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Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-02-14
JIMMY EssON WANTS
A GO WITH GOTcH
Scotch Wrestler Would Meet Champion
of World, Winner Take All.

Chicago, Jan. 10.-Jimmy Essen, the
Scotch wrestler who stayed fifteen
minutes with Gotch at the Coliseum on
Saturday night, has gained great con-
fidence and is out for a meeting with
the champion Essen hurled a chaI-
lenge at Gotch, Offering to meet him
on winner take all basis.
Tom Cannon, the veteran grappler,
who is looking after Esson's interests
decided that his man stood a better
show than Zbysco or Mahmout with
the Iowa farmer, and announced that
in case he failed to get a. match with
would sail for England, where Essen
has music hall engagements
II think that 1 demonstrated my
ability to give Gotch a real tussle,'
said Essen. His toe hold doesn't
bother me a bit. and I'm sure that I'll
cause him plenty of worry If we meet.
can't see any chance of getting a
match with any of these other fellows,
as Mal1mout and Zbysco seemed to be
booked UP weeks in advance, therefore
all right at the start. / can't afford to
stay here if there is nothing coming
in"
EsSon wants two months time in
which to get ready for Gotch in case
he gets match and will devote that
time to taking lessons from the vet
eran Dan Mcleod, who is enthusiastic
over the Scotchman.
HE has a better chance with Gotch
than any other wrestler in this coun-
try said Mcleod HE demonstrated
his ability to cope with the champion
last Saturday. Let me give him two
months on the game and we might
have a new cham pion- 1t would not
hurt the game any to have Gotch beat
en-. might teach Essen a new toe
hold that would beat Gotch as his own
trick. Just watch this Scot. He is the
real thing in the wrestling line"
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-02-14
FLAT FOOTED FIGHTERS.
Many of the Great Ones Used This
StyIe-BiIIy Madden Disasrees With
Corbett.

I noticed a story by James ]. Cor
bett the other day in which he said
that fiat footed fighters were at a dis
advantage. writes Billy Madden in ;.
western paper. He gave that a reason
why Jeffries would surely defeat Jack
Johnson. [ disagree with him. and I'll
tell you why.
Try yourself leading at another box
err with your left hand while on your
toes and you Will find your head goes
forward with the blow, leaving an
opening for the other fellow to counter
with his right. That is a cross counter.
1t is what q boxer means by beating
his man to the punch: Now try the
same lead with the heel firmly planted
being in a direct line with your cppo-
nent's body.s The head is back out OF
the way, whether you land or miss.
lem Mace used to beat all his men
that way. and he was wonderfully
clever fighter. Young Critic is consid-
cred by many to be one Of the fastest
and cleverest boxers who ever donned
a glove. He hits when fat footed I
saw him fight twenty rounds to a draw
good and he was in poor shape Crit
70 scarcely moved out of a six foot
circle during the battle until the close,
when he began TO tire
can name any number of great
fighter swfao used the fat footed style.
Tom Allen, champion of America in the
old bare knucl<le days, was enc. Mike
McCoo1, Joe Coburn, Charley Gala
CHER, Ned O'BalGwfn and Joe Worrnald
were others OF his day who used the
same style. Allen seconded me in
1871 at Bay st. Louis when I beat Tom
Hart OF Cleveland and I won only be-
cause / followed oraaEs and fs~saat fat
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-02-14


could nor put us on unless we would
agree to go on for nothing. He was 70
fight in the main bout himself. / did
not care much. but Schmidt got hot
Under the collar, and declared that he
would take it out of Evans hide. SO
he got real strong and challened the
winner of the main bout. 1t was q
cinch that this would be Skinny, so he
saw revenge right there.
We'll, Evans was the winner, and
they fixed up a match for a. little place
named Grenpo1e. Forfeits were posted,
and it looked like the real thing. /
thought l was out of it, but got inter-
ested on account of Schmidt. Just a
few days before the fight WAS TO take
place / got hurry-up message to go
and see Schmidt at his home. found
him down with typhoid fever, and the
doctor said he would not be able to
leave his bed for weeks. l will never
forget that day as long as i live.
Schmidt said to me something like
this:
Bill, that forfeit is the last money
what mother and myself will do If we
lose it. we will lose it il some one
don't appear and make arrangements
to take my place. Then / have been
counting on winning that fight and get
ting piece of change there. Now, Bill,
If you will appear and save my forfeit
you can have all the money you can
get out of the fight
Il went in, saved the forfeit and got
my share of the purse.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-02-14
DUCKPINS.
Bulletins Newspaper Five Outciassed
Job Room-Murphy VS.. Teller in
Final Tonight.

