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High Grade coats, suits and dresses
in drummers' samples at about 33 1-3
per cent. less than regular prices.
Come and get first pick. Supply Co.
New Britain herald., 1922-05-31
MCCORMICK GIRL IN
LEGAL FIGHT TODAY
Mathilde In Court With Mother And
Father In Arguments For
D Guardianship

Chicago, May 81. Mathilde Nc
Cormck was to choose finally between
her parents today The II year old
girl planned to go into probate court
where Edith Rockefeller Mccormick,
her divorced mother last week re-
opened the guardianship in which the
girls father. Harold r. Mccormick,
tentatively was named as guardian.
In the final selection of a guardian,
Mathilde has at stake the matter Of
approval of her contemplated mar
riage to Max Oser Swiss horseman.
In the choice of her father, titular
head of the international Harvester
Co., millions, Mathilde had tacit ar-
proval of her marriage. to the Swiss,
who is more than twice her age. In
selection of her mother lay apparent
opposition TO the union.
From indications it was expected
her father and permit society to
speculate for while longer whether
the betrothal to Oser would cumin-
ate in marriage or q break in the en-
gagement through n convenient denial
Of consent to the nuptials by Mr.. Nc
Cormick
Meanwhile from across the Atlantic
came rumors that Max was preparing
for a speedy trip to America
It also was limited today that the
court might designate some person
Others than either of Mathilde's par
onts as her guardians.
New Britain herald., 1922-05-31
WORKERS
TO VOTE ON STRIKE
If Majority Votes To Reject Offer.
Then Strike Call Cav BE Issued
Immediately

Detroit, May 81. - CRy Associated
Press) of the United Broth
orhood of maintenance of way en-
ployes and railway shop laborers to-
day began preparation of strike bal
lots to be sent within the next Few
days to the 47S,000 members of the
organization throughout the country
and to the approximately $4,000 non
union men of the crafts who would be
affected by a strike. The brotherhood
members, with the non-union men,
will be asked to vote on the question
Of accepting the wage cuts o.. from
enc to five cents an hour recently or
dered by the L. S. Railway Labor
board in Chicago. If a majority of
the brotherhood votes in favor of a
rejection of the decreases, F. T.. Ora
bile, grand president Of the brother
hood, is empowered to issue a strike
call Immediately.
A resolution calling for the strike
vote and ordering MIR, Cradle 70 take
the strike step in the event ii is sane
toned by the membership was passed
at a meeting of the brotherhood's ex-
ecutive council composed of all Off
GERS of the union.
All the replies arc looked for by
the end of June. If a strike is. de
sired by the membership, such a call
probably will go out during the first
week In July Mr.. Cradle said
New Britain herald., 1922-05-31

| from his European trip.
According to young Wards state
mont of the killing. the baekmai ring
or which he says Peters was a mem
bcr, began their threats and efforts 10
get money about the time his father
left for Europe. The officials OF
Westchester county believe that
George S, Ward has been acquainted
with the facts In the case by his son
and hope through him 20 clear mp the
mystery
Marine corps officers Mt Paris Is
land. s, c., have made 1t plain from
their records that Peters could rot
have arrived In New sJrk until about
~ hours before he was killed. II also
became known that Peters, while in
the marine barracks there boosted he
had "rich friends up north who would
aid him whenever he desired"
The Boston end of the Ward Peters
New Britain herald., 1922-05-31
TIGERS ARE SUSPENDED
Cobb and Heilmahn Are Punished By
Ian johnson For Trouble With
Cmpires At st. Louis.

st. Louis, Mo-, May 31.-Ty Cobb,
manager and outhelder, and Harry
Heilmann of the Detroit Tigers were
indefinitely suspended by Ban B.
johnson, American league president
before the morning game of the holt
day double header yesterday with the
st. Louis Browns.
Cobb and Heilmann questioned de-
cisions on plays in the early part of
the contest between the Browns and
the Tigers here Monday. In the third
inning Cobb signalled Cole. the pitch
er, to pass SEVERED Intentionally with
two men on base. Williams, home
run hitter of the Browns, was the
next man to face Cole, and he hit the
first ball for a home run.
In the ninth inning, Cobb. support -
ed by Heilmann, sport writer's claim,
again started an argument with Will
son, the umpire, over play. Cobb, it
is asserted, applied his spikes to Will
sons shoes. Wilson ordered Cobb off
the field, and when the latter refus-
ed to leave, Walsh, the other umpire
in the game, pulled out his watch.
Cobb then departed.
New Britain herald., 1922-05-31
WON'T OBEY lands.

