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New Britain herald., 1917-12-27
YOUNG GOES TO SANFORD.
Will Report on New Years Day to
 Take Up Duties As Trainer.

Louisville, Ky, Dec. 27.-William J. Young, who will report on Jan. to take up his duties as trainer of a di- vision of John Sanford's horses, has turned over to J. s. Ward seven year lings, which he has been training for various owners. He was particularly loath to part with Monastir, bay colt hy Broomstickz Starry Night which he was training for Kenneth D. Alexan- der, who raced the two-year-o1d Es- coba so successfully during the last season.
 Young declares that Monastir is the best colt he has ever trained and that his trials show him to be su- perior to Escoba when that colt was g. yearling. Monastir's pedigree traces back to the noted Maggie B. B. the clam of Iroquois, the only American bred horse to win the English Derby. According to Young this colt will prove the sensational two-year-old of the 1918 season in Kentucky.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-27

Eight teams have entered for the Factory league which will start about January 8. Places are open for two more teams.
 Four teams of the night force at the New Britain Machine Co.,. will start a Monday afternoon league after the new year.
 The management of the Aetna AL leys has proposed contest to deter mine who is the champion of New Britain. The contest will be by elim- ination and full credit will go to the man who wins out, along with an appropriate trophy. This is open to all and no entrance fee will be re- quired.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-27
COLLEGE MEN GATHER
First of Several Important Meetings to
 Open at Hotel AStOr This Tvening- To Hear Government Suggestions.

To Hear Government Suggestions. of several important intercollegiate meetings to take place here this week will be held at the Hotel Astor to- night, when the executive committee of the National Collegiate Athletic as- sociation will convene and arrange for the annual meeting of the organiza- ton tom orrow. What this organiza- tion does will have an important bear ing on intercollegiate competition next season.
 Lieut. Col. Palmer E. Pierce, presi- dent of the national body, will preside at the committee meeting tonight. The other members of the committee are Professor Frank w.. Nicolson. Wesleyan; Professor c. l.. Maxey, Williams; Professor Erastus Palmer, c. c. N. Y.; R. T. Abercrombie. Johns Hopkins; Professor H. E. Buchanan, Tennessee; Professor C.. D. Coons, Denison; Professor George W. Bryant, President H. c. Parmelee, Colorado School of Mines, and Professor A. D. Browne, Oregon State.
 The meeting will have unusual inn portance because President Pierce will bring from the officials at Washington any suggestion which the government may care to make on it's attitude about college sports for next season. It was at the suggestion of Secretary of War Baker that the organization so strongly advocated intercollegiate football last season, suggestion which was followed by practically all the colleges except Harvard, Yale and Princeton. At these institutions var sity football was dropped for military training, and it is very likely that these three universities will pursue the same course next season.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-27
SARGENT URGES SPORTS

Director of the Hemenway Gymnasi-
 "um at Harvard, Sounds Warming
 Against Highly Specialized Athletics
 During War.
 Cambridge, Mass, Dec: 27.-Athlet- ics for the masses rather than for the few is the proposal of Dr. Dudley A. Sargent, director of the Hemenway Gymnasium, Harvard. Declaring that this.is not the time for the fostering Of highly specialized athletics in our col leges Dr. Sargent yesterday in the Harvard gymnasium added:
 We want today more than ever the everyday man to come out and do his part in some form of athletics. It is duty each young man owes the na- ton, and our colleges should empha- size this fact by introducing sports in which not the few but the many can compete.
 '"The suggestion made in the West that grenade throwing contest be added to the events in the Conference intercollegiate meet is a good one, but the benefit that would accrue from such competition would be very small if a few. selected athletes from each college took part in the contest What we want now is droves of men taking part in our sports. Groups rather than specialists should be given the preference, and any athletic event which will allow a great number of men to compete rather than those with studied specialized skill, has my ap- proval.
 "Grenade throwing, wall scaling, bayonet fencing a number of our gymnastic exercises are all fine prep arations for doing a mans work on the battlefelds of Europe, but their value would be maximized if bodies of men rather than hand picked individ- uals reap and enjoy their benefits"
New Britain herald., 1917-12-27
NV S % RRh 4SAS S rR M Tn k aE S . S5
SOLOMON IN LINEUP
Local Basketball Star to Play Against ~ Y. M. 0. A. Quintet Saturday Bven-

