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The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-20
STILL AT THE TOP New Haven Polo Team Takes Three Out of Four Games
 Played.
NEW BRITAIN TOMORROW
Tickets for Polo Games Can Hereafter
 be Purchased at Lauber's Cigar Store.s


 Winning three out of the four games played last week the New Ha- ven polo aggregation was able to sus- tain the attacks of Boston and New Britain just enough to keep their hold on first place in the national league. Boston dropped in one night during the past epoch of seven days from ilrst to third place, but managed to pass New Britain, who have quietly sue cumbed to third place. Bridgeport has been endeavoring to keep on the safe side of the 800 line but on account of the Boneyards' fast work started the week wrong and finished it likewise, Pawtucket, Providence and Waterbury have been unable to find their way out of the position of fifth, sixth and sev- enth places respectively
 New Haven will have the strong New Britain five to contend with to- morrow night. The Bank Wreckers -have secured four new players. Mer- cer and Harkins will take the places of Schiller and Warner. "Bill' Ban non, the king of the cage guardians in the west, will wear one of Hannas uniforms. Lyons will play halfback and Jean center,
 On Wednesday night the local five will make their first appearance in Boston and they will have to play a fast game to be able to overpower the Hub team. Boston is New Ravens nearest contemporary, and if the To- calls are able to wave this bunch aside they will have solved difficult problem and have reaped a result which is termed success.
 Pawtucket will receive the locals Thursday night. The Tigers are al ways a hard bunch, to beat on theil own grounds, and, it means nip and tuck battle from beginning to end.
 Waterbury ought to be an easy prey Friday night, if they do not by that time acquire several new inter state stars.
 Manager Bone wishes to announce to the polo fans that tickets will be for sale starting at 1 o'clock to-mor- row at Lauber's cigar store. at S60 Chapel street. This announcement will come as a relief to a great many polo cranks who have had to get their tickets at the rink previously.
 The results of Saturday nights games follow:
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-20
CITY LEAGUE MEET
Team and Individual Prizes
 Awarded at Assemblage of Bowlers.
ITO FORM 3-MEN LEAGUE
Meeting of Magnates to he Called for
 Next Sunday at Swift X Hulse's Alleys.

All of the teams in the city bowling league were represented at the meet \ ing of the managers yesterday after noon at Swift & Hulse's alleys, except the Asehenbrodel, the Sterlings and { the Tuxedos. The financial standing of the league, after the prize money was distributed, found the association Must about even The winners of the Steam prizes follow: First, Y. M. R. C., s$50; second, Winchester, $25; third, sAschenbrodel, $15; fourth, Sterling, fsle.
 The winners of the individual prizes Hollow: High average, Schecker of the
 q fAschenbrodel club, $10; second high ssaverage, Powell of the Y. M. R. c. Ss5; fourth high average, Scheiffele of ssthe Aschenbrodel club, s4; most 4marks, Schecker of the Aschenbrodel 4club, s5; Roy Shumway of the Vest |svilles, S5; high single to be divided be- 4tween Barnes, Cox and Bushy. x A three man league team will be |sformed and meeting for the arrange .ssments for this will be held next Sun
 tday at Swift & Hulses alleys.
 j. Billy Ford. secretary of the league, sicalled the meeting of the managers, IhThe roll call found the following mag
 snates on hand: E. A. Oestrings of Manchester; ?. F. Goode of Westville,
 sCharlie Johnson of the Specials, Flu
 <gene Swift of the Academy and Jack slpf the Republican club.
 s3 In the awarding of team prizes the
 lirst four teams in the final team
 ktanding were given their reward. The Young Mems Republican club
 4easily gets first place in the league
 having taken the lead early in the sea
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-20
,n City Court.

