Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 11, 1918, Page 3

INSURANCE INSURANCE FOR EVERYTHING' INSURABLE 2 L LATHROP & SONS Nerwich, Conn, Fte of Wenaton i the Bolnce 28 Shetuomet Strect nal M‘W sectio p play during 1918 -and the awarding of the same should the recommendation {be adopted, as appears likely. L the titular tournaments are expected from Philadelphia, Bos- ton, and middle western clubs. West Side club of Forest Hills, L. L hag announced it will stage the cham- pionships again if the association so Sentiment appears to favor moving the tourneys to cther sections, as the West Side club has’ majority of the matches since 1914, - INTERNATIONAL SHUTD‘OWN BENEFIT TO EASTERN CLUBS. Meeting Today May Have Bearing on BOWLING the Fate of Eastern League. * Baseball fans in this ‘vicinity end especially followers of the Murling and Planters of the Bastern league are : DS o o Dostern league are| The undefeated Fearless Five won in New York today of the directors and big guns of the International cir- |leys. Th cuit. ' ‘As Is generally known, this ses- |y o sion is one of the most important ever held by the moguls of this, the premier minor league in the east. After discus- sions for and against since the 1917 |single and Dugas of Taftville dlamond season closed the time has (away with high total, come for the International men to de- cide whether or not it is advisable to The ‘Operate «next ‘season and the prepon- |Barry . derance of opinion seems to be that at |Maynard this meeting they will agree to close |Peckham tional and Appli- league ‘magnates Tuesday and those of. the league on Thursday and the National Lawn Tennis association on Frid: Of the_ four .conferences the gather- ing of the International league holds the greatest uncertainty. to be decided involve the contniuation of abandonment of the league for the , the selection of al to President E is received to operate the league: this year and the curtailment or readjustment of the circuit under the conditions. President Barrow’s resignation, take effect tomorrow, has been in the hands of the International league club owners _ince league voted to reduce his salary from If it is decided to continue with a six club organization and a shorter schedule than hereto- fore, as has been suggested, it will be necesary to relect a successor to Bar- row. The names of James Price and Arthur Irwin have been prominently mentioned for the place. The adoption of the 1918 schedule and other routine business compose the programmes of both the National league and American league. although there is always the possibility of im- portant player deals or other unex- pected developments. There will probs ably be an attempt by the National league to pass a rule curtailing the big cash deals for players which have grown to such proportions this winter as to create dissatisfaction both players and magnates not profit- Magnates of both leagues will hold either formal or informal conferences relative to the war tax to be collect- ed on all tickets this season and the of obligatio: with Federal league backers at the time ‘of the peace agreement some two "Our Companies are the kind that iare REAL safoguards against fire di INSURE HERE and you'rs ISAAC S. JONES Insgramce and Real Estate Agent Richarde’ Building LAST YEAR 250 million dollars worth of property was burned in this country; about 21 million a month, about 700" thousand a day, sbout 29 thousand an hour. 500 dollars worth is burning while you read this advertisement. Is your property insured? B. P. LEARNED & CO. Agency Established May, 1846. $7,500 to $2,500. ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW The fate of the Eastern league as McCarihy 4t is composed as present also depends o> on today’s meeting, for its personnel is 495 524 sure to be changed if the International quits. Owner Collips, of New Haven and other Eastern opinion that the league. benefit by the disrupting circuit. Providence, which has always | JUrPh been a good baseball town, could then | PUEAS be taken into the Eastern and would surely strengthen it. and the public of the Rhode Island capital favor entering a nine in the Delegates to the Tennis association |Eastern league. Providence allows ball 'Brown & Perkins, Over Uncas Nat Bank. Shetucket St stairway near to Thames Telephone 38-3 Mismeys-ai-law eaders are of the | Miller 2 0 ® |Parker 1111110 89 s [ Ereatly | Rocves 98 99 e bigger DAYVILLE Aguines Reddy Leaves Freight Office —Mesting of Missionary Socisty— Miss Coggswell a Patient at Worces- tor Hospital. Reddy, employed at the o freight office for the past has gone to work as Miss Mildred Bennett suc- eseds him doing clerical work. Mrs. A T. Hope entertained the La- dies’ Aid society Tuesday afternoon. The Men's club held their meeting Monday evening in the office of the Assawaga company. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Field visited reiatives in Foster, R. I, Sunday. ' Attended Dedication Exercises. Mr. and Mrs. N, Lorne Greig were over Sunday guests of the latter's par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Angus Park, of Hanover. They attended the dedica- 7tion exercises of the new parish. house the Congregational Both the press+ ’vm months SATURDAY’S MARKET | Curtailed by the Ap-! Trading Wa proaching Tri New York, Feb. tivity in pools in various furnished almost the sole interest in today’s stock market, issues recording little changes. ‘Trading was percep! the approaching triple holiday and the short Interest again covered com- mitments in . steels, 100 Pitis & Wy pr 200 Prow Suel Car —The further acs “0 e Steel Sp representative ¢y Rep I & Steol pr ‘church at Hanover. Luther Day has vacated Frank S. Kennedy's building where he has had a meat market for several months, and_has moved the goods to his home on the Willimantic road. Miss Bernice S. Coggswell was tak- ‘n_seriousty ill Friday ‘with appendi- citis and Saturday wemt to St. Vin- cent's hospital at Worcester, where she underwent an operation. At the l-w“ report she was resting comfort- Kenneth Michfe has rented the lunch in the Post Office building which Bas been closed for several weeks. L. Miller, who has been 1Il attack of asthma, although recovered was able to be at 600 Sinclaid Ol rails and other o Extreme advances of one points in equipments, coppe: and ofls and as much as two to five points in Iudustrial Alcohol,” National Harvester and Virginia were the outstanding features. United States Steel fluctuated with in_ fractional limits, closing at a sl Rails were irregular, coal- ers, however, showing a firm trend. Shippings lost some of their recent strength, althouzh United Fruit held | Sales amounted to 106 Tobacon Prod. 100 Tader Type its two-point rise. 225,000 shares. General news of the day included the January statement of the United States Steel corporation, which show- ed an increase of mot quite 100,000 tons in unfilled orders over the pre- ceding month. A very moderate reduction in act- ual foans by the banks failed to ogset the recent large expansion of that item, but members of the federal re- serve made up almost all week’s loss is that institution and_ex- céss reserves increased by about $2 800 Va Tron C & Church Interests. The mid-week prayer meeting was Thursday evening at the home Harry Brearley. 90 Wast Pacific 100 White Motors 400 Westinghonse 1200 Willys * Overland New York, Feb. 9.—Mercantile pa- | day 0! | Team commercial 60 day biils on | 7°&M 60 day rs. N. L. Grelg pleasantly enter- tained the Woman's Missionary soci- ety at her home Saturday afternoon. After routine business the leader, Miss Myrtice E. Blanchard read Jona Band, who were Missionary Pi- oneers, Mrs William Swainson read of the work of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Crosby at Fort Simpson on the Pa- cific coast. Miss Blanchard followed with a sketch of the work done by Joseph ‘Ward at Yankton Dakota, from 1869-1889. During the social hour the ‘hostess served sandwiches, cake banks 4.71 1-: bills 4.71 1-4 bles - 4.76 3-16. cables 5.70 1-4. 43 1-2; cables 44. New low records were made Iiberty first s at 96.26 and_second The general bo hesitant on light offerings. value) aggregated $2,925,000. % TUniteq States bonds (old dssubs) were unchanged on call during demand 435 5-16; ca- Francs, demand 5 Guilders, demand | Team Lire, domard 8.6 Rubles, demand 13; Bar siiver 38 1-2. Mexi- Government bonds Railroad bonds irregular. COTTON. « New York, Feb. 9.