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feature of the big game.
Connolly brought the four thou
sand outstanding when he nipped the
flying Eli star within ten feet Of the
finish. Brewster, Brooks and Gegan
turned over a 12-yard lead to Con-
molly. who allowed Campbell to catch
and pass him on the last lap. Con-
molly uncorked sprint that tore the
heart out of Campbell. The time,
S.03:2 is a games record.
Joie w. Ray in the Overton mile
ran without opposition after the first
quarter, Kiwat, Higgins and Kerr
failing to make it interesting. Rays
time was clicked in 4:19:2, making
the fortieth time the marvel has
done better than 4:20.
Connolly's great sprint and Rays
clock like swing around the 12O-lap
track provided the features. The
Georgetown star did not match
strides with Ray in the Overton
miles az he had just performed In
the relay eight minutes previous.
Johnny Holden was nosed out Of
d place in the Meadowbrook $50.
Kappisch, Devanny and Eby nipping
aim in the burst for the tape.
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ton, and with that end in view six
teen numbers have been included fol
scholastic competition. in addition t.
three special scholastic relays.
Present plans call for the meet c
start at 10 q. M, with the scholastic
freshmen events first on the card
followed by the regular scholastic
heats.
Headquarters for the games has
been opened. at A. G. Spaldings
store, GA fourteenth street north
west. Entry blanks and detailed In.
formation with reference to the meet
may be had at A. g. Spaldings' any
time during the day or from G. w.
Swan. who Is director Of games AZ
the u. 8. Veterans Bureau.
Scholastic Freshmen,-S0-yard dash,
1oo-yard dash, 120-yard low hurdles. 40
yard dash.
Scholastic dash. 12o-yard
hurdles, 220-yard hurdles. 220-yard dash,
44O-yArd dash, .s80-yard run. Javelin
throw, one-mile run. pole vault. shot
put. 12-pound, high jump. broad Jump.
Legion--100-yard dash. 220-yard dash.
44O-yard, dash, 1.O00-yard run.
Open Events-100-yard dash. 22O-yard
dash, 220 low hurdles. 440-yard dash,
S80-yard run, one-mile run. pole vault,
shot put 1e-pound. high jump, broad
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WAR CLOUDS
MAY GATHER
OVER BENTON
President HeydIer Determined
That Eccentric SolthpaW
Shall Not Play III National.

- Os ANGELES. March 1O.De-
spite Judge lands official
o. K. Pitcher ''Rube. Benton.
over whom storm has been brew
ing Tor months. Il not going back
to major league baseball
In ) telegram to Garry Hermann.
president of the Cincinnatis club.
President John A. Heydler, Of the
National League. declares that Ben.
ton cannot play with that team or
any other National League club.
HeydIer's telegram follows:
Pitcher Benton's right to play III
organized baseball never has been
questioned By me. And FOR this
sake I am glad that hts eligibility
has been definitely settled BY Com
missioner Lands.
.aThe National League. however.
several years ago instituted q policy
Ut determining who shall or shall
not play on It's clubs In carrying
out this policy It Is my Judgment
that Benton Is not the type or
character OF player we want. There
fore viii not sanction his return
to our organization.
(Signedl JOHN "A. HEYDLER,
president.
President Heydler is visiting
friends III Hollywood. His veto OF
Judge Lands final opinion may or
may not evoke & storm within the
inner circles Of baseball. as It Is
understood Hermann had built
high hopes upon the acquisition 81
the big pitcher.
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est fought game of the series.
The officials were forced to call
foul after foul on both teams.
Aloysius lost the services Of Fitz-
gerald near the start OF the second
half, having had four personal fouls
called on i'm. and eight minutes
after Catlin, Yankee guard, was
forced to the sideline by the same
route.
The Yankee team that took the
floor last night was q changed
team over the outfit that had been
knocked off by the Aloysius and
the Legionnaires previous to this
contest The ability Of the Yankee
forwards to break away from the
Aloysius defense together with their
uncanny dribbling up to the basket
proved the downfall Of the series
leaders.
Aloysius showed the same speed
that they showed in defeating the
Legionnaires, but CatIin and Ford,
the Yankees guards kept the Pur-
pie courtmen from working the ball
TO an under-basket position. Time
and again the Aloysius players
brought the ball toward the basket
with lightning speed and clever
CONTINUED on Page 80, This section.)
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PREPARING FOF THURSDAYS BOUT5

