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Connecticut western news., 1917-12-27

below and burned a large hold through thes roof before it was extinguished. The chemical engine was an important hep but Cornwall also has some very efficient firemen, and the still day favored them also.
 MT and Mrs. E. O. Starr are spend- ing Christmas at her brother's in Hartford.
 The First church was tsstefully dec crate on Sunday with laurel and bar. berries. For Monday evenings Christ mas service the chapel was beautiful in evergreens as usual, and with the one huge one co ering the pulpit re. cess. The exercises were interesting and the offering fer Armenian ard Syrian relief was generous.
 The Red Cross Auxiliary shipped their sixth box last week, containing 5I0 pads made and sent on one weeks notice
 The First Church annual meeting is 10 be on Thursday Jan. 3d There is to be an afternoon business session, a social gathering in the evening, and light supper between them.
 MT. and Mrs. A. M Clark celebrated Christmas by the help of all six of thelr children and the families of the three who are married. the household numbering fifteen in all, several com ing from other states.
 It's pity we eau not pay our school teachers enough to keep them at home instead of supplying Warren, Danbury, New Haven, New Jersey and foreign lands "who know a good thing when they see her
 The Collection at the Christmas exercises for the Armenian Relief amounted to $16l.46.
Connecticut western news., 1917-12-27
Salisbury

Miss Bessie Bray spent Christmas with relatives in Torrington.
 Mrs. W. P. Bishop spent part of last week in Hartford.
 Miss harriette Boice, former princi. pal of the high school, has been visit ing old friends in town.
 Howard Salleck IS home from Yale or the holidays.
 Miss Sally Duncan of Hartford has been visiting at George Parsons.
 H. l.. Price is able to be out of doors again.
 Mrs. Grace s. Baldwin spent Satur- day in Hartford.
 Lloyd Boice was home from Tor rington over Christmas.
 Percy Tanner is home from Hart ford for the holidays.
 Miss Margaret Coons and girl friend and Arthur Coons of Waterbury were home over Christmas. Mrs. William Weeks and son of Great Harrington spent Sunday with relatives here.
 Miss Frances Norton spent Saturday in Great Burlington
 Miss Harriette Harrison is home from Abbott Academy for the holiday vacation.
 Miss Dorothy Bell of Wellesley is home.
 q Chas. Renshaw and family of East Orange are spending the holidays at their summer home here.
 Misses Mary Reed and Gladys Stone are home from their schools at West Suffield.
 Miss Theodora George, of New York spent the week end with her brother David.
 Rev. George E. Quaile gave dinrer on Saturday evening, about thirty guests from the towns people, in honor of Rev. c. B Carpenter, who is soon to leave for France as Secretary in the Y. M. O. A.
 The village schools closed Friday for ten days recess.
 Mrs. E. M. Hicks is visiting her son in Poughkeepsie.
 Our service flag which hangs cn the town hall, now has AS stars on it.
 Among those who spent the Christ mas holidays with friends were: Miss Edith Flood of Pittsfeld; William Jones of Hartford; Sidney Cowles from the Navy; William Hortie of Hartford {; ME. and Mrs Wm. Washington of Waterville; Mr. and Mrs. Lind.ey Morton of Philadelphia; MT. and Mrs. Joseph Stamp of New York; Arthur Dubois and Richmond Landon of Yale College; Miss Sadie Everts from Sey mour; Miss Dorothy Bell and friend from Wellesley; Miss Ruth Miner from Northfield Seminary; Miss Louise Miner from Virginia; Miss Mabel Selleck from Hartford; Mr. and Mrs. Constantine and son of Waterbury John Landon of New York; MT. and Mrs Emery of New Hartford.
 Rev. A. N. Griffin will occupy the Episcopal church pulpit during Rev. Charles Carpenters stay in France, and with his family will occupy the rectory. Mrs Carpenter and two sons will stay at Wake Robin Inn at Lake, yille
Connecticut western news., 1917-12-27
Sharon

