Norwich bulletin., 1913-08-23

w l1O 1OI4144So -OAONI1Oh> A crowd that left only standing room available at the roque club grounds on Friday evening watched the finish of play in the games for the two Van Wickle medals and gave resounding applause to National Champion Eddie Clark of Springfield in the first di- ] vision and to G. l.. Hewitt of Mans field, Mass. in the second division whom they won the deciding games 1 that gave them tffe medals.
 Hewitt Defeated Ever. Hewitt's title was first decided, as he needed but one game to give him the necessary four. and he got that with little difficulty when he defeated B. c, Ewer of Portland. Ore. The man from the west had little show te win, although he had the balls in his pos session, but the short glimpse that he got Of them pFefited hin little, He made total of three arches in the game two with one ball and one with the other, Tine score on the medal play for the series stood Hewitt 4. EWeF 9.
 Clark vs. Co.,, Was Close.
 The first division game was more bitterly fought and although defeated Cox had his apponent and the sbecta- tors guessing all the way on the ulti= mate result By winning this game Cox had a chance to pfolehg the fght, but if he lost, the possession of the cup for which he had challenged Clark was settled. as Clark already had three games to his credit to the one teF Cox
 CaroEa Won for Clark. This put ii up to Cox to play his best and make sure of the game, and it looked for while as if he were going to arise to the emergency, He established a lead by getting one ball
 ( ing home when Clark had both balls for the cage going home, But the crucial point arrived when Clark cap tured the balls by a splendidly catcu- lated bank shot when the balls were grouped around the cage, Shortly af- ter Cox had a chance to make exact ly the same kind of a shot, but this time his ball rolled tantalizingly right through the other three clustered around the center of the court, with out clicking against any of them One more chance Cox had to regain con- trol Of the game on long open shot, but he had to gTaze past an arch and kept off a trife too far to make hit Clark ran out the game with Cox still wanting the last quarter of the field to go The final score for the medal stood Clark 4, Cox l.
 Mayor Murphy Speaks.
 Just as the applause over the con-
  dent L. C. Williamson from his post of observation on the clubhouse porch descried Mayor T. c. Murphy among the spectators and called him lip for few remarks
 The mayor was taken by surprise, but obrgingly responded and told the roquists and the assembled crowd that the city felt honored to have had such a body of gentlemen and able players of the game in it's midst and was more than pleased that the association had decided to make Norwich the perna- nent home of the national roque tour- naments. For the men who had been here this year and for as many more as they can induce to come another season the mayor told the rogue play CTS that there would always be well come and the city would feel proud to be known as the annual rendezvous of the patrons of the game of roque.
 Response by President Williamson.
 That the mayors remarks were high ly acceptable was indicated by the ap- plause that was given him. and Presi- dent Williamson pleasingly responded by stating that to the mayor was due in large measure the circumstances that induced the association to look so favorably upon Norwich and he felt that he could say they would always be glad to come here as long as they could be assured of the enthusiastic interest and support that the citizens accorded the tournament gathering. lie was also applauded as he concluded his brief response to the mayor
 Band Concert Outside Grounds.
 Through the cooperative spirit of the municipal authorities the band con- cert by Tubbs band for Friday evening was given on stand erected just out side the rogue club grounds and re- suited in drawing a large crowd to the Yafcf1fNnFTnad af UvhnF7 T1aSSa6 into the grounds to see the games while large number congregated in Rockwell street and about the walk into Mohegan park to listen to the fine- ly rendered programme, which was frequently applauded. After the reg ular programme had been finished. the band carae inside the grounds about 9.30 o'clock and gave two or three more selections for good measure. When they played Ahid Lang Byne just be- fore packing Up. the crowd appreciated the sentiment and applaHded
 After the Van Wickia games several interesting exhibition games were played on the courts for the entertain ment of the spectators.
 Tournament Progresses.
 In the tournament play on Friday, the games progressed so that the play CTS were beginning to forecast possible winners or ties for the first places Addy hA5hl III l1c 11ESE u1NlS1On Champion Eddie Clark and k. w. Rob inson are running neck and neck, neither having lost a game in the nine they have to their credit Maurer withdrew from the tournament on Fri day, defaulting those games he had not played. This gave Robinson one to add to his score without playing 1t. He still has to meet Cox, Webb and Ed die Clark. while the latter in addi- tion to playing Robinson has to meet Wiliians and his brother, Harold Clark. Spelman has also withdrawn from the tournament
 The following were the first division games played Friday:
 First Division Games.
 E. Clark beat Stockwell. Williams 1