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Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21
DARCY BRINGS KANGAROO
 BOXERS INTO LIMELIGHT
Australia Has Produced Many World
 Beaters In Its Day.

The brilliant record of LesDarcy. the 21-year old middleweight, has showed Australia back in the spot light of the worlds boxing affairs.
 Now that Darcy has established him. self as a world beater, the folks down under have another name to add to their already long list of box ing notables, which comprises about as clever @ lot of battlers as ever pulled 0 ma boxing glove.
 The best of the Kangaroo boxers from Peter Jackson. the heavyweight, down to Young Griffo, featherweight, fought many battles in this country, and veteran followers of the rng VII ever remember the brilliant bouts stag ed by the Antipodeans.
 There was Jackson, the ebony-hued gladiator, of whom it was said he could defeat any heavyweight in the world. And only a little was behind the big negro was Frank Slavin and Joe Goddard, also hailing from Aus tralia.
 The middleweight division was rep resented by Bob F'itzsimmons, after went out of his weight division and cleaning up all the middleweights, defeated Jim Corbett for, the heavy weight crown. While Hall and Cree1 don didn't measure up to Fitz as a held long records of corking good clashes.
 Tom Tracy, George Dawson and Jim Burgess were the best of the Austra- lian welters. Heading the feather weight division was Young Griffo, often proclaimed the cleverest box CT the world has ever known. Wheth- CT or not he was entitled to this dis tinction, it is indisputabIe that Griffo had it on all the other featherweghts of his day. Had he refrained from playing the bright lights he would have become king of both the feather and lightweights.
 Other Kangaroo boxers who won praise for their sterling ability as battlers in this country were Tom Leeds, Billy Mccarthy, Billy Smith, Arthur Walker Tom William, Tim Haggerty, Otto Cripps, Billy Murphy and Hook Reyes.
 With the passing of Fitzsimmons and Young Griffo Australia dropped out of the big league of champion boxers. An attempt at a come back was made when they sent over Bill Squires after he had made quite a reputation as a knockout artist at home, but Bill f1iv- vered his first time out over here when he took the count at the hands of Tob- my Burns in one round.
 Whether America will have an op- portunity to see Darcy at a yer yearly
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21
FORMER. PIRATE LEADER
 MAY GO TO CUBS.
Weeghman Has Several Good Men ir
 View.

If Fred Clarke, former leader of the Pittsburgh Pirates can be induced to leave his agrarian and kindred inter ests at Winfield. Kansas, he may be found managing the Chicago Nationals next season. While this report stands without essential confirmation from Charles W. Weeghman, president of the Chicago club it emanat ted from >t source pretty close to Clarke.
 The Clarke story stood out in mass of fact, rumor and ~conjectures gIeaned in the corridors of the Wal f-Astoria in New York, yesterday among the arrivals for the annual meeting of the National league, which opened at that hotel this week. MT. Weeghnan 1iitted in and out and re- fused to be pinned down to a definite statement regarding the Chicago man agerial question. All he could be got to admit was that while Joseph Tinker was to remain with the Cubs he was no longer to manage the club.
 If Clarke is not obtained it is very likely that either Fred Mitchell, now coach of the Boston Nationals pitching staff or Frank Chance, for1eler leader of the Cubs and the Yankees will be named. Mitchell arrived in Gothem yesterday from Boston and admitted that he had been made an offer to as-
  However, all does not depend on MitchelPs consent, but Percy Haugh- ton, George Stallings, ct al, of Bos- tou, have set a high price on the re- lease of the veteran.
 The probability of Chicago obtain ing the position became brighter Mon- day when it became known that Will liam Wrigley, Jr, one of his most ardent admirers, has added to his holdings in the Chicago club. It is an open secret that Weeg!man is no: in favor of signing Chance, but that the cause of the former leader is be- ing pleaded rather vigorously by Wrigley and w. o. Armour, another Cub stockholder.
 Chance, who is now managing the Los Angeles club of the Pacific Coast league, stands in his own way of ob- taining the place, as he is holding out for an annual salary of something like S20,000, similar to that which he got for leading the Yankees.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21
TWELVE TEAMS STILL RIDING
Seven Riders Pile Up Bottom of Track Wednesday After noon-1 333 Miles Covered by Riders in Seventy Hours -McNamara and Spears Leading at 10 O'Clock.