Portland. Ore May 3l.--s.ock-
holders OF the Portland club of tho
Pacific Coast league adopted formal
resolutions last night pledging them
selves to stand by William H. KEEP
per- president OF the club, In efforts
TO prevent the execution OF the man
date Of x. NJ. lands. baseball COM
missioner, In the Kenworthy case. The
decision declared Keeper, James r.
Brewster, president. and Will
liam j. kenworthy manager Of the
Portland club, ineligible for varying
periods.
New Britain herald., 1922-05-31

affair failed 10 materlalize. Michael
J.. Sullivan OF Salem an attorney for
the Peters family declared that VIII
liam j, Fallon had not gone TO Bos-
ton To interview "Ross' the supposed
head Of the alleged blackmail ring.
The authorities would not say If
they expected TO get in touch with
Ross but Dist Attorney Weeks did
say that they were trying to trace
Peters movements after he arrived in
New York
New Britain herald., 1922-05-31

There is letter at the Herald
sporting department for the manager
OF the Trojans baseball team.
kid" Kaplan. the Meriden whirl-
wind, got tho decision over Lieuten-
ant Earl Baird OF Seattle. Wash, at
Bridgeport on Monday night. 1t was
said after the fight that Baird was not
In his best condition. A big crowd OF
local fans were present at the show.
Foote and Anderson roll Spalding
and White OF New Haven at the Ca
sino alleys this evening. A win for the
local duo will place them In third
place In the league.
The Connecticut Duckpin tourney
Will close next week. O'Connor and
Ryno of Bridgeport will roll Foote
and Anderson in this city. The other
game for the locals will be at Hart
ford with Bartholomey and Burns.
Frank Osborne, the hard hitting
outhelder Of the New Haven team will
be out Of the game for the rest of
the season. In Mondays game against
Hartford, Osborne sustained broken
leg.
Harry P. O'Connor's name was left
out through mistake, among the list
OF golfers who qualified in the round
robin tourney at the Sequin club last
Saturday. Harry Ps. net score was
IS, and he is tied with three other
players for the top mark so far.
The Brown baseball team "decorat-
ed" the Harvard nine with a trim |
ming yesterday, which was a big sur
prise to the followers of the Crimson.
Puzzle! Try and find out who is
captain of the New Britain High |
school baseball team.
A number of local baseball fans
had great time yesterday afternoon
at Hartford, watching the Waterbury,
Brasscos wipe up the diamond with |
Clarkin's Senators.
The Yanks Juniors handed the !
Orioles 25 to 8 yesterday. The win
ners come from Niger Hill and the
losers hail from Clark street.
The Young Stars defeated the Swats
In very exciting game by the score
Of II to s. The batteries for the vic
torious nine were Wolf, Kramer and
krechevsky; for the losers, Lipman
and Weiner. The Stars wwould like to
challenge any team in the city, aver
aging from to II years. Eor games
communicate with S. Kramer of 1913
Hartford avenue.
Slim Politis, star guard on the
Nutmeg football team of last season,
has started training for the coming
season. He has taken job on an ice
tam carrying ice. Nothing like it to
get the muscles hard.
The Pirates, a baseball team aver
aging from - to Is years, has or {
ganized for the coming season, and
would like to arrange games with any
teams in the city averaging the same {
a ges. Address communications to $
Irving Middleton. 20 Lincoln street {
Mrs. Molla Bjurstedt Mallory open
ed up her European invasion yester- t
day at Chiswick, England, by winning |
two matches. J
William T. Tilden, End. defeated
Wallace F. Johnson. for the tennis a
of the Philadelphia dis /
trict yesterday. y
The Yale baseball team found the
going pretty strenuous yesterday at I
Hartford, against the Trinity team. S
rhe Blue won to 0. t
The Cleveland Indians, once the
proud holders of the worlds baseball I
title, are skidding badly in the Ameri- Il
,an league this season. n
The Washington club of the Ameri-
AN league has been offered the serv- t
ces of Pitcher Marvin Goodwin by '
he st. Louis Cardinals.
The suspension of Manager TyIa
New Britain herald., 1922-05-31
WARDS FATHER is
TO BE QUESTIONED
Police Hope To Get More Definite In
formation Concerning Murder
From Older Man

