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The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-25
WIN CHAMPIONSHIP
Contests of Yale Wrestlers Held at Gymnasium Last
 Night.
MANY WERE VERY CLOSE
Heavyweight Match Results in a Vic- tory for Parks Over
 Whiting.

The wrestling tournament for the championship in the different anna teur classes At Yale was held in the Yale gymnasium and was watched by large gallery. One of the most in teresting matches was that for the heavyweight championship, the con testants being Whiting and Parks. The first two rounds were even, but the third round was won by Parks, who secured a fall after a thirteen minute five seconds struggle.
 Borden got the decision in the 175 pounds class although in none of the three rounds was he able to secure a throw. Livingston easily won the 15S pound match. He secured the first fall from his opponent, Prout, after , minutes 40 seconds. The second was secured after minutes 30 sec onds.
 The 145 pound class was very close. In the three rounds neither got fall but Yates was given the decision over Clark
 Hayes was awarded the decision over filling without securing fall in the 135 pound bout. In the first round of the 125 pound bout there was no fall. but D. s. Leavenworth threw W. W. Hale after minutes l5 sec onds in the second round. There was no fall to the third round.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-25
Northampton Division.

Train No. 1,102 leaving Westfield 7:3O a. m. for Northampton will a rive in Easthampton at 7:50 a. n Northampton at S:15 a. m. instead S:20, and S:30 a. m. respectively
 Train No. LILO now leaving Ne Haven at 5:00 o'clock for Shelburl Falls will be changed to leave at Al p. m, and will change running tin at all intermediate points to She burne Falls about one hour earlier.
 Train No. 1,1f2 will be restord maintaining the old schedule leavil New Haven at at 5:54 p. m, makii all intermediate stops to Westfield d irving there atS:02 p. m.
 Train No. 1,103 leaving Northam ton at 6:30 a. rn., for Westfeld, al there at 7:04 a. m, will be restore maintaining the same schedule as fd merly in effect.
 Train No. 1,107 will be restored a! will leave Shelburne Falls at S:35 m., stopping at all intermediate poiiE to New Haven, excepting WeatogE Milldale and Brooksvale. arriving New Haven at 11:50 a. m. This trd affords excellent connections for M York arriving there at 2:00 o'clockI
 Train No. 1,109 leaving Shelbur| Falls at APO p. m. for New Hav| will be known hereafter as train lI LIB and will run on the same sch@ ule as at present to Congamond, aI will change time at this point | minutes later and all interntedi stops to Mt. Carmel, arriving at N Haven same as at present, 7:45 p.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-25
NO RADICAL CHANGE
Football Rules Not to be Altered Unless the Forward
 Pass.
OFFICERS ARE REELECTED
Several Suggestions Result in Sub- Committee on One Con-
 tested Rule.

New York, Jan. 24.-It is learned that no radical changes in the rules, except possibly the forward pass rule. have been decided upon by the football rules committee, which met here in annual session to-day. It was said tonight that no announcement con- cerning changes in the rules would be made until the final adjournment of the committee.
 The present officers were reelected, as follows: Chairman, Professor L. M. Dennis, Cornell; secretary, F. K Hall Dartmouth; editor of rules, Wal ter Camp, Yale.
 In executive session to-day the com mittee took up the forward pass rule. Secretary Hall suggested that the com mittee compromise on last years rule, which provided for a distance penalty on failure of the pass after the first and second downs. He approved a distance penalty after only the first down.
 There were other suggestions and it was decided to appoint a sub-com- mittee of three to draft a rule. This subcommittee reported at meeting tonight, but the nature of the pro- posed changes in the forward pass rule was not made public.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-25
WEBER BEATS WATT
Local Bowler Springs Surprise, Winning Eight Out of the
 Thirteen Games.
ROLLS IN SPLENDID FORM
His Average 201.1-Return Series or Twelve Games at Bridgeport
 Next Monday.

