Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-26
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 Frank Bakers batting so far has been big help to the Yankees.
 We know of no more appropriate | name for the New Haven Eastern lea que representatives than the Brewers. |
 Truck Hannah, the Yankees new catcher, is bigger than Ed Sweeney. | He can throw the ball like rifle bull | let.
 Some of those clubs in the Aneri- can league pitchers that G;d not face Washington during the past week must be glad that Sam Rice's furlough has expired
 Otho Chase, N. F. A., ex-'20. and a sub on the 1916 football team who enlisted in the U. s. Naval Reserve, is now at the Azores Islands off the coast of Africa.
 If the calamity howlers will go away back and sit down, real baseball fans who need recreation just now will be very much obliged.
 The Massey who is now playing left field for the Braves is not the Massey who was with the club for a part of last season. This Massey was in Minneapolis last year.
 | Miller Huggins is working the writes to land a pitcher of national reputa- ton. There are obstacles in the way, l l.,,+ they can be removed.
 Pertica, young pitcher with the Los Angeles club, is attracting wide attention on the Coast and baseball men in there predict that he will soon be in the big show
 There has been altogether too much rowdyism in the Eastern League this year. Bridgeport and New London have been the worst offenders with l Providence a close second.
 Eddie Fitzpatrick apparently is de- termined to give up baseball for good So far he has stuck to his resolution, and is industriously engaged in farm ing somewhere in New Jersey" It is said that the other clubs of the Eastern League will protest Bridgeport's two Oriental stars, Lai and Vim on account of their race They are Chinamen from Hawaii.
 The Taftville team was 100 per cent loafers according to General Crowder's edict and therefore they have gone to work so the Shore Line can no longer get trimmed by them. 
 Gandill was supposed to have weak legs two years ago when the Wash ington sold him to the Clevelands and the latter passed him on to the White Sox. Chic's pins, however, have fooled everybody.
 Clark Griffith promoter of the bat and ball fund has received a letter from the American army headquarters in France acknowledging the receipt of ninety mine packages containing 156 complete baseball outfits.
 Paul Cobb. brother of Ty Cobb, the sensational Detroit outfelder, and at one time big league ball player him. self, has enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and is now on his way to the Marine Training camp at Paris Island $. c.
 After a year of war sports are re- covering their normal position and many tournaments and meets that were not held in 1917 lon account oi the war will take place this year with the proceeds going to the Red , Cross or some other war fund. George Burns when he topped the Giants batting order, was about as good a lead off man as there was ir } either league. Now he Is batting ir third place, and he is proving just a: effective in his new position as he die $ as the forerunner of the teams at. 7 tack.
 3 Willard J. Boomer, jr., has beer } elected captain of the Columbia fenc ing team for the 191S-19 season. H. was a member of the Intercollegiate v fencing champions of this year, thi l being his first winter on the varsity He was a member of last years fresh }. man fencing team. He succeeds H u w. Forster, the captain of last win ter's team.
 ] David J. Yates, former pitcher o the New York Americans, all-rount athlete, coach and trainer has beer announced as the first director o