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Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-21
THE KALEIDOSCOPE

The human voice is produced by A different muscles.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-21

Coal freight between England and Norway have dropped 30 kroner (s1 1Ss. 4d at pre-war rates) per ton.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-21
FOR SALE
SUBURBAN FARM

only mile from Willimantic, 10 room house, large barn, good poultry houses, 20 acres fine fields, pastures for 12 head, plenty of wood, good fruit. Only $2300, $500 cash. Also several bargains in stocked farms.
 Tryon's Agency, Willimantic, Conn.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-21
WANTED

WANTED-Maid for general house. work; no washing or ironing. Apply to Mrs. Walter E. Gilbert. 51 Broad St. may21d
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-21

TO RENT-Furnished apartment for the summer; rent very reasonable. 11S River Ave. Phone 337-5. may21d
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-21

WANTED-Painting and paperhang ing done at reasonable prices: best materials used. Zechnowitz, B Frank In St. may14TuThS
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-21

Ministry of Munitions, from April 25, prohibits purchase CT sale, except for purpose of. carrying out contracts, of all tin situated outside the United Kindgom. Further no person may purchase; or ztake. delivery of tin sit- uated within the United Kingdom or sell or deliver such tin without license: all persons to make monthly returns of tin held by them in sock or other wise under their control on last day of preceding month.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-21

WANTED-To buy a canoe; must be in good condition and good make Ad- dress Canoe, care Bulletin. may20d
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-21

A. GORDON, Piano Tuner. 29S Pros pect St. Tel. 1319-14 feb15d
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-21

Before, the British industries Fair closed steps were taken to ascertain the total amount of business trans acted during the fair. and, although not quite all the figures have yet been received. the. Board of Trade is able to state that orders amounting to close on s1,5o00OO eroughly s7.5e0 . OO0) were booked by exhibitors at the fair.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-21
LOST AND FOUND
FOUND-Came to my premises, turkey. Phone 1046-3. may21d

FOUND-Came to my premises, a turkey. Phone 1046-3. may21d
 LoST-In city, Saturday afternoon, a pair of eyeglasses; chain attached; initials M. $. s. on pin. Finder leave at 4S Perkins Ave. may21d
 BANKBOOK LOST-Lost or stolen, passbook No. 13S313 of The Norwich Savings Society. All persons are eau toned against purchasing or negotiat- ing the same. and any person having a claim to said book is hereby called up- son to present said claim to said bank on or before the Fist day of November, 1913 or submit to having the book de- clared cancelled and extinguished and new book issued in lieu thereof, or the amount due thereon paid.
 may21Tu
 LOST-Saturday afternoon, a shep- herd puppy; yellow marks on ears, with collar. Finder return to MT. Covellis. 19S Cliff St. Reward. may20d
 LOsT-Thursday evening, somewhere between the Thayer Building and 16 Laurel Hill Ave. pocketbook contain ing a sum of money. Liberal reward for return to Is Laurel Hill Ave. may1Sd
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-21
TO RENT

TO RENT-Five extra fine large, airy furnished rooms. in a fine location. one minute from Marlin n-ItockwelI plant; also some small rooms. Call at 13 Boswell Ave. may21d
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-21

FOR RENT-Four-ro room bungalow at Pleasure Beach to reliable party. Write K L. G.. 407 Dixwen Ave, New Haven. . may20d
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-21

Fair Haven.-Woolsey school pupils in their campaign in one day for the sale of thrift stamps secured pledges to the amount of $450
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-11
Mccormick, Credited With
 Development Of Curve, Dies

