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New Britain herald., 1923-03-19
PLAYING MANAGERS SCARCE
 IN AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cobb, Speaker and Bush Are These Though First Two Are
 Steadicst Players. !,

The playing manager wi,i soon be . thing of the past in the American | league, unless some star athlete is shortly appointed leader of one of the eight clubs.
 At the present time five clubs have bench managers, Chance at Boston, Mack at Philadelphia, Foh at St. Louis, Gleason at Chicago and Hug gings at New York. Three of the clubs still have play ing managers, Ty Cobb at Detroit, Iris Speaker at Cleveland and Donie Bush at Washington. Really only Cobb and Speaker can be rated as playing man. agers as Bush has announced that he will merely essay utility roles.
 Cobb and Speaker cannot go on forever. Speaker had much trouble with his legs last season and is not going to be any better this year. Cobb is also beginning to feel the ravages of time.
 Only recently Cobb announced that he intended to carry five outfielders, all capable of playing regularly. That means that he intends to be fortified should his legs give him trouble.
 With the exception of Mack, all the American league managers will sport uniforms and appear on the coaching lines.
New Britain herald., 1923-03-19

 
This Day M Sports

i92i-Richard r. Remer in winning A. A. U. one-mile walk at New York made a new rec ord Of 6 minutes 29 seconds. in- doors. The former record was 6 minutes Ss 4-b seconds and Nemer's feat was one second slower than the worlds outdoor record set by George H. Gould ing of Toronto, Ont.
 1920-Eleanor Smith, Morn- ingside A. c. of New York broke worlds breast-stroke swimming record for women for 100 yards, doing the distance at Pittsburgh in minute 27 1-10 seconds. The former mark Of 1 minute 2S seconds was made by her sis ter. Ruth Smith. On this same night at Detroit. Charlotte Boyle. New York Swimming as- sociation made a distance plunge of 66 feet. bettering her own former record of GA feet.
 1914-Jean Chassagne, driv- ing Sunbeam car, travelled one mile at the Brookland (Eng.) track in 29.02 seconds.
 1913-Willie Hoppe won the 1s.2 balkline billiard title from Ora Morningstar and held it continuously until 1922, when he lost it to Jake Schaefer.
New Britain herald., 1923-03-19
|SIKI HAS NOT LOST HIS CHAMPIONSHIP
|So Declares French Boxing Csm-
 mission --Carpsndsr Gives Views

Paris. March 10. (By Associated Press) No worlds championship was involved in the Siki- -McTigue fight at Dublin last Saturday night according to Albert Bourdariat vice. president of the French boxing federation, in a statement to L'Auto. In the first place the official said the rules require that the adversary of a champion must challenge formally, which McTigue never did. Secondly, the referee must be appointed by the international boxing union. This con- dition was also thrilled. M. Bour- dariat concluded that Siki may have been beaten by McTigue but that, he cannot lose his title of light heavy weight champion because the light was not for the title.
 Paris, March l9--Instead of being cheered by the defeat of Battling Siki in Dublin and Skis loss of his titles to Mike McTiguc, Georges Carpenter is rather inclined to lament the deci- sion because he doesn't think McTigue really won.
 1T suppose" he said, that should De elated Dy tne oeclsion. but am not. As a sportsman I am unable to comprehend the decision.''
 Georges sportsmanship recently as- serted itself when he evaded an agree ment to fight Ski for charity, which fact is recalled with regret by his friends w;lo now believe that he could have given Siki 8 terrific beat ing in A return bout.
 The press comments here on the Dublin fight are largely pro-Carpen- tier or anti Carpenter. almost ignor- ing McTigue.
 LIntransigeant intimates that Car pentier is still the best light heavy weight although he has lost his titles. saying: "Siki was an unworthy holder of the title and his performance was mediocre. We cannot say whether McTigue did or did not merit tho de- cision."
 LAuto, the sports paper says the officials of the bout obviously robbed Ski and Figaro comments that SKIS defeat by second class fighter shows how lucky was Ski to defeat Car pentier.
New Britain herald., 1923-03-19
HARD LUCK TRAILS OLD
 WALTER JOHNSON IN SPRING
In Previous Years Jinx Has Kept His Back. Sickness At Home
 Again This Year

