davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-26
By Getting Rid of Stars He Pulls the
 Athletics Out of Financial Hole.

Connie Mack has often been called the brainiest manager in the big leagues. His ability to build up great baseball machines together with his generalship in managing those ma chimes on the field have given him that reputation
 Mack had had two great baseball machines since the American league began IS years ago. and had another OH the way last summer Mack fin ished in the cellar. but he had club of youngsters who could hit the ball and he had some very promising re- cfuits with whom he expected to force himself into select place in the league within a year or two.
 There probably was no more disap- pointed man in baseball than Mack when he found 15 of his men, some of them the hubs around which he was building his machine, were called by the. draft. It means that the work Connie had been doing since the fall of 1914 had gone to smash.
 There were two things Mack could do. He could try to build up. a club around the few stars who remained to hlm and lose money. or he could sell his stars and begin over again and make up for his losses.
 Mack chose the latter step and for a good reason
 Over a space of four years Maca had a winning team, winning the pen nant three times and finishing second once. In spite of the fact that his players were not paid huge salaries and that the club was operated etcon-
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-26

are very evenly matched in all round playing skill. Schang of the Philadel- phia Athletics is first with a grand average of 626. Nunamaker of New York is b7t two points behind the Mackman, and Walters of New York Severoid of St. Louis and Thomas of Boston are right at the heels of the leading pair Schang batted .2S5 and fielded .956. Nunamaker fielded 20 points better but his hitting average was "A points lowet D.
 Sisler of Detroit is an easy winner of the first base position with a grand average of .669, 20 points better than his nearest competitor, Gainor of Bos- ton. McInnis of Philadelphia is but one point below Gainor and Harris of Cleveland, three points behind the former Athletic star, now a member of the Boston Red Sox. Sisler leads the quartette in batting by margin of close to 50 points and is fourth in sfielding, but the difference in this de- partment of play is so slight as to have little effect on his grand aver age.
 The place at second base goes to Eddie Collins of Chicago. who is easily the best in all round offensive and de- lCIlSlNC IUllIIy LID llCdL CSC l1N el1 lo Morgan of Washington, who is 16 points below Collins in standing. Co., doom of New York is third. Collins is the leader of the trio in batting and second in fielding. Godoon having the best figures for work around the mid way sack.
 But one point separates W1aver of Chicago and Baker of New oYr:l in the struggle for the position at third base. Both fielded at .949 clup but Weaver average for the season with the bat was .2S4 to Bakers .2S2. Gardner of Boston was third, his grand average being 15 points below that of Weaver. In neither batting nor fielding did he rise to the heights reached by the two that precede him in standing.
 Chapman of Cleveland IS the premier shortstop, his combined average being 14 points better than that of Bush of Detroit Scott of Boston and Mcbride of Washington lead Chapman in field Ing but the latters batting mark of 1902 gives him a decided advantage over all of his competitors for the place.
 The All-American league outfield is star combination, being composed of Cobb, Detroit. Speaker. Cleveland, and i Felsch, Chicago. Cobb is high man among the first three owing to his | heavy batting average of .3S3., Speak CT, Felsch and Jackson of Chicago al
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-26
DOUBLES TARGET BREAKERS

Frank Troeh, of Vancouver, Wash both bettered 90 in finishing second and third to Platt in the 1917 statis- tics. The only other amateur who ever touched 90 average was Guy Dering in 1915.
 Practically all the doubles hc@<~e went to Platt, in 1917.. In winl the. national title he equaled t. worlds record made some years ago by William Ridley, of What Cheer Ia.
 The average on doubles targets, as on singles, are compiled on the scores made in registered tournaments and are based on two tournaments as a minimum. No professional took part in two tournaments during 1917 so there are no professional averages.
 The appended table gives the high average winners at doubles, and their averages, since 1908, when trapshoot- ing performances were tabluated for Chan Powers, of Decatur, Ill., and the first time 7 saY
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-26
Robinson Knocks Out Sailor Jim Carroll
In Ninth Round of Their Scheduled Fifteen Round Bout Carroll Knocked Down Several Times Before Final Count Billy Moore Knocks Out Tommy Mccarthy
 ' Preliminary Stopped in Second Round

