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Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-14
PLAlNFFEED MERMEN SWAMP
 LOCALS ATHYD POOI

An enthusiastic audience of men and boys filled the visitors balcony of the "" swimming pool last night when the PIainfield Community house swim ming team gave the team chosen from the locals, duckin9 to the tune of 52 1-2 to 25 1-2 points. The star of the match was the swimming of Ray Green, former Brown swimmer, and each time he entered the water he was given a substantial hand from the spectators His underwater swim was especially good, going 67 feet or the length of the pool over twice. Results are as follows:
 Fancy Diving, men-Ray Green (P), McNamara (N), Grow. Ely (N). Fancy Diving, boys-Ted Lamont (P), Tom Jarvis (P), Clinton Peter son (NO.
 Boys 20 Yard swim-CInton Pet erson (P), Carl Cummings CN), Ar mold Smith (P).
 Plunge for Distance, nien-Grov. Ely (N), Ray Green (P). Plunge for Distance, boys-Plain- field Norwich.
 r 80 Yard Swim, men-Ray Green (P)4 Shaw (N). Harry Ainsworth (P).
 50 Yard Swim, men-Ray Green (P) Oscar Mossesian (N), Harry. Aims worth (P).
 Underwater. Swim, men-Ray Green P), H. Ainsworth (P), Oscar Mos ! sesian GS;. F, Underwater Swim, boys-Davagnon (P), Hodge (N),. Otis Fellows CN).
 Boys Relay Race-Plainfield. Pet erson, Jarvis, Royle, Smith.
 At the close of the meet, MT. Lee Clegg, local jeweler announced his de- Sire to offer a trophy cup to be given for meet to be held between Plain field, Jewett City and Norwich. Ar engagements will be made to hold g meet at Plainfield in January with 8 1 return match in the local pool The ] highest point team to be awarded the ] trophy.
 The officials last night were Mssrs Camp and Fritz of Norwich and Mr l White of Plainfield.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-14

wards; Lyons, center; Allen and Coy cite, guards.
 Chabut by White, Lyons by Rhoden.
 Referee, HouckI Scorer .Gareau; Timer Bessette.
 Auto Goes Over Embankment
 At the curve, at the cemetery at Putnam one of the. Oxford machines went off the road and down a 30-foot embankment while on it's way to this place: The machine righted itself at the bottom and all the occupants were shaken up and bruised. They continued on their way to Danielson in another machine f- -f'
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-14

boy. Suren has Icen earning decisions regularly in New York and should give E1aherty a real test
 The preliminary bout between Jack Douglas and Pinkey Burns should he an interesting little bout. Those who have seen both boys in action say that Douglas is the counterpart of Flaherty and Is the same aggressive type of fighter as the Lowell boy.
 The local interest in the fighrS ia running high and if a good crowd turns out for this fight Matchmaker Jackie Wilson promises Norwich fans a real winter of the mitt game. The boxing game is a tough proposition and it takes q little nerve to. go through with q show and the public should realize this and give the promoters a chance to get across.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-14
HARVARD GRID STARS '
 IGNORED IN ELECTIONS

Cambridge, Mass. Dec. 13-Three football men were elected to the first offices in the Harvard senior elections today. George Owen, Jr.. of Newton, hockey and baseball captain, was el- ected first q. marshall. while Charles Buell. of Hartford, Conn, captain of the football team, was named second marshall Vinton, Chapin of Boston, was chosen as third marshal.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-14
CRESCENT TEAM OPENS
 SEASON NEXT WEDNE sDAY

The Crescent A. c. basketball five which has been taken oyer by Battery B will open it's season at the state armory next Wednesday night against the fast Alpine Five of Bridgeport. The Bridgeport team is a fast aggre- gation of basket -tdssers and it will be ed for this game.
 Ralph de Palma, automobile racer and Madeira County jail inmate the last nine days, was ordered released Tuesday by the Madero Parole Board, which &llt twenty four hours from his tsn-day term for good behavior
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-14
LEWIS AND .zBYszKo TO
 MRESTLE FOR TILE