Walter Johnson, famous pitcher of the Washington American. has had more than his share of tough luck during the last four or five years.
 It has so happened that tough luck hits Walter in the spring of each year, thereby getting him away to a bad start. A bat start for Johnson means the loss of much money to the Washington club.
 Twice illness in his family has kept Johnson from the training camp until almost to the opening of the season. On two other occasions ill., ness to himself has greatly handi-- capped his spring training.
 In one other year Johnson, because the rest of the Washington staff was in poor shape, was overworked and suffered an injury to his arm which remained with him throughout the year, playing havoc with his showing.
 Johnson is no longer youngster from a baseball standpoint and needs more spring conditioning than he once did.
 Illness of his young son is keeping Johnson at home this year.
New Britain herald., 1923-03-19
CARL MAYS GIVES HIS ALlBI FOR
 HzS POOR SHOWING LAST SEASON

dicapped Mays in starting the ball low. M M. Mays has two distinct deliveries. An underhand curve thrown with fair speed that rises and breaks out as 1t hears the batter. Ills fast ball. de- iivered in much tho same way, but with greater speed, breaks down much like a spitbaIl.
 As a result, the batsman was con- stantly at sea as to what to expect. Early last season 1t was apparent that Mays fast ball was missing. That cn- abled the batters to set for the un- derhand curve. and hit Mays to ad- vantage.
 Mays promises to be faster than ever this year. If so, he will be bad news to batting averages.
New Britain herald., 1923-03-19

Fifteen pounds too much weight Is what handicapped me last year." Is the way Carl Mays explains his poor pitching in 1922.
 T am going to show lot of big league managers the coming season that am far from through as q big leaguer. will win 20 games for the Yankees"
 from pitcher on whom IS of the l6 major league clubs waived.
 The solution offered by Mays for his poor showing last year is logical. The success of Mays peculiar un- derhand delivery depends on how low he is able to get with the ball. A waistiine that was four or five inch es too big last summer seriously han
New Britain herald., 1923-03-19
SKI BOOM OVER
Paris Sporting Men See His Finish As
 Contender For Honors

Paris, March 19-Battling Siki's de- feat by Mike McTigue in Dublin Sat urday night caused much rejoicing at1ong the enemies of the Senegalese fighter in Paris, and was received with the keenest of disappointment by his aQmirers.
 Shorn of all discussion as to wheth- CT or not the referees decision was partial, boxing experts in Paris to- day expressed the opinion that Ski, with the advantage of weight and rShch, should have disposed of Me- T{gue inside of the twenty-round limit.
 'The defeat of Ski, sporting men de- clared, will end the Siki boom which. close followers of boxing in France assert, has been smoked up" with an intensity totally unwarranted by x1fe nekro's fistic ability.
New Britain herald., 1923-03-19
Thomas, New Orleans Star, Shines as Brilliant Pitch ing Pos,ibility-Giants to Forsake Texas for Cali fornia Next Year.

