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Chicago, Mar.:13.—Robert Cannefax of St. Louis won the first block of his match with Angie Kieckhefer fox- the world's three cushion billiard cham- mflm;io‘to 42, in 58 in- ciation batting-last. mn"’!fil an av- erage of 330, L2 ‘The locals will recalva in payment for Munch Catcher Val Pieinich and Outfielder Strait. Picinich was with the i s o wert g ay by Fulton, the most promi- nlnt of Willard’s chall ‘most. giving first reason. He evidently has for- gotten that Willard places his age at the.locals last year, but was recalled.at thecend of the season by the Athletion. Strait played with Scranton - and Wilksbarra in the New.York State League last year. HORNSBY HAS RETURNED ,TO THE ST. LOUIS FOLD Branche Rickey Makes the Announce- ment But Does Not State the Salary Affeement. St. Louis, Mo., March 13.—Roger Hornsby, shortstop for the St. Louis Nationals, signed a contract tonight to play with that club this season, ac- cording “to a telegram: from:President Branch Rickey, who‘went-to'San An- tonio, Texas, Sunday fcy a conference with Hornsby,;who had threatened to be a holdout. ~ The salary agreement was rot stated. CHIC BROWN ENLISTS IN NAVY Hasn't . Fought Since Kunz Defeated Him. Chic Brown, New. Haven's sensation- al lightweight, has signed - articles for the most important bout of his brilliant career. Chic authorized the announcement that he has enlisted in the United States navy and that he will report for duty at the Brooklyn navy yard next Monday. Brown stated that 'he did not like the idea of being ‘drafted so enlisted instead. He is 21 years old and was liable for call in the second draft. a lower figurecthan this. “Second, my record proves T am a better boxer; also a better hitter. ““Thi ‘Willard has- had cision. fight since" 'Inlflu thestitle and none of importance before. Barring his fight *with Jack Jobmson, Willard showed nothing—either before or af- ter that bout. “Fourth, I have been fighting twice a month for two years. Willard has had one fight in three years. condition. Willard m _played a steady ' game, with Cannefax sscoring a little more tly than Kieckhefer. Canne- fav made the high rullt!-lix. Kieck- hefer made a run of"fiv The one sensational shot.of the gamo was made by'Cannefax, who executed a brilliant masse reverse about the middle of the match. In'making the shot he broke-the tp.off of his cue, which seemid to-affect his playing for a 4while, but he regained‘form, scor- ing 16 points in 12 innings. Kickhefer's aa!oty ‘held Cannefax scoreless for five innings, but the challenger -then ran two, winning*the block. The second block of fifty points will besplayed-tomorrow*night, GARDMER-BLADES BOUT LOOKSZPROMISING Gardner~Has Beaten.Some Good Men But "Will- Have @ Hard Nut in Young Blades. The bout 'between Oscar Gardner of Hartford and Young Blades of Woonsocket shouldrprove to-be a sen- sational boutsif the records of the two men can besdepended upon to.show their class. - Gardner’has been up ay +good men.and:has’ beaten them. While Young Blades is ex- champion. lightweight ,of New Eungland he is.stillea star:of thefirst magni- tude. Gardner's recordefor the past few months gives an inkling of the men he has been matchod with. His record fol- . @DO"BE INSURED lw ‘than having e pelicy—it IMUST beuissued by a company able to pay. |We placecyon; in=theestrongest .and bestymbave -us bind you - today. ISAACS.. JIONES insurance and Real-Estats: Agent Richards” Building 91" Main-St. my best. Inthe last three months I have knocked out Tom MeMahon and Gunboat Smith, both of whom defeat- ed Willard. Willard couldn’t do any- thing with Frank Moran in ten rounds. I knocked him out in three. “I'will bet $5,000*0f my own money that 1 will knock out Willard: inside of twenty’rounds it given the oppor tunf Big Reduction in Prices ._ ON STOCK OF PIANOS | PLAYER-PIANOS $125 AND. UPWARDS $375 AND UPWARDS Carrying a full guarantee, with stool, || Carrying a full guarantee;, with 15 rolls scarf, tuning for one year and delivery || of your own choosing, bench, scarf, tun- ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW BOWLING Elks’ Tournament. Teams Nos. 3 and 3 bowled at the Elke’ alleys last night with Team No. 3 taking three straight games. Young bowled high sinjle with 112 and Stager had the honors of the threc strings with 296. This match com- pletes the bowling of these two teams and the tournament will finish on Fri- { Dionte Brown said that he had been con- | (&% SPRRE WL & mateh oetween free. ing for one year and delivery free. Kohoma Kid Sidering the advisabliy of enlisting|ios of amnsement for the:spectators 5 BY*ORDER3: B Pete Hartley T o ime. ills Mmanager. 