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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-11-23
LAKES FAIL TO
 PUT UP FORFEIT

Because of 8 misunderstanding be- tween Austin J. Lake, financial head of the Lake Torpedo Boat Company's football team, and Bixler, who has forfeit money of $500 was not put up last night as required in a previous agreement and whether the city championship games between the Lakes and Accos will be started Thursday Or not is now a question.
 Under the agreement signed by both the Lakes and Chains a forfeit of $500 was to have been posted last night by both teams which were also to have submitted a list of players, who would be eligib1 in the series. Manager Joe Briggs was on hand with a certified check of $500 and Coach Hunt appeared with his list Of players.
 Bixler of the Lakes appeared but did not want to submit list of play CTS until he had a conference with Austin J. Merrill, who .he said, was in Stamford, and would be in Bridge port at 9 o'clock last night.
 1T am manager of the team, sa1o Bixler, "but MT. Merrill has charge of the finances alone. However, ! prefer not to give out the names or the players without a conference with Merrill Just now h is in Stamford, but in conversation with him over the telephone he agreed to be dn Bridge port as soon as possible with the for hfeit money. I expect him here by o'clock at the lateSt.''
 This morning at Merri1rs home 1t was said that he had gone to Stam- ford today and would be back home late this afternoon. It was also said that Bixler was to have put up the forfeit money, but if he hadn't done that MT. Merrill would probably do so this afternoon or tonight as well as submitting list of players eligible to play for the Lake team. When it was suggested to Blxler that perhaps Manager Sake did not care to go through with the series he scoffed at the idea
 The Acco management has carried out it's end of the signed agreement and has done what it could to bring about the series. By failing to com ply with the first requirements, the Lakes have automatically rendered the agreement null and void-thus l the series goes up in smoke unless | the various parties again get together and thrash it out.
 By the terms of the agreement the Lakes were to receive 45 per cent of the receipts after the ground ex- penses of 20 per cent. had been de- duced This would mean 36 per | they won the first game, they were | to share alike with the Chains in the division of the second games gate after the rental of the park had been taken out.
 At the least estimate the game should draw 5000 which, at 75 cents | per person would mean in the neigh | borhood of $1,500 for the Lake play CTS.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-11-23
EXPECTS TOPLAY
 GAMES WEDNESDAY
Bridgeport High Determin- ed to Give Everett High a
 Rub<Next Saturday

Bridgeport Highs Red and Black
 gridders will probably contest with
 Torrington Or Westerly in this city
 tomorrow as a warmer for the big
 battle with Everett High school, Sat
 urday. Both teams have defied the
 locals and were offered dates which
 met their refusal and the last call IS
 given to the challengers to meet the Hilltops. Everett has one of the strongest machines in the east and the locals are out to avenge their
 only defeat of last season. Hunt is confident that his squad will close the season successfully by conquering the Bay Staters. Al Paige will be out of the game on account of studies and the Red and Black lineup will prob ably read Cooney, right end; Mol1oy, right tackle; Whiting. .asright guard !; Hill, center; Saur, left guard; Berk- wit, left tackle; Lancaster, left end The backfield will be composed of Mccullough at the pivotal position; Whalen, right half; Maher, left half and Ryan at full. Whe1an and Ryan are expected to star for the To- calls. Whelan by his long end runs ! is making the school forget plucky Ching" Hammii, who was elected | captain of the Hebron Academy,
 Maine, team. Ryan is cu1tivating a
 "Brickely'' toe that completely out shadows Ed Hickey of last season. l Maher is playing his best form since donning a Hilltop uniform and work l ing a wonderful bunting game.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-11-23
Grammer Schools to
 Contest For City Title

Barnum and Prospect schools will contest the championship of the Pub- lie School Soccer League either We'd teams have played six games and have been equally victorious Barnum seems to be favored to win the city championship as she has defeated the strong Lincoln school which has held the championship since soccer was in- troduced into the schools. Barnum boasts of the only woman coach in the state. Miss Helen Clark Wash ington has not yet completed her schedule and also reports a clean slate in her three contests and may come between the two big contestants for the premier honors. Miss Clark is also official referee of the recreation board
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-11-23
Princeton Supporters Claiming Big Three
 Title for This Year

