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Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-22
PtPP HITS HIS WAY
 INTO VETS CLASS. Yankee First Baseman Up Among the Leading Hitters of the Season.

Walter c. Pipp.s first basemnn of the New York Yankees, certainly can look back or the 23d year of his ex-
 majoc league baseball with more than
 paraonable pride, Tor it certainly was
 his year. The one time Tiger Che
 played a few Sames Under Jennings
 in 19f3) tied with Bobby Veaen for
 sacrlyce fly honors ln the American
 league t,lis year. set ste paca in strik-
 ing blows for the grand tour, and
 horned into the Ty eiCoSb- Sam Craw-
 ford Frank Baker class by leading the
 hitsnliths of the junior organization in
 the important department of batting
 in runs. The number of tallies he put
 the finishing touches to was o9. Der
 Till Pratt of the Browns the runner
 up, drove in 92.
 This is the tenth year the runs bat
 ted in records have been collected, data of the previous seasons showing Coob to have been the leader in 1907,
 1908, 1903 and 1911. Crawford t3 have worn the humping toga in 1910, s191 i
 and 1915, and Baker to have .outraniked
 all ;n 1912 and 1913. The best record for the American league was Cobb's IA ill 1911.
 The year 1916 in the American
 league saw seven men drive in 75 or more runs, as against nine the pre- eedinS year. The slugginG seven of
 the last campaign were Pipp o4 New York, Pratt of St. Louis, VeacI1 and Hellman of Detroit, Speaker and Roth of Cleveland and Jackson of Chicago four of them left handed hittcrs three fright handed. The nifty nine of 1915 were Crawford, Vc:tch and Cobb of the Tigers, the two Collinses Fournier
 and Jackson Of the White Sox, Prst tt of tic Browns and Lewis Of the Red SoX
 Bobby Veach, ranking third, wde Detroit's best man at supplying motive power for the manufacture of tallies;
 Iris Speaker, ranking fourth, Cicve- lands. Joe Jackson, ranking sixth Chicago'S; Elmer SmitE. ranking filth Washington's; Duffy Lewis ranking 18th, Boston's, and Jack Mcmnis, rank ing 17th, Philadelphia's Some balm of Gilead stuff for Stuffy of Gloucester after all. Repeaters among the .tca1 l leaders were Lewis, Pratt ana Pipp WaEie'sf 1915 total of runs driven ir having been 5S. I ting team of 1916 contained five east | erners and four westeflers Ruth oi
 the Red Sox was the pitcher of this suppositious combination and either Schang of the Athletics of Henry o1 the Nationals the catcher. The guar dians of the inner co1don were Pipr of the Yankees, Pratt of the Browns Gardner of the Red SoX and Peck o1 the Tanks, while the occupants of the outfield were Veach of the Tigers anC Speaker and Roth of the Indians The holdoyers were Veach, Pratt and Gard. ner
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-22
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
MARKET CONTINUES TO DECLINE
Action Ascribed to Developments il
 the Peace Situation.

New York, Dec. 21.-On transactions aggregating 3,176,000 shares, a record almost without precedent stocks to-
 day experienced another serious re-
 versal of quoted values, the most thor ough, in fact, since the inception of
 the decline in the early part of last week. TheSmar6et's action was again
 ascribed to- the developments in the
 peace situation.
 The opening, at which prices were
 depressed to points, was but d pre- Jude to the increasing weakness Of the
 later hours. The spectacular feature at the outset was an offering of 5O,O09 shares of United States Steel at 104
 1-2 to 105 1-2, a maximum decline of
 1-2 points. This was not only the
 largest individual operation of the day, but so far as is known, without par
 allel in the history of the exchange. Steel later fell to 100 IS. and closed at 101, a net loss of ' points. Other
 industrials, including those of the so- called peace class, registered extreme losses of 3 to points, while those popularly regarded as war brides" 1 receded 10 to B points, Bethlehem 10 for the preferred, while Nova Sio-
 tia Steel lost 20 points, with S3 for Gulf States Steel common and 25 for
 the second preferred.
 In the group of prominent equip
 ments, American Locomotive lost over lS, 12 and New York Air Brake 15 3-4. Among the less distinctive munitions
 and related issues. Lackawanna Steel fell nine points and Crucible Steel 10 1-2.
 Issues of more remote war class, such as Central Leather, American Hide and Leather, Industrial Alcohol International Nickel and the metals as a whole, forfeited 5 to 14 points,
 with to 10 for Sugars and , to 13 for motors. %' ss
 Shippings registered gross declines of 3 to 14 points. Mercantile Marines being least affected, with constant
 pressure against Atlantic, Gulf and West Indies and United Fruit. The proposed standardization of tbe Brit | ish merchant marine excited further apprehension.
 The greatest surprise was furnished 1 by the rails, that division having held more than steady in the face of in- 1 cessant attrition elsewhere. Divided | shares such as Union Pacific. Read | ing, Norfolk and Western, Canadian l Pacific and St. Paul showed gross 1 losses of 3 3-4 to 8 points. Weakness | in this group was most pronounced ! after declaration of the extra 2 pel
 cent. dividend on Union Pacific. r Bonds were highly irregular, domes- | tic issues weakening on the setback
 in rails, while internationals were | strong with one point advances ir
 Paris 6's and United Kingdom 1-2s
 Total sales Cpar value) amounted tc
 $5, $50. 900.
 | sU. s. bonds were unchanged on call
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-22
REFEREE STOPS BOUT IN BRIDCEPORT'
Young McAulfe Hammers CouIon Hard That Bout is Stopped Battling King Knocks Out Bud Palmer il, Ninth Round-Frankie Conifrey Outponts Al Ketchel.

