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The Washington times., 1919-02-02
HERE AND THERE

afterward worked his way through
3 hard officers training school, be-
came q captain and was wounded
fighting like q wild cat at Verdun,
has received the distinguished serV-
ice cross for gallantry IN action.
When the men who have fought
this war come home they win con
stitute q new race; q new America
viii be born because Of the new
ideals and the new CONFIDENCE
Of these men who have Wrestled
with death and overcome the black
angel Our laws will be made By
these men Of new vision. ROYAL
JOHNSON is the first Of this new
race.
AID lghils he gas fgAting and
giViRg his blood for he coasRtrN a
self appointed seesIrttg league vita q
ten thostsdad dollar press agent N
ptEsh.liaed Office BOas circHIorizinq
JohRsoR's distTiet IVith the statement
that this soldier tgas not loyal.
In answer to the query as to why
It Is that after all the PUG inspee-
tors have gone home 10 their dinner,
at Ninth and G streets the cars com
ing north are mostly all Eleventh
street cars. ! believe that this Is
almost entirely due to the schedules
Of the HAM LINE, which srs ap-
proved by the Washington Public
Utilities Commission. For instance,
almost all the south-bound cars on
Ninth street only run TO Four-and-
a-Half street and Missouri avenue,
and then are switched back, and as
none Of the Ninth street cars are
supposed to be switched back at
that point you can easily sec that it
is necessary to run all of these cars
up Eleventh street.
r. n. REED.
The Washington times., 1919-02-02

Champ Clark's History Of France.
"In 1889 they had a Bourbon king,
and they chopped his head on. Then
they had a committee OF safety,
which they soon kicked out. Then
came the Reign Of Terror-Robes-
pierre and his bloody gang. Then
they had a directory. Then came
Napoleon, with his consulate and
empire for fifteen years. The Bour-
bons then came back and stayed un-
til 1880, lacking 100 days Of the Wa
terloo campaign. Then Louis Phil
ippe was inducted into office. He
stayed eighteen years. The second
republic was established; Louis Ma
poleon was elected president. and
stabbed It to death in the house OF
its friends. Then came the second
empire for eighteen years. After
that they had the commune for some
months.g Then they established the
third republic, which. thank God,
seems to be founded on a rock -
Speaker Clark IN the House Jan. %.
CitizeHs Who ICrite long lsttsTs to
the editor, reporters tVho use too
mann tCords, chdirmtsR of commit
tees tUho hare ine0RseqNeTtiaI re-
ports to make, and all others, please
note that IN the above paragraph
Champ Clark eIlcompdssed the tChOte
history of France for 12o years "a
less thnp $50 iDords.
New Britain herald., 1919-09-16
HUNDRED CANDIDATES
 FOR YALE FOOTBALL
Eli Team Has Wealth of Material In. cluding Twelve Quarterbacks .sf'
 and Fifty-six Linemen. ..

New Haven, Sept. 16.-YaIe rel sumed practice yesterday, after a ward
 lapse of three seasons. A brand new,1 athletic director. Dr. Albert Hayesl Sharpe, was in charge of the squad.l which proved a record-breaker Ex actly 91 candidates reported, the big4l gest total in Eli history for reports ing days. Of these, 56 were linenen. Of the 35 backs, 12 were quareer-
 backs, indicating a wealth of rna-y terial for the snap-back position. Dr. Sharpe, pr. Brides and Dr. Bull of the} varsity resident coaching staff andV Herman Olcott, Yales new director- general of freshman athletics direct-{ ed the drill, which consisted of morn- ing and afternoon work, a progrant& which will be continued until Yale formally opens it's recitation sessions in two weeks.
 This morning only about 50 play-
 CTS reported. They were given uni-l forms and equipme ent, but the squad was double the number which hadEI been expected and pr. Sharpe tooI4l the members to Yale field, where an hour was spent in light passing and little general physical exercise. This afternoon the squad was di-4 vided into two sections, Capt Tim Callahan, Arthur Brides and -'Beau"j Olcott, directing the work of the linemen, while Billy Bull, Dr. Sharpe and John Mack looked after the backs Quick starting, bunting and catching kicks was practiced for two hours. Jim Braden, French, Neviil q l and Aldrich punted the other bac<cs, who caught the kicks and rehearsed proper starting and dashing back with the ball tucked under their arms
 Of the line squad, a group of seven was selected, which had the ear-
 marks of a tryout for tentative, rushline. It included Capt. Tim Ca1s$ lahan at center, Sidenberg and Gait at guard. Walker and Kirkpatrick tackles, and Hamill and Acosta ats end. This rush-line ran through
 rudimentary work. fully an hour. No
 backfield squad was formed for any-
 thing approaching signal work.
 Veteran varsity players who re-
 ported, included Quarterback Ches4 ter taroche, Jim Braden, HamtIls Carter Gait, Tim Callahan, Joe Ne-s vile and Kirkpatrick. 1@YRl
 From the 1916 freshman team were Herbert Kempton, the former Exeter captain, Thorne Murphy and Siden1 burg. Acosta, Walker and Frenchs were on hand from the 1917 fresh-
 man squad. #E s&eN
 Aldrich, the hurley freshman bases
 ball catcher of last season, and
 Campbell, another sophomore, also figured promisinsly among yestef< days Iinemen. HEp$
 Rain fell lightly during the after~6 noon work. -azas#a
 The practice took place on old Yales field.
 It is understood that the pubffce- will not be generally admitted to the work of the squad. & \
 Coach Jack Gates, the last of thJ resident squad, is expected today. et
New Britain herald., 1919-09-16
KILBANE'- BURNS BOUT
ICathcrwci2ht Championship of the World to Be Decided TOnight-BOth Fighters Confident.

