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Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-20

ships. senatorships. and other high of- fees. as is its way. Today they are somewhat in the outcast class.
 The gentlemen who are pushing the amateur question are the cleanest and finest type of sportsmen in America While we do not altogether agree with their views we must admit of their sincerity. It is not well to criticise them for these views. As I have al ready written they are right and we are right Such is hairsplitting What of campaign. Men like Ouinet and Travis, even if guilty of all the serious crimes of capifalizing their athletic fame, are national figures and greater define the laws governing these sports.
 It is high time the public. be edu- oated to the purpose of sport. Today the people look upon sport as some days work and improves the race It brings one into the sunlight, makes for generosity, cleanliness and broad mtndedness. And it fills one with the wine of life; its laughter anc smiles. That the public knows. Within a de- cade it has accepted golf for all these reasons when 1t previously condemned it as efeminate or it only for the aged and infirm. All in all the golf bug is a better citizen than the baseball fan. The tendency today is to make the IS under S5 rather than to cheer the man who hits around 400. This
  ball magnates know it is so
 The public has learned all of these things, but it is sadly lacking in any knowledge of the ethics of amateur of the skilled attorney; it's medicine of the reputable practitioner, and it's dyestuffs of the Germans Why should it not buy its golf goods of its skilled dents of the game? Certainly. it may and it does. No one disputes this point.
 But when the public learns that when it does this the other party to the agreement is barred from compe- tition in all tournaments held under the auspices of the governing body of each sport, the public wonders. It has been accustomed to dine and wine with it's doctors. it's lawyers, its Indian chieftains. And it has taken strange liking to these Sun-browned individ- ualS of the links and courts who have fought so splendidIy and so bravely in many an uphill march, vindicating American honor and love of fair play in many a land. and in each proving themselves gentlemen. The public boys are barred. True. it hears they arc professionals, but it likes not the term or the reason
 It is up to the men who govern anna teur sport to educate the public in this perplexing question. The public is not satisfied and, though it has tried, it has not vet seen any wrong. grave or ethical, committed by MT Ouimet, Mir. Travis and others who have done so much to promote golf as a recreation and means of better health and longer fife among thousands of this self-sau1e public
 Let me not be misunderstood This article is not criticism of the action of any governing body of sport in America. It is brought about by the fact that go per cent. of the people have talked with do not understand why Mir. Ouimet, among others, cannot play golf with his friends.
 cCopyrighted. 1917. by Sol Metzger)
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-20
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
MARKET WAS UNEASY Due to the Developments in Relations Between U. s. and Germany

New York, March Establishment of the railway labor problem and the decision of the supreme court uphold ing the legality of the Adamson act provoked an outburst of bullish enthu- siasm and short covering in today's market, the movement extending 10 all parts of the list. In the main rails derived the greatest benefit, FgSlnS spiriteily on the news from Washing ton.
 denoted a degree of uneaslness 7rls- ing from latest developments affecting this country's relations with Germany, shippings and a few industriais fall ing under last weeks final priceS; RaI- lies occurred almost immediately on heavy buying of the United States Steel, Bethlehem Steels. Central Lea ther and other speculative issues.
 Rails were barely more than hrm, until the final hour. when they dom1- mated the market Canadlan facIilc 1-2, with 1 1-2 to 1-2 points Tor other Pacifics. Reading. Lehigh val lev, Norfolk and Western. Erie. Ches- apeake and Ohio. New York Central, New Haven. Southern Railway pre- ferred and common and Seaboard Air Line.
 which the new stock made a gain or s-4 at 129 1-2 with for the old at .13s, advances of to points were recorded by Crucible Steel. Gulf States Steel, Lackawanna Steel and Repuo1 . lie Iron. United States steel shoWeo a err,ss gain of 1-2 at 115 If, but forfeited much of this advantage be fore the close with other industriais-
 Eouipments were to the fore at ad- vances of to points for American and Baldwin Locomotives, New York Air Bdake and American and Cont1- mental Cans: CoVpeEs. motors, oils, Industrial Alcohol and Distillers se- curities were in demand with Phila- delphia Company. Ohio Gas, Western Union and half score Of unclasslned stocks. Total sales amounted to l. BIO 900 shares. the largest turnover in weeks.
 Changes in the market for European rernittances were mainly in the dIrec- tion of betterment, especially TOT francs and fires.
 The bond market kept partial pace with stocks, speculative issues show ing sharp gains. Total sales (paf value) aggregated $2,7S5,O0O.
 U. s. bonds were unchanged on call
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-20