New Orleans, La, March 19.--The man who won the pennant for the Yankees last season, none other than Wally Pjpp. 'The Pickler," came through with a slashing hit in, the eighth inning at Heineman Park Sum- day afternoon that helped the Hug men defeat the New Orleans Pelicans in the third game of the series by a score of to ?. Dixie" Walker had passed Ruth and as there were two out at the time he calculated that his chances of preventing the Yankees from scoring were more in his favor with Pipp at the bat than the famous Bambino.
 But MT. Walkers calculations were far from right. Apparently he had not read of Pipp's great slugging last September when the Yankees were battling with the Browns for the lead. So when Walker passed Ruth in the eighth and brought down the wrath of the bleacherites on his head, Huggins knew that Wally would not fail in the pinch.
 s,And the "Pickler" didn't The first baseman waited for Walker to pitch him good ball and then rammed a single into right centre field. Joe Bush and "Old Dan" Tucker cross- ing the plate. and Ruth reaching third. Then Bob Meusel slammed a hit into left field that chased Babe over the plate with smile. The Yankees scored another run in the ninth inning and won a ball game that seemed lost until the eighth.
 Until the eighth inning the Yam kees were lamentably weak against the offerings of Carl Thomas and Walker. and it appeared as though the American League champions were due for another bucket of whitewash. Thomas, who pitched the first five innings against the American League champions last Sunday and allowed only two hits, was even more effec- tive yesterday, for during his occu- pancy on the mound he yielded only one safe blow, single by Meusel in the fourth.
 Pretty Good Pitcher.
 Pretty good pitcher" casually re- marked Joe Kelly, scout of the Yam kees, to Heinemann, as Thomas re- tired from the game in the fifth in- ming. Greatest pitching prospect I ever had on my club" said the own CT of the Pelicans. "Thc Yankees can have him for s1O,0OO.' where upon MT. Kelley fell into a faint
 At that, Thomas looks and acts like real pitcher right now. When he is sold he will bring a neat price on the market He is a big young ster from Alabama with good fast ball and fair sort of a curve. He struck out Ruth in the first inning with fast ball that Babe missed by a wide margin. Only two balls were hit out of the outfield on him, Meu- sells single and Witt's fly to Larry Gilberte in the fifth inning
 Speaking about pitching, Carl Mays and Joe Bush exhibited some real curves against the New Orleans bat ters. Carl got of to bad start the Pelicans jumping merrily on his sub- marine ball in the first inning for three hits and pair of runs, but thereafter the Pelicans were tame birds before Mays and Bush. The New Orleans club made only two more hits after the first inning, both of Bullet Joe.''
New Britain herald., 1923-03-19
FITCHBuRG WINS TITLE
Romps In With New England Basket.
 ball HOnOrs For This Season

Medford, Mass, March 19.-Fitch- burg high school won the New Eng land interscholastic basketball cham pionship Saturday night by defeating Northampton high in the finals of the two day tournament at Tufts college. The score was 21 to 20.
 Northampton, the favorite, showed signs of the strain of the two earlier games both of which the team won by single point margin. In the semi finals Fitchburg defeated Wilby high of Waterbury, Conn.,, and Northamp- ton eliminated Naugatuck, Conn.
New Britain herald., 1923-03-19
TRANSITION WINS AT oRMoNp

Ormond Beach. Fla, March 1o.--A. E. Headstrom of Buffalo, N. r., won the title of champion of volusia on the Ormond Beach golf links here yesterday. He defeated w. c. Hart man of New York in 36 hole final match, which was all square at the finish of the first IS. A sudden rain storm made playing rather difficult in the afternoon, but Headstrom seemed to be unmindful of it. winning in the 17th green 2 and i.
New Britain herald., 1923-03-19
Speaking s of Sports

Skis managers been reading tho
 dictionary. Psychology, he says, lost
 for his man in Dublin, 1. e. the sight
 of that rowling mob of fighting Jrish-
 men caused the inferiority complex. Which is another way of saying he thought he'd be licked whichever way the decision went
 But which some take to be only the old alibi. The ease with which old McTigue fox trotted to victory makes the black boy, who trains on wine and wild women, look like a false alarm. Nice of Lenglen to say nice things about Miss Ryan. Wonder if it was that she loved Miss Ryan the more, or Molla the less.
 The why's and whereforcs of a fe- male mind are hard to follow. Maybe this fulsome praise of the California girl is short jab to the pride for Molla.
 Billy Tingle, Australian, won the fyweight championship of the Far East at Manila yesterday by defeating Blasco Conception, Filipino. Tingle received the referees decision at the end of a 15-round bout
 Jack Dunn, Jr., 27 years of age, son of Jack Dunn, owner and manager of the Baltimore International league club, died at Baltimore early yester- day morning of lobar pneumonia. Young Dunn has been secretary of the Orioles for several years
 A statement from the Coast credits Manager Bill Killifer of the Cubs with declaring that Bernie Friberg will be one of the fastest and noisiest infield- CTS in the National league this sum- mer.
 Guarding against the possibility of Jose Rodriguez not joining the Bridgeport team, Gene McCann has purchased Sam Post from Brooklyn. Post was farmed out to Reading last season where he hit for .339 and field ed for .989.
 Bill Skiff, former Bridgeport catch- CT, is far from satisfied with the con- tract Kansas City has offered him and thus far has refused to report to Lake Charles for spring work. skiff wired Manager Good the other day that he would report but wanted permission
New Britain herald., 1923-03-19

