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The Washington times., 1921-12-28

down-hearted over 1t. knowing that he
woul1 have little chance of getting
back into the National League with
a low batting average. At that time
he was a cracking good batsman. too.
which made his case all the more
serious. But he had given me his
word and he would stick to 1t, batting
or no batting.
The game that day was filled with
brilliant plays and close, and was
! urging the boys to go in and win.
Finally there were three of our side
| on the bases with nobody out. TIE
| next two batters coming up were in
| a pinch and we all knew II.
There was beer sold under the
lSrandstand in those days and "Dasher"
knew 1t. He whispered into my ear,
| Ted, let me go under the stand and
| get big beer and I'll clear the bases
for you"
"All right. my boy" I answered.
go on quick"
He Makes the Hit.
Sure enough. just as expected, the
first two batters quit in the pinch and
struck out. The crowd was excited,
as 1t was the ninth inning and the
club was at bat. I looked around
Tor Troy ana saw him coming from
under the stand, wiping his lips.
Taking the bat and starting for the
plate, he looked over to me and said.
1.-THE old Dash is himself again."
He tapped the plate with his bat and
| called out to the opposing pitcher,
| Come on, my old daddy .buck, you've
been getting off pretty cheap"
One strike was called on him but
he met the second full in the eye.
Shoulder high, 1t started for the dis
tant outfield. Two outfielders set
la wild chase after 1t but was no
use. The stout hand of "Dasher'
Troy, with the stimulus Of that glass
of beer. sent the ball speeding UP
against the center field fence. 1t
bounded off the boards and Troy
circled the bases, winning the game.
I have known great lawyers who
had to drink before they made a
great speech and I have known of
famous actors who had to do the
same thing. After that never
stopped my old friend, John Troy,
from taking his glass of beer.
How q Watermelon Broke up q
The Washington times., 1921-12-28

present attested that one Of the most
salutary steps in college sports had
been taken.
Walter Camp, father of American
football, started the ball a-rolling with
. speech. Later in the evening he
was made one Of the two honorary
members Of the young union" The
other is Gen. Palmer e. Pierce, presi
dent of the National Collegiate Athle.
tic Association.
Coach Heiseman, Of Pennsylvania,
who originally conceived the idea of
the new body, had been made chair
Imam of the preliminary organizing
committee, the other members being
Major DAILY and DIR. Wilce. Through
the last named the proposed constitu.
ton and bylaws Of the association
were presented. They were unani.
mously adopted.
Major Charles DAILY, Of West Point
was elected president; John Heiseman
Of Pennsylvania, vice president, and
DR.. John w. Wilce. of Ohio State
secretary-treasurer. Robert Fisher, OF
Harvard, and Fielding H. Yost, OF
Michigan, are the trustees.
Under the snappy craftsmanship OF
Major Daily the body got to work as
quickly as a gridiron play after the
first whistle.
Three pressing questions were acted
on-'clipping' from behind. interior.
ence with defensive backs under for.
ward passes, and length of pause after
shift before ball is snapped.
Tho clipping subject brought out q
bit Of discussion in which Dobie. Yost
Sanford and Williams got quite het
up. This clipping-which has result.
To- nd
pernanent injury-was defined as the
act of one man throwing himself
against an opponents legs from be-
hind at or below the knees.
4 It was voted to recommend to the
rules committee that there shall be
. decidedly more drastic rule against
the evil.
The advisory board Of football
coaches, comprised of Major Daily, OF
west Point, and Messrs. Glenn War
ner, of Pittsburgh: O'Neil, of Co
of Penn State, and Mercer, Of Swarth-
more, met in the afternoon and
recommended to the Central football
hoard that a central office be estab
lished with a paid secretary for the
purpose OF carrying on the work OF
the board This has become nEces-
sary because of the great growth In
tho preliminary details, such as al
iotment Of officials, unexpected change
81 dates, cancellation Of games, in
tcrpretation OF rules.
In view of the confusion In in
terpreting the rules of the last two
ar three years, II was voted that the
rules committee designte a spokes.
man to whom any coach may write
ar wire for an Interpretation and
that the name and address OF the
spokesman be printed in the book OF
rules.
The Washington times., 1921-12-28
OREGON ELEVEN WALLoPS
HAWAIIANS BY 40 TO O