The following is an extract from a letter recently received by MT. and Mrs. Robert Miller from their son Clinton who is employed by Uncle Sam in the War Activities at Kelly tield, South Antonio Texas. Clinton is Sharon boy ard this will doubtless be of interest to his Sharon friends.
 San Antonio, Texas,
 December 9th, 1917. Dear Mother:
 We'll how are you all at home? I am feeling fine. It IS lovely country here when the sun shines, but when there is sand storm it surely is awful. We had one the third night after we arrived in camp. We were standing for retreat at just 5 o'clock when the dust and wind began to blow. It was so bad u at we were dismissed and sent to our tents but when we went to our tents we had. to go on our hands and knees. We did not go to supper. We had to go out and fix our tent ropes to keep it from blowing over. All the light that we have here is candle light. The storm lasted for about five hours, so you can judge how we looked by morn- ing. It sure was awful. Will now tell you about my trip down here. We left Aver on Saturday p. m. at 2:30 and req ched here at 3:30 Wednesday morn ing. It was certainly nice ride and we all liked it very much. We were a day crossin; New York State and there we stopped for little hike. From there we hit the big state of Pennsyl- vania and Saw the coal mines as we passed by. From here we hit Ohio and that was g lovely state but cold. Next we came in Missouri and here We all
Connecticut western news., 1917-12-27
Cornwall

T J. E. Calhoun, Mrs. 0. l. Gold, and MT. Westbrook have in charge the booming of the thrift stamps and say ings stamps in our town.
 Rumsey Hall School though only a dozen years old hangs out its service flag with nineteen stars.
 George B. Fsrnam's house mysteri- onsly took fire at d.day on Friday last between the attic floor and ceiling
Connecticut western news., 1917-12-27

Mrs. A. l.. Dickinson and daughters will board at H. l.. Prices sosn
 Mrs. L Nj Eggleston and daughters D)rothy, Helen and Marion spent Christmas with MT. and Mrs. George Andrews in Millerton.
 MT. and Mrs. o. F. Renshaw and daughters Of East Orange spent Christ mas at their Inc me here.
 A. L. Dickinson was home from South Canaan over Christmas.
 The Sunday School held their Christi mas exercises, including tree for the children in the respective churches on Monday afternoon.
 Mrs. E. T. Hunter has closed the pr. Clark place and gone to New York for the winter.
Connecticut western news., 1917-12-27
Lakeville

Among those from out of town who were guests of friends and relatives for over the holiday were: Thomas and Marian Bartarm of New York city with their parents; Miss Mary Thrall with her mother; Miss Margaret Day at her home; Wm Andrews of Mansfield training school. With his famriv; the Misses Bessie and Beatrice Argall with their parents at Ore Hill; Miss Julia Pettee at the homN of her parents: MT. and Mrs. Ray Silvernale of Hartford; 0 F. Shaw and family with the Msdi- son oiivernale and H. J. Shaw's fami lies; James Stuart of Storrs college with his mother Mrs J K Sturat; Miss Mabel Joynes of Hartford with her pare ts; Mary and Emily Go1eris of Hartford with their parents May Garrity of Hartford with her parents; MT and Mrs George Traver and child of New York at Ira T. Trayers; Miss Dorothy Wilson of New York with her parents; Catherine and Mary Mean of New York at their homes in Ore Hull; c H Barnett with his parents: MT. and Mrs Frank Smith of Norfolk with Mrs Smitn's mother, Mrs. Ellen Mor- gan; Miss Harriett Norton of Rome. N, Y with her parents; Harry Stuart of Bridgeport with k W. Dufour fami- ly; Martin Mitchell of Danbury with his mother; Major s. J. Allen of Sandy Hook V & Camp with his family at the E. s. Chapin house; Miss Mary Martin of Boston with her parents; MT. and Mrs John Courtney of New Haven with Mrs. James Cullen.
 MT. and Mrs. O. Benjamin spent Christmas with their son and family in Lee, Mass.
 The Christmas exercises in the M. E. Church on Sunday evening last passed off nicely, with very interest ing program. The children as usual do. ing credit to themselves and over one hundred dollars was recieved to assist the little Armenian children, across the water, which is very gratifying to the Sunday School and the amount de- sired more than raised.
 0. H. Whitford is visiting Mrs. Whitford's s parents in Patterson, N Y.
 The Home Guard are requested to meet for drill on Friday eve this week in Roberts Hall at o'clock.
 Andrew Neville of New York city was guest of his parents for over Christmas.
 Wm. Adams still confined to the house with rheumatism also his daugh- ter Isabelle who has been confined to the house tor several weeks.
 Miss Marian Booth was 8 guest of Miss Gladys osborn on Friday and Saturday of last week.
 Chester Andrews has resigned his position with Miss Ella Landon, and is going to Mansfield when he has ac cepted a position with his brother, Wm. working fo- the state.
 Miss Elsie Stevens is spending her holidays with her parents m Wilbra- ham, Mass.
 MT. and Mrs. B. J. Ball spent the day in Winsted last Thursday. MT. Ball was sent there by Dr. Peterson for an examination of his shoulder he injured some time ago.
 Mrs. Florence VanDyke and son Lawrence of Northport l.. I. are spend ing the holidays with MT. and Mrs. Wm. Peabody.
 Master Theodore Garnes many friends are pleased to hear that he is speedily recovering from his attack of pneumonia.
 Miss Edna Atwood is visiting at her home in Bethlehem over the holidays.
 Miss Vera Vngreman and Miss Roe are visiting at Miss Roe's home in Newark, N. J. this week.
Connecticut western news., 1917-12-27