HAS miles and 4 laps, while two team Jagged a lap behind. The record for that hour was 1886 miles and 2 laos. made in 1914 by Lawson and Dr,- bach.
 Four of the riders in the twenty fourth annual six day bicycle race fell from their wheels from sheer exhaus- tion, after a series of exciting sprints lasting several hours tonight Gren- da, whose team had been leading on points, broke his co1larbone and re- tired from the contest. The others, Madden, McNamara and Thomas would be able to re-appear, it was said.
 Twelve teams completed the seth hour at midnight. The leaders had covered 1,7S3 miles and eight laps, with two teams two laps behind. The record for that hour was 1904 miles and nine laps made by Cameron and Kaiser in 1914.
 Ten teams were tied at 1902 miles and one lap at one o'clock. The oth- CT two had gone 1,S01 miles atd g laps. 'The record for the ninety seventh hour is 1924 miles and four laps, made by Goullett and Brenda in 1914
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-22
CRIMSON LOSES STAR,
 MAY LOSE ANOTHER.
Bo!es, Star Football Man, Leaves Col lese-Harte Has Blood Poisoning.

Billy Boles, the star Harvard ath- lete, yesterday severed his connection with the university for the se';ond time in his career. He resigned as d go into business.
 Boes' departure from Harvard shat. ters in some degree the hopes that the Crimson had built up for it's 1917 foot ball team, for Boles was expected to be eligible for the eleven next fall and to be in the backfeld that Percy Haughton will construct for his come back against Yale.
 Boles played at halfback on Ed@4e Mahan's team. which defeated Yale Il to 0. A month after the close of the season he was dismissed from liar yard, along with Tom Enwright and Joe Gilman, for academic deficiencies.
 He and Enwright both re-enrer q Harvard this fall on condition that they would devote their attention ex- clusively to studies for this year.
 Boles would have been once mo,G eligible to play football next fall, and in the spring of 1918 he would have the varsity baseball pitching staff Dick Harte, the Harvard athlete may be eliminated from baseball play ing on the Harvard varsity squad neX, spring as result of the case of bl ,od poisoning from which he is now suf- fering. Harte was removed to the Stillman infirmary at Harvard sev ,ra days ago with his right arm infected Physicians at the college hosp:.a said that the case was not seriCL'; and unless unfavorabIe developments occur he will make a rapid recovery A turn for the worse in the poisonin will cost Harvard it's leading athlere Harte this fall finished his t,lirr year of varsity football playing und ,l Percy Haughton. He was last wceI given the greatest honor within t!lc bestowal of the senior class when ht was elected first marshal of 1917. iic | is counted on to give Earvard's 13fI | baseball team considerable stren5tf | behind the plate.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-22
SPEEDY" RUSH APPOINTED
 PRINCETON HEAD COACH,
Never Played Football When in Col :. Iege, But Was Sprinter of Some Note,

George R. Murray, treasurer of the Princeton University Athletic associ:L . tion, has announced that John liar Ian (Speedy) Rush has been appornt ed heah coach of Princeton football for the coming year. The announce ment was generally expected, desui+e the fact that the season had a ratter disastrous ending this fall. There w IS very little criticism directed against Rush.
 The little criticism that. there was ir Princeton circles was directed at tll , players and not at the coaching sys- tenn, which is one of the best that Princeton has had in years. The elet.- ton of Rush meets with the approval of all Princeton graduates and under graduates.
 It will mark Rush's third year at Princeton. He is Princeton graduate but neve rplayed football as an un- dergraduate. He was sprfnter of ability, hence the name Speedy, anG
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-22
PETITION FOR TRANSMITTING.
 FRANCIS oUIMET VOTED UPON
Forty-one Clubs Represented at spe- s ciaI Meeting of the Massachusetts
 Golf Association. s'a

