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Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-08
ACADEMY TRIMMED WESTERLY
F. A Boys Rushed Rhode Island Boys Up and Down the Field-Bendett Starred for Academy-Teann Played in Great Form.

flee, our compliance seemed unneces- sary.
 'The clause reads as follows:
 Should the player be disabled, or his ability to perform his duties be impaired at any time during the term herein prescribed, the club may. de- duct from the amount then due. or to become due under this contract, such proportion thereof as the period of said disability or impairment may bear to the term herein prescribed, and may at its option terminate this contract but no such deduction or ter imitation of the contract shall be made by reason of any accident or injury received by the player while in per formance of his regular duties under the direction of the club, unless such injury or accident shall wholly or part ly tncapacitate the player for a period of fifteen l15) days, in which event such deduction may be made for the period of disability or impairment in contract may be terminated at the op tion of the club; provided. however. that the player shall be given written notice thereof by the club
 l '"The words in which event such de- duction may be made for the period of disability or impairment in excess of fifteen 05) days are new and are the ones in which the vice is contain ed. There is no ambiguity in the clause. It permits @ player to be held in bondage without salary and prohib it's hi nfrom seeking employment else where simply because he has been so unfortunate as to be injured in the service of his employer"
Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-08
SUPERRAS MAY BE .,...-..
 WRECKED NEXT YEAR.
Robinson Will DisrnantIe His Club
 and Instil New Life.

Like the wrecking of the great ma chine of Philadelphia by Connie Mack, there is to be a tearing apart of the Brooklyn team, but the Split-up is not the forces of McGillicuddy, writes Lester Rice in the Brooklyn Citizen. It was disappointingly clear to the naked eye that the champions of the National league in the series just fin ished were far inferior to the cham pions of the American league. They were outclassed by 40 odd city blocks and unless the National league, as a whole, stimulates new life within it's ancient portals the worlds series of the future will be more of a hoax than that one which ended recently under a wave of adverse criticism.
 Therefore, it behooves those in con trol of the destinles of the old organ ization to steady it's crumbling walls and brace it for future prosperous ex- istence. There isn't a club in the league that could be favorably com pared with the Boston Red SoX.
 The Robins, St. Louis Cardinals and the Chicago Cubs all fell before the superior class of the American league. It wasn't the defeats that hurt, but the ridiculous ease with which they were accomplished.
 The National league has been de- clining in health for several years. Its strength has been failing while that of it's rival has grown more potent and unless there is some stimulation in- jected the American league will be- come so powerful that it will be in a position to refuse to recognize the National league as worthy of asso- citation.
 Here is a championship outfit in this town so palpably weak in spots that it's 29 to 1 that several new faces will be looked upon next season.
 Manager Robinson, courageous as he is, wouldn't dare attempt to pass through another season with the pres ent status of the Robins intact. Ii would be foolhardy and nobody knows it better than himself And when
Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-08
'COLGATE OR w. AND J.
 MAY BE DROPPED
Vale Has Very Strenuous Schedule This Season Before Big Games.

Yales schedule this year. is, .decid7 edly more strenuous than that of Harvard or Princeton. The Ellis, having riayed Washington and Jeff fcrson on October 2S. had to come back on Saturday with Colgate in an
 othH hard game. Yale cannot ease up at all. for Brown must be tackled in the Bowl next Saturday, with the Princeton games scheduled a week later. Then comes the big combat with BarvarG on November 25. It Is probable, therefore, that Yale will eliminate either Colgate or Washing
 ton and Jefferson from next years schedule. The New Haven football aut horities will take this matter up as soon as the season ends. They will not be influenced by personal feel
 iris inasmuch as Colgate and the w. and J. team have played clean foot
 ball in the games with Yale that have passed into gridiron history. The fact that Harvard and Princeton have not been overexerted this fall and probably will meet Yale in splendid condition, has convinced the New Haven mentors that change is necessary.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-08
HARVARD LOOKS
 GOOD THIS YEAR. 92E- --- G---- Haughton System Still Reigns7 in
 Football.

