » quartette hittim which _ most fires occur. - Insuring| Suthmely Curmingham ] 9 32 g|maten of the women's round robin |} HiCago Fergason of Dhildelnnia through this Agency means ABSO- | Lavalle 2 R ien T 5, Toe . Founl’. conlh % LuTe PROTE::TIQN “at regular | Chartier 96 88— 262 - 9 was won Setucdsy by Mee May Suts e Y e wad s Thomuson "of” D rates. 22 o — | Sauit O Y wne with the first set, 5-2| ©Only once since the memorable sea- ISAAC & m ; 30 2 asainst her. rallied and won the five |Son Of 1887 have there been more than e g Palace. - 8 succeeding games, taking the set and | W0 400 wallopers in one year. Tn T RS drive, y and. Tur n 5fto Shvsntage. champion, circle. Since 1912, the last time Ty Cobb turned the trick, no big time leader has hit for .400. LEADERS IN BPWLING It would seem that the National TOURNEY HARD PRESSED |league gave up the business of devely B 3 gping 430 swatters when the ._}r;nerlcan 4 ; ; - |league came into existence. The par- Attorneyat-Law, 3 “""""‘""‘ Moalister 91— goze ] Eamod ‘:va'l‘i:th';;" 10 D0 ot feascametior baan't: atnon s e > hitter since 1899, when Ed Delehanty Brown &Pukms, m-lll e ) 3 Crass 1| Grand Rapids, Mich, March 12 |and Jesse Burkett hit for the high 80 5 American_1 Nat. Bank. Sbketucket St. | Pardy w 9 3 mark. Three American leaguers, La- —Xis ox | Bibeault’ a e e i Gt ooy hag | Jote, Cobb and Jackson, have turned in ‘Telephone 38-3. o 5 | MeVeigh narrow escapes from being displaced | & Season’s batting card with an aver- by today’s players, Fargo, N. D., show. | 38€ of 400" or better.” McKelvey 7 5 . . e third in the doubles with 1,287, Thirty-one Have Hit .400. Morley . a Corinelly .. while St. Paul took secgnd in the Sin- Schneider S Sles with 680, All told there have been 31 pastimers Hughes . ACADEMY VS. Y. M. C. A. Emil Matak was thie bidder in the|Who kevé hit for the .400 or better '7; 300 | Sullivan 4 Bl singles today. had only one error g:vc:n t::vblg bf;ow s Shnted. n i i i s 1y bl in’ th t e n . repeaters, among R 2 PAisate Fapii Has Men e Fiop L';;Ls Totais were B23. 354 L Mo o Ehroes wna. sk Burkett, Class Condition. Pete Brunmet of Cleveland picked | who stased in the 290 set three o . 3 644 for fourth place for that city, |sons, and Ty Cobb, ehanty, Sam The chief topic of interest at pres- | 1B A Jo8 30T 5 2 Gership with | Thompson, Pop Anson and Harry ent is the Y. M. C. A, track meet.| piian Bradshaw's 690 Stovey, with records of two seasons. Manager Fanning has a large entry H. Ware and C, Dech were the bid- Ty Cobb is the only present day list and promise an interesting meet. | ders for the lead held by Henry Ed-|player who stacks up with the old- ised to mive|Wards and Joe West in the doubles |time sluggers. Itfector. Lrosty has projpiae E1Ve| Tith 1,299 the pair missinz_the mark P vns fitting, 400, * the school boys an interesting fisht. | by tweive pins. Voss and Wagner of ye g .400. Manager Jones! reports the basket- | Cleveland were second hizhest of the l,z,lq;"ersand Club. ball schedule is coming along in fine | day Wwith 1.200, taking sixth place. B'l:o;lnmgt :ls e shape. He expects to get the team out s, oy e IO T oy Team . 