Y. M. c. A. Quintet Saturday ENen-
 ing at Association sGymnasium.
 King" Solomon the local basket ball star, who is making a fine record as an athlete at Mnhlenberg college, will be in the lineup with the All Collegians of Syracuse against the Y. M. c. A. five, Saturday evening in the local gymnasium King" made his debut of the season against the Kamels last Saturday evening in a Nutmeg uniform, and his work at guard was one of the bright features of the game. Other players of note in the visitors lineup will include Ruffln, the former Middletown High school star; Martin, of Pittsburgh; Pratt, of Syracuse, and Bolton, of Pittsfield. This combination, with Wiener, the allIntercollegiate star, should form a hard foe for the locals.
 The All-Stars are on & trip during the Christmas recess, meeting the best teams in New York and Connecticut In Hoosick Falls. N. Y., the stars went down to defeat in 20-to-18 game, while the fast Mechanicville. N. r., quintet was forced to the short end of 22-to-20 defeat The Ramb1ers and the High school preliminary game should be a. thriller.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-27
CORNELL LOSES AT CHESS.

New York, Dec. 27.-The chess New York, the~youngest member of the Triangular College Chess league, carried on the honoES-.of the open ing round Of the nineteenth annual tournament oe that organization yes terday at 1he roouB- of the New York City Chew cinb, wheee play will con- tinz1e today and conclude tomorrow. City ColoGA, paared against Cornell, starte6 oH wAth . sensational victory by tho.SeoE,e of 8 1-2 tO 1-2. Brown, ono of the charter members Of the league, did not oend a team. and Pennayivani4, the winner last year, will play against Cornell in the sec ond round today, when City College will have 8 bye.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-27
MAKES HOLE IN ONE.
Crooks Turns Trick at Pinehurst Golf
 .s Course.

Pinehurst. N. C., Dec. 27.-The sec- ond hole to be made this season in one vas registered here yesterday by Wal ter NJ. Crooks of Brooklyn during a fourson1e match on the championship course. Crooks drive rolled into the Eup at the sixth hole. This dupli- catRd the feat of F. w. Voncanon of ' Rplnehurst, made at the same hole eAflier in the month. The distance is lA5 yards. ta,
 Norman H. Maxwell. the reigning favorite for the midwinter tourna- ment which opens here on Friday, is decidedly off on his long game, but is doing deadly work in his approach ing and putting. He took ten butts for the f1,'st nine holes yesterday when playingaa practice round with Donald Rosa
New Britain herald., 1917-12-27
MAUPONfE LOSES MATCH.
Interstate Billiard Champion Defeated
 By McCourt.

Cleveland, Ohio, Dec. 26.-Pierre Maupome, Interstate Billiard League champion, after twelve straight vic- tories on 11is own table, went down to defeat in his thirteenth game at the hands of Charles McCourt, former champion, here last night by score of 50 to 49 in sixty-four innings. Mau- pome looked like a winner up to the sixty-fourth inning. In that session McCourt with a score of 46 ran 4, and it was over.
 McCourt's high runs were three of 4 and Maupome's were 6, and two fours.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-27

E. Anderson, 152. J. Foote, 388. Annex, 562. Mohawks, 1851.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-27
DARTMOUTH FIVE ON TRIP.
Hanoverians to Play Seven Games In
 and Around New York

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 New York, Dec. 27.-The Dart mouth college basketball team will engage in 8 seuen-game schedule on it's Christmas holiday tour, which will begin here on Saturday night The Green five opens it's campaign against the Brooklyn Polytechnic institute team, and on January 1 opposes the City college team .
 Contests then follow with Pratt in- stttute. Brooklyn, on January 3; 9. Johns college, Brooklyn, on the Sd; Seton Hall, East Orange, on the 4th; Stevens institute, Hoboken, on the 5th, and Princeton on the 7th.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-27
BOOSTERS BEST FIELDERS
0Asiles Winning Pennant Indianapolis Players Prove Excellency in Amer tcan ssociation-Former Major
 Ieaguers Shine.

