Norwich bulletin., 1913-08-12
Philadelphia Roque Payers frr've
Chairman Horace I. Webb of the Committee of Arrange ments, with J. E. Webb and W. A. Hogeland are the Vanguard-Fnst Day of Financial Campaign Brings Encouragement Mayor Murphy Lends Support

The vanguard of rogue players and enthusiasts who will flock to Norwich for the thirty second annual national roque tournament that opens in this city next Tuesday morning. arrived T. Webb and William A. Hogeland, of West Chester Pa,.' reached here Monday evening, Horace Webb. who is a first division player, and last year gave Champion Edward Clark of Springfield 9 hard fight both for the championship and for the first Van Wickle medal, and his father, who is a well known second diyisioner came as representatives of the Philadelphia Roque club. while MT. Hogeland has long been an ardent attendant at these national games. They are at the Wau- regan.
 Mir. Webb's Fourteenth Year.
 Primarily it is as chairman of the committee of arrangements that Hor- ace Webb visits Norwich for his four teenth year a week ahead of time and during the remainder of the week he will be busy i'll getting the courts into the best shape possible and in helping out in the matter of getting the proper financial support back of the tourna- ment The efforts of Chairman Webb and Secretary William E. Perry should infuse new life into the roque. situa- tion in Norwich and with the re- sponSes that may be expected this week from the business men and other citizens, a redoubled interest is anti cipated in the game that has made it's home in this city for nearly a third of a century. The rogue officials, by providing music every evening and other features. by selling transferable season tickets at half dollar apiece, and by other features. are arranging to supplement the attractions of the game itself, which to the initiated on- locker offers plenty of interest for it's own sake.
 Van WiekIe Medals Here.
 Mir. Webb brings with him the four Van Wickle medals, which have been made this year after an unusually at tractiYe design submitted by MT Webb which combined the letters N. R. A; with a pendant on which are engraved symbolic crossed malIets. surrounded by wickets and balls. Three are of gold the second medal in the sec ond division being silver. C. C. King, of Chicago, who was kept away last year by illness. is the challenger for the first Van Wickle medal and will therefore play Champion Eddie Clark of Springfield, who is expected to be here for these games. which are play ed in the evening, even if he does not enter in the tournament games. King
 
 year and is coming east again with a long list of victories in the middle west Dr. R. s. Thomson of Spring field is the holder of the second Van Wickle medal but he has sent no no- tiee of challenges to the arrangements committee, The series will be played however, for each medal, four games out of seven deciding the title.
 Other Visitors from Philadelphia,
 Philadelphia will send ex-President J. c, Kirk and Walter l.. Rodman as contestants. while Prof. Morrison and J. c. Scott from that city will be on the side lines once more. There are six courts in Philadelphia. all with cement borders. The Norwich courts are still fitted with the rubber borders which do not give the same lively re- bound as the cement. MT. Webb vis- ited the courts here Monday evening, found that they were being put in ex- cellent shape and as he has been play ing little this year, will do some pre-