New York, Sept. 16.--JohnnN kil- banc, champion of the world, and Frankie Burns, the Jersey City boxer, the two outstanding stars in the feath- CrWeight division, are primed and ready for their eight round boxing bout which is to be the main feature of the big boxing carnival arranged in celebration of Freddy" Edwards Old Home Night in the Jersey City base ball park tonight The bout has aroused great interest, and Dave Dris- coll, the Jersey City promoter, has made arrangements for the accommO- dation of a record breaking crowd.
 When Frankie Burns finished his traininT yesterday he declared that by midnight tonight he would be feather weight champion of the world. Kill banC is equally confident of victory.
 Joe Lynch, the west side bantam, who recently beat Pete Herman, the bantamWeight champion, and who knocked out Kid Williams and fought d great battle with Jimmy Wilde, is scheduled to meet Patsy Johnson of Trenton in another eight round bout. Johnny Buff and Mickey Russell, two Jersey City lads, also will battle eight rounds and Johnny Shugrue will meet Jimmy Sullivan of West HObOlIen. Sullivan will take Tommy Bradley's place The boxing show will be pre- ceded by band concerts, fireworks and vaudeville acts.
New Britain herald., 1919-09-16
ACE" IN AUTO RACES
Lieut.. klein of Aviation Fame, Partic- ipatcd in 31 Air Combats-FcarIcS4 Driver Hits ? Per Cent. in Trial

Sheepshead Bay, Sept. 16.-Thc real dark horses in the 150 mile auto classic which will be one of the feat ureS at the ShcepShead Bay Speedway Saturday afternoon, are Lieut.. Art Klein of aviation fame, and Dave Lewis, known to the auto racing en- thusiasts as the "JerseN Streak"
 Klein is one of the nerVieSt pilots that ever sat at a wheel After his experience in the world war he has become absolutely fearless.
 Lieut.. Klein was mixed up. in more than thirty air comhats over the bat tlcfiolds of France and Belgium and was officially credited with having brought down nine German flyers.
 Before he entered the big fight Klein was d noted driver for moro than ten years. For the race next Saturday he will have a Peugeot cQujrpcd with an aero motor, and in recent tests tho lieutenant has been hitting up a dizzy pace close to two HlI0S a minute.
New Britain herald., 1919-09-16
POLICE READY FOR
 BIG BASEBALL GAME
ContdAt Will Be Staged Tomorrow Aft ernOOn on St. Mary'S Playground Banquet to Follow.

Tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock on St Mary'S playground, the local po- licement will take on the Meriden strong arms of the law for the second baseball contest of the season and in teresting results are looked for. The attendance at the game is expected to be larger than that of any baseball game staged in the city in some time as the sale of tickets has already reached the high mark, it is reported. Judge William F. Mangan has been secured to give the decisions.
 The first game, played in Meriden about month ago, resulted in a win for the locals, and they are confident of again taking the Silver City's off cers into camp. The Meriden believe, however, expect no such result, and come to the city confident in the su- perior prowess of their aggregation. Practically every member of the Meriden force, exclusive of those on the afternoon shift, will be present, and many city officials will also be in attendance.
 A banquet will follow the game in Turner hall with Captain Thomas w Grace of the local department as toastamster Mayors George A. Quigley and Henry T. Cook will be called upon for remarks and members of the two departments will furnish a program. The banquet will start at 5 o'clock and arrangements have been made to conclude the affair in time to allow members of the department to be on duty at o'clock.
 Captain William Souney of the New h lineup but it will probably be the same as in the last game. Those on the original team were: Cabelus D, O'Meara c, Howley rb. LiebFer 2b. Pac 3b, Veley SIS, Feeney, Hart and Souney fielders
New Britain herald., 1919-09-16
NAVY NEEDS BACKFIELD
Coach Dobic Finds Dcarth of Mater iaI .\t Annapolis For Strong Grid iron Aggregation.