IeAguefs Shine.
 Indianapolis, Ind, Dec. 27.-Besides winning the American Association caaAampaonsl4tp the Indianapolis team corried or a majority of the honors in neld1ng. according to the averages AnmouRced yesterday. The team led 4ho-oeven other clubs with a percent aae of .060. Columbus ranked second and Milwaukee third
 Ieary. the Indianapolis first base man, led his rivals. having only 15 errors charged to him in total of 1,e17 tries. Mollwitz, of Kansas City, now with the Pirates, 1s second. with Charley Mullen, the former Yankee, getting third honors.
 Cfx pitchers went through the sea- 4pn without committing misplay, Z Howre, the star of the Indianapolis Gta1K, leading the way. Rogge, along W1th Luque, Louisville, participated in tWu14y-two games, with Stevenson. Minneapolis, going errorless in twenty conte0ts.
 Steve Yerkes, Indianapolis, heads the second basemen, with nineteen misplays in 1S6 games and an aver age of 97s. Johns, Columbus and Mccarthy, LouiSville, take the next two places. Among the third base men Shevlin, Columbus, is in front. followed by Phelan, Kansas City and BrOnkie. Indianapolis. Jennings, Minneapolis, gained the fielding honors among the shortstops of the league.
 Blackburn, Columbus, leads the catchers with an average of .990 for forty-seven games, but Schang, 1n- dtRnapolis, who is second, compiled a percentage of 1888 for eighty two con. tests. Owens. Minneapolis, was third
 WicklAnd, of Indianapolis, with 8 mark of .So1 for PIT chances in 124 games really excelled among the out. helders, although four other players including Roy Hartzell. now with To- ledo, are placed in front of him. How ever. none of this quintet appeared ir more than twenty-one contests.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-27
BROKERS
 THRILLS |! lers Mix With ectators Delight

4. 27.-Amateur box
 Considerable amuse-
 real fighting In the
 MdD of the New York
 hips which were held
 An Casino last night
 mixed with the
 their class and the ef-
 pnths caused wild howls
 ox1ng fans of the city
 lDr the sport was evil
 @ record crowd on hand.
 hnd standing capacity of
 Ian was taxed, 1t being es-
 Ut three thousand were
 oNilding. Many prominent
 city officials sat in the
 a6lkets were distributed
 olttAn association. Men s,.Voipo oogt1ered in the au-
 1ch thekr soldier mates, nG rthe-competitors. per- policemen were out but made no attempt to AM. 11Eae-ElOuad Bouts.
 xho bouts were scheduled for Eounde unless the two judges tbo agree on a winner. In cases kE1l1A8reomAnt9, an extra round of D mtnute0 was ordered. Ninety orB..Were entered.
 " four-round tilt featured the 1O8- aA dfviMom. with Sam Nable, Clark fo.A. A, earning ,the referees de- m fFom Abe A1Hgtein, University mt. Through a rally on the Ap& 1fAl1Eetn in the third round, Appeared4-as if he was entitled to - honors. However. the judges dff- rcd and an extra round of two min- - w1s ordered. -"
 Tho boys efrortD> in the extra ees- pn Wosrid put that of some profess nnnlo to shame, Millstein using q Fl Ah and right uppercut effectively. o dudees again differed in their uicoa, and Tommy Smith, the ref -. pmed the winner.
 108rpoNnd class (trials)-N. F. Tiorp, Bronxdale A. C., defeated B. cluar, unattached, three rounds. ,dnns. decision; s. Nable, Clark Eouse A. A., defeated A. Millstein, diversity Settlement, four rounds, 1feree's decision; F. Eisenstadt, un- ttached, defeated H. Simon. Nor andy A. G., in one round. stopped V referee. .
The Washington times., 1917-04-04
POPE READ DANTE IN BED
Secretary to Leo XIII Had to Be
the Audience.

