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Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-22
By PETER P. CARNEY,


 Editor. National Sports Syndicate.
 Iowa plucked the honors for holding the greatest number of registered trapshooting tournaments and for or ganizing more gun clubs than any other state in 1917, but to Illinois goes the credit of throwing the greatest number of targets with Pennsylvania second. Without the Grand American Handicap Pennsylvania would have ex- celed, as the difference between the states is a little more than 100000, while more than 300, 900 were thrown in the Grand American.
 Illinois trapped S21,8S5 targets for it's shooters, which far as we know is the greatest number that has ever been trapped in any one state in one years. Records of the Interstate as- sociation for 1917 show that 504 tour naments were held, and that 493 have made reports In these 493 tourna- ments 6,175,S48 targets were thrown This is the greatest number of targets ever thrown. The record of 1916 was 6,366, ,11O, which was two millions more than the year previous.
 There wasn't as many trapshooters in competition in 1917, however. 1916 records show that 10.52S individual shooters faced the traps, while this years figures contain the names of S,765. The average number of tar gets thrown at each tournament in 1916 was 12,70O. The average in 1917 was 12 554.
 According to the figures appended states that failed to promote the sport during the year. Alaska and Panama did not go into registered shooting be- cause it is necessary to shoot at 2.O0O targets to get in the averages, and this is impossible in these places:
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-22

This was handed into the compart- ment and we concluded the dining car had failed to make connections with train.
 After breakfast the sentry left us and his -p'acc was taken by the Red Cross orderly. He was quite pleasant and told us that we were to detrain at Aachen (AiX-la- Chapelle), where we would be put in hospitals. He gave us a German newspaper to read which we did our best to puzzle out, but finally gave it up.
 Orderly Was Terrified.
 Not long after lunch which was the same as breakfast with the addition of bean soup, we arrived at Aachen. A German medical officer came on board the train. He saw the Red Cross or derly in the compartment with LIS and roared some unintelligible German at the top of his voice. Our little friend looked terrified and jumped off the train. Shortly after l saw him stand ing as stiff as poker while the officer told him off severely, probably for be- ing so kind to us. We never saw him again except in his official capacity. Evidently the German officer didn't like our looks for we were told that we could not get off there, and shortly afterWard Aachen was left behind. We were horribly disappointed, but decided that we couldn't learn to love that of Ifcer and perhaps it would be better for us elsewhere.
 The next news I got was that we were going to Coin. I was not aware that this was the German for Cologne
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-22
YOUNG TO SUCCEED
 HERZCG AT SECOND
John McGrow Has Developed Texas
 Youth Into Star InfieIder.

Charley Herzog's latest fareup against Manager McGraw of the Giants will undoubtedly result in a new player at second base at the Polo Grounds next summer and it became known recently that for some time the Giants manager has been carefully grooming Ross Young for the position. New York has seen very little of Young, although Scout Dick Sherman, Texas, in the Western Asso citation, a couple of years ago. He was mere boy then, but was the sensation of that league. He went to Marlin with the Giants last spring and immediately took the fancy of Manager McGraw, who proclaimed him as the most promising youngster that . has broken into the major 1eel-- gues in Is years.
 The only trouble with Young was that he lacked experience. so last season McGraw sent him to Roches- ter, where he improved rapidly under the guidance of Mike Doolan, the old shortstop of the Phillies. who was one of the snartest infielders in his day. Doolan taught Young a lot of tricks, and when he returned to the Giants at the end of last season he was a vastly improved ball player. the outfeld at Rochester. He was a star. in both positions, and finished the International League season with batting average of .356
 Young played with the Giants in the last few games in the outfield last season and hit the ball so hard that the old timers looked upon him in awe. McGraw has known for some time that the boy was a conner, but has said little about him He, has been saving him for just such an oc- casion as the one which now presents itself Several of the Giants players predicted last fall,, after. Herzog had been suspended for desetting the club without permission, that Young would be playing at second base newt season
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-22

