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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-04-15
". H. s. BASEBkLLERS
|. GET DOWN TO HARD
PAN IN TRAINING
Especial to The Kennebec Journal

Especial to The Kennebec Journal J
Waterviile. Apr. lathe Water
Vile High school baseball candidates
have at last got down to real base
ball. The weather and the condi-
ton of the diamond gave them a
late start but they are making up for
it now. Coach Bullet Hendricks is
working the men hard because he
realizes the need of this practice.
Yesterday the team had its sec
opd sCrimmage game of the season.
Two teams were picked. team one
AMI team two. The second team was
victorious by a small score. The
feature Of the days work was the
excellent tWirling of Captain Train
or. He worked Tor only two innings
and in this time only one hit was
made from him. the rest OF the men
being struck cut. He also struck
out nine men in three innings Sat-
u;day.
Grant at shortstop for team one
played good ban end il seems as if
he is assured of this position. The
har1csi task is that of the first base
There are three candidates out for
the position but all are weak with
the suck. 1T Is understood that Es-
tabronks. senior. is there with the
wilto" and also there guarding the
sack. Donovan is assured of the re-
ceiving position. as is Clapprood on
the second sack. The outf1eld posi-
lions are not certain and the work
of the men for the remainder of
the week will determine the men
who will start in the outer gardens
on Saturday.
Another task that is confronting
the. coach is that of finding an un-
derstudy for Captain Trainer in the
box. 1T is certain that the captain
can not pitch all the games and it
is necessary to find someone TO al
ternate with him. Many men have
been tried out in this position in
the last two scrimmages but they
have not come through with the real
stuff. The best bet of the subs is
McMullen. but he needs much
coaching before he can take a res
ular turn pitching. Raymond. a
southpaw, looks good but lacks con-
troll.
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NEW YORK MARKET
Features Of the Days Dealings in All
the Leading Stocks

New York, Apr. 14.-Stock prices
continued to melt away today under
the incessant hammering of profess
sional bear traders. Net losses in
the active issues ranged from frac-
tons to ) II points. both the rail
and industrial averages touching
new low records for the year.
Cnfavorable trade reports, which
the speculative community inter-
preted as forecasting further
slackening in business activity. con-
tinued to furnish the basis for the
selling which reached sufficient pro-
portions to bring out rather heavy
liquidation on the part of timid in
vestors. A late drive against the
general list was predicated on the
decision of the senate finance COM
mittee in giving the bonus measure
precedence over the tax bill.
One OF the features of the days
trading was the sharp reaction in a
number of the oil shares which pre-
viously had been offering stubborn
resistance to selling pressure. Liqui-
dation of this group was inspired by
the fear of over-production likely
to result from the large Increase in
the number of new wells. Tidewater
OIL DrOkc Q points. houston - o-S
and California Petroleum. Phillips.
General Asphalt. Houston and a few
others dropped point or more.
Sixty-seven stocks created new
low prices for the year during the
session. including LII motor. Is su-
gar and food. equipment, 6 textile.
oil. steel and Is miscellaneous
! shares. These included Baldwin.
Studebaker Gold and new). Ameri-
can. Bethlehem Steel. Chandler
Stewart-Warner. Stromberg. WHY'S
Overland preferred, American WOOL
en-. Dawson Chemical and Baltimore
and Ohio.
The stock market continued to
ignore foreign news developments
although French governmental and
municipal bonds and French francs
moved up to new highs for the year.
apparently in speculative expecta-
ton of GermaEy's prompt accept
ance of the Dawes report.
United States Steel common, re-
garded by many as bell-weather
of price movements. duplicated its
previous low of 95 1-2. closing at
% "a for a net loss of S-4. Stude-
: baker fell to new low at 81 despite
President Erskine's denial of ru-
mors that the dividend was to be
reduced, Baldwin. which has sold as
| high as 131 this year. broke more
| than ! points below ITO.
Only few stocks were able to
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-04-15
State House, Edwards
and A. C. c. c. Win
Mondays Bowling