4151311 g Team s ing of the spring term. Y EXPENSE IN n. League. High single, Grisswold - X at_the besinning of the spring term. | HEAV Caruthers, St. Louis . Stmpson™ .is+ .36 81— 252| High three-string, Tox . . e e Pt Das MANAGEMENT OF BALL CLUB |Barnes, Chicago ... —— Duffy, Boston Many Elaborate and Expensive Ball|Keeler, Baltimore i . | Robinson, St. Louis 3 Parks Have Been Constructed in Re- | obinson, B¢ Touls - Wolcott, e, o) = B0 i = i sent Years. s Burk;tt,BCleveland e M e R s Wright, Boston .... o el d S s New York, March 12—The recent |y sic” ppoiiQf cnis e : discussion relative to the high cost of | S0 oyionoc baseball and the changes suggested as|Dyniap, St. Lou { tending to reduce what, in some cases | Cobh Detrot lis close to prohibitive expense, has led | 570ty ors OB i ro to some interesting statements and Ferguson, Ph"ade]ph(a explanations. That some are not based |y 8159, TRURd : upon cold facts can be shown by a|gio [CONIOY careful study of the baseball situa- | 5o0P PEEDT 5oner n Hugson, « 5 3 23% | tion as it exists today. S feieel MR . he would umrn “the club's terma’ t £ It has been said that one reason for i pGduCl o Bhiladelphia - sign a. contract. Three Pitt - — LAk sie -4 tho Renvy. expense in- conmmftion WD peeqiirook, Metropolitan players, "Hans Wagner, infielder; Max| New York, March, 12—Rails were S ¥ X the management of a bascball club is | FSterbrools Aetropo Carey, outflelder, and William Fisher, |the dominant features of today’'s er- Cu St 4 ing of parks and stands con- | V0T Bty catcher, have not signed contracts. |ratic market, th eactivity and the E 9 siderably in excess of the pru; Thompson, Detroit strength of that group ’Lflo{ging a 0 & Bud: > . ™ Ia;te{:dunc: :fi wamnteg_ by :h fi?:rl;- Jackson, Cleveland e 3 trast to the inertia of re- > - 3 s |ulation of the surrounding ter: i Thire With hmm‘ f;fi:’;i,fif 3 A9 Det Edlson s 15 43 While this statement may be true in | Radford, Metropolitan tial ‘advaTices Were nnrre vy :2 204 one or two isolated - cases jt is not - 91— 281 | High team single, No. 4 . B ks g -— —— | High team total, No. 3_. severalginteresting meets in prospect. speak grat b iy B Dost nearest fo the place where suid Stovey, Atfiletics ....... o 1884 star jety of transportation shares, but % "borne out by existing figures insofar coalers showed to best advantage.| j 2 as it applies to the general run of : coring_an extreme gaig of 22 | major and minor baseball leagues. g e v 7 1.5, with oneWo 2| i B s % 55 | "In recent years some elaborate ana ’f, In the Qutfeld the com-112 for Norfolk and Western, Chesa- : 3% 5% 3% | expensive ball parks have been con- Ing season. it was staied that Thorps o d Ohio, . structed especially in cities represent- was acquired B et “;“““3,‘;”:‘, pEtaJ v;pgelg:(oax-?a St Yl = % ed in c::xgu“;\'at‘ignzlo and “American % iy and preferred and Western Maryland. | 3 o s League s. T 3 "% N”: ;‘:’yfl;iN:gO::s«I): wneh cn‘d‘fi).' Allpthe Pacifics were higher by one S Caih Bt - or il does & mmpan‘:on _‘:f the pl:u:l{D:e:.;l;\‘s i to 2 1-2 points with Atchison, Tilinois SRl Mg S i capacity and the city populas Central Pere Marguette, Southern| 5 G North pr - Railway, Rock Island and other shares SN proportion to the attendance possibil- comprising the western and south-[ i 'S Freer 3 e itog o | S B o 3 | aems e e, st vner Taina Oy Ong Box OF ed sf-tzi gtee]. were frregular . to s % _17% | computation, it is found that te total i Yw o SR A ey eon : | earea “ascball ‘parke is Dut three “Fruit-a-tives” last hour. Steel fuctiated ~Between Inters Con pr . S83% undre : thee [13 14 and TR BRirivine METP! Nein da e S s I i e e Fasr Sure H r Mer . : = 3-4, .8 ‘net loes iof 2.1°8-palata. Bith: [ s o - Sated -In the case of the Jarger class Lt is with fl sitad “:::;’"". e e o S 2 of cities the addition of the popula- t is with great pleasure write gross decline gf o4 L bat fi‘“z SR 5 It ikl 2 p tion figures of numerous suburbs | to tell you of the wonderful bencfils 1 Soppecs cecedep il S oot hrze 3 : " 22 | sould make the percentage still lower . 