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New Britain herald., 1923-07-07
TRACK TROTTING RECORD Is
TWICE BROKEN AT WINDSOR
new RECORD Made
in GRAND CIRCUIT
Pearl Benboe Trots Mile in Fast
Time Of 2:O4 50
BY The Associated Press.

BY The Associated Press
North Randall, Cleveland, O., july
T. Fred Egan, the former western
reinsman, now of Memphis, drove
Pearl Benboe to victory and new
record in the Tavern STEAK" at the
Grand Circuit meeting here yester-
day. -=... H.
The card contained three stakes,
the others being the Fasig Sweep
stakes for three-year- trotters,
won by Ethelinda, and the Expert
ment for three-year-o PAGERS, which
went to Anna Bradford Girl.
Pearl Benoe stepped the first heat
in the Tavern in 2:05 1-5, which low
ers the record for the stake Of 2:05%
established last year by the Great
Rose. Eighth was the best the mare
could do in the second mile because
of break shortly after the start, but
in the third heat she had just set, put
ting mark at 2:o4 35.
The time was all the more remark
able because of the condition of the
track. Rain Wednesday and early
yesterday caused a delay in starting
the card of nearly two hours.
Ethelinda was piloted to victory by
w. II. Crane of New York, her own
err in straight heats. Her stable COM
ranion, lilo Guy, driven by Walter
Cox, the stables driver, finished third
in each heat.
The Experiment Stakes for three
year-old PAGERS was won by Anna
Bradford Girl. 1t was the inaugural
of a stake for three-year- old PAGERS,
a series of similar stakes to be raced
at all Grand Circuit tracks. a.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-07
Billy Smith Smashes Mark
and Then Breaks Right
Hind Leg-Watts-in-B Bond
Sets Up Best Time-Sir
Etawah Wins 18th Straight
Race.

Sage Park, Windsor, July THE
track trotting record twice broken,
four heats negotiated in better than
2:1o. and 2-year-old trotters going
twice In a little better than 2:12, gave
Bay State Circuit followers plenty to
talk about on the second day of the
| meeting here. The old track record
of 2:10 IA, held by Mile Irwin and
Sakura, first fell In the second heat of
the 2:24 trot. Billie Smith going q
mile in 2:09&.
Billy Smith Breaks Leg.
The record set by Billy Smith stood
only one heat, Aubrey Rodney's
Watts-in-B Bond going in 2:09 Ia the
next trip around. The record was in
fair way to get another shattering in
the fourth heat but Billy Smith
jumped and unfortunately broke his
right hind leg while rounding the first
turn and Watts-in- Bond had an easy
time winning the heat Billy Smith
was a big favorite to win and the &C
cident loses for his owner, Charles
Traiser of Boston, one of the most
promising trotters on the circuit.
This race went six heats before the
Great Fig Leaf finally took the meas
ure of Watts-in-Bond. A rare bit of
craftsmanship on the part of Rags
dale, driver of Great Fig Leaf, gave
Rodney another chance after his
horse broke badly in the fifth heat
and fell away behind. Ragsdale
could have distanced the son of Gen
eral Watts but he let up and made
certain his opponent was in. There
was nothing to 1t but the Canadian
horse after the first quarter of the
final heat.
Sir Etawah Again.
Sir Etawah, Fred Hyde's sterling
colt, won his fourth straight of the
season when he took the three-year-
old trot rather handily from a field
that included Trumpet, undefeated as
a two-year-old on the circuit last year.
The best that Trumpet could do was1
to land third money. Bill Crozier
with Coleman, another classy colt,
showing the way to State Posts
youngster In both heats after thrilling
battles through the stretch. Trumpet |
was outclassed in the first heat, but
he made a game try In the second trip
around to nail the Hyde entry but did
not have the brush.
Coleman broke in the first heat of
the colt race and seemingly came
from nowhere to win the place. In
the SECOND heat Crozier's mount kept
his feet and although caught in pock-
cts twice managed to work his way
out near the wire and Unexpectedly
defeat Trumpet. Sir Etawah was the
best liked before the race and he
showed the reason when he went the
two heats in record time, 2:12h and
2:12 IA. Never before have colts
trotted so fast over this track.
Favorite Beaten. |
Ramco. the favorite, was unbeat-
able in the 2:15 trot, winning In
heats from field Of IA, one
of the biggest ever to get the word
here. Although Rance was always
In front each of the three finishes was
a thing of beauty with the IA horses
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New Britain herald., 1923-07-07