Six eastern football e1evens remain in the select unbeaten circle today, as the most brilliant football season in the history of the sport draws near close
 Princeton, Harvard, Penn State, Pittsburgh, Boston College and Ste venS comp prise the Sextet and at least four of this number will remain un- defeated when the season closes. The Crimson, the Tiger and Stevens have closed their seasons. Penn State and Pittsburgh will have it out on Thanks giving Day.
 Football fans in Pennsylvania re- gard the Pitt-Penn State game as a championship affair, but it is pracu- ca1ly certain that no eastern team | will be recognized as champion of this section.
 Princeton supporters are claiming | the big three title for the Tigers fol I lowing Harvard's failure to defea' | Yale by score as large as the Orange | and Black ran up against the Blue But, the 14-14 tie between the Tiger and the Crimson stands in the way. The schedule of this closing week | of the season offers several games o1 ment between the Partners and Stat. CTS at Pittsburgh. The annual battle between Cornell and Penn at Philade1 phia on Turkey Day will attract strated against Columbia that she i. not ''shot to pieces"
 l In the Middle West, where Ohio State has c1inched the big ten title two games still remain to be played that promise plenfy of action. Notr' Danes fast gridders will meet tn, Michigan Aggies at East Lansing or Thanksgiving and Washington Stat. will tackle Nebraska at Lincoln, the same day
 The one big day of the dying sea. son, however, will be the ArmyANavy battle at the Polo Grounds next Sat, urday. This game will undoubtedI. be witnessed by a record crowd ana , although the Army will go into tn, contest favorite to win, football fol
 lowers are looking for a hotly con tested game
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-11-23
Lewis Throws Wad'ek
 Zbyszko In Mat Bout

Ed "Strangler'' Lewis threw Wladek Zbyszko after one hour and 25 minutes and 45 seconds of the most desperate kind of wrestling in the feature bout of the big wrestling show held in the 71st Regiment Arm ory last night. Lewis pinned his adversary's shoulders to the mat af- ter getting zibby down with his fa- nous head1ock.
 The crowd was immense, despite the rain, and when the hig bout be- gan the armory was packed to the caves. Lewis seemed the favorite with them, for hs1received a ringing cheer while the Applause for Zbyszko was mixed with groans. No sooner had George Bothner, the referee motioned them to begin with the opening whistle, than Lewis flew ! through the air, buck1ed on his dead ly headIock and they went down with a thud. For a full minute he held it and it looked like an early finish for Wladek, but he finally broke away.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-11-23
Queerest Upset In Williams Amherst Game

The football season 3annuallys pro duces some queer freaks in thesshape of results entirely. at.svariance with what might be expected in a conn garrison of scores against tn esame teams. but it is doubtful If any year ever furnished a more startling up set of this kind than that of last Sat- a1rday in the Amherst-WilliamS game. Amherst and Williams this year had schedules that were almost identical, each eleven meeting Columbia, Union, Hamilton, Wesleyan and Trinity be- fore meeting each other. Against Union each won by the same score, 35 to 0. Williams won the Hamil- hon game S1-0 and Amherst won by 3o-7. Williams defeated Trinity 62- and Amherst beat the Hartford col Degians 20-0.- Williams beat Wes- 1eyan 50-14 and Wesleyan beat Am- herst 7-0. Columbia beat Williams 2O-14 and beat Amherst 20-7. Every game but one pointed to Williams as Khe stronger team, but Amherst took the annual game 14-7.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-11-23
LITTLE WIENER IS
 [ THROWN AT BOWIE

Baltimore, Nov. 23-It was a first class Monday card that was offered at Bowie yesterday afternoon and, while there was a threat of rain all day, it did not prevent the usual big attendance. The track had dried out nicely over Sunday and, while there were still some bad spots In the going, 1t could be rated as fast.
 A spill came out of the second race when old Yankee Notions was bump ed and went down with tn epopular little jockey, Weiner, who has had many a tumble. Fortunately he es- caped injury and rode John Whalen's Staunch in the following number. The race in which Weiner had his spill was a six and half furlong dash for cheap ones and it brought Together the largest field of the day. fifteen going to the post. The win ner turned up in D. c. Hallam's Joe Joe, with J. Tierney's Sun Rose sec- Dnd. J. R. Slzinker's The Belgian IL closed a hig gap to be third.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-11-23
Team
 Thrills Hartford

