Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-23

Pne wrestling a0use EhGah tiourished ter . time in Pawcaturk, with BiH CoIins as the lacal guide, and which was ttADsfeErea to Westerly when the tad A1mery Du8Ltiins was diverted to -egOiar uee is now desd es the pSo- verbie{ &oornasl and Charley Yankee &Ogets. formerly of Fall River, recent y cS Westerly, and now oG NeDarticu- 7ArplAce. killed It. Rogers after win ming a match from Collins some time ago mads declaration thai he liked " azteafy and it's people and would 1aAkR hts home here. He then ar EAnged Q few matches and in the an- nounceneRtS refcrred to himself q s "Ys 1kes" ROgers, s wrestling cham pion possessed of hraln and brawn- He is a smooth taking chap and made friends here, but now he Is deserted by his new -rnsds friends, and all because he imposed upon the sporting men Of Westerly.
 Rogers advertised a wrestling match 70 take place in Bliven opera house Thursday evening, with the famous Dr. N0lier as the chief attraction who Wss to grapple with John Pavelle, the Ital- jBn wrestler of Boston, while Yankee Rogers and his friend, Harry Parker, Of the Newport training station, would give sn exhibition of wrestling, and couple Of reels nf wrestling moving pictures would be given zs a curtain raiser.
 Quite an audience assembled st the opera house Thursday evening. the moving pictures were shown and R0g- srS and Parker did S little cat play on he mat but that was all in the show 'ine Roller and Paveiie were not In fhe town, and perhaps had no know lsdge that they were booked for a bout in Westerly. Many in the audience demanded return of the admission fee, but they were informed by the man aEegnent of the opera house that Rog- srs had hired the house for the night and that the management had nothing 10 do with the promised entertainment Az there had not been money sufficient taken in st inc box office to pay the house expenses. there was none tn dis tribute to the patrons of Rogers .and his entersaiprnsH sHt
 Just prior to rhis demand for return of admission fees Rogers cheekiIy an nounced that he had known since last Sunday that Dr. Roller was not com ing to Westerly. but that the opera louse he'd been hired for the night -hat he had DO money to meet the ex- pense and he therefore concluded to advertise Roller just the same and take ihe chance Of making some coin. He said he had been stuns, that the audi eg7ce mad been stung, and that's all shere was to it,
 rush was then made for the stage and indications pointed to a general rough house. but better judgment pre- vailed. Rogers came to the front of rhe stage again and aDnOuneed that The management of the opera house 1sc nothing to do with the entertain ment and that the blame of the nou- appearance Of TN' Roller was with him HlOue. IT the audience proposed to do iHr1 bodily harm he could not prevent Il, he sad, and that action would do no good. for they could not get thelr HonsF beck. as he had none to give, and that the management of the opera house Wsz entitled to rental. He ex- pIsine6 that the money Eiven in at the box offsce was given to him practically end that it T8s agreed that the rental should he paid from the receiprs. Again he repeated; You're stung and l am gtung, 90 whsfs the user"
 While there Wag considerable cUnfu- sion and bsndying and intense dissat- .sfaction with Rogers and his methods, there wsg HO serious disturbance, hogsrs departed eastward on the very first train that left Westerly after the hrhts were extingUished in inc opera hoose, and there will he no more an nouncements ths{ Yankee" Rogers of V esteriy wiu do anv more wrestling stURts in this old town.
 Westerly hes TO representative In ths undergraduate body of Brown uni VsTsity at present. but lt is probable that this will he changed after Willard T. Recon assumes the duties of princi- pai of rhs Westerly High school at the opening of the summer term. AIr. Bq- con wss graduated from Brown in 1906 and is al present principal Of the high school st Rochester, N. Fl. Since graduating from BroWn he has taught in Charleston, ". Fl, Billerica, Mass. Providence. E. '. Kenneth Souare, Pa. Avon. Mass. and Rochester. W. II.
 Herbert Wetrous, who recently re Q turned to his home in Hillside avenue rom lOnE term of treatment. is nak- ing radual improvement. It became essential that there be an operation of skin graitiug. Thursday five of his sc6Oolmntes uf the West Broad street school presented themselves and por- -;ons of their skin were transferred ta -he patient The young volunteers were DsTia Lahn, Howard Shortman.