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Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-16
PArsonaIs.

Miss Pauline V. Smith is a teacher in the Maple Hill Model school, New Britain.
 MT. and Mrs. George A. Taylor and family of Church street have been at Weekapaug, R. l., recently.
 Dr. and Mrs. Theodore R. Parker and Raymond A. Parker have returned after two weeks trip to Upper Dam Me.
 Attorney Amos L. Hathaway re- turned to Brookline, Mass, Sunday after visiting his father, Amos H Hathaway, of Prospect street.
 James s. Donahue, delegate from WilIimantic branch, is in Meriden at tending the state convention of the Connecticut Liquor Dealers associa- ton.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-16
Tickets Nominated at Mansfield.

The Mansfield republican caucus placed the following town ticket in the field Saturday: Assessor. Fred Parker: board of relief, C. C. Davis. Willis P. Wilds: selectmen. Walter F. Storrs. Edwin K. Whitehouse; town clerk Bradley M Sears: town treas urer. Bradley M. Sears; agent of town deposit. Bradley M. Sears: auditor, Willis $. Wilds; grand jurors. Albert E. James. Byron Q. More, Frank Mil lard; collector of taxes, William A. Weld; constaoles. Joseph H. Bullock, Nj. H. Parker: registrar of voters Frank Willard; school committee. CIar- ence H. Savage, Charles A. Wheeler.
 C. C. Davis acted as chairman and Robert Stearns was clerk.
 The Mansfield democratic ticket is as follows: Assessor. John NJ. Daegett: board of relief, Orrin Russ; selectmen
Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-16

George H. Andrews. Ivan Wilcox; town clerk and treasurer, Bradley M. Sears; agent of town deposit fund Bradley M. Sears;' auditor, Charles s. Butler; grand jurors. Edward GerElar, J. c. Bullock. Herbert Q. Huntington; collector of taxes. James c. Green; constable, George B. Russ; registrar Of voters, David Russ; school commit tee, James c. Green.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-16
Damage Done by Frost.

Another white frost, quite a heavy one prevailed in the country around Willimantic Monday morning. A Columbia farmer said in the afternoon that a large amount of vegetation had been killed in that town. The same condition of affairs was reported from other sections.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-16
citu Pay Roll S526.42

The total of the city labor payroll for the month ending September 18th, was $52642 The several items were: Police department, $154.7S; streets, $215.18; maintaining sewers, $S7.25:
 sidewalk construction, $500; sewer
 construction, $21.00; water department, kQ0
Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-16
OBITUARY.
Mra. ". sihlax.

Mrs. w. J. Siblsy.
 Mrs. Isabella Sibley. wife of W. J. Sibley, formerly resident of this city and remembered by a number of Will Hmantic people, died in the King County hospital, Brooklyn, N. Y, Sat urday.
 John Cominski.
 The funeral of John Cominski, one month old, was held from the home of his parents, MT. and Mrs. John Cominski in Lebanon Monday after noon. Burial was in St Joseph's cemetery The child died Sunday of cholera infantum.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-16
What Is Goina On Taniaht.

Nillimantic Lodge, No. IT, A. o. U. W. meets at 40 Valley Street.
 Thread City Tent, No. 23, K. of M, meets at 672 Main Street. Willimantic Council, No. 723. R. A., meets in Odd Fellows Hall.
 Olive Branch Council, No. 10. R. and s M. meets in Masonic Hall.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-16
Noted Here and There.

At the town building the handsome beds of salvias at the entrance show the effects of excellent care by Jo- seph T. Ellis.
 The Resurrection, the vehicle in which Blanche Walsh made one of her best successes, was presented as their opening attraction in the Loomer Op era house Monday night by Augusta Perry and her stock company.
 Miss Katherine Hurley of South Manchester, stenOgrapher in the office of the state comptroller, was the guest of her aunt Mrs Daniel P Dunn, in this city over Sunday. Mrs Dunn is improving rapidly after a recent ill., ness.
 The water gauge of the boiler at the Quidnick Windham Manufacturing company blew out Sunday morning and struck Uriah Linderbeck, of 120 Jackson street, in the eye He was taken to St. Joseph's hospital. where it is hoped to save the eye.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-16
sse Hiah School Pupils.

The pupils now registered at the Windham High School number three hundred and sixty-tWo, an increase of about thirty over last year.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-16
Enter Hiqher institutions.

