Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-06
SPORTING. NOTES.

- NOW That the new year has begun
baseball fans are eagerly awaiting the
first call for. spring training for. the
major league clubs. 1t was runored
at the close of last season that there
would be 4 meeting of baseball men
representing the different cities in the
eastern part, of Connecticut, with, a
purpose OF forming an nter-city Con-
necticut league. As yet there has not
been anything done about it. Now. is
the time to call such meeting to
make some plans relative to that mat
ter. An eight team league could be
easily formed, with the. following rep
reservations: Wiliimantic, New Lon
don, Norwich, Jewett City, Moosup,
westerly, Stonington and a'fchoice of
Danie1son, Putnam and South Man
chester. 80
The general consensus among the
sporting writer's of New Haven as to the
bouts pulled of at the Arena Monday
night is that the show as a whole was
distinctly sour The local boxers whO
inquired in the card were not blamed in
any, way. for the iasco which greeted the
latest efforts to- bring back the game 10
the City; OF Elms, but Sammy Goede who
oelied his monicker and the alleged Bat
Ting" Repka came. in for a fine banning.
Jim .Cooney, rated as the best ,hortstop
in the league while with Providence, was
sold outright to Milwaukee of the Anleri-
can Association. This probably ends
Cooney's chances Of ever being able to
break into the big show permanently. He
has Sreceived trials with the Red Sox and
the Giants and failed with both Had
the Providence boy been capable of nit
ting at ALI when. taken south he un-
doubleday would have been kept by Nc
Graw. Chick" Bowen, former Holy
Cross player, and New Haven boy,
sewers his relations with the Giants as
result Of his outright sale to Roger Bres-
nahan's Toledo CLUB. Last season b.
wen. played the outfield and second base
for Rochester. The Giants exercised the
recall option and then waived claim to
the played 'by selling him to Toledo.
Brick Kane, Hartford third basen1an
last season, now sold to the Giants. does
not expect to stick in the big show, ac-
cording to the Springfield Republican,
which says: Even Brick Kane himself
hardly expects to stick with = the New
York Giants, but if he gets of to a good
start in the spring training trip, he will
likely catch on next season with club
in; a stronger league than the Eastern.
Brick should hit better than $50.
Dixie gets its big league baseball in
the fag-. months of winter. =.
Tho tChicago club outfit is the lone.
wolf 'ofsth pack Owner Wrigley takes
the. boys, west for their. annual outing,
The veterans don't get a. great deal
Of pleasure out: of it., They have been
over the road so often that there are ne
longer any thrills left in it 80 :. t..
Usually some Of the stars de q lot Of
Correspondence and report late.
Full Of confidence. < mis- ears ringing
with the boosts of home town friends he
goes tofthe, seuthiands as though it were
paradise. : -, f.. -s ...-:
But if he makes the hill and is. hiked
back again and again the glamour Of
spring training to him loses its color.
Baseball is like any other, profession
'T1s. the: new. that carries the appeal
Several Of the clubs; tried to mix pleas
ure. with business by going. to s,Florids
| camps last year =
Butt next spring Will md them swing
ing back into Texas and the border Dixi
states fer business purposes entirely.