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New Britain herald., 1918-03-04
HOPE FOR BOXING LAW
Outlook for Passage of Marty Me- Cues Bill Assumes Brighter AS- pect-Many Legislators Now Favor Game.

Albany, N. Y., March 4.--BoXing fans from all parts of the state are expected here on March 13 to at tend the hearing on the McCue bill to re-establish professional bouts under the supervision of a single headed commission. Opposition among fight followers to the provision re- stricting the number of clubs in a city has been overcome by an amend ment removing the limitation.
 Changes in the bill reducing the fee to be paid by professional clubs, and relieving from the payment of a fee all clubs licensed by the Amateur Athletic Union, have also operated to lessen the opposition. Supporters of the measure are encouraged to be- Iieve that it stands a good chance of pa ssing, because of the recent enact nent in New Jersey of 8 law legaliz- Ing boxing.
 A number of members who had not intended to vote for the bill argue that in as much as boxing has been introduced at all the cantonments fol the purpose of developing soldiers physically, there is no good reason why New York should keep the bar on the sport.
New Britain herald., 1918-03-04
CENTRAL LEAGUE TO START.
Six Clubs Will Operate If Tcrrc Haute Posts S2,OOO Forfeit

Indianapolis, March 1.-The Gen. tra1 Baseball league will operate as 8 six-club circuit this year II Ierre Haute can post the necessary $2,0OO forfeit and give assurance of finishing tho season, 1t was announced here yesterday after a meeting of league directors,
 No discussion of q schedule was lad at the meeting, but March Is was set for a meeting to organize the six-club circuit if Terre Haute comes in.
New Britain herald., 1918-03-04
BOWLJER SETS 29O SCORE.
Piirs of Chicago Turns in Eleven Ni:doCs, Captain of Baseball Team

PiIrs of Chicago Turns in Eleven Wit:docs, Captain of Baseball Team
 Cincinnati, March 4.-Few changes took place among the leaders at tho American Bowling Congress tourna- ment here yesterday, one team get ting a tie for tenth place in tha doubles and one individual going into a tie for eighth place In the singles.
 The most sensational bowling of the day was that of l.. Birns, of Chi cago, who rolled the highest single game of the tournament thus far 290. He was bowling in the doubles with R. Schreiber at the time, and the team finished with q total of 1,- 2o8. Tn this game Birns bowled a 1 spare in the first frame and then ] followed this with eleven straight strikes.
New Britain herald., 1918-03-04

T .ww,n sssu. sae,azdne snbff4ty to Ssnd up RSux.,A~sr. enrichment and his terrible ewauRrs frxnd SsSGXop which focred so swrnray xumn. rere ilss rn-fn assets. srxna ssnM ssgn4n wtrexn friends urged h0rmn ssxfna che seeming necessity of gao-sfng lessons, John L. |voEfsd below
 ~pFaay do need to know how IT. ~seSend rnv*olr' ! never give those SeFAossxs z chance to stand mp long enough to hit me"
 That was true in the cases Of the drags, lighters that John L. faced but Mn his contests with the top-n otchers Raaey smashed John l.. g ,face and body rSagh regularity. Many of their wal 1oSs carried crushing fo-ce- Any s,sher fighter than John L.. proba Dry vscsxad have gone down and out alnder ~ghe Impact. But John L. was i'm rwexvRoxc for more than ten years to krscca-out waIhops. And so, in his ssr-x1Eraertt that it wasn't necessary for ~yArn to learn how to ward off blows, he waa in ti1c main, correct.
 After John T.. won from George M Robinson in San Francisco in March 1Ss4 2s made A swing through the casp,tn and whipped the most prom inont lighters who were starring Tn that section during that era. Alex under Marks. Dan Henry and W1ll1am Fleming. of Galveston, Hot Springs and Memphis, went down and out IF the first round before the Sullivan onslaught Tn Nashville he took on and whipped Enos Phillips in four rounds Meanwhile. he was beating all corners for the $100 prize.
 Late in the summer of 1884 John T.. completed his tour and upon his return to New York proceeded tc take things easy. Never @ tenn perato man in those days, John l. decided he would have "a little fun in spending the big fortune which he had been accum ulating through hii ring earnings during the two years
New Britain herald., 1918-03-04
WESLEYAN LOSES ANOTHER
Weddoes, Captain of Baseball
 to Become An Aviator.

