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Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-06
MIKE GIBBONS DIsLlKEs
 FIGHTING GAME.
Husky Welterweisht in the Game to
 Make a Living.

Mike Gibbons is the most talked of fighter in the game today, and line on his personality may be gleaned from the accompanying article from the pen of Herbert Corey:
 The difference between $50 and S4,000 is what keeps Mike Gibbons Sraveling in the welterweight line.
 T don't like to fight" said this amazing young pugilist. T don't know any other man who likes to fight. I've known lots who say they do, but don't believe them. Wien 1t comes to actually going into the ring and fight ing-really fighting, you know-with another fellow I don't know man in the business who likes it.
 But I'd be a fool not tc fight. l make good money this way, while if had to depend on myself 1 would make a bare living. l don't know anything, you know-I'm just common labOrer hardly that, either; but I'm very ordinary mechanic. The best I could make in the railroad shops up in St Paul is $60 a month, and that isn't much for a fellow to keep a wife and baby on. I'm only a tinsmith by trade, and I'm not good tinsmith. So I'm making money while I can. My wife doesn't like to have me fight, either but she's a business woman. The money end appeals to her, just as 1t does me. After a while, when I'm through fighting, I'll go back to the shop"
 That's a new sort of talk from a fighter. Well. this Mike Gibbons is a new sort of fighter. He Is "A years old, built like a quarter horse, blue eyed and bashful. He doesn't like to talk about himself, but, being a business man, he does talk about himself when it seems worth while. He has been boxing for fun ever since he was big enough to lace on a glove. For two years he has been fighting in a semi professional sort of way around St Paul, Minnesota-professionaI enough technically, but hopelessly amateurish when the size of the purses he receiv- ed Is considered-and only for the last year has he dropped the soldering iron to pick up the gloves. His first light with Jack Denning in New York real lv marked his departure from the bush league. Now he's on the big time.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-06
SPEED ON THE BASES.
Important Asset in Modern easebaII-
 Base Stealing Appeals to Fans.

High class base running appeals +o the baseball fan of today just as much as the hitting end of the game. The fan revels in daring thefts that inya- riably play prominent part in the re- suit of the game. Speed and the prop CT uss' of that speed is something aim ed at by every successful manager of any ball club. The value and irnport- ance of that one asset has been deep- iy impressed on the baseball leaders.
 Perhaps no better example of this theory could be cited than the Boston American league team of three or Tour years ago. At the start of the season little consideration was aiven the Boston club. It was known to be club of promising young players, but no one figured it would cut any figure In the pennant race,
 Fred Lake, who was managing the team thtat year, realized he had 6 club or sprlnters, most of whom seemed able to use this natural asset to advantage. No doubt Lake and his players mapped out 8 campaign of speed, Never have geen & team that took such chances on the bases as did the Boston club of that year. Inside Of few short months they were known as the Speed Beys'' all oyer the major league circuit, They liter ally ran wild. Often they book such deA1eratA chances thaE Mera naaAa Aa
Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-06
NO STANDARD TRAINING
 FOR BALL PLAYERS.
Each Man Lives Naturally and Fol-
 lows His Own System.

There is no standard training syS- tenn or training menu for ball players. They take care of themselves and eat what they please A great majority of players have a system which is better than a club trainer could give them" says Hugh Jennings
 Training in baseball is not extra ordinarily strict No ban is put on smoking or other little habits, the idea being to live naturally and de- velop physically at the same time. A player must live though six months of hard playing and if he does not do it naturally it becomes a hardship.
 After the men in other athletic vacations appear in their one or few events they can break training and go back to their natural mode of living. This breaking of training is denied the professional ball player and the man who hopes to be, and is successful in playing is the man who adheres to the proper mode of living through the six or seven months that constitute the regular season
 q believe that the only way to make training season a success is to have system.
 q want the players to report at the club house not later than 9.30 o'clock in the morning. I plan to leave the park every day at noon. Two hours of work in the morning and the same in the afternoon is sufficient and will accomplish the desired results if ad- hered to.
 T go out with the players at every practice. My leg Is still troubling me and I cannot do the work l did in previous years, but plan every day to do the next best thing. In other train ing seasons I always tried to do every thing that I asked the players to do. and work with them Instead of over them.
 T do not want players to keep them selves apart from all social offerings. l think that a social polish helps the young player, as it develops a personal pride It makes players want to be careful of their actions off the ball field. Players who are careful of their actions off the ball field are always sure to follow training rules and are in condition at all times to give their best for the success of the club and insure their individual success. Play CTS of this type give little trouble to the manager and are sure of long career on the diamond"
Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-06
SCIENCE KEYSTONE OF
 FlTZSIMMoNS' CAREER.
Freokisd Beb Was One of the Greatest
 Fighting Machines.