. NEW YORK. April 4-The recent
death OF Mgr. Marzolini. for thirty
years secretary to Pope Leo XIII, ex-
tending through his service as Cardinal
Pecci and as the head OF the church.
has brought to light an interesting story
of the dead Pope.
As cardinal he took his secretary with
him on all his, religious visits. and on
one occasion, at a small out-of-the-way
hamlet, the parish priest could furnish
only one room for the two. So Mgr.
Marzolini slept on a sofa in the corner.
Each night on going to bed he took out
a copy Of Dante and read a canto Of
I'll Paradise" When he came to a dlffi-
cult or interesting passage he would
read It to his secretary and discuss II
with him The secretary did not take
intense interest in Dante. as did the
and often he was asleep. After
a few nights he decided to put an end to
H. When the cardinal. as usual. read
q passage and asked his opinion. the
only answer he got was a snore.
The man has no taste who can fall
asleep while Dante Is being read"
calculated the future Pope in disgust.
as he threw his book aside and decided
to go to sleep himself
The Washington times., 1917-04-04
PICTURES BELGIUM'S PLIGHT
Nine. Horta, Wife Of Fine Arts DI-
rector, Appeals for chiIdren's Aid.

Madame Victor Horta, wife of the
director of the Royal School OF Fine
Arts, in Brussels, who is stopping at
the willard for a few days, says con.
ditions in Belgium are unimagin-
able"
The suffering, sorroW and starya-
tion are unthinkabIe," she says. 'Im-
agine poor little tots OF three or four
years left to shift for themselves.
American charity has done and is
doing much, but the sufferings and
privations are not yet eliminated"
Madame Horta said that a plea to
the children OF New York to aid the
children of Belgium resulted in the
acquisition OF 1000 pairs of stockings
and S16O.
Madame Horta asked that the child
ren of Washington be told of the op-
portunity to assist the children in
Belgium.
Gifts may be forwarded in the care
OF Pierre Mali, Belgian consul gener-
al in New York, 25 Madison avenue.
The Queen OF Belgium will distribute
the gifts
Madame Horta will return to Wash
inEtOn about May 1 to lecture on con-
ditions in Belgium. speaking French,
Swedish and English.
Madame Horta was the guest of
Emmanuel Havenith, minister OF Bel
gium.
The Washington times., 1917-04-04
COMING SOON TO
LOCAL THEATERS
Attractions to Be Seen at
PIayhouses in the Near
Future.
BeIaseo-HFIora Bella,

"Flora Bella" fresh from its long
run at the Casino Theater, New York.
will begin an engagement here next
Monday at the Belasco.
The scenes OF the play take place in
Russia. A princess, without her hus-
bands knowledge, has been a cabaret
singer, but believing that a princess
should be cold and dignified, she for
gets her old ways and almost loses
her husband. She returns to her caba-
ret life just for one night, and is dis
covered there by her husband, who
has been driven away from home by
her coldness, and. as usual, every
thing ends happily.
In the cast will be found Eleanor
Henry, Irving Brooks, Lily Leonhard,
Mortimer H. Weldon, Guy ]. Samspel,
Adolph Link, Ben Grinnell, Dorothy
Rogers, Kate Stout, Jack Dell and
two score others.
The Washington times., 1917-04-04
IS BIGGEST RELIEF MAP
Area Of 2,52o,ooo Square Miles De.
Ilneated With Macerated Money.

