Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 5, 1918, Page 3

4 L. LATHROP & SONS ~ « 38 Shetuckst Street »!Igrwich Conn. Dont forget that FIRE INSUR- ANCE covers property damage by water used in extinguishing the fire and ficemen are exceedingly liberal in their use of water. INSURE NOW AND BE SAFE ISAAC S. JONES Ingurance and Real Estate Agent Réchards’ Building 87 Mair 8t ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW Brown & Perkins, ilis ) Over Uncas Nat. Bank. Shetucket St. stairway mnear to Thames Tele>hone 38-3 B e BOWLING Elks' Tournament, 1 Texms No. 1 and No. 5 howled at the EIks' alieys Monday night and Team N won ihree straight.- Gee of Team 5 bawled high sinzle and also high total with 235, Heath being ab- sent téam No. 1 had ‘to be content with an absentee’s scors, 75. The next match is between Teams 3 and ¢ Wednesray night. A gocd contest is looked forward to as hoth teams are trying 1o better their respective po- sitions. Scores: Tagmpson .... Hbtchinson . Weymnouth . Lacy 0 472 450 Team No. 1. 88 Purdon Ethier Fitzgeral Heath #rost At the Aetna Alleys, .. Fearless Five 464—1323 67— 254 70— 210 84— 228 84— 256 63— 238 T3—1164 Mr. S. Maher, Major James Ashton, D. 840, and Mr. C. S. Roland have been appointed by the Capadian Gov- ernment to act as a Tand Settlement Board for the settlement of soldiers dfter the war. LL-ANS Be Absolutely Removes | Indigestion.- Druggists refund money if it fails. 25¢ M. 'A. BARBER .Machinest and Engineer * BING AND GASFITTING CALL UP 734 With or Without Gas Attach- ments but’ Always EFFICEENT and ECONOMICAL~ MODEL RANGES We furnish Repairs for all makes of Ranges A. J. Wholey & Co 12 FERRY STREET T. F. BURNS HEATING AND PLUMBING): 92 Franklin Strest ROBERT J.. COCHRANE GAS FITTING,’ PLUMBING, STEAM FITTING Washington Sq., Washington Building Norwich, Conn. Agent fon N. B..O, Sheet Packing IRON CASTINGS FURNISHED PROMPTLY BY: THE VAUGN FOUNDRY: €0, Nos. 17 to 25 Ferry Street ® Phone 581 ‘siflig: MODERN. PLUMBING is as essential. in modern houses lectricity is to lighting, . We guaran- tee the very best PLUMBING WORK b by expert Wworkmen at the fairest prices. | Ask us for plans and prices; ¥ 3 J. F. TOMPKINS New York, March 4—After a con- ference with President Ruppert and Manager Huggins of the New York American League baseball elub here today, Robert Peckinpaugh. shortstop and captain of the team, signed a con- Act for the coming season. ' Peckin- paugh came here from Cleveland to discuss a salary grieyance and, it was announced, secured .2 comipromise, Manager McGraw of the New York Nationals sent word ‘from St. Louis to the club’ officials that he had ob- tained the signatures of Pitcher Wil# liam Perritt and® Shoristop Arthur Tletcher, ‘both of whom hsd . heen holding ~ out. ' Outfielders rison and Thorpe are the only Lo Yave not reached am agrecmont with the club. -AMERICAN.-BOWLING C?NGRESS Monday’s Play Debvelops No New Leaders and Only Ordinary Scores Were Ro||gd. (Cincinnati, O., March 4.—Bowiing in the doubles and singles at the Amer- ican Bowling Congress tournament here today produced no new leaders, the nearest to the top that anyone came being a, tie for twenty-fourth place in.the singles and a likewise tie for twenty-ninth piace in the doubles. T. Burns, of Pitisburgh, obtained the high score for the day in the indi- | vidual event by rolling 637 and there- by went into a tia for twenty-fourth position, while M Dreifuss and J. Rus- sell, of Chicago, by rolling 1194, went into a tie for twenty-ninta in’the dou- bles. 7 Other than this,. M. Studenroth, of \Chicago, rolled 635 and A. Worley, of Kokomo, Ind., 634 in the individual J. Antic and J, Pape, of Pittshurgh, were second high during the day in the dou- bles with 1168 while J. Hussey and W. Williams of Pittsburgh totalled 1158, BALL PLAYERS IN SERVICE NUMBER 72 One-half of Those Eligible for Service Now in Uniform. Nearly one-half of those major league ball players avaflable for ser- vice in the war have already enlisted. This is based on an estimate that the two leagues have a total of 160 men eligible for service. This provides for the exemption of married men and those. above draft age. Of this 160, therefore, 76 have already entered the service of the United States. Here is the 'roll of honer: American League: ‘Athletics—Noyes, pitcher; third baseman: Johnson, pitche: 1 shi Keefe, pitcher; ond baseman: Sharman, outfielder. Boston—Barry, second basem: Lewis, outfielde: Shore, pitcher; Janvrin, infielder; McNally, infielder; MARKET WAS DULL. Leading Issues Moved Within stricted Limits. Wew York, Mar. 4.