Long reach and scientific hitting made Bob Fitzsimmons the greatest fighter of modern times," writes ". c. Kelly in the Cleveland Leader. And don't let any gink tell you that Bob was not the most wonderful fight ing machine ever known to the fistic world of his weight.
 ''F1tzsimmons was my ideal fighter in construction and in action. He had the great long reach, tEe big shoulders, the heavy back. great striking muscles behind the shoulders, and the long slnews indicative of much speed. He had great bones, and slender legs, and as good a pair of lungs as ever a fighter owned. AS a result Bob had marvellous endurance. He could fight all day long, and the longer he fought the better he became. He could stand much punishment and come back for a heap more. He was never beat until down flat on the broad of his back, with the referee having counted the fateful 10 seconds over him. l have seen Fitz knocked down half a dozen times in a fight and reel about the ring on dragging himself to his feet Then when his over confident oppo- nent left the slightest opening, Bob would let drive with all his might, after first making a sort of bluff lead. Usually he landed, and the battle end- ed then and there.
 'rFitzsimmons did his best hitting when he feinted his opponent into be- lieving that he was going to use blow for another spot, for he figured that the blow was much moro effective when delivered at an unexpected moment and in place that the victim had con- sidered well guarded. For instance, if you find a fighter ducks your left lead for the face, next time feint for the same sort of lead and when he ducks hook your left and he will duck right into it with anything but pleasant sensation. Nitzsimmons illustrated blows to me that were merely sh0ves, but they were clean knockouts when landed in battle. It is all in knowing how to time your blew so that it con- neots at the instant the other lets fly something at you. It takes much prac- tice to perfect this, and it takes conf dence on the part of the man attempt ing it,
 'Bitzsimmons did his best hitting when he arrived in the United States, but he learned a. great deal since that time He learned how to beat a fel- low Oo the punch and how to shift in this country. In fact, he never at tempted the shift until he fought Jim Corbett at Carson City, and then he did it only once, and it landed squarely in the solar plexus, ending the battle abruptly"
Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-06
FRIDAYS BASEBALL REsuLra.

At Louisville. Ky: Louisville 12; Detroit '.
 At Mobile, Ala: Mobile 5; Phila- delphia American seconds 1.
 At St, Louis: Nationals T; Ameri- cans 4
 At St. Joseph; Chicago American seconds 10; St. Joseph 8.
 At Baltimore: New York Nationals als IS; Baltimore 8.
 At Washington: Yale 4, Cornell 1. At Columbus, O.; Cincinnati Ma tionals 5; Columbus 3.
 At Norfolk Va; New York, Amer jeans 6: Norfolk 8,
 At Washington: Washington Am ericans 5; Boston Nationals '.
 At Charlottesville, Va: Princeton G. University of Virginia B.
 At Danville. Va; Danville 6: New York Yannigans (NationaD {.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-06
TIGER THIRD EASTMAN
 TO BE SELECTED.
Bill Loudsn and Dusty Witt Trying to
 Beat Out George Moriarty.

Who'll play third for the Tigers :"
 George Moriarty, who has played the position for the Tigers for three years will have to show better than either Bill Louden or Dusty Witt to hold the job, says H. G. Salsinger.
 If Moriarty fails to show better form than either of the recruit third sackersi George will not leave Detroit. Jen- nings will keep Morrie with the Tigers. Louden and Witt are players of differ ent caste. The one "sprang up in the night" while the other man has been coming" for years Louden began his professional career in 1906. Vitt's started in the spring of 1910. Louden played with Greenville, Dallas, Montre- al and Newark Witt has been with San Francisco in the California State league and the Pacific Coast league.
 Frank J. NaVin, boss of the Tigers, is inclined to favor the players who show remarkable ability almost as Soon as they appear in uniform. He has never shown a disposition to favor the fellows who played for years until they developed. In the opinion of the man who will pay him his salary, Witt has an advantage.
 On records Louden Is superior to Witt. In the Eastern league last year Louden batted 1908 and helded .943. Witt, for Frisco, batted .26S and f1elded four pints better than Louden.
 Moriarty suffered from the captain 'iinx" last year. He allowed the title to worry him too much. This season the title will be removed and Moriarty can go ahead, play baseball and let 1t so at that.
 Jennings will need Moriarty this year. Gainor may come back and Gainor may not show ability to play the bag because of a broken wrist re- ceived last year. If Gainor cannot handle himself freely, Hughie wall usS Moriarty on first base. Moriarty is a first sacl1er. He belongs there. He never played third base because he wanted to or thought he could; he played 1t because he was ordered to.
 He h a valuable man to have on a club. If Louden and Witt fail to make good, Mor1arty can go back to third.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-06
THE cRoUcHNe START
Said to Nave Originated With Tommy
 Lee of the New York A. c.


