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New Britain herald., 1917-01-17
YALE FIVE DEFEATED.
Springfield Y. M c. A. Slips Trim
 ming to Sons of Eli.

Hartford, Jan. 1.-The Springfield Y. M. c. A. college basketball rquin- tet slipped over a surprise on the Yale five last night at the West Middle school gymnasium when they forced the Blue to go down to defeat. 54 to 51, in one of the most spectacular games ever played here between col- lege outfits. The Yale hoop tossers staged belated rally in the last eight minutes of play which had the spectators on their feet, begging, for old Eli to come through. but the Blue failed, just coming out three points shy of tying.
 The Yale passers did not expect to find the Bay state five a troublesome aggregation, for the Blue started the game with whole substitute five. It was not ten minutes before the 1ale lineup brought in Olsen. Kinney, Gar field and Mallon. who were called on to stop the Springfield rampage. The four Yale regulars also did not suc- ceed in putting stop into the Springfield machine, until the last few minutes of the first half.
New Britain herald., 1917-01-17
MEANWHILE DOES NOT SIGN.
Returns Contract to Braves, Demand
 ing Salary Increase.

Boston, Jan. 17.-"I've sent back my unsigned 1917 contract to the Braves because I feel that Pm en- titled to a raise." said Rabbit Maran- vile, the Braves shortstop, today.
 T never agreed to refrain from signing my contract until the Fra ternity said, Go ahead; it's all right, and I don't think the fraternity need expect any such action on my part Don't call me hold-out. I intend to talk to the owners or the manager of the club, or both, and settle my position. l am the representative of the fraternity with the Braves. But you can say that I don't know any, thing about the New England mem bers Of the fraternity meeting in Bos- ton Thursday
New Britain herald., 1917-01-17
FORDHAM TO PLAY RUTGERS.
Game Arranged for Oct. 20 on thu
 MarOon's GridirOn.

New York, Jan. 17.-Fordham Uni versity added a game to it's football list for next fall yesterday, when pr. Frank Gargan, graduate manager and coach, closed negotiations with Rut- gers for a game at Fordham Field. The contest will be played on Satur- day. Oct. 20. Only two more dates are to be settled The Fordham foot ball calendar for this year has Prince ton, Cornell, Lafayette, Holy Cross, Georgetown and probably Catholic University, the latter on Columbus Day.
 It was also announced yesterday that Holy Cross would probably get the Thanksgiving Day game at Ford ham. Until last year the Worcester eleven usually closed it's year against Boston college at the Hub, but 1t has cut all athletic relations with Boston College. Holy Cross is willing to play on Thanksgiving Day, and it is almost certain that it will take Villanova's place in the Fordham football year.
New Britain herald., 1917-01-17
Dae O WHh
 

mean? That Is surely what it means in all trades in which unionism Is the dominating factor.
 However, I doubt if MT. Gompers will go into the proposition of giving the players a charter without first con ferring with his associates. The Am erican league has never been antagon- istic to the American Federation of Labor: in fact, we entered into an agreement with officials of the organi- zation several years ago when the Cleveland ball park was being con- structed. About fifteen labor unions were involved, but this is only a side issue.
 'If the players want to unionize the game let them go ahead, but I hardly think they want it."
New Britain herald., 1917-01-17
FRESHMEN TO BE ATHLETIC.
Bovvdoin College Adopts Compulsory
 Training in Outdoor Sports.

