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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-07-21

After man gets married he ia no
longer self-possessed.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-07-21

A movement has been started by
Crowley citizens to provide a fund for
the support Of families that may be
left in need by the call to arms Of
the soldiers. Signers obligate them
selves to donate a small sum each
week or month, the fund to be placed
In the hands Of a committee for dis.
tribution.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-07-21

Another great field adds to the min
eral wealth Of Louisiana with the dis
covery at Anse la Butte field, near
Breaux Bridge, of an excellent natur-
al lubricating oil, in sufficient guam
tity to meet a large demand
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-07-21

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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-07-21

The boil weevil has arrived at Gray
son and getting in his deadly work
In the cotton crop. Only one car of
irish potatoes was shipped from here
this season. 1t was bought by ]. C..
Pierce and went to Kansas City.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-07-21

Among the building permits issued
during the past week was one to the
Lake Charles school board for q high
school building to cost in excess Of
S100 0O0
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-07-21

Prospects for an excellent rice
crop in Southwestern Louisiana are
believed at Estherwood to be the best
in twenty-five years. The early Hon
duras rices in Eastern Acadia parish
are beginning to show heads in the
boot" with some heads out almost in
full view, Cotton is also promising.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-07-21
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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-07-21

Water hyacinths will be used in
making commercial paper, it is said
at Estherwood, and the idea will be
tested with a view of erecting large
paper mill on the Medlenka river near
here.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-07-21

Work on the $4,000 West Carroll
court house building at Oak Grove is
progressing rapidly. Caldwell Bros.
The contractors, expect to complete
The building in time for the septem,
Der term of court.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-07-21

SAas Thomas, aged 2S, & farmer,
was struck by lightning and instantly
killed while at work in his field two
miles south Of HaclSley. A small ne.
gro boy named Brumfeld, who was
With Thomas, was seriously shocked.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-07-21

The Ziegler Dredge Company is ope,
rating its dredge boat west of the
Morris canal in Estherwood. going
thence to the Roy farm.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-07-21

DR.. A. L. Sneed, a Shreveport oil
and gas operator, was fined $40 and
sent to the parish Jail for Ave days
bytJudge John R. Land as the result
Of an alteration between him and j.
N. Foster, lawyer, to whom DR..
sneed is alleged to have applied the
short and ugly word with embellish-
ments.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-07-21

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Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-26
Open Football Finding More Favor
Statistics Show That the Use of the Pass Being Developed by Big Teams, Says Sol Metzger Coach Washington and Jefferson Football Team

number of plays in a fabe = 14s. It gives a total near 300 yards, which is just about the advantage a team which outweighs another Is pounds or more actually has in game. all else, speed, knowledge, etc. being equal This 300 yads is three times the length of the field. and as the average kickoff goes to the 20-yard line, it comes mighty near being four touch downs. Of course, if we reduce this 38 plays, the average number of punts and forward passes used in a big game, we can take about 80 yards off the total advantage; but this is scarce ly justifcable for the reason that weight counts in tackling in open play as much as at any other time
 Open football proved decidedly more popular the past fall. The average number of forward passes in the five games mentioned was IT to 21 punts. Harcard used the pass as much as Penn or Cornell and Yale paved the way for victory in several cases by use of this attack. Harvard and Yale, in their game, did more bunting than other teams, more than 1-5 of their plays being punts, whereas in the Harvard Brown game but Il punts were used, Brown, owing to it sstrong attack, bunting but four times. Sta tack or a light team depends mostly on the punt and forward pass and that the punt is the favorite play of big teams in the all important game.
 (Copyrighted 1916. by Sol Metzger.)
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-26
JEWETT CITY PUTS OVER
 VICTORY ON CAPITAL CITY FIVE
Ben Hur Team Goes Down to Defeat
 by the Score of 4S to 3S.
Especial to The BuIletin.)

Jewett City, Dec. 25.-The basket ball fans of the town who attended the game at the Bijou witnessed the fastest game yet played on the local floor when the Jewett City five, came out with the long end of 4S to 38 score. the Ben Hurs being their op- ponents. All praise is due to the Hartford side, who put up a fast, clean game and proved to be good losers. Blake and W. Benjamin, who are home for the holidays. were the headliners in the shooting department while Martin and Daly and c. Benja- min were there with fine exhibition of passing. The Ben Hurs led by five baskets at the end of the first half but the locals came back in the final period and caught up and passed the visitors ir the vrst few minutes of play. Cronin and Gustafson star red for the Ben Hunrs. The lineups:
 Jewett CiH-Left forward. C. Ben jamin: right forward, Blake: center Martin; right guard, Daily: lefa guard, W. Benjamin.
 Ben Hurs-Cronin left forward Ot- telt right forward. Johnson centei, Larsen right guard, Gustafsen left guard.
 Baskets, for Jewett City W. Ben pamin G.. Blake 2, Marin 3. Daily 4, C. Benjamin 3; Ben Hurs Cronin 10, Ot- telt 4. Larsen 1, Gustafsen 3; fouls for Jewett City. W. Benjamin and Martin 1; Ben Hurs. Gustafson 2. Referee, Gingrass, Timer and scorer, Griffin
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-26
BASEBALL PLAYERS FEEL
 THE TOUCH OF TIME
Many of the "Grand Old Men" Will Be Seen No More on the Dianon.