0 he| as'both teams are looking for ~ first - ’mns COURT motice. 15 hereby | Harry » Condon 3 e e a v —— (W) (L) this time but Chic was persistent and | P20 The scores: presented himself for-esamination and passed. He is firm in his opinion that sea life"will prove more to his liking than that of a drafted, soldier. Brown, as far as can be ascertained, has been at logger-héads with his manager for a long time. He has had no inclination toward returning tosthe boxing game, despite reports to the contrary. Brown has done little or no boxing since his recent defeat at the hands of Battling Kunz. He recently pur- chased a saloon in the down town district and has been devoting prae- tically all of his time to his interests there. the Cor given to Depositors in \apd Sawings of sald |Cempany T the-amount ELEVEN _AND ONE-TENTH {(113-10) and ELEVEN ,AND TWO PHIRDS (112-3)) PER .CENT. re- spectively. of their proveniand allowed felaims. will be ready for delivery on and after MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25th, 1918, AT THE COMPANY'S .OFFICE, 42 SHE~ TOCKET STREET, NORWICH, upon presentation..of -Receiwer’s cer- Harry Carlson Allie Nack Paddy ' Burns Young: Rector YoungRector faeer Young§Reetor &7 Harry Martone QDM"PFJI ----- uinn .. e g dtemne? T2 Gothetr ™ ,* "0 78 e s e (W) Young, D@immie w eeomesee- (L) B e — 5 Eddie Fitzsimmon pmem .o (W) Bobby _ W) Munch Purchased By Athletics, Atlanta, Ga, Mar. 13. — Mansger Frank of the Atlamtic. Southern Asso- ciation team tonight announced the sale of First Baseman Jake-Munch to the Philadelphia Americans, Munch was. runner-up. in the Southern Asso- TERMS: Converient weekly or monthly payments if desired. A!-Sl)m BY THE SAME .COURT PEAYER ROLLS 15¢ AND UPWARDS All* theg b -represented such as “Q. R. S.”, “Connorized”, “Universal” and “Rythmodik’." 'The very latest popular song rolls are-among these. AT WILLIMANTIC, Johnson’s Girls. Miss Cotter ......109 78 Miss " Atchison Qneen Abbess, 2:08 1-4, has a flly at foot'by The Ha¥rvester, 2:01. State. - (Time-expires March. 23) Miss Brodwick 80 JOHNSD.HALL_ Receiver. Miss Duluge 89 Naorwich,, Feb..25,.1918, Miss Johnson 4 451 431 436 Norwich Girle’ Club. Miss : Parent <82 8 Miss. LeBlond Miss Keiaerns Miss Peterson Miss Bowman 1268 ties and Speculative issues. THE NEW LONDON MAIN STORE New York, March 13.—In all: essen- 394 406 410 1210 tials, today's stock ,market repeated X e its perfunctory 'perfonnance of the MARLIN-ROCKWELL LEAGUE. of A Floor. price changes were limited to utili- Fignn | vt ige ties and the more speculative issues. Foreign news was ignored and,home advices were without distinct imfiu- ce. Traders had the:field to-them- selves and mitiative in that.quartet was lacking. American Tobacco and THE HOUSE OF MARSH i s 1501 can will still continue' to cater to- our. Norwich DR..A..J. SINAY Efi%:%fi}?fi’m g?".;;‘%‘,fx s friends and -clientele. Dentist A b e ] A= tobacco 1 1-4, 94— 306 Stee! and iron shares- were steady Sosmestl-A0- Aliss:Bullding, Nerwieh | "0 et of ‘the time in conse- Phone $1177-3 PLUMEBING AND GASFTTTING ‘was egwin- depressed, rok necovers on. demial or ad- o The Best muts. SUNLIGHT BUILDING, 46 : FRANKLIN STREET,- NORWIGH, CONN. Flocall oo me i 2 v w(';:nm.\ Motorsswassweakest of the Sheridan .71 63 : of Ranges # Car, Desmend . 84. o1 Car, Pullman and Sears Roebuck rec- orded extreme losses of 1 1.2 to 4 points. Sales amounted to 250,007 shares. On very light dealings bonds, includ- ing Liberty issues, were irrezular. Sales, par value, aggregated $2,700,000. U. 8. bonds, old issues, unchangsd on L. - o Downing A. J. Weholy & Co. 12 FERRY STREET AETNA TWO MAN TOURNAMENT. Standing of Teams. i | w. 1 Toronto Wins Hockey Title, < A | Montreal, March-13.