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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-06
New York A. C. Runner
r esponds to Good
Coaching and Develops
Into Winner
By A. c. Cavagnaro

The surprising reversal Of form
shown by Jack R. Sellers, the New
York Athletic Club athlete, during the
past month has caused considerable
gossip among the metropolitan ath-
letes. Questions are being asked every
day as to how Sellers attained the
speed that enabled him to become a
national champion overnight Several
answers have been returned from COM
petent critics
One expert contends that Sellers has
finally corrected his main fault of fail
ing to use a proper pace during his
races, which fault was particularly evil
dent before his sudden leap into fame
Credit for correcting this fault is
given to Andy Walsh, the Brooklyn
A. A. coach who has poured consider
able advice into the ears of Sellers
Before Sellers began to achieve his
successes he had to be satisfied with
races, this being principally duo to his
failure to spring his final effort at the
proper moment. His inability to rem
edy this trouble was causing him much
worry. However, Sellers Is an athlete
who listens eagerly to advice, with the
result that he should soon earn n place
among Americas greatest half mile
runners.
The national senior indoor cham
pionships of last year will always be
indelibly printed on Sellerss mind, for
it was in these games at the 18th Regi-
ment Armory that he gave the impress
sion that he was the sort of middle
distance runner his friends had de-
clared him to be. 1t was on this night
that Sellers furnished two surprises
first, by finishing second to Joie w.
Ray in the 1,00O-yard championship
run, and, later, by winning the 500
yard title from such athletes as Ted
Meredith, Dave Caldwell, Frank Shea
and Homer Baker.
Following these performances, Sellers
added the 1,000-yard senior METROPOLITAN
Association championship. In achieving
this honor Sellers again displayed the
speed that carried him to a new record.
AS in two previous contests, Sellers had
the satisfaction of defeating Homer
Baker, who early last winter had de-
feated Sellers on four successive oc-
casions. Therefore, rivalry between
them has been keen.
Sellers will go in quest of another
championship when he starts in the
Metropolitan Association 60O-yard run
at the Postal Clerks games at the 18th
Regiment Armory, Brooklyn, next Sat
urday evening Incidentally, on this
occasion, Sellers will have the satisfac-
ton of representing the New York Ath-
letic Club in a championship competi-
ton for the first time in two years.
Although Sellers has two titles to his
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-06
Football Coach
For Crimson
Picks Two Aids
O'Brien, Former End, and
Snow, Guard, Will Help
Rollins This Spring

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, April b.-Win-
gate Rollins, head coach Of tho Har-
ward football team for spring practice,
has chosen Frank O'Brien and Bill
Snow to help him out when the squad
reports next Tuesday OBrien was an
end on the Harvard eleven which de-
feated Yale 15-5 In 1914. Snow was
a guard on the 1915 team, and resigned
the informal captaincy the following
season to study for naval commits
sion.
About fifty men are booked to re-
port next week They will undoubt-
edly attend the meeting Monday night
in the trophy room Of the Harvard
Union. The speakers have not yet been
announced Lothrop Wilmington, gen
orally considered as tho most likely
successor to Haughton. will reach this
country by the 18th. He Is connected
also with the banking firm OF White,
Weld & Co., with which Haughton has
associated himself.
Two shifts in the varsity crew have
been made this week, Captain Fred
Whitman, stroke, and Del Leighton,
bow, changing positions, and Frank
Lothrop, No. in the second crew, re-
placing George Batchelder at the same
position in the regular eight. Batchei-
dei's short legs proved his undoing, for
it forced him to reach forward In the
stroke much further than the taller
men about him. He is q very good oar
and may prove to Coach Haines and
Captain Whitman that what they con-
slider fault may not be so serious
failing after all Leighton appears to
get more drive than Whitman did at
stroke, and, all in all, the shell skins
over the water better than. it has at
any time this season.
The sectional Ward shell which is to
be used in the race with Annapolis
and Cornell will be shipped Monday.
There is a similar boat here for the
varsity, with the exception that 1t IS
not divided.
The varsity baseball season opens
Wednesday against Bowdoin. Harvard's
probable battery will be Horween, the
football player, as pitcher, and Tom
Gammack, of last years informals, be-
hind the plate.
The remainder of the lineup will be
Jimmy King, first base; Captain Nc
Leod, second base: Bob Emmons or
Kenneth Perkins, shorts*op; Tom Nee
han, third base; Rufus Bond, left field;
Bobby Gross, centre field, and jeff
Jones, right field.
Coach Duffy will make up his batting
order tomorrow. Mcleod will prob
ably bat fourth, with Bond a notch be-
hind. The Crimson has eight pitchers
to pick from, but none Of them is show
inc fr11e 'varaitv form In addition n
Horween, Fred Billiard and Ernest
Hardell appear to have the edge on the
remainder. Behind the bat Austin
Blair and Carl Stillman will fight it
out with Gammack, with the pill slam
mer winning the Job.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-06
Northland Canine a Horse.
Especially i'm Winter Time