Albert Schneider of ST James street, a Pole, plainly recalls hearing party of eountrymea ask if it was his turn to buy in a downtown saloon Friday night. He also distinctly recollects replying in the negative but of what followed his memory is dim. Somebody's fish land cd in his eye--he recalls tnat-and quite a crowd used him as door mat when he fell to the barroom floor.
 The police arrived and arrested John Craft and Joseph Mesik who were shouting something about "tightv9d. Schneider was unable to state in court Saturday, who hit him, but as another witness testified that it was Craft. he got a s5 fine Mesick was discharged
 Rufus Crocker from North Virginia, d cigarmaker. got fifteen days in jail for sleeping in a freight car. Special Officer Driseoll arrested him for tres pass. Crocker told of being robbed of S75 in New York and claimed to be here looking for work.
 Howard Griffith, a seventeen years old colored boy, was charged with va grancy and breaking into Max Brown s clothing store at 12S Court street. He was fined $50 and sentenced to six months in jail. Also on the vagrancy charge he was sentenced to thirty days in jail
 On the return of Detective Henry J. Donnelly from a trip of investigation into the reputation of the man Bogue, and the history of sixteen-year old My ra Staple. his companion, Winfield Bogue, and Louis H. Downes, arrested a few days ago for the theft of metal from the railroad were tried and sen tenced to thirty days m jail and fined S25 in the police court Saturday. DoNnes. who was charged with an old burglary was also bound over to the superior court on that allegation, and Rogue was bound over on charge Of being responsible for his relations with the staples girl, was then given a hear ing in chambers and committed to the House of the Good Shepherd at Hart ford
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-20
HITS HARVARD PLAN
Strangely Enough, Good Col. ieges Wish to Keep Ath-
 letic Sports.
STATEMENT OF BROWN
'oice from the Wilderness Assures the Crimson of Tufts Sup
 port.

Boston, Jan. 19-That the sentiment oi the athletic authorities of the yar- ious New England colleges is divided on the question of reducing arbitrarily the number of intercollegiate athletic contests. in accord with the expression of the faculty of Harvard University recently, is shown by the comments which they have made upon the Har. yard faculty dictum.
 Last Friday the faculty of Harvard issued the following expression of opinion:
 Ihat in the opinion of this faculty the number of intercollegiate contests should be largely reduced" The ex- pression was sent the president and fellows of Harvard university and to various New England colleges. The subject Is one which was thoroughly discussed at a meeting of the presi- dents of the New England colleges and secretly voted on last December and lis revival at this time is believed to be TOT the purpose of bringing it more strongly before the New England col leges for favorable action, and as ex- pressing particularly the strong views of President c. w. Eliot of Harvard. Who desires reduction in the number of football contests.
 While the Harvard faculty is of one mind, apparently on the subject, it has Dy no means the entire support of the student body. The Harvard Crimson oeplores bringing the question up at this time as only contributing to the restiessness and uncertainty of the present state of athletics in the uni versity. The Crimson says.
 If Harvards schedules are cut down We will be placed at another disadvant-j age. If the strongest teams of the east can be persuaded to cut down their schedules the scheme deserves consideration. If not let us use our in- fluence for what seems best, but not perform damaging experiments upon ourselves"
 Of ten leading New England col leges outside of Harvard but four stand determinedly for reduction ifr the matter of Intercollegiate contests below that already in vogue. Tufts, Williams, the University of Vermont, and Colby; President White, of the latter declaring in favor of the abolish ment of all intercollegiate contests. On. the other hand Brown authorities declare that college cannot curtail the number of games without financial loss; a Bowdon authority declares its schedule cannot be reduced without in- terfering with the proper development of the teams, and a University of Maine authority states the effect in general of its contests is so wholesome that no reduction is desired. Betts and Amherst declare their schedules al- ready cut down to the proper limit. Although no word was given out at Dartmouth it is known that at that college the number of intercollegiate contests has been kept down and that the general feeling is that the present schedules are satisfactory to the fac- ulty and athletic council, by whom they have been approved
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-20
JUDGE BOWLING COMING.
He Will Speak at Friendly Sons
 Banquet.

Judge Bowling of New York will speak here on the evening of St. Pat rick's day at the banquet of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick.
 To Thomas Sullivan of the Oneco is due the credit for securing this speak, CT. Last Thursday MT. Sullivan visited New York and lunched with Judge Bowling and District Attorney Jerome, with the special mission of getting the judges promise to attend this banquet
 The judge had already promised to address the friendly sons of New York. but MT. Sullivan made his plea with characteristic fervor and Judge Dowl- ing gave his promise to come, the un- derstanding being that he shall speak in New Haven early and in New York later in the evening.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-20
sTEDMAN, YALE '5s, DEAD.
Poet Broker Stricken While at Work
 in New York Home.