Hartford triumphed over the Bridge port roller polo team in Hartford last evening, to 1, in an overtime game which fairly scintilated with brilliant plays by members of both clubs. Nearly eight minutes of the overtime period elapsed before Harkins and Lewis, simultaneously. caged the winning goal, after a shot by the for mer had suffered the fate of several other similar propelled balls during the evening, that of the always heart breaking in-and out. Huehner had seventy-two stops during the evening entertainment, and his work was bril- liant at times, as was the playing of every member of both clubs.
 Visitors Strengthened. The Bridgeport club has been pearance in Hartford and it is now able to cope successfully with any other aggregation in the league. The new players are stRed'' Williams at real veterans of the game, at half back. "Doc'' Harold is now play ing center, his natural position. Will Hams of Providence, is one of the Cameron at half has always been one of the shining lights of the polo game.
 In many respects the game was one of the cleanest and fastest seen there all year. It was even on par with the pugilistic contests with New Bed- ford. with the fighting eliminated. Bridgeport should be one of the best drawing cards on the entire circuit No Scoring In Opener. There was no scoring during the first period. Both clubs seemed to be
 evenly matched. Pence, who was af-
 fectinately introduced to the crowa. as
 'tKid'' Pence, was on the job eN6y
 minute and was kicking them away in lively fashion. Bridgeport dis played as well worked out a passing game as has been seen in Hartford in
 many day.
 l Just 30 seconds of the second pe- riod had licked away when Lewis pushed one through Pence for the in
 itial counter of the evening. For a rocks would win, 1 to 0. Morrison 1 kep Williams so completely covered l that the auburn-haired flash seldom had a chance for an open shot. It
 known as the Prince of Akron. Ohio, in the days when he played with Fred
 Jean in the Rubber City, who sur
 prfsed everybody, including possibly himself, when the drove a long one | into the draperies.
 Overtime Period.
 Only exceptionally brilliant work l by Evans, Morrison and Hueffner pre- vented Bridgeport from winning early in the overtime session. Teamwork | by Lewis and Harkins, however, top-
 pied over the hopes of Quigley's crew
 home when it bounded out. Both
 Lewis and the "Kid" weer on the
 spot in a fraction of a second, and | the club. of each one pushed the bulh
 back, this time to stay. Each player
 asked that the other be given the credit for the shot However, as
 Harkins had undertaken the in and | out, he gets credit for the goal.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-11-23
GOALS SCORED BY TEAMS
TEAM STANDING
UNITED STATES ASKS !. CICOTTE FOR S2, 200

Detroit. Nov. 2a-A despatch from Washington says that Eddie Cicotte of this city formerly a. pitcher on the Chicago American League base ball team, must pay to the Unite d 900 he received as his share for the alleged throwing of games to the Reds dn the worlds series of 1919 The Internal Revenue department with a. view to collecting income taxes, took up tho cases of the ball players who admitted before a Chi cago grand jury that they accepted brtbe money. In addition to the reg ular income tax, the despatch an uounced, the players were assessed an added amount as a fine for deltn- quentp ayment and false returns.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-11-23
High School Track
 Men In Wallingford

Although badly defeated by the fast Bristol Track Team Saturday at Beardslep Park, the Red and Black rfnder men will endeavor to sugar over their defeat this afternoon when they attack the Choate tracksters at Wallingford. Coach Al Anderson is of the opinion that his squad will tr1- umph this afternoon, laying the blame of the Saturday defeat to the nunbe of local runners who were ineligible on account of studies. Only three of the Hilltop cinder pacers were allowed to run against the upstaters; Skane Chopskf, and Griffith. The upstaters captured first and fourth places 9lxane captured second and Fitzpat- rick ran third.
 The course this afternoon will be 2 1-2 miles and the Choate team has . number of nfmble pacers and will give the locals a tussle for premier , honoEs.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-11-23
COLUMBUS JUNIORS
 CLAIM CHAMPIONSHIP

The Columbus Juniors of the East Side claim the championship of the city in the junior class The Colum- bus Jrs. have won nine victories and have yet to lose. Sunday afternoon they trimmed the Twin Oaks, who previous te Sundays game thought that they were the champs of the junior class. The score was fl to 6. Now the Columbus Jrs. will defend their title by challenging any team in the 115-125 class.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-11-23
Benny Leonard to
 Meet Yelling Friday