The Bulletins newspaper duckpin
team came into the winning column
with a rush Saturday night at the
Rose alleys by defeating the five from
the job room three straight games
and so pins on total pdnfall, 1148 to
1898. From Captain Sullivan down,
every man on the winning team came
to the front at the psychological mo-
ment and contributed feat which was
an important factor in winning the
match.
Corning's 90 in the first string, to-
gether with a spare by Curran in his
last box of the same string, were
what settled the first game in favor of
the newspaper bunch by IL pins. Then
Bjurstrom pushed over a "a in the
second game and Captain Sullivan beat
all his previous records with an "a
string, these two accounting largely for
the 90 pin lead in the second string.
On the last string Whitney gathered
"a, tieing Bjurstrom for high single in
the match.
On the Job room team, Wilson'S SO
gave him high single among his team
mates, and Amburn shot over the high
three string total with 234. Corning
and Curran took the high three string
total for the match with 23S each.
The scores:
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-02-14
BASEBALL BRIEFS.


With the signing of Eddie Summers
Hughey Jennings now has his full COM
plement of veteran twirlers for his De-
troit team.
Southpaw Pitcher Gregg of Spokane,
for whom Charley Somers paid $4,000
last spring, is in good health once more
and will go south with the Maps
Bob Emslie is the only National
league umpire still working who was
on the JOB in the days that President
Tom Lynch was an arbitrator.
Reports come from Baltimore that
Jack Dunn will have his Beef Trust
battery, composed of Doc Adkins and
Heavy Byers, in harness again.
The New York State league records
show that there are some nifty sluggers
in that organization Four men have
batted over 300 and seven for ESQ.
Connie Mack had a chance to pur-
chase Lord and Chadbourne for $1,000
apiece the season they were allowed to
join the Duffy-Doe Providence team.
Manager Jimmy McAleer of Wash
ington announces that there will be no
and that he will be on the side lines
himself.
Jim Mcclure is said to be after 10
year old phenom in Sandusky, O. The
youngsters name is Henry Clay
Blanche He is a right-hander with a
wonderful drop.
Harry Lord, third baseman, who was
ers to sign for next season, has been
appointed captain of the Speed Boys
by Manager Pat Donovan.
Arthur McCabe. the leading hitter
on the Connecticut circuit, with a 1856
batting average on the New Britain
make good with the Cincinnati Nation
ais this spring
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-02-14
CLIMBED FENCE AFTER.
| DOWD'S HOME RUN.
Freak Play by Joe Kelley Showed
Nerve of This OutfieIder.

The Baseball Magazine gives Tom
Dowd, the former Hartford and Hol-
yoke manager, credit for participating
in one of the most unique plays ever
pulled off in the olden days. The night
before the Baltimore-St. Louis game a
cyclone hit the Oriole City and blew
down the left field fence. In the morn
ing a force of 1aborers was put to work
to repair the damage and by the time
the game started had raised the fence
to an angle of about 45 degrees.
In the first inning, after two hands
were down, Tommy Dowd came to the
plate. Tom caught the first ball pitch
ed squarely on the trademark and
smashed it out toward the leaning
fence. The minute the ball was hit
Kelley turned and. making tracks for
the fence, ran with the ball OF course
everyone expected him to stop when he
reached the fence, but they did not
count on his great nerve.
With his eye still glued on the
sphere, Joe hit the boards and bound
ed up the inclined plane. Just as ha
reached the top he swung around,
thrust up one hand and speared the
ball. But so great was his speed that
he couldn't STOP and the last thing
Dowd saw of the ball he had landed
on for a home run it was disappearing
over the top of the fence with Kelley
falling backward, still cHnging fast to
it.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-02-14
PAPkE's START.
Illinois Thunderboit Helped Out a
Friend-Beat Up the Fake Promoter.