—Toronto tonight g Parker-Sadinsky .3 0 ontreal, ! T. F. BURNS BEEC el b 0 SPORTING NOTES won the mational professional hockey HEATING AND PLUMBING o S o X e U ans The fotal score of the twel Fillmore-Moll . 2 e A nights play“was Toronto 10, Canadians 3 Smith-Benish 2 Likely t Jess Willard will be F 92 Franklin Strest e ety i Clement-Bowne ' .11 2 ready to fight just about tas tm 200 Savs s , imors in. . ROBERT J. COCHRANE §00 Sears Rtk High three strongs Fiimore pR-tpemme e G ) THIS DRUGGIST KNOWS - Averages. G. Gus Getz is to get another trial in the big yard, the Cleveland ciub hav- ing purchased the former Brooklyn infielder from Newark. GAS FITTING, PLUMBING, STEAM FITTING Washington Sq., Washington Building 1600 Southern Rv. .. 300 Southern Ry pr 8500 Studcbaker 200 Superior Steel Fillmgre Sullivan BEST KIDNEY MEDICINE - 3 3 3 Norwich, Conn. Agent for N. B. O. Sheet Packing IRON GASTINGS FURNISHED PROMPTLY BY THE VAUGN FOUNDRY CO Nos. 11 to 25 Ferry Street Phone.581 sulsuass fa5s g £ 100 00 700 600 Westinghouse 306 200 Won Los Pocket Billiard Tournament. t Pot. If a boxer does any stalllns Whtn} he performs in Toledo his pay check | is canceled right then and there, It | is getting so that a boxer has to fight for his money. Buck Herzog, who goes from the Giants to the Braves, will be pleas- ed to read that Bddie Fitzpatrick per- fers working on, a farm to playing with the Braves. The hockey season ‘has developed at least one wonder, the experts all agreeing that young Herb Drurey of the Pittsburgh team is the greatest Ten vears ago I commenced selling Dr. Kiimer's Swamp-Root and during, my entire exverience have not been | obliged to refund one ‘penny,.every | customer who uses it is always-satis-3 fied, and it is my opinion that Swamp- Root is a good reliabie medicine ‘in the troubles for which it is intended.® Very truly yours, . JOSEPH PIERPONT, North Haven, Conn. May 10, 1916. Letter to Dr. Kilmer & C. ‘Wilon H Binghamton, N. V. s 1900 Wty 5 0 1.000 | player in the game. 1 1 800 g i N 106 e 3 1 750 *Tis said Joe Jeannette is anxioms Prove What Swamp-Root Will DoFor You Tatal 3 2 600 | for another crack at Sam Langford, BSe‘r;.i !:n f'(’l{l’n\m Dr. Kilmer & €o.,y 3 2 860 | but, as the old “colored league” has inghamton, N. Y., for a sample size b "-"h":" modern ' houses as 2 3 400 | disbanded, the chanc:s are that Joseph »bo};l; It will cony anyone. You slectricity is.to lighting. We:guaran- H 3 “400] will not e accommodated. will also receive a booklet. of valuable 5 the varyshest PLUGHING WORK New York, Mar. 13—Cottons fotures H 3 o = information, telling abou: the kidneys ory D - opered firm. March.32.10; May/31.60; '. Tevtier of 5 and bladder. Whon writ by expert workmen®at the- faivest| yioocRund, et , = poerynes 14 i HLAR Dotohes 200 1 ] 333| Johnny Papke, a er of Billy n writ A 2900 Ches & Oblo e 77, ; Decembex| 1 2 .333| Papke, the former. middleweight cham- and mention the Norwich Dail by e’ S5 300 Dag T ROty ey mid) 0 3 77| pion, has enteredthe boxing game in lotin. - Medium and laree’ siz Ask us for plans-andsprices. 7o i o 3 —. | the West. John is a lightie and is said | | for sale at all drug stores. MONEY. to possess'the truesPapke:pep. New York, Mar. strong: " higi s low ruling rate at 6; last loa.n 6 13—Call money o rllluls rate 6! bid 5 1-2; offered J. E. TOMPKINS e il ""“:: GHICAGO.GRAIN MARKET. Open. High low. Cloe. | 1y n% AR Gibbons:Kayoedithe Silent:! March 12. sFighter. — Tom Baltimore, Md., Gibbors of St.<Paul knocked out Si- lent Martin of Brooklyn in the tenth roundherextonight. The rSecond+Naval - Distriet ‘base— ball team, otherwise the Middies, has booked a game Ni WzYfl!.k' Newport with the ow- The White' Sox are tostry out sey- eral young pitchres, but the chances are that “Knuckles” Cidecotte will have to be out there with'the'winning shots, or~thesSox:won’t: repeat. OSCAR GARDNER 3 : Who_Is Signed to-Fight Young Blades Here. -THE AETNA- Bi llimh 7 ALLEYS Phane Conr. 6 TAILE.'é Majestic Buil Norwich, Conn. , Bowl and play Billiards. for exercise and recreation - ;