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Norwich bulletin., 1921-10-24
Baltic Wanderers Won

The Baltic Wanderers basket ball team won their first game when they defeated the Jewett City team, Al to IS, in the Baltic gym, Friday night Firth with a field baskets was high scorer.
 In the preliminary, the Dare Devils took a fall out of the Bantams, win ming 22 to 13, in a well played game. Lineups.
 Jewett City: Brennan If; Blake If; Davis c; Barry lg; Jarvis rg.
 Wanderers: Coady If; Ridgeway If; Firth c; T. Swanson rg; R Swanson lg; Simineau If.
 Dare Devils: Murphy If; Gladue If; Cardie c;Lemeouix lg; Breault rg.
 Bantams: Burr If; Charon If: Brick son c; Miller lg; Rorebtialle rg.
 The Wandereds expect to play Plain- field next Wednesday in Baltic.
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An UuusuaI Traup.

Dear Uncle Jed: This is to tell about an unusual beggzr who came to the door and begged for food. He had bright looking face with small shifty eyes which seemed to take in everything at one glance. also a crooked set Of teeth so that when he smiled he looked very cruel He wore a torn pair Of shoes which looked as though they were made for feet twice his size. He had on a ragged suit which looked as though it had seen much wear and his hat was made of dark blue felt and he had worn holes in it and patched it with black of the same material IL looked as though he had always worn it in one particular spot as he had a bald spot on the side which he was wearing it when I saw him. This is my opinion of the tyr of an unusual tramp.
 Yours sincerely.
 c. CORA CARPENTER. Age 15.
 Columbia
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LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.

Mason Drury, of Washington, D. C. have just finished my prize boLk, "The Boy Scouts In Servia," and think 1t one of the best books ever read. thank you Uncle Jed for remembering me way down here.
 Marjorie C. Gates. of Gales Ferry-I received the book you sent me entitled ''The Camp Fire Girls At Long Lake" I have read it and find 1t very interest ing.
 Louise Case. of Baltic-I thank you sincerely for the prize book Ferdinand Frog" 1 am fond of reading and have read most of it. It is very comical and interesting.
 Helen Campbell, of Norwich-I thank you very much for the interesting prize book you sent me.
 Susan Terry. Of GriswoId-I received the book entitled "The Camp Fire Girls On the March I have read it and found it very interesting. Dorothy Simpson. of Norwich-Many thanks for the. prize book you sent me 1 entitled "The Trail of the Seneca" have not read 1t but it Is sure to be interesting, for like Indian tales. Ruth Perry, of Putnam received my | prize book entitled The Lilac Lady" and thank you very much for it.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-10-24
mad a Fine yncntigr

Dear Uncle Jed: guess It's been quite while since I wrote to the Wide Awakes. I have been away most of the time this summer to the seashore and such a lovely vacation I had. hope all of the Wide-Awakes had as nice a vaca- ton as had. I was kept pretty busy when I got home. I had to start in with my music and school. My music teacher had her recital the 2sth of September. 30 guess all of the pupils were busy as well as myself getting ready for it. l had to do quite little practicins. as hadn't played much during my vacation. I am in the fourth grade (A) now. and like my teacher very much. but I can't forget my last years teacher. Mamma says If I am good and behave myself they will all like me We'll. dear Wide Awakes I haven't much to write about this time. Will try and do better next time.
 HELEN T GREENE. Age 2.
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MILLER HUGGINS HAS
 ATTACK OF TONSILITIS

Utica, N. Y. Oct. 2S-Miller Hug gins, manager of the New York Am erican League Club, is recovering from an attack of tosilitis at the home of his brother in this city. Higgins con- tracted hard cold in motoring from New York to Utica last week and has been confined to bed for a few days.
 Huggins expressed pleasure at Babe Ruth's action in cancelling his barn storming tour and hopes that his star will escape with slight punishment and be available for the Tanks throughout the entire 1922 season. He denies there is any trade brewing with the White Sox.
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COTTON

New York, Oct. .22.-An early advance in cotton net scattered offerings and aft CT selling up to 1868 December eased off to 1925, closing at 1880 compared with 1S.4S yesterday. The general market closed steady at a net decline. of 4 to IS points. The feature in the late trading was selling of December against pur- chases of March by brokers who were supposed to be operating for large trade interests and whose offerings of Decem- Der had an unsettling effect on the gen. eral list
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UNCLE JED's TALK TO WIDE
 AWNKES,