New York, Dec. 20.-Twelve of the fourteen teams which started in the twenty fourth annual six day bicycle race here at 12.06 a. m. Monday still were in the contest at 10 o'clock to- night and had covered 1888 miles and laps. Carmen, who was one of three riders injured this afternoon when seven of the contestants piled up in heap at the bottom of the track. re- appeared for @ short time and then officially dropped out of the race. Wiley, his partner, was allowed four hours in which to replace him.
 At the end of the 10th hour Me- Namara and Spears were leading. The record for that hour was 1,428 miles bach in 1914.
 The Wiley-Carmen team was off, cially declared out of the race at II o'clock, when the time limit for Wiley to obtain a new partner had expire l. At 12 o'clock, at the end of the I2d hour, ten teams had ridden 1872 miles and 1 lap, with Hill and Drobach se td- ing. The Smith-Kopsky and B. Ohrt- Bello teams were one lap behind. The record for this hour Is 1,46S miles and laps, made by Goulett and GrenGa m 1914.
 At 1 a. m., at the end of the 73d hour, the score of the en lead. lg teams was 1891 miles and laps, with Hill and Drobach leading. The other two teams were still lap behind. The record for this hour is L480 miles and laps, made by Goulett and Brenda in 1914.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21
MAKING WEIGHTS PROVES
 DANGEROUS TO JOCKEYS.
Unnatural Methods of Reducing of
 Weight Undermines Constitution.

The announcement that Joe" Me Cahey, one of the cleverest of the
 lightweight jockeys seen on metropoli
 tan tracks. who was forced to retire from the saddle because of i'll ehalth and ordered to Ashevi1le, N. C., by his physician, is rounding into shape will
 be acceptably received by those who desire to seea maximum of strength
 in the makeup of jockeys 0 fthe pres
 ent day, which is not always tc be had
 in view of the weights which are in
 vogue
 Making weight has beer the means
 of casting more prospecting good rid
 CTS into the discard than prababIy any
 other reason that can be advanced and
 the recent death in England of the
 erstwhile American star, Danny Ma
 her, calls attention to the latest latest
 victim of wasting caused by un-
 natural sweating for the purpose or
 making weight.
 It is stated that he left his native
 heath to ride in England because of
 the prohibitive weights which ruled here, and while he became the fore
 most among the riders in the tight lit
 tie isle' leading the list for several years, he was finally Drought down" by his desire to make the desired poundage. When aware too late of the danger of reducing with the aid of Turkish baths. purgatives and the like
 he save over race riding. but his strength had been Sapped and he rode but once after coming back from South Africa. where he spent nearly a year in trying to recuperate.
 Another instance of a world famous Jockey who went the same road was
 Fred Archer: probably the greatest race rider of all time. In the course of his sixteen years Of riding he rode 2,747 races, heading the jockey list as winner for thirteen consecutive years and winning in 1878 the great number
 of 223 races out of 6G6. Of the cIas- sics he won a half dozen St. Legers, four Oaks, five Derbys four Two Thousand Guineas and two One Thous- and Guineas.
 It is a well known fact that there are more good riders "on the ground" forced out of their profession because of their inability to make weight. than there are jockeys who know what they5're doing when they get astride q thoroughbred.
 Aside from the good judgment which can be used in not resorting to the sweating and wasting process jockeys by various forms of exercise, dieting, and the like, which will warrant their
 gaining that maximum of serength which is so desirable, but working along the lines of least resistence
 usually finds these lads, generally not | overhurdened with" gray matter. doing | those things which they should not do.
 Time and again it is q certainty that 1 owners and trainers would have been benefited had they not forced their | riders to make weight, but had ac- cepted up to a five pound penalty in | order that the boy might climb into 1 the saddle with the strength necessary | to properly ride and finish race.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21
Bowling and Billiard Associatio
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
STOCKS UNDER PRESSURE
Lowest Levels Were Touched in the
 Final Hour.