In three weeks the feverish football season will be practically over save for the selecting of the All-American team and the lamentations over i'm pending graduations. At this point it looks like a decidedly Crimson year. Harvard has shown that the straight ticket at Cambridge is Pee Dee and Preparedness. The mourning over the untinely graduation of Mahan-un- timely from the point of view of the football enthusiast-has subsided since the revelatio of Eddie Casey of Natick.
 Princeton journeys to Harvard next Saturday, and the first of the mo mentous conflicts will ensue. Then the Bulldog goes to the lair of the Tiger. After that there remains nothing but the Yale Harvard game, which prom ises to draw. the largest crowd that ever paid admission for a sporting event. These three games promise to attract over 150,000 spectators. Small wonder that some are amazed into a state of worriment over the growth of the Intercollegiate football game.
 Of course, some things may occur to stop the splash of Crimson, but they have not been revealed to date. The football material may come and go at Cambridge, but it begins to look as though that Haughton system might go on forever.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-08
PRINCETON AND HARVARD
 MEET ON SATURDAY
Crimson Will Probably Display Their
 Full Strength Against the Tigers.

Harvards real strength probably will come when the Princeton Tigers line up at Cambridge next Saturday. Percy Haughton, it is believed, will find the Jerseymen much stronger than Cornell. Since their defeat by Harvard the Ithacans have proved the assertion that they do not compare favorably with last years Cornell eleven. In New Haven the impression prevails that Harvard is a trif1es over rated and that the Tigers will display a vast improvement over their per formance against Dartmouth. Prince ton usually plays better football in the struggle with Harvard than with Yale The Tigers, when they defeated Dart mouth, were far behind their best form They were slow on their feet and seemed to be puzzled by ordinary plays. But there is no doubt that they have been steadily improving. Prince ton has a powerful rush line, which should thoroughly test the prowess of Harvard's backfield men. The Tigers also boast of one of the cleverest- punt CTS in Eddie Druggs. They also have a dangerous field goal kicker in Dave Tibbott, but whether the Tigers,> in rushing the ball, can make headway against Harvard's defense remains to be seen. At any rate, Harvard will not be able to play an easy game.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-08
National Leaque.
WILLARD MAY RETIRE
As Undefeated Champion PugiIist of
 the World.

If Jess Willard lives up to his de- claration that he will retire within a year, it is highly probable that he will join the ranks of the undefeated vision these have been very few, and it has been many a long year since an occupant of the premier pIgilistic throne got off without being knocked seized with the ambition to climb off. Jeff did it, all right, but he was back into the chair and the subse- Quent proceedings robbed him of the right to lay claim to the "undefeated championship" stuff.
 Admitting that Jess is as good as his word, and quits the Diff game. for keeps at the end of 1917, it is difficult to see where he is in any danger of losing his honors. The hero of Havana is a good, clever, hard-hitting boxer and a giant in size. There are other good, clever, hard hitting boxers, and there are others giants, but they are not combined in the same skin.
 Gazing back over the history of the heavyweight division, one finds that Jack Broughton, the first real champion to have worthy rivals for the honor, kept on fighting until he
 was put to sleep by Jock Slack. The latter held on for ten years and then
 was whipped by Bill Stevens. Then Mailer and his unworthy successors of the dark ages of pugilism were well whipped. Tom Johnson the next great English champ, lost his laurels to Ben Brain. The latter held the title unchalenged flor three years, when death caimed him.
 Daniel Mendoza the first Jewish champion, lost to John Jackson, who retired from the ring and never de- tended his title. Jem Belcher, who l become champion when a mere boy, retired undefeated when he lost the sight of one eye, but later sought to come back, and was whipped. Hen Pearce, the Game Chicken, was forced to retire by illness, and soon died. John Gully, after wnnng the tie, re- fused to defend t and qut the game.
 To mCrbb was the first man to retire with his honors full upon him.
 Tom Spring, his successor, also re-
 tired undefeated, and so did the next champion Jem Ward. Deaf Burke
 was whipped by Bendigo, Old Bendy
 was whipped by Caunt, but recovered the title, and then, quit. while the quitting was good Bill Perry, the Tipton Slasher, lost to Harry Broome who was whipped by Tom Paddock
 Tom Sayres was the next champion and retired undefeated, although he
 had a close cal in the worlds. cham
Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-08
THORPE GREAT FOOTBALL PLAY FER. Mahan Thinks He Stands in a Class
 Alone.