St. Louis, Mo-, Dec. 13-Ed "StranE- Ter Lewis, heavyweight wrestling champion, and Stanislaus Zbyszko, former champion, will wrestLe here to- morrow for the worlds championship, Both men went through light work outs today. Zbyszko tips the beam at PA and Lewis weighs about 10 pounds more. -t-....
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-14

Fred B. Carisch of Sioux Falls, South Dakota; will coach the Detroit pitch CTS and catchers next season. He suc- ceeds Dan Howley former Hartford pilot, who Was. in charge ever since Ty Cobb assumed the management of the Tigers, but who will manage the Toronto team next season. els
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-14
l1arnlon Raata Liern.an,

3 Boston. Dec. 1S--W7llie Harmon. of New York, defeated Jack Herman, of Allentown, Pa, and Lynn, Mass, in, their scheduled ten-round bout tonight.
 The referee stopped the bout in the
 weights
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-14
Tioers Retain soecer Titla

Princeton N. j., Dec. 1s-The Princeton soccer team retained the in- tercollegiate league title hg defeating the University of Pennsylyania on
 University field today by a score of to i. [
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-14
roDANs SPORTS

ToDAVS SPORTS @ RAGING Meeting of Jefferson Parish Fair Association, at Havana. Meeting of Cuba a-Amerieap Joe key Club. at Havana. Meeting of Tijuana Jockey Club, at TijuanL
 WRESTLING "Strangler Ed" Lewis vs. Stapis laus Zbyszko, at St. Louis.
 BOXING New York State amateur cham pionships, at New York. Able Friedman vs. Mike Castle, 10 rounds, at Lowell.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-14
SPORT WORLD BRIEF i:

SFOkf WONLD 6KIEF =
 Up in Boston they are whispering this question to each other: Has Fra zee reformed at last %
 Memphis has lost it's pennant win ming manager. Spencer Abbott, who has signed with the Reading club of the International league.
 Joe Evans of the Indians seems insistent this season that he will not dfaf1ond.
 Wade Goslin and Rice are going to be the Senators outfielders at the start of the season, according to pres ent plans.
 Aftermaths of the transforming trips of 1922 may cause the club own CTS to be more careful in the future with their permission for such trips.
 John Scott, the Giants picturesque pitcher is at his home near Durham, s. C., waiting for the season to open to 'get in there and win ball games"
 
 Work on, the reconstruction of the Cubs park has been started.> The plans reveal the new park to be one of the finest.
 Walter Gerber will be pushed hard next season to hold his job as Brown shortstop by Taylor Phelps, a high Sschool lad, according to. Shreveport fans with whom Phelps is an idol. | Reports from Pittsburgh have it that Otto Miller, former Robin catcher, will be coach for the Pirate pitchers next l season.
 i The Princeton cross 7country team has elected Ridenour Raymond of Kansas City, Mo, captain for next year. The new Harrier leader ran his fitst race for Princeton this fall.
 rommy Murphy is gathering the stars of the half-mile tracks. The Grand Circuit pilot has purchased Is kander 2: 07 1-4, Dixie Direct 2:14 If and Lambert Todd 2;0s4 A.
 Clarence Pell national amateur rae quet champion, expects to go to Eng | land to compete in the English anna
 
 Club, London. ~ i Plans have been completed by Frank .l A. Ready, president of Samaclar A. A. for the seventh winter indoor meet of the club to be held on Monday, Jan 22, in the twenty second Regiment Armory.
 The University of southern ealifor. mia track and field team will be rep. resented at the Penn relays at'Frank- lin Field. Philadelphia, and the Drake ! krelays at Drake University Des Moines Iowa, in 1923.
 Lew McCarty's liability to injury ha! impaired h4s worth as a first string catcher at Kansas City and Bill, Skif is losing out for the sameF reason Skiff broke into professional baseball with Hartford. ,, Tennis, at Cornell. has been official ly recognized and placed on a firmel basis by the, action of the Board oi Trustees, which has authorized the Appointment of a professional eoaef [ to take charge of the net gatn'e at the university. a < Rifle shooting has been added tt Penn States list of minor sports, and members of the team who fulfilled the requirements eoneerning the mum Eber of meets in which they must shoot will be awarded the minor sports let ,1 ter, 9.fss1 Hubert Pruett, that friend of "Babe' ! Ruth from the University of MIssoli. ri is building. himself up for the sea son to come. At the university ne. i. taking special. physical training ant has added ten pounds to his avoirdu- pois Pruett says his lame arm ha: gone, leaving him free to. slow balT Ruth to death again next summer H. nov weighs ITO pounds a
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-14