thick. He was laughing all over with
good nature, and the idea Of such muir
derous exploits as the waitress sug-
gested seemed impossible.
You'd oughta talk to somo Of the
drivers around here, she said Dogs
Is just as different as men. There was
one fellow wintered up here told me
he used to be in the theatrical bust
ness, and managing a cranky star and
huffy chorus, was, he said, the only
thing that compared to driving a dog
team.
"His leader was wicked brute, but
clever s the devil. Put him bac in
the team and he'd sulk and shirk SOS
you couldn't never tell it except from
the other dogs getting sore at him.
But let him up front and he'd follow
trail clean over the top Of the Pole.
That man used to say you could loaf
driving hearse or even a Ford and
it'd stay in the road, but the fellow
that set out to drive dogs had to drive
every minute or his team'd pile up in
a fight or swing off an follow the first
scent they got"
Down the street came the tinklinq
of bells and tangle Of dogs. In the
middle was q team-Jersey, Sport
Blackie and Sheppard surrounding
them like sportive comets was an as
sortment of unattached canine energy
sufficient to run q mill. The boy who
drove the dogs from his little cart was
about thirteen.
"Mush onl Mush onl" he cried to his
team. as unmindful Of the cameras of
the tourists as of the gyrations of his
satellites.
He says he'll win the Alaska Sweep
stakes when he grows up. He's crazy
about racing" the waitress explained
And maybe he will. He's drove since
he was five"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-06
Jack SeIle7''s Sudden Lean
TO Fame Surprise to Many

credit, 1t is unlikely that his club win
take cognizance of these efforts, as With
the entrance of this country into the
war the Winged Foot organization de-
creed that 1t would not let y any
OF its members carry the colors of the
club IN championship competition.
Among Bakers rivals on next Satur.
day evening will be Jimmy O'Brien,
Loughlin Lyceum the present local
champion for this dieEsnce; Homer
Baker, Glencoe Athletic Club; Neal
Shaughnessy and Arthur Reilly, Knights
OF st: Antony, and Walter Braunstein,
Morningside Athletic Club,
The Junior and senior Metropolitan
Association 'cross-country committees
are to meet tomorrow night with the
object Of selecting dates for this years
contest. These events cannot be run
within the next five weeks without In
terfering with open races that are
scheduled every Sunday. According TO
q rumor, 1t has been intimated that the
committees will vote to revert TO the old
custom of conducting these champion
ship runs in the fall.
While Cornell will again have the
majority OF last years athletes In com
petition this year, there seems to be-
lack Of field candidates to worry Jack
Monkey. the coach. The team was
materially strengthened few days ago
with tho return of Ivan Dresser, the
twomile outdoor champion; J. NJ. Watt,
the hurdler, and +. S. Abreu, the half
miller, whom Moakley hopes to develop
into champion. Moakley has sent
out an urgent appeal for field ath-
letes
Cornell's spring schedule contains
three meets. The first sc" team 70
compete away from home will be that
Of twelve men, which will be sent 60
represent the college in the Penn re-
lay games the last Friday and Satur-
day of this month. 1t will be the first
time IN three years that Cornell will
be represented in these games. Then
follows dual meet with the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania at Ithaca on May
10, while on May II Moakley will
take team at Annapolis to battle with
the midshipmen. BY this time Moak-
ley expects to have strengthened his
squad sufficiently to regain its old
prestige in the intercollegiate cham
pionships in the Harvard Stadium on
May 80 and 81.
Distance runners Of the local dis
trict are requested to send In their
entries for the Easter Sunday handi-
cap run of the Brooklyn Athletic Az
ISOLATION. No fewer than TWENTY-FIVE
prizes are to be awarded, and among
the starters already named are Max
Bohland, Louis Kaufman, Charles
Pores and Oswald Larsen.
Three athletes, Jimmy O'Brien, Jack
Sellers and Neal Shaughnessy, have
accepted the invitation to compete in
the Suburban Quarter, which will fea-
ture the annual Knights of ST. Antony
games at the 9th Regiment Armory,
Brooklyn, on the evening of April 26.
Loren Murchison, the St. Louis whirl-
wind, was recently invited to send his
entry
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-06
College Athletics
Encouraged by
War Department