"I have often smiled in silence when football enthusiasts grew warm de- batting who was the greatest player of them all,'' says Eddie Mahan, of liar ward and California coach. That pos sibly is the one point in the realm of football coaches never discuss. They know Name, Jim Thorpe, Indian.
 "The big chief stands alone, in a class by himself. and will for long time, I eXpeat. No country is provi- dent in Thorpes.
 "ProbalIv the most extraordinary game ever played was Thorpe versus Harvard One man beat eleven. One often sees that super1ative statement in print regarding some players per: formance. But on this occasion it is not football fiction. Thorpe kicked four goals from varying distances and at divers angles. He made most of the crucial tackles. and repeatedly smashed through the line like a bat tering ram.
 "Perhaps his run against Pennsyl- varia was the most thrilling incident in the great Indians career on the gridiron. It was at least eighty yards; every man on the Penn eSeven had his hands on him. yet Thorpe got by giv- ing the straight arm or shaking them off with a shrug of muscles as some mighty lion would jackals. He went right, a veritable conqueror of a stricken football field.
 "If they ever fashion a football frieze of the heroes of the game for some great athletic stadium, the grim, not unnoble features of Jim Thorpe, abroginal American, will be the first carved"
Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-08
HEAV WHITING FEATURED
 1916 BASEBALL SEASON
Run Scoring and Base Stealing Figure Prominently in Statistics of Year.

The baseball season of 1916, notable for the number of unusual features in major league pennant play, developed a number of games, in which heavy hitting, run scoring and base stealing were prominent features. A careful scrutiny of the box scores for the en- tire period discloses a cluster of odd records that might also be termed freaks of big league baseball play.
 The American league statistics show that during the season every club in the organization figured in at least one game in which the times at bat num- bered more than 40; runs equalled or exceeded 10; hits 15 and stolen bases 5. In the National league the highest at bats ranged from 49 to 62; runs, 10
Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-08
o 1a; hits. 15 to 2a. and stolen bases,

to 13; hits. 15 to g. and stolen bases, to Ii. <
 Figures indicate that the Boston Red Sox led the American league with 61 times at bat, while Chicago was second with 59 and St. Louis third with 57. The New York Americans made the greatest number Of runs in any one game, accommodating 19, while Boston and Detroit were tied for sec end place in this respect with IT. The Chicago White Sox won first place in hitting with 20, while the Detroit and New York clubs divided second hon. ors with 19. Boston, Cleveland, Wash ington and Philadelphia all hammered out IT hits in at least one game dur ing the pennant race. In stolen bases the New York Americans were also leaders, pilfering 9 in one contest, while St. Louis and Detroit were tied for second place with each.
 In the National league the Chicago Cubs took first place in times at bat in one game with 62. Pittsburgh was second with .1, and Brooklyn third with 5S. New York and Brooklyn were tied in the greatest number of runs, each scoring 1S, and it is of interest to note that the Giants record score in this respect was made against Pittsburgh in the opening game of the string of IT victories which the club piled up early in the season and pre- vious to it's record breaking run of 26 games. Cincinnati was next with 12 runs. In hitting, St. Louis came first with g safe drives, Brooklyn second with 21 and New York and Cincinnati tied for third with 19. St. Louis easily led the National league in the number of stolen bases in any one game, hay ing collected Il, while New York and Brooklyn qualified for second place with ' each, Boston and Pittsburgh being third with 6.
 The following compilations show the greatest number of at bats, runs, hits and stolen bases made by each club in the American and National leagues in any one game during the play for the pennants:
Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-08