4 3 points. American Smelting s dently 3 Tire 5 Y ";‘gyemgd"'me Statistics whow | have received from taking “Fruit-a- discounted the publication. - o S ] that these ‘seventeen leagues contain tives”. For years, I was a dreadful 5 clubs which play in_cities with a to- | sufferer from Comstipation and Head- oints. i t 6,001 that " . S eios sl (:gnoted un:c{rth:!nty - - o e i o e 000 and that | ackes, and ] was miserabloin every way. from the more acute phases ol in- s e aggregates bur 1,106,800. As a result Nothing in the way of medicines seemed 18 -.-olu.i for 90 cts. | ternational situation, losing one to four | 196° thess parks would be filled atmost to | O b} N S S & z 308 Louis &Nash. 125 capacity at each game if three per-| t0 he’p me. o 'y CLUETT, PEABODY & €0. e 4) o Gan et i on 3% | sons out of every hundred of the pop- | “Fruit-a-tives”” and the effect was of their gains in t.he gsnsral reversal| g0, " 8" & |parks will not seat even three per | likea new person, to have relief from : Enommous EO1 _impo fiover ”z’“ ; : i 1% 13| 3n the other hand some of the South- Mzs. M?R'l;gl; S “To week end imparte St ness o 20 . - . | ern and Western league parks will ac- 50¢. a box, 6 for $2.50, trial size, 25¢. $1.25 To New York $1.25 J|week end imparied | fires ton close| = 5 s % i% 3% | Commodate close to fifteen per cent | 4 Pon 2 20R 0 OIS TR0 e 200 2 to their lowest, recovering,' however, b of the surrounding population. Seven 4 . C H E”" S E A LINE on cables stating that Ttaly purposes ;. X. Ci . of the leagues cover territory in which | a-tives Limited, Ogdensburg, N.Y. that the accommodations are out of LEGAL NOTICES TO CREDITO OURT OF PHRODBATE HELD agNorwich, within and for the Distriot ‘h, the 12th day of March, D, 1917, resent—NELSON J. AYI Tudge. 's Swamp-Root has re-| Bstate of Charies H. Giadings, late of m.mgq, on the market for so many|Pranklin, in said District, deceased. O ed, That the Administrator cite that we are of the opinion that Ha decensat O brike years it is a splendid preparation for kid- A 4 & ney, liver and. bladder troubles, and g e we know that our customers who have together el words for B he sign- deceased last dwelt, and In the same Very truly yours, ‘own. and by -»ubnsumg tha same once ALLS RKIN: n a newspa aving o circulation | . K DONINOHAN, taid Districe and make retarn to ihis 7 Druggists. | Court. June 5, 1916. Chelmsford, Mass. NELSON J. AYLING, Judge. The abov d foregoing !s a true topy pf recor Letter to Atiest: HELFEN M. DRESCHER, Dr.Kulm.r‘Co.. Assistant Clerk. Binghamton, N. Y. SN Prove What Swamp-Root DoForYou Send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co-, | unde: ; . Pinghemtoh, N. Y. for & sample size fiifi"?fl"“ne‘iiilfi\ et e hottle. It will ‘convince anyone. You HENRY GIDDINC will also receive a booklet of valuabia [ mariza Administrator information, telling about the kidneys and bladder. When writing be sure and AT A COURT OF PROB l"l‘h HELD mention the Norwich Daily Bulletin Regular. fifty-cent and one-dollar size ol Norwieh'.on the bottles for sale at all drug stores. A D AN o Estate of FPhillp _H: Barnes, Chicago~". xaRrWch. mumm lm.&n Barthee, Chicker osanna Hemault of . Meyerle, Philadelphia . 403 . soloryby, coungel Orr, Metropolitan . -40: zerein set forth, that admrinist Thompson, Detroi # ba granted upon the estate o Burkett, St. Louis 3 ed to be inte Stovey, Athletics . p w It Ts Ordered perition reard and deter Burns, Baltimore . the Probate Court Room In th White, Boston . 4 Novwich, In seid Drstriot Burch, Brooklyn Aur ot Mareh A D 1S Delehanty, Philadeiphia . 