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Norwich bulletin., 1911-10-23
WEST POINT SMEARs
 YALE'S CLEAN RECORD
Soldier Eleven Defeats the Blue, to
 0, on Slippery Field. .

In greasy struggle on the West Polnt gr1dIron on Saturday in which both sides mad sometimes to swim for the ball, the West Point cadets bv better charging and ability to hold on 70 the pigskin won from the uncer- tam players from Yale for the second consecutive year by a score of 6 to U. The army scored in the first four minutes of play, when Dean captured the ball on Yale tumble on the Blues 50 yard line and then circled Yale's risht end for a 2 yard run to the Inree yeard line from which in two fushes he was pushed over for the first score against the Blues this season. A minute later he kicked a pretty goal, and the score stood to 0, where It remained. although both elevens had fierce struggle to the finish in the gathering twilight
 West Point has not been scored on this year, but the game was one of. the surprises of the football season, for Yale was not only confident of winning, but expected to run up a score of double figures and hold the Cadets on their side of the field. What might have been the result had there been a dry field can only be conjec- tured.
 The Cadets celebration at the close of the game was picturesque. The entire corps joined hands around the rectangle and with heads uncovered cheered the big black, gold and gray silk flag in the center and then es- corted it back to the barracks. The army outplayed Yale at every point and continually threw the Blue backs for no gains and many losses. With their hands well rosined, the cadet back field only fumbled two of Yale's 26 punts, while the army forwards got the jump on thee Yale line at every down. Yale stood once on the arny's 30 yard line, but was never nearer the cadet goal. On the other hand. Gillespie, a brilliant end, grabbed a muffed ball by Philbin in the center of the field and slipped to the one yard line before a Yale player oyerha uled him with bulldog grip. A score seemed inevitable, but on the first rush, in which Yale held fine, the army was also detected at holding, and the cadets were sent back IS yards. There an effort was made for a place ment goal, but Yale easily blocked the kick.
 It is many years since a football game has been played under such se- were conditions. The gridiron was a rectangular swamp and it rained throughout the game so that time was freuuently called that the players might have their faces sponged and dried Nearly all were blinded by the
 mud in which they rolled and wallow- ed.
 Six thousand spectators stood in the rain, but only the cadets and their guests showed any enthusiasm during the contest. The speed of the cadet ends, Gillespie and Hodge, and the foresight of the West Point coach in supplying his back field with rosin contributed largely to West Point s victory. No Yale back could get started in running back a kick before these two greyhounds were pulling him down and frequently Yale men would he thrown back for loss Of from to yards.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-10-23
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL,
FRACTIONAL DECLINES.
Prices Moved Within Comparativei
 Narrow Range on Saturday.

New York, Oct. 22.-The trading on the stock exchange yesterday was without feature and represented mere ly the opera tions of professionals, with practically no commitments made by the outside public. Prices moved in a narrow range, opening a little down from Friday, soon rallying, then nov ing sharply downward and closing at general net declines, few of which ex- ceeded fractions. The initial weakness was connected in the comment of trad CTS with the latest address of the pres ident in which he again stated the purpose of the administration to pros ecute combinations of capital which presumably were operating in viola ton of the Sherman law; but the re- affirmation of his position was not long a controlling factor in the course of prices.
 Chesapeake & Ohio as the most vul- nerable stock on the list, selling down 3 If points on it's unfavorable an- nual report and it's weakness was com municated to other issues. and gave aid and comfort to the bears, who were active during the short session. Little news bearing upon the general situation developed. The fortntgntly statement Of the American Railway association, as of October Il. showed a decrease of more than fourteen thousand in the number of idle freight cars as compared With two weeks pre- viousiy, the total number unemployed being now the smallest since the end of last November, and this showing tended to indicate a. broadening of the business activities of the country; but as an offset to this favorable indica- tion the bank clearings of the United States, which are commonly regarded as a fairly accurate index of the VolE une of business, were reported for the last week as between 5 and per cent. smaller than for the corresponding week of 1910
Norwich bulletin., 1911-10-23
FOUR BIG FELLOWS
 NOT SCORED ON YET Brown, West Point, Harvard and Trinity With Clean States.