Butch" Weber sprung a surprise on the mighty Jimmie Watt before large audience last evening at the Tuexdo alley in the first match game of their home series, by winning eignt of the thirteen games played.
 Our Bridgeport friend attended by large number of Park city bowling fans sauntered into this city early last even ing influenced by the opinion that Weber would quail before his very ap- pearance and trembling. hand one game after another to the leader of the state bowling league. Weber had practiced much for this big meeting and when he faced the famous Jimmie last night he was in the pink of condition and the cream of the Park city was unable to draw out the slightest evidence Of ner- vousness. Weber on the other hand was calm while Watt seeing things not going as well as he anticipated border ed on the nervous line.
 In the first game Weber rolled but 146 while Watt rolled 1S1. Weber won the second, third. fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and fourteenth. Weber's high roll was 246 and Watts also 246. The thirteenth game was a tie, both bowlers rolling 169 Weber averaged 2011 while Watt averaged but 1S6.1l.
 After tho series of fourteen games Weber and Watt rolled a series of the best three out of five games for a side bet. Weber won the series.
 The return match of the Watt-Weber series will be rolled next Monday night at the Arcade alley, Bridgeport. If Weber wins at least five games of the twelve, as we hope and think he will win the series, the money and the in- dividual championship of Connecticut
 The scores of the match follow:
 Weber, 14s, 1S6, 22l, 17s. 19l, 1So, 246 232. 2l5, 223, 22S 2O4, QsO 2ol.
 Watt, lSl, l52, IFS. 1sS, 1Ss, 1s9, 15s 1SO, 195, 2S7, 24s, 2l1, dsN 1sS
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-25
HOPPE WINS EASILY
Makes Many Marvellous Plays, Especially in His Trick
 Exhibition.
WINS IN FIFTEENTH INNING
Defeats Cutler Easily in the First Match and Walks Away in
 the Second.

Willie Hoppe of New York defeated Albert Cutler of Boston in an 1S.2 balk Hue billiard match yesterday afternoon and evening at the Elk's hall. The af- ternoon match was the most even. run ming to S2 innings before Hoppe won out, the game being for 400 points.
 At the evening match Cutler didn't have look in, yet the match was an exciting one, owing to the marvellous plays of Hoppe, the best of these being a massee shot with the cue ball frozen. There was a good audience of billiard lovers present and nearly every inning Hoppe called forth bursts of applause by his seemingly impossible feats. Those who had seen him play before stated they had never seen him in bet ter form that he was last night.
 After the match Hoppe gave an ex- hibition of fancy billiard playing, the hardest being the cussion massee and wing shot The most spectacular was a shot in which his cue ball earrom from on ball and knock the other from the top of a derby hat without moving the hat.
 Scores:
 Hoppe. 0, 0, 0, 5, 2, o, 1, 3, :, 5, 1, Ss, Il, 6, Il, 0, 2, 26.
 Cutler. 1, Is. {, {, 24. 2S, 3, 55, IS, s, 2 o, s, 1s. 0, 12, s, 10, 10, 3.
 .oppe ?, 0. !. al 47, IS, ls, 1, Is. 0, 3, 8; total 400.
 Cutler, r, 1, 0, ?, 2, S7, 12, 9, 0. 0; tota 3os
 EVENING.
 Cutler, :, 6, '. 0, 0, 0, 3, Il. !. 6, 2, 0 23, IS. l3; total 1o2.
 Hoppe l5. 0, 3, 1, 1, 43 Ss, 6s, 37, 35. 0 62, 10, r., 6s; total 409.
 Averages. afternoon, Hoppe l2 l6-32 Cutler 10 3-10
 Evening, Cutler 4-5, Hoppe 27 4-l6
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-25
ICELAND,S EDuCATION.

There are no schools in Iceland. every child at twelve can read, cording to the parish statistics. In country in Europe are so many bt printed and sold in proportion to- population. A population of 76,000, scattered In many ham has twelve printing presses. the
 Hest being established as far bacl 1530; about 100 books annually, f teen newspapers and eight periodl are produced to satisfy the lite needs of this little nation.
 Yet this literary people still liv a pastoral and Homeric civilizaI which is a modern lesson of healthfulness of human life livet close contact with the free. wild of nature, such as would have deli ed the heart of Rosseau or Thor As a proof that this life is health give the example of clergyman died four years ago 113 years old, ing managed to i've all ms
 healthy and happy on $50 a yearl average stipend in the Icela church.
 The sheep yield food and clotf Their wool is pulled off in the spi carded, spun, woven in hand Id and worn undyed. You make sl of their skin and spoons of horns. Every opportunity is S; for the telling of stories and rec| of poems. Only the milk ewes kept at home in the summer to milked. The rest.sf the sheep gathered in fnNe1ne mountai1 autumn, notic given at ch| ! from the pulp,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-25
OUR SAILING RECORDS.
Speed in Ocean Travel Shown by
 Some American Ships.