A novel golf match is reported from th6 links at Wellington. England, in which Rupert May, using golf clubs aid ball. contended against an aHgier Mr. Mackinlay who made casts w1th a 21t ounce weight. The golfer uon with score of s7 against the ahgisr's lo2.
New Britain herald., 1923-03-19
p.Pp'S SINGLE IN THE EIGHTH
 GIVES VICTORY TO HUCMEN
YALE BASKETBALL TEAM
 BRINGS HOME THE TROPHY
Wins Seven Out of Ten Games--Cor. ncll-Princeton Tie For Second
 Place--Luthcr's Great Record.

New York, March 19.--The Alexan- der trophy moved today from Prince ton to New Haven, the property of the Yale basketball five, who won first honors in the intercollegiate basket ball leagues 1923 series despite their loss of two games last week. They won seven and lost three games.
 Princeton and Cornell tied for sec ond, having won six games and four lost Columbia split the season. 5 and 5. Dartmouth and Pennsylvania shared the cellar on an equal basis with seven losses and three victories.
 James H. Luther, Cornell center and captain, was the highest individ- ual scorer of the league with 140 points. He made 100 of these in shooting fouls. Arthur Loeb 12S Princeton, was second, with 123 points, and Eddie Suisman, Yale, a close third with 121.
New Britain herald., 1923-03-19
HEADS DARTMOUTH TEAM
Goldstein Is Choice Of Green Fiol
 Basketball Captain Next Year

Hanover. N. H., March 1$-Allen V. Goldstein of Philadelphia was unanimously elected Captain of Dart. mouths 1924 basketball team. Gold stein has played two years as regu- lar on the varsity, at center, and for. ward and year with the Freshman five. He is also a member of the varsity football team. having won his letter twice at tackle. Goldstein is the only junior on this years team, as Captain Cullen, Miller, Moore and Heep will all be graduated in June, and Sauer is a sophomore.
New Britain herald., 1923-03-19
TO MEET BRITISH TEAM
Pinehurst Club Will Play Visitors in
 Polo Match Today.

English international polo team, which has arrived here and unani- mously expressed approval of all three of Pinehurst's playing fields, will play the Sandhills Blues tomor- row. The British players will be mounted on strange ponies and will be further handicapped because F. w. Egan has touch of lumbago.
New Britain herald., 1923-03-19

Manager Tobin of the P. & F. Cor bin basketball team has called a meeting of his men for tomorrow night at the Corbin clubhouse to dis cuss the prospects for the season of 1923. If Tobin's plans materialize, the P. & F, Corbin plant will be rep resented by speedy diamond aggre- gation. This is only a fet together meeting. but may have an important effect on New Britain baseball his tory.
New Britain herald., 1923-03-19

The Brandford team will exhibit it's wares Saturday night against All New Britain at the State Armory. New Britain will play it's second game of the series against Bristol in Bris- ol on Saturday. March 31.
New Britain herald., 1923-03-19

Saturdays defeat of the Yale bas- ketball team, 13 to 10, by Columbia was the second the New Workers have given the Eli boys this season.
New Britain herald., 1923-03-19
NEW BRITAIN WINS FIRST
 IN SERIES WITH BRISTOL
Lanpher's Quintet Defeats West Ends 34 to 27-Tyndcll Accounts For
 IS Points For Home Team.

