Norwich bulletin., 1922-04-12
SPORT WORLD BRIEFS

As the west branch of the Housatonic river is high, it will be some time before Wahconah park is clear of water. That means the exhibition games of the Pitts field team will have to be staged on the Common, but Wahconah park should be ready for the opening game of the sea- son at Pittsfeld. April 28, with Spring field furnishing the opposition.
 Al PerOtti, leading pitcher of the Eastern league last season, Informed Billy Gilbert Saturday that he would re- port Wednesday morning. Perotti seemed pleased with the thought of playing in Waterbury and said he would do all in his power to help Gilbert place the Brasscos in first division berth.
 The deaths of Henry A. Fuller at Providence, R. T., of W. F. Hams at Terre Haute, Ind. and of John D. Creigh- ton at Omaha, Neb., mark the passing of three pioneers of trotting affairs in their respective sections. The late MT. Fuller was the dean of Rhode Island horsenen and for years had been active in racing and in the conduct of rasing meetings. W. P. Hams. who was managing partner of the triumvirate who gave $105, 900 for the champion Axten, 8, PIP, had held the presidency of the American Trotting association for the past 30 years, while MT. Creighton. to whom was devised the
 
 rare type of horseman. probably one of the best judges of race speed Of his day Joe Smith is working his pitching arm into trim for the Grove City college nine. The crack all around athlete is expected to do the bulk of the heaving for the Crimson team.
 Mark Jackson, Catholic university's pitching ace, turned in two well pitched victories last week, both of them going | overtime. On Tuesday he emerged a winner over Dartmouth to 1 in a To- 1 inning battle. and on Saturday delivered , against Vermont university 3 to 2. The Vermont game went Il frames. In both contests the c. U. hurler disposed of 24 meE on strikes, whiting 10 in the Dart mouth game and 14 of the Vermont bat | swingers. Tomorrow Jackson win be sent 1 against Holy Cross. This game will mark | The first contest of the southern trip for | the Purple.
 Bill Tracey, Bristol boy, who is cap tain of the Dartmouth nine, recorded his first victory of the season last Friday afternoon, when he pitched the Green tc a 10 to triumph over the Hampton Roads naval base deam.
 Capt. Adrian C. Anson, famous old. time baseball player and captain of the Cubs ball club, was stricken in tht | street Saturday and rushed to a hospital where he was operated on for glandulal
 trouble. Reports from his bedside wer, that he was resting well and his condition is not serious. He will be 70 years olC ; April IT.
 Charles Coniskey, president and own
 CT of the Chicago American league base
 ball club. informed Billy Gilbert recent.
 at the Polo grounds New York. that h.
 was sending Outfelder Rafferty to Wa ] terbury under. an optional agreement Rafferty will report at Waterbury at tn end of the Giants White Sox series at tn Polo grounds.
 Twenty-two Yale baseball players am
 Coach Bernie Tomrners, together with
 complete baseball equipment, left Satur day night on the Federal express fo
 Macon, Ga, where the Yale nine will pla : a series of seven games with variou 8 universities of the southland, startin ], Wednesday. The squad will start prac
 tlce in the Macon camp this afternoon
 They will return immediately after tn
 Easter recess for the Williams game o
 April 26, the next home contest on tn
 university schedule. The squad is in fin l condition.
 New England will be better represente
 at Pennsylvanias relay carnival tha
 ever before. Yale, Harvard, Boston co
 1ege, Boston university, Northeaster .- Engineering school, Massachusetts Inst Il tute of Technology, Brown, New Hamq It shire State, Holy Cross and Dartmout l. will all have teams either in the chan
 pionship relays, the class relays or tt