Before a crowded house at Pulaski hall Friday evening George Robinson of Boston wore down Sailor Jim Car roll of the submarine base in nine rounds of a scheduled fifteen round go and knocked him out with left hook to the jaw. The bout was run under the auspices of the Pastime Athletic club and was the best bout seen in this city in many years.
 Robinson when he weighed in at 6 o'clock tipped the scales at 169 pounds and Carroll weighed 1855. While Rob inson had a few pounds on the sailor, Carroll had several inches in reach and in height on Robinson. Carroll is a rangy, lank negro with a wicked right hand blow to the body. Carroll was rather slow in his movements, de- pending on his right to win, while Robinson was faster and used more head work, wearing Carroll down with his left to the face and right to the body.
 The first five rounds of the bout were rather slow, each man feeling out his opponent and neither taking the offensive to any great extent. In the sixth round Robinson speeded up and kept tapping Carroll on the nose, Rll the while working his right. In this round the Boston lad had Carroll groggy, but he failed to follow up his openings.
 In the seventh round Robinson had the sailor guessing, and the strain be- gan to tell on the New London boy. Robinson, knocked Carroll down twice in this riund, once for the count of eight and again for the count of five.
 The eighth round started off with a flash, but Robinson knocked Carroll down for the count of eight Carroll with his haymaking right kept at Rob- inson's body, but failed to make any impression. He missed several wicked swings that if they had landed would have put the Boston lad away.
 The ninth and final round went one minute and forty seconds. Robinson in this round came out of his corner as fresh as when he entered the ring with the exception of a cut over the left eye where CarroL's head hit him in a mixup. He waded into the sailor who did his best to cover up, bJ& to no avail. Robinson let loose a left hook that caught Carroll on the jaw sending him to the, floor. Referee Fitzgerald started his count and Car roll made a game effort to get up but could not get to his feet before the final ten was spoken.
 The semi-final was between Tommy Mccarthy of New Haven and Billy Moore of South Boston. This bou went four rounds, when Moore, wht outclassed Mccarthy, landed on hin and sent him down for the count. Mo. Carthy was game but failed to use hi! head and did not land a body blow.
 The, preliminary bout between tn, two local boys, Red Rankin Of thu Falls and Eddie Mack of Greeneoine was stopped in the second round, al Rankin, who outweighed Mack by ter
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-26
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
MARKET WAS STRONG.
There Was a More Hopeful Feeling
 Regarding the Political Situation.

New York, Jan. 25.-Although opin- ions differed widely in financial circles as to the significance of the German chancellor's latest address, peace talk predominated in the financial district today.
 Stocks were firm at the outset, be- coming stronger later on substantial advances in rails, including many low priced issues. Early dealings were linn ited to comparatively few specialties, shippings, motors and minor equip ments making extreme gains of one to three points.
 The strength of rails was generally attributed less to the tenor of foreign advices than to the publication of fur ther details showing the plan and scope of the railroad legislation now before congress.
 There was more hopeful feeling re- garding the political situation in Washington, sentiment being visibly heartened by developments which pointed to the furtherance of this country's war plans.
 In the foreign exchange market the only direct reflection of the many peace rumors was furnished by the stiffening of cable remittances to Lon- don, francs. however, reacting. The international war issues dealt in here were scarcely altered, except for the further strength of French municipal bonds.
 Dealings in stocks were again large ly professional. the short interest cov- ering it's commitments in United States Steel and other leaders before the close. In the main. final prices were at or near the days best. Sales amounted to 410,000 shares. Liberty bonds were featured by a new minimum in 1-2s at 97.96, first As selling at S7 to 96.78 and second As at S6.26 to 96.16. Total sales, par value. $4,125, ,000.
 U. s. bonds, old issues, were un- changed on call.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-26
ALL-AMERlCAN LEAGUE
 TEAM HAS MANY STARS.
White Sox Contribute Three to Lineup, Cleveland Two and Others One Each.