—Cotton futures opened steady. March 30.35 2070, July 29.15, October 27.37, De-| cember 27.70. New York, Feb. 9.—Cotton futures| "= closed steady. March 29.73; July 29.16; October 27.91; De- cember 27.70. New York, Feb. 9.—Cotton futures March ~ 30.26; can dollars 68. [ May i e k| N i1 MEETING QF PATRIOTIC FOOD LEAGUE IN' NEW YORK Nearly 3,000 Persons 385ysefasy 2EY, ¢ ledged to Ob- 5| i closed stead. 29.73; July 2. cember 27.76. Spot cotton quiet. MidaNng 31.50. LIVESTOCK MARKET, Chicago, Feb. 8.—Hogs, receipts 53,- 000 head. Markets slow and 5 cents Mixed and butchers, $16.20@ May ] FEEREERERRAERRREE i New York, Feb. 10. — Butlers and chefs in the homes of New York's wealthiest citizens rubbed elbows to- day with domestic servants in less pretentious homes at a mesting of the Patriotic Food League, which is head- ed by Henry Physick, butler for J. P. The purpose of the organ- iznation is to enlist the co-operation of cooks and others who handle food in the homes in the conservation cam- paign conducted by Herbert C. Hoov- persons pledged themselves to save wherever, ble and abide by the rules of the ra- E S 2| i ¢ 4 L E £ £ § g5 o £ A % g E i rough heavy, $16.00@16.20; light, 8 i § % | $16.60@16.70. X . 2 Inter-State Association com Cattle—Receipta” 10,000 head. Mar- ::.: hefi ;l the Tournament E(Jo:-:gx'ir- o , Which is comprised of former a‘;g;;: President T. E. Doremus, as chaij 200 Bth Steel B kets steady and 10 cents lower. Beev- es $840@13.90; cows stockers 5&"% $7.20@10.40; calves, $9.50@15.75. 4 Sheep.—Receipts 13,000 head, Mar-|gror: J- Leonard Clark’ and 1. ket weak and 10 cents lower. Native E and western, $14.75@17.65. Pittsurgh, Feb. S—Cattle supply light. Market steady. prime, §13.25: good, $12.00@13.00; tidy $11.00@12.00: to good fat bulls, $3.50@11.00; com- mon to good fat cows, $9.00@10.00; heiers, $10.00@11.00: springers, $60.00@110.00; Sheep and lambs. — Supply light. Prime wethers, $14: Arthur Elliott, who is' Mrs. James Speyer’s butler, presided. M. L. Gil- lett. chef for Mrs. Frank Gray Gris- wold, spoke in French. knew_rations provided by the food card were ample. ployers who had seats in the boxes at the theatrc, where the meeting was held were Mrs. E. H. Harriman, Mrs. Jobn D. Rockefeller, Jr, and Mrs, An- drew Carnegle. Bowling- THE AETNA - Billiards 7'ALLEYS Phone Conn. Majestic Building, Shetucket 8L Norwich, Conn. Bowl and play Billiards for exercise and recreation $10.50@13.40; lambs Among the em- Cholce $13.25; i $8.00@ commion £7 s928 £ { : fresh cows and veal calves, sgsifsfassize e Market steady. doubles decks. hogs $16.90@17.10, LEGAL NOTICE BERUBRIB LS $16.25@16.50, $1325@ NOTICE | The Board of Reilef of tus Town of Norwieh, Conn.. will meet in the City said Town, each day. excepted, from Feb, Kansas City, Feb. appeals from the doings of transact an Assessors, and business proper to be done $16.65 per 100 pounds, against $16 to $16.60 per 100 pounds. on Feb. 7. CHICAGO GRATH MARKET. Duted at Nerwich, Conn., Jan, 15th, FRED G. PROTHERO, JAMES C. FITZPATRICK, JOREMIAH J. DONOVAN, Board of Reliet. FEBRUARY 11, 1878 on Sunday and this of course would be decidedly. in favor of its-being. taken into thi.lm.:“er league. - With Providence and possibly New- ark in the Bastern, hotal" bills, trans. portation expenses that have ‘made ¥ and every game would nepessitate only a or Not—President B ’s Resignation Takes |%,0n 0y jump. Under the proposed chapges in league all the Effect—Price or Irwin Mentioned as Possible Leader of |51 town sad the s League for 1918, New York, Feb. 10.