Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-15


 S1,S0275 and S23,534. respectively.
 James WoodbUrn, one of the most famous jockeys Of his day on the Fin ] giish turf, has retired after forty years 1 service. He won over 1000 races un- i der English Jockey Club rules. includ- 1 ing many of the great English clas- 1 SicS.
 For the first time since the .intercol- ] ; legiate track and field championships were held at Berkely oval, away back in 1903, New York city is to see an in
 tercollegiate outdoor meet this year that will be of college championship material. The events will be the tri angular competition in which Pennsyl-
 vania, Dartmouth and Columbia will
 take part Oil Columbia athletic field on
 May r. One of the suggestions made as a result of q discussion Of the good of abolishing the goal after touchdown in
 rugby football was the following: "Af-
 ter touchdown. line both teams on the five-yard line in regular scrim- mage formation. The side which for a goal from the field, either by dropkick or place kick. and the team
 on the defense wiu have the opportu nity to block it if it can
 Coach Bill Roper. of the Princeton
 football sQuad has heen holding weekly meetings of members of the
 squad every Wednesday night to dis . cuss the rule of the game He is \ strong advocate of a thorough knoWl
 edge of the game and hopes by the
 discussions to develop 8 confident and |, clear think squad before the start of
 fall practice. No spring practice will
 be held.
 Boston baseball teams have never i, been defeated in a worlds series. In : 1903 the Americans beat Pittsburgh, ' in 1912 they won from the Giants; in \ 1915 they downed the Phillies; in 1916
 the Brooklyn champions were hum
 bled, and last year the Cubs were de- :, feated. In 1914 the Boston Nationals upset the dope by trimming Connie Mack's great team representing the
 Philadelphia American League in four
 straight games.
 Young O'Doul has many of the
 mannerisms of Iris Speaker and ap- : pears to be one of the best prospects picked up by the New York club in many year. He come to the Tanks
 as pitcher, but he has shown that h eCan play the outfield throw well : and hit hard. He also has lot of = speed.
 George Mogridgs of the Tanks all
 ways gets into condition quickly and i this year is no exception for the vet
 dit GoulApd" Ilt was the uISI Ol , Huggins' boxmen to throw any curves Miller Higgins says the New York
 American team is more serious this ! year, has more spirit, or will have an6 n is more determined.
 . Pitching" he maintains, "puts con , fidence into team. Strong pitchine '. produces ability to do various things ! which couldn't be done otherwise. anG , enables team to alter it's style o. = game as occasion requires
 e Everything considered the Red Soy got off lucky if the available details O |, the signing of Ruth are correct Rutl s at sso00 a year is cinch for tht 1 Boston club when you stop to figurt
 1 that Johnson. who is reputed to re :, ceive somc Si5,000- per annum fo v wearing 9 Washington uniform. i z much older, while Eddie Collins a 2 S15,900; Ty Cobb, at S20 coo. and Grov .. CT Alexander, at $12,o00 or more, ar
 all older than the Babe.
 - Eddie" Behan, eparring partner o
 Bob Fitzsimmons and with a very
 cTeditabIe ring record, who is nov
 serving abroad as q Knights of CoIum
 nus secretary. staging sparring ex
 hibtions for our doughhoys in Ger
 many, recently selected eight men o
 Pershing's army at Fingers, Germany
 and Ditted them against q like numbe !S ! Ol l1ltII CL CAedI NtlSlI lTOlH UIne :. camps in four round contests.
 Behans selections won all the event: !, and in. one contest a knockout wa r scored Now Behan is in great de F mand at all the camps. His knowledg < gained by actual experience in the rin I and later as physical instructor is
 big asset to Behan in his work as F Knights of Columbus athletic directo 5: Worlds champion Johnny Kilban
 again proved on Saturday night in hi < bout with Artie O'Leary at the Nation = al club, Philadelphia, that he has re Is tained all his old time snap vigo :. excellent judgment of distance an :, punching powers. O'Leary boxed a 4 shoulder high and his jaw fully pro |. tected. He never left an opening fC a hilbane to shoot right across. Thrt $ times Kilbane tried to land a slee Is producing punch. but the blows misse 'z a vulnerable spot by a fraction of a ,5s inch. When the bios started O'Leal ,A covered up and had the worlds chan x. pion let the swings go the full distanc 3Ls his right might have been put out |, shoulder or O'Leary's head. It is tn 55iis quick judgment, when going at tt j5S speed, that accentuatcS the science al ii4 skill of q finished boxer.
 33,. Johnny KiIbane received c&.se l5s $1,500 for outpointing Artie O'Lea- 1ls the local featherweight, at the Ma F ional A. c. of Philadelphia on SatuTd; 1@ night. O'Leary, it is said, got a qua . antee of $650
 55!s The passage of the Sunday baseb; 33@ bill by the New York Legislatu a,a makes it likely that the American le que season in New York will be ope,