Boston, Oct. 22.-The mfdseason in intercollegiate football was passed on Saturday and all the college teams are now being pointed toward the final struggles. Saturdays games left West Point, Brown, Harvard and Trinity as the principal eastern colleges which have not been scored upon.
 Browns victory over Pennsylvania Saturday and Harvard's continued success by winning from Amherst, makes the coming struggle in the sta dium between these two winners next Saturday the principal gridiron event of the week in the east West Point is expected to have comparatively easy progress until the cadets meet the middies four weeks from Saturday.
 The defeat of the Yale team is gen orally regarded by football experts as of great benefit to the Blue, as tend ing to check over-eonf1dence.
 A fairly good line on the relative merits of Harvard and Princeton is expected to be obtained when Holy Cross meets on Saturday the Tigers, whom Harvard will play the following week
 Nearly all the games on Saturday were contested on slippery and uncer- tain fields, so that the actual strength or weakness of the different teams could not definitely be judged.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-10-23
TRICK PLAYS GO BEST
 EARLY IN GAME
EckersaII Says That Is the Time to
 Pull off the Deceptive Stuff.

Football players and coaches have different ideas as to the best time in contests to spring trick plays or any other fakes which might catch oppos- ing teams off guard. Many believe the substitution of fast and elusive players in the latter stages of the game is the best time to spring de- captive play, While others hold d. rectly contrary opinion, says Walter Eckersall. In football it is we'll known fact that at the beginning of contests the players are not thorough- ly alert to the situation, and these who have played the game know the men do not enter the game with the proper spirit until they have been tackled few times or hit opponents hard in the interference. The minds of the players are not sharpened to the situation and they do not gain that alertneSs or aEgreSSlVeneSS winch they acquire as the games progress.
 In 1906, the first year of the for ward pass, the old ''shoestring" trick invariably was attempted on the play following a kickoff. The defensive team has not yet become accustomed to the play and as "a result it often Was good for substantial gains.
 A number of teams, especially high and preparatory elevens, attempt the play this year, but as there is no de- ception in the formation it generally fails against g. well coached team. Coaches of the big elevens reprimand a player severely if he is tricked on a play of this kind, although the play generally IS attempted some time dur ing an important contest. There is such great chance of it's ultimate success that the majority of the men tors are willing to take chances with the play, but so many formations can be evolved from sending a man to one side of the field or the other that it now is foolish to take a chance with forward pass unless the offensive play
 CT near the side line is not covered by a member Of the defensive eleven.
 Tn moment a player, on the offen- siv team is sent wide on either eX- tremity of the line the defense is weakened to the extent that it must send a man to watch the shifted play er Under these conditions formations can be evolved of deceptive character which can be sent on the opposite side from the shifted player, although the defensive eleven nine times out of ten will expect the play on the strong side. Invariably on the down following the initial kickoff in a game the players stand erect and attempt to discern the weaknesses of their opponents. It is several seconds before the teams clash in the first scrimmaSe. The players are not warmed up to the conflict and as a result they overlook many things contest progresses As a result the best and most opportune time to spring trick or deceptive play is on the play following the first kickoff.
 It is @ mighty hard problem to evolve trick plays which will be suc- cessful as the game progresses be- cause the members of both teams be-
Norwich bulletin., 1911-10-23

meeting at Lexington, where arrange ments had been made by the new management of the Lexington aSSo- clatIon park to close the season in a whlfi of glory. Rain interfereG dur Ing the past week, which split up the card and had its effect on the record- smashing performances which were expected after the sensational racing which featured the first week of the meeting.
 Rain cost several associations many thousands of dollars this season. and there were other drawbacks which will have to be considered when the stewards of the grand circuit meet to arrange the schedule for next season. The withdrawal of the, Columbus as- soclation proved a hard blow to the grand circuit, for the meeting at Buff falo and Goshen suffered, and it is hardly likely that Goshen will be in
 line next season. One or two of the associations tried to escape loss of money by declaring off events. This caused many trainers of big stables
 hardships, which they will no doubt seek 10 prevent next year. There should be a rule against such prac- tice, and some action will likely be taken when the circuit stewards meet Many worlds records were broken during the season just closed, though there were 10 admissions to the charmed circle of 2-minute harness horses Uhlan, the champion trotter,
 lowered the worlds record for trot- ters to wagon to 5S 1-4s seconds at Cleveland and equaled the-wcrld's rec ord of minutes for a mile to wagon over the> same track. The Harvester made two attempts to beat his record of 2.01, put failed. Frank Perry, by Toddington, lowered the worlds record for yearling pacers to 2. 15 in an exhi-
 bition against time at Lexington on September 12.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-10-23
BROWN OUTLAWS PENN.
Providence collssians Defeat the
 Quaker Eleven, 6 to 0.

