Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-11

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 SPORT NOTES
 Iris Speaker will do his best this rear to bat better than ever, so as to tTy and do a little towards earning that huge salary which the Red Sox s1H hand him Some lucky fellow, that Hoy Speaker.
 The worlds record one day power wagon tonnage made by this truck was que to the fact that delays at the cars, the weighing scales and the pumping station were reduced nearly to the ab- solute minimum under prevailing con- diuons.
 Horse wagon operators will be sim ply lncredulous when it is further told that this wonderful record of 234 tons Was made in transporting the coal rom freight cars standing cn a con- gested team track in one of the busiest railroad yards in Chicago.
 Jack Br;tton. who defeated Leo KeI- !ly, the crack lightweight of St. Louis in an eight round bout in that city recently, was matched to meet Joe Be- Cell the Brooklyn lightweight for ten rounds in the main go at the Broad way Sporting club of Brooklyn on Tuesday night.
 "Ne, this is the simple truth For the cc2l was hauled from the Illinois central Railroad company's team track at 10th street to the city of Chicago's water works pumping station on Indi- ana avenue And The aa 6Oo stops and starts during the day. "ith the engine running continuously.
 It is said that Frank Chance re eiiZes that he must dig up a second base1nan somewhere for his New York Americans. Boone. the Texas eague recruit doesn't hit enough and Hart zell cannot last through hard cam palsn- The manager is still maing an effort to get a man by purchase or by the waiver route
 According 10 correspondent of the Buffalo Enquirer, who is with the Buffalo F'ederals in their spring train Ing camp. Tommy Downey of Bridge bort IS doing lien work with that club in practice contests. Downey and Az Ter who formerly played first for New ark and Jersey City. are the only in- heiders who have reported so far
 - ff --NI soAA4Sh- OA L4le -NGW b1lIdlN club will not have such an easy time as he expected to get field in New Britain. He said a few days ago that he had lease on Bill Hanna's park, but Hanna denies this. He is not will ing to give Scinski a month to nonun lease so the magnate can withdraw whenever his new park is ready
 Motor truck men will gape with emazement when the fact Is recorded and proved that a five ton gasoline vehicle hauled a grand total of 234 tons of lump coal within the confines or 9 ten hour day. The previous rec ord for hauling under similar condi- tions was l6T tons. made by the same truck six days before" says the Power Wagon Magazine.
 The Brooklyn Nationals have ac- cepted the Bridgeport clubs offer for a game in Bridgeport on April 26. ana The ians of that city will have a chance 10 see Jake Daubert, Zach Wheat and ptder stars in action. Negotiations were opened some time ago, -31t Presl- cent Ebbets of the Dodgers has inst written to the local management ac- eeptins the game.
 Bobby Stowe. the New Haven plum- Der. who in summertime holds down ehortstop for the Bridgeport team. has been ordered to report to Manager 6ouileS Text month. Bobby may make up his mind to jump to the Feds, but as each day goes by his chances are simmer. Secretary Hugh Reddy of the Bridgeport team thinks Bobby will De back on his old job this year
 President O'Rourke of the Eastern association has received a letter from Pres51vnJ Starr of the New London club asking that a league meeting be called to rescind the adoption of the schedule which the magnates approv- cd at their last meeting. The league executive said he would like to ac- rommodate MT. Starr but he can't call . special meeting unless four clubs re- Quested it
 Yes. 1t sure does look as though Manager Jake Boultes might come through with a fast team for Bridge port. Jake says he will do his best. and that's all that can be expected of him. There will be a bunch of new material there soon to try out for the different positions on the team. To date Secretary Reddy has received no word from Strike Out Brown. Local fans will remember the fellow He