Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 14, 1918, Page 3

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Telephone 38-3 YANTIC Teachers Meeting — Big Bonus For Admore Mill Employes—Farewell Gifts For Overseer John Hardman —Palmer Bros'. Truck Tears Off Veranda on Sweeney House. Supervisor Fred W. Shearer of the Franklin schools conducted a teach- ers’ meeting in the Sodom Model School, Wednesday afternoon. Two demonstration lessons were given, one on civics and the other on European . Many improvements were suggested, thrift stamps boosted and a war programme schedule arranged. Black Eyes Merely Due to Harmless Ice. As a result of this icy weather peo- | ple are not accountablo for their looks | around the village. Straw hats con- | wonderful black eyes have noticed and many have received bruises but no really serious acci- dents have occurred. Substantial Bonus Distributed. The Admore Woolen company dis- tributed the semi-yearly bonus Friday afternoon to its employes here. The stm of $13,900 was distributed among its 260 employes. Station Employes. James Counterman fs a Yantic station at present; Coughtin s crossing tender. : g has presented So- dom school an attractive educational calendar. tant at John OVERSEER LEAVES. John Hardman, Going to Providence, Receives Handsome Farewell Gifts. Jobn Hardman, who has been over- seer in the weave room of the Admore ‘Woolen Company’s mill here for the past six months left the employ of the company Saturday. Frank Rose in behalf of the employes of the weave room presented Mr. Hardman @ biack walrus traveling bag, in which were placed a $10 gold piece and an Odd Fellows' lodge button. Mr. Hardman expressed his thanks for the handsome gifts and regretted leaving: but as his home.is in Prov- idence he decided to accept simflar employment in the Geneva Mills, of Providence. Mr. Hardman is sncceeded by James Mualloy, who came here from Clin- on. Big Truck Skids, Damaging a House. At Toll Gate Hill, Bozrah, last week, Bros' heavy truck which is used to convey the Bozrah emploves of the Fitchville mill, skidded into the large button-ball tree at the foot of the hill, near Charles Murphy's store. The big truck swung, against the house owned by Patrick Sweeney, of Montville, tearing- off the veranda. Lawrence Dixon, the driver, escaped without injury. ®The truck was not damaged. Matters Chiefly Personal. Miss Catherine Murphy, of Franklin has been spending a few days with her aunt, Mrs. Frederick K. Kingsley. Miss Agnes Woodruff has returned from a visit in New Haven with Miss Margaret Weich. Miss Josephine Sullivan has re- turned after two weeks' stay in Wor- cester with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. & _Sullivan. Mrs. James Morton has returned to her home, after a month’s stay with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Payon of St. Hyancinthe, Canada. James Morton was a visitor Willimantic Friday. Mrs. John H Williams spent Thurs- day in New London. Willlam Tucker of Springfield was a recent visitor at his home here, Mr. McLeod of Clinton, spent some time in the village Thursday. Mr. Dixon of Peacedale, R. I, was a recent visitor here, Mrs. John Burns is il with a se- vere attack of bronchitis. Mrs. Elias Stockett is il with the in srip. Louls Wilbur is confined to the house with a severe attack of grip. LEGAL NOTICE~ NOTICE Hy order of the Hon. Court of Pro- for the District of Lebanon. I will the real estate belonging to the ¢ of George P. Korn, late of Leba- leceased, located in the Town of CHARLES J. ABELL, Administrator. «banon, Conn., Jan. 12, 1918, o vhitestone Clgars will be $3.90 a 100 1 n Oct 1st, 1917 32 for a box of 50, S.9a rate per thousand. 3. F. CONANT, = 1 Frasklin X THERE s no advestising medium in Eastern Connecticut equal tn The Bul- 4eun for business results NORWICH Y. M. C. A. GETS BAD TRIMMING Local Boys Outclassed by Willimantic Team—Daley Was Shining Light for Norwich and Higgins Played the Part of Hero for Willimantic—Score 30 to 16. — (Special to The Bulletin)) Willimantic, Jan. 13—The = WIHI- mantic Y. M, C. A. defeated a basket- ball team from the Norwich Associa- tion at the local gym Sati even- ing by the score of 30 to 16. In the first half the Norwich team had the advan- yers ond haif and they held Norwich to six points to twenty-two additional points for them. Many of the Willi- mantic’s baskets were