Of last years graduates at the Wind ham High School Ralph Armstrong enters Brown University this fall, while seven or eight young ladies. more than the usual number, are entering the Normal School.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-16
'WILLIMANTIC

it's athletes, among whom are Jimmie" Maloney, and "Bill'' Carrigan of the Boston Red Sox.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-16
BALTIC
Citizens Caucus Hed-Tieket Named by Denocrats-SoeiaI and Athletics Club to Have Basketball Team.

The citizens caucus was held at the Dime theatre, Baltic, Monday night
 when the following were nominated for town officers: Assessor, Albert c. Cote for three years Charles Headen for one year; board of relief. Peter Mac Intosh, Emile Ericson; selectmen, Frank E. Hull. Herbert c. Watson: :: town clerk, Arthur P Cote town treasurer, Arthur P Cote; auditor. Frank Marshall; grand jurors, Francis G. Logan, Harry Johnson. Nathan A. Bennett, Virtune P. A. Quinn; col 1ector of taxes, Edwin l.. Tinkham; ; constables, Anthony Godue. Moses
Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-16

After making bequests approxi- mating a half million dollars, the will of the late Julia Garrett, of Philadel- phia. one of the richest women in Pennsylvania, who died recently at her suburban home near here leaves the rasidue of her estate to Isaac Tatnan Starr, for many years clost friend and fiscal agent Of the Garret family.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-16
JEWETT CITY

Republican Caucus Attended by 120 Monday Evenins-SeheoI Board to Permit Pupils to Attend Piainfield High Sehool-Arimeny Ordered to Pay Wife $1o Weekly.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-16
REMOVAL

I have removed my business from 13 Jackson Place to 521 Jackson Street, where I will pay the highest market prices for Cattle Poultry, Veal, etc.
 Send postal card. Telephone con- nectiOn.
 LYMAN CHASEN, Willimantic, Ct.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-16

Priest Hits Tansos and Slit Skirts.
 New Haven, Sept. 15.--At St. Roses Catholic church yesterday morning, the pastor Rev. T. J. Fitzgerald, in his sermon made reference, in closing, to some of the modern fashions and criticised the slit skirt. now being worn by women He also alluded to some ot the modern dances, including the tango and the turkey trot and spoke of them as being grossly immoral.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-16

Fairies Arimony, who about two weeks ago committed murdereus as sault upon his wife, was brought be-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-12
Interesting Facts
In Baseball Career
Of PitcherDemaree

Albert Demaree. Age, %;
weight, 10; height, $40. Pitches
and bats right handed Began
playing professional baseball with
Columbus, of the Cotton States
League, in 1908. Was with Sa-
vannah, of the South Atlantic
League. the following season. and
with Chattanooga, Southern Assoc
citation, in 1910. In June, 1911, he
was traded to Mobile and was with
that club until purchased by the
Giants in 1912. With Chattanooga
and Mobile in 1911 he pitched in %
games, won 13 and lost II, for a
winning percentage of .542. He
took part in but two games with
the Giants in 1912. winning one of
them. His 1918 record to date is:
Pitching
Batting Fielding record.
Year. GINS. Av. Av. Won. Lost. Pc.
1913 80 III $50 IA .77S
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-12

fallacy of the argument has been
shown many times. Nelson, after
years of invlncibility, suddenly faded
away and lost his laurels at the age
of q. Wolgast was relieved of his
championship at "a. Here in San
Francisco was a youth Eddie Ham
Ion, who was battered old hulk and
out of the game before he was 81
It HE old saying has It, IT'S not the
miles we travel but the pace that
kills" In pugilism it's not years that
are lived, but the time spent at fight
ing that kills. Frequent training, eX-
element of combat and much ham
mering sap the vitality, ann no mat
ter what age a fighter starts out at
he is an old man pugilistically eight
or ten years later.
At that, the Nelson Wolgast bout
has much to commend it and should
be well worth witnessing. The writer
can not at this moment recall an in
stance in which two worlds ex-
champions were engaged in bona fide
contest and the fact that these two
fellows both contend that nothing
short of bad fighting luck contributed
to their dethronement LEXIS an added
zest to the proceedings.
The vanity that attaches to boxing
and that is a particularly besetting
weakness in the case of vanquished
Championships no note of stiffened
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-12