New York, Nov. 23.-The first of as series of championship boxing bouts will he held at Madison Square Gar den Friday night when Benny Leon ard, lightweight champion, defends his title in 3 15-round bout with Joe WeIling, of Chicago.
 ,5 R;1I Brennan will meet in a title contest and Tex Rickard expects to put on Champions Johnny hloane. Pete Herman and Jack Brltton Ill later bouts.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-11-23
HAL CHASE IS SUED
 BY WIFE FOR DIVORCE

Cincinnati, Nov. 23.-Mrs. Anna M. Chase in this city entered suit for di- vorce from Hal Chase, former first baseman of the Cincinnati and New York Nationals, now under indictment in Chicago in connection with the all legged fixing of the 1919 worlds series.
 Mrs. Chase in her petition states that they were married on May 27, 1913; that she left him several times, but always returned to him on his promise to do better. and that he has given her only $1 since last March.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-11-23
Tad Jones Is Key to
 Future, Says Yale News

New Haven, Nov. 23-In a. review of the football season, the Yale News says the key to the future at Yale is Tad" Jones.
 It expresses hope that he will stay and says that the sentiment of the university is that of unreserved con fidence fin his ability to win back Yale's football supremacy of other daYan
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-11-23
POLO RECORDS SHOW BRIDGEPORT FOURTH
 IN SCORING GOALS

Records in the American Roller Polo league show that Captain Quig- Bridgeport 1cub with 39 to his credit. An interesting feature of the figures is that although Bridgeport has scored the fourth largest number of goals, the team is in sixth place. The records up to and including games of last week Thursday follow:-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-11-23
AMERICAN TUBE
 TEAM IS BEATEN
Insurance Basketball Team of Hartford Rolls Up
 AT Points

Hartford, Nov. 23-PIaying a brand of basketball that dazzled a team far lighter, the Aetna Life quintet de- feated the American Tube & Stamp ing Go. quintet of Bridgeport last night at the Hopkins street gym. 47 to 13. Hap" Harman was the stellar light of the evening. In the second half he dropped ;dns.s four baskets dn succession E"HaRshad men behind him, and with the aid of "'Yump" ,J ohnson, Billy DWyar and Cronin put the game. on dce for the Aetna. The Aetna quintet Is display ing an unusual amount of team work and should be a large figure in the local basketball ranks this winter.
 Dondero of Bridgeport was respon- sfble for most of his teams tallies. The summary
 {. Aetna Life. Bridgeport. Johnson ........ rf ....... Attdcks HarInan s...... If ...... Dondero Cronin ..4..... c ..-...>x Malone Dwyer ........ 1g .-...-.. Burns Leonard rg kreV1tx
 Score, Aetna. AT, Bridgeport 13; goals from floor, Har1nan 8. Dwyer 5, Johnson 4, Cronin 4, Leonard 2, Don dero 2, Ttticks. Malone, Kretvdx; goals from fouls, Harman, Dondero 3; time, IS and 20zninute halves.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-11-23
Suggest Raising Price
 Of Big Game Tickets

New Haven, Nov. 23-Plans for better distribution of football tickets for Yale Bowl in the games with Harvard. and suggestions that the price of tickets be placed at $5 to all. Enlargement of the bowl to se- cure more seats also will be consid- cred, it was stated today.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-11-23

Geermany is now manufacturing sole leather made from waste leather, which is suitable for the heels. of
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-11-23

New Representative of Georgia Tech came here yesterday to ask the Yale football >managem ent to place its team on next seasons sched- ule
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-07-21
Community Theater.