made on follow up shots the players shooting while in the air. Higgins showed up especial- ly well in s line. Daley of the Norwich team tried many one hand long distance shots but made only one, and the whole Norwich team seemed unable to locate the basket even on easy shits. Higgins starred with five baskets and eight out of eleven. foul goals while Daley of Nor- wich came next with three field shots and one out of three foul goals. The lineups: Willimantic Norwich FIRRIRN * ov s s adbnn et +vsea Grebe Right Forward Blacwmore, J. Kearns ...... ..Daley Right Guard Williams, A. Lewis ...... Houlthan Center Moriarty, Pickett .F. Williams, Schultz Left Guard E. Lewis, Cotter ...... Tilky, Hussey ‘The summary— Field baskets, Higgins 5, Daley 3, B. Lewis 2, Cotter 1, Moriarty 1, F. Dewls 1, Pickett 1, Grebe 1, Tilley 1, Hus- sey 1, Houlihan 1. Foul goals, Higgins 8, Daley 1. Referee Howard. Scorer, Lamoreaus, and Elmemdorf. Grebe 1, A, ATHLETIC DIRECTORS FOR CAMPS APPOINTED Thorp to Go to Cape May and Mc- Cracken to League Island. . New Haven, Conn., Jan. 13.—The an- nouncement was made here tonight of the appointment of Edward Thorp, of New York, as director of athletics at the Cape May, N. J. naval station and of Franklin T. McCracken of Phila- delphia as director at League Island, Philadelphia. They were chosen by Walter Camp, who 1is commissioner of athletics on the United States com- mission on training camp activities. ‘They will begin the task of organiz- ing the winter sports at once at ‘their respective stations. SATURDAY'S MARKET. Active Stocks Declined From a Frac- tion to Two Points. New York, Jan. 12.—Evidence ot radicalism in congress combined with the superficial impression that mar- ket values would be harmed by gov- ernmental regulation of new security iseues were in large measure responsi- ble for the weakness shown in the two hour session yesterday. Active stocks, with the exception of Marine preferred and common and Distillers Securities, declined easily, registering net losses ranging from a fraction to 2 points. The tone of weakness was interrupted in the last half hour by a small rally. It could not be said that there was either concerted buying or selling. Active rafls participated in the decline, but their movement was sluggish. Moderate selling of steel stocks was caused by further consideration of rumors of a government plan to pool the earnings of steel companies so as to give a eprcentage of profit to the in- efficient high cost plant equal to that achieved by its low cost competitor, but such rumors lacked confirmation. While no important movement in the rail list can be expected unti! con- gress enacts legislation to zuarantee net operating income egual to that proposed by the president, thesintro- duction of a bfll in the house to pro- hibit dealings in cotton and wool fu- tures, the growing ad of gov- ernment ownership of the railroads and the increasing opposition to Pregident Wilson’s rail programme were suffi- ciently radical to affect tradaps’ sen- timent. The decline in proces appeered to be due to psychological factors and price movements lacked significance. That weakness followed a comstruc- tive announcement from Washington occasioned surprise, but a market dominated by professional _trading seldom does what is expected. 8TOCKS. Sales. ( 500 Alnsks Gold M. . Foundry ., Lasther 100 Haskell & Bark. 100 Hartman Corp 100 Int Agrl pe 400 Tns Copper 00 Inter Con . 00 Int. Tar Corp 12700 Tnt Mer Mar 55200 Int M Mar pr BROWN'S FOOTBALL SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED There Are Five Home Games and One Open Date. ‘The Brown Ui Athletic As- mdversity sociation has just published Brown's schedule of fc games for the fall of 1918 Tive Providence games are already arranged; and, in spite of very difficult conditions, only one date ‘is now unfilled. _ The schedule follows: October 5, R, I State College ‘at Providence. October 12, open. ’ October 19, Vermont University at Providence. October 26th, Colgate University at Providence. November 2, Syracuse Universtty ‘at se. November 9, Swathmore College at yvidence. at Brown University, in keeping with! the wishes of the government, has de-| cided to continue athietics as a val- uable part of physical preparedness,| in spite of the fact that the athletic! season of the academic year 1917-13{ alone will result in a loss of over