—Stocks were al- most in a state of deadlock today. leaders moving within restricted lim its, though mainly downward. The tenor of domestic and foreign advices afforded a pretext for furthar short relling. but this was conducted with raution. £ Tnvestment rails, includirg Canadian fic, 2 “oalers, yielded one to two poinis and industriais of the seasoned class av- eraged one point recessions d utilities, notably American Tele- P Publie Serwice of New Jersey . Gas, lost ome Marked heaviness was displaced by tobaccos, American Sumatra excepted. and Harvester, Continental Can ly neatralized by the relative strength of BaMwin Locomotivé, American Car, Mexican Petroleum and Motors and ac- Sales amounted to 315,000 | Missouri Pacin natural result of .last week’s adverse | at bank statament, but soon fell to four. Time loans held at 6 per cent., with a minimum of supply. Lires or Ital- ian exchange recorded another severe break, demand bills selling at 8.95 1-2. Intermationals and tractions were heaviest of the bond list. Liberty is- sues varving slightly. Total sales, par value, aggregated $3,650,000. U. &. bonds, old issues, were un- Transactions on the New oYrk Stock 8 Pd M. 1| closing bi loan £ 1- .| Camp_Sheridan on Union Pacific. Granzers and | nd the more! and | M Reactionary tendemcies were partial- | Mizm te of Mutty's ‘ball club, Pennock, pitcher: Gainer, first base- man; Com‘\,ay, infieider; Shorten, out~ fielder; Benfley, first baseman, Wil- der, catcher. 2 Cleveland—Smith, ontfielder;’ De Berry, eatcher; isto, first baseman; | Tork Dickerson, pitcher. | .. Detrai lunke, pitch F“Ll:r. | infielder; -Baker, catcher; Nicholson, outfielder; Tllison, infielder: Alton, itcher;” Hollywood, - infielder; Burns, first baseman; Oldham, pitcher. ‘Washington—Menosky, - outfielder; Leonard, third baseman; Milan, ouf flelder; Lavan, shortstop; Murray, utility: Gibson, “[mfi‘h il (hicago—Scott pitcher: fen catcher; Payne, pitcher; Keiser, pitch- er: Von Kolnitz, third baseman. | St Louis — Jacobson, outfielder; 1 8ioan, outfielder. i New York—Fisher, pitcher: Small- | wood, pitcher: Kane, outfielder. i1l be quar- tered is four' miles ‘from the baseball . and Mathewson's players will have a flock of automobiles at their disposal. - Near the park is a large coliseum - where “the ‘ players will be able .to practice on rainy days. ly than any other ciub in the south this spring and it will cost President Gary Herrmann -not a penny. In return for all this royal treatment the Reds will play for the entertain- ment - of -the -soldiers, ang Mitty has promised to pitch-some of the practice games. - There is one arrangement about the training season near the ar- my ‘cantonment -that the players are rather about shy . An army officer has * National League.” been delegated to umpire al the games Philadelphia — Rixey, pitcher; Da.'|and thére probably will be no chance vis, pitcher. for the players to warm up ¥ieir ora- | | Brooklyn—Prfeffer, pitcher: Smith, | torial talent. Instead _of ‘expulsion i pitcher! Cadore, pitcher; = Keleher, | from the game being the severest pen- shortstop; Malone, second baseman; O’Mara,. infielder. Chicago—Marriott, ley, pitcher. : on—Gowdy. - catcher; Maran- ville, shortstop; Rico, catcher; Schrei- ber, infielder. . t Pittsburgh—Miller. first haseman; Warner, third baseban; Webb, second man; St. Louis—Miller, Goodwin, pitcher, New York—Kelly, infielder; infielder: Jones, utiltty. alties for Ricking against the the' Cincinnati players will face the unusual.fate of being se: to the guard house if thev attempt to mon- key with the wmpire, umpire, -® outfielder; Bal- first Wimler Gets Popular Decision. Pittsburgh, Pa.,’Marth 4 — Eddie Wimler of Pittsburgh was given the WHAT THE A. A. T. A. IS, AND newspaper decision over Joe Liynch of i New York in their ten round bout here i WHAT IT EXPECTS