Middletown, March 4.-Howard ( Widdoes, captain of the WesIeJ baseball team, has left college join the Aviation Corps. He has bd catcher on the varsity for two ss sons and led the team at batting. has gone to his home, at Dexter. N to await his call
 Widdoes is q member of the Sc for class and of the Delta kar Epsilon fraternity.
New Britain herald., 1918-03-04
-pVJSTHER KEISERLTNG DEAD.

Steubenville, O., March 4.-George KeiserIng, age 29, pitcher of the Memphis, Tenn, Southern league baseball club died at his home here Saturday following an extended ill., ness. Keiserling played professional baseball for nine years, during which time he held berths in the Three Eye Central. Southern and Federal leagues.
New Britain herald., 1918-03-04
HUSTON WINS AT BILLIARDS.

Detroit. Mich, March 4.-Corwin Huston of Detroit defeated T. Henry Clarkson of Boston in the Class A na- tional amateur billiard tournament in the afternoon game here Saturday, 300 to 1S0. Huston finished in 2S innings with an average of 1o.71 and high runs Of 51, 49 and 40. Clark sons average was 6.6 and his high RuRs 20, g and Is.
New Britain herald., 1918-03-04
LEN VICTOR IN SHOOT.

Manhasset. Long Island, March f. Pacing a strong wind, ten members of the Manhasset Gun club part1ci : pated ill a monthly scratch event a1 75 clay birds yesterday, E. t. Lem winning a leg on the round. Lem broke 70, having runs of 23. 23 and A. Herbert J. Matthews also had a run of 24 in his first attempt, bu1 liter that could not cope with the adverse conditions
New Britain herald., 1918-03-04
GOLF TOURNEY AIT PINEHURST

Pinehurst x. C., March 4.-The first eighteen holes of the thirty-six hcle qualifying round in the annual spring golf tournament were played aJ Pinehurst today Both the cham pionship course and the number one course have been requisi toned to ac. commodate the field of over 23O con- teStantS.
New Britain herald., 1918-03-04
LARRY CHENEY SIGNS

Brooklyn, March 4.-Larry Cheney. the veteran spitbal pitcher of ths Dodgers, has signed his 1918 con. tract and will report with tho early birds to manager Wi1bert Robinson at Hot Springs, Ark. Cheney was supposedly one of the few stubbory hold-outs of the Robins.
New Britain herald., 1918-03-04
NAVY HOCINEYIsTs WIN.

Boston, March 4.-The Boston navy vsra hoc1zev team defeated the Wan derers Joolsev club seven of New work 7 to q in 8 National Hockey ,e.gue gan,e here Saturday night.
New Britain herald., 1918-03-04