ten| thousand dollars. Practically every! athlete of any prominence at the uni- versity hys enlisted. Places on the! various teams are given to as large | number of men as possible, most of whom are without previous training.; Brown believes that the benefits of | war-time athletics should be open to| all able-bodied students. A further extension of this programme and stringent elimination of all unnece: sary expenses, such as training tables, extra coaches and equipmen!, will mark Brown's athletic. policy in the future. a CORNELL IS EXAMPLE OF COLLEGE SITUATICN. Na Branch of Sport Has Schedule| Made Out. The condition of college athletics at eastern institutions is weil illustrated by the situation at Cornell, one of the | leading universities of the section in the support of the sport. There is hardly one department of athletics in | which at the beginning of the vear a| complete program or schedule is plan- ned. Efforts are being made to sup- | port, as far as compatible with other | more important activities. each and| every branch of sport induiged in dur- ing the epring months. The situation i i XXVI As soon as we arrived in Murren we were each assigned duties. Lieutenant Hubbs had been sent away in charge of a party of men to do-some civic work for the Swiss government, and I was appointed his successor as editor of the B. I. M. and business manager of the printing office. This meant -a lot of hard work. but I thoroughly en- Joyed, -having something to do pro- ductive of tangible ‘results. The sub- ct of my first editorial was Mr. ‘00ds, who had rendered such valua- ble service in caring for the teeth of the men. 1 will quote some parts of this article as illustrating the way in Which this work was carried on. “There is hardly a’man in' Murren who has not paid a visit to the bright and cheery rooms of our dentist, Mr. J. A, Woods. In doing so, few of them realized what a privilege was being accorded them. * * * In spite of his formidable official titles, every = one agrees that he is one of thé nicest men they ever met. 4 Got Right to Work. “As soon as Mr. Woods heard that British prisoners were to be interned in Switzerland he at once applied for permission to come here and give them the benefit 'of his services. He alone knows the difficulties he had to sur- mount before he ‘finally ‘arrived in Murren, on Aug. 17; 1916, just a few days after the first batch of prisoners. He had to bring all his instruments with him as personal luggage, but did it so ‘effecti that he now has two bedrooms and 2 bathroom in the Pal- ace hotel transformed into the finest dental operating rooms in Switzerland. He also cnjoys the unique position of practicing .at @ higher. altitude than any other dentist in Europe. “Mr. Woods wasted no t'me in com- mencing his work. He at once asked for lists of men. ciassified sccording to the degree of urgency, who wished dental treatment. Two hundred of the original 400 at once sent in their names Each case was given indi- vidual treatment and the patients were made to fee] that they treated their own dentist and not in_a cli The. same_system was followed with the second and third batches of men who came in December. There never was any compulsion used; all the patients came of their own free will. tribute to Mr, Woods' effi- were being ciency is the fact that 99 per cent. of the officers and S0 per cent. of the men presented themselves to him for treat- ment. Interesting Statistics. “Mr, Woods keeps an exact record of every patient and below will be found some interesting statistics of his work during the last vear: Number of different over Visits to room, nearly Operations ...... . Prothesis (artificial dentures. spe- cial appliances for jaw injuries, TR 2 ... 368 “Mr. Woods has visited Wengen, Chateau @'Oex and other places, at- patients, 200 Int Paper €00 Im Nickel 100 Kelly § Tire . 