New York, Dec. 20-Liquidation far more active and comprehensive than any previously experienced in connec- tion with the current decline provok- ed additional substantial recessions to- day, war shares and affiliated issues registering extreme losses of to l5 points. Lowest levels were touched in the frenzied selling of the final hour, with virtually no recoveries from the minimum quotations.
 Pressure came from various direc- tions, financial institutions calling loans and exercising greater discrim- nation aganst specialties; brokers call ng upon customers to bolster specu- lative accounts and professional trad CTS pursuing their recent advantage, seemingly without hindrance.
 Bethlehem Steel was the most spec tacular feature, falling 72 points to 800 on a few sales and a loss of 200 points from its record quotation of month ago.
 Shipping shares ranked next in point of weakness, being freely sold from the outset on the intimations conveyed from abroad that the British govern ment intends to take over control of British shipping. Mercantile Marine preferred made gross decline of 16 points, with for the common shares. Atlantic, Gulf and West Indies, Amer ican- owned, fell 15 points.
 United States Steel offered less re- sistance than at any time since the downward movement became effective, falling 1-8 to 1O7 7-S. Crucible and Lackawanna Steels and all the sec ondary munitions and equipments suf- fered losses of to points.
 Coppers and metals as a whole were heavy to weak, their reversal being ac- companied by trade reports of price concessions. Utah Copper led this group at a gross decline of 5 3-4. Gen. tral Leathers, sugars and active sa.hres of the miscellaneous division crumbled sympathetically or from sheer lack of support.
 Rails stood out for their consistent strength, but reacted moderately on the weight of the last hours heavy of ferings. Total sales amounted to l. 25,000 shares.
 Bnods reflected the unsettled state of the stock market, international dis playing further heaviness. Total sales (par value) aggregated $3,S75,000.
 U. S. bonds were unchanged on call
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21
NAP FUCKER WAS KING OF THEM ALL
Fucker to Do Scout Duty for the
 Robins.

v
 Old Nap Fuckers pitching days are
 The veteran forkhander of the Brooklyn Dodgers was recently slip. ped his unconditional release by Charles Holiday Ebbets. of Flatbush, and from now on Fucker will not have to worry if he has a kink in the one-time effective salary soup bone.
 When Fucker was called in from the field to take Cheney's place on the hurling top during the fourth game of the worlds series against the Red Sox last fall his pet ambition was realized. He mad always hoped to serve up the foolers to the batters in the gold and purple event of the national pastime. and after the game he announced to assembled scribes that he was through.
 Shortly after the big series ended Ebbets asked for waivers on the vet. eran, and the granting of waivers sig nifed that major league club owners believe Fucker has seen his best days.
 But Nap will not sever his connec-s ton with the grand old game alto, gether, for he has been engaged to- scout for the Robins, and his duties as a hunter in the fields of solid ivory will find him wandering about in the Southern league and the American as- sociation.
 Rucker came to Brooklyn from the Augusta (Ga-) club in 1907. and from that time through the season of 1912j he was the king of portside pill curv- CTS. John McGraw of the Giants has called him the greatest southpaw who ever curved ball. and John is sup posed to know whereof he speaks.
 During the years when Fucker was in his heydey as a pitcher, the Dodg- CTS, unfortunately for him, were more or less a team of misfits every season. Fucker always stood out as a star. surrounded by a team of mediocre players, and although he pitched won. derful ball, his pitching was in vain in so far as his pet ambition went. He lived in the hope of taking part in a world series. and when that hope up his glove and his spikes and call it quits.
 The fact that the Red Sox found Fuckers aging arm still capable of; uncanny stunts was a great pleaSurei to him, and it proved that at least al trace of the erstwhile cunning wasI still there.
 Perhaps the most pleasing memory that will finger with Tucker is that of the great ovation he received when Uncle Wilbert Robinson called him in to the box against the Carrigans. The crowd at Ebbets Field, knowing of | Fuckers ambition. broke forth in g wild cheer that must have more than paid him for the years of waiting he had done for that one moment. Southpaws come and go every sea. ] son. Southpaw pitchers as a rule are cratic, and only a small per cent. of them ever reach the state of effec- tiveness in long service that Fucker req ched.
 In deference to the veteran. 1t is only fair to say that in his passing | the southpawing fraternity has lost | its king.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21
Sporting Notes