—Seyeral meet- |meeting will vots on the executive ings which will have a direct and im- | committee’s recommendation portant bearing upon . baseball tennis during the coming season will be held in this city Tnternational th Accopding to Collins, guls will convene the Ith, and as the In have come to a decision by that the Eastern league will be able to vote whether to keep Portland and Law- rence in the league or take Providence ‘l:: Holyoke, Watterbury or Pittsfield This Wwill not be the only question to come before the Fastern magnates, for there scems to be considerable senti- ment towards cutting the player limit from 14 to 13 men. This has been done in former years.and even last season the New Haven club went half way through the schedule with 13 perform. ers, taking on Freddy Walter, the 14th man, after the season had reached the 4he | midway point. The cut of course would be from five*to six men on the pitch- ing staifs, Fearless Five Wins Again. two games from the Taftville team Saturday evening at the Taftville al- rollers swamped their opponents. Mec- Carthy of the Fearless team took high got The scores: rless Five. 93 118 94 5 » 220 102 36 Boyt Taftville’s Best. 107 - 80 Elks’ Tournament. the weak teams showing a great im team is evenly matched and every pin to_win any string. weekly high' girgles for the firet half: Stevens 117, H. Gee 116, J. Lyons 111. Tollowing is the average ad the players in tbe first half: 1—J. Combies 2T, Counihan Madden D. Luc —H, Gee . 6—W. Stevens . Tilly . 83. Purdon . Fitzgerald . Lyons . Cronin . Heath . Frost . " Hutchinson . . Quinn .. . McCormick . . Callahan . . Thompson .... Harrington . g la large crowd is sure to be on hand. Standing of teams: Won. Lost. Team 4 6 3 Team 9 3 | Team 2 10 10 Association R ranges for Distribution of $25,000. By Peter P. Carney state Trapshootjng Association. 5001680, Dige, '25; batle, |2Ssociation for the 1918 season. b Piss, S1IEQI525; Mk, | sty Ut o The | St ot il man; Lauther J. Squirer, Frank G. cash and trophies yearly for the pro. trophies will be distributed, ying: states. How the States Are Classified. Kansas, Nebraska, New York, Penn ~THog receipts |S¥lvania ang Wisconsin. testimated today 6,000 hud_gg“,ivp,d B—Connecticut, Indiana, Michigan, officially vesterday 10.13¢ %ead; ship- Minnesota, Missouri, Oklahoma and i %mm:d' e (e v“c"'i’éfiinrm New Mexico, Dela uotations rul X co, Delaware, akainat 16 ip |1daho, Kentucke, Marylana:District of Columbia, Massachusetts, Montana, New Jersey; North Dakota, Washi; 1 D—Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, LLowisiana, Maingy Mississippi, New Hampshirs, North Carolina, Rhode Island, South Caroli- na, Texds, Vermont, West Virginia | OV ER THE IOP‘ b Afi“‘?‘i GW EMPEY @ AN AMERICAN SZI&DI:‘R :AH:CESE:'XDE::”AEi: MACHINE 3 e PR et G:::;M Two R. F. A men. (Royal’ Field|thought we. would - have the Artillery) from the ‘nearby, observa- tion post. were allowed . the privilege :f‘t;wpplng in" this "dugout while off CHAPTER XVIL Battéry D 238, The day after this I received the time, | §lad tidings that I would occupy.the machinesgunners’ dugout , right near the advanced artillery observation This dugout was a roomy affair, dry as tinder and real cots in it. These cots had been made by the R. B’s who had previously occupied the dug- out. I was the first to enter and promptly made a sign board with my name and number on it pended it from the foot of the most comfortable cot therein. - In the trenches it is always “first come, first served,” and’ this is lived up to by all. enemy licked in jig time and be able to.eat Christmas dinner at home. Well, so far, I have eaten two Christmas din- ners in ‘the trenches, and am to eat two more the way things are it Fritz don’t.drop a ‘Whizzbang' on me and send me to {Blighty. Sometimes I-wish I would get _hit, because it's no great picnic out here, and twenty-two months of it makes you fed up. “It's fairly cushy now compared to what it used to-be, although this trenchis a trifle rough. Now we send over five shells to their one. We are getting our own back, biit in the early Uays it was differeni. Then you liad to take everything without a re- ply. In fact, we would get ‘twenty in return “for every one \liable One of theése men, 'Bombadier Wil- son by name, who belonged to Bat- tery D 238, seemed to take a.liking to_me, and I returned this feeling. In two days’ time we were pretty chummy and he told me how his bat- tery, in the early days. of the war, had put-over a stunt on Old Pepper, and had gotten away