"Lightless nights" are planned by the Fuel administration as an addi- tional measure for saving coal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-02
All Victims, Except Two, Were Members of High
 School Teams
OPEN STYLE OF PLAY
 DECREASING DANGER
One of Uncle Ssm's Sailors and a Semi-Professional Are Lone Ex- perienced Men to Die
 From Injuries

Chicago, December 1.-Football exacted toll of F victims during the 1sl7 sea son. which ended with Thanksgiving Day games, according to reports to the Asso- ciated Press today. The number was less by six than in 1916 and four less than two years ago. In 1914 there were 15 deaths.
 Defenders of the popular college sport pointed to the fact that not fatality, nor even a serious injury occurred in the big universities and colleges where the game is conducted under expert physical direction All of the victims, with one ex- ception were either high school students, or players. who with little or no train ing participates in semi professional games. A majority of the cases showed that the players entered the game with out proper knowledge of 1t, and without proper physical condition for so rough a sport
 The open style of play. instead of the smashing game, which rapidly is being discarded, has eliminated much of the danger in the opinion of Fred l.. Murphy, a former Yale star, now coach at North western university. The players. he said, also are better protected through inn proved heavily padded uniforms and headgears.
 LIST OF VICTIMS
 The list of victims:
 Roscoe E. Rattan, Hastings, Neb.. high school student, killed November is by blow which produced heart paralysis
 George A. Blewitt of Los Angeles. 20 years old, student at the University of California, died of a brain hemorrhage on October S-two days after a fresh man game.
 Charles c. Persiani, Jr., of Plantsville, Conn, 19 years old, student at Pennsyl- vana Military college. died November 1S. of a ruptured blood vessel of the brain
 Elvin Anderson, Trinidad, Col, high school student, died October 30 of an in- jury to his spine.
 Ray Groues, Wilsonvlle, Neb., high school student, r years old. died Novem- Der 15 of internal injuries. Guy Henry, Athens. Tex. high school student, IS years old, died October 13 of internal injuries sustained in a high school game.
 Thomas Ryan of Alvardo, Tex, died No vember 1s of injuries received in a high school game played four days previously.
 INJURED WEEKS PREVIOUS
 Henry Leidendeckcr, Champagne, H., high school student, + years old, died No vember 15 as a result of injuries in a game played two weeks previously.
 Harold A. Holz. r years old, died in In- d.anapolis, November 12 of injuries re- ceived in a game played previously.
 F.. J. .Boyes, halfbac< on the Charles ton, s. C., navy yard team, died No vember 3 of concussion of the brain as the result of being tackled.
 Ellis Hamilton of Detroit, IT years old. died November 26 of injuries received in a game played the previous day.
 Harry De Lon of Detroit, 26 years old, died November 29 of injuries suffered in semi-professional game.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-02
Atlanta Refuses to Enter tain Magnates and Session
 Will Be Held Here
INFRINGEMENT TO
 CAUSE ARGUMENTS
Reduction of Player and Salary Limit Will Be Discussed-M Mobile Situa- ton Clear-Good Attend
 ance Is Expected

According to an announcement yester- day by President R. H. Baugh, the an nual fall meeing of the Southern asso- citation will be held in Birmingham on December 15. The announcement fol- lowed the refusal of Atlanta to be host to the moguls.
 President Baugh then conferred with President w. D. Smith of the Birming- ham club, and the magnates will be re- quested to meet here. The session will be held at the Tutwiler hotel, starting Saturday morning at 10 o'clock, in all probability.
 Although the session will be the an nual meeting of the bosses of the circuit, few if any important matters. are slated to appear The appointment of the committee to outline schedule. to- gether with the adoption of the dura- tion of the playing season, will perhaps be the chief point.
 lively discussion will undoubtedly he found on the desired retrenchment. No official action however, will be taken. The discussion of player and salary limit will probably be found to arouse the fury, especially of the magnates of the smaller clubs
 The usual row over the Mobile prob lem will not be in effect this season. With a new manager and q lively board of directors, the Gull franchise prom ises to no longer be. the lone blur on tfle leagues progress.
 The salaries of the players will un- doubtedly be forced to feel the ax. The player limit will also probably be re- duced a man, and probably two. H ow the matter of war tax on the admission will be handled will also de- velop another interesting point. The ma gnates must decide whether they will pay the tax without increasing the ad- mission or force the fan to help fill the governments war chest.
 Each of the club presidents. many managers and others prominent in Southern league baseball will attend.
 The political activity of the annual meeting will also be missing this year, tending to place a damper on the ri- valry President Baugh's present term does not expire until the conclusion or the next season. There are no other of ficials subject to election.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-02
Mdteridl For AHAl0ba17o High School EleUen Scarce
By FRANK MCCORMACK