The State House girl bowlcrs trip.
ped up the Miscellaneous lasses
Monday evening in their match at
the Y. NJ. G. A. alleys, taking all -four
points from them. The Edwards
girls were not so fortunate. but sue.
ceeded in saving out three Of the
four points in their match with the
Bankers. The Community club girls
followed suit in their match. grab.
bling three points from the Capital
City Corpora ton.
Brennan was high total for the
winners of the first match, clearing
the pins for A total of 222. She tied
for high single with Parker with
pinfall of so. Froberger was hich
total for the match with 234 and
high single with 81.
johnson had her eye on the pins
in the Edkards Bankers match
brushing them aside for 2il score
for high total for her team. Eighty
nine was high single for the Edwards
crew. Shea of the money handlers
shaded Johnson of the Edwards
team for high total of the match with
a pinfall of 252. A high single string
total of 90 was high for the match
also.
CrocEer tumbled the pins for 2Is
for the Community club girls. which
was high total for the match. she
was also the only girl in the three
matches TO break over the century
mark. with n high single Of III.
The nigh total for the G.. G. G.. was
ter had high single of IS.
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PARENT HAS BATTING
SQUAD TO pep up
|. U. OF N. GAME SAT.

Especial to kennebec JOurnal.)
Waterville, April 14.-In spite of
the bitter cold wind which swept the
Colby athletic field all afternoon. the
Blue and Gray baseball squad put
in a tough afternoons workout I'M
der the direction of Coach Freddie
Parent. A greater part of the after
noon was passed in infield practice
for the fielders with a considerable
amount of time being spent on the
batters.
In the smuggling line, some of the
men who were most reliable last sea-
son at the bat, have slipped con-
siderably or have not as yet got their
batting eye and are missing some of
the fast ones which the hurlers are
sending over the pan daily. The
batting weakness among some of the
players is one of Coach Parents
biggest wrinkles to iron out before
the opening of the season. Two of the
best stick men who are out at the
present time, Peabody and Haines.
are Ineligible for playing with the
varsity team and that alone will
weaken the team while at the bat.
The competition at second and
expected that in the game with the
University of Maine on Saturday af-
ternoon. practically all of the ma
terial left which is trying out for
these two positions will be given a
chance to see what they can do in
the field and at bat. While, one man
looks better in the field another can
didate will show up better at the bat
and it is Coach Parents job to round
all of the men into tip-top shape be-
fore the opening of the season.
This afternoon the pitchers were
given al comparatively easy time as
the wind was no fit place for them
to be for a great length of time.
Muir. Coulman, Porter and Wey-
mouth were used against some of
the batters to give them plenty of
exercises.
With four more days in which to
work his charges before the Maine
game. Coach Parent is praying for
the rest of the days of this week to
be warm and sunny SO that he might
get some of the kincks out of his
players arms and install some pep
into them.
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Fay High Opens Ball
Season April rs with
PittSfield Nine
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Dexter. April 1.-THE baseball sea
son fot n. II. Fay High school opens
at Pittsfeld, April &c. when the team
plays Maine Central Institute at
PittsfieId. Manager Herbert Fisher
Jr., of, the local team has arranged
the schedule as follows:
Saturday. April IS. Maine Central
Institute at Pittsfied.
Wednesday, April 90. game pending
with Corinna Union ACADEMY.
Friday, May .. Hartland Academy
at Hartland.
Wednesday, May :. Higgins CLASH
cal Institute at Charleston.
Saturday, May 10, Newport High
at Dexter.
Wednesday, May IA, Game pend
Ing at Corinna Union Academy.
Saturday. May Il, Milo High school
at Milo.
Wednesday, May u. Higgins Gas
steal Institute at Dexter.
Saturday. May "a, Newport High
school at Newport.
"Wednesday, May IS, Game pending
with old Town High.
Saturday, May 81, Milo High at
Dexter.
"wednesday. June 4, Hartland
Academy at Dexter.
SATURDAY, June Z. Game pending
with Old Town High.
Manager Fisher has endeavored 10
get games with Bangor High scnooi
but has been told that that schooi
intends to put all its effort into track
srort this spring.
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Dixfeld Baseball
Under New Regime

Dixfield. Apr. 13.-"Dixf1eld is go
ing to have a baseball team this year
and it is going to be the fastest
team the town ever boasted," de-
clared Secretary Phinney of the
club last night. refuting rumors that
the town had dropped baseball.
Baseball will be under n new re-
gime here. however. The former
baseball association has been dis
solved and in it's place the Ameri-
can Legion has taken charge of the
sport. This means younger blood is
behind baseball. The move is ap-
proved by the majority of hackers
OF the team.
Dixfield has raised more money
for the sport than ever before, as
serted Mr.. Phinney. Mr.. Watson of
the American Legion has been APP
pointed financial manager. Harry
Moore of Wilton, as previously an
nounced. is playing manager.
There is no doubt but what we
are going to have a club" stated
Mr.. Phinney. land it is going to be
a real club"
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CONY SENIORS TOP
S0PH0M ORES IN
FIRST CLASS GAME