14MnQlA qulC IsetNlnS a Sooo '
 Eusk to convince anxious support ers tbaA he was still in fighting conu1- tioza Jolaxa L. decided to take on John M~ I4aflinA in New York. Ring vet ersns who, saw that contest always have declare<i tl1aI if Laflin had not been afraid Of Jonn I. that night he could have whipped him. LIaf1ln smashed Joi;n |. somo hard punches in the first two rounds and had the cham p4on w,oholing. What made it worse for John l.. was his poor con dtt,an- But Lafln, fearing John L., did not follow up fis advantage and so lost @ grand opportunity to gain world wide fame. Later John l.. fought Ali Greenfield and made him look like a novice, scoring a victory in the second, round.
 Less than two months 1e1ter-on January 12, 1885 to be exact-Sulli- van took on Greenfield again. The bout was fought in Boston It marked John L.'s first appearance in defense of his title in his home town For the second time John l.. demonstrat- ed his superiority over Greenfield and won in four. rounds. Then Sullivan jumped back to New York
 A week afterward he fought Paddy Ryan. The police stopped the con- test about 8 half minute after the first round began. Their action prob ably was influenced by the fear of toe much bIoOdshed.
 From then on until June John l.. continued to take things easy He was to use his own expression, "en- toying life.'' Scorning all attempts of his friends to force him into living the life of an athlete, John L. per- sisted in keeping late hours in eat ing foods that certainly did not help his physical self and in wild drink ing orgies.
 And gradually, these physical ex- cesses began to make their i'm press upon the mighty frame of the 'fcham. pion of champfons.''
 (To be continued tomorrow).
New Britain herald., 1918-03-04
lg.

Score: Senecas 34, Kamels 27; goals from floor, Walters 6, Kelley 6, Abra- hanson, Norfelt 2, Martin 4, Walthers 7 Phillips 2s goals from fouls, Kelley :, Norfelt 2, Martin; referee, Slater: halves, 15 minutes.
New Britain herald., 1918-03-04
Y. N. (. A. LEAGUE CLOSES
Nutrnegs and Senecas Win Final Games in Saturday Night League Champions Have q WaIkover.

The Saturday night basketball league at the Y. M. c. A. closed last Saturday evening, when two games were played. In the first the Nutmegs champions of the league. walked away with the Ramblers, winning by the score of 60 to IT,
 The second contest was close. The Senecas, runners-up, defeated the Kamels, 34 to 27. Scores:
 NCTMECS TRAVELLERS Miller Edwards Reynolds .. Hubbard Du0aCk SandD berg
 rg.
 Hannou -..--.... Barrett, Dennis
New Britain herald., 1918-03-04

BOWerS--1 90. kahmS-33 I. Tool ROO1n-345. 4 ,. Tool ROOu--S9 6.
New Britain herald., 1918-03-04
Averages.

rolled tonight at the Aetna alleys, when ''Wizard'' Larson, the city champion, will meet Rogers and Joe Foote will roll Eddie Anderson
New Britain herald., 1918-03-04
Skinner Chuck Company

The standing and averages of the Follows:
New Britain herald., 1918-03-04

Score: Nutmegs 50 Ramb1ers IT; goals from floor, Miller II, Reynolds Il, Ka1lgren 4, Dudack 3, Hubbard ?, Sechest 5, Sandberg 3: goals from fouls, Miller 2, Sechest; referee, Slater; halves, 15 minutes.
 SENECAS KAMlEn4 q \
New Britain herald., 1918-03-04

Kilduff-159. Foote-34S. R. t E.-534. N. E. Machine-1 554.
 Averages
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-24

all of the men jumped on Schu-
chart and beat him badly, kicking
him after they had knocked him
down upon the ground.
The defense will prove that the
men took Schuchart's cap and be-
gan to run, and that he chased
them to get his cap back and to
call a policeman who was on a
beat at the 18th street bridge and
with whom Schuchart was ac-
quainted," said Bates. when he
ran to catch up with the men they
stopped and three of them began
to beat him again. Nichols caught
Schuchart around the neck and
pounded his neck and face SO
badly that Schuchart feared that
he would lose consciousness and
would be beaten to death. He
then drew his pocket knife, with
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-24
Suffragist Comes to
Fight for Amendment

democrats are the ones who have
declared they stand for world
democracy.
President Wilson," she said,
has declared the passage of the
measure is imperative to his in
ternational policy"
THE republicans gave a five
sixth vote in the house, and a
similar proportion of votes are
pledged in the senate, while only
so per cent of the democratic
votes in the senate are pledged.
A two-thirds majority is required
for. passage"
Miss Whittemore's trip also is
for the purpose of obtaining an
investigation of the treatment of
Jailed suffragists in Washington,
ID. c., which she said was "a dis
grace"
She will go to Seattle, then to
Idaho, where she said she is "go-
ing to get the vote OF Senator
Borah."
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-24
SELF-DEFENSE IS
SChUCHART'S Plea