Brunswick, Me-, Jan. 17.-Compul- sorv athletic training for all members of the freshman class will begin at Bowdoin College next Fall, according to vote passed by the faculty.
 From the second Monday of the col legiate year until Thanksgiving, freshmen shall have their choice, sub- ject to the advice and approval of the department of physical training of track, baseball, football, tennis, or such other sport as may be offered, or regular work in the gymnasium. From Thanksgiving until the Christ mas vacation regular gymnasium work is to be taken, and after that football. baseball or track may be elected in it's place.
New Britain herald., 1917-01-17
BRASS CITY BOUTS

Drummie Has Long Wished for .
 Chance at Featherweight Title
 Waltz to Meet Fabryck.
 Johnnie Drummie, who faces Cham pion Johnny Kilbane in Waterbury to- morrow night, has for @ long time yearncd for g. crack at the title holder. and now that the opportunity presents itself, the former Jersey City lad will strive hard to wrest the crown from the Forest City boy.- Local fight fans who saw lDrummie in action at Turner hall, in 1915 with Dave Medar. wildly remember, the wonderful battle that the little fellow put up, and the sports from the Hardware City that wend their waysinto the new auditorium in the Brass City tomorrow night, will root hard for the Skeeter to slip over 8 victory, although there Is consider able optimism of the result. George Mulligan, manager of Drummfe. who made it possible for Connecticut fan. to see a real champion in action, Is confident that his protege will put up a corking battle. The mill is sched l uled for 12 rounds.
 New Britain fans will have the first oppOI OI ScoluS I1uSu 1SOSS JH0
 Park City middleweight champion in action. Ross has been battling his way to to the top of the list, with rapidity, his latest accomplishment of defeating Knockout Sweeney, stamp ing him as Formidable aspirant for the crown. In Dave Kurtz of Newark, N. J.,. Ross will meet tho best man that he has faced in some time, and a hot argument should result Twelve rounds is the distance scheduled. Sammy Waltz will appear in the first bout Of 12 rounds with Teddy Fla bryck of Bridgeport, and although the boy from the Munition City is un-'
 known. the writer has the word of
 Billy Hanna, one of the best judges of fighters in the city, that Fabryck is a. wonder.
 The management has arranged for a special train to leave this city at o'clock for the fight returning from Waterbury at the close.
New Britain herald., 1917-01-17
ST. ELMO LODGE WINS.

St. Elmo lodge, K of P. carpet bowls team stopped the winning spurt of Phenix Temple of Honor at Frater- nal hall last evening, the final score c! the clash being 43 to ss. The results are as follows: Rink 1, St. Elmo lodge, skip Ptolomey II; Temple of Honor, skip J. Anderson, 14; rink 2, St. Elmo lodge, skip Spence 15, Temple of Honor. skip Symonds, 8; rink 3, St. Elmo lodge, skip Boying- ton IT Temple Of Homer, skip R. An derson, II. Tonight's game will be be- tween the P. o. S. of A. and the Sons of St. George.
New Britain herald., 1917-01-17
TEAM IN BAD SHAPE

Low Studies Takes Four Star Basket
 ball Players From High School
 Squad-Outlook is Discouraging.
 Failure to maintain the required percentage in studies, threatens to en- danger the excellent chances that the New Britain High school has for an nexing championships in the Inter- scholastic and Triangular Basketball leagues, four of the crack players of the squad having been relegated to the scrap heap. via the order of the faculty which makes players below a certain standing ineligible. The players dropped are Barton. Reynolds. Kehoe and Siegrist. Barton and Siegrist have played with the team since the beginning of the season and were considered a tower of strength to Captain Hibbard's quintet. Siegrist at center has outplayed all opponents this season, hopes are entertained however that the 1anky boy will make up the deficiency this week, Barton's case is considered hopeless by the coach and faculty. The loss of Kehoe and Reynolds is no considered of ma terial difference to the team. With the important game with New Haven High next Saturday in the Elm City so close at hand, the dropping of two players like Barton and Siegrist will have a tendency to jeopardize the chances of victory. Of the remaining members of the squad, Captain Hib- bard, Bassett, Kaligren, Robb and Woodford look capable of holding their own.
 The inter-class basketball league will open the week after next with the freshmen contesting against the sophomores and the week following the juniors will clash with the seniors. The winners will then fight it out for school honors the week following.
 With the advent of the baseball sea son, the thoughts of the Cobbs, Speak CTS and Alexanders at the school turn toward the national pastime. Physical director Moorhead who is an ex-pro- fessional diamond performer will per- sonalIy attend to the matter of coach ing the horsehide chasers, and pros poets never looked brighter for fast team .,
New Britain herald., 1917-01-17
MISKE BEATS DILLON
Jack Staggers Billy in Get-Away Round, But St. Paul Wonder Comes Back for More