Cleveland on the home grounds de-
feated Boston to 8. This victory
placed the Indians in a tie for second
place with Philadelphia. Jamieson's
homer with two on in the second
drove Ehmke to the showers and
ciinched the game for Cleveland.
In Philadelphia the Phillies saved
themselves a thereatened defeat at the
hands of the Pirates by a triple play
in the fifth. Cooper, the Pirates
mpundsman. beat out an inield hit
and took second on a wild throw
from Parkinson. Meanwhile singled
to right and Cooper went to third
Then Carey flied to Mokan whose
throw to Henline caught Cooper at the
plate and Maranville was nipped.
Henline to Sand when he tried to
make second on the throw in. The
Phillies triumphed to 2.
The Cincinnati Reds were all set
In New York to take their first crack
at the Giants In the Polo Grounds.
The weather man has promised them
chance today.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-07
Zach Wheat Drops 10 pts.
While He Boosts His
Mark AZ pts. He'll
mann Still Ahead In
American
Jameson in Second Place
and Babe Ruth Climbs to
Thirdly Williams Has
Home Run Mark Of ~.
BY The Associated Press.

|
| Chicago, July Z. - An ambition
cherished by Jacques Fournier OF
Brooklyn for years has been realized.
The big Frenchman is the new leader
among the batters of the National
league according to averages released
today and which include games of last
Wednesday. BY cracking out 10 hits
he boosted his mark from Az to 1884:
which tops the players who have par
! ticipated in As or more games. lack
Wheat dropped ten points and is trail
ing Fourier with an average Of 3s2.
Johnston Going Fast
Jimmy Johnston, also of Brooklyn,
has been keeping step with his team
mate and has shot forward into
fourth place, tied with Young Of New
York at 366.
Ed Roush of Cincinnati is third
with 374. George Granthan of the
Cubs is showing the way to the base
stealers with 20 thefts and is leading
the two base hitters with %.
% Home Runs
ICY" Williams of the Phillies Is
back In his batting stride. In the
past week W cracked out Two
home runs and leads the major league
players with %.
Other leading batters: .s.
Frish, New York, 363; O'Farrell,
Chicago, $50; Grimm. Pittsburgh, 357;
Bottomley, St. Louis, SAT; Mokan,
Philadelphia, 344; Southworth, Bos-
ton, 343; Traynor, Pittsburgh, 34s;
Hornsby. st. Louis. 343; Carey, Pitts
burgh, 337; Bigbee. Pittsburgh, $50.
Heilmann Hard Pressed
Harry Heilmann of Detroit who
stepped out in front shortly after the
gong sounded has remained ON the
top of the hitters in the American
league. During the last week how
ever his average dropped from AIS
to 419. His closest rival is Charles
Jameson of Cleveland the runner-up
with 375. Babe Ruth has batted into
a tie for third place with Eddie Coll
Inns of the White Sox. Each has a
mark of 800. .
Babe Ruth's Record
Ken. Williams of the St. Louis
(Continued on Following Page).
New Britain herald., 1923-07-07
American Fencing Stars
Leave for Europe Today