WASHINGTON. April s. College
athletic activities by members Of the
Reserve Officers Training Corps are to
be encouraged by all military instruc-
tors at institutions where units are in
training, the War Departments COM
mittee on education and special train
ing announced to-day in a special order
sent to all schools
While there will be no athletic or
CARNATIONS made up of student soldiers
alone, efforts are to be made to permit
all youths taking military instruction
to participate generally in athletics.
The granting Of excuses from military
training for athletic activities is pro-
.vded in the following instructions sent
out to-day:
"A reasonable number of excuses
may be granted from military train
ing TO permit men to participate in
college activities, these excuses to
include the physical training portion
OF the military programme and such
other portions of the military pro-
gramme as the faculty Of an insti-
tuition may prescribe. The professor
Of military science and tactics and
the head of the athletic department
are members in equal standing in
that body and may present their
cases on an equal basis. This mat
ter must be regulated at the indi-
vidual institution. Local conditions
vary so widely as to make single
ruling for all impossible"
1t Is required, however, that all
members of the reserve officers train
ing corps to be eligible for athletic
excuses must maintain - satisfactory
degree of proficiency in their military
training work"
The War Departments committee on
education and special training main
tains that a certain programme of
physical instruction Is necessary for
all members of the reserve officers
training corps and that college ath-
letics are expected to provide this
physical training.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-06
Three Baseball Stars
Return to Yale Team

NEW HAVEN, April B-Ya,e's ba.s-
S Ssn chances received an impetus TO-
40 when 1t was announced that Char
~. ~ IHo,m1erford. Orson Kinney and Ger
90 VConnor had rejoined the souad
M snat Cal Holmes and Charley Pa
days. :" TWO or tnree
Iomerford was pitcher three season.
go snd was one Of Yalc's most brill
IN. Football ends. Kinney played third
s Ssss On the 1915 nine, and 0'Connor
H a. freshman pitcher that season.
lta tonnes and Faherty have been vt their
Injuries. WV ""'NS VIZ" siighs
Inc Yale management In planning "
Spsn The season with Wesleyan herc
.s.osaay. II was stated tonight thai
e Field would apparently be in
rape TO ailow tins match 10 be plaved
s"isss adverse weather prevented.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-06
Optimistic
About Prospects
For Track Team