TO DO tonight. Wimler forced the fighting R throughout, and was givén six of the | Amateur Trapshooting Body Has Mem- rounds on points. Lynch was award- | bership of 1502 Clubs, Tosaiing More {€d two rounds, with two even. Than 60,000 Individuals, in United States and Canada. By C. C. i REDS TO BE GUESTS ON SPRING TRIP GRAHAM i - Secrstary of American . Amateur | Montgomery, Ga., Will Act as Host for Trapshooters’ iation. Mathewson’s Boys. The Americun Amateur Trapshoot- TR | ers’ Association, of which Lieutenant * Christy. Mathewson. was always con- | joh I | | | i Philip Sousa is president, was sidered the most popular player in the | organized in December 1015 ! {major_léagues when® he pitched for| It is composed of amateur trap H the Giants, and that he still retains | this - popularity is shown by tlie fact that Big Six and his Cineinnati Reds | will have a whole trainmg trip this | spring. free of cost. They will.be the | guests of the Y. M. C. A, and the board shooters, pledged to the poiicy of ad- vagcing the inieres. of ingividual amateur trapshovters and of o trapshooting clubs. In the two years of its existence the association has wmade remarkable progress. { of trade at Camp Sheridan, Montgom- |~ During 1517, twe bundred and | ery. Ala. | twelve gun clubs avplied for afliation During the winter Matty was at|yith tue A, A. T. bringing the a visit and while | there he played checkers with the sol- | diers at the Y. M. C. hut. Thous- |ands of vouths at this camp revered Christy Mathewson as the idol of their total number of aflilizied ciubs up to These clubs represent a total membership of over 60,000 men and women of trapshooting.+ During the year 1516 individuals joined the as- sociation. boyhood days. He wos a hero during his visit and he was sach a great at- S0 well' that it now has organizations in 47 States, six Canadian provinces, in Alaska and Hawaii. 52 Canadian clubs are enrolled. The officers of the association besides Mr. Sousa are Dr. Horace Betts, of Wilmington, and Charles W. Billings, of Oceanport, N. J., first and second vice presidents; and the writer, secretary and treas- | urer. The president of each affiliated State Assoclation is also .a national vice president. To encourage the individual shooter to improve his scores and to raise his average, the American Amatenr Trapshooters’ Association offers a ser- :|ies of Proficiency Medals. which to | win, the shooter must turn in"a cer- tain number of scores of a certain average in each class. A bronze medal is awarded in the 75 per cent. class, a German silver medal in the 80 per cent. class, a steriing silver medal in the %5 per cent. class, a 10k. gold medal in the 90 per cent. closs and-a 14k. solid gold medal in the 95 per cent. c : During 1917, a total of 1049 ciency Medals were awarded by the association for scores made in club shoots. 545 new contestants entered the A. A. T. A. medai race during the year. Plans for 1918, The plans of the A. A. T. A. for 1918, are boader in scope and will accom- Reds will be cared for:more elaborate- [}, ! | able for all men, the American Amat- The A. A T. A. has beeii worked up | Del.| e A AT At.‘iz,fnjclph n;.mnb ‘the Interstate, Association is Pt e gy ciation ates the i shoots, lmnrim money and trophies the [ to them, and compiles the & verage of the shooters who participate, so the A. A. T. A. confines. its attention to the || club shoot features. ) A new department has been organ- ized to keep a record of scores made at club shoots by all shooters. From these records wiil compiled quart- erly official club shoot averages. The compilation and publication of chub shoot averages of the entire shooting body o fthe Unitedt States and, Canada s a large undertaking. but such re- cords will prove imvaluable to Handi- cap Classification \'kommitluly partly in view of the fact that class shooting. is becoming popular every day. At this time when there. is im- perative need of a, more universal knowledge of fire ,4rms, and _ when every man requires regular per'xodu of recreation and outdpor exercise to keep himself physically fit for. his work, trapshooting has been aptly Sport.” termed the “Patriotis Many of the members of the 4 .A. T. A. are already