Boston, Dec 21-The Massachusetts Golf Association voted, at a special tion of the Woodland Golf Club re- questing the United States Golf Asso- seiation to reinstate Francis -Ouimet, John H. Sullivan. Jr., and Paul Tewks- bury. These three were disqualified as amateurs by the National Associa- ton because of their business affilia- tions Ouimet is a former national open and national amateur champion
 Forty-one clubs were represented at the meeting and the motion to indorse was carried by a vote of 58 to 15 The petition asking for the reinstatement of the three players will be presented at the annual smeetin@ If the National Association next month.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-22
JESS WILLARDHREAD
 TO CONSIDER FIRST OFFER
Rickard Has Had No Definite Offer
 Yet, But Will Accept First Reason able One.

Jess Willard is really anxious to have his annual battle before the circus starts again next spring. He is fully aware that a champion who does not battle once in a while is not near ly as interesting a member of a cir GUS as an elephSelt of a hippotamus.
 Tom Jones, who does the talking lots of it-for the Willard -CurIey- Jones syndicate, announced at Chica- go the other day that Jess was willing to consider the first reasonable offer Of course, the syndicate's notion o1 what constitutes a reasonable offer may not coincide with any promoters Ideas on the same subject.
 No Definite Offer.
 "Tex Rickard has made no definite offer as yet" said Jones. When he does we will accept it. When say z reasonable sum, I mean enough tC
 make it worth while for Jess to gC into training A lot of people thinl that we are greedy, but I think they
 will be surprised when they find ouf
 how reasonable we really are" Jones announced that Willard hat already started to do some light worl towards getting into condition for { | boxing match. He has a more prOmi nent "bay window than the one h. | wore before he started to work for tn,
 Moran bout, and consequently tn problem Of conditioning h1mSeI VII | be harder one this time.
 l In the state of Wisconsin the boxinl commissioners are very strict in re
 gard to the rule which prevents q sec | ond from coaching the corners ourinl | the progress of bout. This is refined torture to the New York fight man
 agers. If you do not believe it, asl
 James J. Johnston, the Boy Bandit o | Madison Square Garden. | James loves to converse during bout The other night his pet light weilIht, the wonderfully willing Well | ing" was engaged in a ten-round g with Richie Mitchell. ~the Westerl | champion, at Racine Wis.
 1 A Right on Chin.
 | In the Very first round Mitchell hap pened to catch Yelling with a righ flush on the chin and Yelling dropped | Johnston arose to give Yelling
 mouthful of advice. but just as he wa | about to pour out the eloquence husky Racine policeman jabbed him i the ribs with a hardwood club. takin
 all of James's breath away.
 If you say just one word" the DC liceman shouted, "out you go. Jus
 say one word. I dare you to just eve murmur something"
 James gulped and turned purple i
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-22

Bridgeport, Conn, Dec. 21.-Yourg McAuliffe of Bridgeport so far out classed Danny Coulon, also of Bridge port, that the referee stopped the bout in the third round to save Coulon from further punishment The bout was scheduled to go twelve rounds. Mc- Auliffe weighed 126 pounds and Coulon 120.
 Battling Kunz of Norwalk knocked out Bud Palmer of Bridgeport in the ninth round of their twelve round bout. Palmer was almost out in the fifth, but came back and had the be- ter of the seventh and eighth. They are lightweights.
 Frankie Conifrey of New York out pointed Al Ketchel of Bridgeport all the way in their ten round bout.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-22
confined his athletic achievements t

confined his athletic achievements to the track.
 Rush went to Princeton in 1915 frpn the University school of Cleveland, where he wa san athletic coach and an instructor in mathematics. He met with remarkable success as a coach af football among Rre eparatory schools of the middle west, his fame travelIng throughout the country.
 Rush will have Marion Wilson ai his captain next year, but besides. Nii- son and a few others, namely, f'llnk, Halsey and Winn, he will have little experienced material to select h;s eleven from. :
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-22
They say that cilence

the face. They say that offence is painful sometimes. There never was a silence quite so painful as that ob- served by the boy bandit for the rest of that bout. You see, if the manager should happen to break the rule of silence, the boxing commission not only had the power or arresting him for peace disturbance, but could con- fiscate the money coming to his fight CT.
 The local boxing commission has the same rule, but it is never enforced and perhaps the mommissi ion realized that the enforcement of silence upon the New York managers would be re- garded in the light of cruel unusual punishment.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-22