ITHACA, N. Y, April 5.--The out
look for the development Of another
strong track team at Cornell this year,
team that should, with the exception
of the weight events and high jump,
be considerably stronger than last
year, was materially improved at the
opening of the spring term with the
return to the university of Ivan G.
Dresser, twomiler; John Watt, hurd-
Ter, and f. S. Abreu, half-miler
In 1918 Dresser was the fastest OF
all college distance runners. He won
the two-mile race at the intercol-
legiates on Franklin Field and in the
dual meet between M. I. T. and Cor
nell he covered the two-mile course in
9 minutes 1926 seconds, faster than
the intercollegiate record and within
less than five seconds of the American
record set by Tell Berna. He also was
cross-country champion in 1917
Dresser will get down to training at
once and Coach Moakley hopes that he
will round into form within q short
time. Last year Monkey regarded
Dresser as promising to become the
fastest two-mile runner he had ever
developed.
Watt ran on the varsity team in
1916, and won his letter, though he
did not place in the Intercollegiate
He left college in 1917 Moakley con-
siders him promising hurdler, ana
with Smith. Bickford and Watt Cor
nell should be well represented in both
hurdle events. Abreu finished fifth in
the half-mie at last years intercol =
legiates. That was his first year on
the varsity team. He, too, is prom
Using man and should help Mayer and
McDermott considerably in the 800
yard run.
The leaders Of the track squad, as
outdoor practice opens, are Shackleton
in the sprints Mayer in the 440. Mayer,
McDermott and Abreu in the $780,;
bach Yost and Adams in the distance;
Smith, Watt and Bickford in the hur-
dies; Reevis and Grigson In the pole
vault; 1elter, Shackleton and Smith in
Jewett In the high jump, and bangs
and Jewett In the weights.
Towing practice was resumed
Wednesday. Part Of tho squad had
stayed over for The spring races last
week, but blizzard forced tho sus-
pehsion Of practice and the men we're
allowed TO 20 home. -Four varsity and
two freshman eights nre now rowing
every day on the inlet. The first
freshman eight Is making good prog
ross, but iyregularity in practice has
put the varsity combinations back.
Coach Courtney expects to pick two
varsity Fights In the very near future
and concentrate on them for the spring
racing programme. Cornell is to row
the Princeton varsity and freshmen
on May "a, the races taking place on
Cayuga Lake, and If alumni requests
for Juno Fl. during Cornells semi
centennial celebration. Comedians
would like to SEQ both Columbia and
Pennsylvania In this event.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-06
Insignia for Sports
Awarded mt C.. G.. ~. Y.

At a meeting Of the executive board
Of the Athletic Association Of tho Col
legc Of the City Of New York yester-
day tho following insignia for sport
activity during tho past season were
awarded
Varsity MISUNDERSTANDING; Gry-hem. 1919,
garycy, 1870; Iehrmnn 1881: Goodfrcnd. 1920
Baskctbnll; Arthur Taft. 1920
Fishbcin, 1921.
&, 6. n. =. y. T--lIs.s. 1921; pcppys, 1919
NumeYals--Bnchr. 1919: Oarlock. 1890; IoGr-
naucr. 1890 benjamin. 1921. Aahworth 1921
,ioohman. ,l esl Lanhor. le2l IIausmsns 1891
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-06
Soccer Players Live
In Danger in Ireland

DUBLIN, April 5.-Drhere was scri-
Gus recurrence Of football rowdyism In
the Irish Senior Cup sem-nnnl between
Belfast Celtic and Glentoran, which
was recently decided at Cliftonvile.
During the second half, feeling WINS in
troduced by the players. which com
inundated itself to The spectators. with
the result that The crowd broke into
tho field aud mnds for the plnyers
many Of whom had 10 run for their
lives.
Btones were thrown and tho ratings
were amnshed. This referee, recognlz.
Ing TINT II would be Impossible 10 con
t!nue tho contest, abandoned the game
and the official Ind TO be escorted by
the police and stewnrda to the pavilion
to escape the mob
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-06
LOO PACK ALASKA
Milkman Beaten
by TippIer by Half
Length at Havana

