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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-01-01
COLLEGE SPORTING GOSSIP. Concerning the Crew situation d Georgetown and . Football Bet.

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 Excepting the coxswain, every member of the Georgetown varsity crew is eligible for the coming sea- son. and the. oarsn1en will get down to work right aftep the holidays. Work on the machines will begin as soon as the candidates return from their vacations. The new gym pro- vides much better training arrange ments than the old quarters. An eff fort will be made to send the eight to the regatta at Jamestown.
 A base ball game may be played in Champaign between the University of Illinois and Pennsylvania teams next spring. The Illini folks will give the Quakers a game if the latter go west. Williams Is booked to meet Illini next spring. Last year Illini added to it's eastern collection. which in- cludes Yale. Princeton and Pennsyl- vania. the scalp of Amherst.
 old Grad in the Boston Herald tells of a case that came under his notice of a man who bet Tale would score twice in the first half of the recent football game with Harvard and refused to pay up on the ground that Yale made touchdown and then added q point by kicking goal. My own opinion is that Yale scored once" says Old Grad He is quite right Yale scored once and only once in the broad sense of the term To contend that a team scores twice when it converts . touchdown into a goal 1t the veriest qufbhling.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-01-01
NEW HAVEN WON.

New Haven, Jan 1.-New Haven beat Hartford, 9 to 3. fin Roller Polo league in the Quinnipiac rink last night before crowd of about 600. The New Haven team had the ad. vantage of having players in several games before the season opened and showed superior team work. It was seen that Manager Starkie. Hartford has fast team and when the boys have played together longer some goods results may be expected.
 George Bone, the captain and man> ager of the New Havens' and William r. Madden of South Manchester. who plays with Hartford. had hard col lision and time had to be taken out to give them a breathing spell. Bone suffered more than his heavy oppo- nent and it was a wonder that he was
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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-01-01
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.

The following are the averages Of the American Roller Polo association:
 Rushes-Loxson 162. Jason 133, Callahan 112, Curtis S5, Murphy l5, Turner 6.
 Goals-Jason GA, Curtis 60, Calla- han 51. Loxson 50, Turner 43. Free man 39, MvGilvray 33, Murphy 27, Miller Is. Wiley 10.sPierce s. Jean [. Devlin [, Holderness 1. Wood 3, Mooney, Jones and Dugan each 2, Whipple, Mccarthy and Cusick each 1.
 Goal stops--Mullen 795, per cent accepted .S65: Mitchell 756. per cent accepted .sS6; Heffernan S25, per cent accepted .9o3; Cusick 9s7, per cent accepted .S92.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-01-01

The Bristol High school basketball team was defeated Saturday aftc-- noon at New Britain by the New Ha- ven High school team. p to 18. The game was close throughout. being tied 8 to 8 at the end of the first half.
 The Bristol basketball team was badly defeated Saturday evening at Bristol by the famous Crescent team from Patterson, N J., the score being 12 to 4. Bristol was crippled on ac- count of some of the players being absent. The Crescents were in fine form and nothing could withstand their whirlwind work.
 The Winsted basketball team scored an easy victory over the Middletown Independents at the Winsted arm ory Saturday evening, 43 to 15. The passing of the Winsted men in the second half attracted rounds of ap- plause. Burke made his first appear ance with the Winsted team and played a good game. For the visitors McConochie was the only man wbo appeared to be in Winsted's class.
 At Middletown Saturday night. the Middletown High school basketball team won its fifth straight game by defeating the crack Holyoke Mass) High school five. 20 to h. Holyoke had the advantage of weight, but Middletown had superior team-play. The game was close throughout, the first half Middletown played a last game and led by comfortable mar gin, until the last part of the contest, when she weakened and Holyoke threw .four field goals in succession, reducing the lead.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-01-01
BUSY MEEK FOR PUGS.

The first week of the new year Is to begin rather auspiciously for the boxers, for in addition to the many fights scheduled to be fought to-day there are several bouts to be held before 1907 is seven days old.
 On Thursday night Jimmy Gardner and Henry Lewis will meet in twenty-round match at Denver. weighing in at 140 pounds. ringside. and Fridays fight will be at Los Angeles between Jack tTwin) sulli- van and Jimmy Flynn.
 Saturday evening Amby McGarry will fight Unk Russell in a six-round contest ab the National A. C., of Philadelphia.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-01-01
NOT THEIR BROTHER.