1894 | in the for d that not e {)engenr)”: lpcllflon. ‘ur“Y of s hearing thereon, be given b: Accept Challenge. lication of this order one time The Demon Five of Taftville accept | newspaper ha a cir the challenge of Capt. Grebe of the | District at least two days p Mighty' Five basketbail team. . The|@ate of said’hearing. ‘and ‘e Taftville boys have a strong team and | ®® ™®4e (o s Court. o o o L expect to_come off with the long end| The above and foremoing 15 & trus of the seore. copy of record. e — ttest: HELEN M. DRE No enlarged hearts are found marisa Assistant among baseball magnates this season.| o1 o cor o o oo —_— |at Norwich, within ana for the Dis of Norwich, on the 12th day of LEGAL NOTICES A. D. 191 Present——NELSON J. AYLD TAX COLLECTOR'S NOTICE. e o DeasEe, X Hiette, All persons liable to pay taxes in the |~ ‘William 11 Hon Town ©f Ledyard are hereby notified | appeared in Court Wint Phaavytly wa bt sBPTY (Eoei (o0 | AEDSETeR I Court and S lect both property and personal taxes ) forth. that administration be on list of 1916, due April Ist, 1917. The |upon the estate of said deces rate is sixteen (16) mills. ~To accom- |leged to be intestate modate those in the west part of the| Whereupon. It Is Ordered, That safld Town, I will be at the Gales petition be Tieard and determined a Postoffice Wednesd April 4th, i,| the Probate Court Room in the Ci " from 10 a. m. to 12 m.: and for those aid District, on i in the north part of the Town, I will|day of oh, A. D, 1917, at 10 0" be af the store of Georke A. Mansfield, | in the forenoon. and that notice of in Peguetanuck, on Thursday, April | pendency of eaid petition. and of 5th, 1917, from 10 a. m. t hearing thereon, be ; the Thterest from April 15t, 1917, will be | Heatinn of i omie: " 50 2ddeq at the rate of 9 por cent. to all | newspaper having rcutation 1| 1 taxes that remain unpaid after May least three : H 7 t EVERETT GALLUP, R P. O. Mystic, Conn. mar13Tu of sald de Sollector. D. No.' 1. NOTICE TO SELL REAL ESTATE. AT A COURT OF PROBATE HELD at Ledyard. within and for the District 3 of Ledyard, on the 12th day of March, A COURT OF PROBATE A. D. 19 at Norwich, within and for the E. HOLDRIDGE, | of ~wich, on the 12th & “BStite of Thomas Latham of Ledyard, in said District. dece The Executor appeared in Co ana filed a written application allefing that salq ‘estate is mow in s said Court, and pr sell certain real cstate belonging to sald estate, fully described in said ap- plication. Whereupon, Tt Ts Ordered, That said application bé heard and a the Probate Court Room in said District. on the 16th g 917, at 2 o'clock in t afternoon, and that notice of the pe gdency of said appiication, and of said g thereon, be given by the pib- tion of this ‘order one time in Tt Norwich Builetin . a circulation in three days prior to the of s1id hearing, and that return be made to th Court. The above and foregoing is a copy of record. Attest SAMUEL E. HOLDRIDGE mar13d Judge. AVTING Tudge, egoing is a true true DRY Aws Don’t You Want Good Teeth? Does the dread of tne dental chair cause you to neglect them? You need have no fears. By our method you can have +your teeth filled, crowned or extracted XESOLUTELV WITHOUT PAIN. CC™SIDER THESE OTHER FEATURES STRICTLY SANITARY OFFICE STERILIZED INSTRUMINTS CLEAN LINEN ASEPTIC DRINKING CUPS LOWEST PRICES CONSISTENT WITH BEST WORK appeal to you, call for examinatior, and estimate. Ne consulta’ . DR. F. C. JACKSON OR. D. J. COYLE DENTISTS (Successors to the iing Deatal Co.) 203 MAIN ST. NORWICH, CONN, 8A. M to8P. M. Telephone to restrict imports. thus effecting a =3 P90 et the total population of the club cities TO NEW YORK partial readfustment of this situation. g % | runs over the million mark, while the ; SENGER A lower trend for internationals con- 760 North Pacific ~ other ten range between one-quarter E E E FRE;%;&&?D.