Paterson, N. J., March 11-James Mccormick, one of the leading pitchers in the early days of base ball, died early this morning. at the home of his son James at 15S Bar clay street, after an illness lasting most a year. He was born in this city and lived here continuously since his retirement from baseball in 1886. He was 62 years old. He IS survived by one daughter, Mrs Francis Dunkerly, and a son, James, For a number of years Mccormick conducted a cafe in Paterson, but during the last two or three years he lived a retired life.
 Mccormick, during his career as a ball player, saw service with the Cleveland, Chicago, Boston and Pitts burgh clubs, and by many students Of baseball is credited with being re- sponsible for the development of tn } | curve in pitching. Mccormick, in an interview given several years ago, said that he had been watching two college teams playing and noticed that one of the pitchers frequently threw a ball that seemed to curve as it reached the batter. He decid- ed to study the reasons for this phe- nomenon, as he expressed it, and soon found that he had mastered a curve that made him one of the best pitchers in the National League.
 In 1885 and 1886 Mccormick was a member of the Chicago club which won the National League champion 11vifI hi m those teams were Clarkson, Flint, Anson, Pfeffer, Williamson, Burns, Dalyrim pie, Gore, Ryan, Mike Kelly and Bill ly Sunday Mccormick also was a member of the Cincinnati team of 1882, which won the American AssO- citation title.
 In 1887, when the Pittsburgh club started it's career as a member of the National League, by obtaining the charter of the defunct Kansas City club, Horace Phillips, manager of the Pirates, signed Pitcher Mccormick and Abner Dalryimple of the Chica- go club. Mccormick, Calvin ano Morris were the chief Pittsburgh pitchers that year. Mccormick pitch ed thirty-six games for the Piratet and Calvin forty-tWo.
 When the season of 1888 opened Pittsburgh was minus the services O Mccormick, who declared he would retire from baseball and go into busi ness in Paterson, and stuck to hi word. Mccormick, according t baseball records. was the first bal player to make such a bold declara ton and carry it out
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-11
JACK MCAULIFFE U UNDEFEATEO
 RETIRED

The only man who ever retired from the ring as the undefeated lightweight champion of the world was the great Jack McAuliffe, who took the crown off his bean and made his farewell bow just 22 years ago tonight, March Il, 1896. He was the only lightweight title-holder who was wise enough to quit when the quitting was good. McAuliffe was the first lightweight champion of ths world under the Queensberry rules, and, many folks think the greatest of them all. Ritchie and Welsh and Benny Leonard, the present cham pion, have never shown anything that would put them in the same class with the mighty Jack. A gamer or more scientific boxer never entered the ring than McAuliffe.
 Four months before his retirement McAuliffe had lost all interest in the boxing game. He had fallen a victim to the lure of the turf and spent most of his time and money backing the proposition that one pony can run faster than another. Kid Lavigne, the ,sFrench- Canadian boxer from Saginaw, began to get peevish about McAuliffe's inaction, and sent in one challenge after another. McAu1iffe didn't want to train for a real battle, but consented to take on Lavigne for four rounds at Madison Square Gar cen. A great crowd gathered around the arena, and at the conclusion of the four rounds McAuliffe announced that he had quit the game for good, and that he considered Lavigne the best man in the lightweight ranks. Jack had held the title nine years, setting up a. record not likely to be equalled. Lavigne lasted five years, ard was defeated by Erne, who, after three years, was knocked out by Cans, who fell a victim to Battling Nelson, who was beaten by Ad Vol gast, who succumbed to Ritchie, who went down before Welsh, who was defeated by Leonard. In the game O" take it off or knock it off," Mo Auliffe was the only one to take it off,
 McAuliffe began his boxing career ill a great school, Palmer's Cooper age, in Brooklyn, which turned out Jack Dempsey, ''The Nonpareil,' ,''
 "Broowlyn Jimmy Carroll and Jack
 Sicily. All of these, with the ex ception of Carroll, rose to champion
 ship rank, and Carroll, who died several years ago, was a leader in the
 raiddleweight division and might
 have won the title except that he re-
 fused to fight his old friend, Demp- l sew
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-11
HUCCINS FEARS HITCH IN NEW
 DEAL

Macon, Ga, March 11-On the eve of the first day of the 1918 training season the camp of the Yankees here was thrown into a mild state of ex- citement by the report from Cincin- nati of the deal by which Tim Hen drix, the New York outfielder, goes to the St. Louis Browns and Lee Magee, the erstWhile Tank and Federal Leaguer, goes to the Cincinnati Reds.
 That the deal is a three-cornered affair is admitted, but no announce ment is forthcoming here as to the name of the player Huggins will get from Matty's team to fill out the third corner.
 It can be stated positively that it is not Ed Roush, Sherry Magee. Tom Griffith or Greasy Neale, much as the New York maager would like to get one of these men.
 Bob Connery, the gumshoe scout of the Tanks, got in yesterday from the Queen City. He arranged the deal there for Huggins, and the announce ment, it is understood, was made there prematurely, as final arrangements for the waiving of the man the Yam kee manager wants from the Ma tional League had not been completed and will not be for a day or two. Higgins, in fact, is fearful lest the announcement will block his end of the deal entirely and make it finally cash transaction for him.
 There was no hitch in the waiving of Magee out of the American League but it is understood here that two National League clubs may refuse to let the man Higgins is anxious to get pass from the old circuit to the American. Magee is to be used at second by Mathewson, it is the under standing here,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-11
REFORMERS OF COLLEGE
 SPORTS TRYING TO KILL
 COMPETITIVE ATHLETICS
That's Sol Metzgers View of Professional Efforts to Wipe Out soCalled Proselyting- Educators Spread
 ing Propaganda Over Country

