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New Britain herald., 1923-03-17
WOULD MEET FIRPO
Jess Willard Notifies Tex Rickard That a Bout With South American Is Agreeable to Him.

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 New York, March 17.-Tex Rickard yesterday was still considering pos- sible opponent for Luis Angel Firpo at the Yankees Stadium on May IF when the South American is to ap- pear in 15 round bout on the same card with Jess Willard and Floyd Johnson. The promoter stated that in looking over the field of available opponents for the giant Firpo he re- garded Billy Misl1e and Jack Renault as likely looking material. He also mentioned Tom Gibbons. Judging by the Way Rickard spoke he is inclined to favor Jack Renault. He is of the opinion that Gibbons is too small for Firpo.
 It was learned that Rickard is to have a conference with Ray Archer, Willard's representative, at the Gar den on Monday. Just what the meet ing is for is shrouded in mystery. Rickard yesterday received a letter from Willard, who is training at Ex- celsior Springs, stating that he had heard that Floyd Johnson is i'll.
 Jess requested Rickard to match him with Firpo in the event that Johnson is unable to gathrough with the match. Should Johnson be able to box and should Willard defeat him, the former champion told Rick ard that he would be glad to give Firpo the next chance.
New Britain herald., 1923-03-17
CHaNEY BEATS eooNEY.

Holyolie, March 17.--Andy Clancy, Baltimore's blonde tiger won the de- cision after 10 hard rounds of battling over Jimmy Cooney of Holyoke in the main number of the Valley A. c. show here last night. The decision was greeted with misses and hoots, the crowd being with Cooney and beiev- ing that his right and left hand smashes to the head clearly returned him a winner.
New Britain herald., 1923-03-17
BENDER ARRIVES AT NAVY.
Famous Indian to Coach Pitching
 Staff for Brief Period.

Annapolis. Md, March 17.-Chief Bender, the noted Indian baseball player, arrived here yesterday after noon to spend brief period with the Naval Academy baseball squad. He will assist in coaching but will give special attention to the navy pitch CTS. Rain prevented open air work yesterday afternoon but there was a long session of pitching. catching and batting in the cages in the armory.
New Britain herald., 1923-03-17
CUT BROWN SQUAD.

Providence, F. l., March 17.-- Thirty-six Brown baseball aspirants survived the initial cut in the squad made by Coach Walter Shell yester- day afternoon. About 10 players, in- cluding veterans and second team men from last year have failed to report Among tho survivors Of the cut are 10 pitchers, four catchers, 14 infield- CTS and seven outfiedcrs.
New Britain herald., 1923-03-17
Mile. Lenglen Turns Down
 Offer to Play in America

Nice, March 17. Associated Pressl. Following her overwhelming victory over Mrs. Mallory here yesterday, Mile. Lenglen said it was improbable that she would ever play in the United States again. She has received an offer of 40 pounds for an exhibi- tion match at Durham, England, and another of 100000 francs for 12 matches in AmeSica.
 "The Americana" she said. must lose sight of the fact that l would forfeit my standing As an amateur 1T I accepted their offer. Ns for Durham. that town must be near the Scotch her1sR."
New Britain herald., 1923-03-17
Nasal Operation May Keep
 Sisler Out of Opening Game

St. Louis, March 17.-George Sis Ter, star first baseman of the St. Louis Americans, may be compelled to un- dergo a nasal operation. it was an nounced yesterday. If this is found necessary he probably will not par ticipate in the opening game of the season with Detroit here on April IS.
New Britain herald., 1923-03-17
NEIPP MADE CAPTAIN OF
 H. s. BASKETBALL TEAM
Right Guard Elected Leader of Five For Next Year at Close of Contest With Hartford High.

