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Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-01

a, creation for her sole beneit. In the series for the championship. Norwich entirely odtclassed Seuthbridge ssdue chiefly to Chick Stanley of the NotA Wfch team. 5ssS, 4sggs sssggs isss
 The league will continue in action tins spring tn spite. of the; war. foN while the public may not have toAx 5- pend on the high schools for baseball as much as footbail,e still from pres ent indications ser1i-pro games will be few and far between in 1918, and if the league teams can put on good brand of ball they should be good go in this end of tho state. As usual
 there was the talk of an inter-league
 series with the Western IntersholastAe
 League for the state championship,
 but nothing came of it.
 Andrew J. Sullivan of Norwich was
 elected president of the league for
 the season of 1918, and Austin Peter
 son of Windham High was elected
 secretary. Mr. Sullivan is the first
 Norwich manager to be elected pres ident of the league at an annual meet ing, although it was largely through the initiative of Bruce McMillian, 8 Norwich man and Elliot Thorpe 0! Westerly that the league was re.
 organized. MT Sullivan is expected ts uphold the unapproachable N. F. A standard in this department as his team will no doubt do in the actua l playing.
 Among some Of the reforms .tha1
 have already been brought about. res; der his administration are the chang 4 ing Of Windham High from the North; ern to the Southern Division of ths league, the interpretation of the fo, tbacco rule, the adfnendment giving
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-01

with a aJcleaA slate and easily defeated Southbridge High thes Northern Di- vision champs, to and to 2.
 AS was. expected Captain Stanley dtd most of the mound work although s.Sheaaalld R1rvis did as little work Le- Claire played short with Mcknight at second and Parker atf third although these men did not play every game ow5ngSst to injuries and other things. E1qnihan who playedft the initial sack for a few games was sent back to his old position behind the plate while Bennstt who started the season at the receiving eaadsbfthe battery wound up the season on first. The regular out E field consisted sofsSheas Meek, Hull and Lynch, although all the outer gardners with. the sole exception of Lynch did some work in the brief infield.
 A brief record of the season: Windham 5 s5S''tX to 2g.?zsAThe Willimantic boys came near, dashing the Academy
 hopes at the bsgfnnirg of the season.
 The game went ten innings. The Acad-
 enaE putting across y;fhree runs in the tenth. EeClairg got two hits out of four trips to the plate while Stanley
 pitched good ball. flaming 16.
 Shore Line Electric, $ to 2-Shea did the mound work in ahis game with Stanley in the outfie1d. Hull played tnirds, Connors was tried out in left field. Mcknight was ! the individual star Of the game, getting three hits ont of four times at bat.
 K.illingly, II to 2-Stanley was on ] tiie mound for the Academy and had the upstate boys at his mercy at all times, letting them down with three
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-01
N. F. A. COACH DRAFTED
 INTO NATIONAL ARMY
Edward G. Mckay Biggest Loss ts
 Local spertdor Through War. f

The biggest loss in local sport cir-
 cles through the war was Edward G.
 Mckay, who was drafted into the Na- tiona1 Army. Mckay was local boy
 and played on the N. F. A. baseball
 team, being captain in his senior year.
 From Norwich he went to Trinity
 where he also played baseball being
 captain elect of the Hartford team
 when he left college. At Trinity he al-
 so played on the second football team
 and was g member of the college re- lay team. He came to N. r A. as a member of the faculty in 1917 and was given the coaching, job left open by the resignation of J. .. Qverbaugh. Although the football squad was short of material he turned out a ascl5ampion 2 ship team. The team tied one and won one of the Bulkeley games and
 won all the other games on it's sched- ule with the exception of Storrs Sec
 ondN Windham (won one and lost one) and the l-Collegians
 lAmong the teams that bowed to his | skill were Hartford High. Stonington and Westerly. Incidentally Westerly had the same team, with the exception of one man as the team that this year has claimed the championship ot | Rhode Island
 In his 1917 baseball isam Mckay al-
 so had to develop considerable new
 material which he did, the team win- ming the League Championship and
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-01
1a,7sNo NorAn AnEsYEAR..
 : < :: =: FOR snpRTs AT N. F. A.
.Basekall Tsxu6 Won League Cham < s x Ri shilpf-RtsIiesley Beaten.