Naugatuek. Jan 1.-The Misses Helena and Marguerite Daly a few days ago read an account In New. York paper Of an automobile scei- dent. in which q man named William ]. Daily vas seriously injured They have brother Ia the city of that name and naturally supposed that the injured man vas their relative
 They left at once for New York and on their arrival sought out the injured man Their feelings may be better imagined than described when they reached the bedside of the suf- ferer to find that 1t vss not their brother but an entire stranger.
 After paying . short visit to their brother whom thsy found to be in sxceIlsnt hsslth. thsy rs<urns1 ho1e to Nausatuek-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-01-01
POLO WHITES.
Lost the first.

Lost the nrst.
 Rority. you're bird.
 Good start in each place.
 Two regulars were not present.
 We will make good this afternoon.
 Fouls were very costly to Water bury.
 Grifin and Murray could not be present st the first game.
 The local management Is after Bill Miller. who is rated as one of the fast ones at center.
 New Britain has the hook out for Miller and Wood for center and half back and perhaps they may land there.
 That is pretty good start for polo after the few years of absence. A good attendance in each rink and good polo played by all the teams.
 We will have a winning team if money can buy it for the local man.. agement is determined to get the pick of the best players in the de- funct New England league
 We are out for this pennant and George Bone and the others please take notice. If Secretary Bili Peet don't think SO we win just bet him a bunch of cheroots.
 How the fans would like to see Dicky Pierce, McGilvray. John Wiley. Curtiss. John Roberts. Jimmy Cana van, Eddie Menard. Cunningham. Kid Conway and last but not least "Nohby" Knowlton down in this league. divided up among the teams.
 Pittsburg opened its home season In roller polo with a hurrah Thurs- day and went down in . ereditAble showing before Canton. 5 to !. The Canton team vas fkf and away the better team of the tvo. ft took 14H minutes to make one Of the eoels- Evans. the American league umpire. refereed the game. It vas apparent that Pittsbure must have better pIayers to maks any hind of . shoving in the race
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-01-01
BASKETBALL.
Poor Advertising Killed the Game
 Last Night.

10Or AQvertlslnR Alllo0 Cne 0eme
 Last Night.
 Owing to the lack of proper ad- vertising there were but few people present in the Y. M. c. A. building last evening to see the basketball game between the Crescents of Jersey City and the Sterlings of this city. The Sterlings were handled like a lot of school boys by the visitors who ran away from them and scored just as they pleased. The final score was A to 4. The lineup and sum- mary:
 Crescents. Sterlings. Love ................... Johnson
 Right Forward. McNab McKeon
 Left Forward. DOnald s.............. LlttieJohn
 Center. Harlng ................ Selby
 Right Back. Hill ...............C Cronan, Stahl
 Left Back.
 Goals from field, McCabe g, Hill 6, Haring 4, Love 2, Littlejohn l, John- son l. Goals from fouss, McNab 2, Referee, Candee. Timekeeper and scorer, Goodyear.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-01-01
LOSES TO BRIDGEPORT.

Wallingford, Jan 1.-The Walling- ford polo team met defeat in its first game of the league series here last evening in the contest with the Bridgeport team. Two minutes and fifteen seconds over the regular per- iods were needed to decide the final score. Fast throughout on both sides, the game ended 8 to z in BridgepOrt's favor. The game was played in Arm ory hall and about 400 persons were in attendance.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-01-01
NEIL AND ATTELL.

Stipulating that the battle must be to a finish and that 1t must be held in Reno. New, James c. May, a prominent business man of that place has offered a purse of $10,000 for match between Frankie Neil and Abe Attell.
 It is likely that this offer will be accepted, as the fathers of both lads who are their managers. look favor ably upon the proposition.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-01-01
ONE MORE PILL.