New York, July 7.-American fenc-
ers who will defend the Robert M.
Thompson trophy against British
swordsmen in London, July 20 to %,
were passengers on the Albania. sail
Ing today for Southampton. Major
Francis w. Honeycutt, U. 8. Army.
who led the successful American team
in its 1921 matches with the British
in New York was in charge of the
1923 team.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-07

vine spark then it's bad business.
That's exactly what happened dur
ing the progress of play in the an
nual Victory Cup tournament at
Wykagyl Country club yesterday. In
the morning sweetser, feeling the urge
to create a new record, went around
Bob Whites skillfully laid-out and
wonderfully-keptc course in 6S strokes,
lettering by three shots the best mark
ever made there. And that with IS
at the par ninth and eighteenth and
a at the par tenth.
All this was done at the expense of
young Leonard Martin of Apawamis
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New Britain herald., 1923-07-07
JoHNsoN-QUINN TO CONFER.
VIII Discuss Pending Sale of Boston
Red Sox on Tuesday.

st. Louis, July ban johnson,
president Of the American league, and
Bob Quinn, retiring business manager
of the Browns, will confer with Har-
ry Frazee in Boston next Tuesday on
the proposed sale of the Red Sox to
a Columbus (Ohio) syndicate, 1t was
announced here yesterday.
Mr. Quinn, who will become presi-
dent of the Red Sox If the deal is
contaminated. will represent the CO.
lumbus men.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-07
1875 ENTER GOLF TOURNEY.
Qualifying Play for Connecticut Title
Starts Monday,

New London, July IA field of 1876
golfers, the pick of the clubs in the
Connecticut Golf Association, will
make the start in the qualifying
round of the annual tournament for
the state championship on the Shene-
cossett Country club course on Mon
day. a.
The pairings for the round were
completed last night. The first pair
will drive off at 7:45 a. M, daylight
saving time, and should every entrant
appear the last players will start at
1:15 in the afternoon.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-07
"BUTSEY" WILL CATCH
Pirates BackstGp To Work For Opti-
clans at Double Beach Wednesday

'Butsey' Hall, catcher and captain
of the Pirates, will take a little out
ing down at Double Beach on We'd
nesday when he will be the guest
of the state opticians at their annual
field day.
In return for these courtesies But
sey" will be the catcher on a picked
up team made up from opticians from
all over the state who will play a nine
composed of Hartford eyeglass spe-
cialists.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-07
KAPLAN VS.. CRIQUI
Memden Fans Now Yowling for Match
With Idol Of French Boxers

Draughts from Meriden bring in ru-
mors of proposed boxing match be-
tween Louis Kid Kaplan and Gene
Criqui, world champion featherweight,
to be held at Weiss Park in New Ha-
ven late in the summer.
On July 80 Dundee and Criqui meet
and after that match with Bern
stein is not unlikely, so, In case the
Trenchman holds his laurels and looks
with favor on the Meriden lad, it will
be quite few weeks yet before any
thing definite does develop.
Meanwhile the rabid Meridenites are
telling the world" that the Kid has
got it all over the champ.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-07
B-L Team Plays at Home
Sunday Afternoon at 3:15

Tomorrow Afternoon at 3:15 o'clock
the Meriden Cutlery nine from the
Silver City will trot out onto st.
Mary's field as the opponents of the
Besse- Leland team, which this after
noon played a return game with the
Falcos at Holyoke.
At the same time the Corbin Red
Sox will be playing the Stafford
Springs team a return game at the
latter's home grounds, after having
played the United States Submarine
vase nine at New London today.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-07
Sham Battle Staged for
GOuraud's Entertainment

Washington, July IA sham bat
tie between armored tanks and re-
view of soldiers stationed at Camp
Mead was arranged today in honor of
Gen. Gouraud the one-armed French
war hero. Gen. Gouraud expected to
return to Washington late today to
attend a dinner to be given by Gen.
Pershing
New Britain herald., 1923-07-07

.SWEETSER BREAKS
GOLF COURSE MARK
Plays Great Game at Wykagyl--
Wins After 2.DoVn and 8 to Play

New Rochelle, N. r.. July 7-Dan-
gerous business this daily breaking of
course records, gratifying but danger
Gus, as Jess Sweetser will admit. It's
a nice thing to cheat par, to evade
traps and pitfalls laid by the diaboli-
cal course builders but 1t has its
drawbacks. For one thing 1t inspires
others to attempt 1t and when it is
your opponent who receives the d.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-07
Raglan to Captain Phillies.