The race for the football champion ship of the south has narrowed to three teams, Auburn, Vanderbilt and Georgia Tech. This was brought about by one of the greatest surprises of the season when Ducote, who never had been credited with great kicking abil- ity, booted the ball over the goal posts for the score that eliminated Georgia and kept Auburn in the fight. Wander 'bilt plays Auburn Nov. IS, and should the Plainsmen win the game between Auburn and Georgia Tech Thanksgiv- ing day may decide the championship.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-08

gate eleven does not consider Yale a strong team. Commenting on Yale's play against Colgate he says:
 f tThis years Yale team is not such a wonderful eleven. In fact, 1t is not as good an eleven as that of two years ago, which defeated Colgate by a close score. My team had the Ellis on the run throughout the game, and had Gillo, the big fullback been in good physical condition, I believe we would have won. Gil1o played with bad knee and hobbled around while he was in harness.
 Had Colgate a back of the type of Casey of Harvard, who, I understand is able to sidestep and dodge with amazing skill. we would have had a touchdown. The Yale line is not very. aggressive and only Capt. Black and Galt, the latter, while he was in there, played low. Our backs slid through the line in great style, and it was sur prising how easily their attack was stopped. LeGore is the star man, hut ha has not the team mates to work with that he had two years ago. LeGore punted better than he did the week before, and while Yale is point ing toward Princeton and Harvard, the latter more so than the Princeton game, much trouble may be expected from Brown next Saturday,"
 Bankart has during his several years at Colgate given Yale lot of trouble twice beating the Blue and two other times losing by close scores.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-08

pio0ship battle with John c. Heenan, the American. Sam Hurst was the next champion, and lost to Jem Mace, who whipped the best men in Eng land and America before advancing years forced him to retire.
 Of the carry American ,champons, both Tom Hyer and John Morrissey rtred undefeated. Heenan also quit the game without having been licked. Jim Dunne retired after his first big ship, refusing to defend it. Mike MCCoole lost the title to Tom IAllen who was in turn whipped by Joe Cross. Paddy Ryan then defeated Goss, and was in turn knocked out by John L. Sullivan. Since then every champion of the heavyweight division has kept on fighting until overtaken by defeat.
 Fred Fulton May Meet Frank Moran,
 Ike Dorgon has practically given up hope of having Frank Moran meet Fred Fulton at Madison Square Gard en, and has wired his terms for ten round bout with Fulton at St. Paul
 on Thanksgiving Eve. Harry Sher- man, the man who is promoting the Dillon and Gibbons bout at St. Paul, has sent a message asking for Dor gan's lowest terms. With the wire came word of advice from Frank Force, Fulton's manager. He urged Dorga nto accept the match for Mo-
 ran, as the man would surely draw $25,000.
 Dorgan said:
 There seems to be no er< eS the tangle at Madison Square Garden. The Show Corporation is through, in
 my opinion. They won't stand for the l $1, 900 fine imposed by the Boxing | Commission in the first place, and in
 the second, everybody connected with 1 the shebang seems to be running around like broiler with it's head off. . So why should I keep Francis | Charles in mere idleness? All the l hard work that he has been doing
 will go for naught if I don't throw
 the old yoke over him pretty soon.
 We have been waiting on the Garden
 people all along, expecting surely that
 we were going to fight Fulton at the | just as Weinert and Fulton were"
Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-08

With only about three more scrtm- images before the Harvard game Princeton's hardest practice for the year is over. Unless some one is hurt in one of those workouts, the Nassau team will face Harvard with only one varsity man, Eberstadt, unable to play. He is recovering from his injury and may be able to appear against Yale.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-08