HONOLULU, T. H, Dec. 2S.-The
University of Oregon's football eleven
defeated the University Of Hawaii here
AZ to 0. Oregon's brilliant forward
passing was the games principal fea-
ture, though the heavy mainlanders
broke through the Hawaiians' line at
will and completely outclassed them
in the other departments of the sport.
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But Buff holds and defends the
worlds bantamweight title, and must
be considered as having withdrawn
from the flyweight class at least for
the present. One of the big feature
bouts of the coming year probably
will present Buff against Jimmy
Wilde, of Wales, and two worlds
cause Wilde Ia the undisputed fly
weight champion Of the globe.
Wilde Great Little Man.
Pete Herman. the former bantam
weight champion. stopped Wilde. and
Buff in turn bested Herman. which
might argue that the jersey Skeeter
is a better man than Wilde. But 1t
must be remembered that Wilde gave
away some little weight to the New
Orleans Italian, and that II probably
would be impossible for Pete to pull
himself down to even poundage with
the Welshman.
Wilde, a freakish built fellow. gen.
orally weighs about 108 pounds. He
has fought, 1t is said, when he
100 pounds In practically all his
fights he has hao to give away
weight.
His size and his ability made him
a ring sensation for years. He is a
clever boxer, and for such a tiny
fellow an amazing hitter. Old-timers
do not believe that he has ever been
any better than some OF our Amer
lean boxers when they weighed
around 1O8. notably George Dixon.
but that he is the best little fellow
of recer- years there Is no doubt.
The flyweight division is of COM
paratively recent origin. and was
established to accommodate chaps
like Wilde. In the old days they
would have been bantams. In its de-
sire to fit divisions to all sizes of boys.
the International Sporting Club once
went 30 far as to fix a Junior bantam.
weight class at 115 pounds.
Wilde has nearly always boxed in
the bantamweight division. He was
rarely able to find an opponent Of his
weight, but the disparity never
seemed to trouble him. He has boxed
Joe Lynch, Pal Moore, Jack Sharkey.
and other tough American bantams.
and they invariably had weight on
him.
The Washington times., 1921-12-28
FORMER PRESIDENTS YACHT
is USED AS CLUBHOUSE

BALTIMORE, Dec. s.-Many per-
sons daily crossing Hanover street
bridge are not aware Of the fact that
the old steamer which now serves
as clubhouse for the Maryland
Yacht Club was once the private
yacht of former President Cleve-
land.
The name Of the craft when she
carried from her masthead the Pres
idential colors was the Violet
The Washington times., 1921-12-28
Harry Davis Makes Denial.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 2s.-Harry
Davis, the Athletics veteran coach
and scout, today denied that he was
interested In Providence obtaining a
franchise in the International League
Ho said he was approached by q
friend from Providence, who said that
n franchise could be landed, but re-
fused to have anything to do with the
project. II is understood that Davis
will be with the Athletics again next
season.
The Washington times., 1921-12-28
WOLSTENHOLME SHOOTS
PHENOMENAL DUCK SCORES
By II. ID. THOMAS.

Shooting daily holiday prize the Rathke
leading of
675 five After rolling number of
1923 1885, giving
days prize of five berries.
Woenholme speedban Demon possessing according
FANS the fastest ball thrown local alleys YOUTH
unusually the
the level of his head and delivers with smooth sweeping
The Washington times., 1921-12-28
Hughes to Referee.

Jimmy Hughes, who will referee the
high school championship basketball
series, is booked to referee the con-
test tonight between the Manhattans
and Baltimore Merits. on the Palace
court, at 914 Il street northwest.
The Washington times., 1921-12-28
Diamonds Win.