#@EEN * trituted to the uncertain tone of the ) 5 and three-quarters of a million. The 3 bond market on more diversified op- . 5 figures, showing the population and NORWICH ANDINEW-YORK _fl|bond market on-move diversified op-| ¢t seating capacily of parks by leagues, 12,070,000 225,000 From Norwich. Tuesdays, Thurs- §|${800M are as follows: 2 T = R e A R O alted States bonds were unchanged 2% o B a% League Parks = 1 dge, e . ; o a1y i ities Seating , Bast River, foot Roosevelt . : Leagues. Povulation Capacity U NIVER s Al B Street, Mondays, Wednesdays, Fri- ; er A days at 5 p; m. Btfective Oct. i6th, | su = & ‘ e ow i 10,662,000 216,000 . ;:1& £ vt Raail i 09 Adv_Rumtley - 4 1 % % | American Asso. 2,216,000 99,509 25—F. V. SE, Agent—$1:25 T e i International .... 3.363.000 79,500 . e~ S Riy Coa i i R Pacific Coast - 1,988,000 71,000 3 Southern .... 1,160.000 Western . Central ‘Eastern IL-Towa-Ind. . w York ... Northwestern . Texas .. Northern South Atlantic Central Associa.. Virginia ... EHTE s3zd 213,000 2 H There isn’t much chance just now of Dave Fultz makinz a squawk for a raise in salary. Neither is there of Fred Werck. confine the distribution 5 H pain” cut of strains, sprains, bruises il § clear liquid easily applied, it penetrates _without rubbing. S livery now. 5 i34 e L Et, Near Public Library, rln.y ‘Church, EER s T Be weg! i Have been built and actually delivered to retail buyers since.August 1, 1916. These figures—320,817—represént the actual number of cars manufactured by us since August 1st, 1916, and delivered by our agents to retai This unusual fall and w?ler demand for Ford cars makes it necessary for us to diate delivery to retail customers, rather than to permit any agent to stock cars in anticipation of later spring sales. Sprains and Strains Reliqved. We are issuing this notice to mtendmg buyeu that they may protect themselves s o e i P B against delay or disappointment in securing Ford cars. If, therefore, you are ,;|and all muscle soreness. ean, . planning to purcbue 3 Ford car, we ndvue you to place your order and take de- # € d ot stain th M Tork, Mk 12 -ray o ihe. porasiiits M P Immediate orders will have prompt attention. e Ry O b s T 0 ‘Delay in buying at this time may cause you to wait several months. o e B e o Enter your order today for immediate delivery with our authorized Ford agent CAR 320,817 buyers. cars only to those agents who have orders for imme- EEEE:EI ihe Oxfora to B, o AR R S. lines and Botn Steal o following strenuous work, it gives 4 below and don’ dllappomted on. S sln'rn:g-:h.l.u and up: wich bath Broour B T avick relief. At all druggists, St listed t be S nom. ma-u "$2.00 and up; with bath S et A o T iy 8. Bad Cough? Feverish? Grippy? "'“_f‘" % . RE=r - PR R vot need B, Xing's eg Dlavery | I menatons it Teint. Ogpectee “ord Motor Company Cent. Leather . k2 Le 1al 800! balsam: - o= “Spot steady: middling 18.35. I:gredb fients beal the irritatea mem. Bod-n g Detroit 100 Chie & branes, soothe the sore throat, the Chio Gt W antiseptic qualities kill the germ and w F BOG U E Qe Gt W your cold 1s_quickly relieved. Dr. - .M & St tandard remedy for S e R R e T T &1 North Main St Norwich, Conn. a bottle today and have it handy in your medicine chest for coughs, croup, grip and all LIRS Arumas 28 o T Y P