army, and this. of ,u- SC. will make the work of oi ganizat:on easier. Men wHo are liable for SC zee in the Ma tional guard O. the Uni ed States army are not to be enlisted All recruits wln be examined by surgeons.
 The present status of the guard is on of enlistment. not o1 organization, am: It's exact character as regards it's mcIxeup has not been determined, all the energies of the boz Td being direct ed toward getting ner Cavalry would seem to be needed to guard distances that could not be coVer..T by infantry; machine guns would SC en to be needed to make the guard e.Ly efficient, as would also a hospital corps and an au- to-7obile corps-the Id:' CT mainly for transportation. The necessity of a motorboat patrol has also impressed tl.- board.
 As one member po;sl,ed out. there are several very important bridges on the Connecticut. for instance. which car be fully protected only by a mo- to~boat patrol. as a guard on the bridge itself it little pro-cction against at -empts at destruction aimed at the structure from the ri e. So far the board has received no offers of the use of motorboats in case of necessity
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-20
AMATEUR QUESTION PERPLExING
Sol Metzger Says Amateurism is Craze-Men Who Are Pushing This Question the Cleanest Sporsmen in America.

I satosfy even vast majority. After l all, each sport appeals to a different trye of people-let us not say class of people. To get away from intercoi- legiate sport, where scholarship and not amateurism should be the pre- vailing note. we find this so. The re- cent legislation on the subject by the parent bodies in golf and tennis prove
 this Golf. is rarely played by others than the very well to do. Tennis is played by anyone who has an hour or for health. Each rational body adopt ed amateur rules refiecting all this. The United States Golf association got after golf as a business and golf Ouimet, Mfr Travis. etc. The United States National Lawn Tennis associa- ton thinks 1t is O. K for a player to sell tennis supplies. Re-enter MT Mo Loughlfn and his host of California champions. The minority in each case continues to think the majority wrong. The public in each case was at a loss to know what all the excitement was about.
 Amateurisn must have something fine about it to cause. so much argu- ment. The reverse is true Hence, professionalism must carry something 2 is all we'll and good to argue that this is not the case there is nevertheless a feeling among the people of the coun- try to this end. We may point to Dr. Sergeant, Of Harvard. to Dr. R. Talt
 MacKensie, of Pennsylvania. to Percy
 D. Haughton, the Harvard football
 coach, and many another good man. as
 shining lights of the back-to-b better
 health movement along professional lines but the public still thinks as it
 thinks and is somewhat hurt because it's athletic idols, like Francis Ouimet
 and Walter J. Travis. are barred from playing with Robert Gardiner and others.
 s+ Ha oI0 ho ofn phere of purity which has been let into golf this past year by the parent
 body it is nevertheless true that the
 public has made national figures Of Ouimet, Mclaughlin and one or two others Had they been soldiers-and
 their courage could not have been put to greater tests-the public would
 have rewarded them with governor
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-20

seldom talks about himself. He might have left this unsaid and 1t would be an accepted truth now. His work each day proves that he is full of youthful enthusiasm even though he has played major league ball beyond the period usually allotted to a player. His fielding during the past days has been of the scintillating variety and upon- His batting has been nothing to go into ecstas1es about. but that feature never caused managers any alarm Last year he missed more than third of the games played by the Yankees, but he finished up with a flock of extra base hits-ten home runs, two triples and rwsnty-three doubles, to be exact. Those hits are camp drives.
 Baker should prove far more valu- able to the Ynnkees this season than he proved last year. At no stage of that he was in the best of physical condition. He reported with the third finger of his right hand badly smash ed, and it was weeks before he could experiencing pain. Then he turned his right knee in a game at the Polo grounds in May when he slid into third base to beat base runner. His crashed into the grand stand and broke three ribs.
 Should improve.
 Today Baker is in fine physical trim He batted .269 for the Yankees last year, and when one considers the landicaps under which he iabored it does not seem unreasonable to expect 300 from him this year. He has no surplus weight to shake off, and he should do better than last year when he came back to the game after a seasons Iayof- His fielding is likely to be an improvement on the high class work he did a year ago with a smashed finger and a bad knee He has often been referred to as a great hitter and a poor fielder. If he is a poor third baseman all the good ones must have retired from the game.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-20
OLDEST MAN ON THE TEAM
Although Past 30, Baker Puts More Life Into the Game Than Do Many YounQer Than He.