The Cony high seniors topped IN.
sophomores ir the first game Of N.
nter-class seri>j at Capitol pars
Monday afternoon by one point thu
final verdict being lilo. The sen.
Tors, a little overconfident from tn.
first inning. threw away several
chances and wee forced to get down
and dig in the final frames, succeed.
ing in the ninth inning in bringing
in run. breaking a 1910 tie.
Ernest Burns did the hurting for
the-SophoMores and did good lob on
the mound. 1t was not until he re-.
tired in the last of the innings that
the team lost. Aubin. who handed
the twirling end for his team also d!d
good work. John McCauley. and
Aubin made the fastest plays Of III.
game. McCauley working a doubls
play when in a line drive he caught
a man on third. Auhin also WORKING
a double play to Hayden and Howell
The batteries for the seniors were
Aubin, Sawyer and Ellis, while for
the sophomores Burns. Norcross and
Mcdonald covered the difficult posi-.
tons.
The juniors and freshmen are Stat.
ed to meet today. The junioIs have
a fine bunch of material and should
give the Freshmen a good game.
Gregoire and Mcdonald will he the
batteries for the Juniors and Lapidus
and Morton for the fTesmen. The
winners will play Wednesday for m
terC SIS honorS of the four. CLASSES
after which the regular squad will be
picked and baseball suits issued.
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Expect Record Grove
In League Opener
At Detroit Today

Detroit, April 14.-If the weather
Is right, one of the greatest crowds
ever to attend a sporting event in
Detroit will be damned into Navin
field at ) o'clock tomorrow when the
Tigers and Cleveland open the Amer
lean League season. This was the
opinion Of club officials who an
nounced receipt of 10000 requests
for the 1880 reserved seats.
Although no definite announce
ment has been made. Manager
Cobb's pitching choice for the open
err is said to - rest between Earl
Whitehill. George Dauss and Bert
Cole, with the odds favorinS White
hills selection because of his better
condition.
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No Question of
Eligibility Weissmuller
OLYMPIC Swimming

Chicago. April 14-Johnny WEISS
muller. Americas greatest swimmer
was born in Chicago and there can
be no question of his eligibility TOT
the Olympic swimming team. he said
last night in commenting upon the
investigation a. Washington by Hen
nv II. Rathbone. representative from
Illinois. to establish the youths ma
tivity. 80
Tho misunderstanding arose. &C
cordinr to the swimmer, through his
father. +. weissmuller, twice hav,-
ing failed of naturaliza ton through
inability to speak Enshsh. M
Datbbone said in Washington that
the case had been brought to his at
tention so that the United states
Olympic, team managers would oe
lprcpared, il the question OF Weiss :
muiler's eligibility arose just before
he was to participate in the games;
Johnny. holder of half a hundred
worlds swimming records. says that
he was born an American and had no
intention ever to be anything else.
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move against the current trend

move against the current trend
Woolworth being pushed up 81
points to 31S and then dropping back
to 305. Marine preferred crossed j.
and then slipped back to 80 rs, up
l IS, and Burns Brothers issues
moved up briskly on what, appeared
TO be pool operations based on high
current earnings.
Call money opened at 4 IA per-
cent and then advanced to 4 L..
Time money was somewhat firmer
but business continued in small VOL
ume. Lenders showed a disposition
to hold out for "a percent but
borrowers declined to pay over L.,
loans up to 80 days being arranged
at the smaller figure.
The commercial paper market
was steady with 4 IL percent the
ruling rate for prime names.
Establishment of new high
record by French francs at GA cents
was the feature of the foreign ex-
change market. Demand sterling
ruled above S4.34 and most of the
other European rates showed mark
ed improvement. Creation of a new
1924 low by Japanese yen was at
tributed to the passage of the John
representatives
Contrasting sharply with general
depression of bond prices in today's
trading. French governmental and
municipal loans rallied to the high
est levels of the year on improved
prospects for acceptance by Ger
many of the Dawes report. The ad-
vance was accomplished in the face
of dull trade in domestic liens, which
was featured by a sharp break in
Wilson and Company issues
Selling at par for the first time
in many months, the French repub-
lie SIS led a wide variety of the coun-
try's bond issues into new high
ground. The governments LIS
and the Seine as, Bordeaux 6s, Sois-
sons Us. Lyons Us and Paris-Lyons-
Mediterranean lis all sold at the best
figure of the year.
Uneasincss over possible unfavor-
able developments from the Wilson
and Company annual meeting to-
morrow contributed to the liquida-
ton of the company's bonds. The
convertible 6s and lbs broke more
than 7points each to new 1924 lows
at 6ti and II II respectively. while
the first Us yielded 3-S to. 81 "a.
Recessions were general through
out the speculative railroad and in
dustrial lists with losses of some of
the sugar, copper and oil bonds
ranging from ] to . points. Declines
were attributed to a sympathetic re-
action with stock prices.
Announcement by the internation-
al committee on bankers in Mexico
that first interest payments would
be made on eight additional issues
deposited under the debt agreement
discharges the first years service on
one-half of the S700,0OO.0 900 total.
Total bond sales. par value, 3d.
4O7 900.
Total stock sales. go, 400 shares.
Twenty industrials averaged
90.S3: net loss 50.
High 1924. 1924: low 90.S3.
Twenty railroads averaged S1OO:
net loss 6s.
High 1924, $500; low S1.00.
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Thousands Will See Millions Big League Results Tod
CARPENTER WANTS
TO BOX GIBBONS IN
ADVANCE OF TUNNEy