Uncle Sans
fighting inittilnen
from Fort Myer
are putting il
strenuous peri DDS
each day in
preparation for
the inter-service
bouts with the
Quantico Marine
battlers at the
Army Post next
Thursday night
AIT the top we
have shorty
O'Connell
who IS scheduled
IN : six-round
30. TO the left
are Maisel and
Willie Ptorney.
The IA tier goes
on with Seaman.
Patsy Mozier.
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Rain Halls Tennis
Play in. Mentone
Tourney
BY international News Service.

BY international News Service.
MENTONE, France, March
NA 10. - A downpour of
rain this afternoon put a
stop to play. in the Mentone
tennis tournament. Among
the matches postponed were
those between Mile. Suzanne
Lenglen and Miss Mackane
and Mrs. Molla Bjurstedt
Mallory and Mrs. Blake
against Mrs. Beamish and
Mrs. Satterthwaite, of Eng
land. Play will probably be
resumed either tomorrow or
Monday.
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Early Season Game
To Senate Page Nine
Spring is here!

Spring - mere!
The Senate Pages defeated the
Hobart A. c., on the latter's dia,
mond, 8 to Q, after mid-season
pitching duel between Meyers, OF
the Pages, and Galloway, of the
Hobarts. Meyers forced fifteen bat.
ters to wifi the breeze in the seven
innings he worked. Mack took up
the burden In the eighth and gave
| e. good account Of himself.
bacon for the Pages. while the
| fielding OF Blanchard and Baton
for the Hobart A G. was sensa-
tional.
Teams desiring games with the
Senate Pages can call Captain
Mack, at North TO-
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Record Thong NIL
Witness Auto
Classic

INDIANAPOLIS, March 80.
For the eleventh time
the most famous ~ auto
mobile speed contests II the
world viii Be run May 30.
on the Indianapolis motor
speedway, the 600 lIniie Inter-
national Sweepstakes. This
event, for an &gereRaie cash
purse 81 l00, 900 holds the
record FOR sporting events in8
America, and since 1914 has
always played To more than
100, 900 speed fans. The rec
ora was established "a 1922,
when 1S5 900 people. saw
Jimmy Murphy WIN the
tenth annual race.
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me Washington HERALD has TIE exealesk
ntnn ~ sport experts II the world. Here
are some s. them. Damon Nunyen. Bur
Baek. Bryan Morse Ed CurIeys Ford EKleks
Le0makd W. Collins William Eeyle; Louis ~
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10 TIE right We
have John b
Morrison and
Tony Pis eli
doing their stuff.
Followers Of
both TIE boys
from Tie Army
r ost and tlle
Marines are
claiming sweep
iiae and con
elusive Vic cries
for their favor
ties. What my
be lacking II.
class viii Be
more than made
up for il earnest
endeavOr On
The par 81
every one d ths
haktIer
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Famous Expert Says
McTigue Will Lick
Sikh Easily
BY EUGENE CORRIE,
Famous International Boxing Referee
Written for Universal Service.
Special Cable Dispatch.

Speclal CaDle OlspaVcn.
r ONDON, March 10
Mike M TT gue will
surely defeat Battling
Sikh, for the Senegalese is
really a second or third rate
boxer, whom half a dozen
/ heavyweights here could
/ believe McTigue is the
best man at his weight in
the world, and / thinl. he
can beat Gibbons and other
boxers of that type.
/ believe that the only
man In the world who is
McTigue's master in the ring
is the heavyweight champion,
Jack Dempsey.
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YANKEES DOWN ALOYSIUS FIVE
IN HARD-FOUGHT COURT GAME
Officials Call Foul After Foul on Two Teams As
Players in Their Overanxiety Violate Rules.
Champions Present Impenetrable Defense.