What is believed to be the largest
relief map of its kind, covering an
area of 2,520, 900 square miles of war
territory in Europe, made on a scale
of one inch representing seven and
eight-tenths miles, into the compost
tion OF which entered millions of dol
lars worth of mecerated money from
the Treasury Department, will be
shipped from Washington to Chicago
today.
The map, twenty by fifteen feet, is
based on the curvature OF the earth
If the globe were completed the bulb
would have a diameter OF about
ninety-foNr feet.
Secretary OF War Baker and sew
eral army chiefs OF staff declared the
map the most complete of its kind.
Points of especial interest are
marked by 200 tiny electric lights.
More than 10000 fact of wiring was
used.
The map shows changed boundaries
OF European countries up to the lat
ter part of last year.
Six men worked eight months to
complete the map. 1t is in eight sec
tions. First a clay model, weighing
thousands Of pounds, was made. From
this a plaster cast was made. The
cast was filled with the paper
machiere, of which the finished prod
uct is composed.
The map was made under the direc-
tion of George Robertson. and will
be sent to the Chicago Daily News.
The Washington times., 1917-04-04
SAYS PERSONALITIES
STOP AT FOOTLIGHTS
Dave Marion, Headliner at the
Gayety, Protests Against Be-
ing Taken as Genuine.

Stage impersonations are all vary
well when they get no further than
the footlights, but when some excited
auqitor picks out an actor for the
notable he is representing, It is time
to call a halt.
At least Dave Marion. headlininR
his own show at the Gayety Theater
this week, thinks SO. Three weeks
ago in Chicago, when q man insisted
that the inimitabIy funny burlesque
comedian was Colonel Roosevelt, the
versatile Marion had to remove his
makeup to prove the stranger was
mistaken.
Marion impersonates the Rough
Rider and ex-President. One evening
an underscized, Teutonic looking
man slipped into a box at the begin
ming Of the performance at the Co
lumbia Theater in Chicago. When
Marion drew back behind the scenes
after putting over the celebrated
golden" smile, the little man made
a dart for the stage.
How he ever got back there with
out being stopped by stage hands I
don't know" declared Marion today,
but he was grabbing me by the
coat and asking IL didn't recall see
ing him in the White House years
ago.
"I told him honestly I was not
Roosevelt, but he wouldn't be salts
fled until / removed my makeup.
When l had done this. he apologized,
saying he wanted to go to war with
Germany, even,if 1t was his native
country. and he thought Roosevelt
the best man to lead him"
Marion admitted he thought OF dark
plots, bombs, and Presidential as
sassinations when the stranger ap-
preached him
at feels funny to. think you arr
being mistaken for a President" he
said
Thirty-five years ago Dave Marion
made his premiere in Washington In
a theater where the Postoffice De-
partment now stands. Since that time
he has been here every season with
vaudeville team or in burlesque.
Marion is a business man, and owns
a hotel in Jersey City, which he
with his own name. He
is the author OF songs and plays, and
has produced many theatrical sue
cesses. The comedian lives at Toms
River, n. J., in summer, and never
thinks OF the stage when happy in
the woods with gun or fishing pole.
The Washington times., 1917-04-04
..SHAKESPEAREANS
HERE REORGANIZE
Washington Society Changes
. Name and Takes on Ma
tionaI Scope.

The Shakespeare Society Of Wash
ington has ceased to be a purely
local organization, and its action last
might in changing its name to THE
National Shakespeare Federation"
bids fair to make this city one of the
greatest Shakespearean centers out
side Of England.
The change in the organization of
the society was taken at its annual
meeting. held at 1929 Q street north
west. The new federation is repre-
scented in more than forty States, and
its organization is the result of the
efforts of local Shakespearean schol-
ars throughout the greater part of
last year.
Col. John Temple Graves was elect
ed president at the initial meeting
of the federation last night, and six
vice presidents were chosen, includ-
ing Mrs Charles o. H. Craigie, who
was president of the Shakespeare So
ciety up to the time of its d'-solution;
Prof. William Allen Wilb, A. NJ;
Prof. Felix Z. Schilling, of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania: Mr.. Harry c.
Davis, DR.. Samuel J. Mcwalters, and
Prof. Dewitt Clinton Croissant, of
Princeton University.
Other officers of the Federation are
DR.. H. H. Wheaton; corresponding
secretary; Miss Mary S. Beall, re-
cording secretary: Isaac Pearson,
treasurer, and Judge S. S. Ashbough,
and Charles o. H. Craigie, auditors.
The suggestion Of a national fed
GRAFTON OF students of Shakespeare
was broached by Mrs. Cragie last
May at a meeting in New York city
where a number OF Shakespeare clubs
and societies were represented.
Plans of the Federation include
the erection OF a Shakespeare me-
mortal building in Washington and
some pledges to that end already
have been received. A building COM
mittee, of which H. H. B. Meyer, OF
the Library of Congress, was chair
man, was maintained by the Shake
speare Society and its work is to be
continued by the newer organization.
The Washington times., 1917-04-04

