Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-25


 long while making good but he ar rived at Worcester taking little May Bird into camp.
 The clever Yankee reinsman is pre+- ty certain to pilot the NJ and NJ. ia Vorite and some rather shrewd judges think Busy's Lassie will get the money
 SPORTING NOTES
 Hugo Bezdek, the Pirates new man ager, will return to the University Of oregon to coach the football team this fall
 Beals Becker. former Giant. is strengthening his hold on the batting lead in the American association. Becker, with Kansas City. is at pres ent hitting .349.
 George Burns. by consistent hitting Tn the past two weeks, has climbed back into the 300 class.
 The presence Of the Kilties and de- tachments of our owR sailors. marines and guardsmeu mada Saturday a gala day at the Polo grounds.
 Heinie Groh has experienced a bat ting slump Of late and dropped below the 300 mark last week. Heinle's a. craze is at present .29S.
 Frank Baker has added 4s points 10 ms batting average in the last three weeks. At that rate he'll soon be crowding Cobb and Speaker
 
 There are now IS men in the Ma tional league who are hitting over 300 to 12 in the American league.
 The Reds. who are hitting the bah hard, still hold the lead in club bat ting in the league with an average of 265. The Phillies are second with .254 and the Giants third with .252.
 In answer to the charge that the Phillies rank second in club batting only because of the short right field wall on their home grounds. Pat Moran points out that on the first western trip his team averaged more than five runs per game.
 The Tigers, who are making A game light to overhaul the White Sox. Red SoX and Indians, are closing up on Fohls men. They are now only one game behind them.
 The Braves are preparing to ask for waivers on Sherwood Magee. whose major league career is practically over honetchy also will take a ride on the sk1ds before Stallings gets through with his new reorganization plan.
 A ball player who dabbles in the secret affairs of the fraternity and also draws a fat salary from his club does not deserve sympathy when his em- ployer decides to throw him to the wolves. Several schemers will be look ing for jobs next season
 President Weeghman of the Cubs an nounces that Fred Mitchell will he permitted to spend untold wealth for new players. But where will Mitchell obtain the right kind?
 Recent batting averages showed that every team in both the American and National leagues had at least ons pastimer hitting for 300 or better.
 The Phillies are not doing much in the base stealing line. The teams hitting and pitching have been O K but the Morans have been poor pill ferers.
 Although Bobby Roth of Cleveland has had a bad foot for the past two years his pastimfnR has been on par with that of the best of the big leaguers.
 President Garry Hermann of the Reds was a happy "Bill" during the Elks' convention in Boston. Besides enjoying the B. P. O. F. festivities the Reds boss saw his hirelings clean up the Braves.
 Business Manager Rancroft Of the Cincinnati Reds has picked third place for Matty's team. Right now the Reds look as though they would make good Benny's prediction.
 It is considered doubtful if the change in managers will help the Pi- rates to any great extent. Tn fact. there doesn't seem to be much help for the Buccaneers this season
 Cobb. the leading hitter. run getter and base -stealer. and Roland who stands among the leading American league pitchers. are the only Detroit pastimers to distinguish themselves so far this season
 The Giants certainly are proving a hard outfit for National league teams To beat. Present indications point to the McGrawites romping home a win oer with mile of daylight between them and the runner-up
 Losing three games in row to 'leveland was about the saddAst blow hat has hafallen the Red SoX this season. The worlds champions were III set to recain first place when the indians tommyhawked 'em.
 The White Sox. picked bv many 70 win the pennant. still have a trou- 'lesome tin1a ahead of them There g a possibu'tv that the done may ho 'pset h. either the Red Sox. the In- lians. Tigers or Yankees.
 Ivan Olson who was benched ear fer in the sea son is uniting uD well game for the BrOOklvn Superhas Since his return tO regular work Oi- on has led his team iu batting and # the some time has played bang-up 'al in the field
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 Missions come and go between the United States and the Allied coIn- ries so far all Tn safety. May this 10 fnfnFfaTan rsffF