Ernest Dutch" Ncipp. right guard on the championship New Britain High school five was unanimously elected captain of next years team in an open election held in the dressing room after the Hartford New Britain High school game last night.
 Neipp has been q loyal and hard working player. Going out for the team with little or no experience, he soon developed into one of the most valuable men on the quintet. Under his captaincy the team next year is bound to be a success.
 Another proof of his popularity was the fact that he was backed by both fraternity and non-fraternity men for the captaincy. He is a member of the class.
New Britain herald., 1923-03-17
wAssERMAN TO LEAD COLGATE

Hamilton, N. r., March 17.--Rich- ard Wasserman of Jersey City,sN. J., was yesterday elected captain of the Colgate basketball team for next sea- son. Wasserman is a junior and played guard during the past season, showing up especially well in the final game against Syracuse.
New Britain herald., 1923-03-17
LEWIS OUT ON BAIL.

New York, March 17.--Willie Lewis, former middleweight boxer, was held in $500 bail yesterday on a charge of illegally possessing intoxicants. He was arrested in a raid on the uptown Brokers club where police said they found scotch and rye whiskey.
New Britain herald., 1923-03-17
 OF
Speaking of Sports
BY CLERKIN

The New Britain and Hartford High school basketball teams ended the season last night at the Hopkins street court, in contest that was unique in the respect that scoring was lacking. Many who asked for the score must have thought that the teams 'engaged in baseball or hockey contest.
 There is no question as to where the tennis championship for women belongs. Mile. Lenglen, the brilliant French girl. settling any doubts that might have existed in her match against Mrs. Molla Mallory, yesterday. When the temperamental Molia re- turns to Gods country" this time. she can't blame her poor showing 'on the American writers.
 Carl Tremaine of Cleveland defeat ed Johnny Ertle in ten rounds at Windsor, Ont, last night.
 The Meriden High school basket. ball team defeated the South Man chester High school quintet. 49 to 2S, at South, Manchester last night.
 Bill Brennan, German, with an Irish name, was knocked out by an Argentinian, and then was taken to a Jewish hospital for treatment.
 Elino Flores, Filipino lightweight, defeated Tommy Noble of England, on referees decision, last night at Madison Square Garden.
 Two Connecticut High school bas- ketbal teams came through with vic- tories yesterday in the Tufts tourney at Medford, Mass, the~ Naugatuck team downing Brockton High, 25 to Is. and Wilby High winning from Manchester, N. H., quintet, S3 to 9.
 horse named Shamrock was fav- ored to win the feature racing event at New Orleans today.
 Pal. Moore, of Memphis, Tenn. gave Frankie Jerome of New York a boxing lesson last night, easily win ming the referees award at the close of 12-round bout.
New Britain herald., 1923-03-17
SPEEDY WEST ENDS.
 PLAY HERE TONIGHT
First of a Thr@-Game Series
 Opens at State Arm0ry

New Britain West Ends KilduK R.F. Carpenter Tyndell LIZ. MciDcrnhd Ginsberg c. Taylor pcIletier RIG. Shechey RcstelIa L.G. Carlson
 New Britain versus Bristol, that's the basketball card tonight at the State armory. The contest will be the first of series between two of the fastest quintets in Hartford county. While there are no claims being made about any championship hinging on the result. there is bound to be some very classy basketball shown before the series ends.
 Visitors Arc Good
 The Bell Town team, has in the lineup, two stars from Waterbury, Taylor and Sheehey, whose work is well known by hundreds of New Brit ain fans. McDermid, Hartford boy, IS one of the Capital City's best hoop tossers Dewey Carpenter is bound to get big hand from his New Britain admirers.
 Home Team Confident
 The New Britain team is in fine fet- tic, and there is an air of confidence in the camp, that the West Ends will he added to the list of victims. J is expected that Johnny Sheehan, the flashy guard will get into the fray to- night. Chick Hayes will referee the game, which is scheduled at S;45 o'clock.
New Britain herald., 1923-03-17

very good distance men but no field to develop them. The same condition prevails this season.
 Prospects for this year are rather bright regardless of the lack of a field on which to practice. The fol- lowing men are out for the 100-yard:
New Britain herald., 1923-03-17

horse named Shamrock was flaw ored to win the feature racing event at New Orleans today.
New Britain herald., 1923-03-17