prepare to invade the rest. OF this
country. Coming when least expect
ed, America is unprepared for sus-
tanned conflict, but with indomitable
courage and dogged perseverance. she
set about securing the necessary
means OF defense and offense.
The story was written by Commo-
dore J. Stuart Blackton and Cyrus
Townsend Brady and produced under
the personal supervision OF Mr.. Black
ton. The acting cast includes Alice
Joyce, Harry T. Morey, Peggy Hy-
land, James Morrison, Naomi Childers,
Templar SAKE, Mary Maurice, Bobby
Connolly, and others. Special music
will be rendered by the augmented
Strand Symphony Orchestra.
The Washington times., 1917-04-04
StFand-Films.

"womanhood. the Glory OF Ma
tion." a patriotic film spectacle and a
sequel to the ever remembered BAT
tie Cry of Peace" will be the stellar
attraction at Moore's Strand Theater
next week.
The story OF "Womanhood" concerns
the invasion of this country by a for
eign foe, the Ruritanians, who seek to
restore their depleted treasury by a
successful conquest on this side OF the
water.
AfterNa short and decisive engage
ment New York city falls into the
hands of the Ruritanians, and they
The Washington times., 1917-04-04
G. o. P. SENATE IS GOAL
Campaign Committee Named 3,
Republicans.

In the midst OF war excitement,
Senate Republicans have found time
to name a committee to take charge
OF the next campaign they will make
to control the Senate.
Members OF the committee are
chairman; Cummins, Smoot,
Poindexter. Gronna, Wadsworth. and
Curtis. Two former members-Oiiver
of Pennsylvania and Bourne of Ore
gon also were chosen.
The Washington times., 1917-04-04
NatIouaIN.Mi.s sprinEtime.-

Tomorrow at the New National
seats will go on sale for Klaw & Err
langer's production, Miss Spring
time" which will be the attraction
next week. The New York organiza-
tion, which will finish its 263d per-
formance at the New Amsterdam
Theater, on next Saturday night, will
be brought here direct, and Washing
ton and Philadelphia will be the only
two cities outside of New York in
which 1t will appear this season.
In the company of eighty are
George McFarlane. Georgia ORamey.
Josie Intropodi, Charles Meakins, Jed
Prouty, Ada May Weeks, Fred Nice.
Wayne Num-, Nick Burnham, Maurice
Cass, and Percy Woodley.
The Washington times., 1917-04-04
MAPS PATHS TO POWER
Freedom Of Thought Essential {
Success, Says Miss Powell.

Here are some OF the paths to
power:
Love, poise. diplomacy. knowledge
OF self, and freedom of thought.
Miss Louise CHtts Powell told
members OF THE Power Club" at the
Portland Hotel last night that to
climb to sublime heights one must
possess all these to avoid failure.
=. Universal knowledge Is a great
thing" said Miss Powell. "to make
people great and supreme in power
Love OF everybody. rejection Of hate
or thoughts of ill will, diplomatic
strategy in times OF a crisis and
freedom of thought and speech will
make everybody great to a certain
degree, even II the outside world is
ignorant OF the fact"
Mrs. Bessie Gibson sang a solo,
accompanying herself on the piano.
James Price. head OF the club, pre-
sided.
The club meets every Tuesday
night.