In a recent number of the Herald find a statement of the remarkable passages made in the last few years by the American ship Erskine w. Phelps. owned in Bath, Me The way in which the statement is put might lead a casual reader to believe that all pre- yious ocean sailing records had gone by the board. 1 therefore take the liberty of calling your attention to cer- tan properly verified records made, most of them. half a century ago.
 The most noteworthy performance of the Phelps, all things considered, is her run from Norfolk, Va, to Hon. olulu, distance of 15,000 miles, which she covered in ninety-seven days, a daily average of 155 miles. The record voyage over approximately the same distance is that of the ship Comet, San Francisco to New York, 76 days. In the same connection must be not ed the old ship Northern Light, which averaged 200 miles day for the pas sage from San Francisco. to Boston, and the truly memorable voyage of the famous ship Houqua, Shanghai to New York, eighty-eight days.
 The Phelps also has to her credit a passage from New York to Java Head, 13,000 miles, in so days, average 1925 miles per day. The old East India Blackwaller Alnwick Castle, not a clipper, twice made the run from the Channe to the Sandheads at the en- trance of the Hoogly, an approximate ly equal distance, in 6S days. l also have at hand clipping from the Daily [ Post of London, pasted inside the cov- CT of seaworn Bowditch, which gives the record passage from Melbourne to the Mersey as 6S days. The same skipper made two other memorable round trips, England to Melbourne and return, in the Black Ball liner Marco Polo, one in five months twenty six days, the other in one or two days over or under six months.
 For bursts of speed the Phelps best is very good indeed. An hours run of IA miles, days run of 320, and a run of $500 miles in 26 days, or an average of 250. That surpasses the old record of the Swordfish, Shanghai to San Francisco, 8 days, or an average of 240 miles. But it must be remem. bered that the run of the Phelps was made wholly at sea. with open water and the southeast trade broad abeam while the Swordfish had to get off the coast clear of the China Sea, and then pass north of the zone of the trades And the Phelps best is small compar. ed with the runs of the real ocean racers. the old American full clippers 14 miles for an hour, S20 for day That crowned queen of the sea the beautiful old Flying Cloud holds a rec ord which will probably stand to the end of time. In a day of A hours she made a properly verified run of 433 miles, an hourly average of IS knots And her rival, the Sovereign of the Seas. was but little behind her. It will be seen therefore that the best of our day must be much bettered to match the best of the days when sailors sailed and looked down from their poops with infinite scorn on the steam which was moping along at humble 1 six or seven knots.-Rowland Thomas in Boston Herald.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-25
New Hartford Branch.

Train No. 1,134 on this branch be restored on it's old schedule, le ing Pennington at 5:05 p. m. for ! Hartford. arriving there at 5:36 p.
 Train No. 1,132, now leaving mington at 6:43 p. m., will change No. 1,136 and will leave Farming and all intermediate points to ! Hartford about 25 minutes later.
 Train No 1,133 will be restol leaving New Hartford at 10:00 a. for Pennington, arriving there 10:55 q. m.
 Train No. 1.133 will change to 1.137 and will leave New Hartfort 6:05 p. m. for Pennington instead 5:15 D. m.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-25
THE pRINCE.s SHOOT.

The King has recently been paying series of country house visits for shooting. A fiction, industriously kept up by the press is that King Ed ward is first-class shot He is, and always has been "a keen sportsman, and loves a good days shooting, but he is not and never has been really good shot
 The Prince of Wales is beyond dis pute first class all round game shot But the King is not really even to be called moderate shot in the first class company with which he shoots. As in every ing else where a King is to be observed when he shoots.
 His host never shoots, but stands behind the King, and heartily agrees with His Majesty when, as is his cus- tom, he turns around after dropping bird, with genial smile and the re- mark, That was a good shot" A bird that the King has missed goes free; no one. else may fire at it after it has escaped the royal cartridge and passed the royal sportsman. The num- Der of such fortunate birds is great.
 Some years ago when he was Prince of Wales the King caused an intima- ton to be given to a certain nobleman that he proposed to honor him with a three days visit to shoot his pheas- ants. Several years in succession the biz bags secured on this nobleman' s shoots had attracted great attention. It was unfortunate that the Prince was late in this particular.
 When the notification of his in tended visit was received the coverts had been recently and thoroughly shot. But the noble owner had never had the honor of entertaining the Prince of Wales, and foolishly refused to let the opportunity slip. Instead of saving that his birds were practically all shot and suggesting that the Prince might favor him next season, he bought up thousands of hand rear ed birds and turned them into the coverts. then trusted to luck.
 Fortune naturally would not favor so poor a sportsman. On arriving al l the first stand before even the beaters ! had started the Prince was displeased ] He has always liked comfort, but when he saw a large cork rug with the 1 Prince of Wales feathers stamped , thereon in gilt to keep his royal feet dry he quickly ordered its removal 1 There was a similar piece of cork d ! every other stand, but the Prince nev. l CT saw the second
 The beaters got at work but nevel a bird came out of the covert The Prince looked astonished. his hos anxious. At last. when the beaten were almost through the covert. thu catastrophe came.
 Hundreds upon hundreds of fright ened pheasants came scampering out Matched and reared under wire net ting they had never learned to us' their wings, and few days in th' i open had not taught them how. With out a shot fired the Prince there ant ] then terminated his visit.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-25
SCHEDULE CHANGES
Trains to be Restored on Ai,| Line Northampton
 Division.
BECOME EFFECTIVE JAN. I'd
Time Table in Use Up to January Will Then be in Force
 Again.