with it. ‘I will endeavor to give the story emory will permit in- his pointing. That is, admit as far as m “1 came ‘out with the First Bxpedi- tionary Foree, and, like all the rest “TOMMY’S DICTIONARY OF THE TRENCHES” fighting and wants to surrender. Of late this has been quite a popular with him, replacing Mess' Qrderly. [ aaily fo carry Tommy' and from the cook-house. An article of used as a tea kettle and dinner set. “Mike: and George.” % (Knight Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George.) ward for bravery in the field. ary Cross. A badge dished out to officers for brayery. Tommy insists- they throw dice to we |POLISH FORCES HAVE sent over. Fritz seemed to enjoy it, .. CAPTURED ‘SMOLENSK but we British dldn't, we were the —_— h Just one casualty _after |Capital of the Ru -another. Sometimes whole would disappear, ‘Jn:ld( Johnson’ middle. ‘Tt got S0 bad that a fellow, when writing home, wouldn't ask for | _tendon, ~Web. = 10-Polish - for any cigarettes to be sent out because |Which recently revolted from the Rugs he was_ afraid: he wouldn't be there to receive them. fter the drive to Paris back , trench warfare general grabbed a map, cil line across it, and said:1'Dig here, then he went back to his tea and Tommy armed himself with a pick and shovel and started digging. He's been digging ever since. “Of course. e ‘dug those trenches|miles southwest of Moscow. If the re- but it was hot work what|port of its capture is correct the re- d - machines gun fire. | volting Poles have already wpu The stretcher-bearers worked - hard- [some er than the diggers. - te “Those trenches—bloomin’ ditches, I |declared in advices through Berlin dn They | February 5 to have occupied, arrest ere only about five feet deep, and |ing Ensign Krylenko, the commandef- u used to get the backache from [in-chief of the Bolshevik forces, ard safe |his staff. Smolensi is somé 85 milds either, because as|northeast of Mohflev. The Bolshevlk soon as your napper showed over the |authorities are reported to have aws top, a bullet would bounce off it, or|restgd a number of. prominent Poles else come so closedt would make your{at Petrograd in reprisal for-Krylenkois Machine Gun ' Corps. collection of machine gunners who think they are the deciding factor of the war and that artillery is un- - platoons | That Name=—Has' About 50,000 Pog- especially when a their A man who, like ‘an American policeman. is never there when he is badly wanted. A ration of meat, vege- tables and soapy water, contained M. Maconochie, the chem- ist who compounded this mess, in- tends to commit “hara-kiri” before the boys return from the front. He “Mad Minute.” as turned | yecording to advices from Vienna for- Our|warded by the Ex ew a pen- |correspondent at Copenhagen. game- went to the Taftville boys by a small margin but in the next two strings the Fearless Firing fifteen rounds from your rifle in sixty seconds. man is mad to attempt it, especially with a stiff bolt. Mail Bag. A eanvas used to bring the other-fellow’s mail winner gets the medal. A piece of junk is- sued to Tommy who has done some- thing that is not exactly brave but still is not cowardly. When presented he takes it and goes back wondering why the army picks on with the. rifle An officer in, a battalion who wears a .crown on h#s uniform is in companies, and corrects said: companies in the sec- ond position of ‘present arms” He also resides in,a dugout. Maneuvers. Useless troops conceived by someone higher | up to show Tommy how brave his officers are and how. battles, should be fought. The enemy never attends maneuvers to prove they're right: Mass Formation. mation in which the German attack. |' 1t gives them a sort of “Come on, I'm with you” feeling. They would “hold hands” only for the fact that them—were a nightmare. command of. Military Police. whom it is unsafe to Name of a bomb invented by oldiers with bending down. to stand upright, It wasn't exdctl: Tommy has full confidence~and he nistrusts even that. An underground tunnel dug by “We used to fill sandbags and stick them.on top of the parapet to make it| Die Zeit states that the great in- . | no