HAVANA, Cuba, April 5.-The Yuru-
mi Handicap was the feature of to-
days programme at Oriental Park and
1T furnished a splendid contest, in
which Tippler beat Milkman by a scant
half length in q driving finish. Tip
pier set a fast pace from the break,
but was inclined to bear out. Frach
had q snug hold on him, however, for
four Of the five and a half furlongs.
Racing conditions were ideal, and
this, coupled with the fact that the
meeting closes tomorrow, was probably
responsible for the large gathering
which was present. There was much
enthusiasm when the Williams stable
scored double with Zim and Koran.
Assessor beat Ralph S. by length In
the opening event, while Aunt Flora
came from behind in the second and
won by a length from Frank Burke.
Zim's margin over Violet was only a
neck in the third, and in the fourth
Precious Jewel beat Dione by two
lengths Koran made all his own pace
and beat Beverly James by three
lengths.
First race tthrce year -olds and upward claim
Ing purse $500 six furongs) Assessor. l13 Nor
1903 (Murray) 8 to 2. to and out. second; Di1is
Highway. ITO (Fneyl, to !. 8 to and to g.
third. Time, LA. Lydia III The Six Hundred
Clonaklty Brown Baby and Zangaree also ran.
Second race cthrce year Odds and upward claim.
ing purse, $500; six furlongsl Aunt Flora, 81
Tiney) % l. to and to g. htst Franz
second [ich!ns Kia. lia wipsasld'. to {
High Olympus. scya. Rora and Toy Miss also gan
Third (thrcc-year- olds and upward claiming
purse. $500; six furlongsl lin. ia q. HowsrG
to l. to l and even, second: Duke Ruff 81
lWhlte), 4 to l. TO and to 8, third Time
! :l3tS. Eliza. Banyan, vignola. Brown Prince ane
Pajaroita ii also ran
Fourth race three year old maidens: claiming
purse, $500; Eve and one half furlongs) .-preciou
Jewel. 95 tWida), s to 2. even and to 2. hrst
l D9ns q s sG Ns4ess 70 100 rn to
and to s. third. Time. :o7 Is. Carey Maid
Stetto. Cafeteria. Venetian Boy and Duke Johr
also
Fifth race tthree -ycar-olds and upward; handi
Tpplcr IOi cTraschl . to l, to and 3 to S
first; Milkman. III (Wlngfeld). to 8, to 3 an,
2. TO / and even. third Time. Is. Rafferty,
Malyolio and Hamilton A. also ran.
Sixth race tthres year -olds and upward; breeder.
purse, $500: one rnlIe) Koran. 100 o. Howard),
Pcfz, 20 to on" to and ' to 'iF' scco onps' tuid
Post. l1S Murray, 10 g. to and out thlrd
Time, $685. London Girl. scorpif. Postmaster an,
Iackrosc also
claiming purse. $500 ono mile and nifty yafds) =
dfsf seyan. III crhnrbc T5 to i. to ap4 1 an
5 to md to .. third. Time. t.422s Beaut
| Shop. London Girl. First Ballot Annie Edgar an
| Shaudon also ran.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-06
Columbia Fencers
Win College Title
After Close Battle