 Many a boy and girl has been heard to say that they disliked some study so much that they would never learn any more about it than they actually had to. They couldn't conceive how it could do them or anybody else any good and they didn't propose to waste their time and patience in trying to conquer t, or words to that effect.
 As is often the case they place their judgment above that of others who are much better qualified than they are to determine what is for their good. It is true that some like one study better than another and make more progress in one than another but the true mean ing of education is being. missed by those who turn from the hardier to the easier paths because it requires less effort. If we studied only the things that are easy for us to learn we would anever become educated, because we<would not be call ing into use many of our highest powers powers of memory, application, concen- tration and perseverance. They are the muscles of the mind. as it were, that we shrink from using-we don't like to make the effort which is a hard one at first. But unless we do learn to use them those muscles become ineffective and when they are most needed, in the after time when the school days are over, we cannot command them at will It does not take much thought on the part of any boy or girl to understand that the man or woman who is going to succeed in the future must be able to concentrate, think deeply and stick to whatever he l or she undertakes.
 The great advantage of hard studies is that through the mastery of them they f not only educate. but teach us how to master other hard problems of life Don't shrink from study Others can. not do it for you. Nothing in this world that is easily attained is of great and
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rHE HERn BOYS PKAYER.

By Alpine lake, meath shady rock The herd boy Buelt beside his flock, And softly told, with pious air. His alphabet as evening prayer. Unseen, his pastor fingered near My child, what mean the sounds hear? May I not in your worship share And raise to heaven my evening prayer? ''Where'er the hills and valleys blend The sounds of prayer and praise ascend 1; My child, a prayer yours cannot be, You've only said your abe"
 T have no better way to pray,
 All that I know to God | say.
 I tell the letters on my knees;
 He makes the words himself to please
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A Busy Summer.

Dear Uncle Jed: During the summer I picked berries and brought them down street every other day. l often picked ls-quart pail full. so when took them down to the market ' would have 14 quarts. I sold them for Is cents c quart. For 24 quarts received s5se.
 During my vacation my brother VII. liam and I planted some tomatoes. We took care of them and vatered them. When they were getting ripe store msH came twice a week and took the rips ones and left the green ones. We sold the green ones also.
 I also had a, small garden of onions ta take care of. When dug them had six bushels. I gave them to my father q.
 During the summer often helped ny father to rake the hay and bring if in the barn. e.
 During the month of July we all went out for a ride to. see our grandmother. We started at ' o'clock in the morning; We were about a mile from the house when we had a fiat tire. We mended H and we went on our journey. When wa got there it was about o'clock. so ws ate our dinner and we took my grands mother and we drove to my aunt's. which was about mile from my grandmothers- After we were there a while we came back to grandmother's and then we drove home. After we got home we turned around and went to WiTlimantic. for ans other good time.
 During the last of August we started out for another long journey. We started out at s o'clock. We got about quarter! of the way and we found that the road. was closed. so we had to turn back. This seemed most unfortunate.
 During the first week of September. we went to visit the EIks' country fair. We bought our tickets and went in, There we saw, engines Of different kinds. cows. sheep, pigs. chickens, hens. rabbits and many other animals. The most in- teresting of all was to look at all kinds of tricks and dancing. We heard music of sll kinds.
 MARY GoLICK. Age lG
 Eaglevflle
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did not seem to want to return to their own mother.
 Every day the hen would take her pup pies. out and let them watch her scratch for worms, but when the hen. wanted them to follow her example. they would not; this angered her great deal.
 Days passed and one morning when my friend and I went to feed the hen we found that 1t had been killed by the dog which we though did 1t for revenge up on the hen. We also found that the puppies had been carried by 1t to its home. Several days later they were again united and happy.
 HILDA voGT. Age F New London
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voluntown.
Tommy Entertaining can~rs fer H,
 Mamma