While there was nothing remarkable about the 1916 baseball season in it. self, nevertheless in years to come it likely will be the most talked of season of any since baseball became the na- tional pastime. Probably ten years from now a promintly baseball man may say, "Yes. it was 1916 that the great Mathewson pitched his last game. The kids of today think they know something about pitching, but the beloved Matty had it on them all.
 Yes, it was in a game witt, his greatest rival, Mordecaf Brown. that Mathewson made his last appearance on the mound. The great miner also shed his uniform after the same game. What pair they were. Christy Math- ewson and Miner Brown
 Another ofd-timer, may interrupt: ''Yes,, and it was in 1916 that old Nap Lajoie played his last big league game What wonder Larry wasi How he could Diff them! They called him the King Larry, and he was monarch of them all. And old Rhody Wallace quit in the same year. 1916. They talk about boys who can whip the ball around-why, after Rhody the Scot was in the game for p seasons, he still could throw with the best of them" !"
 '1t also was in 1916 that old Nap Fucker turned in his uniform" third fan with Brooklyn leanings may com ment. Left handlers may come and go, but as for Fucker was the greatest. What tragedy his career was! He wore out his arm pitching for years for second division club. when his club did twin. win 2 pennant the old fel- How many fans havc observed the
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-26

loss the game has suffered in one sea- sor? With the exception of IIonus Wagner and Sam Crawford, at one swoop Father Time collected all the grand veterans of the game-Christy Matthewson, Miner Brown. Napoleon Lajoie, Rhody Wallace and Nap Fucker.
 To this list it may be necessary to add two pitching wizards who assist ed Connie Mack in winning six league pennants and three worlds series Eddie Park and Chief Bender Plank, pitcher, but he has announced that if the St. Douis Browns do not trade him to an Eastern club he will retire St. Louis has offered him to the Yam kees for Fritz Maisel but the propo- sftion was declined. Toronto's refusal to release a rookie infielder to the Phil lies has blocked a deal by which Ben der was to go to the Canadian city city as manager.
 Will any one figure how many games a manager would have lost ten years ago had he a pitching staff consist ing of Matthewson, Brown, Bender and Plank, also Nap Fucker. and a second base combination with Wallace at short and Lajoie at second' Fucker really is a baby among those veteran players, for just ten years ago he was drafted by Brooklyn and dreaming of big league career.
 Of the players mentioned, Wallace was first to start in the big league. He began as pitcher with the Cleveland Nationals in 1895. Lajoine landed the following year, 1896, with the Phillies, and four years later, 1900, Hattie join ed the Giants. Plank came next, bob bling up with the Athletics in 1911 and Bender and Brown both came into the
 big league in 1903, the chief with the Athletics and Brown with the St. Louis Cardinals. Fucker started his career in Brooklyn in 1907.
 The passing of these men leaves only
 Wagner and Crawford of the real old
 boys still in the game and Father Time has clutch on both. The veter- an Wagner will vacate the position in which he won most fame, shortstop, next season, and will rouaa out his ca
 reer at first base. Sam Crawford was relieved of active duty in Detroit last season and put into the pinch nit re- serve. Wagner started with the Louisville Nationals in 1895 and Craw- ford's first big game assignment was with the Cincinnati Reds in 1890. Governor Tener of the National league recently remarked: 'I cannot how the playing end of the game is going back. The players are smarter and discover rev tricks all the time | But where, governor. are the pitchers | who will take the places of Matty l Brown, Plank, Bender and Fucker. and what young players are being groomed | to fill the posts held by stars of the
 caIfbre of Lajoie. Wallace, Wagner and | Ora wford
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-26
BRITISH PREMIER MUST LET
 BUSINESS TAKE PLACE OF GOLF
David Lloyd George Great Enthusiast Over Golf Duties Prevent His Playing.