record for the south ..
 5. In these 2S games scored 1,162 pointE and had 67 scored against them. A record for the entire United States in both ways.
 6. For the season of 1916 led-alI the teams of the country in scoring
 z. For the season of 1917 again led all the teams of the country on SCOT ing.
 8. Only col1ege in the world that ever played a double header. against two different opposing college varsity teams on the same day and at the same place-Gfant field, Atlanta, Sept. 29, 1917, against F>urman university and Wake Forest, winning both, 25-0 and 33-O.
 g. During the season of 1917 the Tornado broke five records as follows: Defeated Penn by the biggest score in 27 years. Defeated Washington and Lee by the biggest score in 1atter's history. Defeated Vanderbilt by big gest score in latter's history. Defeated Carlisle Indians by biggest score in latter's history. Defeated Auburn by biggest score in 1atter's history
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VII

discovered one man who was shot through the hand. lie had had no attention except the cGi~incI field dressing applied by himself. The broken bones were FrctrudinG, and he was suffering agony. l got permission to see one of the doctors, and, by means of signs and words, asked him 1T this man could not have his wounds dressed. He said he did not think so, but would ask the Chief Arzt (head doctor). He returned with the inform ation that the mans would could not be dressed till he got to the hospital Evidently he had not yet arrived. How we did curse those Huns and wish we were in. the hands of our own doc tors.
 me curious!y, and at length he came up and extended a small pocket mir TOT. I glanced into it and then real ized the reason for his interest. I will never forget the sight that met my gaze; my face was one mass Of clotted blood and mud. 1 removed my steel helmet and felt my head. I couldn't separate my hair from the cake which covered it, and I was glad that no one who loved me eff there were any) could see me at that particular minute. My mind ran back to the moment when I recovered consciousness after being hit by the timber from the mine. remembered finding my steel helmet lying beside me, and automatically tanning 1t as it was, full of dirt, on my bleeding head. I felt an over whelming desire to wash my head and asked for "warmes Wasser" this privilege only for Germans and refused. l had learned the password from the doctor. so told him I wanted to see the Chef Arzt. This seemed to en to him and he reluctantly gave permission. While I was there again inquired about having the mans hand dressed, but was told the same story as before.
 Bean Soup and Black Bread.
 About o'clock we were each given a tin bowl of bean soup and chunk of black bread. The soup was quite thic~ and nourishing and we soon put it in a safe place, as this was the first meal we had had all day. A pail of acorn coffee was passed around, and with tin mug we dipped out what we required. The cigars and liquors were dispensed with for that evening. After we had finished eating we settled back on the stretchers for q much needed sleep. Up till then we had felt too tired and hungry to sleep, but at last the wonderful feeling of drowsiness was coming over us all.
 We almost succeeded in forgetting our troubles fer a little while, but shortly after the meal a German doctor and two assistants came around and examined the tags on each man. Very few had had an injection against te- janus, and were given it then The quantity of serum injected and the date were added to the information of the tag.
 Difficult Conversation.
 While this was going on I had a most peculiar conversation with, a Red Cross orderly. He knew a few words of English and French, and I a few gorls of French and German. We spoke very slowly to each other. Whenever we did not understand we would try word in one of the other languages. This system succeeded beautifully. I can see him now, on one knee, beside my stretcher, and can re- call some of the conversation which
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-22
VALE HOLIDAY TRIP.
Eli Quintet to Play Mine Games Dur ing Christmas HoIidays-cpen With Crescent A. C.

Yale's basketball team will leave New Haven Friday on the annual Christmas trip. The outlook for the season is regarded as hopeful, though regulars, who were depended upon to carry on the prestige of the 1916 five, are now in the army or navy. Charles G. Stradella (Nicholls school Buffalo), who played center on the 1919 varsity, has been elected captain in place of Lieut.. Orson M. Kinney, now at Camp Meade. The schedule for the holiday trip follows:
 Dec. 21-Team leaves New Haven for New York. Headquarters at the Hotel Vanderbilt Plays Crescent Ath- letic club in Brooklyn at S.30.
 Dec. 22-St. Johns colleg in Brook lyn at s.30. The team will then dis band until Dec. 31.
 Dec. 31-Assemble in Pittsburgh. Game with the Carnegie Institute of Technology in the East Liberty Y. M. c. A. of Pittsburgh at S.30. While in Pittsburgh the members of the team will be the guests of the Yale Alumni association of West Pennsylvania.
 Jan. 1-Game with the University of Pittsburgh at s.15. Leave Pittsburgh at Il.
 Jan. 2-Arrive in Buffalo at 73o a. m. Headquarters at the Iroquois l1o- tel. Game with the University of Buffalo at Elmwood Music hall that evening at 8.
 Jan. 3-Leave Buffalo at 321. Arrive in Rochester at 5. Headquarters at the Hotel Seneca Game with the Uni versity of Koch ester at S.15.
 Jan. 4-Leave Rochester at 2.25. Ar
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-22