ISPLAYING basketball that has made the
District champs four the Yankees showed
far from through in the three
for previous defeat at
Aoysus Big Five by handing 3Oo24 setback to
Pupeso Coliseum last night in the toughest and hard
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CONNOLLY'S GREAT RACE WINS
TWO-MILE EVENT FOR HILLTOP
Blue and Gray's Sensational Runner Steps Last Half
l Mile in 80 to Beat Tommy Campbell, Of Yale, IN
Finish That Brings Great Crowd to It's Feet.

PHILADELPHIA 1Ommy Connolly Georgetowns track
running Blue mile team
tonight Meadowbrook stepped halt
winning Tommy Campbell Yale the tape in the
, 1923-05-26

tie predicament in which the Virgin Is
lands find themselves, as under existing
law the main commercial life Of this
port is sustained by foreign coal burning
vessels, which furnish work ia the har-
Dor to the laborers.
4. If such action be possible it would
avert the distress and suffering, which,
under the preser conditions, would ap-
pear to be inev! ole.
5. Under all the circumstances the
Governor of the Virgin Islands can
make no recommendation to the De-
partment other than to request that the
plight of the people of Virgin Islands
be placed before the President Of the
United States. in accordance with their
expressed wish in the enclosed petition.
(signedJ HENRY H. HOUGH'.
, 1923-05-26

&c from coming to St. Thomas to take
coal, water, and buy our products on &C.
count Of the recent ruling of the Supreme
Court known as three mile limit which is
inimical to this Island.
While we are aware that your sympa-
thy is with Us, and that we cannot blame
you tor carrying out in effect any or all
the destructive measures applied here by
the Congress of the United States which
tend to place US in a very unfayorable
position, yet, we as a people feeling the eff
feet commercially, financially, physically,
morally and otherwise come before you in
this peaceful manner protesting against
what we consider an imposition that is
detrimental to our welfare,
YOU will please therefore, inform the
President and other Head Of the Depart
ments of this nation especially the Secre-
tary Of the Treasury of this cOncoUrse of
people moving as One in Unity an opini-
on to the effect that 2VhiLe 1Ue ore not
d~rUDEGTdS or an alcoholic drinking COM
munity, yet we know from our geOgra-
phical position that all our future for a
livelihood depends and is centered upon
ships Of oil NGtj0n&ijti25 coming into our
hGrbOT free from all obstruction and that
all our present difficulties can be traced
up to tho law of prohibition.
We are in our rights to PROTEST.. We
feel that this action Of ours is the cry Of q
starving people to be relieved of the bar
dens imposed upon US. We have repeat
edly petjtlOned, and have sent a DeIega-
ton to Washington that was the ridicuIe
of the United States with no results.
And we ..old that we cannot and will not
stand this any longer, and hope that this
prayer Of ours Will be heard while recog-
nizing the fact, that you as a stronger
nation have no desire to crush US a
weaker.
(signed) EMILE A. BERNIE.
Chairman Citizens Committee.
The Governor spoke telling the huge
crowd of the sympathy he had with
them, and now be would forward their
telegram and that of course, he was
obliged to carry out the law and was SUBJ
jected to same just as much as any there
present.
The |concourse of people then marched
toward the field where speeches by
Messrs, Lionel Roberts, Rosthchild Fran
els, and AdoIph Sixto were heard and
money collected for sending kilograms to
st. CroiX papers, the Civil Liberties Uni
on and the Secretary Of the Treasury.
The procession was headed by muf1ed
drum. while The people marched quietly
and no wonder the Governor asked the
people to try, despite actual conditions,
to look at things with a brighter eye, for
s-B e. --.-- -
, 1923-05-26
Administration Building,
st. thomas, Virgin Islands,
q May, 1928.
OFFICIAL NOTES.

