Norwich bulletin., 1914-02-27

Bridgeport boy and wants him to go on the card.
 Eddie Plank, the side-wheeler. has agreed to accept the terms Connie Mack of the Athletics offered him. Ed die said after the worlds series last fell that he was through with the game, but he is like a lot of them, he hases to give up.
 At the meeting of the Eastern base ball association at the Hotel Taft in discuss the schedule which $. w. Chal-
 ser of Bridgeport has prepared President James O'Rourke will preside over the meeting.
 J. Ira Davis, the former Danbury player, has filed his annual application with President O'Rourke for a job as Davis is located in Chicago. He says he worked in the Canadien league last season and got by
 President ORourlSe has not sent out notices yet for the next Eastern as- soclation meeting. He had decided to have it next Friday, but later figured the notice might be too short for some of the managers. He will probably call the session for next week.
 
 Shortstop Johnny Lavan, who was shifted from the lowly Browns to the champion Athletics last season, has been returned to the Browns As Johnny hooked up with the Athletics in time to share in the worlds series money last fall. he "ain't saying noth- ing"
 Twenty Cardinals have arrived at St Augustine. Fla They are in charge of Manager Miller Huggins. The Cards will be kept busy for several weeks and Huggins expects when the season opens they will be in shape to give battle to any of the teams in the Ma tional league.
 Rube Marquard will be interested tc learn that Nap Fucker has reported with his arm in tfptop condition. The battle of the southpaws thus will be an assured feature of the season, and the New Yorker will have an opponent worthy of his steel in edging home with the usual victories.
 There is nothing new in the Bridge port managerial situation. Ownel Freeman has decided to conduct nego- tiations with Jake Boultes himself and see If he can't get the St. Louis boy into lire for the job. In case he isn't successful Ira Iiallman and Joe Mona
 
 Ray Heating, the Bridgeport boy whc is at Hot Springs, Ark, with the High flanders, is in good shape. He is al over his soreness and when Manager Frank Chance arrives there on Satur- day he will be well pleased win the condition of Heating. Ray says he is going to try and make some record this year.
  aE 4-h~ baseball teams were the guests ol honor at a luncheon in Paris al which a number of French people prominent In athletic and political cir cles in Paris were present. Ambassa- dor Hyron T Herrick and Marcel De lanney, prefect of the Department oi the Seine, were among the guests.
 When 1t was learned that HarVej . Russell had jumped to the Fedora surprised They couldn't imagine Har- vey doing such a thing It is said tha the Beau Brunme1l of the cafehers re. ceived some nice salary for signinG with Baltimore. Well. the cid eoiI sure does look mighty geed these days So say we all
 ! Il is said that Beb Fitzsimmens aat 1 Philadelphia Jack O'BrieH, who hay, been enemies for years. buried thu hatehet at recent dinner iE Phfla. deiphia given by Drexel Riddle. l was a surprise meeting, and the cid 1 time fighters sileok hands after Fit; 1 had given O'Brien a few hard looks | The latter broke the ice when he said as the party sat down te eat, Bob, yel say grace
 Capt. B. k. Rheads will call out al candidates for the Princeton baseball 1 team Tuesday. Practice will be heis daily in the cage until warm weaths, sets in For several weeks eeaeh cIari | has been working with the battefl | candidates. Very light work has Ire vailed each day, winding up with 1 this is the weakest spot in the team Wood and Copeland of last yearss-Far'