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New Britain herald., 1922-02-21
City Items

Charles Johnson. manager Of FoX's
theatcr has gone to New York and
Atlantic City for vacation. Henry
Burke, manager of the Comedy
theater in New York is substituting
for him here,
Decoration at Elks' Fair furnished
by the Eddy-Awning 81 Decorating Co.
-Advt.
Mrs. I'. S. stone of New Haven Is
visiting Mrs. w. II. Rodcn of Stanley
street.
Members of the Aaiz Grotto will
journey to Norwich tomorrow after
when the ceremonial cast will put on
the degree work for the Nimrod
Grotto of that place. They will re-
turn at II O'Clock in the evening.
Washington's Birthday dance. Y. w.
G. a., Wednesday evening. Lynch's
Orchestra.-advt
Raymond Snyder, of rs Spring
street, is rapidly recovering at the
New Rochelle hospital from Il frac-
ture of the skull received while at
work in a bakery there. He fell down
an elevator shaft.
A meeting OF Co. | Veterans corps
will be held at the state armory on
Arch street tomorrow evening.
Washington's Birthday dance, Y. w.
C. A., Wednesday evening. Lynch 3
Enthusiastically.
Commodore Barry Council, A. A. r.
|. r. will be held this evening at the
home CT Mrs. II. b. Poyer at 551 Main
street.
Martha Chapter, No. II, O. y. s.
will hold their regular meeting Thurs
day evening at 1880 o'clock. A social
will be held after the meeting for
members and friends. The usual aft
ernoon social will be held at $50
o'clock.
Mrs. Charles Dunn has resigned hei
position with the Besse- Leland com.
pany to accept similar position with
the Mcmillan store.
New Britain herald., 1922-02-21
Automobile SHOW
= Opens NEXT WEEK
Early Reports Indicate Affair
Will Be Biggest and Best Yet

Chairman A. G.. Hawker of the
committee in charge of awarding
space for display at the New Britain
Automobile show, reports that the
number of requests already IN con-
vince him that this years exposition
will be on of the biggest and best
ever staged here.
The show will open Wednesday,
March / and will continue for four
afternoons and evenings. In the eve
ming, orchestra music will be pro-
vided and an entertainment furnish
ed. A special committee is working
out this feature and assures that the
best things in concert music Will be
furnished and that the entertainers
will be Of the brand that is sure to
please.
Elaborate Decorations
Elaborate decorations throughout
the spacious exposition hall are plan
ned, The color scheme will be rustic
with an interspersing of wisterias,
which, the decorators feel sure, will
give a most pleasing effect.
Reports of progress being received
by the general committee by those
delegated to work up the detail of
the annual automobile show indicate
that there is no need for New Britain
ties going to Hartford this year to see
a real automobile show.
Almost every car on the road today
from the most inexpensive brand of
roadster to the most expensive limou-
sines, will be seen on the armory floor
next week from Wednesday until
Saturday night. Accessories new and
old, including those which have been
on the market for years as well as
those which have not yet been placed
on sale, will be placed in the booths
so that automobilists and prospective
car owners may have an opportunity
to inspect the goods.
Many Dealers Represented
Mostly every local dealer and &C
cessory merchant has rented space
Cars not having g. local agency will
be displayed through their main Off
ces, applications for several such
reservations having been received.
Courteous attendants will be or
hand at the several booths to explain
to patrons of the show whether or not
they intend to buy a car, the attrac-
tions offered in each machine. De
scriptive literature will also be pro-
vided by the agents Of the many cars
to be exhibited
New Britain herald., 1922-02-21
PLAN DANCE REFORM

Mems Church Club in New Jersey OPP
noses Modern Wriggiine.
New York, Feb. 21.-The Mems CLUB
New Britain herald., 1922-02-21
PREVENTS "a SUICIDES
Some Murders are Also Avoided ~
Activities of Anti-Suicidc League AZ
Zurich, switzerland.

