Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-31

Men who had money on the game, not l the players, are responsible for the riot ous and disgraeeful ending of the base ball game between the American Legion team of Stonfngf6n and the White
 Rocks, at White Rock Sunday after
 noon. The score was 2 to l at the ninth inning. with White rock last at bat, With one man out, and man on second and third, the man on third made A squeeze play, steaIing in from third, starting while the pitcher was winding up. When the ball was pitched the man at bat attempted to bunt. The catcher caught the ball, bumped into the batter, and the umpire declared the runner safe. This tied the game and the chances of winning strongly favorable to White Rock.
 ed. Two Stonington men rushed into the
 field, and before the crowd realized that there vas trouble brewing the umpire was knocked down, by the two excited men from Stohington whom so it is said. had bet money on St6nfngton to win. In quicker time than it can be written there was free-for-all fight, fortunately nothing more dangerous than fists being used. To the credit Of the players De it said, not one Of them l took part in the disgracsful row in which 1 they are in no way responsible. Quiet
 was favorably restored and the officer of the grounds announced that lie was au- thorized to declare that the game and all bets were off.
 Dfsinterested parties, those who at tended the. game for the love Of the tunitg, declare the judgment 6f the u1f- fpffe was proper, and that the assault made upon him did not Have the mere st tinge of justification. The assault upon the umpire was not made by d couple of hot-headed boys, but by adults whose temper got the better of their judgment, and, so 1t is said, ensendsred by the feeling that they were to lose the coin they wagered on the game. The umpire was Rose. Of New Lon don, and his decisions were Impartial from the start of the game, and up to the time of the assault, which is liable to put. critfp On Sunday baseball in
 Westerly This however. is the first of fence and may be overlooked by the westerly town council, the body author ized to grant permit for playing fhe na, tional game on Sunday in the town. and Whine Rock is within the territorial him its of Westerly.
 Westerly and the rest of Rhode Island is prepared to bestow full franchise on
 women qualified to vote, without the oil ing of any of the present voting machin- cry. The legislature had already grant ed the women the right to vote for presi-
 dent. and also provided for the vote on full suffrage, upon the certiication of the passage of the constitutional amend ment.
 Ali electors men and women alike,
 were required to register before July. 1, 1920 in order to vote at the November
 election. And that's all there is to it.
 The women registered in large numbers,
 expecting to be permitted t6 vote only
 for presidential elections, not .anticipat- ing the pleasure of complete suffrage. No
 man or woman who failed t6 register under the law is entitled to vote It
 is imperative that registration for the
 November election must end July l,
 1920.
 Not being able to get cement, 1900
 barrels of it required for the building
 of the new Moose Neck Hill road, south of Washington, the construction has
 been changed from cement concrete to
 bituminous concrete, with the approval
 of the federal highway department.
 Chief Engineer Patterson of the state
 board of public roads took the matter up with the federal roads bureau, and
 asked for approval of a modification of
 the specifications to permit biturnInous concrete. 4 federal road engineer in- vestigated and made favorable recom-
 mendation.
 The proposed road is On an entirely
 new layout, A miles long, through the
 woods Most of the right of way has
 been cleared, preparatory to actual road