Philadelphia, July Pat Raglan,
veteran pitchers coach of the Phila-
delphia National League team, yes
terday was appointed captain by Man
ager Fletcher. He succeeds Goldie
Rapp, who was released Thursday by
the Phillies to the Fort Worth club
of the Texas League.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-07
LatOnia Oaks Is Feature
Card at Kentucky Track

Latonia. KY. July THE 20 day
meeting of the Kentucky Jockey club
comes to close today with the La
tonia Oaks as the feature event. The
Oaks brings a field of eight horses
amongst the finest either east or west.
The race is for $4,000 added,
New Britain herald., 1923-07-07
TANKS BOlNBARD ST. LOUIS
AND NOW ENJOY BIG LEAD
OVER CONNIE MACK,S MEN
to Win Was Their Ninth Tied For
Second Place - Triple Play Aids Philies to Beat
Pirates Giants Reds Stopped By RAIN

New York. July Rain all the country yesterday per-
tte only three games the big leagues Of these the heaviest
in way action toopace in St Louis where the New York
Yankees opened their western invasion byrmmng the Browns
to thereby making victories and putting themselves
IL games ahead of the Philadelphia Athletics who listened to
the per patter of the rain in Detroit Waite Hoy delivered
Of tWisters
New Britain herald., 1923-07-07
Total .....s..3 3 "a ]
x-Batted for Ehmke In eighth.
xx--Batted for Fullerton. In ninth.
Cleveland.

Two base hits. Mitchell, Fewster, jamie
son, Summa, Sewell, Speaker; three base
hit. Stephenson; home run, Jameson;
stolen base, Mitchell; sacrifice, Shanks;
double plays, Fewster. Shanks to Burns;
Sewell, Stephenson to Brower Uhle, Sewell
to Brewer; left on base, Boston 6, Cieve-
land 4; base on balls off Ehmke, /; Full
lerton /, uhle 2: struck out by Ehmke 2.
Uhle 8; hits. off Ehnke 0 in Z, Fullerton
none In i: wild pitch, Ehmke; losing
pitcher. Ehmke: umpires. Connolly and
Owens; time, I:42.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-07
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Win on Homer

Cleveland, July 6.-Charlie jamie
sons home run with two men on in
the seventh drove Howard Ehmke
from the box and Cleveland defeated
Boston, to 8, In the first game of
the series here yesterday.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-07

Games Today
Chicago at Boston.
st. Louis at Brooklyn.
Cincinnati at New York.
Pittsburg at Philadelphia.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-07
Standing Of the Clubs.
Games Today

Games Today
Reading at Buffalo.
Newark at Rochester.
Jersey City at Syracuse.
Baltimore at Toronto (2).
New Britain herald., 1923-07-07
American League

Yesterdays Results
New York 5, st. Louis 2.
Cleveland 5, Boston 8.
(Other games rain).
New Britain herald., 1923-07-07
YaHk ees 5, Browns 2

st. Louis, July 6, - New York
pounded shocker for IL hits. and won
the opening game of the series with
st. LOUIS yesterday, to 2.
New York..
New Britain herald., 1923-07-07
international League
Yesterdays Results

Yesterdays Results
Jersey City s, Syracuse 6.
Rochester u, Newark 3.
Reading 5, Buffalo 2.
Baltimore 5. Toronto (1st)
Toronto 4, Baltimore / (2nd).
New Britain herald., 1923-07-07
Games Today

Worcester at Springfield CD
Hartford at Pittsfield co
Waterbury at Albany.
Bridgeport at New Haven.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-07
Games Today

flames Today
Washington at Chicago.
New York at st. Louis.
Boston at Cleveland ..
Philadelphia at Detroit ca.
New Britain herald., 1923-07-07
How They Line up
in Four Leagues
Eastern League

Yesterdays Results
Albany 6, Waterbury 8.
(Other games rain.)
New Britain herald., 1923-07-07
National League

Yesterdays Results
Philadelphia 5, Pittsburg 2.
(Other games rain).
New Britain herald., 1923-07-07
Home Run Leaders

Jameson, Indians
Williams, Browns ,
New Britain herald., 1923-07-07

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New Britain herald., 1923-07-07
YESTERDAYS HoMERs

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The Glenwood post., 1923-10-25
OLD-BOOK SHOPS IN NORWAY
Ancient Scandinavian Volumes Arc
to Be Found in the "Antik-
variats" Of Stockholm.