200 Kennceott .. €00 Steel Steel 8 400 Ray Con Cop 7200 Reading - 100 Reading 1t pr 2400 Rep T & Stcel 400 Royal Duutch 100 Seabosrd A T, 100 Shattuck A ¢ 300 Sinclalr i1 119 souns " it Sougher R 300 Southern. R pr 1900 Studebaker . L Ciyp Stores 100 Unitca” Drug 200 Tnited Fruit FINANGIAL AND COMMERGIAL | tending to 533 urgent cases among the | French and English soldiers. As a re- sult of these visits another dental sur- geon, Mr. W. J. Law. has been sent to the Chateau d'Oex district. “We all appreciate the generous way in which Mr. Woods gave up his large practice in Liverpool and, at enormous % | personal expense, came here to Switz- Without recreation, internment would the prisoners had a Murren variety entertainment, composed. terned men. By Lieut. . HARVEY DOUG A True and Thrillir: 5 c-:-dian Officer Wfl be a criminal torture. ‘At Murren of in-1 One of the Frenchmen kept from his native land conducted a class in French that was well attended. erland to give us the benefit of his wide experience. All his work has been entirely gratuitous. If he had not un- dertaken it no one else would. We ail take off our hats to a man who is do- ing his bit, and doing it well.” : While we were in Lausanne many improvements had been made in. the camp at Murren. Signboards had been erecteq calling ali the little foot-paths by the names of the best-known Lon- don streets, such as Piccadilly, Strand, SR es Tale of the Expe etc. A large fingerpost at the station rointed in a northwesteriy diraction, and was marked “Blighty.” 4 Popularity of Y. M. C. A. A new Y. M. C. A. hut had been erected and was as weil patronized as tke Red Triangle huts on the western front. This one had an attraction which was lacking elsewhere, in naving ladies to assist in serving the tea, which was very good in spite of the following limerick composed by one of the men: “The tea at the Y. M. C. A. Is_weaker than ever, they say; When they try to pour out It just stops in the spout, It’s oo feebie to come all the way.” A moving picture show had b started and on Thursday and Frid afternoons and evenings the ballroo of the Palace Hotel was filled with Tommies thoroughly enjoying every- thing from Charlie Chaplin to the lat- est war film, A variety entertainment compa composed entirely of interned pri ers, gave- very good performances at regular intervals, and smoking concerts were frequently arranged in the vari- ous hotels. Soldiers Visited by Wives. Through the generosity of the peopl: in England, an arranzement had been imade whereby the soldfers’ wives, in sroups of eighteen, were sent frce of charge to spend two weeks with their husbands in Switzerland. If a man were not married his mother was lowed to come instead In this way many couples were reunited after three vears of separation. There .was a South African officer with one arm who had been -taken nces of a Wounded o Fell Into the Hands of the Enemy saying. that he would go to the doctoy if she would not fetch him. Eventualsy who had had limbs amputated, and i almost every case the bone was not LAS German doctor who was attending plo g =aid that the reason for the fever wa that the hole in his arm was not biz enough to allow the pus to escape. He udvised a small operation to open and clean out the wound. When the offices awoke from the anesthetic he was Iy~ ing on his back in bed, and uncons sciously moved his hand across hig chest, where his wounded arm usually lay. 'The arm was not there. Ha feverishiy feit his body until he came to a large dressing over the stump of his arm, which had been amputatedu He almost fainted dead away with the shock. He shouted frantically for the nurse ang demanded to sce the doctor. She refused to call him. Tha officer siartea to climb out of bed; 1y the doctor appeared and received the worst abusc he had ever had in his life—but it was too iate, - A Cruel Practice. I spoke to a great number of men cut far enough back to allow the flesit te grow over the end and form a cushz ion for an artificial limb. A friend of . mine who had lost a leg in this way told me that he had complained to 4 German surgeon about this method of amputation and asked why it was cdene. f The German's repiy was: “Weli. you know that's what the French an lish are doinz to our prisoner: A private who had ‘been taken pris* oner at Mons told me that, in one cam he had heen in there were about 3001 prisoners. mostly Russian and French! The camp was divided by a road int@ two separate inclosures. In one ‘of these inclosures were about 1000 mex who had to 2o to the main camp ey ery day for their meals. There were - two gates side by side--a small one reserved for (iermans and a larger one for the use of the prisopers. At mea) times the men useéd to crowd aroun the zate, waiting for the order fo pass through to draw their rations in the cther inclosnre. They were always hungry and impatient, and one day an English sailor and