enrolled in the ser- vice and will be able to give a good account. of themselves when called upon \because they already kmow hew | to shoot, handie and -take of a gun. i Lord Roberts once said, “Shooting is | seven-tenths of a soldier's husiness.” Because trapshooting will fit young men to be trained more .quickly if needed in the service; because trap- shooting takes men out in the open to meet their fellows in friendly com- petition and sends them back to their work healthier and more efficient; and because trapshooting is so easily avail- | eur Trapshooters’ Association expects to make 1918 a banner vear. BIG DEALS MAKE OR BREAK A CLUB ;This Season Has Seen the Biggest ! Deals in the History of the Game. { The many and important baseball | deals consummated since the 1817 campaign ended bring to ming fa- mous deals of the past which wrecked some clubs and as a direct couse- auence made champions of those which | benefittea by the transaction. Boston lLas figured in more big baseball deals {than any other city. As a matter of fact, it may be said that the Hub in- ituted the “practice of transferring iplayers irom one club to another when it absorbed practically tae entire Cin- | innati . Red Stoeckings team. of 1869 This team had gone tarough the sea- iSim without a defeai and furnished | Boston with its first professional team tin_ 1870, Boston was the loser in thie next big | eal which transferred the first “Big ! Four” Spaldinz, barnes, McVey and i White, to Chicago. This disruption of IL?’.F Boston team had the effect of ori- {&inating a quasi reserve rule from |ykich the presen: is evolved. , The { Boston cluk, received 1o consideration {for the transfer of the *“Big Four,” whieh took place in 1875 The next big deal nearly 160 years laler, and it involved the second “Big Four,” Brouthers. White Rowe and Richardson. from- Buffalo to De- troit. ~ Then followed the deal which from a'financial standpoini was colos- sal; it marked a distinci era in base- ball - history, inaugurated a rutnous policy which the magnates never have had courage to legislate against and which today is the ouistandinz menace to the sport—Joha Clarkson. pitcher, 2nd Mike Keliy, catcher, were Poston by the Chicazo club. doubt they were the most famous piayers of their day, but had reached |and passed the zenith of | The consideration was $20,000, 3 were the Alexander-Killefer Lattery in the late eighties. Boston aiso bene- fited by the disruption of a club, the dispersal of the Detroif plavers, when jshe purchased the services of Bennett The: Ganzel, a vair of catchers the (equal of any ever develoned. In this {deal the Phillies Janded Sam Thomp- |$0n arnd Dan Brouthers. This was the lasi of the big trans- |fers inthe sense of a club manage- ment parting with its best plavers for | the sole purpose of reaping financial benefit until recently. Of course there were isolated. cases where a star was s0ld. The transfer of the famous old Baltinore champions under Bd Han- THE BREAK OF ANOTHER DAY cuit, while the disruption of the Bal- | timore American league club, most of | pected | the pjayers going to New York along with McGraw ‘and others tv Cincin- nati, was a war reprisal by the Na- tional against the American. Kauff Anxious to Don the Spikes. Benny Kauff, who wae a caller at the Giants’ ‘offices Monday, is in fine trim and says he is impatient to start for the training camp at. Marlin and | begin preéparations for the comingl season. H “I wish the National league hadn't! set such a late date for the teams. to art south” said the little siugger. Chis spring weather has got into my blood and 1'd like to jump on board af train for Marlin tomorrow. The sex- | son_can’t open any too-scon for me." ! “We will leave the Grand Central in | two weeks,” interrupted John B. Fos-| ter. '“The train goes =2t 2.30 in the afternoom, but you must have: your| trunk at the station at 11 o'clock-in | the morning, Beun: { “Have my trunk there at 1 ex- | claimed Kauff. “Huh! TIll be thers at| 11 _myself.” The sturdy Mttle center fieider hss spent the winter in New York and. has established bimself in thé trucking business, and he sd@vs he is gettins along famously. Rauff is down to 165 pounds and isn’t carrying