Manager Riley of Tonopah. has just finished smoking another pill, and he has fallen for the Tom Sharkey notion of having Jeffries back in action.
 The new thing is a $50,0O0 purse, with Jeff to meet i've different men in as many days. He Is to have $10,000 each for the slaughtered ones.
 Here is the latest noise made by Riley:
 T will. offer purse of $50,000 to Jeffries to meet five men, namely: SQuires. Burns, O'Brien, Schreck and Kaufman on five succeeding days, the champion to receive $10,000 for each appearance.
 "In addition to these events pro- pose to have as attractions a contest between Jimmy Britt and the winner of the Gans-Herman battle: match between Abe Attell and Jimmy Bow ker, and a battle between Joe Thom- as and some other prominent welter- weight. In all, shall offer $100,- 900 to bring about the proposed matches"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-01-01

Mothers vho give their children Ken n-iy1s Lerzfive Cough S-rup invsEi< ehly inior>e t. Contains Hon~y sni Tar Conforms to thc Nstigaal Pure Fsod snd Drug Lev. Seti hy H. V. Lake Drug Co. Joe A Suith g28 Bank s<reef. Bruokrn
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-01-01
RHoDEs.MARTIN BOUT A DRAW.

Providence, R. l.. Jan 1.-"Billy" Rhodes, the Kansas City welter- weight, found his match in Terry Martin last evening. for the best he could do was to secure . fifteen- round draw with the Philadelphia fighter. Rhodes had a chance in the middle of the fight to put away his opponent, but failed to take ad- vantage of it. From that time on the honors were even. Both men ap- peared used up at the finish.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-01-01
THE PUGlLISTS WE WILL ALL
 KNOW TONIGHT Cans and Herman Go at Each Other at Six O'Clock Other
 Fight News.

TONOPAH, Nev., Jan. LA heavy snowstorm ragged in Tonopah, and in dications point to severe weather con ditlons for the championship fight be- tween Joe Cans and Kid Herman to- day. In the betting Cans remains q strong choice with the odds 10 to In his favor.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-01-01
BOWLING.
Casino Still Holds the Winning Hand
 in Sports.

Casino Still Holds the Winning Hand in Sports.
 There was great bowling con- test on the Casino alleys yesterday when Barney Bostwick and Frank Beardsley tackled each other for eleven games. Beardsley started out well and looked like strong winner but he slowed up as the contest pro- gressed and Bostwick took seven out of the eleven games bowled. The game was interesting throughout. The scores:
 Bestwick, 214, 19O, 220. 246, 175. 201. 152, 211. 232. 174. 163. Total 2.17S.
 Beardsley, 22s, 1s6, 155, 1s1. 1s5, 172. 1S0, I'll, 215, 155, 192. Total 1925.
 Eddie Lander's bowling team won a close and exciting game from Fred Grelle's team, yesterday afternoon. Higby was high man with 542 pins Stone did the best york for Grelle's team. The scores: Lander's team 1865; F. Grelle's team, 1885.
 The Risdon Tool works won their first game of the series from the Ber- becker & Rowland team of the Shop league last evening by score of 2,242 to 2,190.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-01-01
POLO WE LOST THE
 FIRST GAME Referee Rority Didn't Like the Way Our Boys Played and
 Penalized Us.
POLO


 New Britain, Jan 1.-The Connec- ticut Roller Polo league season open. ed in Hanna's armory last night and the home team defeated Waterbury in fast and exciting game. There was large attendance. Both sides were tie at the end of the second period. The tie was broken by Schif- fer of New Britain in the final period as he sent the ball into the Water bury cage after 6 minutes and 30 sec pnds had elapsed. Waterbury was penalized three fouls by Hugh Korty of Hartford, the referee ahd this took one goal away from them. The score: New Britain. Waterbury
 First rush. Johnson ..... .... ......... Hackets
 Second rush. fOSt .ss. .s... .......... McMdupii
 Center.
 Halfback. Anderson ......... ........ Allen
 Goal.
 Referee. Rorty; timer, McDermott; scorer, kingsbury; goals, Schifer 3, R
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-01-01

Referee. Haywood: timer. Anfort: scorer. Peet: goals. New Haven. ": Hartford 3. scored by Bone 6: Dewes 2: Fusari, 3: Porter 15; Starkie 23.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-01-01
PIONEERS WIN.

The preliminary game between the Pioneers of this city and theh Ben gals of New Haven was won by the former by score of 15 to 8.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-01-01
THE OAkvILLE CO
 MAKERS or

WIRE AND YETAL C00D4 D. O.. Freight and Express Addrsss. uskviIle. Conn Telegraph Address. Waterbury. Com New York o0ea le Howard Street
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-01-01

Referee. ,Rorty; timer, McDermott; scorer, Kingsbury; goals. Schiffer 3, Johnson, Hackett, LoxsOn.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1907-01-05
Sign of n Trained Nurse.

