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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-12
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HUCCINS FAILS ID LAND RICE
 0F SENATORS

New York, Dec. PA lot of beau tiful words uttered by Miller Hug gins, manager of the Yankees, failed him yesterday in his attempt to win Sam Rice. the heavyhitting outfielder, away from the Washington SenatO tOrs. HUggins and Clark Griffith gossiped for several hours at the Waldorf Astoria yesterday, but at the end no deal had been consummated.
 Although Ben Minor and Griffith are not with the Yankee owners in their fight against Johnson, Huggins was willing tc' give a >princely sum to the Washington club in return for Rice. The little manager was also willing to part with several of his players for the outfelder.
 But Griffith, although willing, yes, anxious to talk trade, would not con- sent to any deal which would involve either Rice or his great pitcher, Wal ter Johnson. The Old Fox was about ready to trade any other ball player on his club, but when it came to these two players, he was deaf, dumb and blind.
 Rice is considered one of the best outfielders in the American League and his addition to the New York team would add great strength to the offensive power of the Yankees. Hug gins no doubt will make another at tempt to land Rice at the next meet ing of the league, although the task looks hopeless at the present time.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-12
|HOWLEY, NEW HARTFORDPILOT,
 IS OLD TIMER

Hartford, Dec. 12--Manager Dan Howley, who has just been named to lead the Hartford club, has had a long career in baseball.
 Howley was manager of the Toron- to Club in 1918, winning the Interna- tional League pennant with his club that season. Previous to that year, he was with Montreal and Hugh Rorty, who used to umpire in organ ized baseball not so many years ago, vouches for the statement that How ley is a first-class baseball man.
 The new Hartford manager knows the game thoroughly, is a good hand Ter of men and is full of baseball wisdom. During the 1919 season, he assisted Hughie Jennings, the Detroit manager, coaching the pitching staff of the Tigers. Howley went to Mon treal in 1914, succeeding Kitty Brans- field, later an umpire, in the Can adian city. The new manager will take up his duties in the near future and is expected in this city shortly to confer with Owner CIarkin in re- gard to players for next years team s HOWley is no novice when it com es to handling ball clubs. He was at the helm in Toronto in 1918 when the club won the pennant in the Inter national league after the hardest kind of a race. He also figured in fifty games behind the bat for his club, where he did creditabIe work. He was with Montreal from 1914 to
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-12
Real Storm Prevails Over Artificial In Filming
 Of The Willow Tree

A sincere storm spoiled a manu- factured storm for ''The Willow Tree Viola Dana's latest Screen Classics, Inc, production, at the Metro studios in Hollywood, California.
 The artificial storm was to occur in the picturesque Japanese garden which has been laid out on the Metro studio grounds for the production. Wind-makers, rain-nlakers, lightning scissors and everything else that is used to make a, modern movie hur- ricane were placed about the garden, which was lit by a battery of power ful arcs.
 About o'clock the real wind start ed blowing; about the same time Henry Otto, who is directing '"The Willow Tree" was ready to make the motion picture storm. With consider able difficulty several scenes were filmed, but after a. couple of the lights had been blown over. and ac- cidents narrowly averted the flake" storm was given up in favor of the real wind.
 'The Willow Tree" a Japanese fantasy by J. H. Benrirno and Harri- son Rhodes, presented on the stage by Conan and Harris and adapted for the screen by June Mathis, is rapidly nearing completion. For the past week Miss Dana, has been working be- fore John Arnold's camera in the garden. A number of Nipponese ap- pear in the scenes.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-12
HARvI.RD TEAM
 PRACTICES FOR
 TRIP ID COAST