Norway, like China, has no old-book
shops. Christiania, of course, was
only provincial town in Scandinavia
when, a few years ago, the partition
occurred, and even now, as the Morse
capital, it has a good deal less metro
politan amenities than Portsmouth or
Bournemough or Cardiff, says writer
in the Manchester Guardian.
After assduous Inquiries l managed
to reach a rather forlorn bookshOp
down near the docks and was offered,
us a genuine antiquity, a devotional
treatise dated 1913. The old Scan
dinavian books are to be found in the
half-dozen "Antikvariats' of Stock
holm.
They are fascinating old bookshops.
dusty and cobwebbed-four of them
with numbers of tones dating back
into the sixteen hundreds, and some
even a century before. In one OF
them / found three years ago lot Of
Elzevirs at very low prices. In an
other a couple of very ancient Bibles
bound in worm-eaten wooden boards,
with a yard of iron chain attached.
The Glenwood post., 1923-10-25
"Eirst-Aid Auto Kit" Latest.

Automobiles used to I've content
with carrying-by way Of extraordi-
nary accessories-a fire extinguisher,
a swing for the baby and tow rope,
but with the list of those injured in
auto accidents growing daily, some are
beginning to add another piece Of
equipment, and an enterprising manu-
facturer of hospital goods is capitallz-
ing this new need. says the New York
sun and Globe. He has provided an
Automobile first-ald kit" which con-
slsts of the articles necessary to rem
der first aid to persons injured while
working on an automobile or driving it.
The Glenwood post., 1923-10-25
IERhUuE DOG DIES HERO
Pet Of Author Loses Life to Save That
of Tramp Canine From
Trains Onrueh.

Many Of the heroes of the stories Of
Albert Payson Terhune, author of The
Comedy Kid" says the Designer, have
been dogs-Scotch collies. You will
remember Lad, and his harum-scarum
son, Wolf-Wolf of the understanding
eyes. Wolf is dead. He died like
thoroughbred. From the Terhune
home town in New Jersey comes this
story:
"Wolf had constituted himself ward
er of the Terhune lawns and custo-
dian of the driveways. When motor
ing parties came in and endangered the
lives of the puppies playing about the
driveways, Wolf, at the first sound OF
the motor, would dash Importantly
down into the drive and every puppy
would scurry out of harms way.
Every evening it was the habit OF
Wolf to saunter off on a long walk
The exercise, it seems, prepared Wolf
for sleep. One night recently Wolf
ambled away and
"Down in the darkness at the rail.
road station some of the folks were
waiting to see the Stroudsburg express
flash by. 1t was few minutes late
A nondescript dog. with hunted,
homeless droop to his tail, trotted on
to the tracks. Far down the line there
came the warning screech of the eI-
press. The canine tramp didn't pay
any attention to it.
The headlight of the express shot a
beam gllstening along the rails. Wolf
saw the dog and the danger. With a
bark and a snap the son of Lad drove
the stranger to safety. The expresa
was whistling for crossing far past
the station when they picked up what
was Wolf and started for the Terhune
home"
The Glenwood post., 1923-10-25
Quits Tobacco and oversIeeps.