"I used to wonder why 1t was that noticed so many young women lugging suit cases all over town" said the man on the street corner. "At first I thought perhaps they were independent young persons who were on their way to the Grand Central station or to the ferry boats to take trains, but then 1 no- ticed them in parts of the town where they couldn't possibly be making for a railroad station, since they were go- ing in the wrong directions. Now l have learned who these women are. Most of them are trained nurses. When they leave the hospitals or their homes to attend case they pack their uni forms and other necessaries in these suit cases, which they carry with them. So when you see a young wom- an carrying a suit case and bound in a direction away from boat or railroad station it's very likely she's a trained nurse and is either starting out to at- tend a case or is returning from one" :" New York Press.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1907-01-05
COIOrs of the BIuebird.

Of the male bluebird Thoreau said, "He carries the sky on his back" To this John Burroughs added, "and the earth on his breast" The birds back, wings and tail chin and throat are a vivid blue, while his breast and Hanks are a chestnut brown and his abdomen dirty white. The female is very much duler in cOloring, often having a red dish tone that extends from the middle of the back over the shoulder. The Seminole Indians say that the male bluebird once flew so high that his back rubbed against the sky, which imparted to him it's own azure tint. Returning to earth, his wife so admired his new coat that she determined to have like one for herself and the next morning flew away to get it, but the day proving somewhat cloudy the col
 or given to her dress was not so bril- liant as was that received by her mate
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1907-01-05
odd Proposal of Marriage.

That celebrated painter of flower and figure subjects, William Hunt, was on one occasion commissioned by a gentleman to paint lis portrait in the attitude of kneenng and holding in his hand an open scroll whereOn were writ ten a declaration of love and an offer Of marriage The lady to whom this un- usual proposal of marriage was sent replied with a chalk drawing of her self with a sheet of paper in her hand, on which was inscribed laconic "Yes."
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1907-01-05
The Sea Horse.

This fish is found in the Atlantic ocean around the coast of Spain, the south of France in the Mediterranean and in the Indian ocean. Sea horses are very small and have been found often curled up in oyster shells. The head is much like that of a horse, and the rings around the body and tail re- semble those of some caterpillars. The habits of these fishes are singular and interesting. They swim with a waving motion, and frequently wind their tails around the weeds and rushes. They have fins to sustain them in the water, and even ia the air They live on worms, fishes, eggs and substances found in the bottom of the sea.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1907-01-05
Ant. q. sue.ts ot Plants.

The ants which are really protective to plants are not those which obtain their food, indirectly for the most part through the aphldes, from the vegeta- ble kingdom, but those which are real. ly carnivorous. These are numerous In temperate climates, and their useful ness to agriculture and sylviculture is incontestable Thus the field ant is a great insect destroyer. A nest of this species Is capable of destroying as many as twenty-eight caterpillars and grasshoppers a minute, or 1,600 an hour, and such a colony is at work day and night during the pleasant season. Tn the arid plains of America the beneficent work of ants is revealed in the isles of verdure around their hills. There are plants hospitable to ants, which furnish them shelter and often food, within the cavities of which the instincts of the ants prompt them to take their abode. This is the case with several ferns, among them the Polypodium nectariferum, the sterile fronds of which bear nectaries on, their lower face and are, moreover, of a shape favorable to sheltering the in- sect.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1907-01-05
The A1eutinn Islands.

Until the time of Peter the Great the Aleutian islands were unknown. The famous Russian monarch, consumed with curiosity as to the distance be- tween Asia and America, started, in 1725, the first of the expeditions that at last revealed those haunts sof the bear, the beaver, the ermine and the seal. But Captain Cook told more about the islands than did all the Rus sian explorers before him.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1907-01-05
The World as It Is.

A world without mistakes and with out suffering would be a world without real men and women, without litera- ture, without music, without painting or sculpture and without love, and even without history, for history is a record of struggles tow Rl better and higher things. WithoLc obstacles to overcome and errors to correct men and women would lapse to a level with beasts in mentality. Intellectual and spiritual development would cease and souls not refined by the fire of ordeals would die of something akin to fatty degeneration. The races would perish of ennui or inanity. After all, it's a pretty fair sort of world as 1t stands. Louisville Courier-J Journal.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1907-01-05
sir walter scotps Fir-. Bri.s.