New York, Jan.~ 23.-Six of the eight clubs composing the American league are represented on the all-league team consisting of players who made the hest showing in their respective posi- tions, according to the official aver ages of the junior major circuit. The Chicago White Sox, winners of the world championship and the league pennant, lead with three; Cleveland is second with two, and Boston, Detroit, St. Louis and Philadelphia secure one place each.
 The All-American league combina- tion is formed of players whose season hating and fielding averages, when combined and re-ayeraged, place them in the fore ranks in their regular play ing position. The rule requires that a playing member of the team must have taken part in at least 50 games. The one exception is that of the pitcher, who is not expected to figure in close cone third of the scheduled play of the year. In addition to effective work at bat and in the field. the pitcher must have demonstrated his ability to hold opponents to low margin of runs and hits when in the box.
 Ruth of Boston comes closer to meeting these qualifications than any of the other leading twirlers of the league. ,On the basis of opponents earned runs per game he is ninth on the list with an average of POP. He played in fl games and pitched a total of 32S innings. Cicotte of Chicago has the best average of American league boxmen with 1.63 runs per game but his batting and fielding records fall far below those of Ruth Cicotte bat ted .17s to Ruth's 1925 and fielded .s56 to his rivals .9S4. Both pitchers fig ured in about the same number of contests. Other boxmen, including Mays. Plank, S. Coveleski, Scott, Faber and E. Russell, had a better run per game average but failed to show the all round playing strength of Ruth.
 The records show that the American league possesses several catchers who
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-26
oUlMET REIRsTATEp
 As>AMATEuR GOLFER
6yfU. s. Colt Association at Their An. nual Meeting Friday. ..


 Philadelphia. Jap.5 25.-With but one dissenting vote, the United States Golf association. at it's annual meeting here tonight, adopted a resolution reinstat- ing Francis ,0uimet former national amateur god champion. The action gave full amateur standing to Ouimet, nfting /the ban lodged against him by the executive committee of tht asso- citation two years ago, when Ouimet was suspended for alleged professional conduct becauss,of the sale of sporting goods in Boston.
 The resolution, as adopted on the recommendation of the executive cbm- mittee, explained that the action was taken because of Ouimet's presence in the national army as a sergeant and the fact that he had severed his per- sonal connection with his sporting goods business
 The association voted not to hold national tournaments during the period of the war Frederick S. Wheeler of New York was elected president of the association, succeeding Howard W. Perry of Philadelphia.
 The executive committee was not opposed to sectional city or club events. inasmuch as these required comparatively little time to play and 1t the same time the players were sn touch with their personal affairs. Final i decision, however. was left to the clubs l in these divisions.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-26

pounds, had the Greeneville boy bleedr ing from the nose and all in. Rankin outclassed Mack from the start, but the Greeneville lad was game.
 Dave Fitzgerald refereed the bouts and his work was beyond criticism. He kept the boys going and when he told them to break they broke.
 Jack Shugrue in the role of an- nouncer displayed his elocutionary powers to advantage. Jack intro- duced Howie Hodgkins to the audience as the grand old man of New England in the fight game. Hodgkins told the crowd that he was going to bring two lads that are under his direction here to fight. Jack Wilson was timer.
 The management of the bout de- serves good deal of credit for the manner in which the bout was pulled off and for the excellent card provided Matchmaker Jack Sullivan and Manager Hastead of the Pastimers stated Friday night after the bout that if the crowd were satisfied with the bouts and the way they were run they would endeavor to put on a bout that will beat anything so far ap- preached in the boxing line in this city. It goes without saying that the bout was all that anyone could ask for in the line of a boxing exhibition
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-26

oinically, he lost money. On this ac- count he decided to break up his club in 1914, and get what he could from the sale of players
 His sales netted him $125 5,000. enough to cover his deficits and give him capi- tai to build up a new machine.
 His late sales will cover deficits for this year and perhaps next.
 Mack probably. would have made more money from baseball had he rot been SO heavily interested in the Ath- letics. He owns half the club and it's losses are his losses. It is well known that Mack has received f1attering of fers to manage other American league
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-26