Nearly every fighter you meet these
days will tell you about how he went to
see some great ring star perform and
then and there got the ambition to
shine IN the squared circle" writes
Billy Papke in an autobiography. They
will tell you how they took this man
as model, wOfshipped at his shrine
and thereafter became celebrities, for 1t
Is only those who have accomplished
something that ever get an opportunity
to write about themselves.
NOW. In my case it was not like this
at all 1 never got the fever from see
ing some other fellow perform, nor
have ever looked up 10 any one man
as my guiding star. This does not
mean that / have not learned a whole
lot from some of the great fistic stars
all and tried to profit by their expert
ence. But through it all have always
followed my own style and my own
way of fighting and doing things.
1t was when I was only IL years old
that got my first experience. At that
time my brother Ed, who is now my
manager, a friend Of mine, Billy
Schmidt, and myself were lacking
way some one introduced a pair of
boxing gloves. Ed never used them
much. but Smitty and myself put them
on every night.
our home in Spring Valley we were
both pretty good with our dukes. A
tighter and fight manager, well known
in our section OF the country, Skinny
Evans by name, was putting on show
about the time We landed. We did not
have any too much money and Schmidt
and myself agreed to go on In one OF
the preiinifnaries- We were to get SIS
apiece and the nancy looked awfully
big to us.
We'll. when we got to the hall that
night Evans came around and told US
that ths house was SO pnnr that ~
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-02-14
Job Room Team.

The next match that the Newspaper
team has on is for next Saturday eve
ming when they will meet the New
London Day team in a return match
and endeavor to make up for the de-
feat they suffered in New London three
weeks ago.
Fred Teller has sent word from Wa
terbury that he will be here tonight
to roll Allie Murphy the final seven
games in the 15-ga7ne series. Murphy's
friends will all be out to root for him
to take the Waterbury star into camp,
as the Norwich pin splitter needs six
out of the seven to win the match. As
Teller already has six out OF eight
games to his credit, it will be all off
with the Norwich man IL the Water
burian can get two more when they
start at O'Clock tonight.
High single at the Rose alleys on
Saturday WIS taken by Conbies with q
string of 134, winning the daily prize.
The second week of the team handi-
cap tourney ended on Saturday night
with the following teams on the board
in the qualifying round: Murphy-Mc-
Claferty $50, Murphy-Harris SIT, Hill
Combies $50, Murphy Marx SIS, HILL
Sturtevant 655, Murphy Connbies esq.
On Friday evening the duckpin team
of the New London Day is to be here
for a match with the team managed by
Charles Riordan.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-02-14
ABOUT THE HEAvIEs' TITLE.
How Ii Has Changed Hands Since
Jeffries Retired in 1900.

The history of how the heavywei ghi
cham pdonShtp title has changed hands
since Jim Jeffries gave IT up because
he could find no one who cared to face
him Is interesting at this time. jeff
retired the undefeated champion OF
the world after knocking out Jack
Munroe in San Francisco Aug. Is, 1900,
in two rounds.
Jack Root and Marvin Hart met in
a fnish fight for the vacant title in
Reno. New, July 8. 1905. Hart winning
the battle on knockout in the 18th
round. Hart, Jan. Is following put
away Pat Callahan in Butte, Mont, in
two rounds. He forfeited claim to the
title whenahe was bested in a 20-round
decision fight by Tommy Burns in Los
Angeles Feb. 23, 1905.
Burns won q number of unimportan mt
fights before he gained a decision over
Jack O'Bren In Los Angeles May s,
1907. He next put away Bill Squires
of Australia in one round. July 4, in
Burns then went to Europe, where
he knocked out in succession Gunner
Moir, London, Dec. 2, 1907, 10 rounds;
Jack Palmer. London, Feb. 10. 1908.
March IT, 1908, one round; Jewey
Smith, Paris, April IS, 1908, five
rounds, and Bill Squires, Paris, June
13. 1903, eight rounds.
Having disposed of Hart, who claim
ed the American title; Gunner Moir-
the claimant of the English champion
ship; Squires, champion of Australia,
and Jem Roche, champion of ireland,
Burns was at last stalled as champion
From France Burns travelled to Aus
tdalia- He disposed Of Bill Squires for
the third time. knocking him out in the
18th round in Sydney Aug. %, 1908.
Burns then put away Bill Lang in
Melbourne Sept. 2, 1908. after six
rounds.
Then came his battle with Jack
Johnson. johnson won a knockout, or
to be more exact, won through police
interference, the police jumping into
the ring to save Burns from further
punishment and what appeared to be a
complete knockout.
The public demanded that Jeffries
return to the ring. but the big fellow
declined. Only once did he waVer Thi;
was when Jim Cofrroth handled the
Squires-Burns fight. jeff promised to
meet Squires If the Australian proved
to be the winner. IN order to return the
title to this country
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-02-14
BRIEF STATE NEWS