There is one golf enthusiast in the world today, one of the games keenest players, who has to smash an old maxim. Briefly he has been forced to 'et business interfere with golf
 We refer to David Lloyd George.
 Lloyd George, when time and destiny permitted, rarely missed chance to get iri IS holes. And, the one fclger above all others with whom he enjoyed round was the late James Braid. Not tliat the English statesman had a game that could in any way interest the game of Scotland's greatest golfer But for all that Braid enjoyed his round with the premier as much as the prem fer enjoyed playing with Braid. For they entered the match or the round as great men in their different fields. The premier had the highest respect and admiration for the big golfer, for the rugged qualities in Lloyd Georges nature-those qualities which consider nc odds as insurmountable-fcIn a parallel in Braid's play.
 Of all the golfers, Braid was the one who reveIled most in pulling off 2 SUD- posed1y impossible shot. He liked the icng carries that called for both power and direction. And no one enjoyed these almost impossible recoveries more than his companion through many friendly rounds over Walton Heath
 For the time being. at least, lloyd Georges clubs have gone to their lock- CT for rest His case has proven that there are just a few situations where business must be allowed to take place over the old game. But there are two golf maxims. he has carried into his statesmanship. One is Keep your eye on the ball" The other, "Never up-never in.' Those who have seen him play say that while by no means a good golfer. he always gave the ball Is s,&@ @1-A- not those of a hatering touch or a timid approach.
 The English premier Is not the only one who will miss Braid. The Scottish star enjoyed the friendship and respect of many of the big men of his country. But of them all no man more admired Braids smashing carries over far lying bunkers and traps than England's con-
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-26
NATIONAL PASTIME HARDEST
 NERVE STRAIN OF ALL
Freddie Schupp Tells of the Effect of a Close Game on the Nerves of the Big Leaguers.

Having led the National league in pitching, last season. Ferdie Schupp, the Giants clever young left-hander is a big noise in his own home town, which happens to be Louisville. Ky. Ferdie now gets into print through other means than little line in the box scores showing he had succeeded his fellow Schush brother, Rube Schauer, as pitcher to Giant defeat.
 Eerdie gave an interview to Louis vile scribe the other morning, through which in a column of space he inform ed his fellow t0wnSmen what a nerve Wracking game baseball is "Schuppie'' says that if fans who make a practice of watching ball games get an idea that baseball is all play they have the wrong angle. As Ferdinand coI,ected spIinters on the Giant bench sor thrae sea sons and a half before his left hand ed curves made the National league son. he had a splendid chance to do a sit up in the second half of last sea- lot of close observation.
 Does the average fan notice the amount of energy nerve force and brain power ball player going at full speed uses in the course of a seasons play?" queries Ferdie. T say brains because the modern player uses brains in large quantity. Take such players as Cobb, Speaker and Maranville, and think of the remarkable nervous force they exDend during the course of a game. Cobb consumes more en- ergy in a two-hour game of a ball than the average business man does in three working days. Coupled with his great natural ability, Cobb pushes to the front with his brains and reserve nerve force. It is such men as Cobb whom the game robs of all youthful powers long before they grow old.
 "As an example in our own lea que there is Maranville of the Braves, a little fellow who is regarded as one of the games leading stars. What Maranville lacks in physical strength he makes up by a great stock of ner- vous energy. Long before the Ia abbit grows old he is bound to feel the strain he is now working under.
 ''To come to the point-ball players such as are real players. actually are selling their youth. A business man may have more brain power than the average ball player, but the strain of he curs of work with him is not nearly as trying as what a player goes through in ore contest.
 'It might interest the fan to get a close look at a ball player in action. Most players have wrinkles under their eyes and the eyes are constantly squinting. Off the field the players do not get rid of the wrinkles which are
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-26

caused by constant a1ertness during the course of games.
 "So whenever I hear magnates talk of lowering the salaries of their stars feel lixh laughing. Smart ball play CTS know just what baseball does to fellow and it is no more than natural that they get all they can out of it. Baceball creates and breaks it's heroes all within the period of few short years When a ball player drifts out of the limelight his past performances,
 no matter how great. will never buy
 him the price of a meal tfcket
 Which is all very we'll, Ferdie, if
 all ball players threw the nerve force
 into their play which Cobb, Speaker and Maranville throw into theirs. Few
 ball players have the good fortune to develop into Cobbs or Speakers. but it
 Is the duty of all to give their best
 to their game. Unfortunately, despite
 Ferdi Schupp and his lecture on
 nerve force a great many players loaf ed perceptfb1y during the past three seasons on their three year iron bound non-breakabie contracts.
 It is also interesting to note that the players who work the hardest last the ionges. Statisticians have figured the average life of the big league player in five years. Cobb. with eleven years of big league ball behind him. still is the same wizard at 30 that he was at 25. Speaker at B led the league, while Wagner, Plank and Lajoie. all past 40 | finished successful seasons. No pitcher in the game ever used up more nerve force than Plank, yet his sixteenth year in the big leagues he pitched one stretch last summer during which he permitted only five hits in three nine inning bames pitched within eight days.
 Tn the event that Bill Carrigan cans rot be coaxed out of retirement the l next manager of the Red Sox will be 1 Roger Bresnahan, part owner of the Toledo club, and former manager of the Cardinals and Cubs. A baseball man just back from the American
 league meeting in Chmicago is aushori- l ty for that statement.
 While Bresnahan has extensive in- | terests in the Toledo club, this person l says Roger would sever them in g l moment if he got chance to get back
 into the big leagues as a manager l Bresnahan always has felt he got 2
 raw deal when he was crowded out o1
 the Chicago club to make room fol
 Tinker, and nothing would suit hin
 better than to head club like the Red Sox.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-26