itself is too busy to note who they srN Consequently, if the colleges get upon a military basis, which seems plausi- ble, the 4th of July will be knocked out of college sport and can only be restored when the war is over. You have to hand it to the educator who is studying college sport and seeking to alter it. He figures on the to- morrow more than the today. He is putting over propaganda that would make Prussian jealous.
 Whether the educator who is at tempting this is going to get away with it remains to be seen. Few col leges have seen fit to give up intercol- legiate competition and there is no prophet among us as yet who can state if this war will cause it to be cast out of the things we class as un- necessary. And even if this is done there is a fight on hand once peace is declared. Then, unless we continue on a military basis youth will seek to match youth in physical tests, and there is no good reason to suppose that the rest of us will not be present to see the fun. That is intercollegiate SDOIL d1u d SIScLL llIdIy pCOpbO bAllAlAA it a fine thing for the boy even under the conditions prevalent when he went to war.
 After all it is the spirit of the thing which counts. That is what the ama- teur propagandists shout at us. They cannot countenance professionalism in any form. Spirit, eh! What do you think of this?
 The writer knew a noted varsity runner who was technically pro- fessional because he was aided finan- cially in getting through college. Later he met runner from another col Iege, a technical and spiritual anna teur, who ran many a race in his undergraduate days against the tech nical pro runner. The amateur en- tered his last race against the pro in a college dual meet. The amateur had never won his varsity letter. To do so he had to win first in this his last dual meet. His chances seenl- ed doomed But on the last lap when all hope seemed dead, for the pro was jogging along in the van, an easy winner a strange thing happened. The pro looked over his shoulder, saw the amateur, Cnecheu HIS RdCS and when the amateur challenged him the pro said:
 Come on now, S|i I'll pace you in and if no one else comes up it's your race"
 S-, the amateur, won that race and his coveted letter as we'll. He has always held that the other fellow, technically a pro was the finest sports man he ever knew.
 There's the whole rub in athletics. amateurism is of the spirit, but what of the spirit of that pro?
 Copyright, 1918, by Sol Metzger.>
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-11
WELLMAN OFFERS $|5O,OOO FOR
 WILLARD

New York. March 11-BiH We'll man, the boy Barnum, intends to land the impending and inevitable Willard and Fulton heavyweight bout in his net or know the reason why.
 We1lman goes to Chicago this week to guarantee Willard $780, 900 for his end. Jess has been in- clined to prick up his ears of late over those numerous $100,000 offers, and when Wellman lights in Chicago with his princely promise to pay, Jess is sure to give him a hearing.
 The great trouble in interesting Willard, however, is the fact that he has his heart set on arranging that worlds set-to himself. Jess simply 1oathes the idea of giving any per centage away to mere managers.
 If Wellman gets Willard's ear, and he is the sort who will keep digging he will make Jess sit and ponder a bit There are lot of little ins and outs about conducting 8 big bout that Jess couldn't possibly have learned in his reign as king of the heavyweights. If Jess attempts to promote the bout himself he is going to be unmerci- fully short-changed at every turn.
 Knowing of Jess hard-boiled egg reason for running the pow WOW him self his fight crew." they they be selected from a Sunday school out ing, would pocket many a dollar that would never fall under the watchful eye of the nager-champion. 6
 All this Wellman will drive home to the would-be Rickard. Jess has his personal opinion as to the size of the gate" of this proposed meet ing between himself and Fulton. Sc has Wellman, and he won't rest easy until he has WiIlards signature to scme sort of an agreement.
 Jess will return from Florida this week and will go to Chicago to wind up his business affairs before moving on to Lawrence, Kan, which is to be Willards home in the future.
 Wellman estimates that he can give Willard $150,O0O and a reasonable amount to Fulton and still make money. Though he would not ad- init it, Wellman believes that the gate of this fight would outdraw the Jeffries and Johnson affair by many thousands.
 That memorable set-to drew $27O,- 775. Wellman believes that just as much interest could be drummed up in this clash as was evidenced in the Reno disaster.
 Personally we do not think so by one-half the amount, unless it should be a long fight in which the cham pionship would be sure to pass from or remain with Willard. A twenty round bout would hardly be the at traction that the Jeffries and John- son meeting was.
 It would be nothing like the Cor. bett and Sullivan, Corbett and Fitz- simmons or even the Willard an ] Johnson affairs.
 Willard is sure to hold out for the twenty-round shindig. Knowing thai he has been out of the ring for some time, he is wise enough to realize that no amount of training would fl him to do as he did wher at his best He would therefore prefer the short CT route. Wellman, very much ir earnest in his endeavors to land tn big pugilistic plum, will try to per suade Jess to consent to the over- land route.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-11
SULLIVAN-BARRETT BATTLE.