Torrington.-F'ive new members have
been admitted into the local lodge OF
Elks.
NorwaIk.-The contract for the new
Hungarian Reformed church in South
Norwalk has been awarded. The new
structure will cost S14,335.
OaLviIIe.-Factories are running over
time, some departments are running
evenings until $50 or o'clock, and
others have all night forces at work
Lyme.-Friends who called to see
how Uncle George Dawson was getting
along this winter found him saving his
summer wood. He is SO years of age.
Bridgeport.-Russell Glenn, the tru
ant officer OF the local police depart
ment, recently completed forty years
of active service in the police de-
partment.
Winsted.-Walter B. Baldwin recent
Iy resigned as foreman of the knitting
department at the Winstead Hosiery
company's plant to become the super
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-02-14
LARGE Basketball Scores.

West Points basketball team added
another victory to its increasing string
of successes by taking Georgetown 5
measure Saturday at West Point by a
score of AZ to II.
At Annapolis. Saturday. winning
from Delaware college by the score of
90 to 8, the Midshipmen for the third
successive game went beyond the half
century mark of points
The Dartmouth basketball team tri-
umphed over Yale Saturday night in
the Springfield Training school gymna-
SUM by the score of 80 to 10. Brady's
sensational dribbling and the successful
carrying out of the running guard
game earned a 23 to 8 lead for the
Hanoverians in the first half, and Yale
was unable to overcome it. The sec
ond was Yale'S half.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-02-14
ACTION ON MURRAY's CONTRACT.
Baseball Directors Meet Today
Giants Have Claim, for Forfeited
Game.

New York, Feb. 1S-The board of
directors of the National Baseball
league viii hold q special meeting at
the Waldorf-Astoria tomorrow morn
ing to pass on the matter of William
]. Murray's contract with the Philadel-
phia, club and the claim of the New
York club against the Pennsylvania or
ganization for the forfeiture by the lat
ter of game at the Polo Grounds last
year.
Murray has a, two years contract
with the Philadelphia club as manager,
at a salary of $500 each season, but
the new owners It is alleged will not
allow him to carry 1t out. If Murray
does not get a satisfactory award from
the board of directors, he will carry
his case before the national commits
sion.
The board of directors is composed Of
John T. Brush, New York; Charles H
Ebbetts, Brooklyn; Charles w. Muir
ply, Chicago; August Hermann, Gin
cinnatiI and Barney Dreyfuss, Pitts
burg.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-02-14
BIG FIELD IN Is MILE RACE
Event be Run Today-South african Beats 100 Yard
Record-Rulletn's Newspaper Wins at Duck
pins-Five Bike Teams Finished in Tie at Newark.

New York, Feb. 13.-Professional
foot racing will be revived at Madison
Square garden tonight when seven of
the crack long distance men in. the
world will toe the mark in a fifteen
mile struggle. The starters will be
Hans Holmer, Quebec; Fred Meadows,
Guelph Ont; Paul Acoose. Grenfe1s,
Sask-; Jim Crowley, Ireland; Gustave
L. Jungstrom, Sweden; Percy Sellen,
Toronto; and Charles Muller of the
Bronx, n Y.
The race will be run over a board
track ten laps to the mile Meadows
has been installed favorite on the
strength of his victory at Toronto last
Saturday, a week ago. when he hung
up a new worlds record for fifteen
miles of 1 hour 81 minutes 10 sec
ondS
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-02-14
What Freckled Bob Thinks.

Bob Fftzsimmons is telling Austria
Hans that unless Jeffries beats John
son down and out inside of twelve
rounds, the big negro will win. Fitz-
simmons says that Jeffries will have to
box faster than ever before, and that
he will have to do better than he did
i've years ago to stand the killing pace.
The Cornishman does not think much
or Johnson at that, and declares that
ten years ago he could have stopped
the colored champion in a couple of
rounds.
In Fitz's opinion Jeff in his prime
was a phenomenal heavyweight, the
best the world ever saw, but he ex-
presses some doubt as to whether the
bilermaksr can revive the old stam-
ina JEFF is ike an old locomotive,
with a boiler full of clinkers," says
Fitz. "JeTs stomach and bellows are
not what they used to be. I'm afraid
he viii be defeated. johnson is clever,
and the biggest man physically jeff has
ever tackled. I intend to see the fight.
and I'll shout for the white man.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-02-14

get their baseball, start the back
lots Connie Mack is one manager who
has strong affection for the collegian.
Mack's lineup fairly bristles with for
mer college stars, allong them being
Eddie. Collins, Harry Davis, Eddie
Plank, Jack Barry, and quite a few
others. Then there are couple of
other managers in the American and
National leagues who can't see the COL
lege player with a Lick telescope.
successful time of it with the rah, rah
boys, and naturally they prefer the
corner lot graduates to the chaps who
have had all the advantages of a lib
eral college education, whatever they
are.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-02-14