 Commencing Sunday, January 26 1908, the New York. New Haven an, Hartford railroad announce that ther will be change in running time Q trains on the Air e-Northampto, division. The time table in effect pre- vious to the January 5th change wi be resumed in operation, i,
 Air Line Division.
 Eastbound train No. 1928 now leav ing New Haven for Willimantic a 5;55 p. m., will change to leave a 6:02 p. m.. stopping at all intermd diate points accordingly. This chang will afford excellent connecting sen vice from New York.
 Westbound train No. 1,033 moi leaving Willimantic at TOP p. m. vii change time between Turnersville an| Portland leaving these points and ir| termediate stations about two minutd later.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-25
NEW ALASKAN DISH.
Moose Nose, Says Far North Hunter,
 Is Fine, Nutritious Food.


 The nose of a big Alaska bull moose weighs eight pounds, and when boil ed 24 hours into gelatine makes the choicest and most nutritious article of diet to be had in all Alaska. At least this is what Webster Brown of this city, who has hunted and surveyed all over Alaska, says, and he ought to know.
 Alaska moose" said Brown yes terday, lis the best game food to be had in Alaska, and those who subsist for a large part of the time on the game of the country are careful when they kill a big moose or any other kind of big game to have means at hand to take care of the carcass and save it
 T remember not many months ago in the White River country when our food ran short and we killed 8 big bull moose and made away in the next few days with the most of his good points. We were travelling over a rolling, partly open country in the direction of the Ianana NalleN ana every particle of fresh meat counted When the carcass was all butchered up and packed away I boiled the big. bristly. fat nose of this moose aboui twenty four hours, after spending five hours scratching the hair off the hide and picking it out by the roots
 Well. sir, I boiled that meose's nose until it made the finest sort of gelatine you ever saw, absolutely clear and of a delicious sweet and nutty flavor. It made a meal for the whole outfit for every day for three days. and in my judgment the dish contains more lasting and nourishing qualities than anything that we had. Seattle Times.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-25
SIGNS TWO PLAYERS Pete Woods and Schiffer to Replace Saunders and
 Mccarthy.
WILL PLAY NEXT WEEK
Present HaIfback and Rush to he Sub- stitutes-Bone May Do More
 Changing.

The poor showing of the New Ha- ven polo team during the past week against the strengthened and reorgan- ized National league teams and the lefeat of the locals last evening at the hands of McMahon's Rough Riders led George Bone, manager of the local organization, to sign two new players. They are Pete Woods, the old Bridgeport halfback, who used to cause New Haven so much trouble, and Schiffer, who formerly played on New Britain.
 Woods will take Saunders place at halfback and Schiller will replace Me Carthy at rush. Both are good play CTS and will considerably strengthen the New Haven team. Both Saunders and Mccarthy will be kept as substi- tutes. Ole will be tin canned to-day.
 This new team will make its first appearance Tuesday night against New Britain at the Quinnipiac rink. Schiller will be playing against his former team and will endeavor to show Hanna that he made a mistake in letting him slide for Merrick.
 If this team does not make good then Bone intends to get new players until he gets team which will afford the locals with championship polo. Ii is Bones desire to satisfy the New Haven fans and offer the best kind of polo possible to them. They have had it all year until the Interstate league disbanded and the teams in the Ma tional league strengthened. Then came the climax, New Haven had reached the top of the ladder, had been nov Ing at fast clip, but they were doomed to sad decay, and have been going down ever since. With this new team we ought to move back again and diSplacp Our cont em nora rips
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-25
RANGERS vs. KEsRNEY.
New Haven Footballcrs to Play Crack
 New Jersey Team Tomorrow.