Hubert Prdett, that friend of Babe Ruth from the University of MIssou- ri is building. himself up for the seaE son to come. At the university he is taking special physical training and has added ten pounds to his avofrdu3 pois. Pruett says his lame arm has gone, leaving him free to. slow balr'' Ruth to death again next summer He nov weighs ITO pounds,
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-14

Clarence Pell, national. amateur rac quet champion, expects to go to Eng land to compete in the English anna teur championships 4at the sQueen, : Club, London. .1
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-14

< Tommy Murphy is gathering the stars of the half mile tracks. The Grand Circuit pilot has purchased Is kander 2: 07 1-4, Dixie Direct 2+14 Ii and Lambert Todd 2;09 4-4.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-14

{ Rifle shobting has been added to
 Penn States list of minor sports, and
 members of the team who futfiiled the requirements oonieerning the mum Der of meets in which they must shoot will be awarded the minor sports let
 ter, T E
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-14

The Princeton cross 7country team has elected Ridenour Raymond of Kansas City Mo-, captain for next year. The new Harrier leader ran his fitst race for Princeton this fall.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-14

Plans have been Completed by Frank A. Ready, president of Samaclar A. A, for the seventh winter indoor meet of the club to be held on Monday, Jan. g, in the twenty second Regiment Armory.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-14

Joe Evans of the Indians seems insistent this season that he will not desert his medical practice for the dfafflond.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-14

Tennis at Cornell has been official ly recognized and placed on :firmer basis by the, action of the Board of Trustees, which has authorized the appointment of professional coach to take Charge of the net game at the. university s ssI
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-14

Lew McCarty's liability to injury has impaired h4s worth as a first string catcher at Kansas City and Bill, Skiff is losing out for the same reason. Skiff broke into professional baseball with Hartford.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-14

The University of Southern ealifor. mia track and field team will be reps resented at the Penn relays atsFrank lin Field. Philadelphia, and the Drake relays at Drake University Des Moines Iowa, in 1923. z.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-14

Up in Boston they are whispering this question to each other: Has Fra zee reformed at last ?''
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-14

Walter Gerber will be pushed hard next season to hold his job as Brown shortstop by Taylor Phelps, a high school lad, according to. Shreveport fans with whom Phelps is an idol.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-14

Memphis has lost it's pennant win ming manager. Spencer Abbott. who has signed with the Reading club of the International league.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-14

Reports from Pittsburgh have it that Otto Miller, former Robin catcher, will be coach for the Pirate pitchers next season. F
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-14

Work on, the reconstruction of the Cubs park has been started The plans reveal the new park to be one of the finest.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-14

Wade Goslin and Rice are going to be the Senators outfielders at the start of the season, according to pres ent plans.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-14

John Scott, the Giants picturesque pitcher is at his ,home near Durham, S. C., waiting for the season to open to "get in there and win ball games. :"
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-14

Aftermaths of the transforming trips ofs1922 may cause the club own
 CTS to be more careful in the future with their permission for such trips.
, 1922-07-29