hHumo.
 Dear Uncle Jed: I never have tried before to write to the Wide Awake circia although I have always been an inter ested reader. so I am making my nrst attempt
 70 dear.- exclaimed Mrs. Brown. there goes that door bell I'll bet itN Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Smith; they said they were coming Run. Tommy. and en- tertain them till I come down.
 "Aii right said Tommy. and away he flew towards the front door. Sure enough. Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Smith were tho visitors.
 How do you do7 How are you7 Hsvo a chair" chanted Tommy. for all the world like parrot
 T am very well, thank you" replied Mrs. Smith.
 Mother told me 10 entertain you tri she came down. 90 I may as well begin. Do you know about the fight at school this morning? One boy got a black eye and was sent home. This morning a man came and said if papa didn't pay some thing we could move Hoorayl Hope ws can. A boy got a licking this morning and you- But Tommy never finished. for sud- denly a shadow came and a hand grab bed poor Tommy by the ear nearest tha door so fast that the callers had but time to gasp. Next they broke into a laugh. They had not time to laugh long beforl a yell came upon their ears. and they knew Tommy was being paid for enter taining them.
 MARJORIE Er.-ENDoRF, Ar. If i Willimantic-
Norwich bulletin., 1921-10-24
HockY TEAM TO
 MEET ALL-EMlLlSH PLAYERS
psie, N. r. Oct. 2s-Ths

Pouehkeepsie, N. r, Oct. 23-Ths Vassar College hocky team Vii. t. -, ,.-7 ~-44.-4-.-',,llsn hocky team at the at the college on Tuesday, October 18th. This is the first time the coI- lege has competed in any intercollegi- ate athletics and is thought to be the first time any of the large colleges in this country has done so.
 The English team is composed of the best hocky players in the girls schools and colleges in Egland, and it's twenty enc year old captain has record of six goals for every game ia which she hasplayed They will be opposed by the Vassar varsity team which has heretofore been purely honoary body,
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SATURDAYS FOOTBALL RESULTS

Yale 14, Army T.
 Harvard 21. Penn 21.
 Tufts 6, Norwich 0.
 Bates [, University of Maine T. Amherst 13, Massachusetts Aggis 0. Hobart 14 Hamilton 0.
 Ohio State 14, Michigan 0.
 West Virginia 0, Bucknell 0.
 University of Maryland 10 Virginia Polytechnic Institute !.
 New York University ', Wesleyan Uni versity '.
 Lehigh ', Washington and Jefferson 14. University of Pennsylvania 21, Virginia Military Institute I.
 Cornell 31, Colgate '.
 Rensselaer, B, Stevens 0.
 Harvard Freshmen 3, Exeter 0.
 Dartmouth 31, Columbia 2.
 Detroit 28, Boston College 0.
 Bowdoin Is, Colby g.
 Brown 0, Springfield O.
 Yale Freshmen 0, Andower O.
 Georgetown 28, Holy Cross T.
 New Hampshire College 21, Vermont [.
 Pittsburgh 35, Syracuse 0. Boston University IA Trinity 0. Notre Dame ', Nebraska 6. University of Cincinnati 115, Kentucky Wesleyan 0.
 Wisconsin 10, Illinois O. Muhlenberg 1T, Gettysburg 13. Rochester 2S, Union T.
 Franklin and Marshall ', swarthmore IT,.
 Washington Univ. 1s, Univ. of Okla homa 2S. Hiram S, Oberlin Ss. Case 3. Wooster IT. Thiel Q, Marietta 2z Denison IA, Ohio University T. Butler 33, Earlham T.
 Georgia Tech 4s, Rutgers 14 Indiana o. Minnesota $. Center College 9s, Pennsylvania 6.
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as the students have participated in inter class games only. A dinner in honor of the occasion is being given by the Vassar Athletic Association Monday evening.
 The English player will play most of the well known Eastern colleges for women. notably. Wellesley, Smith, Bryn Mawr and the all- Philadelphia team commencing with the game with the Philadelphia team takes place Sat- urday.
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wIDE-AwAKE POETRY.

WIDE-AWAKE POETRY.
 TEA HORSE COULD TALK. Load me but lightly, Master, Drive with an easy line. If the sun is warm to your lesser form, Just think what it is to mine. A pound in the winter, Master, Is two in the summer sun. The mercy cou: SC makes better horse When the hot days work is done. Easy sin loading, Master.
 Light with the driving line, Forget the goad on sun-baked road Be merciful, Master Mine. Morton Birge, in the Boston Traveller.
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Our Farm
Norwich.