Without the semblance of a fIuke the Brown university football team de- feated dPennsylvania, at Philadelphia on Saturday by the score of to 0. AL though the winning touchdown was not scored until the fourth period there was hardly a minute in which the Philadelphia team was not outplayed by the New Englanders. Not once dur ine the entire contest did the Quakers menace Browns goal, while the Prov idence teana was always on the ag- gressive.
 The fourth period was only five min utes old when Brown had crossed Pennsylvania's line. Just before the third period ended Brown had taken the Ball to Pennsylvania's one yard line by a succession of clever forward passes and end runs. With only a yard to gain Brown had to surrender the ball on downs. After two ex- changes of kicks Brown got the ball on PennsyIvania's A yard line and from this point marched straight down the field for the touchdown.
 Sprackling and Penney did most of the Browns ground gaining. Penney carried the ball from the 20 to the 5 yard line on a forward pass over the line of scrimmage from Spraclxling and then with one tremendous plunge went over the mark for the score. Ashbaugh kicked the goal.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-10-23
PRINCETON AND. NAVY IN ScoRELEss TIE
Tigers Blocked Navy's One Chance to
 Score on Field Goal.

A record breaking crowd of 10000 persons at Annapolis Saturday saw the naval academy and Princeton play football to a scoreless tie Although neither goal was at any time seriously endangered. the game was 8 stirring one from the viewpoint of the spec tators.
 The work of the Tigers was the more consistent. Their speed and ag- gression in attack kept the midsIiip- men on the go most of the time, but this advantage was offset by Captain Dalton's superiority over Dewitt on pnting. Dalton gained a little on every exchange of kicks and in addi- ton played a wonderful secondary defense game.
 Each team made try for a field goal. Princeton's effort was made early in the first period, but it was not until the last minutes of play were approaching that the cadets tried the play. After a good return run by Dalton on an exchange of punts and a. line plunge followed by five yeard penalty, which put the pfgskin on the 30 yard mark, the midshipman made a last effort to score from the field. But the Tiger forwards got through and blocked Dalten's attempt.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-10-23

ley r. f., Brennan C., Greene l. g, May
 Clippers 20, Jewett City Second 4.
 Field goaIs-Decelles 4, Coblyn 1, Robinson 3. Blair 1, Smith 1 for Clip pers; Brickley 2 for Jewett City.
 In the big game the clever passing of the Jolly Five had their opponents buffaloed most of the way. while the Olympias fell down badly in their team play. Coyfs ' baskets from the floor. d number of them on pretty long looping shots from the side lines made him the player in the spotlight for the winners, while White got five for the losers and Revell showed his skill in caging the ball on free throws as he got points for the Olympias that way The 1ineups and summary:
 Jolly Five-Forsberg c. Stanley If, Coy1 If. Porter 1g, Jackson rg-
 Olympias-Murplly c, White lg, Morrison, Filling rg, Revell df, Futile If
 Score--Jolly Five 20, olympias IS.
 Field goals-Coyle [, Jackson for Jolly Five; White 5, Futile 1 for Olympias. Foul goals-Forsberg 4 for Jolly Five; Revell 5, White 1 for Olympias. Ref cree, A. c. Pease. Timer, Neil Crow dey.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-10-23
NO BoNEHEAD PLAY
 BY DANNY. MURPHY
Ills Break for the Plate Good Bit of
 Iheide Work.

IT oId Captain Anson of the cham pIoI ChIcago team of years ago could meet some of the Norwich fans he Moulo ,'.e ma they had something to hand i nm TOT calling Danny Murphy,s play a piece of bonehead work when Mnrnhv was caught and run down. between tnlrd and home in the worlds cham plonshlp game at Philadelphia last Iuesday. What they have to tell sold long ago and that the game has moved forward since his time so that what would be considered a good play m the old days is relegated to the dis card by this time
 And they have a line of argument Wnicn comes pretty close to making a bullseye. ., =
 II Cap. Anson can show where the ShllaGelphia team would have been any better off if Murphy had stayed on third, the modern students of the don't believe he can.
 LAWS was on second and Murphy on tE1rd. On Lapps drive to Mathew son. which Matty fielded cleanly, Mur- phy made a break for the plate and was finally run down While this play was on him, Davis had reached tll1rd ana Lapp second. leaving the men on bases in the same relative position, they would have been if Murphy had hugged third and let Mathewson throw -pf1 oUt ct iiISl, WHICH ne WOulQ cas- fly have done. v
 Murphy's play was in fact the only thing to do. as he probably figured on a tumble by Matty on fielding the ball, or. if not that a possible slip in the fast work of catching him between the bases. If there should be any sort of tumble or wild throw, he was where he was in the best position to take advantage of it. And if he were put out, there would be no more outs than if he let the play go through on Lapp alone As it was, Murphy near ly scored and was only prevented from tal1ying by flying dive by Her zog which caught the Philadelphia runner close to the plate.
 If any baseball strategist wants to show how this could be played any better, now is good time to speak, and the sporting editor of The Bulle- tin will be glad to hear what they have to say.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-10-23
SURPRISE FOR oLYMplAs. Jolly Five Puts Over Defeat On Them In Y. M. c. A. Basketball open- iro

