Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-26
SPORTING NOTES

Lew McCarty is still suffering from the kink in his shoulder, which he in iured during the late, and by many. lamented, worlds series.
 According to recent figures Trinity ranks second among the colleges of the country in respect to the per centage of her student body who have enlisted. Tale is first.
 Rabbit Maranville of the Boston Braves has been appointed coach of | the Boston navy yard basketball team. He also will play on the five along with other baseball stars.
 Clark Griffith isn't going to take any chances with his Washington players. He's looking around for number of minor league players to protect him self and his uclb if the draft starts to get busy with his outfit.
 . Baltimore is elated with it's pros rects of having a genuine big league team represent it. Chances are that the national commission will favor the idea too. and then next summer will see Baltimore mentioned in the daily sport sheets.
 We can't help wonder. though, whether Baltimore hotel owners are going to charge the players as much for accommodations as they did those unfortunate individuals who were compelled to stop over for the national democratic convention.
 On Oct 15- he passed his 5eth birth Gay, and he stands forth as living monument of what athletics will do for a man. Although it has been 24 years since he has engaged in a boxing bout, he is still active. He is still spry his feet and has more energy than many men who are much younger.
 Food regulation is to become reg ular item on the Yankees training schedule, according to Miller Huggins. The Yankee manager is convinced that Eall players as rule eat too much. Will Mr. Higgins please rise and tell the assern bled class how anybody can eat too much with prices as they are at present?
 |. The athletic authorities of Crosby High school in Waterbury have their troubles. The latest is the demand of the rifle team for the right to wear the school letter. At that, it's no worse than at Bartlett in Webster, where the letter is awarded the dra- raatic club and the managers stenog- rapher.
 It's up to Grover Cleveland Alexan- der to play his hand now. He has i'm sisted right along that he must have S10.00o of the money paid to purchase him from the Athletics and now President Baker of the Philadelphia club has come out with a fiat refusal to comply with the demand. Alexan- der has already signed a contract with Weeghman.
 Plans for a series of exhibition baseball games between the Boston Nationals and the New York Ameri- cans. to be played on their way homs have been announced by Walter E. 4lapsood, business manager of the Boston club. The Boston team will train at Miami Fla, and the New York players at Macon. Ga
 in the ring there is none who has en- :oyed more popularity than John L, Sullivan In the sos and early '9Os he was the idol of all. There is a saving in sport that mans popularity dies when he retires from active participa- tion-that he is soon forgotten. It is not so with John l.. Wherever he goes he is still hailed as one of the greatest fighters of all time. the Braves and Yankees. when some small cities that never before had seen. a major league ball club were visited . has led to number of requests for dates next spring, but none are to be announced until early in January. It is not unlikely that a few of the southern. cantonments will be visited Ey the teams. In all. 10 or, 1e ga mes will be played during the first two weeks in April
 And this in spite of the fact that John L. for long time was a gay liver. For long he basked in the dag zling glow of the white lights and ab- sorbed more than his share of the joy water. But an that is past The veteran heavyweight champion has against strong drink He. is fighting John Barieycorn, and his friends de- clare that he is winning in points, with an excellent chance of putting over a knockout.
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