 No feature of modern athletics has been sc consistently discussed for the past quarter of a century as the crouchlng start with both hands on the ground, as 1t is used by sprinters, nor have there been so many claim ants for any one wrinkle in track sport. For the past ten years or so there has not been a quarter of the globe where amateur sport has taken a hold, but runners could be found who claimed to be the original inven- tors of the crouch, but when their credentials were investigated they were found to be worthless. For a while 1t was thought to be the work of a professional, and at other times 1t was mentioned as originally having come from Australia, where a sprinter there took it from the peculiar posi- ton of the kangaroo and his method of getting into motion. Tho west, too, got some credit out of the crouch, which was said ito have been suggest ed to a sprinter among the tall tim bers from the crouchiRg springs of the wildcat.
 During all these years of discussion 1t was singular that the real inventor of the wrinkle has never been men toned, and he can never get the credit for it now, for he passed the happy hunting ground many years ago. The sprinter responsible for the introduo- tion of the crouch was the late Tommy Lee of the New York A. c. and he dropped on 1t more by accident than by effort to unearth something new. In the latter part of 1887, when the Mercury Foot sprinters used to practice on the old Mott Haven grounds in summer time, thsre were always a few on hand who did noth- ing else during the dog days and who Were ever on the lookout for novelty. This day there happened to be none of the cracks about, and Lee in order to make a sort of a contest told the mediocre men there that he would start CroGching, while they could as- suaHe a standing position. It was agreed to and Lees opponents were surprised that he should beat them eff the mark every time At the same time 1t daWned on Lee himself that the crouching style beat all others for steAdiness and that a man using it would hardly every incur the penalty for breaking.
 He tried 1t again and again until he so improved that he found no differ ence from the upright position in the matter of speed in getting away. Then he decided to use the crouch in open competition, and at first it met with nothing but ridtcule from the general run of crack sprinters. They tried the crouch and condemned it. and so did the Sheffield professlona1s, put the trouble was that neither the crack amateur nor the Sheff1erders stuck to the crouch long enough to learn it properly or aecustom themselves to its best points. This apparently did not deter Lee from using the crouch, but in a competitive way he did not win any of the big titles until 1894, when he annexed the 100 and 220 yard championships.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-06
CHAMPIONS SHUT OUT PHILLIES
Athletics Pound Schultz and Rasmussen For 21 Hits Scoring
 IA Runs-Only One Hit For Nationals

Philadelphia, April 5.-The Worlds Champions shut out the Philadelphia Nationals here today in the fourth game of the spring series. The score was IA to 0. Each team has now won two games. The Nationals got but one hit a single by Knabe off Houck, who pitched five innings. The Americans batted Schulz and Rasmus- sen hard. The score by innings;
 R. H. D. Nationals 0 OOOo co 1 0 Americans 5 1 0 3 1 % 4 "-14 21 2 Schulz, Rasmussen and Killifer; Houck, Brown and Lapp. Umplres, Connolly and Rigler.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-06
MAGEE OUT OF THE GAME
 FOR AT LEAST A MONTH
PhiIIies' Left Fielder Suffered Frac-
 tured Wrist in Practice,

Philadelphia April 5-Sherwood Magee, left fielder on the National league team of this city, will be out of the game for at least a month be- cause of a fractured bone in his right wrist. Yesterday, during practice, he was hit by pitched ball. Although his wrist pained him considerably he paid no attention to the injury until today when he went to a hospital and had the X-ray used on the injured member. It was found that g. bone had been fractured and the forearm was placed in splints.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-06
Topping Defeats French champion,