grounds tomorrow afternoon, when
the second race meet. in which some
Of the fastest horses in the northwest
viii compete. takes place.
The horses are now quartered at
the race track in tho stables provided
for that purpose. and are trained 10
the minute for Sundays races. a re
porter for The Tribune was invited TO
inspect the horses yesterday morning
following the arrival Of a new ship
ment from Montana Every animal
IS in excellent condition, and some of
tho marks credited the horses speak
for Themselves. as to the fast time
which may be expected there tomor-
row.
Approximately - PAGERS. trotters,
and running horses are now in the
fairgrounds stables awaiting the bell
which VIII send them on their way to
victory or ignominious defeat. They
have come to Casper from a territory
covering three different states. Some
are from Montana. some from Ne
braska and other are from Wyoming.
The entire race meet is under the
management OF II. A. Richardson.
who has entered a string" which he
expects to cop the honors in many of
tomorrow's contests. He wishes the
public OF Casper 10 take his word that
real horses are in the making for to-
morrow.
Some of the widely known western
horscmen who have come long dis.
tsnces to participate in Casper race
meets are: u. L. Donald. j. b. Dalton,
7. T. O'Neil and ]. c. Covell. the
Montana race enthusiast, who is said
to have the fastest string OF PAGERS
and trotters in the whole northwest
Among the horses entered who are
in the money for tomorrow are
Nabob 2:15 OF Billings. Mont; Pauline
j. Hail 2:17Ia Of Livingston. Mont;
Crit Jr.. 2:04 of Miles City. Mont: Bill
hewitt 2:csh, Billings. Mont: Ruby II.
2:so of Sheridan. wyo.; Clara J. of
Powell, wyo.. and ten other veteran
racers with excellent marks.
The first race will start promptly
at 2 p. IN. so that the meet will not
utilize too much time. Gate admission.
including grandstand seat is so cents
with a five sent tax. making total of
55 cents for an afternoon OF feverish
excitement.
, 1922-07-29
Sport Calendar:

Rowing.
Royal Canadian Henley regatta
closes at St. Catharines.
Golf.
Canadian open championship tourna-
ment closes at Montreal.
Carpet Tpade Golf association tour
nament colses at Boston.
Swimming.
Oregon state outdoor championships.
at Portland.
Yachting.
international regatta at st. Paul.
MINI.
Pacific international Yachs assccia-
ton regatta at Seattle.
Tennis.
Western championship tournament
opens at Chicago.
North Shore championship tourna'
ment opens at swampscoot, Mass.
Bergen county championship tourna.
ment opens al Rutherford. n. j.
Polo.
Annual tournament of Rumson
Country club closes Mt Rumson. y. ],
Boxing.
Tommy McAleer VS.. Moe Hersco
witch. IL rounds. at New York.
Johnny Clinton rs. Tommy Leahy
10 rounds at Worcester.
, 1922-07-29
CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES
IN TOURNEY POSTPONED

OMAHA. Neb., July as.-Ffnal
matches in the Missouri Valley tennis
championship tournament ave been
postponed until tomorrow afternoon
because of the heavy rains last night
and continuing light a today.
For the mems singles title. Phil Bag
by of Kansas City will meet Wray
Brown II st. louis and for the wom-
ems singles title Miss Loui Hammann
of Kansas City. will meet Miss Jessie
Grieve of Los Angeles.
In the mems doubles, Bagby and
Walter Newell of Kansas City are
paired against Carl Meyer n Fred
Gross of Kansas City and In the mixed
doubles E. R. Mccormick Of Omaha
is paired with Miss Grieve against
Phil Basby and Miss Ruth Haser OF
Kansas City.
, 1922-07-29
OAKLAND MANAGER WILL
STAND BY KEEPER IN
FIGHT AGAINST lands

SAN FRANCISCO. July 81. Cal
Ewing. owner OF the Oakland aub Of
the Pacific "a league. declared In
a statement today that he was ready
to stand by" William Keeper. the
Portland club owner. whom Commits
sioner Lands ordered out Of organized
baseball.
Judge lands had no business to
expect Bill Keeper to quit as presi-
dent of the Portland club" said
Ewing. Furthermore. I think n
commissioner has overstepped his a u
thority. He has no power to suspend
Klepper. The only thing lands C aid
do to Keeper was to reprimand him
publicly. ard he hasn't.
az will refuse to vote Keeper out
OF tho Pacific coast league and I be-
lieve It is an injustice TO him to expect
aim to turn his business affairs over
to someone else.
Il have been In consultation with my
attorney for several days and 1 am
told Judge Lands has erred. To pro
tect my own business against any law.
suit. 1 am going to refuse to vote
Keeper out"
, 1922-07-29
SETTING
PACE At BAT
Tiger Pilot Leads All Ameri-
can Leaguers With Big
Stick, No Other Changes.