There isn't a midd1eweight in the world who cares if that mysterious Darcey yacht encounters trouble.
 Johnny CahilI former Annex and Glee club star. has been selected to officiate as umpire at next Sundays contest in Bridgeport b/tween the American Chain Company and Glee Club elevens.
 Efforts are beink made to match Battling Kunz and Lou Roth for a bout at a local hall next month. There are many admirers of Roth who be- lieve he is just the man to knock out the champion.
 Jimmy Dunn has written to the Lenox A. c. and stated that he will let Johnny Kilbaine box here. IT Freddie Welsh and Roy Wards or chestra are willing, we'll stage that event.-Meriden Record.
 It develops that Joe Dillion the youngster who meets Frank Brindisi, of this city. in South Norwalk Friday night, is younged brother of Packey Hommey the New York scrapper, Apparently Brindisi has his work cut out for him.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21
BENNY kAUFF MANAGES
 TO KEEP IN LIMELiGHT
Benny Made Defendant in $500 Suit.

Last winter Benny Kauff remained
 in New York and got all sorts of pub
 licity, much of it detailing what Ben
 jamin intended to do to the opposing pitchers of seven National League clubs. This winter Benny first intend ed to remain in quietness of Liverpool,
 Ohio was to be preferred to city life and more publicity. So he hied him.
 self westward for a quiet winter.
 Now it appears that Benny is not 70
 havS the quietude and escape the pub
 licity He has been made defendant
 in suit for $500 brought by one Louis
 Cohen, who was chief adviser to the
 slugging outfielder in the stormy days
 when he was hopping from the Brook
 lyn Feds to the Giants and then back again. Cohen depoSeS that he has
 not been paid in full for the services.
 Kauff was served with a summons
 to answer in the municipal court for
 $500. His attorney, John M. Ward. has filed a, demurrer to the summons, and it is possible that Kauff may re- main undisturbed in his Ohio home until he leaves for Marling Springs. This being the case the suit undoubt- edly will bob up again as soon as the Giants return home.
 Cohan alleges that he was to receive S50O for acting as manager and press agent for the ball player. The man.
 agers part evidently was to steer Benny right during, those troublesome days and the P. As work was to see that Benny's position was stated cor rectIy in the public prints. Cohen admits that Benny gave him S200 for services but neglected to kick in with the remaining $500. Now Kauff must | explain why he was so lax.
 It is rumored that several persons of prominence in the baseball world are desired as witnesses for the plain 1 tiff and that they may be subpenaed if l they are averse to going willingly to court. The names of President John K. Tener, Harry N. Hampstead, John | J. McGraw and John NJ. Ward have | been mentioned in this connection.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21
YALE BASKETBALL FIVE
 PLANS CHRISTMAS TRIP
Garfield Will be Out of the Game Ow
 ing to Operation.

YaIe's basketball team has completed plans for it's Christmas trip, which will begin immediately upon the elise of the fall term of college on Friday. The basketball and hockey teams will leave New Haven in time to play games in New York that night, the hockey players tackling the St. Nicholas Rink and the basketball players meeting the Crescent Athletic Club team in Brooklyn.
 A total of nine basketball games has been arranged for the trip, the greatest number in the history of the sport, all though the journey will not cover as many miles some in former years It's extent will be Annapolis where a game will be played with the Navy January '.
 StradeIIa at Centre.
 It was announced tonight that be- cause of illness Newell Garfield, the best centre of the team, would be un- able to play during the trip. He is a grandson of President Garfield and was prevented by surgical operation from taking the trip last Christmas. Stra- della, centre on the freshman five last year, will succeed him.
 The stars of the team promise to be Charley Taft. on the defence, and Or son Kinney for under-the-b basket work. Kinney led the intercollegiate league last year in scoring baskets and will
  Olsen, Horten and Clark, veterans of last seasons team, will strive for the other forward places. Yale has twenty promising substitutes for the five.
 The other guard position will be played by Neil Mallon for the present. He was one of the most valuable all- around members of the five last year.
 The lineup in starting the Christmas trip will be: Forwards, Kinney and Ol- sen; centre, Stradella; guards Mallon and Captain Taft.
 Stars on Five. The present is the second season in which Charley Taft, son of the former President of the United States, has been captain of the five. Two other star aH-around athletes who will take the trip will be Harry LeGore, of football fame and baseball captain and Bob Rhett, the eft fielder of the Yale nine.
 The schedule as announced is as folows:
 December Crescent Athletic Cub, Brooklyn; 23, College City of New York at New York; January 2, Uni- versity of Buffalo, at Buffalo; 3, Uni- yersity of Rochester at Rochester; 4 University of Syracuse, at Syracuse; 5 Harrisburg College Stars; ', Navy, at Annapolis; g, St. Johns College, at Brooklyn.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21