The Y. M. c. A. basketball season was opened on Saturday evening with a good sized and enthusiastic crown which included a very good propor- ton of the fair sex, in the specta- tors seats for the two fast contests that were promised. The Jewett City team which was to have played the OMhpias in the star game of the evening failed to appear, but an as- scciation team called the Jolly Five and made up of four members of the Laurel Hills and their coach went on the floor against the Olympias and sprung a surprise on last years champions by defeating them 20 to IS.
 In the preliminary game the Clip pers of the local association defeated the Jewett City second five easily, 20 to 4.
 Decelles with four field goals to his credit and Robinson with three were the star scorers for the Clippers and Brfckley shot the only baskets for Jewett City. The 1ineups and sum- mary:
 Clippers-Decelles l h, Coblyn r. f., Robinson C., Blair l. g., Smith r. g.
 Jewett City-L'Heureux l. f., Brick
Norwich bulletin., 1911-10-23
ss, 900 APIECE WILL
 BE PLAYERS, SHARE.
Present Worlds Series Beating A..
 Records For Receipts.

Players who will share in the split ting of the receipts for the world series are assured of enjoying the big gest slice ever handed out. In prevf- ous years $1,s0o was 8 high water mark, but when the present series ends indications point to the individu- al players drawing down as much as S3,000 apiece.
 For the three games already played the receipts have totaled $196,914. Of this the players are due to receive $105, ,793, and the game at Philadelphia the last in which the players share, should add at least s25,000 to the purse.
 This means close to the $3,000 mark for each of the winners and at least $1,0o0 above the best mark of previous world series.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-10-23
ONE MORE DISAPPOINTMENT TODAY
Anxious Fans and Players Must Wait For Fourth Game In Worlds Seres-Ran In Philadelphia Sunday Night-College Football Now Mid- Season.

Philadelphia, Oct 22-Rain which began falling here again shortly before six o'clock tonight, killed all hope that the grounds at Shibe. park would be in condition tomorrow for the much postponed fourth game of the worlds championship baseball series between the Athletics and the New York Gi- ants. Nature has done little to dry up thAfeld since yesterdays post ponem
 The drizzling rain which fell all night finally ceased about o'clock this morning. Threaening clouds, how ever, continued to hang over the city and the sun managed to break through only at brief intervals during the en- tire cay, though Groundkeeper Schfoe- der and his assistants are doing every thing in their power to improve the condition of the field. it is practically certain that there will be no game be- fore Tuesday.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-10-23
FOOTBALL RESULTS SATURDAY.

West Point 6. Yale 0. Princeton O, Navy c. Harvard II. Amherst o. Wesleyan 10. Tufts O. Dartmouth g. Williams 5. New Britain High School 10. Bridgeport A1SA School 0.
 Trinity Second 5 Hartford High 6. Yale Freshmen F. Exeter IF. Hotchkiss School g. Yale Scrubs Q. Oberlin 9. Denison 6. Washington and Lee IS. Wake Forest ,. Northwestern ,. Indiana O. University of Georgia F, Sewanee 8. Vanderbilt 45. Central University Of Kentucky ~ University of Virginia 6, St. Johns 0. Penn State IS. yi1lanova O. Swarthmore Is. Stevens Institute 0. Renssaiaer Poly. 5. Hobart o. Rutgers 6. Union 0. Nrichjgan 10. Ohio State O. Ohio Wesleyan z. Western Reserve 6. Virginia Military Institute 25. Randolph Macon .. Trinity g. Colgate 0. Brown 6. Pennsylvania O. Colby fl. Bates O. Trniy Maine r. Univ Vermont Q. Cornell G., Washington Jefferson O. Harvard Freshmen q. Andoyer Q. Leligh 5, Ursinus Q.
 Case 26, Kenyon 5
 Carlisle r. Pitt 0. New Hampshire F. Boston College q. Rochester 12. Hamilton 6. Lafayette TO- Syracuse 0. New York University 0, Rhode Island o. Springfield T. S. 15 Worcester rFoly 5. Holy Cross 6. Mass. Aggies O. Univ North Carolina 5. Davidson O. St. Lavrene 46 Middlebury 0.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-10-23
HARVARD PUTS OVER
 TWO ToUCHDoWNS.
Won From Amherst If to 0-Losers
 Showed Stiff Defensive Game.