Edmund Clarence Stedman, the poet broker died suddenly of heart disease Saturday at his home, 264S Broadway, New York, in his seventy-sixth year.
 He was working in his library on a ma agazine late in the afternoon when his son. Arthur, heard him fall and found him unconscious. He was dead when the doctor arrived. He had been ill for some time.
 MT. Stedman. was a native of Hart ford and a member of the Yale class of 5S. He did editorial work for sev- eral newspapers, and was war cor respondent for the New York World. and was a member of the New York stock exchange from 1869 to 1900. He published many poems and several crit ical works on poetry and anfhologies and lectured on poetry al Jonns Hops. kins, Columbia and the University of Pennsylvania. He succeeded James Russell Lowell as president of the American Copyright league.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-20
Drives for the Cage
The Jcurnal-Couricr Is the only morning paper in this city publishing full accounts and summarizes of all tl,c National league polo games.

The Journal-Couricr Is the only morning paper in this city publishing full accounts and summarizes of all tlc National league polo gnmes.
 George Bone has announced that tic kets for the polo games may be ac- quired at Laubers cigar store on Chap el street, This will come as great relief to the many who have had to wait in line on the night of the game for ten or fifteen mlnntes in order to get ticket of admission,
 New Britain, logged out with Inter- state stars, will hauehtily tread upon the floor of the Quinnipiac rink to- morrow night. New Haven. in her old rags, may not make the appearance. but they will hold their own, if not a little more.
 We enter new era in National league polo. New Haven and Boston, the two top-notehers, think they do not need repairing, but all of the other teams are fixing up weak spots with new material There will be many new faces in the lineup.
 The Boneyards make their first ap- pearance in Boston Wednesday night. tThe schedule for this week:
 lMonday--Boston at Providence, Paw tucket at Bridgeport.
 Tuesday - Boston at Pawtucket, Bridgeport at Waterbury. New Britain at New Haven.
 Wednesday -- Providence at New Britain New Haven at Boston.
 Thursday-New Haven at Pawtucket. Providence at Bridgeport, New Brit ain al Waterbury.
 Friday-New Britain at Boston, Wa terbury at New Haven
 Saturday--Bridgepo at New Brit ain, Pawtucket at Providence.
 The referee assignments follow
 MT Connell-Wednesday and Friday, at Boston.
 MT. kilgara-Monday at Providence; Tuesday at Pawtucket; Thursday at Pawtucket; Saturday at Providence.
 MT Rorty-Monday at Bridgeport Thrsday at Waterbury; Friday at New Haven,
 Mir Leahy-Tuesday at New Haven: Thrusday at Bridgeport; Saturday at New Britain
 MT Doherty-Tuesday at Waterbury Wednesday at New Britain,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-20

son and carried it all through the schedule, winning by d percentage of .714.
 The Winchester and Aschenbrodel teams have had nip and tuck battle fo second place, the former landing in their last home games with the latter taking three straight and second place in the league.
 The Aschenbrodel team takes their position after holding second place from early in the schedule losing in the last three games to Winchester.
 Fourth place goes to the Sterlings by virtue of having completed the schedule in full, while some of the other teams in the second division have lost the opportunity because of forfeitures
 The individual prizes were awarded according to the final average, those men playing in the last six games only being eligible. Hollacher, who finish ed the season in second place, did not roll the last six games thus forfeiting his chance for second prize. Schecker was high man with an average of 17S.32; Dickens was second with 176.7; Hollacher was third with 176,5; Schieffele was third with 16S.14; Roy Shumway, who captured high three strings for the season, had high to- tai of 625 For high single there were three men tied. It was expected that they would roll this off and the high man get the money, but the men, Burnes, Bushy and Cox decided to di- vide the spells.
 The following eighteen members have rolled the required two-thirds of schedule (twenty- eight games), and are therefore eligible to individual prizes.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-20
BERGER ARRIVES BACK.
Yale Senior Returns to Decide Who
 Shall be Next Years Captain.

George R. D. Berger. Yale 1908, on account of whose absence the election of 8 football captain for next year was delayed. returned to New Haven Sat urday morning after g vacation trip through Mexico. Berger will atten l the junior promenade
 The election of a captain will pro- bably be delayed until after the prom endde. ThetWo leading candidates are Brides and Burcn; the former had play ed two years on the varsity, and the latter played few minutes in the Harvard game. Berer also played a few minutes in th- Harvard game.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-20
CLAIM WORLDS RECORD.
Yale Second Crew Made Fastest Time
 Ever on American- Henley.