In the finals Of the round robin fenc-
ing tournament OF the intercollegiate
Association, held in the grand ballroom
OF the Hotel Astor last night, the
Columbia University foilsmen emerged
victorious, closely pressed by the An
napois midshipmen. The final stand
ing showed 81 returns for the Blue
and White fencers to 25 for the mid
dies. Harvard was third with 20 vic
tories.
Penn finished fourth, with 10 vic
tories, while Yale trailed last, with g.
The outcome of the meet was not de-
sermined until the final bout between
Bracket, of Columbia, and Smellie, of
the navy, the former winning.
F. j. Cunningham navy, won the
honors In the individual sabre COM
petition.
The summaries:
r. Ts's' csluids dsts,tsa s%sllls rsy -;
"a Mica Tale ia charnock. Fsnnsyiyanis
Bf.tst., ceurnsi.- defeated s,mtstq,. PENN
s ,,s.., 49, 49, ssreoss fsaesyi'als f5,
2,s iii,; s K ss nll e.1 Yss ~ snow
td sls3sst csdqqd., astss,el emsiis Nay, ~,
pa ~ l f'siGf F''9as.ly r it.e l1
va asy flsrsfd, ialiii Miils' Ysls." 9"9,
o'a i IL H.. 81 slmsso psnasyisada, 10
fnsIps tarz. dsas'ad gs,i,rsy. t.soesyt,.ais
Giss :sS's''f ~ M NIX s' ~ ,''7s .1
s@ @ss:a .S g Gs,,'' n,ss.,s ogmas -
.nts. "a ordssy, HsfyAsd 9"0, bh,os YaIa
h.,sr.1 t'I rs1,. fss, e. miiIh, Tsis' ~
s DSs1'c; n.m ss.vb ds,',sa n," celuwel.
lib. iss,sr Ysis -" '%1A Nil.. 1'lll1 s ys,s
hrr ,s. III sinpsoa. peanssl,ans, "a ''"'"'
sIm, Niles YAH. 49, MlliIs .Yslo, "a '
~; Mia. YAK, i e~ia a''''''d o'd"''' Harvard
,. ohsrng Str 'eoyl'ss defeated snov. Harvard.
snox m m.ls.,d fs as,. ~ Emse Nav.
Eils sfsy !psnnayl',niA. 90 Minis. YaIs. -;
n1a: Harvard defeated Forster CoInnbis. is-li,
6saas, navy min ls iiS S5.o cs'9s@ ns x;
ii t.es psnnsylvsnls "a: Nils Yale 80!
Mills Ysl.. dsfs, nlI'i ro 9ss; i Co,,,. y,
LESTER, YAH. defeated Hrscks.t. CoiYnh,s "a
cssrsonl fsnnsylsn4. 10; ordway. Harvard. "a;
~' rsnhAylTsnia. Il: Hmso. Navy. la
EyESrSO BOUTS
,a~oss,ss, Ysl. defeated Kstsr.y Pam A
"nnns' fsa defeated Bmpson Penn II
gay "y. Harvard. defeated Brnsiic. Navy IA
sisosss' p REM. III snow. Harvard. deeats
ra pe.naeaZ Nsy. defeated ofdwsy. Harvard. 60
sss-' H. a9ssaos. FL cslnan Nsy. defeated
way. Hsr.,d T' IN defeated Miles Yas. s-5; Ord
ss.ssst Columbia defeated ' wiiis y ifs' "a
1919 hovy. l3-i5 Bloomer Columbia de-
INDIVIDUAL SABRE
x S%Ssnl.sAi pa., S,u, dss.s;sd Hsss Pom
wsssxr" J ysa, ".'z. defeated Hss. Penn. 7s Mo
~ d H'ss. reoa. defeated Mcwhsrtsr. Penn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-06
Booth Lehigh Captain

BETHLEHEM, Penn, April 5.-Edwin
Booth, who won the heavyweight in
ttercollegate championship in wrcst-
ing at Penn State last Saturday. was
to-day chosen captain of Lehigh's
wrestling team for next year Lehigh
wwill lose intercollegiate champions
bevicr and Manlev by graduation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-06
4 RS. EDWARD z. FIN
4 NEY (nee Clare CALI

ganJ, VINO Ieft yesterday
to join her husband in Los An
geIes. Mrs. Finney is ono Of tho
greatest women swimmers Of the
decade and has decided 10 retro
from The game. Her decision will
make the moro interesting the
500-ysrds national championship
race TO be held al tho Brighton
Beach Winter Pool on April 10.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-04-06
Hot Springs Entries

sApprcntics allowance claimed.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-28
FINANCIAL REVIEW

New York Nov. 2S.-The New York
Evening Suns financial review today
said:
The market again slumped very
badly today and many of the prices
recorded meant that months of bull
campaigning had been completely I'M
done in the more or less persistent de-
cline which has been in progress during
the last fortnight New lows on the
downward movement We're made by a
wide range of industrial and railroad
stocks which looked extremely cheaper
as measured by recent levels
While extensive. the downward move
ment was orderly with net losses run
ming from to points on an average
during the height of the decline. In a
few extreme cases much larger losses
were scored.
The immediate cause of the market s
fresh weakness was to be found in a
combination of news rumor and APP
prehension ensendered by the latest
twist OF the Mexican situation, the re-
lection of the governments offer by
the bituminous coal miners, reports
that Ehrope's financial structure is
lettering and rumors of further action
by banking authorities toward curbing
speculation and the unsolved railroad
problem.
Following a temporary rally at mid
day, the whole market turned extreme
" weak in the last hour, at which time
the low prices of the day were made.