a 4saia,e year sef fst7 was one of; fhe
 most successful that athletics at the
 Norwich Free Academy have seen in
 some time. Last spring the baseball
 team under the captaincy of Chick
 Stanley won the championship of the
 High school league while the football
 team after losing the first game of
 the series to Bulkeley came back and
 took the second after 8 hard fought
 battle by the score of to 2. Track
 and tennis were integral parts of the school life as long as the calss of 1917 was there to foster school spirit but they died out with raduation.
 Baseball. At the opening of the baseball sea son Coach Mckay had only four vet erans to work with, Captain Chick Stanley, Ray Counihan, who witt Stanley had formed the battery of the | 1916 nine Parker second baseman
 and Lee I4eClair shortstop. With these four players as nucleus he turned out the fastest high school team in this end of the state who besides winning every high school game beat severa | fast semi-pro teams. The team wa! l defeated only once and later beat thi. tqteam. The scoring calibre of the teaff may be judged from the fact that il l,5ifteen games they scored 139 runs tl 4Sheir opponents 64. The team wen
 Through the league season without defeat leading the Southern division
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-01

A brief summary of the season:
 Stonington 13 to 0. In the opening game the team was handicapped by a muddy field. Bennett did most of the Academy offensive work. scoring both touchdowns. Counihan and Cat shone at end cutting down Zellar time after time. Parker played a good defen- siye game. a ~
 Windham 20 to [. The Academy played good football from start to finish and completely outclassed their oponents. The long Forward passes to Dat were worthy of praise, as was the defensive work of Koslowsd and J. Wilcox. Bennett, Brewer and Eastwood each scored a. touchdown.
 Rhode Island State College Second Team 12 to 0. Parker was unable to play being sick. Jesse Wilcox was shifted to the backfeld, Koslowslti from guard to tackle and Suplicki to guard. The college boys were good but lacked teamwork: Forward passes to the Academy ends, were used to advan- tage. Bennett %ad Brewer did the
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-01

NO TRACK RECORDS
 BROKEN LAST YEAR
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-01
THE YEARS RECORDS
Running.


 60 yards dash (indcor) 6 2-5 secs. [. G. Loosnis, Chicago A. A., made at senior national indoor championships, held at the 22d regiment armory, New York city, March 1T, 1917.
 300 yards run (indoor). 32 Is secs. c. W. Dernell, Boys club, made at junior national championships, held at Buffalo, N. T., Jan. 1, 1917.
 800 yards run (iDdooF), 31 2-5 secs. Andrew B. Kelly Holy Cross college, made at senior national indoor cham pzonships, held at the 2Gd regiment armory, New York city, March IT. lef7.
 2 1000 yards run (indoor) 2 mins. 14 sees. J. w. Overton, Yale university made at senior national indoor cham pionships, held at the 22d regiment e1-nory, New York city, March 1T ls17.
 One mile run (indoor), mins. 1t Secs. J. W. Overton. Yale university made at the Meadowbrook A. c. in- door meet, held at Philadelphia, Pa. March 10. 1917.
 Two mile run (indoor), g mins. il s25 secs. Joie ". Ray. Illinois A. c. made at the New York A. c. meet held at Madison Square Garden, New York city, Feb. 13, 1917. Walking.
 Two hoars (outdoor), 14 miles, 42t yards. w. Plant, Long Island A. c. made Ut the 15 miles patriotic walk held at Macomb's Dam Park. N. Y. June 17. 1917.
 ] IS miles (outtcors). 3 hrs. rnins IT s-5 secs. Ed Renz, New York A, c. made at the Is miles patriotic walk held at Macomb's Dam Park, N. Y June II, 1917.
 Running High Jump. . fOutdoor), 6 it. z 7-S ins. Clinton Larsen, Brigham Young university made in exhibition, at Provo, Utah June 1, 1917.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-01
NOTEWORTHY PERFORMANCES,
Runnina.