Geneva. Feb. 21.-F'ifty-four men
and women were prevented from
committing suicide in the last SIX
months through the efforts or an
anti-suicide league at Zurich, accord
ing to a report just issued. Some OF
the 81 also had planned to take other
lives before their own.
Members of the league receive ap-
meals in confidence from desperate
persons and each case is nandled III
a kindly but firm manner. Moral
and sometimes financial aid Is given
until the crisis is past Most OF those
thus saved from elf-destruction are
now doing well and their secret IL
carefully guarded by the league.
New Britain herald., 1922-02-21

Mrs Edward L. c. Robins who divorced VIM Iaylor siam
; director and their daughter Ethel Daisy Deane amer
The daughter correspondent with her father from 9lz until
no time Of his death Mrs Robins the wife of the lessee
of Demoncos restaurant New York The daughtef VIII ell'
Tavor's estate estimated at 100000.
New Britain herald., 1922-02-21

to the orchestra arrangements placed
in their hands by the publishers.
Blame OrchcstraS
This is not to say that the or
chcstras are putting the jazz in mu-
sic but they often DO put in their
own special ideas--effects which the
publisher more often than not woulo
he glad to see LETT ont. Sometimes
these special arrangements chop up
the melody and fail to carry out the
theme in its original FORM The pub
fishers, Of course, is interested in see
ing the melody carried out and re-
peated because the reputation of the
melody is what makes for popularity
and sells the music.
New Britain herald., 1922-02-21
NATIONAL HOLIDAY PLAN
proposc Observance OF Memorial Day
Throughout Country AS C:hcrs Are
Celebrated.

St Paul, Mimi, Feb. 22.-lnterna-
tional observance of May 80 each
wear as Memorial Day is being urged
by j. w. Hamilton of st. Paul, VINO
has received commentator for MS
proposal from many prominent per
sons in Europe and other countries.
1t is proposed to have a holiday for
school children on that day with
suitable exercises the day previous,
80 as to bring to their plastic minds
what the day means and what 1t can
he made to mean for the future
Expressions 81 approval for the
nlan have been received by Mr.. Ham
ilton from Senator Wavrinsky. Stock
holm, member of the lnter-Parlia-
mentary Union; Stephane Lausanne,
editor of lie Matin, Paris; Maron sa-
katini Toxic, and many others
New Britain herald., 1922-02-21

1t has been discovered that gelatine
can be made from old leather.
Evening star., 1922-06-11
CHESS CLUB ELECTS
WALKER PRESIDENT

F. B. Walker has been elected
president of the Capital City Chess
Club. Other officers chosen at the
annual meeting were: G. Z. Chase.
vice president; @. f. Paris, treasurer,
and w H. Mutchler, secretary.
c. r. Kalmbach. W. B. Mundelle. J. E.
Directors elected were: C. c. Caylor.
Ray. Stirling Kerr and J. p. Taylor.
The class c tourney in the club has
ended with Kalmbach, winner Of four
OF Ave games, In the lead. Hale and
Lane deadlocked for second, with
three and ne-half wins and one and
one-half losses. Hertzberg was fourth,
with three wins and two losses.
Fletcher, fifth. with one win in five
games, and Jeffers last. with five
losses.
Three club Journeys are in progress.
those for class B. class DE and for
new members. Mutchler is leading
in class B, with three wins. while
T. H. Cake Is second. with two wins
and one loss. Gleason is in front in
the DE tourney. with three straight
wins. Grant and Mozey are setting
the pace in the new members affair.
the former having won three games
and the latter two.
Evening star., 1922-06-11
GRIFFS AMONG QUARTET
IN RACE FOR A. L. FLAG