an ounce of superfluous fiesh. About all he'll need to fit himself for the championsnip season will be a little batting practice. SPORTING NOTES. Pinky Gardner, the crack Southern wrestler. is a chalienger of the winner of the Ross-Kilonis match, dooked for Bosten tonight Matchmaker Tuohey of Boston, however, wants to use him against Mike Yokel, the workd's dleweight grappling champion, if ‘the weight question can be decided upom. Jim Tendos, the Greek star, may have to postpone his New England ap- pearance for the present because of lon to” Brooklvn was for the purpose of reducing che National League ecir- the lack of a snitable opponent. Ev- ery wrestler of note who has a- Tepu- tation in this section or could be ex: 0. make a showing agains! Lim, is booked solid and rather thar {o put on a man of the Greek's ability i.na lop-sided affair it is preferred to wait until the rignt man is_available. Juck ' Hendricks, Cardinals’ boss. is - another who has a bome to pick With Charlev Weeghman. Hendricks admits he is good and sore.at Weegh- man and that he wants Weeghmanto lay off tampering < with his players. Weeghman's extravagant - with. his players. Weeghman's extra ef- forts to land Hornsby have done the latter lots more 'harm than good. That's what Hendricks is peeved about He says that if Weeghman has ideas of the sort he might be more quiet about them and not shout at snéh: a high pitch. Several.times ‘Hendricks told Weeghman how exceedingly thin & chances were of getting Hornsby and iold him in an emphatic wav. Weeghman continued to rave about how much he was willing to pay. And so Jack is all- worked up about ft.. | Tendler Wins From Hartiey inFeur Rounds. 7 Philadetphia, March 4—JLew- Tedler. the Philadelphia lightweight, defeated Pete Bartiey, of New York, here to- night, the Teferee stopping the bout in the fourtl round to save. > er punishment. The bout was sched- uled to go six rounds. Bagby a Holdowt. . Cleveland, O., Mar. 4—Jim Baghr, last ‘season’s star pitcher of the Cleve - land American m, has writter from his home in Augusta. Ga., his intentions of not joining the team nnless he is assuTed an' creawe over his 1917 salary. it was iearned here tonight. 2 - Griffiths . Owtpoints Willing. Akron, O, Mar. 4{—Johnny Griffithe ©of Akvon, caally cuipointed Joe Willinz of Chicago in a fiffeen round bout here tonight. - - Mont Power National Acme Nat Conduit H evada Cor. . 19% New York Air Brake 183 iew York Central 71 Y, NN H &H 28 Norfolk & West. .. 0% No. Pacific 3% Ohio Cities Gas 385 Ontario Silver 5% Owens Bottle 61 Pacific_ Mail 29% u% ® 1% B3 Operations in Norwich. ‘Work has been practically compieted on the alterations at the . Anderson Place-on West Thames street, which Was recently acqui by the Norwich Woolen company for the purpose of providing boarding and rooming facil- ities for its help. 1 The residence has been remodeled, fitted out with electri ts and ‘| shower baths, and is used exclusively for rooming purposes. The other building has undergone greater changes, having 2 main dining room which will seat from 60 to 80 people, off of which' is the dining room for women, which will accommodate 40, The kitchen, which is adjacent to the dining rooms, has been fitted up with all the up-to-date equipment of g St baving Dsner agement having planned it along limes followed by the better class of hotels, A gramophone has been piaced in the dining room so that music during the meal hours is avaitable. On the second floor of the buiMing of fibre board have been erected and seven sleeping rooms and bath have been arranged so tirat botn bufldings have accammodations for 50 men. The large conservatory hes been converted into a comfortable smoking room in which electric lights have been installed. 