His ExcelIency the Governor of the
Virgin Islands addressed the following
letter to the Honorable, the Secretary of
the Navy, Washington, D. c., as a re-
suit Of the petition which was delivered
to him on Friday, Is May, 1923
From: Governor of the Virgin Is
lands.
To: Secretary of the Navy.
Subject: Parade of Protest in re the
application Of the National Prohibition
Act to the Virgin Islands Of the United
States.
/. Transmitted herewith is the orig
inaI Of a protest personally delivered to
the Governor Of the Virgin Islands by
MIR. Emile A. Berne, Chairman of the
Citizens Committee Of Saint Thomas.
2. Coincident with the delivery Of
this petition there was a congregation
of the people Of St. Thomas before the
Government House, and | forwarded
you a radio report Of the occurrence as
follows
'00l8 Thousands Of citizens of Saint
Thomas congregated peacefully be-
fore Government House today and
addressed petition to Governor pro-
testing against application National
Prohibition Act to these Islands. ST.
lent parade carrying banners etcetera
proceeding through entire town. All
Stores closed. Letter of Protest will
be forwarded TO you by mail. 1915
3. There appears to exist a belief
locally that the Honorable Secretary of
the Treasury Mr.. Mellon, while draft
ing the regulations in pursuance of the
recent ruling of the Supreme Court
prohibiting foreign Ships from entering
tine territorial waters Of the United
when having on board alcoholic
either IN their cargo or as ships
stores, viii in som mauney, ~sileviate
, 1923-05-26
St. Thomas News
Yesterdays Parade.

Almost the entire popuiaCe took part
in the parade yesterday, demonstrating
protest against the 18th Amendment,
the three mile limit and other destruc-
tive interpretations.
The unity of sentiment was clearly
manifested by the fact that merchants,
members of the Labor Union and Of the
Federation of Labor and other citizens
from all walks of life took part in one Of
the largest professions ever seen here.
The procession started at 2.3O U. m.
from the market square where Mr.. j.
Percy S0utfront had previously addressed
the crowd. expressing as Chairman of
the Committee his .reat satisfaction at
the hearty cooperation OF 50 many citl-
Zens and requested that they walk in the
parade as orderly as possible.
Passing along the Main street, the pro-
cession went up the Government Hill
and halted before the Executive Mansion,
where the following protest was handed
to the GOVERNOR
Henry h. HOugh,
Governor of the Y. l.,
St. Thomas. y. S. A.
Sir:
To-day we present ourselves to you in
this mass formation symbolical Of a very
serious and grave cataStrophy, which is
about to fall upon our heads causing
misery. want and distress, through ships
which afford US a livelihood and which Is
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-21
Waterville- WinslOw
Chamber of Commerce
HOnOrs RedingtOn

At the meeting of the directors Of
the Waterville- Winslow Chamber Of
Commerce yesterday afternoon, tho
following resolutions were read by
the committee, in honor and menu
DRY of the late Mayor Frank Pering-
ton.
Mr.. President:
Your committee appointed to sub
init resolutions on the death of frank
Redington, one. of the board of dir
ectors. has attended to it's duty and
presents the following report:
In the death of Frank Redington
the Waterville Chamber of Com
merce is called upon to mourn the
loss of one of it's most earnest and
devoted members.
For many years closely identified
with the Board of Trade and the
Chamber of Commerce, his influence
for progressiveness in all that per-
tains to this. his native city, has 3ecn
plainly felt:
His optimistic attitude, his GEAR
thought and his we'll balanced poll
cies. together with his unrcsei we'd
giving Of self in the forwarding OF all
good things in civic life, called forth
our respect and admiration and won
for him our strong personal affec-
ton:
We feel that in his passing the
Chamber has sustained an irr.par-
able loss and we, the directors a yer
sonal grief.
Respectfully submitted,
HORACE Il. MCZZY
A. +. CYR.
ORA A. MEADER
Committee on Resolutions,
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CLINTON