CHICAGO. July 2e.-By The AS
sociated Pressl@Throwing a jolt and
punch into the Detroit Americans
which is being felt by every American
club. n veteran Tyrus Cobb. Tiger
pilot. excelllng his every past perform
ance at the bat, today Is out in front
Of all American league c~ontenders for
1922 hitting honors. and is leading his
mates c~onvincingly in the close pen
nan ace Tyrue is showing his men
how to hit. and this has carried him
past George Sisier. st. Louis star. for
Tho batting honors OF the league.
which he lost to Speaker and Sisler
in the past two seasons
Cobb. IN his last six games. cracked
out IS hits. better than two a game
and boosted his mar from .l05 a week
ago to AIS. while Sister. WHO led the
oatters with an average of .4is a
week ago. dropped to second place with
a average of .404. He was able to
acquire only six hits in as many
games.
There was practically no change in
the relative standing of the batters
in the National league. Rogers Horns
by OF the Cardinals. who has been set
ting the pace. added one point 10 his
mark OF n week ago. n tops the list
with an average Of 1898. Ray Grimes
the smuggling first baseman of the Chi
cago Cubs, maintained his mark of g
week ago. 1858. and moved up to sec
ond place. d~tsplacing the veteran Jake
Daubert OF the Reds. who dropped II
points but is holding third plsc &C with
an average OF $50.
The averages include games OF We'd
esda
, 1922-07-29
Cities Holding
Sdrse Positions
In Standings

CHICAGO. July 2s-chicago base
ball fans picked up their morning
newspapers today. turned to the
sport pages and planced at the ma
jor league standings.
New York. St. Louis. Chicago"
they read. without particularly motto
ing the heading over the table Of
percentages Yes. that must be the
National league standing. But
And they looked again. Yes. it
was the same in both leagues. Then
they looked further and discovered
that in every city which boasts a
team in each league. fans must be
having the same thrill.
BY nosing the Browns out OF the
lead in the American league yester-
day tho Yankees not only took first
place but finished tho job OF putting
the American league in the same
lineup Of teams as the National, so
far as could be done.
No similar instance could be recol-
lected, evch by the Oldest fans.
, 1922-07-29
BANTAM
C0VETS TITLE
Thomas Harrison Expected to
Seek Bout With Buff
in America.

LONDON. July 2s.-Thomas Harri.
son, OF Haniey. British bantamweighi
champion. may go to the United States
in quest Of y worlds title. recently
won by Joe Lynch from Johnny Bun.
Harrison recently knocked out Jim
Higgins. the British title holder. in the
18th round of their match.
Although Harrison has established
himself as superior 10 other. English
1is-pounders. many OF the boxing crit.
les believe he should bolster his record
before going after Lynch. one OF the
cleverest little men in the world. Hig.
gins. defeated by Harrison. was a vic.
tim of Pete Herman's cudgels when
the American invaded the Isles.
, 1922-07-29
WILLARD HOLDS
UP CONTRACT
Agreement Calling for Battle
With Dempsey October 6
Goes Unsigned.

LOS ANGELES, July 29.-Jess vii.
lard. former worlds heavyweight
champion and challenger OF the pres
ent title holder. lack Dempsey, has
received a contract from Tex Richard
offering him n bout with Dempsey on
October 6. he announced today.
The contract is as yet unsigned,
Willard preferring to hold the negotia.
ton open in effort to substitute Octo.
Der 81 or n later date.
Il have accepted Richards terms
with the exception of the date" he
said. II am not holding out for any
financial reason"
, 1922-07-29