Pinehurst, N. c. April 5.--Harold J: Topping of the Greenwich Country club. defeated Charles Evans. Jr.. of EdgewateT, the title holder and the French champion. on the nineteenth green in today's semi final round in the twelfth annual United North and South Amateur golf championship match.
 The medal scores were approximate " seventy-six for Evans and seventy nine for Topping, who spent some of his time in the traps for which the No. 2 course is famous, In the lower half of the championship bracket Wal ter Travis, at the top of his game. won from Parker ". Whittemore of Brook line, up and to play. He meets MT. Topping tomorrow.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-06
FIVE FAST RIOTERS
 60 TO EUROPE. c. X. a. Billings Will Race His Stable on European Tracks.

Five of the fastest trotters ever own ed in one stable will be exhibited on European tracks this summer by c. K. G. Billings, who plans to start abroad soon, taking with him Lou Dillon, 1.5S l-ss champion mare; Uhlan. 15ss-4, champion geld1ng; the liar vester. 2.011-4, champion stallion;
 Charley Mitchell, 2.04 1-4, champion race trotter of 1911, and Lewis Forrest, 2.06 IA, champion green geld1ng. A few years ago MT. Billings took his trotters, headed by Lou Dillon abroad, and gave exhibitions. and his return this year is in fulhllment of a promise made at that time. The horses will go direct to Moscow in charge of Trainer Charles Tanner of Cleveland Mfr. Bil- lings disposed of practically his entire stable a few years ago, retaining Lou Dillon, and it was thought then that he had lost his fancy for light harness racing, but hs has coma back again with vengeance, for Uhlan cost him '&s6,o00 at privats sale; hs paid S4,5o0 for CharisY Mitchell last winter, and his latest purchase, ths HRrv0ster, cost him something more than $s.D0c. The Harvester is a ge0d gaited trotter with nA zaRatA neetsea tn A3a eetian, but hE
Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-06
MATTY MrNTYRE REPORTS.
Whereabouts of Chicago American outfieider Unknown Since Last Yesr-Not a HoIdout.

Chicago, April 5-l4aving been miss ing since the close of last season. Matty Mcintyre, out6eEder for the Chicago American league club, report ed here today Explaining his absence he said that he was playing baseball in Cuba this winter and thought that Manager Callahan knew of his where bouts. No word had been received from the hard hitting outfelder since last year. He denied he was hold out and announced that he would sign 6 contract tomorrow.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-06
Bridgeport Wlns openino caos

Bridgeport, April 6.-One of the big gest opening crowds of the season saw the Bridgeport team defeat Lynn of the New England league in the first exhibition game here this afternoon. The teams went along nip and tuck until the last part of the ninth. when the locals, on twobagger, a putout and single. scored the winning run with one out. Score ,by innings:
 Bridgeport ,. ....0 0 0 01O0 ? I-d Lynn .....1 0 0 0 00OO 2 s-s
 Batteries: Becker, Tucksy, Cum ningham and CorkiRi Hines, Wade, Riley, Wakefield and Robinson. Um- pire, Hollywood.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-06
Won Close Game.

Friday afternoon the Young Players defeated the Young Sluggers, IS to r, on the Otis street lot Young Players lineup: Charles H, TirreH c, Ralph Mellor D and 9b, Ed Gallaudet and Sb. Gerald Brazil 1b, Royce Sloane 2b, Walter Mellor ss. Ulmer Jewett If, Sam Wilson of, Halsey Gallup If. The Young Sluggers' star pitcher was Jef- frey Colt.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-06
All Stars Win 10 Innino cana.

At Hunts grounds Friday morning a picked team defeated Broadway in a. 10 inning battle marked by much ex- citement. The score was 13 to 12. The feature of the game was the timely hitting of the picked team, whose line up was as follows: Hooker c, J. Hull D. Bellert 1b. Grove 2b, Corey ss, Free man Sb. T. Sayles lf H. Pierce Of, w. Maynard If.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-06

reason of having been in training since he was a colt he Is not stallion of the lusty, big .chested sort. He is hand some animal. however, and in every way the opposite of the Russian breed of trotters, the Orloffs.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-06
Minhtv Five Coming Back.