use, they would be|crease in the number of deaths in there about an hour, and then Fritz| Vienna has led to serious burial scan- would_turn loose and blow them. to|dals. The mortuary vaults of the ck used to be sore from |cemetery are overcrowded, and the Qucking” shells and bullets. “Where my battery was stationed, a | cent. This tunnel leads from your trench fo: that of the ememy’s. the end or head of the tunmel great quantity of explosives is stored ven time is exploded. It is Tommy's job to then go “over the top” and caused by the explosio: A shaft leading down to. A close order Elks' bowling finished the first half of the schedule the past week with hasty trench had been dug, Which ti boys nicknamed - ‘Suieidé Ditch’ a¥ believe me, Yank. this was the origi al ‘Suicide Ditch.” All'the others ‘imitations. “fif “When a fellow went into that trench; it. was an even gamble that heé Would “come ‘out on a strencher. } At 8 one time, a Scotch battalion held it and when they heard the betting e even money that they'd come out on stretchers, ‘they grabbed all the bets. in sight. Like a lot of bally idiots sey eral of these battery men fell for their game, and put up real money. The “Jocks’ suffered a lot of casualties, and - ‘the prospects looked = bright for. the battery men to collect some easy mone: So when the battalion wasd relieyed, the gamblers lined up. Sey eral” ‘Jocks' got their -mpney for emerging safely, but the ‘ones who clicked it, weren't there to pay. The artillerymen had never thought it olit that way. Those ‘Scotties- were bound to. be. sure. winners,.no matten hoy the wind blew. -So take a tip me, never bet with a Scottie, 'cause you'll lose money. ' 3 4 TS (To Be Continued Tomorrow) . 4 n , Province . of ulation, 3} sian, army under the leadership General Doxbor Mousnitsky have' cap+ tured Smolensk from the Bolshevild, change = Telegraph — « il Smolensk, capital’ of ‘the . Russian province of that name, and with a ' population before the war of slightfy less than 30.000,, is situated about 225 stance from Mohilev, the Rus eadquarters which they ' wete sian mprisonment. cost of funerals has risen over 50 per “busting up” these gatherings. Mate. A soldier. with- whom Tommy is_especially % picked because this soldier rece a parcel from home every week. Type -of machine gun which'| has been supplanted by the Vickers in order to make Tommy unlearn what he ha$ been taught about or tunnel of -a mine. | Sometjmes Tommy, as a reward theé job of helping the R. E's dig this shaft, Minnenwerfer. | provement that is gbing to make the st half very interesting, as every is going to count at the finish. It i certain every game is going to be for blood and a spare or strike is liable A high-power trench mortar shell of the Germans. which | makes no ndise coming through the Tt was invented by Professor Tommy does not know it is near until it bites hi nothing worries him. Tommy nick- | names them “Minnies.” Mouth Organ. An Following are the winners of the J# Combies 132, G. Madden 123, W.| M. T. Mechanical members.of which aré ex-taxi driv- ers. No wonder Tommy's melt away when the M. T. carries M. O. Medical specially detained that he is not sick. “M. and D.” “What the doctor marks ‘on the “cicker” or sick report when he thinks Tommy is faking sickness. It means medicine and duty. instrument with | Which a vindictive Tommy causes misery to the rest of his Some authorities define 1 “musical instrument.” A .brownish, sticky found in the trenches after the fre- A true friend to Tom- my, which sticks to him_like glue, even though at times Tommy re- and . roundly Self Starting sents this affection mended for ‘bravery. Tommy would sooner be recommended for leave “Mercy Kamerad.” What Fritz ‘when he has curses said mud. i The term Tommy gives o) civilian ‘clothes,Mufti. looks good to had a bellyfull H. R. WAGNER 52 Broadway Norwich, Conn. and Wyoming. The United States navy The committee the officers and men in the navy would be kept pretty wouldn't have time for trapshootin The shooting they will do will be of another kind. Class A states will be awarded $325 for state tournament: Class C, $275, and