f1htitihSs
 70 yards dash Gndoor), 1-5 secs. J. G. Loomis. Chicago A. A, made at the New York A. c. indoor meet, held at Madison Square Garden, New York city. Feb. 1s, 1917.
 f55 yards dash (outdoors), 12 2-5 sees, J. G. Loomis, Chicago A. A.. made at Sears, Roebnck & Co. meet, held at Chicago. H., Sept. 5, 1914. Hurdles.
 ] 50 yards low hurdles (indoor), 4 hurdles. IS yards to first hurdle, hur- dles 10 yards apart, 5 yards to finish. 1-5 secs. J. G. Eoomis, Chicago A. A., made at Meadowbrook A. c. in- door meet, held at Philadelphia, Pa, March 10, 1917.
 TO yards low hurdles (indoor), I s-h secs. ]. G. Loomis, Chicago A. A., made at New York A. c. indoor meet, held at Madison Square Garden, New York city. Feb. 13, 1917.
 15 yards high hurdles (indoor), 15 yards to first hurdle, hurdles 10 wards apart. 10 yards to finish, 3-5 secs Waldo Ames, University of Illinois made at the University of Illinois in door relay meet held at Champaign IL. March 3. 1917.
 75 yards low hurdles (indoor). hurdles, feet inches high, 20 yards to first hurdle, hurdles 20 yards apart and IS yards to finish, 8 2-5 secs Waldo Ames. made at University ot Illinois indoor relay meet, held at Champaign, III, March 3. 1927.
 100 yards high hurdles (outdoor). hurdles, 8 feet inches high 15 yarde to first hurdle. hurdles 10 yards apart and Is yards to finish, IS secs. Harry ev A A 11 cago A. A. meet, held at Chicago, III, on July 2s, 1914.
 Walking.
 ii miles (outdoor), 1 hr. 31 mins. 8; S-5 secs. W. Plant, Long Island A C. made at the 15 miles patrioti, walk, held at Macombs Dam Park New York, June 17, 1911.
 12 miles (outdoor), hr 40 mins. 3-5 sec. W. Plant. Long Island A c. made at the 15 miles patrioti, New York, June IT, 1917.
 IS miles (outdoor) 1 hr. 4S mins, A. 1-5 secs. w. Plant, Long Island A. C. made at the 15 miles patriotic wall, held at Macomb's Dam Park, Nev York, June IF, 1917.
 H miles (outdoor), 1 hr. 57 mins. 5 secs. W. Plant, Long Island A. C. made at the 15 miles patriotic walk held at Macomb's Dam Park, Ney York, June IT. 1917.
 Throwing the Weights.
 Throwing the 56 10. weight with un limited run and follow, 43 feet i H. Inches. NJ. J. McGrath, New York A c, at New York A. c. outdoor mee held at Travers Island, New York, Oct 2. 1917.
 Swimming Records-Men
 'ioo yards. Open tidal salt wate, strasshtaway, 53 secs. Duke P. Ka hansmoku, Hiu Naul, Honolulu. Hon clriu harbor, H. T., Sept. 5, 1917. - zoo yards. Bath (25) [ turns mins, secs. Norman Ross, Olympi Qlnb. San Francisco. New York A. (
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-01

winning every game played with high school. With even less mate rial last fall he started in to develop a football team and was apparently succeeding. when called to service as up to that time he had not lost a game. Shortly after going to Camp De5ens he made the football team of the 301st Machine Gun Battalion, playing quarterback and incidentally he was considered one of the stars of the team. 4 The winning of the see- ond Bulkeley game was due largely to a trick play he gave the Academy.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-01
TENNIS
(By JuIion s. Myrick, Acting Pres ident, United States National Lawn
 Tennis ,Associatien.) ,


 ident, United States National Lawn Tennis Assoeiaticn.). 7 The United States National Lawn Tennis association at it's annual meet ing in February will consider the ex- ecutive committees recommendation that championships be restored for 1918, and indications are that this will be approved. This action is advised by the committee in the belief that it will best conserve the interests of tennis and the people Of, our sountrg. Americans like the competitive idea in sport TO matter whether worlds championship CT some minor title is involved. It is our belief that, rester- alton of tennis championships viii help to conteract the effect of with drawing thousands of players who are now in government service.
 No one can attempt to argue tT.at a championship without the ranking players will display tennis Of as high class as when those men were pisyins, But new players are coming on and the competition will be just as keun as ever.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-01
1917 BIG YEAR FOR
 HIGH SCHOOL B. B. LEAGUE Andrew Sullivan First President From N. F. A. - lnstitues Many Reforms, s.-.----=-- =.--.., 70

The year of 1917 was one of the most successful that the Eastern Connecticut Intersche1astic Baseball League has had since it's reorganiza- tion in 1915. While the race in the Southern Division was a runaway for the Norwich Free Academy, the rac~
 in the Northern Division was closely fought between Bartlett High Of Webster and Southbridge. The latter won, chiefly because of the fighting propensity of the Webster boys to dispute the decisions of the umpire
 Ever. since the league reversed the decision Of the umpire in the Wind ham, Webster game in 1916, Webster has seemed to think that umpires :Fe
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-01
Hartford l4ish stase Champs.

There sno doubt but what Hart lord High School was the high school football champions of the state for the past season. The Capitol City poys went through stiff schedule without a defeat, tieing two games The Hartford goal line was not cross ed during the season. The Academy was one of the, victims, being massa- cred to the tune of 4s to c.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-01
N.. F. A. FOOTBALL TEAM

the home team the right to bring an umpire, the setting Of a time limit before which all league games must be played, and the important ruling of when a player becomes ineligible to play owing to graduation, al-t though he may have returned for a post graduate course
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-01
Many Stars Now in Arrny-Fiv Swimming Records Broken in is17.