Cambridge, Mass, Dec. 12.---There was great rejoicing :n the Harvard football camp yesterday when the Athletic Committee voted to allow the Varsity to continue it's plan to meet the University of Oregon football team at Pasadena, Cal, on New Years Day. The committee, after reviewing the fuel situation, decided that the trip could not be objected to, and gave out the good news.
 The players, who will have only eight days before starting for the coast, got down to the business of football in earnest on the frozen field. Fi cad Coach obert T. Fisher was in charge and was assisted by Derric Parmanter, the centre coach, and Trainer Donovan.
 The latter started the players going just as he Would at the beginning of an ordinary season, but it was not long before the team was practicing plays, particularly it's forward pass ing game. It is felt that it will take back to it's offensive football, but much work will be done on the de- fensive.
 The University of Oregon has a heavy and powerful team this season, and the style of game Harvard eX- poets to meet is essentially one of line smashing. Coach Fisher will take enough men to make two elevens For centres he will have A. Horween, Philbin, and Havemeyer; for guards, Brown, Clark, and Woods; tackles, SedgewicI1, Hubbard, Kane, and Faxon; ends, Desmond. Steele, Ryan and Phinney. Captain Murray, Eel ton, and Johnson will be the quarter backs, and for the regular backfield Casey. Humphrey, R. Horween, Nel- son, Burnham, Church, and Gratwick
 The team will leave Boston Dec. 20. spending a few hours in Chicago en route and being in San Francisco Christmas Day. Practice at Los An geles will begin Dec. 26.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-12
MILLION DOLLAR GATE INBOXING
 MAY COME YET

New York, Dec. 12-Is a million dollar gate a possibility in boxing? Some observers, contemp plating the worldwide interest in the proposed bout between Dempsey and Carpen- tier, consider that it IS not only a possibility, but very imminent prob- ability. The Dempsey-SVlIard fracas drew gross receipts of considerably less than half q million dollars, but it seems obvious on the face of things that Q match between the French man and the American would enable it's promoters to charge spectators even more for seats than was the case on the 4th of last July and at the same time attract a far larger gathering.
 This condition would obtain whether the bout were held in Paris, on the French national holiday, or in New Orleans or some other Ameri- can city, or in the neutral territory of London. Influences of patriotic cons. iteration might tend to increase the attendance in one of the two countries directly represented, but London is intensely interested in box ing, despite the downfall of it's champions, and Charles Cochran, the British promoter, is said to be will ing to go even as high as S20O,0 900 in his offer to Dempsey for a fight in the British capital Carpenter, also, is in a position to be fairly exacting in his demands upon a promoter, and with the tremendous expenses other wise Involved the gate receipts would have to approximate a million very closely in order to show such a profit as would gFadfy those assuming the risks.
 A milHon-doIlar fight is a far cry from the old days of the sport. F'itz- simmons fought Corpett before a S22, 900 house in 1897. and the Jeff .!-Fitzsimmons receipts in 1902 in San Francisco did not greatly exceed S3O,000- Sullivan and Corbett drew S45. 900 in New Orleans in 1892 and the Jefrries-Corbett fight of 1908 at tracted $63,340. Even the $27O,775 which was paid to watch Johnson and Jeffries do battle at Reno in 1910 seems aim ost trif1ing in comparison with what mpsey-Carpentie bout may be expected to attract
 The Dernpsey-Willard match did not draw the crowd that was anticipated by very considerable margin, but Dempsey and the F'renchman would offer a much more popular attraction Carpenter possesses the worlds ad- rl5ration- regardless of nationality. No other fighters war record ap- breaches his In fact there are un- doubtedly . good many Americans, admirers though they may be of the tearing sIashing fighter that Demp- sey is in the squared ctrcle,who would regret greatly to see the brilliant French soldier at his feet Neverthe- less they would not hesitate to dis rupt the old bankroT for the privil- ege of being counted among those present at the finish, whichever way the decision might go.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-12
STRANGE NfIssIONERs.

It is curious indeed that the little group of enemies of Irish freedom who recently arrived here to spread the British imperialist propaganda should receive announcement from anyone in America Characteristica1- ly it appears that these men are en- listing religious prejudice in aid of their mission
 In this country. as they will find, that sort of appeal has proved time and again a two-edged sword. Be sides. one does not have to dip far into the tragic history of enchained Ireland to discover that many of those who gave their lives for Irish freedom have not been Roman Catholics Also we have the word of conspicuous non-Catholics like James Stephens and George Russell that there is no. religious intolerance in Ireland save in a small section repre- scented by the group of men now here to oppose the application of the principle of self determination to their native land. A noble mission Indeed!
 ! It is amazing to read that these gentry were warmly rece3ved'' by the members of the Board of Foreign Missions and were slobbered over by a D1snOp-
 Bishop Luther B. Wilson, who may or may not be a relation of the author of the defunct Fourteen Points in which self f-determination figured so prominently, is actually quoted as addressing them fol lows: "I believe that I express the feeling of the members of the board when I say that we recognize there can be only one flag for Ireland and that the flag of the United Kingdom
 That is what the Tories used to say about America about the time the men they called traitors were composing the Declaration of Inde- pendence in 177s.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-12
Say KernptOn Not To
 Blame or Yale Game
Trainer Johnny Mack Hints That Braden Disobeyed Sig nal II Harvard Game--Yale May Play
 Columbia Next Year