a couple of Tom- Eng- jlmies found themselves being forced through the small gate by in the rcar. The sentry shouted at them to zo back, but thev were una- Dle to do so on account of the pressura from behind. Once more the sentry shouted “Zuruck!” (Back), and then ran his bavonet through the sailor and pulled the trigger to facilitate the withdrawal of the weapon. The bul- let killed one of the English Tommies arnd wounded the other. Harsh Punishment. Another private who had been tak- en prisoner at the beginning of the war told me how the men in his camp had been tied with their backs to a post, their toes touching the ground, and left there for bours on end, 2s a Punish- ment for refusing to work. If one of the men in a hut had com- mitted a trivial crime, such as smok- ing indoors, and the Germans were un- able to find out who was the culprit. every man in that hut would be stood at attention all day, in bitter weather, with only a single bowl of soup as the crowd prisoner on the Somme who had what 1 consider a rather ghastly experience. He had received a bullet wound in ths :lbow which, though not serious caused his temperature to rise. The nourishment. The punishment would be repeated day after day until the man confessed in order to save hi§ comrades. (Continued tomorrow.) in rowing is perhaps typical and as outlined in a recent issue of a uni- i3 | versity publication gives an insight to % |and butchers $15.85@16.50,- good and % | $16.75@17.28, pigs $16.25@16.50, mixed Ry Inv pr 1. Aloohol Rubber Fargo . 100 West Pacific pr 00 Westinghouse 100 Wilson & C 100 Whide Motors 8400 Willys Overland 100 Willys, Overland pr Total sales 343,820 shares, LIVE STOCK MARKET. , Jan. 11.—Hogs—Receipts 44,000. Market slow 5c_lower, mixed heavy heavy $15,80@16.50, rough 1 pigs $15.75@15.95, light $15.50@16.35, $12.40@15.25, bulk $18.10@16.40. © Cattle—Receipts 13,000. Market slow and weak, beeves $8.10@13.65, cows and heifers $5.70@11.60, stockers and conditions pfevailing at Cornell at this time. The article, in part, is as fol- lows: ‘Rowing plans have not yet crystal- ized. Practice on the rowing machines in the gymnasium will zo forward, and when the inlet is clear of ice in the epring crews will be boated as usnal. On account of the early clos- ing of the university, however, it will be difficult for the management to schedule dual races, either on Lake Cayuga or elsewhere. It is taken for granted that no attempt will be made this vear to revive the Poughkeepsie regatta. Obviously Cornell could not participate in such a regatta next spring. John Collyer, active rowing coach, was in Ithaca recently and while there he conferred with Mr. Courtney and others on the rowing situation, but no definite conclusion was reached. Final decision will not eb made until later in the winter. “In general athletic activities except in basketball and wrestling have been unusually quiet since Thanksgiving, “|the attention of the undergraduates being turncd toward edlisting and the draft regulations. After the holidays, training will be resumed and more in- terest is looked for, and a fairly large number of participants.” WORLD'S RECORDS AT TRAPSHOOTING Compiled by PETER P. CARNEY, Editor National Sports Syndicate. feeders $6.70@10.75, calves $8.75@16.00.| 45 Score. Shooter, Place and Date Sheep. — Receipts 14,000. Market|16 565....*C. G. Spencer, Viola, III, weak to 15c¢ lower, native and west- | Sept. 18-19, "09. ern $9.60@13.25, lambs $14@17.65. 16 419....J. R. Graham, Chicago; Pittsburgh, Jan. 11.—Cattle—Supply light. Market steady, choice $12.50@ ‘Il Aug. 30-Sept. 1, '10 99....B, €. Carlton, Omaha, Neb,. Aug. 6, 1913. 13, prime $12.50@13, good $11.25@12.25, [18 104....Harvey Dixon, St. Louis, tidy butchers $10.25@11, fair $8.50@ Mo, Aug. 21, 1916. 10.50, common to good fat bulls $7@ |19 100....Riley Thompson, Chicago, 9.50, common to good fat cows $8.500' m., June 23, 1910. 10, heifers $9.75@10.50, fresh cows and |19 190....C. A. Gunning, Omaha, springers $60@90, veal calves $17.50, Neb., Aug. 7, 1913, heavy and thin calves $7@11. 20 138....*H. S. Wells, Betterton, Sheep and lambs.—Supply light. M4, July 26, 1915. Market—Sheep steady, lambs 5c high- (%1 119....Fred Plum, Maplewood, er, prime wethers $13, good mixed $10@ 11, fair mixed $8.50@9.25, culls and|22 common $5@7, spring lambs $18.40. Hogs.