By FRANK In picking mythical all-Alabama State High school eleven it is matter of much difficulty as the high schools have not developed the stars as in years gone by. The all-Alabama team is com posed of players from about seven teams, members of the Alabama interscholastic athletic conference Other teams proba- bly, have players as good, but those who are not in the A. I. A. c. are excluded from this honor
 From the teams in A. T.. A. c. the fol- lowing am.swould enroll the years best:
 Left end, Jones Central high). X Left tackle. Jeffries fFayette high). Left guard, j. Hall Central high). Center, K, Hall Central high) Right guard Harrison (Bessemer high). Right tackle, Montgomery Central Hhighl.
 Right end, Shirley (Fayette high). Quarterback. Propst (Fayette high) Right hafback, Watkins Central high).
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-02

in the thickest of the battle at all stages Every opponent he went against was outplayed, even one of the famous Court ney brothers Of the championship Ohio State. Bonner is placed at left tackle.
 Carpenter of Tech makes the mythical eleven for his second time. Of the same build as Bonner, he completes a wonder full pair He is aggressive, a fine sport, and capable leader He. perhaps, was one of the great features of the invincible Tech aggregation at right tackle
 MENTION FOR OTHERS
 Hovator of Alabama; Lassiter of Van derbilt; BanclSer of Sewanee and others deserve honorable mention for their work which at@times, might be consid- cred as good as Bonner and Carpenter. f Ends were exceedingly scarce. Down at Alabama DaBiel Boone played a swell game for the Crimson. and his work on the left flank brought gobs of praise. Although injured in the Vanderbilt game, and rendered unable to perform in the last two contests, Boone's work earlie- in the season entities him to berth. He weighs TO pounds and has played three years under the Crimson banner. Against the great Wortham, Boone played a remarkable game And, in fact, he was q tower of strength of the defense and offense for the Crimson at all stages.
 N At the right end, Adams of Vanderbilt, is placed. This lad about the same size and experience as Boone. is a scrappy person. He is a bear on receiving for ward passes and in addition can be re- lied upon sat any time to steam a hefty attack.
 AN AGGRESSIVE PAIR
 This pair Boone and Adams-though light, would make a dangerous offensive combination, while on the defense, they could easily hold their own with the best of the backfields. Henley of Mis- sissippi A. and M; Bell of Tech Styles of Auburn; Woodson of Sewanee and others rank among the best in Dixie. but not good enough for a job on . great machine.
 Now the backfield is reached. It was not a hard proposition to name the best four performers in this respect in tho south. Over at Georgia Tech, Everett Strupper and Joe Guyon cop two places without competition. Eben Wortham of Sewanee and Moon Ducote of Auburn land the remaining two berths without great exertion.
 Guyon,~ the big Indian, is perhaps the greatest of the quartet. His wide ex perience, covering a long period of years, together with rare ability make him
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-02


 Left halfback, Boone (Blount high).
 Fulback, Summers G1towah high).
 In placing Hall of Central at center this selection is, without a doubt, unan- imous. Captain Hall is without peer al the pivot position He has been playing high school ball for three years and has the required experience. Hall is noted for his ability to back up the line and to break through and spill the man be- hind the line of scrimmage. ! EXCELLENT GUARDS
 At the guards Joal Hall of Central and Harrison of Bessemer are the best pair and should run well together Hall has had two years of experience and is an excellent high school guard and is bound to become a college star before many years have elapsed Harrison plays tackle regularly, but should make a good guard, as he has the weight and experience
 Moril Montgomery of Central and Jef- fries of Fayette are the best pair of tackles in the state in high school cir
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-02