New York, April 14-Georges Cav
pentier would rather battle Tom Glib
bons, st. Paul light heavyweight, at
Michigan City, Indiana, on May 81.
instead Of engaging in the first night
of his prospective American cam
paign against Gene Tunney, Ameri-
can light heavyweight champion. in
New York or New Jersey the week
of June 9.
This information. marking the lat
est development in lively battle
anon; rival promoters over Carpen-
tiers engagements in this country,
was cabled today to Billy Gibson,
Tunney's manager, by Francois Des-
camps, the Frenchman's manager,
who expressed a desire to alter his
agreement with Gibson making pos
sible the Gibbons-Carpentier match
first. He set July 4 as a date for the
match with Tunney.
Rejection of this plan, however.
was Immediately announced by Glib
son who declared he would hold Car
pentier to the letter of an agreement
to fight Tunney first, and. if neces-
sary, seek an injunction in Indiana
courts to stop the Gibbons fight.
Gibsons contract with Descamps en-
titles him to a prior claim on the
French fighters services here.
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Boston Produce Market

Boston, April u
BEEF-Choice whole cattle 171Q18.
BCTTER-Extras 3S3039; firsts 373
ass.
CHEESE-Fresh choice 21922;
, firsts 1920.
CORN-No. 2 yellow 99Q1.00.
EGGS-Nearby hennery brown ex-
tras $40 80; white and mixed extras 80
@31; western extras 28G29.
FIOCR-Spring patents. 196-lb.
sacks. special short 7.4007.75; stand
ard 6.50@7.25.
HAY-No. 2 timothy 2602S.
LAMB-Spring &c 1870.
OATS-Forty pounds G4G65.
PORK-Medium backs 23@2S.50.
POTATOES-Green Mountains 2.25
per 100 pounds; new southern No. /
$40 q 1000 per barrel; sweets 400.
SUGAR-American Sugar Refinery
quotes $40 cents in 100-barrel lots less
2 per cent. for cash.
VEAL-SQ25.
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Umpire Assignments
National League
Games Announced

New York, April 14.-Umpire as
signments for the opening games in
the National League tomorrow were
announced today by President John
A. Heydler as follows:
At Philadelphia, O'Day and Nc
Cormick.
At Cincinnati, KLEIN and Wilson.
At St. Louis, Moran, Pfrman and
Powell.
At New York, Quigley, Hart and
Sweeney.
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FreepOrt Nine Has
Several Open Dates
On Schedule

FreepUrt. April 14-Freeport
highs baseball schedule, with
dates for 10 games. has been
announced and the season will open
when the local nine meets Yarmouth
at Yarmouth next Saturday after
noon. a strong schedule has been
arranged but there are several open
dates which the team is desilous of
filling. The schedule follows:
April 19-Yarmouth at Yarmouth.
April 22-Yarmouth at Frecport.
April 2G-Open.
April 30--Gardiner at Gardiner.
May 3-Wiscassct at Wiscasset.
May = Richmond at Richmond.
May 10-Open.
May 14-Wiscasset at t'reeport
May 17--Brunswick at Brunswick
May 23-Open.
May 24-Bowdoinham at F'reeport.
May 2S-Bowdoinham at Bowdoin-
ham.
May 31-Open.
June 4-Richmond at Freeport.
June Open
June 11-Open.
June 14-Open.
June 15-Open.
June 23-Open.
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ROush Has Nine
PutOuts Cleveland
Cincinnati Game