Continued from First Page.l
Indians when it is considered they
are in sixth place and headed lower
and vet are leading the circuit In
any number of important angles. For
instance. according to the latest
available averages, they are setting
average of 300. the front-runninF
Yankees being some twenty points
lower. They have scored the most
runs. lead in the number of base
hits, ton the field in doubles and are
tied with the Browns for triples.
They have beneflted ov oases on on
balls more than any other team. rank
second in sacrifices and have had
fewer strike-out victims than any
rival aggregation.
Despite these advantages the In
dians are nine and .one-haif games
removed from the top. One OF the
reasons is that they have had more
runs scored against them than any
other club, even those in seventh
end eighth places, indicating their de-
fense is faulty. and defense, OF
course. includes the pitching. The
Fifth City fans also have seen the''
representatives beaten In more than
a few games by alien home runs.
which develops another point on
which they are weak.
The Browns are leading in circuit
c1outs, with upward OF forty. the
Mackmen are but few behind them.
tho Yanks have some thirty. with
Chicago, Boston and Washington
each credited with about half that
number while the Tribe has manu-
factured just three in season when
mprathon mauls are all the rage.
The once scrappy. hustling bunch
that fought its way to a pennant and
then battered the Dodgers into
pulp in the world series two wears
ago. now Is a lifeless, dispirited ag-
greeation. IT will he doing well to
finish near the top of the. second di-
vision, unless through some agency
they ran be induced to pull together.
The Cleveland slabmen are a sad
looking bunch the way they are per-
forming now. but the principal trou-
BILE with the Tribe is the lack OF that
most essential OF all elements, team
sDfrit
Evening star., 1922-06-11
TWO OFFICIALS ADDED
TO BOXING CLUBS LIST

Capt John II. Craige Of the United
States Marine Corps and John D.
O'Reilly. coach and athletic director
of Georgetown University. have been
added to the list of officials of the
SHORTHAND Heights Arena, which
opens Saturday afternoon at BerWFh
Heights. Md, with forty-eight sched-
uIed rounds Of boxing.
Craiee Is a well known former
amateur wrestler and boxer. tie was
athletic officer for while at guam
tico. Va. and turned out the famous
Marine base ball team OF when pols
Miller and Mig Clarke were nbei ;.
In addition, Craige was an lntercol-
lcciate wrestling and boxing chaii-
With Lieut. Henry Miller. editor OF
Our Nayy. Craige will divide the
referee duties at the new arena MI
Ter has had world OF ring "oIh
and only recently refereed the pouts
hetween the Washington navy var"
tars and the boxers from n. NJ =.
Raleigh in the sports carnival heio
here. ,,s I,,dea
with Newbold Moves. All 1our M. I,, =. :.
named by the Sportland Heights
Arena are licensed under the MARY
1and state athletic commission.
NReilly has officiated in fights IN
Roston and is a capable official in all
sportS.
Evening star., 1922-06-11

stance, Cy Young was past forty when
he was yet great pitcher Wagner
quit at forty-four.
Il am now in my thirty-sixth year.
II the cases of Wagner and Young
are criterions. ! should De good for at
least six more years. But am /!
only time will tell
Swnt Average Is Barometer.
This much you can say for me:
the games my club plays and my bat
ting average gets below 800, then /
shall announce my retirement as a
player. because batting average is
the sole barometer of a players value.
II won't be necessary for the fans 10
start riding me: III spare them the
trouble. Then I'll return to my home
and family and live a quiet life.
''Rut let me say here and now that
l will not make my ball club sub
servient to my own individual inter-
csts know that from one very
definite source 1 have been branded
failure as a major league manager.
want it known that this source is
outside OF Detroit, and certainly De-
troit base ball fans ought TO be com
petent to judge whether or not they
want me to remain at the helm of the
club.
Personally. If you'll pardon the
assertion. / don't consider myself a
failure yet. | took very badly dis
organized club. which finished sew
enth the first year l had il and ran
it to sixth in 1921.
Rebuilding Tiger Machine.
The records will bear me out when
say that Dertoit last season lost
almost half its games after the sixth
inning when we had what looked like
a winning margin. Moreover, the
majority OF these games were lost on
errors at shortstop and second base.
These two positions are recognized
as the most salient factors in ball
clubs defense Therefore. when they
collapsed 1t was necessary for me to
rebuild my entire club. That is pre-
cisely what a m trying to accomplish
this season. l have sense enough to
know we haven't pennant winning
combination yet. But my confidence
in my players Is so strong that
know I'm safe in saying We'll give
the favorites for the flag some trouble
before it's all over.
Il owe base ball a greater debt
than can ever repay. With me it
has always been the game that
counted most. That is why l have
refused to involve myself in the petty
politics OF the magnates, and l want
to say now that l never will.
"No matter how great he may be,
no individual is greater than base
ball"
How close is Cobb to that retire
ment line? The batting averages tell
us :hat he promises TO travel on and
on. He not only Is far above the 300
mark, set by himself as the barome-
ter Of his own ability, but he Is press
ing the American League leaders for
the notch which leads straight to
supremacy. and he Is doing we'll as a
pilot,
Evening star., 1922-06-11