—Receipts 23 double decks, Market lower, prime heavy hogs $16.90 @17, mediums $16.90@17, heavy york- ers $16.65@16.75, light yorkers $16.65@ 16.70, pigs $1625@16.50, roughs $14@ 15, stags $14@16. Buffalo, Jan. 11.—Cattle receipts 400 head. Market active. Prime steers $13.50@14.50, butcher grades $8@12. Calves.—Receipts 500 head. Mariet active and 50 cents higher. Cull to choice $5@18. Sheep and lambs.—Receipts 400 head. Market active. Choife lambs $18.50Y 18.75, cull to fair $13@18.25, yearlings $14@16, sheep $5@13.25. ‘Hogs.—Receipts 5,600 head. Market active and %5 cents lower. Yorkers $17.25@17.40, ‘heavy $17.25..17.35, Toughs $14.50@15, etags $15.75@16.25. CHICAGO GRAIN WARKET. High 1. Ciose. 127%, 1973 5% 1% 1y 8% om0 80% 0% TR 10 my T "% July 6, 1915. < Arie, Chicago, TIL, Aug. 25, 1917. 108 5, 99....*Walter Huff, Atlanta, Ga. July 2, 1917, 28 100....*C. A. Young, Peru, Ind, July . 13, 1916. All of the above are straight scorces. *Professional. Two-Day Tournaments. 400 seraight by Charles G. Spencer, ssional, at Viola, Iill, September 2. , 190). 400 straight by J. R. Graham, 2ma- teur, at Chicago, T, August 30, Sep- tember 1, 1910. . Three-Day Tournaments. 499 by 500, by Lester German, pro- fessional, at Atlantic City, N. J., Sep- tember 15, 17, 18, 1915 439 by 450, by O. N. Ford, amateur, at Ray, Arizona, Oct. 8, 9, 10, 1915, Consecutive Tournaments. 2086 by 2100, by James S. Day, pro- fessional, in five consecutive tourna- ments, in Texas, in 1910, 1912x1950, by O. N. Ford, amaleur, in five consecutive tournaments in Ari- zona and California, October, 1917. Five-Man Team. 497x500 at Maplewood; N. H., July 7, 1916, by A. C. King, Toms River, N. J. (99) R. L. Spotts, New York, Pa. (99); A. B. Richardson; Dover, (100); C. H. Newcomb, Philadelphia, Del (99); Fred Plum, Atlantic City, N. J. (1005, 3 Longest Shoot Off. A. G. Flickinger (129); O. A. Evans (198), 200 targets, at Vernon, Cal, June 11, 1917. 1,000 Targets. 961 by Mrs. Ad. Topperwein, prafes- sional, at San Antonto, Tex., Septem- ber 16, 1908. Time consumed, 4 hours and 15 minutes. (Exhibition.) 927 by J. W. Garrett, amateur, at Colorado Springs, Colo., October 13, 1908, Time consumed, § hours. (Mateh race. Against time—each contestant shcot- ing in turn, Alexander Mermond (929); Fred Stonc (901): 'at St Louis, Mo.,, January 13, 1911. Time consumed —2 hours and 30 minutes. Actual shooting time—1 hour, 39 minutes and 23 seconds. 2,000 Targets. 1952 by Mrs. Ad. Topperwein, pro- fessional,” at Birmingham, Ala. No. vember 11, 1916. Time consumed — hours and 20 minutes. Actual shoot- ing time—3 hours and i5 minutes. (Ex: hibition). _ Double Targets. 96x100 by William Ridley, amateur, Denver. Colo,, September 6, 191 96x100 by C. B. Platt, amateur, Chi- cago, Ills, August 23, 1917. Al]l of the above records were made from 16 yards. 5000 Glass Balls. 4844 by Captain A. H. Bogardus, in 1888. Time consumed, ¢ hours, 13 min- utes and 45 seconds. SPORTING NOTES The wise fighter is one who hires a sprinter for his manager. Then there’s no question about who gets to the tel- egraph office first after a fight. Penn has been able to win some- thing without the aid of Howard Berry. It happened to be a chess tournament. Reports have it that the Grand Ci cuit stewards are to discuss the giv ing of races under saddle for outclass trotters. The plan has much to rec- ommend it. When it. comes to drafting baseball players, however Uncle Sam :can give the league managers cards and spades. He's taking them right and left for his champion team “over there.” ‘War necessities will reduce spring sports at Syracuse University to a minimum it was declared by Graduate Manager . Walter Smith. Neighborhood games will be substitut- ed for the long trips. Chancellor McCormick of the Uni- versity of Pittsburgh, recently declar- ed that the reason Pitt had dropped college baseball ‘was because the ama- teurs could not complete With the:Na- tional League club at Forbes Field. Harvard university is to be repre- sented by a bayonet team, according to recelg. announcement from Cambridge. Unlike the other Harvard . athletic teams. during.the war, the bayonet team will not be classed an “imnfor team will not be classed an “informal.” It will be coached by Jules Lelebay, instructor cf fencing, and efforts will be made to arrange coniests with teams from other colleges. If war sports, such as grenade throwing and wall scaling are provided for at the annual