San Jose, Cal, is going to. be the
first town In the west to have CON-
munity educational theater. This pro
posed theater is not merely going to
present plays for the benefit of the
community. but It is going to promote
acting among the citizens themselves.
II will afford an opportunity for every
person from the tiniest tot to the old
est citizen to crafty the desire to
appear In the world Of lnake-believe.
according to Miss Mabel l.. Dorsey,
who started the idea.
Miss Dorsey, Il graduate of a leading
school of music and expression. took
up the question Of establishing the
school with members Of the chamber
Of commerce. of the city and 1t was
enthusiastically received by them. The
primary purpose of the theater Is not
to make actors, but to develop men and
women as well as allow residents of
the community 70 display their talents
In singing, speaking and dancing.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-07-21
sunday = 'hooi Conference

county "fficers conference WAS
held by the Sumter county Sunday
School Association Thursday evening.
beginning with a supper together at
the Claremont Hotel, at which plans
for the years WORK of the organiZa-
ton were discussed. An invitation was
eXtt ixled by Concord To hold the coun-
" convention there on the fifth sun
day in August and was accepted by
the officer, Of the AssoCia ton.
promotion committee for adver-
Using the county convention was ap-
pointed and plans mada To have every
sunday school i'm the county visited
personally by Officials OF the Associa
tion. General Superintendent, Leon G..
Palmer Ut the South Carolina Sunday
School Association, who attended the
conference, announced that IL banner
would lie given ut the convention TO
the Sunday school having the largest
number OF representatives present
Plans were also discussed for the
holding ut countrywide older boys
conference and Older girls conference
during the fail. under the direction of
Mrs. Palmer, the state Young Peoples
Division superintendent
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-07-21
Yachts Race Again
Shamrock and ReSoiute Are
Ready For Second Trial
For Cup

Sandy Hook, July 17.-Lipton's
challenger. Shamrock ", and the Res
olute, the American defender. found
nothing more than a cupful OF wind
and fat sail with which to- engage
in the second race for AMERICAS cup
when they towcd to the startisag line
just before noon. ,rhe yachts wa How
ed i'm the groundswell and the sails
tapped lifeless1y in the dead aiis II
The Regetta committee signallea e.
postponement OF the race until later
i'm the day. After Is minutes intesNai
no signs were observed and even III The
sloops started, experts declared othat
no finish could be made within the
six hour limit. = s.4es
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-07-21
Mother liubhard,s pan.

Mary's teacher one day asked her
to draw a picture of Old Mother Hub
bard's house, showing Old Mother
Hubbard and her dog. Very quickly
Mary drew the rough outlines of what
was supposed to be honse, placing
the crude form Of Old Mother Hub
bard beside the door. Then, with a
selfsatisfied air she handed her fin-
ished product TO the teacher. THAT Is
very good. Mary" commented the
teacher, as she looked ut the draw
ing, "but where is the dog?'
"Oh. the doc Is In the house."
promptly replied Mary.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-07-21
Local Library CO-Ope-
rates in Movement

Publishers declare that the nation
has entered upon what has been char
acterized az the golden age of read
ms. and are giving their full sup
port to- the Books for Everybody
movement, I'm which the Carnegie lii
btary OF Sumter Is cooperating with
libraries throughout the United States.
As means of meeting the new appre-
citation OF the printed page which is
largely am outgruwth of the war. pub
fishing firms are asserting their eager
ness to assist the American Library
Associations program for promoting
the esta ablishing of more public Ii
braries and broader development OF
library service
Present demands upon existing pub
lie libraries are a severe strain upon
their limited resources. A. l.. A. off
cials declare. Requests for book SER
vice from the large areas without Ii
braries have been more rnsistent than
ever before.
Publishing firms with headquarters
in New York City have approved their
quota Of $4,000 toward the nation-
wide Books for Everybody" fund OF
s., 2,000 .00O, Publishers subscript aons
will be applied on New York's appor-
Uonment or S260.0On. n committee
composed OF representatives of the ID.
Appleton Company, the Century Com
pany and Funk d Wagnalls has been
appointed TO assist the American lii
brary Association in raising the $50
600 quota for the publishing trade.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-07-21
To Strenothen Steel

Cincinnati is one OF six places In the
world where steel Is strengthened by
being boiled in oil. Recently at a
plant Il Carthage. steel shaft weigh.
ing 10000 pounds. the largest piece
ever subjected to the new method
went through the process of being
strengthened. 1t was a "hOilOw-bOred
tumbier shaft" for use in dredging
gold In California. costing about SIT.
600. The great shaft was first sus-
pended In an upright furnace until
heated to just below the melting psint
A crane then picked it up and dropped
IT Into huge well Of oil, where I,
boiled and sputtered. throwing out
clouds Of oily mist.