Annapolis, Md, Sept. 16.-Footba1l for 1919 at the Naval Aca denny made a real start yesterday afternoon, when most of the thirty members of last seasons squad who are still availa ble reported to Head Coach GilmOur De- bic As the academy will not open unti October 1, and the midshipmen have no military or scholastic duties, Dobies will have a splendid chance to round them into shape for the open ing game.
 The new fourth class has not yield ed many recruits for the big squad and will be kept at work under Lieut. Commander Richardson for the pres ent Later Dobie will select about a half dozen for Squad A, his main de tachment, and about fifteen more for E Nad B. Dobie has gone to work on his Clief problem, which is the de- velopment of a back field. Just now, Severn, Rodes, Rawling, Clark, Be moist, and Afford appear to be his best men.
New Britain herald., 1919-09-16
PILE ANNOUNCES
 GAMES FOR WEEK
Director of Athletics Will Stage Four Baseball Games and One Football Contest at Walnut Hill Park,

Arthur Pilz, who is in charge of the
 athletic games at Walnut Hill park
 Friday and Saturday afternoons has
 completed arrangements for the baseball and football contests. By arrangement with the officers of the Industrial league, MT. Pilz has se- cured the services Sf the Fafnir team,
 winners of the Industrial league pen
 nant, and Landers, Frary & Clark,
 runner-up in the league, to play Fri
 day afternoon at o'clock. The New
 Britain Machine company team is tied for second place in the league. and
 was entitled to consideration in the
 choice of an opponent for Fafnir's,
 but Manager C. H. Sweet declined to
 put his team, weakened by the loss of
 Bill Dudack and Stephanian, in the |f1eld. Following the factory league
 game the bloomer girls or the Stanley Rule & Level and ....f.. X Judas Twill furnish a game.
 On Saturday afternoon the big feat lure will be the game between the Nut |megs and the Tigers of Hartford. |Both teams are composed in the main |of ex-service men and are considered itions in the state Their game will be |called at , o'clock for the conVeni- |ence of the Hartford team
 Following the football game the Handlers and Russell &, Erwin girls |feams will cross bats. The athletic Eommittee is making arrangements for +hnother game to be played at 3 {o clock.
New Britain herald., 1919-09-16
WALTZ TO MEET
 HAYES TONIGHT
Hartford Idol Will Go 12 Rounds With Contender for TitIe-Paltz or the Slate in Favor of Morley.

WILL SolLSlltlST llslC--I oIi
 the Slate in Favor of Morley.
 Hartford, Sept. 16.-Because of the threatening weather yesterday after noon and last night. the Waltz Hayes bout was postponed until tonight. Hayes and his manager, Billy Hamil- ton, arrived yesterday morning, ready for the fray and Haes did a little work esterday afternoon, just to keep him. self in trim for the local boy. The card will go on tonight, weather per hitting, the preliminary getting under way at s o'clock.
 Matchmaker Dan F'laherty, who is prom oting the bouts to be staged to- night at the Wethersfield avenue base ball grounds for the Capitol City A. C., in order to assure himself that all of the contestants would be present when the bouts were called, demanded that each put up a forfeit guaranteeing weight and appearance. Sammy Waltz and "Chick" Hayes, the boys who meet in the main bout, and Red" Ames who was to have met PaIitz, on Saturday, September 6, in stead of posting the forfeit, said that it was impossible forhi m to post the forfeit that night but that he would surely do so the following Monday
New Britain herald., 1919-09-16
Monday aft

afternoonat 1 o'clock. Monday aft ernoon came and so did 1 o'clock but Palitz did not.
 Not caring to take any chances at having one of his men go back on him at the last moment, Matchmaker Fla herty substituted Battling Marley for Palitz which substitution brought Paltz bac kto earth and probably to the fact that there were other mitt singers around this section besides himself The substitution was made Tuesday night, Marley's forfeit was posted Wednesday night and Thurs day afternoon Palitz called with his forfeit, which was refused.
New Britain herald., 1919-09-16
FINN HITS HOMER
 BUT CHISOX WIN
Circuit Clout by PhillieS' Pitcher T, t1ft
 AVailS Nothing

Philadelphia, Sept 1s.-PncherI Finn, pinch hitting in the ninth, yesj terday drove the ball over the righa field fence with two locals on basesI making Philadelphia's total one shor1 of tying Chicago. Then Jackson backJ ed up against the bIeachers and caught Styles long drive, Chicago win ming. II to 10. Chicago's winning rurS was scored on Jackson s. triple and Felsch's sacrifice fly. The score:
 r. h. cd Chicago .3301O0301-11 12 X
 Philadelphia ..0OSOO0016-1O IS Z Faber and Schalk; York, Noyesi Kinney and Perkins and Styles
New Britain herald., 1919-09-16
Cards Trim Braves.