groWinE n rdtcatiols r that at
tendance figures will be gratifying.
A written agreement has been re-
ceived from Dushek. accompanied by
h statement hat he will be able TO
make 1Ts pounds on the afternoon OF
h day OF the match and that he is
so pleased TO get a chance at Eklund
that he is willing to cut the
This arrangement has made possible
the staging OF the match in Casper. y
Dushek has also forwarded a scrap
book of which any nat champion
might be proud. 1t shows he wrestled
the great Joe Stecher at the peak Of
the former champions career three
years ~ and stayed one hour and 10
minutes against great odds. At that
time Dushek tipped the scales at 10
pounds while Stecher weighed EOS. II
took Stecher as minutes to pin the
kentuckian the second time. Dushek
and Bill Demetreal. the Greek demon.
wrestled a handicap match In Chicago
in which the Greek agreed to throw
his opponent twice in 90 minutes,
He failed to get n single fall. They
met again in Chicago for a straigh,
match and went two hours without a
fall- The end found both wrestlers in
the hospital and the bout was credited
with having been the most strenuous
ever witnessed in the Windy City.
Eklund and Dushek will battle to a
finish on the Casper mat and the
match holds promise OF being the fast,
est ever staged here. II will be held
at Ben Meyers garage west of the
Henning hotel.
, 1922-07-29
NJ Onument to
Baseball Seen

CHICAGO. July 20. - Ban johnson.
president OF the American league, an
nounced that the league had appropri-
ated 500. 900 to erect the monument
to baseball in East Potomac Park.
Washington.
Designs viii be sought Immediately
from the leading sculptors of the Unit.
ed States.
, 1922-07-29
Mary PickfOrd
Scheduled To
Be Bridesmaid

LOS ANGELES. July 2s.-Mary
Pickford will be bridesmaid at the
wedding of her brother. Jack Pickford.
a motion picture actor. to MarIlynn
Miller Of the stage.
The ceremony is set for 2 o'clock i N
the afternoon at h residence OF Mary
rlektora and her husband. Douglas
Fairbanks.
Mrs. John Steele Sweeney. sister to
MISS Miller, will give the bride away.
, 1922-07-29
sCHrNLAN DEFEATS PERRY.

DENvER-Hary Schuman. Den
yer. won n decision in IL rounds over
Jack Perry, Pittsburgh weiterweight.
Kid Belt. Canon City. and Joe Berger.
Chicago. featherweights, fought n zen
round draw.
, 1922-07-29
Richards Wins
| Gotham Tourney

NEW YORK. July 2s.-vinceni
Richards OF Yonkers. won the Metro
politan tennis singles championship
from Howard Kinsey OF San Franciscs
Oh The Crescent Athletic cIub courts.
Brooklyn. So. 50 and 60.
, 1922-07-29
STRENUOUS BOUT ASSURED WHEN
DUSHEk And EKLUMD GO TO MAT

All credit for the coming mat event here in which Car-
ence Eklund of Sheridan and Ruddy Dushek of Kentucky
light heavyweight topnotchers. will meet for the first time is
laid at the door of the American Legion, the service mems
organization having been able to secure an agreement which
other promoters could not handle. Interest in the match is
, 1922-07-29

: Flirting is unknown among Ko
rean girs. Indeed. an unmarried girl
in Koret is so dIsgraced by even
speaking TO n male not OF her own
family that she often kills herself
rather than endure the shame.
, 1922-07-29
TIE TQTQTTNE,C D or OF CDnnTrArN AYrygYc l. First in Ns
AAA ANAOOANA a vi ~ ONk IVO lVEVO Ill o. u Ell
SPORT FLASHES HOT Off Wire
AMERICANS WIN.

ST. GATHERINGS Onfario.-Amer-
lean oarsmen were victorious In three
Of the principal escuts on tie program
Of the Canada Henry races.
, 1922-07-29
FAST STEPPERSA AWAIT CLANG Of
STARTING ELLHERE TOMORROW
Montana Race Enthusiasts Here VIII Long String
Of Trotters and PAGERS for Series Of Matinee
Cards Starring Sunday

Screams of excitement from the throats of the fair. Set
faces of the men, as they tensely await the finish of their
'favorite. The clang of the starting bell, which throws an
audience into a frenzy of expectation.
All these will be present at the Natrona county fair