Pal. Moore, of Memphis, Tenn. gave Frankie Jerome of New York a boxing lesson last night, easily win- hing the referees award at the close of 12-round bout
Evening star., 1923-12-25
GERMAN SAYS STEAM
MADE MOONS CRATERS

From the Kansas City Star
The old problem OF how the man in
the moon got his funny face has been
solved says Prof. G. Dahmer of Ber-
lin. Too much blowing off steam
ruined his complexion, the scientist
declares as the resent of experiments
which he believe. explain the great
size and curious form of the lunar
volcanoes"
Earlier volcanic theories as TO their
origin met with the objection that
the craters were utterly unlike those
produced by volcanic action on the
earth. A theory that they were due
To the impact of great metaori,aS
round some support from experiments
which showed similar craters might
be caused in pasty material by throw
ing hard masses into it, but this
failed to account for the regular
shape of the craters. Since they are
nearly circular all meteorites which
might have caused them must have
hit head-on. most improbable event
DR.. Dahmer asserts that the craters
were caused by impact, but that III.
force was directed from within ann
was probably that of steam forced
through the then pasty crust at ire
mendous pressure. This steam let
theory accounts for the central conc
or many OF the craters. the circular
shape. and the distant crater wall
built up by the wave due TO the i'm
pact of the steam on the soft crust
The shape Of the craters is stated L.
vary according to the toughness Of
the crust at the time the explosion
happened
Evening star., 1923-12-25
SOUTH SEA FERTILE
FIELD FOR SCIENTIST
Pan-Pacifc Congresses Have Been
Means of Stimulating Great
Interest in Research.

The two pan-Pacific science con-
crosses. which have been held, one
at Honolulu in 1920. and the other
in Australia during the past sum
mer. brought to the front the un-
explored scientific wealth in the far
south Pacific
In recent years the committee on
Pacific Investigations Of the national
research council has emphasized the
Importance of this practically linn
ltless field of scientific endeavor, and
has redoubled it's efforts to encourage
research undertak ing in the Pacific
area, especially OF problems which
are peculiar to that region.
The committee of the council for
this work on the Pacific coast. which
was begun q number OF years ago.
for concerted study of the scientific
problems of the Pacific area, was
first suggested by the National
Academy OF Science in the organiza-
tion OF committee to direct at
tention to the Importance of de-
veloping scientific work in the coun-
tries within and bordering upon the
Pacific ocean, in view of the i'm
portance of developing the work
there and the important contribu-
tion to scientific knowledge which
would come from such studies.
Evening star., 1923-12-25
BIOLOGISTS TO use
CANAL ZONE ISLAND
Gov. Morrow Sets Apart Six
Square Miles in Gatun
Lake for Research.

Gov. Jay ]. Morrow of the Panama
Canal Zone has set aside in perpetuity
the Barro Colorado island in Gatun
lake as a forest reservation to be
used as a biological station.
The station is to be under the di-
rection OF committee of the Insti-
tute Of Research in Tropical America,
an organization initiated by the Ma
tional Research Council.
The institute is supported by the
museums and colleges of America,
Wnich are to give annual donations
for its maintenance.
This island Is said to be a beautiful
area OF virgin. tropical forest, six
square miles in extent. on which
buildings are soon to be started for
the scientific, handling of biological
research work.
The beginning of this tropical
biological work is to be made early
in the coming year by DR.. James
Harbour Of the Museum OF Compare :
tive Zoology, aided by DR.. Edward
Wlgglesworth and Mr.. w. S. Brooks
Of the Boston Museum of Natural
History, who are to visit the Canal
the objective point of beginning the
organization work Of this biological
station on Barro island in Gatun
lake.
DR.. Barbour. who is to be engaged
In the pioneer work in Panama for
this station, hopes to have at least
temporary living quarters erected
trails cut through the island jungIes,
so that naturalists may have reason
able accommodations when they visit
the station next summer.
Evening star., 1923-12-25
Trail of Person "Wh0 Kn0,vs''
Elusiue in Var Department