"A nHhR Tahe HERO TABLETS :or Decline
EHH 81 Of vitality and Gene al Exhau ton.
ssxs p nv One box convinces 81 o. by mail
AEHE IL acents wanted DIR. y. TAYLOR,
avs @Hw BOX 6e6-E-e. Louisville. by
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-12
Demaree Had Nothing on BALI
+s+ *"* *"+
Still McGraw Signed Smiling All

ting club even on that far down cir
cult. 1t is the bush league SluggerS
that make trouble for big league
pitchers when the latter haven't yet
worked the winter kinks out OF their
arms No matter how many sluggers
Mobile might have had, the Giants
would have PLAYED them, of course.
But as it was, they looked pretty soft.
So far as their hitting went. they
ran true to form. They couldn't hit
a little bit. But disgust and amaze
ment worked their way into McGraw's
soul when he observed that the Giants
were afflicted with the same plague.
The Mobile club had trotted out itS
star performer, young man named
Demaree, and he was performing IS
hefits a star. He was not much to
look at. He seemed to lack some
thing in bulk-tOo much length Tor
his beam-and there was sort or
loose hung air about him, which in
dicated that he might break into lit
tie pieces when Doyle and Murray
and the rest got busy with their clubs
Mr. Demaree was not nearly so
fragile as he looked. Inning after
inning, Giant after Giant walked up
to the plate. observed Mr.. Demaree
go through his simple and open mo-
tions, took a few pokes at places where
the ball should have been-and then
they unanimously returned to the
bench.
Along about the eighth inning, when
the Giants had piled up two hits. Nc
Graw began hitching up his trousers
and making pointed inquiries.
Didn't Have a Thing.
whats he got on that baE2" he
demanded of a baffled 300 hitter as
he returned to the bench.
why. Mac" protested the injured
one, he hasn't got a blamed thing
on it,
Then / want him." cut i'm McGraw.
grimly. What d wonder Nell be
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-12
By w. w. Naughton.

GAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 11.-What
y a funny business box fighting"
Is, to be sure.
A Milwaukee club recently an
nounced the signing of Battling Nell
son and Ad Wolgast and immedi-
ately loud outlaws resounded through
the hills and hollows of sportdom.
The idea of yanking the two old
derelicts out of the Sargasso Sea of
pugilism seemed too amusing for
anything
Wolgast is 25 years of age and
Nelson has turned 81, yet the Wild
cat" and the Dane" are jeered at as
though the memory of man scarcely
reached back to their heyday.
Where on all this wide earth is
there a line of endeavor, apart from
fisticuffs, wherein men are considered
to have outlived their usefulness at
either % or 50? Why, Osler himself
never dreamed of setting a mans
prime as close to the cradle days as
that.
D UT the fact seems that so far as
- their field of activity is concerned
Wolgast and Nelson are slippered
pantaloons. Neither one of them as
a fighter is half as effective as he
was when three years younger, anu
with their birth records staring us In
the face the lesson adduoed is that
pugilism is the most wearing work
man can engage in.
Years ago there was a sporting
contention that ring men were at their
best from 25 to 35 years of age. The
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-12
WR|TESOF
HIS START IN
BUSH LEAGUE
Breaking Into Majors Is Not as
Hard a Task, So Thinks
Cracker HurIer.
By Elliott Dent.
Mainstay of Cracker Pitching Staff

Mainstay of Cracker Pitching Staff
IF YOU have read the baseball
story, Breaking in the Big
League" you have had an OPP
portunity to judge the exact feeling
of those players undergoing that ex-
perience. But did it ever occur to
you that breaking in the bush leagues
furnished quite as many thrills aud
moments of anxiety?
In breaking in the majors a fellow
realizes that he is undertaking quite
a task and is aiming at the very TOP
of the so-calIed ladder of fame as
ball player.
They feel that even should they
fail to hit the mark and have to fan
they win land in a minor league
where the stars of the game must
come in the course Of time.
IT HE busher can not entertain that
same feeling OF satisfaction. for
once he fails to show the class re-
quired he drops and there is no foun-
da ton below to catch him.
My experience as a writer being
very limited, / will not attempt a
story which would cover the subject.
Breaking in the Bushes" but Will
give my own experience in as few
words as possible.
I T WAS the year 1909, and I wore
L the uniform representing the lit
tie city of Winston Salem \. c.
will never forget my first impression
Of the town. landed there about
noon on the day set for reporting.
The daily papers had notified the
fans that the players were coming OF
Al. l.
were at the station to meet each
train as it blew in. Every husky
looking man who stepped off the
trains was followed by this mob OF
boys until he went to a stop at some
hotel. No travelling salesman escaped
the anxious eyes of those kids-n"r
did l. They met me and asked ~
the questions necessary to find out if
I was a candidate for the team
was directed to the manager )
office, who greeted me with a hearty
handshake and congratulated me on
being the first player to arrive in
camp.
He spoke very encouragin@ly from
the very start and said even looked
like ball player. l suppose he liked
the way I carried my grip.
Each train brought in new faces
until the roster numbered about %.
but what bothered me was the great
number of pitchers.
When l left home the boys said, II
you don't make good the home nine
viii welcome YOU back" but / could
not bear to think of having TO go
home and say 81 couldn't make good
Yet, what a proposition I was ZIP
against!
Thirteen pictchers from which only
yy-ara tp ha chosen nf tbaYva
had had some experience and did not
seem to be at all worried-nor did !
let it be known that ! was.
THE training began in earnest with
L in a few days. OF course, our
limbs were very sore after the pre-
iiminary workouts and our anxiety to
make a good impression probably led
us to go about our work little too
strenuouslY.
In a short while the pink slips were
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-12