Back for More.
 New York. Jan. 17.-In the short space of four days Fighting Billy Miske has taken part in two of the greatest ring battles of the decade. Last Friday night Miske whipped Charlie Weinert in contest that thrilled the spectators from the first to the final clang of the gong. Last night in the Broadway s. c. the St. Paul Cyclone moved down Jack Dill Ion in a battle as savage and deadly as ever was waged by two Cave Men. For seven rounds the contest was 80 close that neither showed any su- periority, the tide of battle shifting from one to the other. They met blow with blow and rush with rush, each putting every ounce of strength and power into his efforts. It was next to impossible that two human beings could stand up under the bruising, battering bombardment, and Mi-ke gradually wore down the man killer. In the last two rounds Dillon, battle bruised, war worn, struggle torn, was driven to bay and put solely on the de- fensive. Jack had fought himself out.
New Britain herald., 1917-01-17
YALE FOR FOUR-MILE RACE.
Rowing Committee Denies Desire to
 Shorten the Distance.

New Haven, Jan. 17.-Yale's row. ing committee last night officially de- nied that Yale will favor decreasing by one miles the distance of the four-mile race. The statement is as follows:
 '"rhe Yale rowing committee wishes to deny reports circulated concerning Yale's unfavorable attitude toward four-mile races. These reports are without any authority from the Yale rowing staff. At this time both the coaches and men are strongly in favor of the longer distance races"
New Britain herald., 1917-01-17
MEMORIAL FOR AVIATOR.
Boston Country Club to Commemoras
 Norman Prince.

Boston, Jan. 17.-A racing event will be esta blished in memory of tAe late Norman Prince, who died Oct. 1b from injuries received in the Frenth aviation service. It will be contestbd in June at the annual meet of the Country Club. This event will Do added to such fixtures as the County Club Grand Annual and the Chemhles Memorial for the late Robert Ct Hooper. Prince was a graduate of Harvard University.
New Britain herald., 1917-01-17
Ten Greatest Toms. Lawson. - and Jerry. -ahawk. --cat. boy.
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Ten Greatest Toms.
The Players Strike.

Ball players are entitled to one of two things-either a fraternity to look after their rights or to equal represen- tatton on the National Commission that will insure something ever more vital than fair play-which is faith in getting fair play.
 We take no stock in the theory that the average Son of Swat is a down trodden citizen. The ball player rare ly gets the worst of 1t. But that doesn't mean that he should not be in position to protect himself against the worst of 1t. As long as he isn't given equal voting power on the com mission, the fraternity is the next best thing.
 But no fraternity should call a strike except for the gravest reasons. Unless these reasons are deemed fully sufficient by the public the players will suffer most. The public can get along in some way without league baseball, and the number of npagnates to suffer is exceedingly small. The main force of the blow would land in a resound- ing thud upon the ball players neck. If the matter Is vital one this might make it worth while. But the main debate at present appears to be over a comparatively trivial affair.
New Britain herald., 1917-01-17
TO HONOR HEROES
Yale Club to Tender Football Squad Biggest Banquet in Eli Athletic History-Prominent Men Invited.