The Diamond A. c. Juniors beat the
Petworth Boys club basketballers
last night, 44-to12. Inglehart and
Burkitt scored six baskets each for
the winners, while Van Sickler was
best on the Petworth five. ...
The Washington times., 1921-12-28
Day Boys Beaten

The Farragut Athletic Club quint
yesterday afternoon defeated the Y.
M. G. A. day school team in tho "Y.
gym, ITO. The Farraguts, aver
aging 95 pounds, would like to take
on other local quints Of their weight,
challenges to be telephoned to Man
ager Harry Proctor at West sos.
The Washington times., 1921-12-28
Montague Scores.

]. II. Montague, Of the A1oysius
Club, finished seventeenth in a field
OF over 100 in the Nativity Catholic
Clubs modified marathon race held
in West Philadelphia yesterday
afternoon.
The Washington times., 1921-12-28
TIA JUANA RACING Is
INDEFINITELY POSTPONED

There was no racing at Tia Juana
yesterday. Rain in southern Cali
fornia and across the line in Mexico
has flooded the country, and caused
an indefinite postponement.
The Washington times., 1921-12-28
Class by Himself.

In the nature of things, Wilde is
probably not as good as he was. He
is now thirty years old, and he has
been boxing a long time. But, con.
sidering him strictly as a fyweight,
the little Welshman Is In q class by
himself.
And. looking over the field, We fail
to see an American who, at the
weight. figures even close to him.
They say this Young Simonds, of Eng
The Washington times., 1921-12-28
SANDLOTIERS MAY TAKE
WRONG TACK IN EFFORTS
TO GATHER I'M SHECKELS
BY r. ID. THOMAS.

Peeng phantom
Mohawk football Of southeast at the height Of local
contemplating would
& the Indians themselves but to ssndot football which only this
on the Mohawk the Indians will play
be 80 - " - - -
of amess majority sano
mat some sort ct an organization for the further
to make city the classes
The Washington times., 1921-12-28
Hudson CUNT Swamped.

The Epiphany Juniors swamped the
uudson Athletic club basketers In the
Eriphany gymnasium last night.
7s-to-0. this being the tenth successive
victory for tho winners.
The Washington times., 1921-12-28
GRID LEAGUE FORMED
= WASHINGTON TIMECJ POREC - q
VARYING WEATHER HELPS
GOLFER TO IMPROVE SKILL

change helps improve game
This paradoxica yet it In the spring.
playing, rule where lot Of
the ball will refuse to far through sticky mud
+.
Conditions do not change much until the latter Of June wh
month Of
golf there little outside influences help hinder Whatever
does he do without the aid of hard baked help
being
bbed and getting anything but
their just rewards
The golfer the early spring until late June while the
a shot
push shot the this The ball hit the downward stroke
before being ideal
The Washington times., 1921-12-28


catchy and he was always jollying
some poor pitcher who was going
in for his first game. He would
proceed something like this:
well, my boy. we'll Just kill the
other pitcher today and that team
playing us couldn't hit the city hall,
il 1t was pitched to them. Ted Sui
Ivan expects to gather up all sorts
of balls and never expects much OF
pitcher in his first game. Now.
my son, let them hit the ball, that is
what we like. II they make fifty
hits off you, why, we'll go at the
other pitcher and drive him to drink.
as we have done before. They'll
have to use four pitchers against
us today, and they know 1t. They are
all afraid Of you. 1 heard them say
So"
After that jollying. tho young
pitcher would go into the game
feathers up.
Played On Farm" Team.
In 1888 the Washington League
team controlled a minor league team
in Troy, N. Y. 1t was in tho In
ternational League. 1t was base
ball farm" a style adopted generally
Il
washington team, but 1 had to make
four or five visits to Troy that year
to see how the farm hands" were
coming along.
Good-natured "Dasher" had PROM
ised me that season to abstain from
any beer drinking, and 1. on my part,
lad promised to bring him back TO
the Washington team, II he would
keep his promise. / don't wish to
infer here that the ''Dasher" drank
to excess or even drank spirits. Far
from that, but he did like his beer.
like other good men.
What little beer Troy drank did
him no harm, but must confess that
at that period of my life was II
little narrow and prejudiced against
any players who drank. Johns
friendship for me made him abstain
from even his beer.
Now I'm getting close to the beer
that won a ball game.
The Washington times., 1921-12-28
FOOTBALL COACHES FOR
LEAGUE AT N. Y. MEETING
BY DIR. WALTER PEET,