members of the eleven. The men par- ticipated in the Pine Village Clanb football game at Lafayette on De-. .. The board disqualified them from fI- ture participation in intercollegiate athletics at the university.
 Erehart has been tn emainstay Cf Indiana's football team for the last three years. He is also baseball and track athlete of ability.
 Hess was varsity quarterback anG his bunting and forward passing WIS feature of every game this yea4r This was his first year on the varsity
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-22
LEWIS AND GRIFFITH FOUGHT
 TO A DRAW AT CLEVELAND
It Was Lewis Fight Up to the Eighth Round When Griffith Came Back Stronq.

Cleveland, Ohio, Dec. 21,-In ten ra- pid fire rounds tonight Ted Lewis of England, and Johnny Griffith of Ak ron, welterweights, fought to a draw despite the fact that Lewis in the sixth round f1oored the Akronite and had him weak and groggy in the sew enth. Griffith was the aggressor in the early rounds and gained a lead on points up to the sixth. After the sixth and seventh. which were Lewis by a wide margin, Griffith showed great re- cuperative powers. and battles the Eng Hshman to a standstill, the points he gained in the final three rounds earn ing him a draw.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-22
GEORGE MOORE RETAINS
 TITLE AS WORLDS CHAMP. Defeats Alfredo de Gro by 9 Points =
 Seventy Innings Played

New York, Dec. 21.-George Moore of this city clinched his title as worlds three cushion carom billiard champion tonight by defeating Alfredo de Gro of Cuba by total score of 150 to 12S in three block match. In the final. block Moore scored his last 50 polnts, while de Gro was making B. Seventy innings were played. Moore's high run was 5 and de Oros 4.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-22
Radoud outfouaht Martx cr ,ss.

New York, Dec -21-A1bert Padoud, European welterweight champion, out = fought Marty Cross of this city ir six rounds of a ten round bout. Badoud scored all his points by body olows, ihficting severe punishment. In the fifth round Badouds left eye was SC . verely cut and afte rthat he fought more viciously than before.
 In a recent match Cross score,I a technical knockout whe nthe referee stopped the fighting to save Badoud from further punishment.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-22
TWO VARSITY MEN
 REFUSED FOOTBALL LETTERS.
University of Indiana Puts Ban or
 Professional Football.

Tn Ieathletic board of the University of Indiana took a hard rap at profes- sional football yesterday when it re- fused to grant football letters to Ar chic D. Erehart of Huntington and Walter B. Hess of Hammond, Ind,
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-22

Harvard and Haughton football coaches seem to be making good all over the country in the pigskint gabe, but none of them has anything on the Glen Warner school of football coach eS
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-22
RIDERS COVER 1,74s MILES
 IN s4 HOURS OF BIKE RACE
Leaders 11S Miles Behind Record for the Time-Reeord Made in 1914.

New York, Dec 21-Riders in .i,e 24th annual six day bicycle raca here were still far behind the record at the end of the 94th hour at 10 o'clo ck tonight. The leaders had covered
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-22
Ben Hurs to Play at TaftviIIs.

The Ben Hur basketball fearl7 champions of Hartford, will play their annual games with Taftville at D. m. on Christmas afternoon and in the evening at Jewett City, The Ben Hurs will make the trip by automobile. T.la Ben Hurs should give a good acco mt of themselves after playing such era cIe teams in Massachusetts as the Spring field Braves, North Adams town team, also Pittsfield team.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-22

the servics of any government Opin- ions differ on the question of boat builders to sell such vessels to a gov ernment at war. Some authorities hold that it is a violation of neutrality.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-22

Harvard, Pennsylvania and Dart mouth already have started the ball rolling for their coming triangular meet in Mechanics building. and there seems to be no real reason why the coming games should not prove of great interest.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-22

Everybody is building stadiums these days. First it was Harvard, with it's wonderful horse shoe effect Then Sy- racuse and Princeton fell right in line, only to have Yale go one better with the well known Yale Bowl, and now Pennsylvania and Brown are talking about joining the select coterie, and when iG all comes to a show down it can be attributed to no other fact than the wonderful interest that has been taken in the pigskin game
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-22

Let's have another." was the pass word at the Eastern lea gue meeting last night.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-22
MON EY,

New York, Dec. 21.-Can money strong; high 5; low 4; ruling rate 4; last loan 5; closing bid 4 1-2; offered at 5.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-22
COTTON.