7 4 el charge of ihe Tekrding. b of the house at Yanfif.hm who have &c.ublhbed an enwizb! ion in % line of | business, are in charge of the estab- '.MM' , their m(huhg taken over . management of the house at Yonte o New York, Mar. 4. — Cail money easier;-high 6; low 4; ruling~rate 6; d 4; offered at ¢ 1-2; last ‘ B &y 3L50- | July December 2990 Marlin-Rockwell Addition Complsted. The addition for the Marlin-Rock- well Company on Franklin street has bee ncampleted and is ready for oc- cupation. The building is to be used ock room for the company. The is of ‘brick and steel con- n with tar and gravel roof. Contractors Peck McWilliams have been doing the work which was a] rush order and have done exceptional fine work. Ready for Plastering. The house on Oakridge street, which Contractor George Allen is building is now ready for plastering. The weath- er while it has moderated somewhat has not been the best for this Wwork The plastering will start immedtately, House for Eimwood Avenue. An eight room frame construction house will be erected at the corter of Broadway and Elmwood avenue for M. C. Higgins. The building will be equipped with steam heat, electric lights and other modern improvements. The building has been staked out and excavation work will be started in the near future. W. H. MeQuir has the comtract. . Montville House. The two and one-half story house in Momtville for Rev. Mr. French is fast nearing compietion. The roof has been put on and shingled and the sides hawe besn clapboarded. The in- terior is now ready for the plastering. Doing Interior Work. ; Work on the building owned by Steven Lambert on Frankin -square is n-‘l!'l! d and e ! BUILDING AGTIVITY IN EASTERN CONNECTIEOT ) THAMESVILLE HOUSE IS REMODELED Anderson Property Has Been Made Over Into Lodging House for Norwich Woolen Co..—M. C. Higgins to Erect Eight Room House on Elmwood Avenue—Other Building row engaged in finishing the interior of the stores in the building. Franklin Street Addition. ‘The work on the addition to the Ailing property on Franklin street is well aloni and will be completeg in a short time.. The addition is of brick With tar and gravel roof. The floors are of hard wood io correspond with ihe other parts of the property. Con- tractor Sweeney is doing the work. BUNLDING AND BUSINESS. Clearings Make Better Showing— Little New Building. The clearings of the Hartford banks far the past’ week show a gain of 7.8 per cent. and those of New 'Haven for the same period ‘a gain of 2.3 per cent. Sales of real estate for the week, as shown by the number of war- ranty deeds filed in the cities of the State reported in The Commer cial Record, numbered 375, as com- DPared with 345 in the last week: of February a year ogo. Mortgage loans for the week iotaled $545 945, While last year money loaned on mortgages amountwd ito $1.640{931. The five new companiee formed week have g total awthorized capital stock of $165,000, which com- pares with nine compantes with au- thorized i formed in Conmecticut a year ogo. -Petitions in bankruptcy for :the Week numbered seven, with tetal assets of $133,470 and toeal linbili- tes of $195,137, the largest fativre being that of a private ‘banking concern in New Haven. A vear 3go five petitions were fitled, with assets | Co of $4.435 and liabiliies -of $10,925. week in the clfia;:t NQfl"%‘M!. Bridgeport, ‘Hartf an ater- bury to the number of g‘-hg with 37 in the last week of for a -new school- Haren. A yemr 2g0 | the week are. mew last | Contracts 26, com- | C¢ schoolhouse ~in Westville,r cemcrate factory. addition in Hamden, - new plant for _the International Leatder & Belting Co. in New Haven .al- terations {0 residentes in. . Green- wich, residence work i schoolvouse in' g story - building fom restauramt in houses .in New Haven and smafer contracts in various parts’ of the State. 3 Listed among _the new projects of 8y1 brick factory building and wm" to business bleck in - one and two-family houses in Hartford. changes to' central busimess prop- erty - in' Holyoke, .new town hali building in Wemdeor ' Locks, briek garage and a2 nulmber - of - smail houses im i . one .and two- family houses in New-: Haven, and new church m Hamden. There are a number of new projects in the architects’ offices throughout the State, ‘and while' there will not be as much buildi as in 1817, there is .every indication ' of some - good work being started as s00on ‘as . the weather . permits. 6. New .London had six sales of realty for the past week to five for the same Wweek last yvear. The loans for the $24,080 two weeks were 311200 and respectively. 3 BUILDING OPERATIONS IN NEW ENGLAND BRERES zéaésasasaskasza; | esammsaananINe: BEMREREARSY