Steps are being taken by friends of Yale toward claiming the worlds rec ord on the Henley course at Philadel- phia. The record of 632 was made last spring by the Yale crew. but the figures were not officially taken.
 The previous record has been 6S4 and was made by the Cornell crew Fortmeyer, who was timer at the time of the regatta last spring says that the Yale crew made the time 6.S2. and the association Is taking the matter ny
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-20
HAVE WON AND LOST TWO.
Sutton and Slosson on Equal Terms
 in Billiard Tourney.

New York, Jan. 19.-The fourth game of the series at 1S.2 balk line billiards between George Sutton of Chicago and George F. Slosson of this city was played here tonight, Sutton winning by score of 400 to 25S. Each now has won and lost two games. Sutton showed vast improvement in general play. and was very successful whenever he got the worries in position for the line nurse. The winners best runs were 90, 77 and 5S, with an average of .2S S-14 Blossoms highest scores were 5, 49, and i6, and his average was Is 1-l4. The men will play a 4O0- point game each night this week, fin ishing the series of ten contests on Saturday.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-20
ROYAL AND SELECT MASTERS.

Harmonic council, No. s, Royal and Select Masters, will hold institution exercises this evening in Masonic hall. S7 Chrch street The following officers will be installed in the following or der: Edward F. Rehberg, T. I. NJ; Maynard I. Smith, R. 1. D. NJ; Willis L. Mix. treasurer; J. George Craft, re- corder; John Mccarthy. tyler.
 Following the installation of officers there will be banquet and concert by the Second Regiment orchestra.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-20
HIDE STOLEN.
Nathan silverman Reports Theft to
 Detectives.

Nathan Sllverman, 256 Cedar street, has run up against new kind of q skin game.
 Nathan deals in hides of all kinds and just now he is enjoying a little game of hide and seek. He had the hide, somebody stole it and now he is sup plying the seek part of the proceedings.
 Report of the theft was made to the detective bureau Saturday. One of tha hides missing $ black and white cows hide, while another is a brown heifers hide of the hornless variety.
 A quantity of leaf tallow has also mysteriously disappeared from Mr. Sil- verman's storage barn on Prince street.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-20
DERBY.
Special JournaI-Courier News service)

Especial JournaI-COurier News Service)
 Special services were held in St. Mary's church yesterday afternoon at i o'clock in honor of the feast of the Holy Name. The attendance at the ser vices was very large, and special mu- sic was rendered by the choir under the direction of Crganist William Far rell. An eloquent sermon was delivered by Rev. Father Mitchell of New Haven, who had for his topic His Name Was Jesus.'' The Holy Name society at tended the services in a body.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-20

Father R. F. Fitzgerald, pastor of St. Marys church. read the annual re- port of the church yesterday mornins at all the masses. The report was a very fine one, and shows the parish to be in an exceedingly flourishing con dition During the past year there were fifty-two marriages in the par ish, and were divided as follows: Ss Italian, 5 mixed marriages, and II Americans.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-20
BURNED TO DEATH.
Girls Clothes Catch Fire While She Is
 Warming Herself.

Her clothes catching fire while she was trying to warm herself before a bonfire Saturday, Philmonena Fitterv. 7-year-old State street girl. suffered terrible burns from which she died a few hours later at the New Haven hos pital. pr. Bartlett has decided it was due to accident.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-20
SALESMAN ARRESTED.
Says He Spent Embedded Sf.OO0 in
 Developing Company's Business.

John E. Ney. of Waterbury, travel ling salesman for the New Haven To- bacco company. was arrested Saturday night by Detective Sergeant Dennehy for embezzlement of sl,O00 from the company. He says he spent the money in developing the company's business.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-20
GINNING HAS GONE.