After hearing the testimony of
l.. Perret, foreman at Wheeler
Osgood S, the state Wednesday
rested its case in the trial of john
Schuchart for the murder of
Charles Nichols, union butcher.
Major c. o. Bates, who made
the opening statement for the de-
tense, said he hoped to prove that
Schuchart stabbed Nichols in self
defense. He said that as Schuchart
was going to work on the morning
of Feb. 10, he was attacked near
the Carstens packing plant by sew
en- or eight union strikers, who
called him names and asked him
if he still intended to work there
and that Schuchart replied that he
did, as he had to make living
for his wife and baby.
Bates declared that after this
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-24

Your memorialists believe that
government action is needed to
prevent unpatriotic profiteering
in the necessities of life, and il
sufficient power has not yet been
granted, the proper legislation
should be passed empowering
some branch of the government to
vigorously deal with the situa-
ton.
The spirit of the people at
large is loyal to the point of any
needed sacrifice; but food is es-
sential to life. In this as in all
things affecting the life of the ma
ton, the common people ask only
the application of the recognized
American principle: A SQUARE
DEAL.
(Signed)
A. ". FAWCETT, Mayor.
c. d. ATKINS,
J. c. DRAKE,
II. F. GRONEN,
+. ii. PETIT,
Councilmen.
Tacoma, Washington. April 90,
1918.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-24

Enlisting women voters in a
united demand for the passage of
1.-THE federal woman suffrage
amendment at the present session
of congress, Miss Margaret Whit
temore, national organizer of the
Woman's party, was in Tacoma
"wednesday to confer with Mrs.
William Trowbridge, chairman
for this district.
Miss Whittemore was one OF
SO woman suffragists jailed in
Washington, d. c., for activities
in picketing the White House, and
she wore a medal in the form of a
replica of the Jail bars behind
which she was confined.
The purpose of her visit here.
she said, is to get as many or
ganizations as possible--labor
unions, women's organizations,
churches, Rotary and Commercial
clubs-to send resolutions to
President Wilson and leaders in
the U. s. senate, demanding the
passage of the suffrage amend
ment this session.
| Held i'm Senate
"Now for the first time the
Woman's party has something to
lose" she said. THE house has
passed the amendment by a two
thirds majority, and now the bill
is being held up in the senate be-
cause of lack of sufficient votes.
II the senate fails to pass it, then
we will lhave to begin all over at
the next session with new house
and new senate.
1.-THE next few weeks are going
to be critical, and we need ev-
cry woman voter to act at once.
Votes are the things that senators
at Washington will heed, when
no other appeal can reach them
l have always regarded the state
of Washington as a star woman
suffrage state. In the north
west l have found so far an
unanimous demand for thu
passage of the amendment. Al
that we need is concerted &C
tion."
Wilson For Il.
Miss Whittemore declared tina
the republicans have gone fal
ahead of the democrats towart
national suffrage, "altho thu
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-24

the controls are left "in center"
the machine will fly level of its
own accord.
Increase the revolutions and
the machine will start climbing
without pull on the CONTROL be-
low that point it will start to nose
down.
By regulating his motor speed,
Allez was able gradually to bring
the machine back to normal line
of flight without the use of his
elevator.
With no rudder to steer by, he
resorted to the novel expedient of
steering with his ailerons-the
hinged flaps at the rear of the top
wings, used for horizontal balanc-
ing.
Makes Pretty Landing.
Pulling down the aileron on the
right wing had the effect of pre-
senting a certain amount of re-
sistance to the air, and conse-
quently of swerving the machine
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-24