Dear Uncle Jed: I live on farm In Moosup. Conn. and find 1t very interest ing. We have chickens, rabbits. pigs. calves, cows and a horse. We have fun putting the calves in the pasture. They are very playful and if you aren't care full they will take you of your feet. One day the pigs got out and gave us good chase through the cornhelds and over stonewaHs. At last Grandpa got them in with a pail of apples. That was equal to days work. as we were all tired out.
 Yours truly,
 EVELYN TRoENING. Age 10.
 MooSup
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jumped at the man and held him by his clothes Meantime Mrs. B. ran for help and the man was taken care of.
 After this Mrs. B. wouldn't sell the tcg for any amount of money. for she real ized 1t was best to have a dog around the house to protect her from such af had assaulted her.
 Dogs are the smartest of dumb ani- mals and are faithful to good rassters. During the world war they were of ger. vice on the fields of France and were called war dogs
 J. LAMoINE. Age i4.
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An Ineident In Mx summer vacaticn

Dear Uncle Jed: This summer my girl friend had given to her dog which lately presented her triplets. When they were about five weeks old the funniest thing happened. An old hen which was owned by the some people was setting"
 To prevent the eggs from matching she was constantly robbed of her eggs. The hen disgusted, l suppose having her eggs taken from her. adopted these puppies. She would not allow the real dog moth CT to come near her newly adopted chil- dren, and, strange to say, the puppies
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WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS.

Mary Golick, of Eagleville-rsbi- tha at Ivy Hall.
 e-J. Lemoine. of voluntown-rwo Boy Pioneers.
 a-Hilda vcrt. of New London-In Russian Trenches.
 4-Leona M. Comstock, of Norwich Fighting in the Alps.
 5-Frieda E. Walsh, of Packer-At the Fall of Warsaw.
 s-Eveiyn rrccnins. of Moosup-Hunt- ing Down the Spy.
 7-wilfred Cote, of Bsltic-The Boy Scouts in Front of Warsaw.
 Winners of prize books living in Nor. wich can obtain them by calling at The Bulletin office after :. 10 o'clock Monday morning.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-10-24
ARMY GAVE YALE

HARD TUSSLE
 New York, Oct 2S.-The 1921 football season hit it's stride in Saturdays games and was marked in the east by record crowds for mid-October contests and thrilling struggles for Harvard, Yale and Princeton. Bill. Roper's Tigers presented 4 weak defense and a poor offensive against iAlonzo Stagg's University of Chicago eleven and lost to 0. It was the first time in eastern football history that an opposing team from the west had triumphed over one of the Big Three.
 In the Yale bowl with some 10000 or more spectators, the Bull Dog found tough proposition in the army eleven but by well executed attack turned back the Cadets 14 to '. The first three quarters of this game was all Yale and the Army failed to impress but in the Anal period, with French in the Army back field, it was different story and Yale was compelled to fight hard to hold it's lead.
 Harvard, against Penn State, stood of defeat in the last quarter Bezdek's s piunging, tricky organizati| held the i Crimson to 21-21 tie, and was working 1 toward victory. when the final whistle blew.
 Pittsburgh surprised Syracuse by it's dashing offensive and won 35 to Q and {, Cornell won from Colgate, s1 to T. Uni 1 yersity of Penn got revenge for it's 1920 i defeat by Virginia Military Institute by
 score of q to '.
 | Georgetown trod Holy Cross underfoot
 of an easy victory, 2S to '. The Naval
 Academy eleven was idle.
 Chicago used a straight plunging at-
 tack against the Tigers. Three battering fullbacks were sent into the game by Stagg and one after another rammed the
 Tiger line, making a total of eighteen
 first down. Princeton made only three.
 Aerial tactics were widely employed in the Yale-Army game and while the ca
 dets completed more. passes and gained
 ground on them. those of Yale came
 when near the Army goal and accounted
 for their touchdowns. French, though crippled played at the height of his form
 and enabled the cadets to score their only 1 touchdown.
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In 1879 the first Northwestern league of professional baseball clubs was formed with a circuit made up of Dubuque, Omaha, Davenport and Rock ford. The Dubuque team gained such lead from the start that the other three clubs dropped out before the season was half finished.
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Tom

Dear Uncle Jed: am an old cat. my name is Tom. was put in a barn and I caught some mice There were so many of them got sick and tired of them and laid in the hay So they put me in the cellar to catch rats and now I am SO fat that I can't move around. That's why they call me an old cat
 HENRI COTE. Age 2.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-10-24