George Stovall, former firebrand of the Federal league, will quit baseball unless he can land a job as manager of a Coast league club, according to his statements to friends in Los An geles. It is thought that StovaH will be considered for the leadership at Vernon when Tom Darmody closes for the club. As yet Rarnody's negotia- tions have not gone far enough so that he is in a position to start lining up his material for next year.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-26

The photograph illustrates one of the methods used in municipal chemical laboratories to protect the inhabitants of cities from the substitution of one kind of meat for another-for .ex- ample, the substitution of horsef1esh for beef This is the precipitin test, which is made from the blood of certain kind of animal is injected into a rabbit, after few weeks the serum
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-26
@>os PRERaRine Rae6lT 8FoR TEsL @

fro mthe rabbits blood is brought into close contact with a solution of the meat that tested. If it is the meat of an animal of the same kind as the one from which the original serum was made there will be a precipitate in the the solution. If the meat is different there will be no precipitate. The sub stance in the serum that causes pre- cipitation is called precipitin.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-26

We understand New London has the Eastern League 1917 pennant al- ready cinched.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-26

trolling leader. These shots to him ty pif1ed the best things in golf, for t!.ey required not only the physical punch, but the nerve and the steady hand that make for direction as well as distance.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-26
Cooper Wins 5o-nile Race.

Los Angeles, Calif., Dec. 25-Earl Cooper won the fifty-mile match race at the Ascot Speedway here today, covering the distance in 44.41, an ave- rage of 67.13 miles an hour. Eddie Cooper.
 Wilbur d'Alene, the only other en- trant, lost control of his car in the second lap and crashed through a fence. He was slightly injured.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-26

No, betting on the Harvard football game isn't gambling.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-26

Frank Moran proves that he is one of the most consistent losers in the heavyweight class.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-26

Goals from the floor: Emera1ds, J. Kearns l, W. Kearns 1, Lewis ', Hig- gins '. Chappell 3. Riley 1: G team. Finnegan 3. Crochet 4, Flap 3, Mad den 4; foul baskets: Emeralds, Hig- gins ?, Lewis 1; G team, Peterson 1.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-26

Why not have a training table for the Yale chess team?
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-26

Since Jim O'Rourke has retired from the Eastern League, buttermillz has been scratched from the wine list.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-26
SPORTING NOTES.

When you lose it's simply social er-
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-26

It is certainly wrong for the mag mates to expect their men to play baseball between meals.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-26

Ted Meredith will not quit the run ming game this season, as first re- ported. Meredith will compete in many of the indoor meets and is said to be going to return to Sweden next sum- mer.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-26

~ HES You WANT .o put your bus- iness before the pubic, there Is no medium better than through the ad- yertisinE columns of The Bulletin.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-26

Ban Johnson has decided that if there is any writing to be done in the American league, he will attend to that.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-26
EMERALDS DEFEAT G TEAM
 OF MANCHESTER
Fast and Exciting Game Ends With
 Locals in Lead, 43-2o.
Especial to The Bulletin }

Willimantic, Dec. 25.-A large crowd witnessed the second game of the sea- son between the Emeralds of this city and the G team of Manchester in the old armory on Valley street Monday evening. The local boys carried off the honors in this contest by the score of 43 to 29 which gives each team one game of the two played. The game was fast and furious from start and on more than one occasion the fans were brought to their feet by the clever team work of the Emeralds, who led throughout the game. Hig- gins and Lewis, both of whom scored seven baskets from the floor, starred for the locals while Crochet and Madden were the ones to stand out in the G team lineup
 The preliminary game between the ' Birds and the corner gang was a closely fought contest, the former winning by the score of 30 to "A. The lineup for the main attraction was as follows:
 Emrealds Team Chappell ..-........ Finnegan
 Left forward
 Right forward
 Centre.
 W. KearnS ............. Madden
 Right guard J. kearnS .-............ Peterson
 Left guard
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-26
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Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-26
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Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-26
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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-11-18
OLD WORLD NEWS

Rev. William Forrest Honored.-
Father William Forrest, c. F., has been
invested by the King at Windsor
Castle with the insignia of the Order
of the Companionship of IS. Michael
and George.