Biggest Banquet in Eli Athletic
 History-Prominent Men Invited.
 New York. Jan. 1.-The celebra- ton in honor of the Yale football squad, the coaches and the football committee by the Yale club on Fri day will be the largest in the history of the university. Among the Yale men from all parts of the country will be former President Taft. Chaun- cey M. Depew, Vance c. Mccormick, George T. Adee, Cornelius Vanderbilt. Otto T. Barnard and Frank Wood ward.
 Yale's old-time athletes will give the team dinner at the club The men who have represented Yale in football, baseball, track and crew or who have been awarded a "Y" are for the first time in Yale's athletic history combining to do honor to a team, and with the further object of founding the Yale varsity club.
 Walter Camp. the father of Yale football and baseball; Bob Cook. the father of Yale rowing; Harry Brooks and Charley sherrill, the fathers of Yale track athletics; Fudge" lief flefnger, Dutch Carter. Fred Ste venson, captain of the '88 crew, which held the record of the Thames river course for twenty eight years. and a host of others will be among the diners. ...,
 The Yale club has engaged the Century theater for that night. All Yale men, whether members of the Yale club or not and including the mem bers of the senior and junior classes of the university, can apply for seats at the office of the Yale club, which will also entitle them to supper at the club after the theater.
New Britain herald., 1917-01-17
D. &!&Hz 5?';::! J!

4OO fer tent. Hate. I hate the thought of being broke: I do not like satiric chaff; I hate to hear an ancient joke At which I am supposed to laugh; I hate to have my salary cut; I hate to draw sharp retort; But most of all I hate the putt That stops about two inches short. I shrink from winds that freeze my
 nose;
 I hate to shave against the grain; And shoes that pinch my aching toes Give me large ingrowing pain; I hate to be known as a mutt; I hate to have my trousers rip; But most of all I hate the putt That coyly hangs upon the lip.
 Princeton and Penn get seven men on the All-America football team No? We'll, isn't soccer a football game?
New Britain herald., 1917-01-17

We have always contended that ball players are entitled to fair represen- tation upon the National Commission. Club owners and league presidents are rarely in close touch with the players, and in this respect its power for eff ciency is weakened.
New Britain herald., 1917-01-17
GIa17H<21d Rice
Badly Misjudged.

After all, it appears that Les Darcy has been badly misjudged. It was stated that he ran away from fighting in Australia to do a different sort of fighting in America. But apparently one sort of fighting is as highly re- pugnant to MT. Darcy as another, whether it be Australia in the trenches or America in the ring. He is a paci- fist of the purest type.
 We don't mind Darcy meeting Mike Gibbons, so long as there is no law passed forcing us to see the fight We have seen MT. Gibbons in battle three times, including the McGoorty and the Mcfarland affairs-and that is more than enough for one brief lifetime.
New Britain herald., 1917-01-17
Who Wants to Settle This?

Dear Sir-Will you kindly settle this argument? A contends that since Francis Ouimet was barred from amateur competition he must be a professional under the ruling. con- tends that since Ouimet isn't playing any sort of competitive golf, but only for fun or recreation on Saturdays or Sundays he is bound to be an amateur that man can't be professional who doesn't play the game in a com peutlve way. Who wins? S. K. H.
 What sport needs, or, rather, what competitive sport needs, is a supreme court to render final judgments and to look after last appeals. Just at pres ent it looks to be little except one squabble after another, with the daily charge leading into a. curtain of oratorical fire.
 The surest and safest description of an amateur is the fellow who isn't good enough to win.
 For the entry who hasn't any skill to capitalize isn't goingsto Collect in , a country where the business instinct 1 is as highly organized as it Is here.
New Britain herald., 1917-01-17

The surest and safest description ( an amateur is the fellow who isn good enough to win.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-24
MISS KING HOLDS RECEPTION
Star Of Silent Drama Tells Of Her Ex.
oSfiences EntertaininoIy,

Star Of Silent Drama Tells Of Her Ex.
psrienees EntertainingIy.
Miss Anita King, one Of the leading
artists OF the motion picture studios.
was In the Strand Theater last evening
while one Of the clever pictures, THE
Heir to the Hoorah," in which she
stars, was shown the large crowds
present Miss King spoke for q little
..-hile relating some OF her experiences
on her transcontfnental TRIP Dy autoss.S-
bile from coast to coast. She talks
well and was laughed with and APP
plauded frequently. She told Of the
pleasures she had in the excursion, and
talked Of some Of the miseries OF 1t on
the rain-riddied roads Of the farther
west and how she had been asked to
become the bride Of sheep herder in
Wyoming.
Her little insight to the iabors that
are . part Of her art was UIumira :sye
as showing that the actress or actor OF
"the silent drama has q greater
strain, mentally as well az physically.
than had the players Of the old .1egit
Aias King held . little reception for
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-24
Shipfitters Are Needed.