Downer, referee; baskets from t!ls floor, Lamoureaux 6, Howie 5, Raade 6, Pickett 3, Aldrich ?; baskets on fouls, Pickett 1.
 Clement took Gagnon's place in the last part of the second half. Gager the human sticking plaster" kept up his reputation of spelling the other teams chances.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21
He is supposed

date is problematical. He is supposed to be en route here now.
 Darcy is a native of Australia, and has just passed his 21st year. Up to two years ago he was apprenticed as blacksmith.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21
Rurkett to Coach Holy Cross.

Worcester, Mass, Dec. 20.-An- nouncement was made today that Jesse c. Burkett had been engaged as coach for the Holy Cross college base ball team next season. Burkett for merly played in the National and American leagues and is a, former president of the Worcester club of the old New Enkland league
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21
Moore Leading de Gro by Five P,ints.

New York, Dec. 2O.-George Moore, holder of tn ethree cushion carom bii- Hard title, took the lead tonight in 150-point match with Alfredo de Gro, block by a score of 62 to 45. Moore total for the first two blocks is 100 and de Oros 95. Eighty-seven innings were played. Moore's high run was 6 and de Oro's [.
 The Boston Red Sox want Walter Johnson. So do 15 other clubs.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21

ington, Bristol and Meriden held here today the Connectirut Bowling and Billiard Association was formed The Association was organized for the pur- pose of protecting the owners of such establishments in this state The of ficers elected are: G. O. Rogers, New Britain, president; Charles Griffith, Hartford, treasurer; B. Nolan, Meriden, Secreta ary
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21
COTTON

New York, Dec. 2O.-Cotton futures closed irregular. January 1700; March 1725; May 1744; July 175O; October 1875.
 Spot quiet middling 1715.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21

The paragraphers will have their fun no wthat Wheeler and Wilson have been elected captains of the Princeton and Harvard teams, respecc- lively.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21
MON EY

New York, Dec. 20.-Call money firm; high 1-4; low 4; ruling rate IA; last loan 1-4; closing bid 4; offered at IA
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21
Princeton Loses to Syracuse.

Syracuse, N Y., Dec. 2O.-Syracuse university defeated Princeton in inter- collegiate basketball tonight, 26 70 "A. An extra period was necessary to 6e- eide the game. .s
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21
WINDHAM HIGH TRIMS
 PUTNAM TRADE SCHOOL.
Fast Game Played by Windham Boys
 -Lamoureaux and Reade Stars.
Especial to The Bulletin

Windham High met Putnam Trade school in the high school gymnasium at Willimantic Wednesday afternoon and defeated them 41-4. The game was the best yet, especially the last half The game started at 4.55 and finished at $40, the last half being cut down five minutes so the Putnam team could catch the o'clock train to Putnam.
 The lineup was as follows:
 Windham. Putnam.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21
CORNELL WRESTLING SCHEDULE
 HAS FIVE DUAL MEETS.
Seven Matches on CorneIl's Schedule
 This Season..

Ithaca, N. Y, Dec. 20.-The Cornell wrestling schedule, announce dto lay, contains five dual meets besides the intercollegiate championships which are to be held in Ithaca.
 The schedule follows: Feb. B. Penn
 Jr ar -tate college; Feb. 24, Prince ton at Princeton; March 3, Pennsyl vania at Ithaca; March g, Lehign at Annapolis; March 16, intercollegiate preliminaries at Ithaca: March IT. in- tercollegiate finals at Ithaca. Bowling and Billiard Association
 Formed
 Meriden, Conn.,, Dec. 19.-At a meet ing of proprietors of bowling alley and billiard rooms from Waterbury. Hart ford, New Haven, New Britain, South
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21
Princeton Defeats Williams.

New York, Dec. 20.-Princeton de- feated Williams at ice hockey here tonight.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1916-09-28
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