Norwich bulletin., 1922-04-20

and will continue to be homeless until definite arrangements have been made for home for it. This was the an- nouncement at the close of the special meeting of the Eastern league at Spring field.
 Jim Jeffries, former worlds heavy weight champion pugilist, will referee some of the bouts at a benefit to be held at the Vernon arena at Los Angeles next Saturday night for Ad Wolgast. former worlds lightweight titleholder. Joe Riv- CTS, Leach, Cross, Jack Root. Billy Papke, Kid Mccoy and several other "old tim ers'' have volunteered their services, ac- cording to Jack Doyle, sportsman who is sponsoring the event. .
 Clarence "Dimp" Ha1loran, a former Fordham university baseball player. told Fordham athletic authorities that no one of this years maroon baseball squad, was in Sundays game between the ''Fordham Collegians' and Waterbury of the Eastern League. He said several former Fordham players, wearing their old uniforms, were in the game and that he gave fictitious names for the others. Frank Gargan, graduate manager of ath- 1etics at Fordham, will go to Waterbury today to investigate the case.
 Coach Tom Thorpe, former Columbia star, now head football coach at New York university, inaugurated spring foot ball practice at Ohio field Tuesday when 222 football candidates reported for inl- tial practice.
 Louis KapIan of Meriden, Conn.,, had the better of Johnny Williams of New York in . slashi1lg double six-round bout before one of the largest crowds that ever witnessed a fight in Portland. Me . way but it was not without a real fight tha the secured the margin. Williams kept the Meriden boy busy at times and in two rounds outboxed him.
 It was considered probable in boxing circles yesterday that the proposed 20- round bout between Johnny Kilbane worlds champion featherweight boxer, and Eugene Criqui, French bantamweight champion, would not take place 1T France. The offer for purse of 500,O0C francs has failed to arouse much en- thusiasm in either camp. Kilbane'S manager is holding out for s60.000 which is equivalent to nearly 100000 francs. While Criquis desire to meet the champion Is not equal to his paying his own training expenses and running the risk of receiving no money. George StaIIings, owner of the Roches ter International League baseball club denied that Outfelder Archdeacon, of his club, would go to the Detroit Americans in exchange for two other players anc a cash consideration.
 Ad Wolgast, former lightweight cham pion. who it was estimated at one tiInt was worth $250000 has lost his entire fortune and will be the recipient of z benefit at benefit at Los Angeles, Sat urday.
 Frank FIournoy, matchmaker at thu i Madison Square Garden, is working ol 1 a title bout between Harry Greb an(
 Gene Tunney. Flournoy has practical! secured the consent of Grdb for tn
 match
 l Addition of four minOd sports to thu
 athletic curriculum of New York univer sity has opened positions for coaches Ii
 swimming. wrestling. association foot
 ball and lacrosse. The decision to ente teams in several new branches sportin,
 endeavor followed students agitation. | SIattery an Outfielder of Concord, win
 was on the reserve list of the Newarl team of the International league, ha
 been released to New Haven of the East
 ern League and will join the latter min
 at once.
 Benjamin Blair, who claims to hay invented a pitching machine designed t
 the Newark police recently that the ma chine has been stolen firm garage wher 1 it was stored. Blair, who is 69 years ol | is broken hearted. He said it's monetar tvalue was about s1o,Oo0, but that he con