At least 1t may be assumed that
varsity scrubmen Will not be drawn
from valuable work ae chopping
blocks for the varsity to serve on a
regular Junior varsity eleven. The
team thus in all probability will be
the freshman eleven. There will also
be formed At Penn a second fresh
man team. so that in all four grid
iron combinations with separate
coaches, schedules and the like will
be at large upon franklin Field next
season.
They Like the Presti&e.
Having set forth the above facts
It now remains to determine just
how successful Penn's idea is likely
to be. II you catch varsity foot bali
men in confidential mood. they-or at
least many of them--will tell you
that they do not play the gridiron
game so much for the love OF the
sport as the prestige It brings and
the satisfaction of knowing they are
doing something for alma mater.
This Is not to say they do not
like to play in foot ball game. but
preparation, the self sacrifice Of
training and the grueling practice
bouts on the gridiron are out Of all
proportion to the pleasure they de-
rive from going into action on a
brisk November afternoon with thou
sands cheering them on.
It is only a student OF certain
type who enjoys all that pertains to
active participation in varsity foot
ball AS for teams of lesser magni-
tude. how many men will come out
for them? Speedy Rush. when head
coach at Princeton. tried something
of the sort and got little response
With a better system and more deh-
mite plans Penn may do well with
her idea. We hope so.
CoIlere Men VI. Base Ball
A ball player who began the sea-
son as one Of the prominent members
OF one of the mines OF the big three
colleges has received an offer from
the Giants. The proposition is that
he spend a year with some minor
league outfit for seasoning and then
Evening star., 1922-06-11

join the New York club as a regular
member.
Now this young man. who will be
graduated this month. has ambitions
to study law. Professional base ball
has no especial appeal for him. Yet,
he says. the money side Is attractive.
He has not yet made up his mind. and
those who hold his future at heart are
attempting to dissuade him.
Why? 1t is felt that he is inclin-
Ing toward the easiest way and that,
assuming he makes good as a pro.
Will spoil him for the real work OF
the world. Answering arguments
against college graduate going into
base ball, the young man in question
says: What about Eddie Collins?"
Well. Eddie represents an instance
that cannot be refuted.
But it sinks into purely an indi-
vidual exception when you pause to
and has few dollars saved.
The Case of Matty.
Mathewson was about as successful
as any college man could hope to be.
yet he left the game knowing moth
ing but base ball and had he not
happened to make few fortunate in
vestments where would he be now?
Davy Robertson, sort Of college
man IN MS DAY, may De teTiHeo sue
cessful. That is he plays regularly
consider what other college gradu-
ates have made much of themselves
financially. or in their standing as
constructive workers in the world,
as a result of Indulgence in profess
sional base ball. Fred Tenney of the
Bostons and the Giants made few
dollars for a few years and retired
from the game, as he himself put II.
mot fit for anything" The little
money he had saved he lost in invest
mentS.
Joe Evans of Cleveland is a physi
clan, and will shortly retire TO prac-
tice his profession regularly. Lavan
ot Cincinnati is also physician.
These two men, with a couple of dem
fists. are the only ball players that
come to mind who are in a position
to leave the game with some assur-
ance as to their future.
Evening star., 1922-06-11