Attorney David S. Rivkin. counsel for Alexander Cumming in his bank ruptcy proceedings, says that MT. Cumming has vacated his office in the Cutler building and that he has left town. Attorney Rivkin says that he does not know the present where abouts of Attorney Cumming.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-20

Another petty robbery was commit ted at the Derby Wine and Liquor house, conducted by man named Vogel at the corner of Water and Main streets, shortly after the place was closed for business Saturday even ing The robber broke a large plate glass on the Water street side of the saloon, and took several bottles of wine and liquor from the place.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-20

Next Sunday at Swift & Hulse's all leys meeting of the City league man. agers will be held for the purpose of forming a three men team league. It is probable that most of the teams which were in the five team league. will join the new league, It is not be- 1ieved that the Republican club will enter team. The season for this league will last fourteen weeks, the season to start as soon as possigle.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-20
AT THE RINGSIDE.

NTcFar nd to be Al San Mike for scheduled a
 
 
 Jim Barry who match with by L. Sullivan Harry Lewis getting m in number of New Haven followers of ring to him yesterday
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-20
Jimmie Watt and George Weber to
 Rol, Friday Night.

Jimmie Watt and George Weber have at last decided that they will satisfy the hungry bowling public whom they have kept guessing for weeks. and will roll the first game of their series Friday night at the Tuxe- do alleys. The games will start at s O clock.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-20
ANSONIA MEETS DEFEAT.
R. R. Y. NJ. c. A. Bowlers Win Series
 and An After Match.

Saturday afternoon the Ansonia Y. NJ. c. A. bowling team came down to try conclusions with the Railroad Y. M. c. A. team, this being one of se- ries of games which will be played by the two associations. The local aggre- gation won three straight and also an extra game played for consolation.
 The scores.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-20
Trustees Named.

Referee Newton, of tEe bankruptcy court, Saturday, appointed Michael P. Downs a trustee on the bankrupt estate of George A. Smith. a druggist of
 yalEngford. On the estate Arnold Da- r!s. sisney c Rosenberg was appointed trustee under bond of S2,000.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-20
Derby AnSonia Shelton
ANSONIA.

Special JOurnal-Courier News Servfce.)
 A crlbbage and pool tournament has been started between teams represent ing the Non-Pareil association and the Webster Hose company. The next meeting will occur Friday evening at the Websters quarters.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-20
BURGLARY ON STATE STREET.

The detective bureau received a re- port Saturday of a burglary at the home of Edmund Behr. I'll State street. Money and jewelry was taken.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-20

The Ledies' Aid society of the First Baptist church vii! meet in the chapel Wednesday afternoon at o'clock A bread and cake sale will be held by the society between the hours of and 6 o'clock
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-20

W. S. sturges and F. L Hawley of this place have beenS summoned by Deputy Sheriff S. c. Blakeman to act as jurymen in the common pleas court criminal side, which will convene in Bridgeport tomorrow.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-20

Miss Fannie Crosby was the speaker at the mems meeting held in the city hall yesterday afternoon under the aus pices of the Y. NJ. c. A.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-20
SHELTON.

Especial Journnl-C Courier News Seryice)
 shelton division, s. of T., vii hold one of its popular whists this evening in o. U. A. M. hall. Play will com mence at SIS o'clock sharp.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-20

Yesterday, the Feast of the Holy Name, was fittingly observed at the Church of the Assumption. Special services were held in the evening at 1:S0 o'clock which were in charge of a missionary father, a member of the Diocesan Mission band, Solemn vesp- CTS were celebrated and special music for the occasion was rendered by the choir. The Senior and Junior Holy Name societies of the church attended the services in body.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-20
MATTERS IN COURT.
Supreme. Court of Errors Session
 Tomorrow.

The supreme court will begin it's New Haven quarterly session in the county building tomorrow morning. There are several cases that they must con slider that will probably keep them busy for at lesst two weeks.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-20

Score, Providence ?, Bridgeport |; rushes, Jason s, Thompson 1; fouls Woods ?, Griffith ,: stops, Mallory 32 Sutton 42; referee, Kilgara; timer, Per- rin; attendance, 2,300.
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odist Episcopal church will meet on Wednesday afternoon at 2.so o'clock
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-20
HANDICAPPED BY FOULS.
Bridgeport and Providence Score
 Twice but Former Forfeit One.

Putting uo the games of their lives, as many of the Bridgeport players be- lieyed il would be their last appearance in the National league, the Dumplings went down to defeat in the best game of the year an Infantry hall, Providence Saturday night by ther score of ? 10 i. Bridgeport scored twice, but forfeited one of the goals on fouls, Griffith and Woods being penalized for rough work.
 The score:
 Providence. Bridgeport. rI,,,.