!, During the past year there was less tr1nk athletics than usual, as this spors in common with the others suf- fered from tee-s war. Five worIdB rec ords for men were broken, but they were all in swimming. The most no table performance of the year in field sports was the jumping of Clinton Larsen of Brigham Young university, who went over the bar at it. z 7-S in. on June 1st. Many men who in former years wore the spiked shoe have donned the hob-nailed shoe of the trenches and are giving Uncle Sam the same excellent service they gave their alma mater or their club.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-12-08
CCONTINUED FROM PAGE oNE)

firemen deemed the time had arrived to make bold
stand to stop the progress Of the flames
A hundred yards away singing firemen stretched a
long bamboo ladder to the roof of untouched house
and nimbly elm bed thereon dragging after them q
huge triangular block Of wood, painted white and
bearing the name OK fire company the block resting
ION long shaft of wood which strsamers of cloth
were attached. This shaft the firemen proceeded 10
plant firmly the roof OF the house and two men
stood there holding place soldiers guard
over a planted standard Of battle Men and shaft
stood out in striking silhouette against the flames me-
uOnless and thrilling to look upon.
GUARD STANDARD WITH LIFE.
Nan desu ka?' CWhat is IT'D asked the correspond
That" replied the japanese companion. lis one of
the ancient poesy OF fighters OF In word,
llt means mus Iar and no farther Living up 70 II
mas cost the life Of many a man 1t means that the
fire brigade charge of this flank the stakes
its reputation that the flames win be checked this
spot There have been cases whore color
have persisted rather than abandon this sphynx
clasp of the emblem that ncarnates the honor of their
brigade
and telegraph poles burning fercely threatening
ito collapse under their weight of wires nimble fire
consumed dwelling and wrenched off shutters
that hndered the effectiveness Of the
ter His life clearly in danger he moved about
the flames with great GOODNESS Jumping easily to safety
just before the roof fell into the pit OF fire
Courageous" remarked.
Yes" was the answer, lit is matter of honor with
them. You know in Japan, firemen born rather
than made. A family is fremen for generations. The
youngsters learn the first in boyhood and then
lit becomes LIES work, well passion them
SOLDIERS PULL DOWN HOUSES.
suddenly squads of soldiers arrived from nearby
barracks. While in the United states dynamite used
ito stop the course OF CONGREGATIONS in Japan the
method is simple but equally effective nicely
adapted to conditions The little japanese houses
pulled down, the debris carried away and thus is a
lcrcular created around the fire wherein is moth
ing upon which feed
The arriving soldiers armed with stout. lons
poles and they charged a line of dwellings
previously evacuated and enptied Of its furnishing
and these pretty little places crumbled swiftly like
houses
fabric walls disintesratGd under powerful
blows sagged and fell, carrying tiled roofs with them
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-12-08
4 Midnight Fire in Toxic

and swiftly borne away. Thus was cheated Fudo
the japanese god OF fire
The crowd found time 10 stare in polite CURIOSITY
at taa foreigner. Il hope you viii notice" said the
japanese. how orderly this crowd is Perhaps little
unpresentable. jCstlng now and then trouble.
hope you feel perfectly safe. as safe as you would
in New York London. OF Paris
The one real danger, after an" rambed on tho
friend lis from pickpoekets or rather from petty
glars You see when the fire comes the people rush
out to see and the bursl1r taking ADVANTAGE
to steal still with the Improvement OF the police
system, this form of crime is decreasing.
COMPARATIVELY SMALL HAZE
II suppose this is a small blaze"
small. indeed, though hard on the poor people
whose homes have gone You know earlier days
i'm the ShosUnate days the fires OF Toxic were known
as The Flowers of Edo because they were 60 bis
and beautiful-4000O houses. $4,000 souaetu.ss
Edo is the ancient shogunate name OF Toxic.
'I-atterly, friend went on, with tho introduce
ton OF modern western methods Of fire fighting We
have done better beth prevention and subdung our
fire brigade has been remodelled after the Wost
with the other great capitals the world Toxic IS
becoming more and more the concentration point of 10
industrial classes OF the empire and the population
expanding, more especially i'm the outskirts
we have six fire brigades I'm TOXIC each bri-ad-
having two or three sub-stations Tn addition 10 trs
regular stations special branch headquarters are
tablished in the thicNy populated sections OF the cy
from November to May. The total number OF fleni.a
noticed the tall observatory structures which ns.
miniature Eiffel towers dominate the city frequent
intervals or space They are the fire stations OF Toxic
whose eternal watches, peering IN all points o.
compass, give the alarm at the first sign or flames
ACQUIRE SOME AUTOMOBILES.
We have 80 fire engines drawn bv horses al nd as
many hose reels, but tho number viii probably u.
creased next year. The authorities have also purchase
"a number Of automobile fire ladder trucks their us
being necessitated by the gradual increase
tion Of slyscrapers in the business center Of Toxic
1T must be evident you that while we continue
10 erect our buildings in wood the scourgc % fire
always a possibility but I think doing ver.
well and the fact that there been great cetas-
trophe for many years is proof. 2 fancy that our
heroic fire ladies haze lost their old Samurai
spirit Of victory"
The fire under control and even subsidinl
And joining the retreatng procession exquisite
swinging lanterns, the long lane OF humsn fre-fies
I'VE went back 10 America land and 20 dreamlanJ
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-12-08
The Social Service Council
and It's Ends and Aims