Frank Baker had gone through a long session of inf1eld practice yester- day at tine Macon ball park, says Slo- cum, m the Sun. Joe Kelley, batting grounders to Donovan's first line of defence, had kept the players speeded up to the top notch and the ball had been thrown back and forth with the abandon and likewise the accuracy that might be looked for in June.
 That's enough, Joel" shouted Bill Donovan from the grand stand
 The infielders followed Joe to the bench, but a minute later Baker was walking about with a bat in his hand looking for somebody to pitch to him. That long infIeld drill only warmed him up. NO wonder that fellow hits 'em out of the lot." remarked Dono- van. 'tHe never tires swinging the bat He'll bat as long as he can find somebody to pitch to him.
 The aYnkee leader called the turn. The man who made homo runs famous York batted fast. hopping eroUnders until practice was called off. Then he staIked off the field. showing plainly that he was retiring regretfully. Ba- ker is the oldest player on the Yam kee roster today. having celebrated his CT player has reached his thirtietn milestone But if man is older than he feels Baker still has it on several others who register in the twenties. He likes baseball. particu- iarly hitting. and he should last for several seasons to come Wagner, Wallace Lajoie and other infielders lasted long beyond Bakers present age and no player kept in better condition than the Trappe mauler.
 In Great Shape.
 The day he reported here Baker announced that he felt better than he had felt for years past. This stereo- typed phrase meant more than usual, coming as it did from a player who
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-20
eY SOL METzoER Coach Washington & Jefferson Foot
 ball Team.

ball Team.
 This whole amateur question is as perplexing a one as who is going to win the great war. It has disrupted, disorganized and played diabolical tricks with colleges and with college athletes. The writer spent no less than six weeks travelling from one ed- ucattonal institution to another year ago talking with college presidents. coaches, athletes, cafe athletes, stu dents, Hunks and the other persons who habituate university and college towns. At the end of six weeks the problem-if it is one-was no nearer solution in my mind than is the high cost of living at ones home. Men were met who were convinced of this and that, others who would not be convinced of anything and one who was so fine a mora1ist on the subject that certain great state university kicked hi moverboard for interfering with the course of events During my trip I heard the inside story of the Princeton Pennsylvania Cornell = Syracuse Lafayette Lehigh Mi- chigan, as we'll as the individual cases concerned with these institutions and others in their athletic misalliances. When had thought it over for year it seemed to me that each institution and each sport is a distinct and sep arate body and that each person views on the subject of who is an amateur.
 The worst, part of it is that about the time you get all worked up over amateurism you encounter several hundred people who have been ath- letes at college. They listen to what you have heard-but little while They have views of their own which conflict with all the others. One can go crazy over eligibility and amateur ism, and some actually have, to my way of thinking The worst of it is everybody is right The fellow who invented the clause "hair- splitting de- finition of amateurism" should get first prize. He wins beyond all doubt.
 Amateurism is craze One can make fine speeches or write beautiful sentiments about it. But no one can
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-20

It Was a e. A.. c. Sophomore Team.
 In the recent basketball game be- tween the sWindham High School and Connecticut Agricultural College team played in WiI1imantic on March 4, in which the High School five won by the score of 23 to 16. the team rep resenting the Connecticut State Col Iege was not the varsity team but a sophomore class team.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-20

John Young. Jr.. son of the well known progessional. will take up his duties as Pro. at Elmira on April l. The junior Young has been a golf fol- lower since he was seven years old and so has grown up into every angle of the game. He goes to a good club, where he Is sure to prove a popular addition.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-20

Chick Evans realizes that he faces a rugged engagement this season when it comes to making defence of two titles, so the Chicago star has entered upon an early start. He left for Southern California about two weeks ago. and from there will reach Atlanta for the Druid Hills intersectionaI melee around March 25.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-20

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 ment has earned its place in A the medicine chest as a relief from pains and aches.
 Quickly penetrateS qvfthoGt ru6- ting and soothes the soreness.
 Cleaner and more effective than mussy plasters or ointments, it dOei not stain the skin.
 For rheumatism, neuralgia. Eout. lum' bago, sprains and strains use Sloan's Lini' ment. At all druggists. 25c. Soc. SLIGO.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-20

with this delightful, creamy lint- ment. pain of every kind is sure to go. ( Physicians have recommended and druggists advised that the always de- lendable Minard's Eminent be kept b every home ready for instant use.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-20

of cure Rubbing IS 9I effective method Of cas- Ing pain. Many suffer Irom lnmbago, stiffness lameness, backache. sci Rtica and all rheumatic
 pains when by rubbing with Minard's Linimeni Ha.A A.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-20
SPORT NOTES.

The names of Francis Ouimet and Jack Sullivan are conspicuous by their absence in the handicap list of the Massachusetts Golf association.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-20

George Brown who will be in charge of the national boxing championships this sea son, has started the ball rolling for the coming A. A. U. contests that will be staged in Mechanics building April and 2. Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Chicago, New York and Philadelphia have manifested the greatest interest in the coming tournament.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-20

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Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-20
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Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-20

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Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-20
COTTON.

New York. March 19-Cotton fu- lures closed strong. May 1850; July January 1907.
 Spot steady; middIing 1s45.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-20
MONEY.