when he gets so he can put some
thing on it,"
The game went along five innings
more, and then it was called because
the well-known Southern sun had
gone off watch. The score was 90
thirteen innings. McGraw signed
Demaree that night
SO the pitcher who had nothing on
the BALI became a regular member
of the Giants squad. He did not re-
port until late that season, but he has
been there all this season and is like
ly to be for a long time to come-as
long as he clingS to that wiZardry of
fooling batters with nothing on the
ball"
Among ball players this means that
a pitchers judgment of how to pitch
to each batter is so shrewd. his con-
troll 50 good, and the little break" or
jump" on his ball so sharp" that It
gives the impression that he is just
out there aimlessly tossing baseballs
and trusting to luck Though they
don't mean ii in exactly that way,
about the biggest boost that ball play
ers can give a successful pitcher is to
say that he has nothing on the ball.
As a matter of fact, of course. Dem
aree has plenty ION the ball" Fur
thermore, and especially, he Is Won
derfully cool-headed and confident for
new man in the big leagues. This is
probably due to the fact that he was
a man and not boy when he came to
the Giants. He was % when he pitch
ed that exhibition game against them
and then he was the best pitcher in
the Southern League, which is quite a
school for ball players.
He has a very deceptive change of
pace and a fast ball with a jump to
it His curves break close up to the
batter, and his brain is working all
the time.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-12
Tripped on Carpet,
Awarded Sl,642.03
Woman Is Given Damages in Suit
Filed Against Apartment
House Owner.

NEW YORK, Oct. 11.-Alleging that
she sustained severe injuries from a
fall caused by tripping on de-
fective carpet in the hall of an apart
ment house belonging to Abraham
Goldberg at No. II West One Hun
bred and Second street, on July 10,
1912, Anna Trefny to-day recovered
damages and costs against Goldberg
amounting to $1,642.O3 in the City
Court. She asked for $4,000.
The plaintiff said she was employed
by a Mr. Hahn, who rented and oc-
cupied an apartment,in the one Hun
dred and Second street house, and
that she lived in the apartments. She
alleged that Goldberg negligently per
mitted 4 carpet covering stairway
and hall to get out OF repair. Otto
H Droege was her attorney.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-12
Wolgast and Nelson at It Again
Naughton Recalls Former Battle

muscles or NanlSne0 speed. Inc pugl-
list who is not "as good as he ever
was" is either lying in a hospital or
tucked away in Gods Acre. But with
both Nelson and Wolgast there is a
little something on which to build a
filimsy argument that, given the
chance, things might not be as they
are
NEITHER OF them was knocked out
~ in the real sense when relieved
of his title. Nelson was lurchins
across the ring at Richmond when
Referee Eddie Smith halted him and
proclaimed Ad Wolgast the new king
of the 1873 FOUNDERS. Wolgast lost his
crown on foul.
A humorous angle to the approach
ing match is the way il was brought
about. Nelson set aside Labor Day AZ
the date of his perpetual retirement.
and laid down his gloves forever and
aye amid impressive ceremonies.
What followed recalled the story Of
two Irishmen hurt in a train wreck.
On learning they both were MORALLY
injured, a mutual friend persuaded
them to grip hands across the hospital
, stretChers and forget a hateful feud
that had endured almost lifetime.
But" said one, IF we get well.
this reconciliation does not CO." So
with Nelson's retirement So long as
there was a prospect, however remote.
of a clash with Wolgast, THE cheese
champion, the retirement did not go
Unless Nelson and Wolgast have
reached the age of philosophy and
have made up their minds that there
is nothing much to boxing apart from
the Jingle of the coin, the scrap 1T
Milwaukee Monday night is likely
IN he nh
forgave Wolgast for RELOCATING him IL
the background, and Wolgast has not
forgotten the harsh things the Bat
tier said about him in the months aft
er the title changed hands.
- If the old rivalry is aroused, thu
minds of both men will bark back t.,
that other fight on Richmond Field on
February %, 1910. Nelson will gaze.
into the eyes of the man who gave
him the worst drubbing he ever re-
ceived. and will be more than anx-
ious to wipe out all unpleasant memo.
ries with one swat.
w OLGAST will think of that one
w round-the twenty third L think
il was-when Nelson showed "A flash
of his old form and knocked the
"Wildcat" under the ropes with q
smashing right on the Jaw. For a
minute or so 1t looked as II the old
story was to be repeated-that Nell
son, after being badl~ mauled, was
about to turn defeat into victory
But the old Nelson was not there.
As a chopipng block he was as en-
during as ever-as a battering ram
he had sloughed 80 per cent
So far as fighting spirit is con-
cerned. / have no doubt it viii be
Richmond over again. But I'm think =
| ing that II there Is anyone at the
ringside who witnessed that other
scrap on the drizzle- soaked platform
at Richmond he win murmur when il
IL all over: What a falling off theirs
was
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-12
Couple Lives Two
Months in an Auto
But Two Nights Are Spent in Hotels
During Long Journey
in Car.