NEW YORK. Dec. 28Born last night the Hotel Astor-the
American Football Coaches Association
The child had been the making several months and its arrival
suggestion Of Maj DAILY of West Point invitations
hundred fegahe
The Washington times., 1921-12-28
That Fight Series
BY DAMON RUNYON
The FlyUeigtts
World Champion.
Jimmy Wilde, of Wales.
Leading COntenders:
Eddie O'Dowd, Of Columbus, o.
frankie Genaro, of New York.

Weight, III pounds
championship Johnny Buff
City generally conceded title American fyweght champion
sensational
Abe Goldstei being his fe Buff probably make the
het American Liiputians
The Washington times., 1921-12-28
He Had Lost His Eye.

On one OF my trips to the farm"
that year "Dasher" complained to me
that his batting had fallen away off.
He said he had noticed II since he
had stopped his beer, He seemed
The Washington times., 1921-12-28

How q Watermelon Broke up q
Game" is Ted Sullivan's Next Story,
The Washington times., 1921-12-28

copyright. 1919
Norwich bulletin., 1921-10-04

ton. Mrs JoAn Lailaw Busi. wno viii preside Tn salute to the fas viii bc led by Mrs. William r. H.. -pI. s,a,., chairman comnlittve OH corr ct Us- of flag. Following I Welcone " Ju-.., Omer Platt in behalf f tne town of Nil ford, violin solos will be rendered Dy Miss Dorothy Smith, The address on t.l- subject of ''Angio-American Trieut!$:iin will be given by Rev. Harris EIwood Starr, postor Pilgrim church, New IIav- en and former chaplin, American army Greetings will be brought by distinguish ed guests as follows: Nations Society, Daughters of the American RevoIution-Mrs Lyman F. Holden vice president general, Vermont Mrs. John Francis Yawger, recording sec retary general: Mrs Livingston L. Hunt er treasurer general; Mrs Charles White Nash, state regent Of New York: Mrs. Franklin P. Shumway state regent of 1 Massachusetts.
 | National Society, Un;aI Daughters of 1S12-Mrs. Clarence r. k. Jerne. presi- dent national.
 Connecticut Society Colonial Danes oi America-Mrs Leonard Mayhew Daggett National Society, Daughters Of Found CTS and Patriots, Connecticut Chapter Mrs Frank A. Corbin. president. At one o'clock, q recess will be taker for luncheon, which will be served at tht First Congregational church, the Ply mouth Congregational church. St Peter! Episcopal church and the Mary Tyler Me morial church. The afternoon session will convene at two-fitfeen and the pro gram follows:
 Organ Prelude-Songe d'Amour.
 Sandersoi Evening Bells and Cradle Song At the organ, MT Lorenza Pratt Oviat Singing State Song
 By the audience Chateau Rose Bonheur-a Reuntniscenc Mrs. Charles Humphrey Bissen. Stat Vice Regent of Connecticut Address-A D. A. R. Visit to Engian and France.
 Mrs George Maynard Minor Presiden General National Society Daughters O the American Revolution.
 :' nrano Solo-Over the Steppe
 Rachaminoi
 Mrs. Susan Hawley Davis Address-The American Indian
 Mrs. Mary w Roe Snging-America
 1 By the Audience Berediction-Rev. Charles Atkins. recte 1 Plymouth church, Milford l At half past four o'clock, an informs reception will be held in the Chapte House, the home of Freelove Baldwi Stow chapter. A banquet in honor of tn President General and national officer will be given at half past seven o'cloc and His ExceIlency, Everett J. Lakt Governor of Connecticut will be a gues of honor.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-10-04
PAST QUARTER SHOWS MUCH BUILDING