The New Haven Rangers will go to Kearney. \. l., tomorrow to play a game at soccer football with the Kearney association team. The Rear ney team is one of the strongest around New York, and last year won the league championship as well as the challenge cup of the state. Like the New Haven Rangers they are all most entirely composed of Scotchmen, and the majority of the players have represented the best teams across the ocean The Kearney players are al ways in the pink of condition and in the best of training. and 1t would be expecting too much of the Rangers to beat them At the same time the New Haven boys will give them a stiff rub for victory.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-25
ARE ON EQUAL TERMS.
Root and Fogler and Two Other
 Teams Gain Lap on Leaders.

Kansas City, Mo, Jan. 24.-In sprint led by Lawson and character ized by clever team work on the part of six of the riders, Root and Fogler, Lawson and Moran and Wiley and Sherwood, gained a lap this afternoon in the six day bicycle race, and placed themselves on equal terms again with Bardgett and Mitten, who took the lead yesterday. At 6:S0 D. m. the end of the thirty-sixth hour, these four teams had covered 737 miles; Hopper and Holbrook 796 miles 10 laps, and Morgan and Monroe 732 miles 1 laps.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-25
REMARKABLE SHOOTING.
Tn Annual Mid-Winter Handicap Trap
 Shooting Tourney.

Pinehurst, N c, Jan. 24.--The pre- liminary handicap in the first annual mid winter handicap trap-shooting tournament to-day witnessed some re- markable shooting when the stiff breeze, which handicapped the shoot CTS, is considered. A close race for honors resulted. George S. McCarty of Philadelphia. winner of the south ern handicap at Richmond last May, won the prize with a score of 91 shooting from the scratch. or 20 yard limit mark. Guy Ward, representing Ballisite, led the Pros with SS.
 The morning was devoted to, sev- enty-f1ve bird sweepstake race, Will liam M. Foord winning with score of 6S.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-25
HANSEN IS VICTOR.

Oswego. N. T., Jan. 24-The han dicap wrestling match here tonight between Charles Kaiser of Auburn, champion welterweight of the world. and H P Hansen of Syracuse result ed in a victory for Hansen. Kaiser wsa to throw his opponent twice in an hour. Neither man got a fall.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-25
Turner's Falls Branch.

Train No. LISA now leaving Soi Deerfield for Turner's Falls ait S:07 m, will change time to leave at 6 D. m.
 Train No. 1,161 leaving Turn| Falls at 10:12 a. m. for South (Dd field will change time to leave at S| a. m.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-25
SIGNS OWENS AS LIMP v

Milwaukee. Jan. 24. - President O'Brien of the American association announced to-day that he had signed Clarence D. Owens of Chicago as an umpire in the American association fer the season of 1908. Owens work ed in the association in 1905 and 1906 and was in the Eastern league in 1907.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-25
BOSTON'S CLOSE CALL.
Hub Polo Team Win from New Haven
 by 5 to 4.

Boston, Jan. 24.-Boston defeated New Britain at polo, to 1. tonight. The game was fast throughout and was characterized by some sensation al passing. The summary:
 Stops, Ramon fl, Sutherland 35; rushes, Lincoln s. Cummings 2; fouls, Cogeshall
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-25
NEW BRITAIN WINS
Defeats the Clan Mcleod Team in a Very Decisive
 Way.
THE SCORE WAS 70 TO 37
Sensational Plays by s. Robb Respon- sible for New Britain's
 Victory.

The carpet bowling teams of Clan Mcleod of this city and Clan Doug las of New Britain played match game last night, each team having three rin5s with four players aside. In two1 the rinks New Britain won out while in the third rink the local players were completely swamped los ing by c2 points. The following is the full score:
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-25
BUCHTER ROLLS HIGH.
Makes Wonderful Scores in Single
 Handed Game.

At the Y. M R. c. alleys last night Buchter of the Clinics rolled a single handed game in which he made some wonderful scores. In the first four games he rolled up total of STA, in the second figured up a score of SIP.
 First four games-2o7, 2tS, 200 224. Total, STA.
 Second four games-244. TT, 237, 2l4. Total, SIP.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-25
AT THE K. R. Y. NJ. c. A. ALLEYS.
Mahoganies Win Three Straight from
 The Naples.

The Mahoganies | Id little trouble in winning from the Naples at the Y. NJ. R. c. alleys last night, in the Railroad Y. M. c. A. league, when they won three straight games in the three-man league contest, They also captured the high game and the high three strings and high single. Score.