Cincinnati. Apr. 14.-An unusual
occurrence was recorded in yester-
days observation-disclosures baseball
game, when Eddie Roush had nine
rutouts. in center field. three more
than the first baseman.
OF the II games played during the
training season. the Reds won l..
lost eight and tied one. Ten of the
games we're with American League
teams and OF these Cincinnati won
Ave, lost four and tied one.
Two sessions Of practice were
scheduled for today, in final prep
aration for the opening of the cham
pionship season with Pittsburgh at
Redland field tomorrow.
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WINSL0W bALLMEN
LOSE Two OF BEST
DIAL Q n D MEN

Waterville. April 14-(SpeciaN-i
The Winslow high base ball team
was crippled when Taylor. captain
OF the nine. and Reynolds and Gid
den were placed on probation for an
indefinite period. Under this condi.
ton they are kept out of athletics in
all branches and this means a seri-
Gus blow to the team, for it takes
practically all the old men from the
nine. The reason of the action TAX.
en- by the school authorities was re-
ported last evening to be for cutting
classes.
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BoHdoin and Fort
Williams Wednesday

Especial to tho kcnnebcc JournaD
Brunswick Me. April 14-Bowdoin
and Fort Williams win play baseball
on Whitticr's field at $50 Wedpes-
day afternoon. arrangements for
game having been made this after
noon by \. II. McCornic. alumni
secretary N Bowdoin.
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Japan Champions
To Play N. Y. Univ.
At Yankee Stadium

New York, Apr. 14.-The baseball
team OF Meiji University, champions
of Japan. will oppose New York Uni
versity at the Yankee Stadium. June
8, and 10, it was announced today.
Princeton, Pennsylvania and Boston
universities are also on the sched-
ules of the visiting nine. which earn
ed the right to represent japan in
the annual tour by defeating Vase
da in q series.
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COLBY TO RELEASE
RYAN TO DIRECT
OLYMPIC RUNNERS

Waterville, Maine, April 14-Mike
Ryan, former olympic contestant,
present coach of the Colby College
track team, was released today by
the college athletic association to
leave after the Maine intercollegiate
championships for Europe, where he
will direct the training of American
runners in the olympic marathon.
Coach Ryan will sail May "a. 1t is
feared that his going may entail some
loss to Colby's track chances this
spring.
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where THE TEAMS
WILL PLAY TODAY
IN LEAGUE OPENING

New York, April 14EThe schedule
of major league opening games to.
morrow follows:
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York at Boston.
philadelphia at Washington.
st. Louis at Chicago.
Cleveland at Detroit.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Brooklyn at New York.
Boston at Philadelphia.
Pittsburgh at Cincinnati.
Chicago at St. Louis.
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Yale Track Team to
Go to u. of p. Carnival

Philadclphia, Apr.I I4.-4aIe
plans to send its entire track team
10 the University of Pennsylvania
relay carnival April 20 and 70. In
addition to all the relay champion
ships. the New Haven institution has
men entered in most of the special
and field events.
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Elm City Alleys
And Job Print Cop ..
| Monday Bowling

Especial to the kennebec Journal
Waterville, April 1.-THE Elm
City alleys took four points from the
Thomas business college yesterday at
the Elm City alleys while the City
job Print copied three from Ken
nebec journal. Joseph broke the
three string record held by Pat
Holmes. His high single was 116
and 323 for total.
THOMAS BUSINESS COLLEGE
VerZonie ........ 20 70 81 236
Thomas ........... "a 10 20 2bi
1874 ia 1s5- sos
ELM CITY ALLEYS
Tangill ........... 80 80 % PCS
Barney .......... 10l 81 107- 295
ISL 119 GOO $50
KENNEBEC JOURNAL
league ........ 50 70 So PSI
Clarke ............ a 30 III 2b4
-
1853 17S III us
CITY JOB PRINT
Joseph ........ 116 10S 90 1923
McAlary .......... IS 6S So 245
2o4 176 1SS- 56S
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New FORK Money Market

New York, April IA.
Foreign exchanges firm.
Great Britain. demand 4.342, cables
f.34s, e0-day bills on banks 4.32a.
France, demand GIG. cables 614.
Italy. demand 4.4J2, cables 4.f6.
Belgium, demand 5.44, cables SAG.
Germany, demand. per trillion. %.
Holland, demand 37.1S.
Norway, demand 1875.
Sweden, demand 26.39
Denmark. demand 1850
Switzerla nd. demand 1864
Spain. demand 1851