New York, Dec. 21.-Cotton futures. closed unsettled. January 1902; March 1923; May 1855; July 1855; October 1503.
 Spot quiet; middling 1870.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-22

speedy boats have been built at Sag Harbor, N. r., for foreign govern
 ment. They attain speed of about thirty knots, which is greater than that Of any submarine known to be in
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-22

Sixday bike racing is so exciting it causes the fans to lose their sleep.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-22

Princeton will retain Speedy Rush for another football season. at least, and while it must be admitted that Speedy was beaten in the big game last season by bonehead~ plays it is a pretty safe bet that he will have to overcome such killings next season if he is going tSDremain in charge of Princeton football in the future.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-22
SPORT NOTES,

Jess Willard is champion pt advocate.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-22

Bill Sweeney. the old National coach, seems to think that there will be more real sIitting and base run ming if the new rule suggested by Haughton relative to decreasing the number of balls from four to three is passed by the big league moguls.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-22

The photographs show a small, speedy vessel known as a Submarine chaser" going at top speed on Long Island sound. It is asserted sson good authority that at least 100 of these
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-22
ATTORNEYS -AT-LAW

Brown & Perkins, llirTngs-at-laS over Uncas Nat. Bank. Shetucket St. Entrance stairway near to Thames National Ban.s Telephone 2S-3.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-22
STOCKS

The following is summary of transactions or the New York Stock Exchange to 2.15 P. NJ:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-28

said Catherine Zeigler, deceased S.
NJ. Zeigler, the unknown heirs or de-
visees of said S. NJ. Zeigler, deceased;
C. Zeigler. wife OF S. M Zeigler, the
unknown heirs or devisees of said C.
Zeigler, George D.. Gould; the I'M
known heirs or devisees Of George D.
Gould, deceased Gould, wife
of George d. Gould; the unknown
heirs or devisees of -- Gould, de-
ceased. wife of George D. Gould, de-
ceased; George D. Could, Jr., John
Gould and Ruth Gould, children of
George D. Gould, deceased; the I'M
known heirs or devisees e. the said
George D. Gould, Jr., John Gould and
Ruth Gould, deceased; the unknown
owner or owners of the premises de-
scribed as the northeast quarter of
the northwest quarter of section eight
(S), in township seventeen I'D north,
range one CD west of the fourth (4th)
principal meridian, situated in the
city of Moline, county of Rock Island
and state of Illinois, and the affidavit
OF unknown owner or owners and
parties defendant, interested in this
suit as unknown owner or owners
and as the unknown heirs and devisees
of John Harold, deceased: as the
unknown heirs and devisees of Jane
Harold, deceased, wife of John Har-
rold, as the unknown heirs and de-
visees of David Harold, son of John
Harold and Of -- Harold, de-
ceased, wife of David Harold; I'M
known heirs and devlsees of John
Harold, Jr., son of John Harold, and
- Harold, wife of John Harold,
Jr., deceased, unknown heirs and de-
visees of Joshua NJ Harold, son of
John Harold and -- Harold, de-
ceased, wife Of Joshua NJ. Harold,
unknown heirs and devisees of Re-
becca Wakefield, daughter of John
Harold and Wakefield, de-
ceased, husband Of Rebecca Wake
field; unknown heirs and devisees of
Elizabeth Bell, daughter of John
Harold, deceased, and William Bell,
deceased, husband of Elizabeth Bell !,
unknown heirs and devisees of Hen
~ Harold, son OF John Harold, and
! -- Harold, deceased, wife of
Henry Harold; unknown heirs and
devisees of John Harold, son of Hen
~ Harold, and -- Harold, de-
ceased. wife of the said John Harold !;
unknown heirs and devisees of Re
becca Harold. deceased, daughter OF
Henry Harold; unknown heirs and
devisees of William Harold, son OF
John Harold, deceased, and
harold, deceased, wife of William
Harold; unknown heirs and deyisees
Of Samuel NJ Zeigler, deceased, and
Catharine Zeigler, deceased. wife of
Samuel NJ. Zeigler; the unknown heirs
and desisees of S. NJ Zeigler, deceased,
and c. Zeigler, deceased. wife OF S. NJ.
Zeigler; the unknown heirs and de-
visees of George D. Gould. deceased,
ard --- Gould. wife of George d.
Gould; the unknown heirs and devisees
of George d, Gould, Jr.. John Gould
and Ruth Gould, children OF George d.
Gould. deceased; and as the unknown
owners or owner of the northe sst
quarter of the northwest quarter Of
section eight (S), township seventeen
'lD north, range one % west Of the
fourth principal meridian 18th p. NJ,
OF Rock Island AMI state of Illinois;