White Plains, N. Y, May Sick
animation of George S. Ward father
OF Walter 8. Ward, confessed slayer
OF Clarence Peters as to what he
knows regarding the events leading
upi to the shooting is desired by the
authorities here. They hoped TO ret
into touch with the head of the bak-
Ing company today and ask him what
was In the message he received from
his son that caused him to hurry back
New Britain herald., 1922-05-31

the facino Coast league along with
100000 N cash for Willie Kamm.
star third baseman, according To
Harry Grabiner, secretary OF the Sox.
The other pitcher will be decided
upon later, Mr.. Gardiner said.
New Britain herald., 1922-05-31
ON THE FIRST BOUND
WITH cLERKIN

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Cobb and Harry Heilmann, the clout.
Ing outfielder of the Tigers, comes al
a bad time for the Wolverine state
team.
I Benny Leonard and Lew Tender
will battle at Boyle's Thirty Acres on
July 20, according to the report from
New York.
Mickey Walker of Elizabeth N. ].
made short work OF Pal Redd OF
birmingham. Mass, In n bout at
Boston on Monday night. The Skeetcr
stopped the Bay Slater In the fourth
round.
Jack Britton, welterweight cham
pion and Benny Leonard, lightweight
title holder has been matched by Tex
Richard to meet on June 23 a Jersey
City, IN IL round bout. The men
have agreed to weigh not over 147
pounds at o'clock.
Some of the down state papers do
not get rs excited over kid" Kap-
Ian as his Meriden followers. A New
! Haven morning publication yesterday
viewed the Baird-Kaplan affair as a
draw, giving each boy four rounds
apiece, and the other four as even.
If some of the really hard hitting
featherweights clout Kaplan as often
as the weaker punchers, it will be in
teresting TO watch how the Meriden
boy stands the gGff.
The baseball game between the
Herald and the Bankers teams of the
Industrial league scheduled this eve
ming, has been postponed until later
date.
This Kid Wagner person. haiing
from Philly, is highly touted. He is
credited with flooring Earl Baird
three times in a bout. He should
make it interesting for the Meriden
boy.
Irish" Meusel led the attack on
the Philies pitchers yesterday after
noon, getting two home runs and a
double, Frank Snyder, the bulky
Giants catcher, had a perfect dayI
with the willow, hitting five times
safely in five trips to the plate.
Bob McAllister, the New York po-
liceman, ran the 100 yard dash event
at Danbury yesterday afternoon, in 8 !
40 seconds equalling the record of
Leconey of Lafayette. esta blished at /
the Intercollegiate games last Satur-
day at the Cambridge Stadium.
James f O'Brien, director of
work, Lawyer Henry
P. Roche and Rev. J. Warren Roche
viii motor to Worcester, Mass, on
Saturday, to attend the Holy Cross
Georgetown baseball game.
Joe Dugan of the Red Sox, is out of
the game for few days, with a spik-
With Roger Peckinpaugh in Mondays
game at Fenway Park.
"Rube" Oldringa former member
Of the Philadelphia Athletics, has
signed to manage the Richmond team
If the Virginia league.
The Yale $50 pound crew defeated
he Harvard $50 pound crew by
ength on the Charles River course
yesterday.
Grover Ash of Rochester, N. Y, an
automobile race promoter, was struck
~ racing car at Brockport, N. Y.
and was instantly killed.
Hugh duffy, manager of the Boston
Red SoX observed his 35th anniver-
AIRY of Ids entry into baseball, yes
erday.
Gene Martin, recent yreleased by
Bridgeport, appeared in a New Haven
inform yesterday against his former
mates.
The next boxing bout of interest IN ,
his section is the Kip Kaplan- Kid
Wagner affair at Meriden, on June 0. S
Id classified ads. II
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New Britain herald., 1922-05-31
SEALS GET McyyEENET