Whether the Mighty Five can come back in the basketball game will be shown tonight at the Y. M. c. A. gym nasium when they line up against the Laurel Hills. They were some speed when they played on the floor year or two ago and should furnish fast 20 for the Laurel Hills now.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-06
VIM. r. BAILEY Successor to A T. Gardner)

Nj. Morano. % Woodbridge St, Hnrt- ford, Conn. says, For some time l have been suffering with kidney trouble. l had severe pains across my back and felt altogether miserable. took Foley Kidney Pills and in a short time my pains left me and my kidneys became normal. l cannot say too much in praise of Foley Kidney Fills and the good they did me" Leo & Osgood Co.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-06
AMATEUR BASEBALL,

Eagles defeated the Preston Clippers, 14 to 13, Friday afternoon on the battle ground. Feature of the game was the pitching of Buster Corey.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-06

At the Goshen, N. Y. horse race meeting 8 prize of $50 will be given to the driver who wins his race in straight heats.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-06
Ynunn Holmes Accents.

Young Holmes accepts Young Swift's challenge. which appeared in a recent issue of The Bulletin, provided a side bet is posted. Young Holmes, G. Coo ney, manager.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-06

The well known broodmare, Ashleaf Wilkes, has beer farmed for the sea- son of 1912 by Mike Bowerman for $500, who will breed her to his young
Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-06

medico, but that if Doc wants to share in the 1912 Worlds series spells he knows where to find the Quakers All that sounds fine, but the Giants are still in the National league
Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-06

Hugh Duffy has his Milwaukee team working out in Cairo, Ill. It was just Il years ago that Duffy broke into the American league as manager of the Milwaukee team.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-06

Bob Hedges of St. Lois says that the Browns never will train at home again and that already he's on the lookOt for 8 good camp in the south to use in 1913
Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-06

Fred Penney has been before the baseball pblic more than 20 years, or ever since he became known as a mem Der of that famos Sexton Penney bat tery at Brown niversity.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-06

Arthur Devlin of the Giants is mak- ing a serious effort to learn how to play first base. and McGraw is allow ing him time to do it.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-06

Ed Greminger, the former Boston Nationals third baseman, who took Jim Collins place back in 1901. is building team of young ball players in Montgomery, Ala,
Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-06
Brooklyn Waiusa nraft on Ru..a

Milwaukee, Wis. April 5.-Jimnnv Breen, utility player of last years Milwaukee American association baseball team, signed a contract to- day for this season, Brooklyn waived It's draft on the Milwaukee player.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-06

WHEN you want to put your busl- hsss before the public there Is no me- kicEo better than through the sAts--tIs. h~R- aalnnAa nz 1zhA EsxslAtinA Al -.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-06
SPORTS OF ALL SORTS.

Ear1 Jr., 2.O2 IA, will race in the Canadian northwest and on the Pacific coast.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-06

It is astonishing to sse tho effects pros duced by the new fiosh-increnaer Protora, To put on real, solid, healthy heahs 70 tlla rate Of O pound O day. is not ab au ras mArknhle with this new wonder, ~
Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-06

Yin Campbell, the speedy, hard hit ting center fielder of the Boston Braves, made the first home run at the Augusta camp when he drove the ball over Kaiser's head last Wednes- day.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-06

Roger Bresnahan says Mike Now rey has played his last game for the Cardinals. Roger wants to get a good pitcher, and will trade the sorrer top third sacker to the manager in the National league who makes the best offer.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-06

stallion, Morgan AXworthy. This mare has beer one of the leading brood mares for some years. Her first foal was sold as a yearling for $10,000. the second for $7,500 and for her third foal, now a three-year-old, S20,000 has been offered and refused.
 Native Belle, 2.06 1-2, recently foaled a colt, sired by Justice Brooke, 2.0S 1-2.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-06

Fantasy, now g years old, Is safely in foal to Alliewood 2.09 If. She is the worlds champion trotter at three, four and five years. James R. Ma gowan of Mt. Sterling purchased her in the last Old Glory sale for S90.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-06

The article of ball that Eddie Col lins of the Athletics Is playing in the south has caused Connie Mack to come out with the statement that Ty Cobb and Joe Jackson had better fasten their optics on the New York scion of the diamond and watch his work through out the season.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-06

Horace Fogel of the PhiIIies says his team can win the pennant with or without the services of Doc Scanlan
 Fogel says he will have no further communication with the Brooklyn