Seventeen years ago today, March II, 1901, Tommy Sullivan defeated Billy Barrett in five rounds at Hart ford Barrett was disqualified. Sul- livan was then a prominent runner up in the featherweight division, which was headed by the late Terry McGovern as champion, and included at that time scuch great little men as Kid Broad, Dave Sullivan, Jack Me ClelIand, Eddie Gardner, Oscar Gard ner Arthur Rice, Hugh McPadden George Gardner, Solly Smith, Young Corbett and George Dixon. Dave Sullivan, Soliy Smith and Dixon were ex-champions. Later in that year, at Hartford, the title changed hands when Young Corbett defeated Nc Govern. Tommy Sullivan, who whip ped Barrett in the first mentioned Hartford battle, succeeded Young Corbett as champion of the division ill 1904, and held the title about four years.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-11
QUIT 0VERTURES FOR HERzOC
 TO SIGN

Boston, March 11.-Percy D. Haugh- ton, president of the Boston National League Baseball Club, said last night that he would make no further over lures to Charley Herzog, obtained from the New York Nationals in ex- change for Larry Doyle and Jess Barnes. Herzog has been ordered to report at the Braves training camp at Miami, but has refused to go.
 Haughton said that the Boston club had agreed to assume Herzogs con- tract, which had another year to run, and to pay substantial bonus. If Herzog persisted in his further "un- reasonable demands and refused to report for training, under the ex- change agreement, Doyle and Barnes would revert to Boston.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-11
PIRATES SIGN
 JIMMY ARCHER

Pittsburgh, March Il - Jimmie Archer, formerly catcher for the Chi cago Cubs and Detroit Tigers, has signed a contract to play this season with the Pittsburgh National League club, it was announced here yester- day.
 Archer, who received an uncondi- tional release from the Chicago Cubs last year. started his major league ca reer with Pittsburgh in 1904.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-11
Sporting Chatter
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Uric Foot" Ruell, former third baseman for the Bridgeport Eastern League team, has signed up with Un- cle Sam. He was very we'll known in this city also, having played with the Bullard team in the Factory League and local football teams. He is in the cavalry and is stationed at Fort Ethan Allen, Vermont.
 The Crescent A. c. basketball team of New York brought its season to a close Saturday night by winning from the Fisk Red Tops of Springfield, by a 28-17 score. They have lost only three games this year, winning 2S out of 31 games. Walt Swenson, the Blue Ribbon star, plays forward for them | and Joe Ahmead, the former Cornell captain and Blue Ribbon player, is at the jump position.
 Cleveland, added another victory to his string the other night when he won, easily, the decision from Willie Devore of Akron, o.
 1 Battling Greene's manager has a pretty good alfbi for the Battler's de- feat at the hands of Joe Currie Thursday night He claims that Greene was suffering from a bad case of tonsilitis but stubbornly wanted to go on with the bout.
 Ross Young, the tby who is expect ed to take Dave Robertson's place, is somewhat of hard hitter. He has never hit under 300 and last year with Rochester, whaled the pill for 1850. He was second only to the grea Lajoie. He also averaged around .30C in the few games he played with the Giants toward the end of last season.
 Lee Magee has moved once more ; to another league in a three-cprnered trade involving the St. Louis Browns the Nsw York Yankees and the Gin cinnati Reds.
 Magee goes to Matty's Reds iron St. Louis; Jim Hendricks goes iron ) New York to St. Louis, while the
 Yankees will get some player not yet , agreed on from Cincinnati.
 When the Boston Braves open tn season at home on April A servic I flag will f1utter beneath Old Glor :, from the f1agpole of Braves Field. l will contain four stars-for Gowdy
 MaranviIle, Rice and Schreiber.
 Olaf Henriksen, once noted as . pinch hitter, is looking for a jo |, with the majors once more. Ola
 was canned last season by the Re l 5s-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-11
WOMEN BEGIN
 BOWLING TOURNEY