1t may seem strange that l have
been chewing tobacco since was twen-
ty-two months old and am still chew
ing, says correspondent Of the Leb-
anon (Mo.) Enterprise. About two and
one-half years ago l made a resolution
to quit and did quit for twenty-five
days, feeling no Ill effects until about
the end of that period, when all Of
sudden l began to have sleepy spells
and had to quit reading.
Many times l did not know when I
went to bed, but when l went to sleep
my wife would wake me up some time
the next day. / finally got afraid to
go up in the woods for fear 1 might
go to sleep and the big snake would
carry me to its den and swallow me.
So | broke my resolution by taking
another chew and the sleepy spell was
broken as suddenly as it came on.
Can any one explain why all this hap
pened?
The Glenwood post., 1923-10-25
ADVICE TO PEDESTRIANS

Who is to blame for the numerous
accidents reported every day in the
papers, the automobile driver or the
pedestrian? The correct reply is
"both.n -
There are many careless drivers who
violate every commonsense rule and
there are thoughtless pedestrians who
bliudly walk directly in front of ma
ehn ne, trusting in Providence to save
them. If the majority of pedestrians
were not naturally careful when cross
ing a street and the majority of drivers
didn't unconsciously observe safety
first rules there would be hundreds of
more accidents every day.
I have drawn up a few simple
"Don It's" for pedestrians and drivers
which l think would go long way
toward eliminating scores of accidents.
They are as follows:
For pedestrians
Don't step off the curbing to
cross the street without glancing both
ways.
Don't try to read your newspaper
crossing the street or stop to argue
with friend half way over.
3-Don't walk behind street car.
Don't try to run if caught be-
tween two machines. Stand still until
the automobiles have passed.
Don't try to cross a crowded
street if the police signal is set for the
opposite direction.
6-Don't cross in the middle of the
block.
7-On crowded downtown streets use
safety lanes marked on the pavement.
For auto drivers
Don't turn corner without
sounding your horn.
Don't try to talk to someone in
the back seat when making a turn.
3-Don't cut corners.
4-Don't get interested in something
going on half block behind you when
making crossing.
6-Don't try to dodge around the
left side of street car to get out of
blockade.
Don't try to cut too close to
get ratified.
The Glenwood post., 1923-10-25
Lower Berths for All.

Spaciousness and comfort both day
and night. and lower berth for every
body, are provided in an ingenious new
design for sleeping cars proposed by NJ.
G. Krarup, consulting engineer, and
described in Popular Science Month
ly. Two rows of seats, of the design
of armchairs, are proposed for each
side Of the car, these doubling Its
seating accommodation in the day
time but without crowding. At night,
partitions similar to Venetian blinds
divide the car into compartments and
the chairs are converted into berths
by lowering the back cushions and ex-
tending the seats. Each compartment
would contain comfortable headroom,
a wash basin and large mirror.
The Glenwood post., 1923-10-25
Perpetual Sodas.

There is one girl in New York who
is fed up" Her job Is to drink nut
sundaes, sodas, all the soda fountain
concoctions there are, or to order them,
at any rate, and go through the mo-
tions. She is a spotter. Besides de-
tecting dishonesty and seeing If the
ticket systems of the fountains work
properly. there is the service business
to look at, satisfied customers and all
Of that. The technic is just the same
as in spotting in a jewelry store. The
first essential is complete disguise as
an ordinary customer and the second
Is alertness.
The Glenwood post., 1923-10-25
BoRAH RoAsTs vIoLAToRs OF
THE PROHIBITION AMENDMENT

Wealthy Americans who violate the
eighteenth amendment and "reds'
who denounce constitutional provisions
designed to protect property, Senator
Borah of Idaho declared in a recent
address, care both travelling the road
of lawlessness, sowing the seed of de-
struction and undermining the whole
fabric of law and order" The sena-
tor was speaking before the citizenship
conference in Washington.
"The hot bed and the noisy rendez-
vous of lawlessness, of cynical defiance
to the eighteenth amendment" he de-
clared, care among those of social
standing, of large property interests,
and in the Weather homes. Without
their patronage, their protection and
their example, the bootlegger would be
easily within the control of the law.
"The 'red' sits in his darkly lighted
room around his poorly laden table and
denounces those provisions of the con-
stitution placed there to protect prop
erty. The 'white' sits in his brilliant
" lighted room about his richly laden
table and defies or denounces the pro-
vision of the constitution placed there
in the belief it would protect the
home.'