Class . $200. amount each class, A, B and C, e association, is asked to add $30 {to the purse and to give the Winner lof the handicap event a gold watch The Class D states are and a watch. requested to con- league race heid a high position in bat- ting, fielding and base running. There is no record of any one combination holding. the leading place in all three | of these departments of the play a number of the clubs showed the way in two of the three divisions. Among the more important leagues the New York Giants, winners of the National league pennant, kere first in team fielding and base. stealing but finished second in batting. The Chica- go White Sox, American league lead ers ‘and" world' champions, were first | in ‘stolen bases' but eecond in team | batting and fielding. Toronto, Inter- | national leagie chamipions, headed the list in- batting and flelding but fell to second place in base stealing. American association the Indianapolis AND FQCKET this year a DOOLEY & tournaments, ; Ciass B, §300; valued at $50. asked to add. state association i {duct a handicap event, open only ‘to |residents of the “state giving the tour- |nament, at 100 targets, |caps from 15 to lies will be distribut |division that prevails in the Grand I American Handicup. 7 ‘The handicap committee for each of the state handicaps will be y the State Sportsman's not by the club giving the tournament Interstate Trapshooting Asso- The commitiee, be of three or. five, must be residents of the ‘state in question, esident amateurs-may shoot for tar- gets only in any of the state tourna- ments and .be_eligible to, win any of the trophies siven by the Interstate « Non-resident and professionals may shoot for tar- Teams No. 1 and 2 open tonight and | tucket St. with handi- 16 Shetucket yards. The troph- ed under the same club was first in fielding but seventh in batting and fifth in stolen bases. Taken as a whole, the averages are very high. The grand average of the | sixieen pennant winning clubs si .633 We pay good Second-hand Thirteen clubs show an average of .263 | in batting and eleven ‘have a mark of | .90 in fielding. The average number | of stolen bases by twelve of the teen pennant clubs is 196 1-3 for the | Association— MIKOLASI'S TAILOR SHOP 38 Market St, Telephone 537-5 LEE MAGEE A HOLDOUT. Wants His $3,000 Salary Doubled Be- fare Signing. C. B. ELDRED 43 Broadway = Association., May | TRAPSHOOTING PLANS FOR 1913 Tee Magee is being panned out in| 8t. Louis because signing a contract Browns for 1918 calling for a -salar: approximately more than a__$5,000 imount that Magee has received the past three years with the Federals, the Yankees and Browns. Tt is quite true that Magee's record for 1917 does not warrant the offering of a larger salary to him. Lee fell to | the American league last| season and wound up with a batting average of less than .200. On the other hand there is me rea- son why Magee should actept $3,000 & year from the Browns if he does It is hard for a player who' has received a high salary baseball and who.is only twenty-eight vears of age to accept a stipend such as is given a player of little exper- Applications for the registration of |jence in big league play. It is partic- tournaments, excepting state tourna- |\arly hard for a man of Magee's ments, must be made by February 15. state tournaments share in the purse nor win any of the Tournament Committee of Interstate Jach state association n Reclassifies States for §; October 27.91; De- | Trapshooting ~ Purposes and Ar- |state championship event in connec- tion wit hthe amateur championship. Ready Mired No -Overdose of Shooting. (Press Representative of the Inter-|, The committee went on record as being opposed to too much shoeting. There is, such a thing, angd it is harm- ful to the sport; therefore applications registered tournaments Qils and Brushes The tournament committee of the' :gterstaite :l‘rsbpflhl)oting Association— heavy, $16.00016.75 |the national body—has completed its good and heavy @18-15; [1abors and announced the piaag of the for one day will be given the year several clubs were granted one day sanctions and thn