Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-15
BROOKLYN BRIEFS.

30th anniversary sale, boys S2 suits $1 at Upson, Singleton & Co.'S. John Mahaney of Bank street is entertaining John Fitzgerald one
 of l. his school mates at Niagara col
 lege.
 Miss Nora Mahaney, Miss
 Katharine O'Donnell, Miss Anna
 Lawlor and Mrs Sarah Kilbride
 Smith visited the schools of Iorring-
 ton to-day.
 Some joker called the Brooklyn firemen out of bed about 12 o'clock on Wednesday evening to go to a
 "phoney" fire on Third street. The person who sent the alarm over the telephone said there was blaze in a house on the above named street which threatened to do serious dam age. Captain Edward Kane and his men hustled to the supposed fire but found that it was a fake call.
 "A meeting of the Junior Anna teur league will be held in the rooms
 of the, Brooklyn Athletic club on Tuesday evening to discuss whether some of the players are eligible for the teams they are on. It is said that three members of the Laurel team and two of the Cadets live out side the city. The players in ques- tion will not be allowed to participate in. the games on Sunday pending an investigation. The managers will endeavort to settle the difficulty among themselves Tuesday evening but if they are unable to do so soon President <, Michael Madden will straighten out the matter.
 Although it seemed almost cer- tain after the meeting of the board of education on Monday evening that Thomas. F. Devine, principal of the Duggan school would be dropped at the end of the school term, it is un- derstood he has asked for and will be given another hearing by the com mittee on teachers. Meanwhile there is a movement on foot to have three representative men from each ward appear before the, mayor, the superintendent of schools and the school board in an effort to have the principal retained for at least an other year. Whether the mayor will ask the superintendent or the com mfssioners to retain the principal an- other; year is question but Mir De- vines friends seem to think he will. The people of Brooklyn seem to be more. eager than ever to have the principal retained.
 No one who was present when Seth Smith and Thomas McGinty started to discuss politics on Bank street yesterday afternoon had any that it would lead to a three round bout; but it did. Smith and McGinty are rather elouuent speakers on political subjects. They never. could agree on presidential nominees and this year Is no excep- tion. Consequently they became somewhat excited yesterday while the fitness of the various As the discussion went on the men became personal. and the drifted from politics to the, art off, self defense. At length Smith could no longer control his feelings and said for two pins he would lay McGinty across his knee and something would happen. Mac" took the statement as a challenge and said he was able to trounce a dozen men like Smith. The men ad- journed to the B. A.. c. rooms and donned the mittens. During the first couple of rounds it was tip for tap but in the third McGinty cut loose. He made terrific swins at Smith, missed and fell to the floor. He was almost knocked out by the fall and when he arose was hardly able to continue. One of his sec Dnds gave him a shower bath with a sponge but it was of no avail and he could no longer defend himself Smith was declared the winner 6v Referee Daniel 0'Leary. scGinty was around this morning seeking a return match.
 If you want to cure that -prins lever set a box of sulphur and cream of tartar lozenges at Walkers drug store for 10 cents: they do the work and the formula is no secret.