{ T1Se past three months in Norwich have Nesa the best in the building line for home time during this period a large lumber of houses and other buildings have been erected. The quarterly re- port of Fire Marshal Howard L. Stan ton shows the building activities for the rzSt three months. The report is as ifcIl0ws: New frame houses, 16, new frame garages. II; new frame store houses, . new frame shed, 1 1, new brick house. 1 new concrete garage, i; new brick school. 1; new brick and stone church 1 new oil tanks and shed, all t-rztions to frame buildings, 3 addi- rions to frame buildings II; alterations to brick buildings, 1. The total building permits issued during the past quarter was 55.
 During the past week a building permit Yer a frame garage at the corner of 12th street and Central avenue has been granted to F. O. Park of New London. The garage will have a concrete f-unda- ton and floors and the superstructure will be Of frame. The roof will be covered vith a slate surfaced shingle
 Sando Grillo is to erect a frame ga rage at s5 High street. The garage will
Norwich bulletin., 1921-10-04

be 1sx24 feet and win be F feet high.
 The foundation and basement will be of
 brick and the superstructure will be of
 frame. The exterior finish of the garage
 will be of stucco.
 frame house. 26x3S feet and 1-2 stories high will be erected at 62 Smith avenue by Henry E. Savage. The foun- dation and cellar will be of stone and brick and the house will be of frame construction.
 George Boucher has been granted a building permit to alter a barn into a house. The work is to be done for l Clarence Sholes and the barn is located at 1SS West Thames street. The house will have four rooms and bath and the interior finish will be in hardwood and | the exterior finish will be in clapboards. | Work on the new school has made ex- cellent progress during the past week and will be rushed along as the Weathe? per mits. The work on the new St. Mary's church is also being hurried along. so that as much as possible can he done before cold weather interferes, Other buildin projects in the city are making goo progress and several have been toA
 pleted within the last week
Norwich bulletin., 1921-10-04

automatic elevator furnishing access to all floors. The corridors nave tied floors with imitati-n marble panels and deco rated side walls. All the rooms, whi3h are equipped with large mechanically operated windows, are furnished with abundant light. The walls are pap red attractively and no two rooms are finish ed alike. The interior is finished in hard wood and enamel to conform to the pc culiar oolor scene, and the rooms are
 proRdkd with an inte--C z fmmunicating
 telephone system and wired so that all
 sorts of electrical devices may be en-
 ployed The kitchanettes are equipped
 with stationery tubs and provided with cabinet and space for every kitchen uten-
 sil In the smaller apartments novel
 feature is the folding bed, upon a revolv-
 ing panel in the wall 50 that by merely
 turning the panel the room may be
 changed from a living to a sleeping room, and each apartment is provided with a fire escape exit.
 Work has started on an addition to the house of Jennie A Nichols, at 5S Ocean venue. It will be 15x20 feet, two storias high, of frame construction, and wi" cost 500 The work will be done by the day.
 What is considered to be the oldest
 [ use in the country is being wired and
 applied with fixtures. The house is the
 old Hampstead manor on Hempstead av- euue and 270 years old. i Building Permits l J. F. Moran frame garage II sher, man street. Cost 300.
 1 Jos SigaI, frame apartment building 1 Bentley avenue Cost s15,0oo. ] Mary McGrath, frame garage. 27t Crystal avenue. Cost s20e. Total number of permits issued for thu
 week. 5 estimated cost of building s15, 800.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-10-04
sTORRS CROP -sINrISr
 VIEWS s-iD CORN F.