ran a second day’s shoot at non-registered. targets —which really made the shoot a two- This is not in keeping with the spirit of the spoxt, mor the ideas of the committee, and clubs that follow this practice this year will be " | penalized in the tuture. Preston Bros. Inc. "WASSERNANN Plaut-Cadden Co. day’'s event. Plaut-Cadden 144-146 Main St Norwich, Ct. The Interstate Association_ contrib- utes in the neighborhood-of $25,000 in temperament. Magee has always saved his money e. TI and invested it well. He is not weal- state Association will give $50 to each |thy by any means, but has a nice| registered tournament, preferably in|home in Cincinnati and has Tecently It is necessary for a club|become interested in several business in making its application for a reg- |veniurés that may easily engross all istered shoot to have the approval of {of his time the year around. The only reason that Magee may and High Grade GROC.RIES A. T. Otis & Son 72 Franklin St Bulletin Bldg. Application: motion and trapshooting, besides aid- |may Lo A ing clubs and organizations in vari- ous other ways, and it is up to this committee to say how the cash and There will be no change in the gen- erous policy of the association, the committee deciding to adopt the same liberal plans that have been found vo successful in the past, but with the discontinuing of the four subsidiary h;ud!cahp.! and the inauguration of the R00d mixed, $ILTS@I2.T5! fair mixed, |oomggoopdicaps the committee had $9.75@11.25; culls and common $6.00@ spring - lambas, $18.00. Hogs.—Raceipts Market lower. Prime heavy $16.80016.90, its state association. Tt will be necessary for elubs con- ducting shoots to have the reports of the évent, long rums, etc, in the ¥In- terstate’ office no later than 30 days after conclusion of the shoot. Clubs which do not comply is because he would like to RERGLSON.S American league is him and that his lapses with the Yankees in 1916 'and unaccountable too ,fast for Franklin Sguare with this rule their - contributions, nor will the scores be counted .in the official averages. No more than two' registered tour-: namefits will be granted to 'any ‘one club dfiuring the.vear. ! The committee will continue the do- nation of trophies to all newly-formed gun clubs and for team competition considerable work to do in reclassi- Cut Glass and Miller Huggins The states were divided into four classes—A, B, C and D—according to ge m;mbfir of trapshooters ;‘xeglstere_fl. ere is the way the states have been heavy yorkers $17.15@17.25, light york- | rclas; : $16.50@17, « pg! i roughs $13.25@15.50, of the Yankees is one of those who beliege in Magee understand his deéline. in talking of Magee recently has said something or other abot not his habit of turning. around and batting right-handed against left 239 Main Stre ——— A—California-Nevada, Illinois, Jowa, He s2id that he was nattrally a left: handed batsman and that' when he was with the Cardinals he had wished | to stick to hitting from the first base Huggins, however, insisted that he turn around for seuthpaws as he had done in his early days with the Car- . The proficiency necessary in many | dinals. departments of baseball win pennants is illustrated by com- parisons of the records clubs, each a flag winner in its respec- PROFICIENCY NECESSARY TO WINNING CLUBS. Records of the Sixteen Pennant Win- e This Fact. CHAPPELL CO.- side of the plate. according to FARMING IMPLEMENTS Tegon, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah and ngton. in order to; It is not style.at the plate that is the matter with Magee. His .trouble sixteen | seems to be & drooping spirit. that is 3 hard " to_account for. He used to be tive league Iast season. With an occa- fone..o fthe most aggressive hall play- sional exception, it will be found that'ers in the major. leagues. With .the the team which firiished first in the Yankees he.was ana of tha tamest MECHANICS® TOOLé of all kinds THE HOUSEHOLD Bulletin Building, 74 Franklin Street M TR i re See SPEAR and You'll See C. A. SPEAR Optometrist Franklin Square up stairs in Somers Bidg. 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