KETTLE FALLS, WASH, Oct IL.
william Jennings, sof Oregon. made
his father, Louis Jennings, and his
sisters a short visit here. leaving for
Oregon yesterday. 1t was the first
time he had seen his relatives in nine
teen years.
Mr.. Jennings and wife left Port
land about two months ago in a tour
ing car. They travelled in California,
Nevada, Montana, Idaho. Oregon and
Washington. They carried camp
equipment. etc, and slept in a hotel
but twice in the journey. The spec
dometer registered here 1896 miles.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-12

THE training began in earnest with
in a few days. OF course, our
limbs were very sore after the pre-
urinary workouts and our anxiety to
make good impression probably led
US to go about our work a little too
strenuously.
In short while the pink slips were
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-12

TN the spring of 1912 the Giants
stopped off at Mobile on their
way North to play an exhibition
game. Exhibition games on the spring
training trip serve two purposes
they pay part of the expenses of the
training campaign and give the jaded
war correspondents something to
write about just at a time when they
are getting desperate.
In rare instances these contests
bring forth the shining light of a
minor league star so that it dazzlas
the eye of big league manager. In
such manner was Arthur Fletcher
rescued from the Texas League a few
years ago.
And this brings US down to the
story of the exhibition game in Mobile
and Albert Demaree, the greatest
pitcher that ever drew cartoons for j
newspaper.
Exhibition games-as to the re-
sult-do not make any difference, be-
cause fans in the North don't pay
much attention to them. Not SO
with managers. Few of the mighty
chiefs of fast company regard the los
ing of an exhibition game with I'M
ruffled feelings. and McGraw is par
ticularly sensitive in this direction.
He thinks it is bad for the morale If
his club TO have them gathered into
camp by a crowd of bushers, even If
1t is early in the spring and the game
doesn't figure in the percentage col
umn.
Mobile Looked Cinch.
In this case he felt no uneasiness.
The Mobile team of the Southern
League was Lotoriously weak hit
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-12

the fortieth round. The Dane has been
challenging Wolgast for years without
success, until AID agreed to meet him
In their coming set-to.
Nelson is doing practically all his
training in a local gymnasium, while
Wo!gasts training quarters are in the
Eagles' gymnasium at Milwaukee,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-12

being passed out as regularly as the
daily mails and each one of us was,
on the anxious bench at all times.
The pitching staff dwindled daily
unit! II reached the small number Of
five. one Of this number had to
go. There We're two of these who
were looked upon as certainties.
With practically no experience / felt
myself slipping. The season opened
and found me still hanging On, hang
ing, that's all. We won the first
game, lost the second, also the third.
/ had to be satisfied to watch those
games from the narrow end of the
bench. The fourth day was a very
dark and cloudy day, in fact it had
rained some and looked as though Jup
Pluvius would take the game out of
our hands. The pitcher who was
q oomed for duty was wise old
pitcher of many years experience. He
v as not q rainy-day pitcher and feel
ing that his berth on the team was
at stake as the result of that game
he asked the manager to use one of
the other men, saying his arm was
a little sore.
I HEARD MIN, and realizing that wa,
L my chance and itching to get in
game, | asked the manager to put
me in and he did.
| won the game, allowing only four
hits. | also won the next four and
cinched my job as a regular pitcher.
The memory of that cloudy day has
always been more precious to me
than any day Of the rarest sunshine,
for it enabled me to go home and say
to the boys: Il made good in the
bush league"