In the first of series of three games, the All-New Britain basketball team defeated the West Ends of Bris- tol Saturday night at the State arm ory in this city. The score was 34 to l27.
 From whistle to whistle the game was fast. Tn the opening half, Bris- tol showed to good advantage and when the rest period was called the Bell Ringers were in the lead 16 to t14. Spurred on by the home fans, New Britain passed the visitors soon after the second half opened and maintained sufficient lead to win. Red" Tyndall's eye was bright on the 15-foot line. Out of IS tries, he scored 16 points He also found the hole for one goal from the floor Kill duff and Sheehan likewise put up q star brand of work. McDermid, Sheehey and Carlson shone for the in vaders.
 The summary:
 New Britain Bristol Kilduff ................ McDermid h Right Forward Iyndall ....... Lazarusky, Green Left Forward Ginsberg. Restella ..... Rogalsky Center Pelletier, Ginsberg ...... ... Sheehey Right Guard
 Restella, Sheehan ......... Carlson
 Left Guard
 Score-All-New Britain 34, West Ends 27; field goals-Kilduff 3, Shee- han & Tvnda1l Raste1la i pa11otior 1. Tazarowsky 3, Rogalsky 3, McDer- mid l, Sheehey 1, Carlson 1. Foul goals-Tyndall, 16 out of IS tries; McDermid g out of 17 tries. Referee -"Chick" Hayes.
New Britain herald., 1923-03-19

l The Brooklyn Robins in camp at Clearwater, Fla, will open a busy week today with game with the
 Senators.
New Britain herald., 1923-03-19

Passaic High school took the Jer- sey basketball title Saturday by trouncing Ashbury Park, 54-29.
New Britain herald., 1923-03-19

The indoor record for 70 yards was equalled Saturday night in Hartford when Bob" McAllister, a New York policeman. bounced against the tape in 1-5 seconds. Why not give him a pair of water wings and let him patrol the three-mile limit off the New Jersey coast?
New Britain herald., 1923-03-19

to go south by way of Kansas City so he could stop off and have confer ence with Owner George Meuhlebach. He was given permission but Meuhle- bach says the conference will do Skiff no good as he will not raise the fig ures in the contract.
New Britain herald., 1923-03-19

Billy Tingle, Australian, won the fyweight championship of the Far East at Manila yesterday by defeating Blasco Conception, Filipino. Tingle received the referees decision at the end of a 15-round bout.
Evening star., 1923-05-31
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET.

CHICAGO, May 81 Gu. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture. = Hogs Re-
ceipts, 10000 head; early trading
strong to 10c higher; big packers
bidding steady: top, 7.35; bulk, $50
to 230 pound averages. 7.25a7.35; 240
to 325 pound butchers, 7.00a7.20; pack
ing sows, 6.10a6.35; pigs very dull;
110 to 130 pound averages. 5.50a6.40;
heavyweight hogs, 6.90a7.20: medium.
7.1Oa735; light, 7.10a7.35; light light.
660a7.20; packing sows. smooth. 610
as SO; packing sows. rough, 5.75a6.15;
killing pigs. 5.50a6.50.
Cattle-Receipts, 1900 head; bet
ter grades beef steers fairly active /;
strong to 15c higher; mostly 10 to
Is up; top matured steers, HOO;
numerous loads. 10.65a10.95; part load
long yearlings, 1885: bulk beef steers
and yearlings, S.75a10.25; light year
lings slow; lower in spots: lower
grades beef cows, Gamers and cut
ters slow, weak to lower; bulls, Is
to % lower: light veal calves and
lower grades light stock steers lower;
others steady.
Sheep-Receipts. $4,000 head: spring
lambs fairly active; seven doubles
CALIFORNIA;, 15.35ai5.50; some sorting
seven doubles unsold; few deck good
and choice natives. 15.00a15.5O; Gull
natives mostly 10.00a12.00; several
decks corn belt fed lambs held at
14.40.
Evening star., 1923-05-31
SCARCITY OF LABOR
HAMPER|NG SOUTH
Reserve Bank in This Dis.
triCt Declares Conditions
on Farms Are Serious.
BY the Associated Press.