The Harvard football team came through the Virginia game without serious mishap, and will settle down to work again for Princeton. The regular rush line showed a lot of pow CT and cohesion while it played against the Virginians, and the first set of backs, Bond Minot and Hitch cock, were handled splendidly by Mur- ray, whose stock as quarterback is booming high.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-08
Eresnahan Buys Schulz,

Toledo. Ohio, Nov 6.-Roger Bres- lahan, owner and manager of the To- edo American baseball club, an- bounced today that he had purchased Cd Schulz, last season with the Gin ,innati National League club.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-08

Against a team which showed that it has mastered the forward pass bet ter than any team that has ever ap- peared in New Haven, the Blue ma chine on Saturday proved that it was game to the core and finally came out with the big end of a 36 to IA score after one of the most thrilling con- tests in Yale history.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-08

Westerly High went down to defeat before the strong offensive of the Academy boys Tuesday on the cam. pus. Although Captain McMillian was out of the game on account of an in- jured shoulder and the other members of the team were somewhat lame and bruised, the N. F. A. boys were clear ly the fastest team, and outplayed their opponents. Not once in the whole game did the visitors rush the ball within the Academy's 20 yard goal line. The Academy worked several forward passes, and intercepted every pass the Westerly men attempted. There was a radical difference between the Acade-, rly's style and the style they displayed Saturday.
 Every man worked his head off and they are pulling together in, good style. The Academy scored two touchdowns in the first quarter, and then Coach Mckay. put number of subs in. Westerly held the ball well in the second quarter and the Acade- my was not able to score. The Academy made two touchdowns in the third quarter and one in the last. Harry of Westerly played fine game backs played a hard. fast game. Keefe got a long forward pass and ran near ly the whole length of the field be- fore he was brought down.
 The most efficient man on the field was Bendett. He skirted the Westerly ends for substantial gains at each trip and on the defence he was worth a stone wall. ..
 Westerly attempted a drop kick in the second quarter but it went wide by yards.
 The lineup was as follows:
Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-08

such an admission is made in dispar- agement to champions, nothing much can be said for the rest of the league. Robbie could can half of lis team without inf1icting serious injury.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-08

Umpire, Rogers. Referee. Jackson.
 Headlinesman, w. Stanley: Lines men, Eonnor Lory Timekeepers, Hughes and McMillian.
 Substitutes for Westerly: H. Gill for R. Gill; Moore for Gentle.
 Substitutes for N. F. A: Bidwell for Senft, Henault for Oat; Connor for Graham.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-08
Team No. 8 Wins.

Team No. defeated Team No. in he league being conducted at the Palace Bowling alleys. The score:
 Teana No
Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-08
SPORTING NOTES.

Some practice at N. F. A. this week. Guess they need it.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-11-23
PlsStsat Animals.

Winters Of q century ago were firm
= the conviction that the greyhound
vas tho fastest living animal; some
maintained that no could run mile In
Z minute. Modern observers, however,
have found that the best hound Is by
no means able to keep pace with a
trained race horse. Indeed, tho late ].
A. Graham, \ careful student Of such
matters. used to say that no living
animal could outfoot modern race
horse.
A arst rate horse running his best
and not handicapped by carrying a
rider can run u mile In less than 100
seconds. A fleet hound, such as those
used In coursing. can run a mile In
about = minute and htty seconds. A
Jack rabbit Ia nearly as fast, aud an
antelope IL considerably faster Mr..
Graham thought an antelope might
run . mile across the level prairie In
. minute and forty-dve seconds.
On the other hand. Mr.. Cottar, an
old African hunter. thinks that Thorn
sons gazelle would have no trouble
whatever In running away from the
fastest horse and that Grants gazelle
and the gerenuk are almost equally
deet.-Youth's Companion.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-11-23

Pioneer want aas ars raj.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-11-23
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