whenever my batting average for
an entire season Shrinks below the
800 mark / shall have finished my
career as a baseball player. When
ever Frank NaNln. the man wno
employed me, says the word | shall
retire as a major league manager"
In these two terSe sentences Tyrus
Raymond Cobb has answered those
lssinns of his admirers who have
been prone To- speculate as TO how
many more sasons of good baseball
he has lett IN him and cu.ncidently
some few self-Styled sharps who
have been intimatIng that Tyrus is a
failure as the successor uf Hughev Jen-
nings as pilot of the Detroit Tigers
In His Seventeenth season.
Ty this season is turning into his
leagues. The records show that the
average life OF the athlete under
the big top is ten years. hence he has
exceeded by seven that span which
usually limits the rise and fail OF
the major league baseball star.
But with that tenaciry OF purpose
which has characterized his connec-
tion with baseball from the day he
donEed the spangles Ty Is out to
complete at least two more years Of
active service i'll the game. for by
SO doing he will. provided he sue
batting average. have shattered one Of
the most remarkable records of the
national sport
HnnuS Waener's 17-year stretch of
batting averages Of 800 and over has
never been surpassed in the modern
annals Df bas. ball. Away back in
the pre- historic age OF the sport. the
late cap Arson rang UP for twenty
seasons swat marks OF 200 and bet
ter. Therefore. II Tyrus can endure
ka 80 oil Y
the bludGeon for better than 300 he
Will have tied Wagner's wonderful
record and what is more. II he can
repeat in 1923. one of the two out
standing Individual feats in base ball
will be smashed to smithereens.
Fans Were HugGins' Jury.
While Miller Huggins was with the
Cardinals and played second base. he
was asked one day when he would
the shelf and call quits. The little
ollow thought 1t over minute and
replied:
The fans are the judges of that.
Whenever they wag their tongues.
hiss and hoot ms. why. that's my
ond base any more and then m
Hug was true to his word. When
the fans put their thumbs down. the
second base midget announced ms
retirement from the game. Recently.
nv was asked who would be the
Judge Of whether or not he had
reached the limit.
''NIvself" he answered promptly.
"No one is more competent 20 answer
hat question than the player himself.
There seems to be a prevailing be-
lief that age is the governing factor.
IT isn't. although I'll concede it has
.preat deal to do with it. For in
Evening star., 1922-06-11

ground. and the mattress over this.
there will be no sore bones or ach-
ing joints in the morning.
Picking q Camp Site.
Select your camp near wood and
water Choose a position Tor tent on
ground having a little se,,or rise: so wei
shaded or partly SO, 50 much the bet
ter. but near the open preferred.
Avoid dense woods or thicket. Do
it is the breeding place Of dampness
and it's attendant evils; keep. to the
open and clear. Stake out the bot
tom Of the tent evenly, insert the
and snug. The site selection should
be free from bumps: have the head
of the tent on the rise so that the
feet will be trifie lower when sleep
Good sites are not found along well
travelled roads. Water is the prime
essential
Don't camp on bottom lands or in
and infested with insects in the sum
mer.
Don't camp in ravines: they are
traps for fogs and are cold at night.
Sandy beaches and low graveliy
points swarm with midges.
Don't camp under big trees: too
damp and dangerous from falling
limbs and lightning. In cold weather
seek an open spot in the forest where
the surroundings will act as a wind
break, or a terrace backed by q cliff
on the leeward side Of hill.
On a hill mostly bare, If there Is a
thicket or cluster Of evergreens, get
on the downhill side Of it. A grassy
glade or meadow is colder than the
bare earth, sand or rock. 1t Is
warmer on q knoll than on the fat
land. Usually a southeasterly 'front.'
age exposure Is the best. Sudden and
violent storms generally come up out
of the southwest.
Be Careful as to Water.
Do not drink from brooks or aban-
doned wells. A spring issuing from a
living rock is nectar for the soul.
Lake water is safe II there are no
settlements on 1t. II reduced to the
extremity Of using stagnant or putrid
water, boil 1t hrst with charred wood
from the campfire. skim OF the scum,
let It cool. Boiling sterilisss. charcoal
0SoooAAeSos
Evening star., 1922-06-11
ibid NOT OFFEND ENGLISH,
BUT FOOLED THEMSELVES

When a hockey team composed
of American girl players appeared
some time ago on English fields in
skirts, there wns no small COM
ment among the spectators. since
n tunic costume is usual on the
after side of the Atlantic. The
matter was dismissed MS just an
other of the different ways they
have of doing things in America"
Now the truth hns been revealed,
that the American girls adopted
skirts solely to avoid offending
the supposed susceptlbilities or
the English.
Evening star., 1922-06-11
IS BEST WOMAN SHOT.

Despite the fact that she is perhaps
the smallest in stature OF any Of the
great woman stars Of trapsnootinS.
Mrs. c. Z Groat OF Long Beach, Calit q,
during the season of 1921. proved
herself the miehtiest with the shot
gun At 1926 registered targets.
Mrs. Groat made the splendid aver
age Of 1921, and thus is ranked 10
No. among the woman trapshooters
of American