Chisox Give Pitcher in Part Payment
For Kamm
Chicago, May 81--Douglas McWee-
ney, young Highlander. who has
been with the Chicago White Sox two
years, Is one OF the two pitchers who
will go to the San Francisco club of
New Britain herald., 1922-05-31

The great seal herd OF the North
Pacific, under adequate protection,
has increased to 100000
New Britain herald., 1922-05-31

Next to honey, and almost as an
cient, figs and dates are the most
natural of our sweet foods.
New Britain herald., 1922-05-31

The Yanks Juniors handed the
Orioles 25 to yesterday. The win
ners come from Niger Hill and the
losers hail from Clark street
New Britain herald., 1922-05-31

Business momentum units are Her.
aid classified ads.
New Britain herald., 1922-05-31

A number of local baseball fans
had a great time yesterday afternoon
at Hartford, watching the Waterbury
Brasscos wipe up the diamond with
Clarkin's Senator's.
New Britain herald., 1922-05-31

Puzzle! Try and find out who is
captain of the New Britain High
school baseball team.
New Britain herald., 1922-05-31

The Brown baseball team "decorat-
ed" the Harvard nine with trim
ming yesterday, which was big sur
prise to the followers of the Crimson.
New Britain herald., 1922-05-31

Frank Osborne, the hard hitting
outfelder Of the New Haven team will
be out Of the game for the rest of
the season. In Mondays game against
Hartford, Osborne sustained a broken
Lex.
New Britain herald., 1922-05-31

Harry P. O'Connor's name was left
out through a mistake, among the list
OF golfers who qualified in the round
robin tourney at the Sequin club last
Saturday. Harry P's. net score was
IS, and he Is tied with three other
players for the top mark so far.
Evening star., 1922-05-13
ANOTHER DIAMOND WIN
!. FOR WAR DEPARTMENT

War Departments nine held to its
winning stride yesterday in the De-
partmental League, beating the Post
Office aggregation, IA to 1. Pfeil, on
the slab for the Generals. held the
Mailmen to three hits and was ac-
corded perfect support. Kerr and
Duvall were marks for War batters,
who garnered sixteen safeties. The
losers committed seven miscues.
Craft and Carroll outpitched Lud-
wig and Watt and General Account
ants defeated Navy, 8 to 3, in the
Government. League. Each team made
eight hits, but the Accountants bunch
ed theirs effectively.
Liberty Loan pointed the way to
Registers in an II to 8 Treasury
League tilt. Funk hurled well for
the winners and with better support
would not have yielded SO many runs.
Quartermasters blanked Ordnance,
IL to 0. in the War Interbureau
circuit. The losers got only three hits
off Newman.
!. Standard Oil easily disposed of the
Leviathans in the Potomac League,
winning 13 to 0. Serrin allowed the
Leyiathans only one wallop.
Federal League teams are to trans
fer their games to the Washington
Barracks field. The circuit has been
playing on the Navy Yard grounds at
5th and l.. streets southeast.
Evening star., 1922-05-13
KENLWORTH TO PLACE
STURDY NINE ON FIELD

