Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-11

pies of the late Isaac Walton, has been showing a fine lake trout which he secured at Lake Winnipisauki, N. H., last week. The fish weighed al- most five pounds and was about thir- ty inches long.
 On Wednesday, June 19, the Shore Line team will go to Fort Terry to play the post team that raised such havoc here over the weekend. Mana ger Lawless of the soldiers has as Sured the carmen that they will not have to face Rice.
 Ashland met their first defeat of the season Saturday at Willimantic and it was largely due to errors. All of which goes to show the futility of playing on non-regulation field such as Ashland Park. It is a fine thing for the home team but it spells them for another field.
 Carl Mays promises to be one of the real stars of the American league this season. He has attained mid summer from already, as his one hit shut out over the Athletics attests. Mays should turn in at least 20 vic tories for the Red SoX. in the opinion of Boston critics who know his capa- biIities.
 The suggestion that golf clubs give war savings stamps instead of cups and medals is meeting with popular favor everywhere and there is no doubt that the L. S. G. A. will approve the plan. There can be no more harm in that than in giving golf balls. Many clubs out west have already adopted this idea for the coming season.
 It is, of course, to be presumed that Fred Mitchell, manager fthe Chicago Cubs is quite grief stricken over the loss of Grover Cleveland Alexander to the army. The snatching away of the worlds greatest pitcher would make any manager weep. But-Mitchell can find solace in at least one feature of the Great Alec's departure-it offers an excellent alibi in case the Cubs finish in the second division. And have no doubts, Mitch will use it. T can see no reason why the White Sox will not repeat this season the victory they put over in 1917." Such was the enthusiastic declaration ot Charles A. Comiskey, owner of the world champion Chicago White SoS and one of the biggest men in the national pastime in point of prestige Our club remains intact" he added Except for the loss of Joe Jenkins and Jim Scott, who have joined the colors we will have the same club that wor for us the championship of the world last autumn. We have a veteran bal club, most of our men being married Therefore we have lost few in the I nd al 6. | outs"
 An Indian athlete Something TO- mantle, something "colorful" always isn't there, to the coming of the red skin into the realm of sport? Car 1 lisle gave us it's MT. Pleasant, its Guy: on, and that most illustrous of all round athletes-its Jim Thorpe. Ant host of other famous gridiror warriors, it gave, too. Baseball almos two decades ago, found it's first req | Indian in Soxalexis, that wonderful | deerfooted Oldtown redskin whose ] kaleidoscopic career started at Holy | Cross carried him into the big league! with Cleveland, made him a natioIa sensation for brief period the1 | plunged him into public obscurit! when a racial passion-'hr hrewater' IT. | 1
 | Jack Skelly, who contributes fgh dope to the Yonkers Herald, comes ou with a story boosting the Willard Full ton fight Jack says Tt takes a mal of nerve brains, money and great ex ecutive ability to promote such. marcl as the Willard Fulton one, and com' out substantial financial winner il the end, under the present catch as catch-can methods. Any man wht endeavors to conduct one of these bii bouts has my sincere sympathy ant consideration, although he may blund CT or fail in some ways. If we didn' have these enterprising, daring pro moters with all their imperfectionS we wouldn't have any great fistic com bats. So why not boost instead o knocking them?" We agree with Nil
 Skelly that it takes. a promoter wit plenty of nerve to stage Willard an
 Fulton. It also takes lots of money