VIEWS s-i-D CORN FARMS
 During the pa 'wo weeks J. S. Owens. corn spec. st from Storrs college has spent couple of days in New London count ~-th the county ssent on two farm speciality is made of selecting a~n In Pres ton, F. P. and F. l.. --"os have been conducting a better ...- corn dernon- stration plot during this past season. using seed on this plot which had been tested for examination and also for dis ease at the New Haven Experiment Station. No seed was used on this plot which showed any trace of disease and only seed from ears which Cermnaf cd 9j per cent. or better were planted. The same plan was followed on the farm o' James Lord. At Stonington where similar demonstration was arrange. Within the past two weeks. the corr to be used for planting in similar plots next year has been selected in these fields. Only well matured ears were taken and special effort was made to select ears from stocks that matured in fair season with ears about the right height from the ground and having short shanks. In many fields in this county We find field corn growing on long shanks but if proper care is taken at the time seed is selected in the field and only ears saved which grow on short shanks this difficulty can gradual ly be overcome.
 If this work Is careeaIfy followed up over a period of years such as has been started with these two men by the farm bureau we should have here in New London county some places where fine
Norwich bulletin., 1921-10-04
yrryoNr SEED WINS IN
rorAro rEMoNsrRATIoN \

O
 Iutrr tms l.as, week lhe .seed po- tato demonstration oa tle farm of C. A. Aii'ier iH Franklin was dug out IT.. r s,-'fs in the different rows where d., I.-i3t -,l.c-s' Of seed were used were vry i.:.f -ti.a:5. The seed which gave tll. hi. f~-l iald was Vermont select ,I a-,. rom the field in Windsor coen- " Nbca came very near to being cer- ;id.-ti by 'he state department of agri- .-cui ure t.is past year In Long Island fists it yielded better than 300 bushels to tt- acre. In this particular trial it shoN-- yield of POI bushels per acre. inot her lot of Vermont certified seed ! from lhc farm of Julian A. Dinacck of l East Corinth gave a yield of 19S bush els per acre. Three lots of Maine seed were used. two of these lots being bought from local stores and ansther lot was purchased by the Cooperative Ex- change this last year. One of these l iots of Maine seed was certifed and gave a yield of 12s bushels per acre and the other lot was selected seed and gave a yield of 1e6 bushels per acre ] while the other lot of Maine seed gave a yield of 8 bushels per acre.
 MT. Miller planted some of his own home grown seed which was northern seed two years ago, this showed a yield of 163 bushels per acre.
 From the foregoing 1t will be seen thst not all northern seed is worthwhile planting. It pays to know where ana how our potato seed is grown and on, thing is sur" that certified seed pota toes bought iu states that are very care fui Of their certiiicdtion rules and SCI
 to it that no potato growers az certi fled unless they litc up Stric, 2" -ir rules are better insured than potato , lseed bought at random from often time so called selected Sead, even though 1 is northern seed
 Three other potato demonstration:
 will be dug in ,as near future. The on on the farm of G E. York in Stoning ton will be duc this week We,lnesda.
 and one on the farm "f A. Ghedd ii
 Preston will be ,'"- rnis weci Tbursi9 Anyone interested in seeing the poia
 toes at the time 'hey are dug is We
 come to be pres. Digging will tax
 place in the fc- ""on and prohahl
 most of the weien.S will he taken befcr
 F o'clock
Norwich bulletin., 1921-10-04
CORONER GIVES FINDING
 ON DEATH OF BRAKEMAN

Coroner Jeremiah J. Desmond of this city announced Monday afternoon his finding in the sudden death of Herbert o. Jewett. S7, of Groton, who was run over and killed by a freight train at Midway Sept. 26
 The coroner finds that Iewett was the head brakeman on the freight train which caused his death. The train pull ed into Midway about 3.05 D. m.. Sept 2s, at a speed of about 10 miles an hour The brake rigging broke and dropped down, throwing a switch and deraiiins the freight cars.
 Jewett either fell or was thrown from the cab of the locomotive and was run over by the derailed cars.