Kenilworth Athletic Club will send
sturdy team against Tenleytown
Athletic Club on the Tenleytown dia-
mond tomorrow afternoon at 3
o'clock. The lineup will include /:
Kraft, third base; Viehmeyer, second
base; Hudson, catcher, Deck, first
base; Farr, center field; Simpson,
right. field: Sutler. shorstop; Suoffer,
left field, and Williams, pitcher. -
kenilworth has an open date May
Il and wants to hear from good
teams. Challenges will be received
by Arthur Baur over telephone, Lin
Circle Athletic Club won over Park
Farm Dairy, 20 to 2. Tew pitched
against the Park Views. Frederick
gave the Dairymen but one /. hit.
Aiken and Spite Of the Circles sstiade
homers in the Park View game.
Mount Rainier EmbIems, who were
to entertain the Warwicks this after
noon, will go to Alexandria tomor-
row afternoon to play the Rosebuds.
Woodiey Athletic Club has games
today and tomorrow. Rehabilitation
nine was to be encountered this aft
ernoon at 4:30 o'clock The Sunday
clash will be with the Clovers on the
Woodley field.
Overlook Athletic Club is anxious
to schedule Sunday games with
Junior teams. Challenges may be
telephoned to James Tugi at Lincoln
1906 between s and pm.
Evening star., 1922-05-13

Most of the high totals registered
were in the doubles division. 1Dge
and Jolliffe, veteran duckpinners,
slammed the little naples for 6S1.
which will send them into the prize
winning class. Harville' and Moore
got 665, while Stanford and Lewis.
HALEY and "A. Krauss, Henderson and
Pratt and Twomeyeand HuFd did well.
Joe Twomey Of the Metropolitans
grabbed q hat in the first game of
his doubles by striking in, the fourth
and fifth boxes. He had spared in the
third. Joe was advised to get a straw
kelly and a cap instead of a brown
derby.
Other -bOnnetH were won by Fred
Moore and Harry Schmidt in the dou-
bles. The former got his in the sew
enth and eighth boxes of his last
game and Schmidt made strikes in
the third and fourth frames of the
third game.
Ernie Alsop,s 2sO-pound member of
the Carry, Ice Creams. was given a
leather-mounted medal emblematic of
the heavyweight duckpin champion
ship. No speeches accompanied the
presentation.
Charley Phillips dashed into third
place in the all-events in class A with
a total of 996.
Evening star., 1922-05-13

Baltimore. the middle Atlantic cham
p1on, In the other half
In the second flight George p.
lanes of Columbia, after defeating
Ihomas G. Sasscer Sof Baltimore in
the morning roundg bowed to F. c.
Devlin in the afternoon. Donald
Woodward of Columbia, who took
the measure of hisecIuhmate, Miller
B. Steyinson, in the morning, defeat
ed James. Walter In the afternoon
by 2 and /.
Guy NJ. Standiferawas defeated in
the second flight. while Gardiner p.
Orme also was beaten in the first
flight. Hugh H. Saum remains in
the fifth flight by virtue of two vic
tories, but G. H. Chasmar and Hugh
Mackenzie were beaten in the second
and third fights, respectively, while
Charles H. Orme lost in the sixth
fight and D. c. McCready suffered a
similar fate in the fourth
In defeating Max Marstop in the
afternoon. Bond. who is we'll known
here, played a sterling game, win
ming from, the Philadelphia star by
up. S. NJ. Newton. who tied for
the medal in the qualification round
lost in the morning to Marston. -s
Evening star., 1922-05-13