Sir Walter Scott had his share of the asual curious experiences shortly after being called to the bar. His first ap. pearance as counsel in a criminal court was at Jedburgh assizes in 1793, when he successfully defended a veteran poacher. "You're a lucky scoundrel," ," Scott whispered to his client when the verdict was given. Tm just O yom mind," returned the latter, "and I'll send you a maukin G e., a hare) the morn, man." Lockhart, who narrate7 the incident, omits to add whether the maulxin duly reached Scott, but no doubt it did. On another occasion Scott was less successful in his defense of a housebreaker. but the culprit, grateful for his counsel's exertions, gave him, in lieu of the orthodox fee, which he was unable to pay, this piece of advice, to the value of which he 0he housebreak. er) could professionally attest: First, never to have large watchdog out of doors, but to keep a little yelping ter rier within and, secondly, to put no trust in nice, clever, gimcrack locks, but to pin his faith to huge old heavy one with a rusty key Scott long re-. membered this incident, and thirty years later at a judges dinner at Jed. burgh, he recalled it in this impromptu rhyme
 Yelping terrier, rusty key,
 Was Walter Scotts best Jeddart fee.
 Westminster Gazette
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1907-01-05
WastebnsISet Treasures.

"I have in my employ" said a dealer in autographs, "a number of celebr- ties housemaids. Thanks to these young women, secure at nominal cost many an autographic gem. All I ask of the maids is that they ship me week ly the contents of their masters waste baskets. They bale the stuff up in burlap, and every Monday or Tuesday 1t comes to me by freight. go over 1t carefully making many finds. Here will be a begging letter from a famous author in hard luck Here in a brief note a great actor will boast of his last success. Here will be a dinner invitation from a celebrated million aire Some celebrities, of course, save their valuable letters, and some sell them, but the majority throw into the wastebasket most of the mail they re ceive, and I, searching the baskets contents every Monday morning, find my reward in many letter worth $10 or S20"
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1907-01-05
The Bed and the Candidates.

Judge Harlan and James B. McCrea ry once canvassed Kentucky together as the Republican and Democratic can didates for governor. They travelled about the state. on joint debating trip and in many small mountain places had to sleep in the same bed. They were warm personal friends and sc did not object to this intimacy. One night MT. Harlan got into bed first. Senator McCreary was not far behind, and just as he entered the bed Judge Harlan raised his bulky form and said i'll his stentorian voice, "AIcCreaFy, there is one thing certain-the ne1t governor of Kentucky is in this bed.' As he spoke the bed slats broke, and Judge Harlan rolled to the floor. Sena, tor McCreary caught and held himself in bed, and, as Judge Harlan reached the floor, said: "John, you are right, The next governor of Kentucky is still in this bed"
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1907-01-05
Only London Humor Genuine.

All the best humor that exists in our language is cockney humor. Chau- cer was a cockney. He had his house close to the abbey, Dickens was a cockney; he said he could not think without the London streets. The Lon don taverns heard always the quaintest conversation, whether 1t was Ben Jon. sons at the Mermaid or Sam JOhnson's at the Cock. Even in our time it may be noted that the most vital and genu. inc humor is still written about Lon. don.-Illustrate London News.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1907-01-05
The Price.

If one sets ones heart on the ex- ceptonal, the far off-on riches, on fame, on power-the chances are he will be disappointed. He will waste his time seeking a short cut to these things. There is no short cut. For anything worth having one must pay the price, and the price is always work, patience, love, self sacrifce-no prom ise to pay. but the gold of real service
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1907-01-05
Rubbish Heaps.

In thousand miles of Europe I saw but one rubbish heap-some old metal cans at Carlsruhe. Everywhere else was a complete absence of all waste or carelessness and, above all, of de- facement and roadside uncleanliness, The foul vacant lots and dirty dumps that abound in and about American towns are not to be found anywhere, Exchange.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1907-01-05
GentIemnnIy Kind.

First Burglar-How'd you happen to break into Smiths house last nighti Second Burglar-I was going past there yesterday, and heard Mrs. Smith tell in some one that she walked up three times the night before listenin' for 6 burglar but nobody come, You know I never like to disappolnt a womanE Detroit Free Press.