one with a young voice. answered
Branch blah-blah and said. after being
told the story that Captain Anybody
down in the Munitions building would
be the one to give US all the facts as
she knew for a certainty he was in
active charge.
Again Ii Transferred.
"Will you kindly have me transfer.
red," and like her predecessors. she
was willing and polite. The Captain
phone answered.
II was now 0:25. The caller was
pretty tired, but started in anew to tell
the story.
why the Captain is on leave and
won't be back until the first Of January
but Major crack, crash. the call was
disconnected. We didn't know the num-
ber We were talking to. There was
only one way of finding out and that
was to call the Quartermaster Gen
erals Office and go on down the line.
We had reached the extremity of dis
tress when the city editor said get on
something else.
Evening star., 1923-12-25

Mexican roads, Ell Canine Real
City.
'Highwaymen infested the country
around Jalapa to attack the coaches
and mule trains, and often, growing
more bold, raided neighborinR haciendas
and even the town itself. A law that
recalls strikingly those stirring times
still exists on the statute books-a rule
that an American might we'll call the
law Of the pot shot BY II a citizen
Is privileged-it almost becomes his
duty-to shoot on general principles
at any horseman leaving the city at a
gallop.
"One American who has cast his lot
in Jalapa has brought to the city
most of it's modern trimmings. But he
has worked slowly lest in mingling the
twentieth century with the sixteenth he
bring about sort of social and seco-
nomic indigestion. Twenty years ago
he built an electric light and power
plant. Two years ago he introduced
jitney buses and gave most of the
Jalapenos their first sight of an auto
mobile. Then. after observing the ways
Of Main streets booster clubs, he con-
structed an amphitheater for civic cele-
brations. built for Jalapa a full-nedged
chants associa ton.
But fete days pass, automobiles
pail, especially on Jalapa's bumpy cob
bled streets, and the 'chipi-chipi' blots
out even the road OF the clouds At
best the things Of the twentieth cen
tury merely Craze the edge Of Jalapa's
consciousness. Beneath, the Jalapenos
live happily in the atmosphere Of the
centuries that are gone"
Evening star., 1923-12-25

that the money is needed more in
Minnesota.
In Democratic circles the week has
been marked by call for a state
wide convention January 19 in st. Paul
10 reorganiZe the party. Robert G.
Bell OF Detroit, Mimi, attempting to
Adoo, hit snag when James A. No
well, member of the democratic state
central committee and president Of the
Moderation League of Minnesota, de-
Eounced McAdoo's dryness.
NOVEL; is expected to be for Under
wood and likely will put up a strong
oattle for an uninstructed delegation
from Minnesota
said, shows him to be on the side of
those who would keep on regulating
every man and business with due
difference TO the peculiar brand of
wall street operator who may now be
found advocating his nomination.
Republicans met here Friday to or
ganize the Volunteer Republican Club
IN every county in the state. This
new organization will not dabble in
national politics, but will try to pre-
vent farmer-labor victory in the
state election next year.
Hea larters for the Coolidge cam
palgn - II be opened in St. Paul soon
aftef ,nuary /. Formal announce
ment OF the opening of the campaign
Tor delegates for the President is ex-
pected next week from Charles II.
March. the Presidents personal cam
palgn manager in Minnesota.
II. Il. CROZIER
Evening star., 1923-12-25
JEWISH EDUCATION
OCCUPIES SESSION
Third Day of Chautauqua
Society Meeting Opened
by Miss PaSheIIeS.