In the breaking of doubles targets the rest test of trapshooting ability is proven.
 There are thousands of devotees of the single-barrel scattergun. who can pulverize the inanimate clays almost to perfection, but the trapsooters who can smash 50 per cent. at double are in the hundreds.
 There is one trapshooter whose abil- ity is unquestioned. He is Clarence B. Platt, of Bridgeton, N. J. Platt is the singles target champion of New Jersey-1O0 straight to win the title and is the doubles target champion of the United States-96x50 pairs. He is also high amateur at doubles targets, the figures compiled by the Interstate Trapshooting Association giving him 121 breaks in the 65 pairs, an average of 9.307.
 Platt is the first amateur to average better than 92 per cent. at doubles.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-26

tonight at the close of the three days 1 sessions of the major league schedule l drafting committee appointed by the i National Baseball commission.
 Beyond stating that conflicting dates of games played by the two leagues in the same city had been eliminated members of the committee refused to give out any details ; regarding the schedules.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-26

clubs. It is said he was offered $25,-
 900 a year to take the Yankees the
 year to take the Yankees the year
 Frank Chance managed them and that
 Comiskey would have paid him ESQ., 900 a year the season Rowland was secured. But Mack was forced to re- fuse these offers and stay at Phila- delphia. After giving Philadelphia five winning teams it is not al all surpris- ing that he should now be trying to repay himself for the work he has done there
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-26

outrank Cobb in fielding but the lat ter's ability with the hickory gives him a grand average of .67S, 13 points bet ter than Speaker. The latter outhit Felsch but was in turn outfelded by the third itssyer of the trio. Jackson loses third position by the narrow margin of four pants in grand aver age, while Veach, Detroit, and Lewis, Boston, tied at .637.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-26
The Informal Idea.

If Yale sends an informal crew to the projected regatta for the Childs cup on Lake Carnegie next spring, and if her informal varsity track men are permitted to enter meets, we will have an extension of the informal idea which may come to serve as a precedent for almost any latitude, says Lawrence Perry in the New York Evening Post. The term informal as applied to in- tercollegiate sport would mean baldly that Eff we win all right, and if we lose it doesn't count" which, as a matter Of fact, would not be a bad start in the way of simplifying inter collegiate athletic relations against the time of peace.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-26
BOWLING

Eiks. Tournament.
 Teams : $nG { rolled their match at the Elks' alleys last night before a large crowd. The contest had many exciting irciderts. The last game was won by the las: man to bowl. Madden rolled high ssnsle with 123 and high total witt, 234.
 The score follows:
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-26
MON EY.

New York, Jan. 25. - Call money firm; high A.; low 4; ruling rate 4; closing bid 3 1-2; offered at 4; last loan 4.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-26

The Eastern baseball league has de- cided to get into the running again the coming season. A while back it was feared that the old circuit had gone on the rocks.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-26

Word drifted out of Maine the other day that George Lablanc. the old time fighter known as "the Marine" has been seriously hurt while chopping wood in the Maine forests.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-26
COTTON.