New York. Dec. 21.-At the close of the second round of the intercollegiate chess tournament at Columbia untver- sity tonight, Columbia, having defeat ed Princeton by { to 0, took the lead, with a total of 6 .1-2 points. Harvard, whose team made a 2-2 tie with Yale came next with a total of points; Yale, 3 1-2. and Princeton last with 2. Wolfson, Isaacson, Sherman and Clapp were the winners for Columbia Prosser and Bal1entine scored for Harvard and Margolis and Brown for Yale.
 Tn the third round. to be played to- morrow, Columbia will meet Harvard. while Yale will play Princeton.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-22
ran something like this:

ran something like this:
 "How much years haben Sie?'
 (How old are you.)
 ''Siebon und-zwanzig" (Twenty- y-seven.)
 You are verheiratet?"
 (Are you married?O 'Ich verstebe nicht."
 q don't understand.)
 You are marle?' (married.)
 "Oh, nein.' ,--
 (Oh. 'no.)
 You are VerSagt? 9"
 (Are you engaged?)
 It took some time to find out what this meant He didn't know the French or English for it, but by signs he let me know he meant engaged. I said ''hance,'' and he remembered the word then, and nodded "yes.''& We'll this was a delicate question with me- hoped I was, but didn't know for sure. Rather than go into a long explanation I told him I was. He seemed very much pleased, and then attacked my family one by one I was getting a little fed up with this so he switched him off the family tree on to his life history. At the conclusion of an hour we were friends. and he conffded to me that we were due to leave at II o'clock on another train, and that he was coming with us. saw at once that he would be a good man to stand i'll with. so took pains not to offend him.
 The, inside information I had receiv- ed proved correct, and about eleven we were taken to the station and again boarded train.' This time
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-22

rive in Syracuse at All. Headquarters at the Hotel Onondaga. Game with the University of Syracuse at g..
 Jan. 5-Leave Syracuse at 1.24. Ar rive at Schenectady at AIS. Game with Union college at 8. Leave Schenecta- dy after the game at 12.11.
 Jan. 6-Arrive in New York at 7.03.
 Jan. 7-Game with Rutgers college in New Brunswick at 8. Return to New Haven.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-22

Eddie Collins, by Chicago
 White SoX, to Athletics .... Iris Speaker, by Cleveland to 7 Boston Americans ......
 Joe Tinker, by Brooklyn to Frank Baker, by New York
 Americans to Athletics .... Benny Kauff, by New. York
 Nationals to Federal League Lee Magee by New York Amer
 jeans to Federal League ... Marty O'Toolc by Pittsburgh
 to Indianapolis ............
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-22

New Haven-Three German aliens were taken to New York Saturday morning by United States Marshal Hayes and from there will be trans ferred to the detention camp in Geor- gia.S aThe aliens are local men and lave been at the county jail for the rast few weeks. They are Albert Strauss, Reisser Stehl and Alfred F. Rottger.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-22
ALGoNoUINs OF NEW HAVEN
 STATE BOWLING CHAMPS.
Won Three Straight Games from Hartford in Final Match-New Lon
 don Finished Last.

New Haven, Conn., Dec. 21.- Through the defeat here of the Hart ford team tonight the Algonquins of New Haven won the state duckpin bowling championship. The visiting team lost all three of the games roll ed. Tonight's series ended the con- lest between the intersectional teams from this city, Hartford and and New London. The final standing:
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-22
Fortunes Spent for Starr h Recent

The record price paid for a player up to the $75.000 Alexander -Killifer deal consummated last week, was $50 900. paid for Iris Speaker. and for Eddie. Collins. Here is a list of prices paid in recent years for base ball stars:- a
 Grover Alexander by Chfca-
 go Nationals to Philadelphia
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-22
ATTORNEYS -AT-LAW
SPORTING NOTES

Del Gamer of EIkfns, ". Va, subsd tr1te first basenan of the Boston Amer ican league baseball club, has enlist ed at the Boston navy yard as first class yeoman-
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-22
WRESTLING TOURNAMENT.
Zbyszko Throws Fred PiiakoH in 15 Seconds-Other Results at New York.