Cincinnati, March 1.-The Wom- ems National Bowling association be- gan its second annual tournament to- day on the alleys used by the Ameri- can Bowling congress which officially completed it's roll off last night.
 The women's tournament will con- tinue today and tomorrow, the sin gles and doubles being rolled during the day and evening and the five woman teams at night
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-11
TED LEWIS AGAIN WINS.

Chattanooga, Tenn, March II - Ted Lewis, welterweight champion, defeated Kid Paris in the eighth round Saturday night. Paris is a mid dIeWeight.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-11
WANT LENSES

Another drive is being made by tf Bridgeport Business Mems Associa- ton to secure 100 more lenses for use in the navy. In a recent campaign the association secured 101 glasses and telescopes. The glasses may be left at the Harvey and Lewis Co., store in Main street.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-11
TO-DAY IN PUGILIsTIC ANNALS.

191O-Jimmy Gardiner and Jimmy Clabby fought a ten-round draw at Milwaukee.
 1910-Eddie McGoorty defeated Tom Lancaster, in 20 rounds at Dub- lin, Ireland.
 1911-Billy Papke knocked out Dave Smith in the seventh round at Sydney.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-11

It is denied that the Russians are all running away, as the women's bat talions are still standing their ground.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-11
BASEBALL APRIL 1
 AT CAMP DEVENS

Aver, Mass, March 11-Plans to start the baseball season about April l, were made today by athletic direc- tors at Camp Devens. In addition to the camp team, on which several league and college stars will appear there will be about 200 company teams Inter-company and inter regimental series will be arranged to start April 15.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-11
TEAM TO PLAY HERE
 TUESDAY

Ansonia will play at Colonial hall tomorrow night. The game will begin at S:30. The lineup:
 RTTTN RJPRONS ANSONT
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-11

SWEET PEAS. VIOLETS, TULIPS, DAFvFODILS.
 JOHN RICK & SS~;.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-11

pinch hitter, is looking for a job with, the majors once more. Olaf was canned last season by the Red S4-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-11

When the Boston Braves open the season at home on April 24 a service flag will f1utter beneath Old Glory from the f1agpole of Braves Field It will contain four stars-for Gowdy, MaranviIle, Rice and Schreiber.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-07-25
AFTERNOON TEA.

What is afternoon tea?" In the
.ood controllers regulations, says the
London Chronicle, no provision is
made for a supply Of sugar for teas
in the afternoon in factories and
business houses, and the Midland
food commissioner has asked for an
official ruling on the point. Lord
fRhondda replies that employees who
require cup Of tea in the afternoon
must bring their own sugar from
home. 1t is urged, however, that in
a large number Of factories and bust.
ness houses in the Midlands. where
girl employees work for long hours
tea in the afternoon is a practical
necessity. They intend therefore tc
have another word with Lord
Rhondda.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-07-25
PAID HIGH PRICES THEN, TOO
During Civil War Coffee Was -Four
Times Present Price, Groceries
More Than Double.

Some one has dug up an invoices
Of bill Of goods sold by a firm of
wholesale grocers Of Keokuk, Ia, in
June, 1862, says the Philadelphia
Record, which shows that sugar was
$5s barrel and rice $3s, while tea
sold at $1o1 for 25-pound chest.
Coffee was four times the present
price, and the same bill of groceries
which then brought SCALA could be
purchased today for $291.61.
Those were the days Of the Civil
war, which accounts for the soaring
prices. Nowadays when people kick
over paying 9 or 10 cents q pound
for sugar and moderate sums for tea
and coffee, they may find some con-
ISOLATION in knowing that their grand
parents were in much worse plight.
Compared with most Of the world,
1.-THE United States is standing the
stress and strain Of the present war
with comparatively little discomfort.