Playing in the stadium at Cambridge
by arc light, after having waited un-
til dusk for the ice to harden, the
Harvard hockey team late Saturday
defeated Dartmouth to o. This game.
one of the Intercollegiate championship
series. strengthens Harvard,s hold on
second place.
At Amherst on Saturday the Amherst
hockey team defeated Williams by a
score of 2 to I. Conditions were
against good playing
Ya1e's hockey team went down to de-
feat at Concord N. H. on Saturday
before the fast seven of St. PalrI's
school, The score was Yale 3, St.
Paul 4.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-02-14
KRAMER THE SPRINT
Settled the Tie Between Five Teams
in Bike Race.

Newark, n. J., Feb 13.-F'rank Kra-
mer of the Kramer-Fenn team. won
the one-mile sprint to settle the tie
between five teams for the lead in the
ten-hour a day six cycle team race
that was finished in the First regiment
arrnory here last night. Percy Law
renee of the Lawrence Wiley team fin
ished a scant length behind. The
leaders scored 1928 miles laps in the
sixty hours of riding.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-02-14
eaIIivan,s Shoulder Out.

In the Mighty Five Windham high
school basketball game at Willimantic
on Saturday night Jack Gallivan Of
the Mighty Five put his shoulder out
late in the first half. He also sprained
a thumb, but finished the game under
the doublehandicap.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-02-14
HUNDRED YARDS IN ss-s.
New Worlds Record by Donaldson of
South Afica.

Johannesburg. Feb. 12.-Donafdson,
the South African Splinter, yesterday
broke the record for one hundred yards,
defeating Arthur Postle of Australia
and c. Holway. an American, in 3-S
seconds. Donaldson won by two and a
half yards, less than a yard separating
second and third men.
The previous professional record was
held by Bethune and Johnson, who
covered the distance in 8 4-5 seconds
Dan Kelly of Portland, Ore, holds the
amateur record Of 3-5 seconds.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-02-14

| to recreation. The entries today were
from Milwaukee Lacrosse, St. Paul
and Minnea polls.
W. JahnSe and T. C. Grimm of ST.
Paul set new high mark for the dou-
bleS with q score of 1.101.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-02-14
Clarke Beats Raoquets Champion.

Tuxedo Park, N. Y, Feb. 13-The
surprise Of the day at the Tuxedo Ten
defeat of Harold F. Mccormick of
Chicago, winner of last years gold rae
ouet championship title and holder of
national amateur championship in rae
quets. in the final round. by George C.
Clarke, Jr, of New York. in three
games to two
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-02-14
Soldiers Win Fencina.

At West Point Saturday in the first
dual meet of the cadet season the SOL
diefs had no trouble in winning every
fencing bout from the University of
Pennsylvania team
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-02-14
International Bowling Tournament.

the international bowling tournament
was confined TO the two men teams
and individuals today, and the shifts
all went on during the morning and
afternoon. The evening was given over
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-02-14
Connie Likes the coIieae Boys.

Many major league managers ara at
variance over the relative ability of the
college ball player and the zzaz who
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-02-14
Princeton Swimmers Defeat column

Princeton Swimmers Defeat Columbia.
Princeton had little difficulty in win
ming from Columbia in the annual
swimming meet between the two uni
versities at Princeton on Saturday aft
ernoon. The score was As to 8. The
water polo game also went to Prince
ton by tally of 10 to 0.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-02-14
TO NEW YORK
N 0 R WITCH LINE

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way of travelling.
Steamers City of Lowell ana New
Hampshire = safe, staunch vessels
that have every comfort ana conven-
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A delightful voyage on Long Island
Sound and superb view OF the won-
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York.
Steamer leaves New London at IL D.
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East aga st. 545 a. m. (MondAya
cepted) and Pier 40. North River.
q.
Fare Norwich TO New York SITS
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Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-02-14

Watertown.-Health Officer Goldstein
has taken the names of the milk deal
ers who have registered at the city
clerks office. in compliance with the
new ordinance and forwarded them to
the state board OF health. There We're
"a dealers whose names were found on
the register.