beat Mangan and Kunkel, 6-3, 6-3.
Lchigh's tennis team. which has not
been beaten this season, won four
out of six matches from George
washington here yesterday. as fol-
lows:
W sinsles-ssck, Lehish. deEeated L.dd.' C:
Beale. LehiGb. 20. 81. 6-1: Koegler, Le.
high defeated Boyd. &. W. O-6. 6-, los;
Ma.ts9n. Lehigh. defeated Fowler. C. W.
Donblss.Ladd and Balleneer. C. W, de-
feated Beck and Koegler, Lehigh. G.. 2-6.
g.; Beals and Cluthe. Lehigh. defeated Boyd
and straieS, CIV. 3-6, 6-3, 8-2.
Ray kunkef OF Georgetown is play
ing Bill Sweeney of, Loyola College
of Baltimore for the South Atlantic
intercollegiate Association title. in
Richmond. Va, today. Ray and Paul
doubles competition, which is slated
to be completed today also. Paul
kunkei jumped back to Richmond
last night after making the trip here
TO play against the Californians.
seven out of nine contests from the
War Department team in a match
played on the Columbia Country Club
courts yesterday. Summarizes:
Singles-Bates (N.) defeated Col. W.
johnson al, S3. IS: Maj. Elliott CAL
defeated Beasley (N.), "a, 8-3; Maj. Rob.
er;son "a: defeated Capt. Leary M. sI,
e-3: Col. Triple "a defeated Capt wilkin.
y son CNJ. So. 10: Col. Bethel (A.) defeat-
ed G1fford tN.b, 6-3. Ga: Col. Cole (A) de
/ feated Herman tN.l. s-2.-8-2.
Doubles-Capt. Whitney and Capt London
tN.l defeated Col. Johnson and Col Tipple
tA.l c., 8-l: Col. Bethel and Maj. Elliott
tAD defeated Capt. Leary and Capt. HOY,
tN.) 81. 60; Col. Cole and Mai Roberts
"a, defeated Capt. Kaufman and Capt. Belt
(N.l e., 63
Evening star., 1922-05-13
KUMAGAE, NOT TO RETURN
FOR TENNIS TROPHY PLAY

ZenO Shimidzu and Seiichfro
hashiO. who are playing in the
nnal match of the tourney at
Chevy Chase Club this afternoon.
VIII be Japan's 1922 Davis cup
team. 1t has been definitely learned
that lchfya kumaSae, who. with
shimfdzu. went to the challenge
round last year. will not return
from his native land for the Inter-
national competition. This will
weaken the Japanese team to an
appreciable extent, as KashiO.
while player away above the
average ability. II not the equal
OF kumagae. Shimidxu and KashfO
VIII go to Europe to play Italy IN
the first round, and. If successful,
Will meet the winner Of the Ru.
manfa-India clash in the second
stage.
Evening star., 1922-05-13
ZEB'S PITCHING PROBLEM
rs COMPLICATED BY LOSS
Eric Tames Tribe in Opener, Though Wild-Goslin
Delivers on Return to Lineup and Will Stick.
Brower's Homer Sinks Coveleskie.
BY. DENMAN THOMPSON.

HRESENT the Nationals will have along
of Mogrdge indefinite period
ehande the most effective boxman the
the troubled
with his back believed cold hav
taking regularly from the club
but each period of has
setback his condition such that
in the grand
-
makes painful ordeal him
of regarded
available
Evening star., 1922-05-13

TWO records went Dy. the DoarQS
yesterday in the preliminaries. Le
Georgetown athlete threw the. jave-
lin just little more than ia feet,
breaking his own mark of last year
of a little more than 1853 feet, and
broad jumped % feet going several
inches farther than the figure set a
year ago by him on Georgetown field.
Le Gendre also threw the discus
and probably will win all three field
events without even competing this
afternoon. LIE Gendre also won his
heat in the 100 and his heat In the
220-yard dash, and probably will win
both events this afternoon.
Brewster Ii Shut Out.
One of the. surprises of. the meet
came when Brewster, Georgetown's
great half-miler, was shut out In his
Brewster would have won the event
today had he qualified. and probably
would have set a new record. Ben
Baker of Virginia, star quarter-miler
of the section, came within an ace
of being shut out in his heat Of the
quarter, and many Of those who lined
the track thought he had been, but
More schools than usual qualified
men. Besides those qualified by Vir-
ginia and Georgetown, Johns Hop
kins placed 10: Virginia Military In
stitute, 8; Washington and Lee, q;
Maryland. 4; George Washington. 3;
Richmond, 2; William and Mary. q;
North Carolina. l..
The 100-yard dash in the finals
today should show some remarkable
competition, with Brittingham of
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Clarke
OF Johns Hopkins and; LIE Gendre Of