St. Louis, Sept. 16,-St. Louis came from behind and beat Boston in the first of five game series here yester- day, to 8. The Braves drove Schupp from the box and gained a three-run lead in the second, but St. Louis ral- lied in the sixth and scored the tying and winning runs on three singles, a stolen base and sacrifice hit The score:
 Boston .O3OoOOoOo-3 10 3
 Schupp, Woodward and ClemonS: Rudolph and O'NciIl.
New Britain herald., 1919-09-16
McGRAW CONCEDEs PENNANT.

New York, Sept. 16-John McGraw, manager of the New York Nationals, has conceded the National league pennant to the Cincinnati club, ac- cordtng to a message received last night by club officials here. The mes sage stated that McGraw was return ing here and had appointed Coach Mathewson temporary manager. The Reds can clinch first place by defeat ing New York today AS New York is assured of second place, McGraw intends to go to Texas from New York to look after business interests.
New Britain herald., 1919-09-16

{, Chicago, Sept. 16.-Meadovs tired himself out in the 10th inning at tempting to score from second on Williams double, and was unable to continue the pitching duel, in which he was pitted against Vaughn. and Chicago won it's second straight from Philadelphia here yesterday, i to 5, in Q innings. The score:
 Chicago -. ..... 10000O1O11-4 10 1 Philadelphia .. 0000OO012O-3 6 3
 Carter. Vaughn and Killifer; Mca- ,dOws Smith, Tragesser and Adams.
New Britain herald., 1919-09-16

tWosomes in the afternoon. Roger Hovey and William T. Sweeney are the only local players who will be on the lineup of the All-Connecticut's
New Britain herald., 1919-09-16
Dodgers Show No Mercy.

Pittsburgh, Sept 16.-Brooltlyn dealt a severe blow to Pittsburgh's hope of third place when the Pirates were defeated here yesterday in both games of a double-h header, i to and to 0. Cooper was hit hard in the first inning, three hits, , hit batsman and a wild pitch scoring three runs while the fourth run waa the result of a pass followed by tWo-b -bagger. The locals rallied in the ninth, SCOT ing three runs on three singles and a double. In the second game Ca dore could not be hit while Hamilton and Wisner were easy for the Brook lyn batters. The scores:
New Britain herald., 1919-09-16

Mrs Anne Royall was the first American woman journalist and edi- tor, publishing The Washington Paul Pry in Washington, D. C., in the year 1925. .....
New Britain herald., 1919-09-16
BASEBALL IN A NUTSHELL
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Results Yesterday.

Chicago Il, Philadelphia 10. 7 Cleveland vs. Boston (postponed rain.) ".
 No other games scheduled.
New Britain herald., 1919-09-16
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Results Yesterday.

Results Yesterday. Cincinnati 8, New York O. Brooklyn 4, Pittsburgh (first game.)
 Brooklyn 6, Pittsburgh 0 (second game.)
 Chicago 4, Philadelphia (ten in nings.)
 St. Louis 4, Boston 3.
New Britain herald., 1919-09-16
CINCY SHUTS OUT
 NEAREST RIVAL
Reds Blank Giants Before Crowd
 Of 14,OOO

Cincinnati Sept. 16.-The league leaders shut out their nearest rivals, the New York Giants, to o, in the first game of their series here yes- terday afternoon before 14,OOO fans. Sallee pitched brilliantly and was given very fast support. He did not pass man or strike out a batter. Benton was hit freely in the first five innings.
 DuncanS home run gave the Reds their first tally in the second inning. In the fifth, after they had filled the bases OH hits by SChreiber Sallee and Rath, Benton forced in two runs by passing Daubcrt and Duncan.
 Long and accurate throws from the outfield cut off Now Yorl1's chances to score. In the first inning Neale threw out Burns at third after stOp- ping Kauff's hit to right, and in the second Duncan caught Kellys long fly and then threw out Statz at the plate when he tried 70 score from third aft CT the catch. Statz, who tripled in the second inning. was the only New York player to reach third base The score:
New Britain herald., 1919-09-16
INTERSTATE GOLF MATCH.