Further discussion of Jewish educa-
tional matters marked the opening
sessions of the third day of the thir-
ty-second annual conference of the
Jewish Chautauqua Society, holding
its meetings here, December 23 10
December 27.
Rabbi William Rosenau of Balti-
more presided at this mornings meet
ing at the Washington Hotel. the head
quarters of the convention. Miss Car
rie Pashelles opened the session with
Il demonstration of Lesson for
Teachers in Third grade Work.
Using as her subject Deborah, the
Prophecies" a discussion was led by
Miss Helen Green of Kansas City, Mo.
Paper by Rabbi Tedesche.
Rabbi Sidney Tedesche of New
Haven, Conn, read paper on Shall
Ethics Be Taught as a Separate Sub
9ect? the discussion of which was
led by Rabbi Harry W. Ettelson of
Philadelphia.
This afternoon group conferences
on third grade work and ethics took
place, followed by reports of the
various group chairmen.
women's organizations will tender a
banquet at the Washington Hotel in
honor of the visitors and delegates
TO the conference
Take Sightseeing Tour.
y sightseeing tour of the city by
the delegates took up most Of the aft
ernoon yesterday and was follow ed in
the evening by group conferences on
,,r.jr,
school work. at the Washington He
brew Temple
The proper study of the individual
Psychology of the child in order sue
cessfully to convey to him the lesson
sought to be taught. was urged at the
meeting, at which Mrs. Harry Rose
water of Cleveland presided over the
oiScussion or primary grade work. and
Miss Anne Fineman of Pittsburgh
lead in the discussion of second grade
work.
Tomorrow in the auditorium at the
Washington Hotel n number of papers
VIII be read dealing with Jewish edu-
cational ideals and will be followed
by a general discussion.
Society Omcers.
The officers of the society are:
Nbram ]. Elkus, honorary president
Arthur Il. Stern, president; Rabbi
Marvin Nathan, vice president: Emil
Selig, treasurer: DIR. Henry Berko-
WITT, chancellor: DR. William Rose
nau. vice chancellor: DR. Harry w.
Ettelson, vice chancellor. DIR. Louis
u. Mann, vice chancellor: Jeanette
Miriam Goldberg, secretary.
Bodrd of directors-Leon l.. Berko-
witz. Philadelphia; Joseph Caplan,
Philadelphia; Arthur A. FIeisher'
Philadelphia: Walter Fox, Philadel-
phia; DR.. Jacob ). Goldbaum, Phila-
delphia: julius Goldenberg. Washing
ton; d: G.; Joseph j. Greenberg. Phil
adeiphia; Rabbi David Lefkowitz,
Dallas. Tex; David ]. Loeb, PhiIa ,
delphia; Oscar Loeb, Philadelphia :
Mrs Max Margolis. PHILADELPHIA :
Emil Mayer, st. Louis; Frank J. Ru-
nensteln. Lancaster, Pa: DIR. Abram
Slinon' SIMON washington. ID. c.; Joseph X.
w wiling, philadelphia; Rabbi Louis
WolSey, Cleveland.
Evening star., 1923-12-25
THIRD-PARTY MOVE
DEALT HEAVY BLOW
Minnesota Members Vote Against
Holding of Farmer-Labor
Convention.

Special Dispatch to The Star
ST. PAUL, Mimi, December 25.-If
straws show the direction of the
farmer-labor party's political wind,
there will be no national convention
OF that party in st. Paul on May 80.
A body blow has been dealt the pro-
posed convention in Minnesota and
other blows of a similar nature may
be expected soon after the holidays.
This blow was the adoption of reso-
luion by the farmer-labor party of the
third congressional district disa pprov-
ing the proposed May 80 national con-
vention.
A bitter fight preceded adoption of
the resolution. The national conven-
tion was defended by William Ma
honey. who with Henry Teigan secre-
tary to Senator Magnus Johnson. is
the real sponsor of the proposed third
national party. IT was denounced by
Fred A. Pike of st. Paul. chairman of
the state central committee of the
party in Minnesota.
The farmer-labor party in Mnne-
sofa would be called upon to pay a
large part of the expense of the na
tional convention and Pike believes
Evening star., 1923-12-25