New Haven, Dec 12-The report circulated that Yale will play Will Hams and Cornell next fall, how ever desirable this might be, is with out foundation. Williams could only be taken on very early n the season, and as Harvard is Williams second game, that team couldn't take on the Columbia eleven as a season opener here the second day of Oc- tober following the next week with a game against Lafayette One game is certain; that is that Yale and Col gate will renew relations, meeting on Oct. 30. This has always been q popular and hard fought game, given ap last year only because of a con- hict in dates.
 Col. Robert M. Danford, Command ant of Cadets at West Point, is very anxious to have relations between the Army and Yale renewed this fall and Oct. g is held open. Col Danford was first head of the R. O. T. C. at Yale, later receiving an hon. orary degree here. He is one of the few men who could make Yale forget the unfortunate events which led to the break in relations The first game between Yale and the Army however, will have to be
 
 team will play only Princeton away from Nv Haven next year.
 YaIe'5 third game of the season will be against Boston College, while the sixth Will be against Brown if relations with that university are continued
 The newspaper criticisms Of Fido kempton, the Yale quarterback. charging him with the loss of the Harvard game have got the goat of Johnnie Mack, the Yale trainer. who for the first time in the 15 football seasons he has been at Yale has pub i1cIy commented on any member of the team- Mack was one of the speakers at the annual banuuet of the United Workers Boys Club foot ball team. In urging clean living, gameness and stick to-it-fveness in the face of adversity, Mack cited hempton as an example
 ''Kempton," said Mack. lis the gamest boy I ever met, and I have been working with boys for 27 years. He played all season with an arm so injured that he couldn't lift it above the elbow. But he never went back ward or complained, but stayed in there giving everything he had every minute, and that's why I didn't like to see him taken out in the Harvard game. I hate to see a game boy be- ing taken off the field
 They've been saying sharp things about him; they've been criticising him. But they're not fair. If I tell you to go out this door, and you go out the other one, I'm not to blame It's your fault if anything happens"
 The last paragraph would seem to substantiate the story going the rounds right after the Harvard game that when Yale was on the one-yard line kempton called for an off tackle plunge, but Braden d@sobeyed and tried centre, thereby throwing away the game.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-12
NEW SyVTNDEE SKINS DEALER
 OF Sf0,OOO

Hartford. Dec 12.---Wflat is declared to be a $1O0,00 swindle is believed to have been perpetrated in this city and elsewhere by a gang that began it's operations here nearly six months ago. The store for the alleged shady transactions was set in Hartford. Holyoke, Mass, was worked as a side show while a score or more whole sale dealers in merchandise in New York and Boston were said to be vic tirrls.
 About six months ago two men, one representing himself as an agent and the other as buyer, advised the store at that time conducted by Mrs. Sarah Platus at 51 Morgan street The agent" asked the woman if the store was for sale and she replied that it might be, and she named purchase price of about $3,0G0 and the figure was immediately accepted, it was said, without quibbling- Papers were the money paid. The store was never reopened for business.
 A few weeks after, Mrs. Platus, who had been in business on Morgan street for more than thirty years, received ] bills for goods she had never ordered from wholesalers in New York with whom she formerly had her business 1 relations. An investigatio showed, | according to J. NJ Freedman. the wo-
 mans lawyer, that three people two men and a woman, had inm ediately after the date of purchase presented themselves at large wholesale stores | in New York where Mrs. Platus had
 credit and ordered shipment of large
 amounts of goods to the Morgan
 street store.
 These goods were valued at approx
 iInateIy $100, GOO
 ] Freedman says:
 i T learned through travelling
 salesman that 'Pintus' had also hired
 q store in Holyolze about the time
 the Morgan street place was bought
 I sent an agent to Holyoke but the l men had gone. I also learned that as
 soon as the goods were received here
 they were sent right on to Holyoke and finally disposed of from that place. Goods continued to arrive al l the store on Morgan street for about
 two weeks after the owners disap- peared.''
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-12
MCGraw Denies Offer
 Of S1OO,OOO For Star
But Giants Manager Admits He Put Tn High Bid for HornsbyWil Not Part With Catchers,
 Although He Has Four