Visiting Nurses association-Mr
Esther Pattison; Orphans home
Mrs Lafayette LeVan; Civic fedora
tion-Judge l.. NJ. Hammerschmidt:
public infOrmatiOn-Mrs. r. Louis
Rostiser.
Oficiary.
The personnel of its oficiary is as
follows: President. Judge w r.
Miller; vice-president Rev. DR.. A.
NJ. Eells;t secretary treasurer, Miss
Irma Collmer; chairman of mem
bership committee, Miss Leila
Scott: chairman of entertainment
committee. Mrs. Lafayette LeVan;
chairman OF program committee,
DR. Eells.
Meetings.
After a luncheon once a month
the council convenes for the trans
action OF routine business and the
conside -ation of public welfare. At
the last meeting Pres't Miller
delivered an inaugural address,
which for its forcible presentation
tions aroused the enthusiastic ap-
proval of the members present. He
said in part:
The whole field of social service
is far too wide to be brought with
i'm the compass Of our inquiry. Pub
lie and parochial schools. churches
and Sunday schools, hospitals, fra
ternal organizations, and above all
the homes are performing a social
service of most vital importance
We scarcely think of these as So
cial agencies at all. for the reason
that they perform their functions in
community life normally and with
out OstentatiOn. 1t is the social
services that deal with UNUSUAL or
abnormal human needs. and gener-
ally those which have not yet been
a assumed by the public as "a part of
the normal activities Of govern
ment, which are usually referred to
when the term social service is
used. 1t is in this restricted sense,
assume that we employed the
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-12-08
Meat From the Woods

The housewives program OF con-
servation may gain variety and in
terest from the trophies brought in
by the man Of the house after hunt
ing season has opened. A brace
OF wild ducks. a haUnch OF venison
or roast of bear. a rabbit pie or
a roast wild turkey and all delicious
possibilities. Let the United states
food administration offer you some
suggestions as TO best methods and
recipes.
Bear Meat.
Bear meat is best roasted. II
may be treated the same as pork,
cooking 20 minutes TO every pound.
OpOssum.
skin, SINCE and wipe the opossum
inside and out; hang il for several
days, provided the weather is clear
and the place perfectly cold. FIJI
with potato or black walnut stuff
ing, sew up the slit place it in a
roasting pan. add one chopped onion.
a pint Of boiling water. one teaspoon
Of salt and one-fourth teaspoon of
pepper. Roast, basting occasional
ly. for three hours. Have the oven
very hot at first, lessening the heat
during the last of the cooking.
Serve with the stuffed opossum.
steWed cabbage, kale or spinach,
and either pan-baked apples or
apple sauce, and cOrnbread
Belgian Hare With Sour Cream
Sauce.
Clean and split a hare. Lard back
and hind legs, or lay on thin slices
OF salt pork and season with salt
and pepper. Cook eight slices of
carrot cut in small pieces and one
half small onion i'm tablespoons
bacon fat five minutes Add one
cup brown stock and pour around
hare in pan. Bake 40 minutes,
basting often. Add one cup cream
just turned sour and the juice of
one lemon. Cook Is minutes longer,
and haste every five minutes. Re
move 10 serving dish, strain sauce,
thicken. season with salt and pep
per, and pour around hare.
Saddle of VenisOn.
son. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
place on rack in dripping pan and
dredge with flour. Bake in a hot
oven about one and one-fourth
hours, basting every Is minutes
Serve with current jelly sauce. or