Two men in Tacoma are being
sought by the police with news OF
death in their families. Bryan
Martins mother died in Port An
geles Tuesday night and relatives
are anxious to notify him. Thorn
as r. Holmes father died in Tren-
ton, n. j., and the police here
have been asked to notify him
Neither of the men had been To-
Gated Wednesday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-24
COUNCIL ASKS NATION TO
CURB FOOD PROFITEERS

Declaring that the people
Of America are ready to
make any sacrifice to win
the war, but that they are be-
ing gouged by food prof
iteers, and are asking for
square DEAL" the Taco
ma city council sent a me-
mortal to Washington, ID. O.,
Wednesday asking for force
full action against this class.
The memorial was address,
ed to President Wilson, War
Secretary Baker, Food Adj
ministrator Hoover and the
senator's and representatives
OF Washington. All other
cities I'm Washington will be
asked TO take similar action.
The memorial follows:
Your memorialists, the mayo
and city councilmen of the cit.
of Tacoma, state of Washington
respectfully state and petition a
follows:
That the war program to whicl
the United States of America 1
committee has wisely called 70
the minimum use of wheat flou
for home consumption during tn
period of the war.
That the use Of wheat substi
tutes has been made compulsor
and the sudden demand has al
forde dan unusual opportunity 70
dealers to raise prices to a figur
almost prohibitive, thereby wori
Ing an unwarrantable hardshi
upon the consumer. ne fas p
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-24
CUT MUNY
CAR FARE

: Members of the city council
voted a five per cent reduction in
fares on the municipal railway
Wednesday by deciding to sell
five-cent tickets hereafter at the
rate of FL for 81. The tickets are
good only inside the city limits.
Commissioner Atkins explained
that conductors on the crowded
shipyards street cars were unable
to collect all the fares snd make
change under present conditions.
With tickets, he said, the city
would save many dollars each day
on fares that are now escaping the
conductors, and the reduced fare
would be more than equaled in to-
tai receipts.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-24

to the right; and the same with
the left aileron.
In this way he staggered back
to the French lines, like a boy
with arms out balancing himself
on the top of fence.
Down over the flying field he
wabbled, and made as pretty a
landing as l ever saw.
He was as cool as il taking a
practice spin at Pau, tho the
the snapped control wires were
curled and tangled around his
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-24
|A|RMAN TELLS OF BRAvEST FEAT HE EVER SAW
BY LIEUT. GRANVILLE A. POLLOCK
American Aviator in the Lafayette Flying Corps
French Foreign Legion.
(COPYRI CHIT, 1881


The most amazing stunt 1
ever saw in the air was not
a fight-it was an accident.
The man who came out of
il alive was cited in orders
and decorated for his re-
nlarkable exhibition Of skill
and nerve.
1t was thing that had
never happened before.
The man was Jack" AlleZ OF
my own squadron, a clever pilot
and a fine fellow.
His father, head of Allez Ere
res, is the John Wanamaker Of
The ad., "Allez Freres, Paris" is
stuck on every railroad, subway
and trolley car seat in France.
Hit by Friendly Shell.
We were on the Verdun front,
and Allez was up on patrol work,
when his machine was struck in
midair by a friendly she'll
1t was ticklish business flying
low over this sector where your
own gunners were giving the
boche a strafing with big stuff
and the Huns returning the COM
pliment.
When you get down to the
6000-foot level, with. a flock of
lights" ten" and "twelves'
from the big howitzers buzzing
across, there is considerable dan
ger.
1t beats lodging the traffic at
9Th ave. and AID st.
Many Shot Down.
We had already had a number
Of machines shot down and pilots
killed, but the work was "emer-
+ gency" and had to be done at
low levels, and there was no time
to stop Smelling to accommodate
the air corps.
Our 10 and 12-inch howitzers
were firing at 10000 to $4,000
yards range, and the shells were
reaching their highest point at
about 6000 feet. All the big
shells go up to a heigh of about
one-third their total range.
had that morning been fly
ing down TO this height, with my
time all given to watching the
six points of the compass-there
are six for the aviator: Up ano
down as we'll as NJ, s., II. and w
Competing With Shell.
1t certainly makes you fee
sick when your machine is sud
denly rocked from side to side a
tho giant hands were trying t.
Il shake it to pieces.
The first time this happened t
me | did not know what was up
Comparing notes afterward, tn
fellows laughed as they told M
| had simply "butted into a ira
jectory''-crossed the path of
passing shell.
The receding black dot that
saw was the shell that didn'
have my number painted on 1t.
1t is only visible second or two
But to get to the story:
Jack AlIez was flying low
in the middle of this mess
when we suddenly saw he
was i'm trouble and stagger-
ing back home.
A big shell hit his ma
chine fairly i'm the side, GO
ing thru the fuselage, cut
ting every control wire, and
leaving him helpless so far
as orthodox steering was con-
cerned.
Fortunately it missed his
tank of "essence."
The sudden shock and jerk a
the big she'll went thru, consid
erably upset him for a moment
but he recovered almost instantl.
and realizing that his control
were gone, he did the only thin
that could possibly have save
him from a fall and certain deaf
--throttled his motor down to
speed where the thrust of the pre-
peller was just sufficient to kee
his plane flying in normal nor
zontal position.
Can BE Done by Fluke.
There is a point in the propelle
thrust of each machine where,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-24