the type of player IS Valuapie on the field as a coach with his men. He can plunge, run the ends. whirl the pig skin accurately as the leading factor in the aerial attack Without a doubt, the big Indian, who weighs 1S6 pounds, and Is near 2S years old. has not peer III Dixie, and few if any, in the entire na- ton.
 WORTHAM AT HALF
 Placing Guyon at left half Eben wortham of sewanee, speedy little sprinter. must be stationed at the opposite position. Wortham is a dashing, fear less and invincible sort of a star He weights only 161 pounds, but is one of the hardest men in Dixie to stop His of fensive power is his trump card, but aided by a strong line and capable in- terference, he would be one of the best halfbacks in the country.
 Everett Strupper of Tech is another youngster who is a wonder. strupper, due to his deafness, must call the signals of the outfit, and he is consequently placed at the quarterback position. Although not totally deaf, he cannot hear the sig nals called by a teammate. Strupper, like Guyon and Wortham, is an excel lent broken field runner, and is incom parable in dashes around the Hanks. His power, like Wortham, lies in his offense
  eleven, weighing only 156 pounds.
 For the fullback position, Ducote of Auburn is selected. Weighing 1s7 pounds and as strong as an OK, he runs like an engine in power and in speed. HIS great strength makes it impossible for anything but. a sure tackler to bring him down. He is good for gains on any team even against the best of defensive stars.
 This quartet average in weight 172 pounds and 2.7 years in experience, would form a mighty array of defensive and of- fensiye stars, and especial emephas on the latter
 Other backfeld stars were plentiful At fullback Revington of Auburn, Quill of Tech and Stevenson of Alabama stand next in line. Other good halfbacks and quarterbaclls are Richardson of Wander bilt, Bobo of Mississippi A. and M. Flow CTS of Davidson, Stowers of Alabama, Donahue of Auburn and Robinson of Au- burn.
 That completes the most formidable ag- gregaton which could be formed from Dixie's stars. In the case where the play consensus of opinion of officials and other scribes was taken as sufficient grounds to make the choice.
 WOULD HAVE QUALITIES
 Tl1e team would possess speed weight responsiveness experience and last, but not least, sportsmansiiip, all the neces- sary qualities.
 Ducote could do the bunting for the team. Fincher would be the best to boot the goals after touchdowns. while in Wortham a reliable dropkicker could be called upon.
 Five three-year men, three four-year men, and one two-year man and two one year men compose the outfit Carpen- ter, the captain of Tech, would make the best leader of the aggregation
 Second and third selections for a myth ical eleven would come from the play CTS given honorable mention. But the gang of stars named for the first outfit would form an organization which would be hard to beat--even could 1t oppose the mighty Tech Tornado, an utter inn possibility.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-02
Defeat by Georgia Tech Was Disastrous Close to a
 Successful Year
REVIEW OF SEASON
 SHOWS EASY WINS
Victory Over Soldiers Started Dona- hue's Men-Defeat From David son Was the Real Surprise
 of the Year

Auburn. December Special )-A though Auburn came out rather dis astrously in the annual fracas with Georgia Tech on Thanksgiving day. yet they stand as the second best team in the s. I. A. A. conference. Although Au- burn was defeated by the Davidson eleven, this did not at all affect the status of matters, as Davidson is not member of the conference. The Tigers defeated all conference teams with ap- parent ease except Georgia Tech.
 Auburn started the season by defeat- ing a team of Ohio soldiers at Mont gomery by score of IS to 0. This game was only in the nature of a practice affair, but it put the Tigers on edge to give the Howard Baptists severe drubbing by the score Of 5s to 0. This
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-02
MYTHICAL ALL-sOUTHERN

Phillips, Georgia Tech, center. Sessions, Alabama, left guard. Fincher, Georgia Tech, right guard.
 Bonner, Auburn, left tackle. ~Cnrpenter, Georgia Tech, right tackle.
 Boone, Alabama. left end. Adams, Vanderbilt, right end. strupper, Georgia Tech. quarter hack.
 Guyon. Georgia Tech, left half back.
 Wortham. sewanee, right half- back. ! Ducote, Auburn, fuliback. %Captain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-02
Another Broad Challenge Issued by Fayette
Mythical AH-Southern Composed
 OF Dixie Stars of Usual CaLibre

Five Tech Two Alabama and Auburn Vanderbilt Performers Selected Honored Positions Would Pounds With Heavy Line and Speedy Bacfied Joe Guyon Without Peer-War Cut Into Material Supply of Men Plen-
 full For Most Positions
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-02

Maine Team Loses At Camp Greene, Charlotte, N. C.: Seventh United States infantry I, First Maine heavy artillery 0.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-02
By FRED BoDEKER

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