New Britain herald., 1923-07-14

Washington rushed to his side. "Wha, shall we do now?" Braddock asked Retreat. sir. Retreat by all means' Washington replied. The retreat witt Washington in command, began. It was covered by the American leader and 80 Virginians. the remnant of the American force, The result was a severe blow to the hopes of the. Brit ish of conquering the French and In- dians in the New World.
 Besides being hard work, 1t is sometimes amusing to sit on the newspaper end of telephone wire on the night of a big event and answer questions. This is especially true when prize fight of national in- terest is being staged.
 It was widely announced this past week that the bout between Firpo and Willard would occur at 10 o'clock Thursday night and attention was called to the fact that it would be standard time. In spite of his, many calls were received at the Herald" office earlier in the evening, infor1na- ton being sought on "how's the fight coming out?" In some cases those who made the inquiries seemed sur prised that the battle was not ended and verdict returned.
 Frequently an inquiry is received from someone whose information on the subject is not very profound. When there are several bouts on the card, the man at the telephone often asks: What bout?" It happens sometimes that the inquirer is not quite certain of the names of the box CTS and has to turn away from the telephone to ask someone in the room Who's fighting?"
 The sudden termination of the Firpo- Willard affair surprised not a few in this city. Well known author ities on sports believed that the sci- ence and ring generalship of the Kansan would more than suffice to overcome the brute strength of the Argentinean. Even when it was seen that Willard was on the defensive, they were confident that he was play ing a game of strategy and would hit out when he had Firpo perplexed by the ineffectiveness of his attack.
 Readers of the Herald" whose minds run to sporting events were pleased last night when they saw of the knockout. This demonstrated the lengths to which newspapers will go to give their read CTS service. The photograph in ques- ton was taken at the ringside by camera man of the Newspaper Enter prise Association with which the J Ia veloped immediately, matrices were made and rushed out to the news- papers taking this service. The ma trix was received in this office yester- day morning at 10 o'clock, less than 12 hours after Firpo crushed Willard to the canvas. . .
 A. F. Rockwell, head of the Stand. lrd Steel and Bearing Co.,, is one oi he most popular men In Plainville lis announcement that the entire equipment of the company will be emoved from Philadelphia to Plain. file compensates the town for thss oss of the Bristol Mfg. Co.,, whose hill closed down today for an in- efinitc period. The number de.
 
 losing of the mill will be counter. by the number given em- loymcnt when MT. Rockwell com letes his plans for expanding his liant.
 MT. Rockwell is one of those hust- ars whom the people like to sec make good" when he starts out on lission.S He has had his bumps in fe-hard ones. too,-but he has al. 'ays managed to come back strong. lainville people welcome his de- ision to move the bearing plant from Several hundred more ands will be put to work and with ontinued activity in the bearing field 1e prosperity which ,Plainville has cen enjoying will probably continue