Dear Uncle Jed: Heien's birthday camt in May so that she decided to spend 1t in the country. The trees were in blossom and the grass was turning green again She and her mother went for a walk through a field near by. taking their lunch with them They became tired from walking. so they sat down and ate diA- ner under a large tree.
 While sitting there they noticed ssMA little lambs.
 Soon they started home again. Heien'a mother knew new way over Etla bridge. They crossed this bridEa and saw more pretty little lambs, which cama running to meet them.
 Soon they reached home. and taikeA much about it- Helen still resnembera how she celebrated her fourth birthday. although it was many years ago.
 FRIEDA E. WALSH, Age n.
 Packer.
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Two base hits, Martin 2, Cosgrove, J. Murphy ?, Callahan; three base hits, Shea, McGowan, Kahn, Wilder, Cosgrove home runs Wilder; hit by pitcher, by Kahn Callahan, Cooney) Lindstrurn, lWilder) struck out by Kahn 6; by Lindstrom double plays Shea to Tor phy; Murray toeKing to Gley; umpire. Cochrane and Chase.
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Pansy

Dear Uncle Jed: am an old dog: my name is pansy. The man who owns me is a hunter. I am kept to hunt and he feeds me well every day. One day had some puppies and my master sold them all except one he kept and liked 1t very much. We went hunting one day for wild ducks. We caught ten in five hours and he gave me and my pup7y each one. We ate them all. They were very good.
 wILFRID COTE, Age 10.
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Rules For Young Writers.

Bales For Young Writers' l-write plainly on one side or tns paper only, and number the pages,
 2-Use pen and ink, not pencil 1 3-Short and pointed articles VIII o given preference. Do not use over '' words 4-original stories or letters only VIII be used
 k-Write your name, age and aooress plainly at the bottom of the storS'
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THE WIDE-AWAKE CIRCLE
Boys and Girls Department.

lasting value-the most cherished things are those that are hard to win, those
 hat call for much effort.
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sarIes Won speedwax Raaa

Cotati, Calif, Oct. 2S-Roscoe Sarles won the 150 mile Cotati speedway lace today in one hour and twenty-one
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minutes, S4 S-5 seconds, finishing one fifth of a second ahead of Joe Thomas.
 Ralph De Palmer was thisd ana Ed die Hearne fourth.
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GREENLEAF LEADS IN POCKET
 BILLIARD rnuRNANrEH

Philadelphia, Oct 2S-with the na- tonal pocket billiard tournament half over Ralph GreenIeaf, the titeholder, tonight stood at the top of the list of
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twenty-seven yards from the goarl, Capt. Wood stepped back, recsi-s the ball and kicked a pretty fe goal. Score 27-3
 The last quarter opened and Stoning- ton tried passes again. 'Red' Chase in- tercepted one and ran 75 yards for touchdown. Brown kicked the goal. Score 34-3.
 The regulars were put in and Reed and Boynton continued their bucking the line. They skipped down the field and Covey took it over, Brown kicked the goal. Score 41-3.
 The playing of the team was hard. The line held on kicks, made holes for the backs and tackled good. For Stonington, Capt. Wood, quarter back and Bradley, left tackle, played good. The former getting of some nice kicks and the latter some vicious tack ling.
 Stonington was handicapped by lack of experienced players They are hard i playing bunch. After playing few more games they may come here and give the N. F. A. boys good tilt. The Norwich boys will start in prac- ticing hard for the Jewett City game
 that is played here this Wednesday. Jew ett City has quite few stars and many ] will be remembered when their lineup
 is disclosed The lineup of Saturdays
 game:
 N. F. A. Stoningten |
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-KACEYS CLOSE SEASON WITH VICTORY

players, having four victories to his credit and no defeats. Only one player, Arthur Woods of Minneapolis, has sur passed his high run of 52. Woods col lected a run of 57 in one of his matches and 61 in another.
 Woods, Arthur Church, Yonkers, N. ". and James Masuro, New York, were tied for second place at the end of the first weeks play. Each had won three games and lost one.
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Touchdowns Reed, Williams, Covey 2 : Chase, Connor goal from touchdown, Brown 5 ; field goals, Wood referee. A. Duas; umpire, P. Sheref. Time 10, 12, 10, 12.
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New London.
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H.I.n'. First Birthday in tn. Country,

wiiEmantic.