New York. March 1e.-Cali money steady: high 1-2: low 1-4: ruling rate 1-2; last loan 1-2; closing bid ? 1-4; offered at 1-2.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-20
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Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-20

Coach Harry Dame of Lynn English High school has a most likely looking athlete in the person of Young Friberg who has been cleaning up pretty well of late in the scholastic indoor athletic game. But they tell me that despite Friberg's work in the running game. it really is his showing on a ball field or on gridiron where he shines.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-20

Dave Caldwell. H. F. Mahoney, Walter Whalen and Jack Ryan will head the list of Boston performers who will contest in the National A. A. U. championships in New York next Saturday evening. Of the lot Caldwell appears to have the only chance of scoring a first place in the 100 yards, though the others are sure to give good accounts of themselves. Dave is going to meet one of the fastest fields over the 100O-yard route. but he has beaten tie same field before and there seems to be no reason why he shouldn't repeat in the coming race.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-20

Duffy Lewis and Harry Hooper have put an end to all anxiety about their playing with the Sox the coming sea son by getting in touch with Presi- dent Frazee. but now we want to hear line from Dutch Leonard. Of course we could get along without Bill Car rigan's old side kick on a pinch, but at the same time Dutch would look better than ever in rl1e Red Sox line up again this year.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-20

Bobby Jones and Perry Adair the two Atlanta sensations. will pay a visit to Pinehurst over Saturday and Sunday where they expect to engage in friendly matches with Norman Max well. The total age of the trio is only ffty-two years, an average of but r 1-3. After this meeting young Maxwell expects to play a return en- gagement ir- the Atlanta tournament. A three-ball match among these con- testants would be feature we'll worth inspecting.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-25

the capture of an order drawn up by
q German battalion commander tho day
before the attack. 1t was his summary
of events for week. and he drew this
conclusions
Tho attitude of tho enemy clearly
is one OF defensive"
This commander was stationed in
tho forward area, and it is quite np-
parent he did not know what was go
ing on. 1t is also evident that the high
er commander had no information or it
would have informed him..
The Germans called upon every pos
sible source to get troops to withstand
the British attack. BY raking many
places in their line. they apparently
were able in the first forty-eight
hours of fighting to bring in only two
new divisions and some five odd bat
talions. To-day, another division was
brought up from the Alsne front, and
the 18th division from Franders..
Owing to the British artillery work,
there is little doubt that the Germans
Will be forced to abandon Cambrai, as
rail head for bringing UP troops.
later report from Bourbon wood
just as this dispatch is being filed,
said that the British attack there was
progressing WE'LL
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-25

makes rapid transfer and receipt of
goods impossible.
e. S. Goodman. traffic manager OF the
chamber presided and Warren p. Toy
Tor. traffic manager OF the Richmond,
Fredericksburg and Potomac RAILROAD,
acted as secretary.
MIR. Taylor explained that everything
possible was being done by the rail-
road to relieve the congestion but that
the establishment of so many camps
and the demand made on the road for
transportation of soldiers. provisions
and equipment was SO great that 1t re-
CURED practically all the equipment
that tho road had.
The following resolution was adopted
by tho meeting: That committee of
twenty-five shippers and receivers OF
freight to and from the North be APP
pointed to call on the Pennsylvania and
Baltimore and Ohio railroads and the
United States shipping board and en-
deavor TO secure the adoption of
methods that will open UP freight
transportation to and from the North
crn points and relieve the congestion
Mt Richmond,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-25
RICHMOND TIMEs- DsPATCH SUNDAY, NOYEMBER Is. 1s17

werc forced to withdraw only n short
distance and still hold the ground from
Cantaing to the south Of Bourbon wood.
This completes the summary OF tho
operations before Cambria since Tues
day morning.
There was, however heavy lighting
1o.rt The main elective hero was
the famous tunnel trench. an under
ground fertilization CT great strength.
about 1000. yards long. The cntiro
trench was mined as the British we'll
knew, and behind it the Germans had
dug 1000 yards of support trench.
Many concrete pill boxes also re-
enforced the trench defenscS-
For month the British had been
keeping the Germans nervous by put
ting down smoke barrages and en-
ploying gas. The enemy has become
so accustomed to this that when the
British started furry of gunfire at
dawn Tuesday the Germans thought 1t
was more of the same thing. and were
caught unawares. The greatest dan
ger which tho attackers faced was the
possibility OF the mines being blown
up, and they knew this must be
avoided. Accordingly. they took along
body Of expert tunnel men. BY good
fortune, they mastered the secret of
the mines. and cut the lead wires. This
prevented the enemy from setting off
the explosives.
A hot fight .ooIs place in the tunnel
and 400 enemy bodies were counted af-
ter the conflict. In addition more than
700 prisoners were taken.
Further evidence OF the German un-
preparedness for an offensive in the
Cambrai sector was obtained to-day in