RICHMOND. Va. May S1.-The
scarcity of farm labor has become
more acute as result of the con-
tinued migration of negroes to north
ern Industrial centers. and farmers
who depend upon day labor ARE find
ing it difficult and, in a few instances.
impossible TO secure help to plant
normal crops" the Federal Reserve
Bank of Richmond said today in its
monthly review of labor conditions
III the fifth federal reserve district.
Next to farm laborers, the greatest
scarcity seems to be in the building
industry and allied fields, including
umberfng and brickmaking Skilled
Workmen. principally. are needed in
construction work. while lumber mills
can furnish employment to many nm
skilled laborers. it was stated. A serj-
Gus shortage exists both in logging
camps and in mill yards, according
to the review.
Mill Help Sufficient.
: There is a slight scarcity of labor
IN boX and shook plants the bank
SAID, but the supply of workmen in
the textile and other manufac cturip c,
lines, including tobacco, fertilizer and
furniture plants, is sufficient for
present needs.
Practically all industries in the
district are operating as fully as the
available labor permits" the bank 8
statement said, land. as mentioned
last month, there has been ten
dency to raise wages in some in
dustries, but on the whole there has
been little competitive bidding for
satisfactory labor Manufacturers
appear willing to curtail operations
somewhat rather than advance manu-
featuring costs too greatly by in
crease in operating expenses
No Serious Dispute
The expenses of 1920 are still fresh
In the minds of manufacturers and
they realize that unless costs to con-
sumers are kept within bounds con-
sumption is likely to be affected and
they are now watching very closely
the consumers reaction to every
change in the costs of manufacture
which may increase the selling price.
In this district the workers them
selves have some appreciation of
the situation and while there appear
sporadic strikes from time to time.
labor on the whole is reasonable and
no serious disputes have arisen re-
Gently.
Evening star., 1923-05-31
DRY GOODS MORE ACTIVE.

NEW YORK, May 81 Especially
The trading in cotton cloths in the
Worth street market today showed
some increase in activity, but few
changes in prices. Print cloths con-
tinued to attract the greatest num-
ber of buyers, but 81 by COS re-
manned at Tuesdays figure of 10 cents
and 6S by 72s continued at III cents
Sheetings were quiet and sateens dull
The raw silk market slumped badly,
most of the grades falling 10 to Is
cents a pound on Wednesday trading
in Yokohama during which 1900
bales changed hands at a decline of
SO yen bale.
Evening star., 1923-05-31
FOREIGN EXCHANGE.
RH the Associated Press.

NEW YORK. May 31.-Foreign ex-
changes irregular. Quotations lin
United States dollars): Great Britain,
demand. 4.62as: cables, 4.62a; sixty
day bills on banks. 4.60ss. France,
demand. 0652h; cables, .0653. Italy,
demand. .0472k; cables. .0473. Bel
Germany. demand, .000014A; cables.
.0O0014%. Holland. demand, .3s17:
cables, 1920. Norway. demand, 1860 :,
Sweden, demand, 1858; Denmark. def
mand, 1880; Switzerland. demand,
1906; Spain, demand, 1920; Greece
demand, .02S1; Poland, demand
.00001S; Czechoslovakia, demand,l
.02ss;. Argentina. demand. $3.50; Brasl
Eli. demand. .1040; Montreal. 81 9-16.
Evening star., 1923-05-31
PLAN STOCK INCREASE.
Underwood Typewriter Directors
Call Special Meeting.

NEW YORK. May s1.-The direc-
tors of the Underwood Typewriter
Company today called a special meet
ing of stockholders for June IL to
vote upon an increase Of authorized
capitalization from S14,000.000 to $15,-
O00, 900. the increase to be in common
shares. The stockholders will also
vote on authorizing exchange of the
new common stock of $25 par at a
rate of four new shares for each
share of the present stock at S100 par
and on the authorization of the offer
to the stockholders. pro rGta. OF the
100000 par OF common stpck, at q
rata of S160 q share