Why the rewrite man failed to obtain
a story from the War Department the
other day:
''Give me the Quartermaster Gen.
erals ONCE" he said when the pearly
voiced operator answered her board
signal with "War and Navy
THE lines busy. will you waltz" The
rewrite man would wait. 1t was 10
o'clock. Several minutes later she re-
turned to the line with the news you
can have them now
The rewrite man made known his re-
quest for a story along a certain line
(nothing tremendously important by
the way) after which lengthy recita-
ton he was referred to Mr.. Somebody,
who Is in charge Of that particular de-
partment Gets new connection.
The connections were switched and
after going over the entire story again.
Mr.. Somebody regretted that he didn't
know about that certain thing although
it was in his department, but he was
sure Mr.. Nobody could tell us. after
which was requested the second trans
fer.
Mr.. Nobody happened to be out. but
his first assistant. after hearing the
third Grafton thought he wouldn't know
what was wanted even il he happened
to be in but he would very gladly
transfer the call to Branch blah-blah.
which he did.
very nice young woman. at least
Evening star., 1923-12-25
COURT FINES EDITOR
FOR GIVING COST OF EGG
Berlin Journalist Violates Law by
Printing Higher Than
Official Figure.
BY the Associated Press.

by tne Associated Press-
BERLIN. December 25.-Market re-
porting is a dangerous calling in
these days of high living costs in
Berlin. Erich Dombrowski, the editor
on the Berlin Tageblatt. who is held
responsible by the courts for every
thing published in that paper, was
charged recently with attempting
to raise prices artificially." The case
presented against him was that the
Tageblatt quoted eggs at $50 billion
marks each, when the official price
fixed by the government was 20 bill
lion marks less
Dombrowski testified that he and
his representatives had tried to buy
eggs at 130 billion marks, but that
dealers would not sell them for less
than $50 billions each. Consequently,
in their opinion, that was the market
price.
The court was inexorable. 1t held
that since the government fixed the
price of an egg at 130 billion marks
that was the price, and the publica-
tion of a higher price was crime
against the government for which the
editor was fined 80 billion marks.
Evening star., 1923-12-25
WARMTH WAKES SNAKES,
Hibernation Disturbed by Mild
Winter, Virginia Report.

WINCHESTER, Va. December 25.-
The mild weather has brought snakes
out of their winter dens John Rod
gers or Silver Grove can vouch for it.
Rodgers was awakened few
nights ago by a .commotion in his
chicken coop and his first thought
was of burglars. Selling his shotgun
and lantern, he started to investigate
and found that the burglar was a
blacksnake Of enormous size, which
already had killed two young chick
ems and apparently was squeezing a
hen. to death. Rodgers killed the
snake with a club. When the hen
recovered her breath she started
suuawking
Evening star., 1923-12-25
BRAZIL MINERALS VAST,
Report Soon Due of Wide, Unde
veloped Belt.

CHICAGO, December 25.-The re-
port to be made by Dr. Oliver c. Far
rIngton, curator of geology for the
Field Museum of Natural History,
concerning the rich and relatively
unexplored mineral belt of Brazil,
VIII be laden with far-reaching com
mercial possibilities, DIR. H. w. Nichols.
associate curator, said last night.
The Brazilian iron deposits alone,
which are of high grade, are among
the most extensive in the world,
whereas the deposits France and Ger
many have been in controversy over
We wouldn't look at, DR.. Nichols said.
The time is ripe for using the
Brazilian iron
Dr. Farrington's arrival at New
YORK after two years in Brazil was
announced last night. With it came
the first tidings the museum has re-
ceived that he had obtained gold
and black diamonds