At Cambridge on Saturday on field that resembled a quagmire owing to a heavy rain which fell throughout the game. Harvard defeated Amherst by a score of Il to 0. By -lough- ing through the turf in the last two periods, the Crimson managed to score two touchdowns, one in the third per< fod by Reynolds after a 37-yard run through a slipping. spraw1ing and scat- tered field, and the second by Wen dell. who. tlIrnbled across the Amherst goal line on the first play in the fourth period. Hollister kicked a goal from the first touchdown, but failed on his second attempt.
 Although the visitors could not cross mid-field in the first two periods, they effectualIy blocked all Crimson att temps to score. Once the Harvard plungers were stayed by stonewall
Norwich bulletin., 1911-10-23
BRILLIANT SEASON
 FOR HARNESS HORSES

oMI PsIsMo7 KLisd YueLI Pue ueIYn
 Worlds Records.
 The campaign of the light harness brigade down the big line," which means from Indianapolis, where the first meeting of the grand circuit was held this season, to Lexington, where the kings and queens of the trotting and pacing world meet for their final battle for money and glory, ended last week. It was brilliant season, de- spite the interference of rain, which practically ruined several of the meet ings.
 It was hoped tha. the weather con ditions would be ideal fer the final
Norwich bulletin., 1911-10-23
TWO ToUcHDoWNS BEAT
 BALTIC CONVENT SCHOOL
Carter and Swanson Score Victory for
 Public School, 10 to 0.

Baltic public school football eleven won the game on Friday afternoon from the convent school eleven after an exciting contest, which ended with the score 10 to in favor of the pub lie school boys.
 Tom Garter scored the first touch down for the winners, intercepting a forward pass and scooting 65 yards to cross the goal line.
 Swanson was the touchdown maker for Baltic public school for their sec ond touchdown. No goal was kicked from either.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-10-23
7, BIG GAME OFFICIALS.
Harvsrd's Announcement About
 Princeton and Yale Contests.

Harvsrd's Announcement About
 Princeton and Yale Contests.
 Announcement has been made by the Harvard Athletic association of the officials who will be in charge of the annual football game with Yaie, which this year will be played at Cambridge, November 25, and of the game with Princeton at Princeton No yember 4. They are:
 Princeton game-Referee, w. c. Langford, Trinity; umpire, c. S. Will jams. Pennsylvania; field judge, A. l.. Sharp, Yale: head linesman, J. B. Pen dleton, Bowdoin.
 Yale game-Referee, W. S. Langford, Trinity; umpire, D. s. Fultz, Brown; field judge. J. w. Morice. Pennsyiva- mia; head linesnan. J. B. Pendleton, RowdOin
Norwich bulletin., 1911-10-23
MON

New York, Oct. 21.-Monev an cal, nominal; no loans. Time loans easv. 60 days 3 1-4@3 1-2 per cent, and 90 days 3 1-2@3-4; six months 5 3-4.
 Prime mercantile paper 4 1-264 3-4 per cent. Sterling exchange firm at 4.S3.40 for so days and at 4s6SS for demand. Commercial bills 4.S2 7-s. Bar silver 54 Is; Mexican dollars 45. Government bonds steady. Railroad bonds steady.
 Exchanges s29s.525,s ,ss7; balances s12,619,274.
 Foc the week: Exchanges s1,s12,- 535,1S3; balances $1Oe,121, ,o66.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-10-23
Jack Monty Challenges Albert Gravel.

Jack Monty, who has heard. ne says, that Albert Gravel, the French Canadian weight litter, has been boasting that he can throw him in g. wrestling match, issues a challenge for Gravel to meet -him for fun or r1oney and says he will agree to throw Gravel twice in 20 minutes or six times in an hour If gravel or Gravefs friends are after anything but talk, Monty wants to see them take up this offer.