intercollegiate track meet this year it is expected that Harvard will enter teams. Outfielder Bill (“Baby Doll") Jacob- son of the St. Louis browns, who last summer cnlisted as a navy yecman, with permission to delay reporting un- til the close of the baseball season, has been assigned to duty at the Norfo'k Navy yard. Lawrence (Chick) Stanley, N. F. A, '17," who mude such an enviable rec- ord in local high school baseball cir- cles last year is at Holy Cross. He is a candidate for the team there. With all due heme town modesty the col- lege is to Le congratulated. Baseballs are going to cost more next season, say dealers in sporting £00ds, and so is all other sport para- phernalia. The fan who tries to get away with a ball that fiies into the bleachers during the 1918 season bet- ter think twice. He'll have the secret service on his neck and may get life imprisonment if he's caught with the goods. Fifteen members of the Second Na- val Division football squad — Cupid Black's famous aggregation of pigskin chasers—have gone into the aviation ice and are at present learning to fly.y They are Gardner, McAlhster, Pennock, Hite, Green, Sweetland, Hi nbotham, Haas, Edward, Q'Keefe, Quigley, Hutchinson, Callahan, Purdy and Murphy. At the meeting of National League baseball magnates in Cincinnati, a movement was started. to abolish the traveling trank of the ball player. Ac- cording to plans that were freely diss cussed it is now intended to have the players roll up their uniforms, bats and other baseball paraphernalia and carry them in a bundle, as they did year: ago. In that way the transportation o clubs will be simplified. Syracuse University’s Fail football programme includes a game with the University of Indiana, a new rival. It was announced recently. The game will be played November 23 at Indi- anapolis. Other Syracus games sched- uled are: October 19, Pittsburgh at Syracuse: October 26, Dartmouth at New York; November 2, Brown at Sy- racuse; November 16, Colgate at Syra- cuse, and_November 28, Nebraska, at Lincoln, Nebraska. HOBLITZELL MAY BE . RED SOX LEADER. Other News of Interest Gathered From: the Field of Baseball. Dick Hoblitzell, now slowly recov- ering in a Cincinnati hospital from &% serious operation, may be the 1918 manager of the Boston Red Sox. Fory this reason Larry Jajoie has not been named leader of the frazee fracas for next year. Hobby was practically promised the management of the club, providing ' Jack Barry could mot return, but he endeavored to join the army instead.. The. surgeons discovered the neces-} sity of his "ndergoing a serious opera-x tion before he could even attempt to. pass the rigid examination for military™ service. He was not a bit backward,y but immediately entered the hospital; and went under the knife. Now it is said #hat, despite the operation, he may .not pass the examination and will be able to return to the Boston club. If he does, he will very likely be named as manager. BRIDGEPORT.* CONN NO APPROVALS Bégi.nning today and continuing all this week, endin; Rochwell & Forester. Rockwell & o, WOMEN'S WEAR. Forester & Uy BARROWS BUILDING NEw LONDON, SMART SUITS ConN. ; g Saturday, Jan. 19, will be cleaning up week of last week’s sales at sale prices. There are still attractive garments that invite your inspection, which upon secing will appeal both to your pocket and satisfaction, at greatly reduced prices, with many garments in all departments on sale at lower prices than last week, to clean them up. Ourruleis not to carry over stock from season to season. We have established this custom of sacrificing at this' time of the year our high class merchandise. : DISTINCTIVE COATS A large collection of seasonable Dresses, Handsome Fur Coat Sets, Muffs and Neck Pieces, Waists and Chil_dr_eg’_s Wear, Sweaters, Skirts, Petticoats and many cdds and ends with large variety of styles and materials to select from. Millinery At Greatly ‘Reduced P.ices Every Day Dmi-g Tiis Sale We wish to state while there is the finest of goods sold every da& during this sale, naturally the very cream of the stock will get very scarce as the sale goés on, so we would respectfully suggest your early inspection. Come to this sale whether you need anything or not and get acquainted with our store. It is too good to overlook. Open from 9 a. m. .o 6 p. m.; Saturdays 9 a. m..to 9 p. m. WATERBURY, CONN, 'NO RETURNS g