All Rhode Islands to Play AL Con-
 nectiCutS Saturday.
 A picked team from Rhode IsIar1 d will oppose the All-Connecticut golt7 ing team on the Shuttle Meadow links Saturday afternoon. The teams will play foursomeS in the morning and
New Britain herald., 1919-09-16
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.
Results Yesterday. No games scheduled.

Games Today. No games scheduled.
New Britain herald., 1919-09-16
Standing of the Clubs.
Games Today.

Chicago at New York. Cleveland at Philadelphia. Detroit at Boston.
 St. Louis at Washington.
New Britain herald., 1919-09-16
Games Today.

Games Today. New York at Cincinnati. Brooklyn at Pittsburgh. Philadelphia at Chicago. Boston at St. Louis.
New Britain herald., 1919-09-16

Wl:i b. tjn udurU Irut:lr, to the na- natiOnal aIl-arOund championship test to be held at Pershing field
 The Illinois flyer will make an ef- fort to erase Mel Sheppard's world s record Of 2:1 2-5. made in 1910. It is planned to give the Jersey City track special attention so that it will be in good condition for the race Against Ray some of the leading mid dle distance runners of this district will start from varying handicap marks.
 " The all-around test has attracted three entries to date, the aspirants be- ing Arthur s. Roberts of the Boston A. A; Jack Eritts, New York A. C., and R. F. Rutledgc of the Morning. side A. C. The entries for this event close today. Bernard Lichtman of the Pastime A C., local pentathlon cham piOn; Dan Shea, another Pastime all round man, and Pat O'Connor of the LOughlin Lyceum are expected to send in their entries before closing time.
 In addition to the all-arOund test and 1000 yard run, the local officers have arranged three special races as follows: 220 yard dash, three mile run and half mile run. The latter competitions will be limited handicap affairs
New Britain herald., 1919-09-16
JOIE RAY TO COMPETE
Illinois tIyer. Will Take Part in Events at PcrShing Field Saturday-Wants 1000 Yard Title.

New York, Sept. 16.-Local follow CTS of track and field athletics will get a glimpse of Joie Ray, the sensational Illinois A. C. runner, in action at Pcrshing field Saturday, according to an HI nCUnrCm"',t made yesterday at
New Britain herald., 1919-09-16
First Game.
Second Game.
Meadows Tires.

Cadore and Kreuger; Wisncr, Ham lilton and Blackwell.
New Britain herald., 1919-09-16
INTERNATIONAL DEAGUE.

Nx Indicates no game played.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-01-29

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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-01-29

lone of them was an iron plate.
This the willy Hun dropped in a
roadway so that it would likely be
trod upon by soldier or horse of our
advancing troops. The plate was i'm
two parts. with a spring inside. and
usually contained a detonator con-
meeting with a heavy charge of ex-
plosive. When the weight of the
foot was removed the spring sprang
into place and exploded the de-
tonator, and the damage was done.
Used Spring Decorators.
These spring decorators were the
Germans speciality. They consisted
of a tube containing little spring
with a hook at one end Attached
TO the hook was a string or wire
connecting with the explosive
charge Any arrangement by which
the spring could be distended and
then suddenly contracted served to
jerk the string and the charge was
exploded.
"One night 7 received a call from
our lieutenant colonel who had spent
the day directing movements from
a recently captured German dugout.
He told me he was nervous, and be-.
lieved he was associating with
BOBBY and asked me TO send him
a squad Of engineers to look it over.
1 went myself
The colonel sat in the dugout.
about 10 feet down, on a chair by
table. Directly in front Of the chair
was a petrol can anc u was the can
he feared. He had noticed il early
in the morning when the dugout was
first occupied, but had been so busy
during the day he had had no time
he found nothing. but he had a
'hunch' that it was a trap and want
ed expert assistance.
Opens Dangerous Can.
81 dug a little trench around the
can. but could find no wires. and
then tapped il. but received no sound
other than that which might come
from any old can. There was
nothing TO do bat open IL, and Dor
rowing the coloners can opener I
went at IL as gingerly as I could.
1T was partly filed with about
eight pounds Of one OF the most
deadly powder explosives known to
science. This I removed very care
fully and in the bottom of the can
found the spring detonator II had
been fastened to the bottom OF the
can in such a way that IL the can
had been lifted from the floor Of
the dugout the charge would have
exploded and the colonel and his
party would have been blown TO bits
The colonel paled a little when I
showed him just what he had been
| associating with all day. and very
fervently thanked himself for obey
ing his 'hunch' to let that can
alone"