New York, Dec. 12.---John J. Me Graw, the Giants manager, is going back to Cuba today for another in spection of his pig racing property at Oriental Park, Havana, and will re- turn early in February to take up the matter of making the New York club first in the National League.
 T haven't offered S1o0000 to St. Louis for Rogers Hornsby,'' said MT. McGraw yesterday T did make a very good offer for him last summer, involving cash and players, but not to that amount. I haven't offered an outfielder to Cincinnati for a pitcher as has been rumored
 T haven't any outfieIders to spare. and l think my pitching staff of Barnes, Toney, Nehf, Benton. Douglas and Winters is the strongest in the league, with no special need to strengthen it. I have four good catch CTS. but nobody is going to get one without paying for him. I know they are all waiting for one to drop, but that is final"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-12

John Foster said the Giants tour with the Red sox in the springtin1e would be the greatest preseason evenr ever scheduled and might take some of the shine off the Worlds Series. The Sox are trying to locate at Hot Springs for their training period, and will be there providing they can get hotel accommodations. If they sue ceed, the connection with the Giants at San Antonio for the trip North will be a simple matter
 Perhaps the combination of Babe Ruth and John aIcGraw and Christy Mathewson won't knock the Texans and Arkansans and Ozlahomans and Missourians dead on that spring trip!
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-12
MAY INSURE GAMES
 AGAINST RAINY DAYS

New York, Dec. Il - Both major leagues soon will consider a proposi- ton from an insurance company of- fering to insure the clubs ss.-,nst rainy weather. Some of the club owners favor the scheme, but decisive action is being deferred until the Feb ruary meetings of the joint commit tee of the two circuits. Large sums of money are lost every year through rain, and the scheme proposed might save thousands to the club owners.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-12
Sapper Cohan Gave
 Young Goldie Boxing
 Lesson Last Night

Sapper Conan of this city added another victory to his rapidly grow ing list, by giving Young Goldie, for merly of Pittsburgh, now of Jersey City, a boxing lesson in their eight round fracus at Patty McGugian's club in Harrison, New Jersey. Cohan's speed and cIeverness was too much for Goldie who was bewildered by the "a apidity that blows were shot at him. Goldie's nose was bleeding badly and suffered a severe cut over his left eye. Conan didn't receive a scratch. The latter had. been matched to meet Tommy Spino of Newark before the Metropolitan A. c. of Newark next week.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-12

It is undoubtedly fortunate for Bishop Wilson's popularity that he is living and speaking in America in the days of Gary and Judge Ander- son and Woodrow Wilson, rather than in the days Of Washington and Jefferson and Franklin. The Tories found their sentiments rather un- popular in these old days. How their ghoGts must be chuckling as they watch America now. New York Call
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-12

''Flames of the Flesh in which Gladys Brockwell is the star, has been finished in Hollywood. Miss Brockweu will take a short vacation before starting on her next feature. William Scott, her leading man also has been given a short rest
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-12

Buck Jones, cowboy-soldier star is apidly completing his first photo play He is the star of "Camouflag- ed'' which Charles Swickard is direct ing
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-12

1917 and most of his playing in the International League has been done while with that team While with that club in 1915, he led all the catch CTS in the circuit in fielding with an average of .987
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-12

Marie Pagano, daughter of the Mar quis of Malta, has been signed to sup port George Walsh in Shark Raw ley.''
New-York tribune., 1919-08-31
Nash Retail
Now i'm Hands
OF C.. B. Warren
Direct Factory Branch, To
Be Housed i'm Broadway
Quarters, Takes Over Both
Ends of Handling Kenosha
Product