In view of the increased production of
ships in this country ii has not been
possible 10 supply sufficient shipfit-
tiers TO met the demand of the gov
.ernment service.
The work of sripbuild!ng is being de-
layed for lack of these men. There is at
this time very pressing need of $50
men capable OF doing. shipfitters' work.
AS there is not sufficient supply Of
shipfitters it is Necessary to use men
of an allied tradeEthat of boilermaking.
who have the character of experience
that should make them adaptable for
this work.
A first class shipfitter should be able
to read and work from line drawings
which may or may not be detailed The
drawings or blue prints used in ship
fitting work are much smaller scale
than is usual in bridge work, car work,
boiler work, or plate metal work. He
should be able to. lay out plates and
shapes separately from molds or tenn
plates. 1t is essential he know the nee
essary rivet spacing for ordinary
strength. water tight or oil tight work
first class shipfitter should have
f-ho"iSoSe VI tte sefSIdl traces III COM
nection with his work such as riveter.
clipper and calker.driller, flange turn
er. puncher and sheaYer. and acetylene.
operat A shipfitter should know where
scarfing OF. plates is necessary. where
liners should be fitted. and the gener-
al terms and trade names of the diff
ferent appliances and apparatus used
Applications are on file with the civil
service board al the local pos, office.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-24
M'NALLY REJECTED FOR NAVY.
Young Man From This City Fails to
Pass Physical Examination.

Young Man From This City Fails to
Pass Physical Examination.
After passing his mental examina-
tons with flying coiors, Sherman J.
McNally, Of this city. failed Monday
to pass the physical examination at
Annapolis for entrance to the United
States naval academy as principal in
the appointment by Congressman
James W. Good from the Fifth Iowa
district. A telegram to the young
mans father. James McNally, received
Monday night, announced the failure
in the physical examination. but did
not give the particular ground of fall
ure.
Young McNally will remain in the
east few days, visiting friends Of his
father in Washington
Now that McNaIly has failed in his
physical examination Werner o. Voge-
nitz, of State Center. first alternate,
will be summoned to Annapolis for the
physical examination, in the event
that he passed the mental examina-
ton held a few weeks ago at Ames.
He has not been advised whether or
not he passed, and will not until Off
cial word is received that the principal
failed IN the physical test.
The second alternate is Donald Ed
bridge, Of this city, who has also taken
the mental examination at Ames. Ell
bridge, who R a son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles c. Eldridge, became second al
ternate when Willard Josiin. of Ana
mosa, originally third highest in the
preliminary mental examination here.
proved to be not quite Is years old,
and therefore unqualified.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-24
Legal Publication,

To whom it may concern: The levy
OF assessment having been made
against the property abutting upon
the streets paved and all property
within the limit Of 300 feet Of the
street improved or to alley within $50
feet Of street improved on the fol-
lowing named streets: North Ninth
street, from Main street to State
street; South First street from Linn
street to Railroad street; South Fifth
avenue. from Church street to Linn
street; South Fourth avenue from
Church street to Linn street; South
Tenth street from Church street to
Boone street: North Ninth street from
State street to Summit street: and
North Twelfth street from Main street
to State street, waivers are now ready
to be signed In the city clerks Office.
and all parties desiring to take adj
vantage OF the seven-year tnstallments
must sign waivers by the z3rd day Of
August 1917, or the full amount with
s per cent interest will be due and
payable In the county treasurers Of
ice March 81, 1913. o. A. Rosengren,
city clerk