New York, Dec. Z1--t took Wladek Zbyszko of Poland just 15 seconds to throw Fred Pilakof of Finland in the international catch as catch can wres- tling tournament here tonight The quick fall was scored with a body scis- sors and wrist lock.
 Other results were: Harry Stevens of England threw Joe Samson, Ameri- can, S.04, head scissors and crotch hold: Ivan Linow, Russia, defeated George Manich, Serbia, 21.2S, head scissors and wrist lock; Ed (Strangler) Lewis, Lexington, ky, defeated De- metrius T6falos, Greece. BPS, half nel- son and croach (head lock barred) i; Joe Rogers, New York, threw Sula Hevonpaa, Finland 14.10, side roll and double arm lock; Dr. B. F. Roller, Seattle defeated John Heracle, Will mington, Del, 1912. half nelson and crotch hold.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-22

Ed Rarrow's salary as president Of the International league was cut from Sz 800 to S2,O00 a year on account of the war. Ed now thoroughly agrees with Sherman.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-22

James J. Cullen, member of the team tlfat won the worlds rifle champion chip in 1915, has been drafted for mili- tary service and has gone to Fort
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-22

Barney Dreyfuss, according to those who think they know, has lost $1OO,- 900 since he lost the services of Fred Clarke as manager of the Pirates Well, what's S100, 900 to Barney!
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-22

Manager McGraE of the Giants is off to the gentler climate of Cuba He will while away the time there with one thing and another until it's time for the Giants to report at Marlin
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-22
AIack! Now a Smack.

sr Aiack! Now a Smack.
 The racing yacht Defiance that was such, a f1ivver when put to the test TOW is in the flashing trade at Beau fort, N. C.. Her present owners have taken the stick out of her and insert ed a kicker" With her beautiful lines and solid mahogany hull she looks decidedly out of place among the greasy vessels of the fishing fleet. The Defiance was built in 1914 by a syndicate of Boston. sportsmen. She cost a great deal of money, as the materials that went into her constTuc- tion were the best that could be ob- tained.. While the trials, during which she completed with the Reso- lute and the VaRatie, were, on the war came along and cut them short. but not before the Defiance was shown to be hopeless as racing ma chine.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-22

Business of Pinntng a rose on Gene Packard of the Cardinals for having been the best hitting pitcher in the National league during the past sea son 2. His average, compiled in 2S games, was -2S0.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-22

Joe Lynch Wins Decision Over Pal
 Moore.
 Providence, R.. l., Dec. 21.-Joe Lynch of New York won the decision over Pal Moore of Memphis in the 12 round main bout tonight. The match was the best yet seen in Rhode Island
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-22
COLUMBIA LEADING IN COLLEGE CHESS
New Workers Defeat Prnceton to OHarvard and Yale Game Results in Tie-Coumbia Has 6H Points Harvard Second With 4.

school defeated Windham High 63 to 19 on the formers floor in h1oosup Friday evening. Smith of Plalnf1eld was the shining. light of the game. al though the other local boys played fast basketball Wfndham was outclassed at all stages of the game.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-22

President Dan OClen of the Eastern league has returned to Hartford from New York. where he attended the Ma tjoHal sleague meeting, but he is not yet ready to say anything about what lis circuit will or may do next sea
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-22

More Than soo,ooo Targets Were Thrown From Atlantic City Pier, so That COCO Persons Could Enjoy the Sport.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-22


 which won the worlds championship. was second in club fielding in the American league, Boston with a total c. .s72 being 5 points to the good in this department of the game. This was shown in the official fielding averages announced by B. B. Johnson, president o fthe league, today
 Eddie Collins of the White Sox doesn't care whether school keeps or not It has just been figured out that in five worlds series he has pulled out a total of nearly S15.000. For three years his total salary from the Windy City outfit has come to the neat little sum of s45, 900. Quite lot of folks actually work for a living and get much less
 Lewis Barr Finn, 1S, of Whining ton, Del. was yesterday elected cap tain of the Princeton university bas- l1etbau team for the coming season Ftinn was a substitute on last years team and Is playing at center on this years quintet He prepared for Princeton at the Wilmington Friends school, where he was a member of the basketball squad
 ing of the national basketball rules committed. to have been held in this city on Dec. F. was announced late yesterday by Ralph Morgan, secretary
 