Announcement Is made to-day by the
Warren-Nash Motor Corporation, here
tofore exclusively wholesale distribu-
ters of Nash products, of the taking
over on September 1 of retail sales and
service of Nash passenger cars and
trucks for Manhattan, The Bronx and
Staten Island. This move, which will
work directly TO the advantage Of Nash
owners, marks another important step
in the growth Of the Warren-Nash Cor
poration, of which c. B. Warren is the
head.
The corporation will open new re-
tail salesroom at 1928-1930 Broadway
not later than October l, and in the
meantime the retail sales department
will be at the corporations present To-
cation, 1920 West SiSty-third Street.
Since its organization, two years ago,
the Warren-Nash Corporation has
steadily widcned its scope of opera
tions until it now handles the whole
sale distribution of the Nash products
in territory which is one of the larg-
est in the Nash organization, embrac-
ing Eastern New York, Northern New
Jersey and Western Connecticut. Mr.
Warren is also president Of the Nash
New-York tribune., 1919-08-31
Coast Ready to Welcome
Army Truck COnuO>

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 30-This
city is all set to give Uncle Sans first
transcontinental army truck convoy
great reception next Wednesday,
when the 3,000-mile trip is scheduled
to come to an end An airplane repre-
senting the city will greet the Pacific
Gate from San Diego and Honolulu
Monday-and then swing toward Sacra-
mento to meet and greet the army
truck outfit. A fleet of motor trucks
and passenger s-organized by the
b. F. Goodrich Rubber Company
accompanied by the United States
Marine Band Of forty pieces. will escort
the army caravan from Carson City,
New, into San Francisco. Truckloads
of California fruit, including oranges,
melons, apples and grapes, will be pro
vided for the soldiers by the Goodrich
company.
The $50 doughboys and officers who
have manned the trucks, most of whom
are overseas veterans, will greet the
Pacific Coast with enthusiasm nearing
that which attended their arrival in
America from France Although the
men have been royalty entertained in
every city and hamlet along the 5000
mile route from Washington, D. c..
where the tour started on July Z, the
tour has been tiresome grind and a
real test of stamina.
Excepting Sundays the programme for
the past sixty days has been to arise
at a. M, clean, oil and inspect mo-
tors and then drive until the night
New-York tribune., 1919-08-31

Film Series to
Show Tire Making
In All lis Detail
Moving Pictures Taken in
Firestone Plant Will Give
Close Up Views of Most
Complex Operations

The manufacture of pneumatic and
solid rubber tires for motor vehicle,
is shown in detail in series Of motion
picture films released for genera,
public use by the Firestone Tire and
Rubber Company. The series Of mo-
ton pictures, which has been com
pleted after several weeks OF actual
work in the factory at Akron. Ohio
shows tire making from start 10
finish. Firestone methods Of building
carcasses from the time the first ply
of toughened rubberized fabric IS
placed upon the mould, through tbs
finishing and treading departments
until the casing leaves the vulcanizine
heaters and is put in huge warehouses
to get final treatment and inspection
before being placed in stock, have been
reproduced for the screen, close-ups
of the most complex operations making
the entire process easily understand
able to those interested.
Flrestone executives are seeking "a
interest young men in the possibil;tie.
Of advancement in the rubber indus
try, and these films will be shown -
the public in the hope that the work
Of tire making will appeal to class
OF young men whose capabilities will
fit them for trial in the factory.
The series was produced by the Uni
versal Film Manufacturing Company.
under the supervision of Harry Levev
manager of the industrial department
The pictures will be shown to automo-
bile clubs, Chambers of Commerce and
all other industrial organizations in
terested. They will De provided with
the films. There will be a certain
amount of theatre circulation, accord
ing to Mr.. Levey, who is in charge Of
that activity, and distribution among
other corporations interested in shs
rubber industry.
Mr. Levey has arranged with the Bu
reau of Commercial Economics at
Washington 10 take over a number OF
prints Of the films for showing through
out the United States under the direc-
ton of DR.. Francis Holley. head of the
bureau. Distribution of the series will
start by September ].