his free hand and struck at Mich
OILS, who pushed him away down
to the ground"
Hilda Fisher. first witness for
the defense, who is worker at
the Carstens plant, testified to
seeing the strikers beat Schuchart,
kick him and throw stones at him
after he was down.
Mrs. Frances Mathews gave evil
dence similar to that of Miss
Fisher.
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0nAOxL, t,EtsoERT

GNAD<L NkES6ENT
feet, and he never knew at what
moment the tail Of his machine,
hanging by a thread, would break
off. and he would 60 plunging
down to death.
When his machine came to a
stop, he calmly climbed out, stood
a moment looking at the wreck,
and uletly collapsed.
The next day he was cited and
decorated for the most remark
able bit of plotting work the fly
ing corps had ever seen.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-24
BUCKLEy.TAc0mA

Lv. Tacoma-10:0o a. m, $3.50 D. N.
Lv; Buckley-s:oo a. m. 1890 ,. N.
Tacoma and Yelm, Lakeview, Hill
hurst, Greendale. Roy. McKennA
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-24

Leaves S,'n4 Tacoma. 80 s;s.t SO 60. sso
l;io: $3.50. 9. 7:ao p; m:
n. Ls is:soot s.4li isSs / =. e. ::ic II
Trips direct to Soldiers Home,
leaving home Is minutes before ieav-
ing Orting.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-24

MOOSE AUTO STAGE
Stand--Croft Hotel. 1919 Pacific Ave.
re and Central Bus station
New-York tribune., 1918-09-27

may register as SUCH" issued yesterday
by. the Irish Protective League. was
Semphatically repudiated by Mr.. Conboy
last night. who added that any claimant
to Irish Republic citizenship" will be
registered as subjects Of Great Britain.
The Irish Protective League issued
its statement on the experiment of
Paul J. Hayes. Sean O'Hehir. Lawrence
o.Neill and Patrick j. Fitzgerald. all
of 24o West Thirty-fourth Street
They answered question No. Is on
the enrolment card, which asks for
the state or country Of the registrant
IT he is an alien, by insisting that they
owed allegiance to the Irish Republic "
In space on the back of the card.
reserved for just such emergencies.
according to Mr.. Conboy, the registrar.
Robert D. Murray, noted that he did
not believe that such political power
existed.
According to Mr.. Conboy, he ordered
the men to be registered as subjects
of Great Britain after he had conferred
with Q. H. Daily. of SO Broadway, attor-
ney for the defendants, and Assistant
United States District Attorney At
water.