Mrs. Harold Gerald was discharged
Tuesday morning from the Sisters
hospital and returned to the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Omar Gerald for few
days stay before going to her home
in the north part Of the town.
T.. E. Whitman went to Bar Har-
Dor Tuesday on business trip.
Miss Olive Forestall of Boston is
n guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Besse.
Miss Mabel Larrabee of Pfttsfield
was n recent guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
Albert w. Waldron.
The reflection of the Belfast fire
was plainly seen by some of the local
people Monday evening about mid
night.
Abbott Mckinney has been in town
recently from his work in Portland.
Mrs. George Hoxie Of Burnham was
in town Tuesday afternoon calling
on friends.
Miss Hazel Hopkins has been en-
tertaining her sister, Miss Helen Hop
kins and Miss Gladys Ingham, both OF
Auburn.
Mrs. Ed Goodwin Of Pittsfield was
a recent guest of Mrs. John Hub
bard of Baker street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Harmon were
in Waterville recently. where they
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CUTTER OSSIPEE
Continued from Page One)

land. At Calais the ice about the docks
was three feet thick and the st. CroiX
river was tightly closed.
The OSsipec which has been bucking
the icc-clogged channels and relieving
ice embargocs at eastern points as we'll
as in Casco Bay and the lower harbor
here the past three weeks, will be re-
inforced soon by the Mohave. the navy
departments largest tug. which is es-
pecially equipped for ice-breaking oper-
ations.
The cutters first call will be at Fort
Baldwin. at the mouth Of the Kenne-
bee river. to leave fodder for the
horse, of the small detachment MAIN
tanned there by the army.
Then she will proceed to Rockland
and. after trying to release two four
mastcd schooners now locked in the
ice in the lower harbor with coal car
gees for a lime corporation there, viii.
break out the ice surrounding the larg-
or islands off Pcnobscot Bay and deliv-
err 1000 bags. or about so tons. of grain
to Vinalhaven. North Haven and other
island towns.
Attention then will be directed TO
relief of the fuel famine az StonIngton,
off the eastern entrance to Penobscot
Bay. the cutter towing barge of coal.
now held in the ice at Rocklhnd. to
that town. BY that time Lieut.. Com.
Randolph Ridgely, Jr.. of the Ossipec.
expects to hear from the coal-laden
schooner Annie Preble. which left
Sandwich, Mass. week ago, and will
tow her into Dark Harbor at Isles
boro, where he temporarily relieved the
coal shortage on last weeks trip by
taking over three tons of bagged coal
from Rockland.
The cutter expects to join forces
with the tug Mohave. which, was
reported as having left Boston to-
day for Searsport. in a joint attack
about Saturday on the ice in that
section of Penobscot Bay, with row
blocks the railroad terminal through
which coal, fertilizer, and general
freight are shipped to Bangor and a
large territory in northeastern
Maine.
Two steamers with coal. one from
England. and the other rom Nor
folk. and two barges with coal and
fertilizer arc due to reach there Inc
last of the week, and it is hoped
to afford them an opportunity to
discharge their cargoes. although tine
ice barriers range from Is inches to
two feet as the result of temperatures
running as low as 80 degrees De:ow
zero during the long continued cold
wave.
Belfast is completely isolated with
the harbor and Penobscot Bay frozen
over, and it is almost impossible to
break out a channel to that city as
there is no place for the ice to go.
Machiasport, Me-, Feb. 20-The ice
in Machias Bay extends farther out
to see than for IS years, older resi-
dents said today. Machias r.yer is
frozen as far down as Chaunccy's
Island and there is good skating to
Round Island, three miles below this
town.
With the exception of two email
openings, no water can be saen be-
tween here and Cross Island. ten