New York, Jan. 25. - Cotton spot quiet; mfddling uplands 31SO. Cotton futures opened steady. January 31.1O to S1.S5, March 31.00, May 30.54, July 50.10, October 2865.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-26

Sailor Jim Carroll writes from New London that he is going to give Rob- inson the go of his life tonight. Ought to be worth seeing if. he does.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-26

While it has been denied in some quarters that President Frazee paid S60,0OO in cash for Schang, Bush and Strunk of the Athletics, the Red Sox owner is emphatic in asserting that the figures are correct.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-26
SPORTING NOTES

George Stallings this week is lec- turing at the University of Georgia on Bulls" No. not the baseball kind, but the shorthorn variety.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-26

Asexanee' Asraraos Bonus Settlement.
 Chicago. ,ls,. ss--Pitcher Grover alexander, ieaa7,.. purchased with his battery .uate. T';ii Killifer, for $50,- eot ny the Chicago Ia tionals, has ar ranged q ':,a,:IiG ;.e:...:rcnt with Pres ident Wee@i:rtan -ist,G will appeal his draft classification. according to infor- nation given ou: r.ere toright
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-26

Many have read and re-read of that winter in the lonn ago when the en-
 trance to Long Island sound was frozen over and that oX-teams were driven over the drive between Fishers Island and the mainland. If such condition ever prevailed it is not with in the memory of any living man. But there are men living wso can recall the winter when the English ship Resolute, abandoned in the Arctic,
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-26
ATTORNEYS -AT-LAW

Break Up the Saturn Ring.
 Indications are that the Colonel won't be satisfied until we have also declared war against the planets Mars. Jupiter, Venus and Saturn. - Charleston News and Courier.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-26

In addition to the severe weather conditions. the scarcity of coal, the
 high cost of all necessities of life. the many calls for monetary, assistance and investment incidentai to the great war. will make the present winter the most memorable ever. This condi- | tion, coupled with the absence of so many young men in the military ser vice. and the prospects of so many
 more going. brings feeling of. unrest i in nearly every home, to add to the many privations and hardships of the average families. So when all the l focal conditions in regard to the cold winters. the freezing over of New
 London harbor, that is now current i comment will have been forgotten, the winter of 1918. and all that goes with l it will be talked of as the most se-
 were winter in the history of not only
 New London, but of the whole country. i Hats off rot only to the iiouor deal- CTS of New London, but also to the li-
 censed and unlicensed liquor clubs, for
 be it known the city was almost bone i dry not only on Monday, but on Tues day as well of the present week. The 1 liquor men not only strictly observed
 the Garfield orders but also the re-
 quest of Governor Holcomb. They
 saw the others doing retail business
 and went them one better While some dealers did their usual Sunday
 business in violation of the law, they
 sure did suspend the sale for the oth-
 CT two days. and for this, even this
 class of dealers are entitled to com
 mendation. It was practically inn 1 possible for even the best posted drinking man in the city to get a
 drink, at any price on the two days 1 that the dealers agreed to do no bus mess. Retailers in all other lines all
 so observed the orders to the letter
 and New London deserves a place on the roll of honor. Nine more Mon days are supposed to be observed in like manner and it is expected that
 the record will be upheld
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-26
From the Rinsside.

From the Ringside.
 1t certainly was worth the money.
 Nobody could complain of the refer-s eeing this time.
 Dave Fitzgerald was on to his iob all right and he certainly looked like a referee.
 Too bad Eddie Mack was so light he has the makings of fighter if he can only be trained. It would have been sweet dreams". if the Sailor had landed one of those haymakers he missed Robinson certainly used his head and showed his superiority over his opponent in many ways.
 Sailor Jim was a game boy but it looks as if he needea a good deal more science along with his gameness. Let us gibe credit where credit is due and that credit goes to Manager Hastead and Matchmaker Jack Sulli- van for the way in which things were run.
 MAJOR LEAGUE TO OPEN OH. APRIL 15 ! Members of Schedule Committee Re- fuse to Give Out Details. Pittsburgh, Pa, Jan 25.--The base ] ball season ct 1918 for the Naticna; ] League and American League will i open on April 15. This was announced