 named is Dec. 26. Other athletic meet tngs to be held on Dec. 23, which mem bers of the committee might wish to attend were given as the reason for the poStponement-
 Georgia Tech, whose eleven. was un- defeated last season, has asked for an intersection game with Indiana uni Indianapolis on Nov. 22- The Atlanta school athletic directors stated that they would hold the date open until a dennite answer can be made, and Coach Stein yesterday secured an op- ton on Washington park for Nov. 23 The fucalty of Indiana university will make final decision in the matter.
 The athletic board and coaches at West Virginia university learned a football lesson this fall which they are not likely to- forget, and when the time comes for making up the 1918 football schedule they will recall the season ofS1s17 without great deal of joy and win act accordingly After the greatest team West Virginia ever de- veloped went through the most sue, resIu season a mountaineer team had ever enjoyed. it was forced to bow to it's home state rivals, West Virginia Wesleyan. potentially a weaker team. in a defeat which was a hard pill to swallow.
 BasebzI1 practice at Harvard win begin on February II. following the close of the mid-year tests when Hugh Duffy. the coach, win proceed to carry out plans that have been made for the diamond sport at Cambridge. While arrangements have not all been completed, it is assured that there will he a freshman nine with a schedule of usual length, and at least an in formal university outfit provided stu- dents show sufficient interest to war r5at one. During February Duffy r-iu work exclusively with the battery CT ss5Stes, the infle1ders not starting ..- esnv-lr fr,
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-22
MON EY.

New York, Dec. 21. = Call money strong; high 6; low 6; ruling rate 6; closing bid 5 3-4; offered at G. last loan G..
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-22
COTTON.

t New York, Dec 21. - Cotton spot quiet; middlings 31.10. Futures opened steady. Decent ber 305o bid, January
 29.60, March 1920. May 2S.s4, July 2SSI
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-22
The Surprising Feature.

Tt is not at all surprising that Le- nine should do the work for which the Kaiser pays him, but why do the Russians stand flor it 2Kansas City Joiirflal
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-22
Cochran Defeats Morninastar.

Detroit, Mich, Dec. 1.-Welker Cochran of Chicago tonight won an 1,S00 point 1S.2 balk line billiard match from Ora Morningstar of this city, 1900 to 1,767, after Morningstar had made an unsuccessful effort to come from behind in the final block.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-22

aged S5 per cent for 1000 targets in October, the best average for that number of targets.
 The school will begin it's third year, in April, 1918.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-22
s6O,OGo
 s5O,oOO $5O,o0O $25,O0O s25 900 S25 900 S2.2 300 800 5,00
sTRAP w: }!
 and Cr /Ef FIELD E4
SIX MILLION TARGETS
 THROWN IN REGISTERED SHOOTS DURING 1917.

Illinois Trapshooting Clubs Tossed s21 ,es5 Harsets for the Shooters and
 Excel in This Respect. .
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-22

The Chicago Americans, the team which won the worlds championship. was second in club fielding in the American league, Boston with a total or .S72 being 5 points to the good in this department of the game. This was shown in the official fielding averages announced by B. B. Johnson, president fthe league, today.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-22

PIainfieId Defeats Windham 63- 19.
 Especial to The Bulletin.) Pfainfie1d, Dec. 21.-Plainfield High
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-01

From the Congressional Direo-
tory published By the United States
GOvernment-'Wm z. Mason. Sen
ator from Illinois. was elected to
the 50th Congress IN 1887, 10 the
51st Congress IN 1s91-defeated for
the Sind Congress 1Ss2-Elected
Senator 70 the 55th Congress 1887
to 1903"
Senator Mason Il now Congress-
man from the State OF Illinois
Senator Mason's championship
OF Pure Food and Drugs legisla-
ton, his fight for the rural free
delivery system. and his strong
advocacy Of all bills favoFing
labor and the rights Of the masses
as against trusts and combines
make him a national figure at
Washington and endeared him 70
the hearts OF the working man
and the great masses OF people
throughout the United States
Senator Mason has the distinction
OF being one OF the really big men
Of the nation. His strong endorse
ment OF Nuxated Iron must con-
vince any intelligent thinking
reader that II must be q prepara-
ton OF very great merit and one
which the Senator feels Is bound
to be OF great value TO the masses
OF people everywhere, otherwise
he could not afford TO lend his
name 70 IL especially after his
strong advocacy OF pure food and
drugs legislation