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Smyrna times., 1924-08-20
At the New Dover Opera House

Today and Thursday-"M "Men"-Dim-
itri BuchOwetzki, the famous Russian
producer of POla Negri's new Para
mount picture, "Men," his first Amer
lean made. production, explains his
sunny disposition by the fact that
trouble and worry are forgotten the
moment he has conquered the situa-
tion which caused them. "By making
little effort, l can remember all the
pleasant things, whereas the unpleas-
ant ones disappear entirely when l
let them slip and they never return to
bother me-" he says.
Monday and Tuesday Bluff
Acting like job-hunter in bluff"
Sam Woods current production for
Paramount, constituted one of the
hardest tasks which Agnes Ayres
ever faced. For she has never played
the role in real life. From the be-
ginning jobs have always sought her.
1T is hard to give a convincing por-
trayal of person really looking and
hoping for work when you've never
had the experience" Miss Ayres said.
Screen work does not ordinarily call
for things with which l am unfamil-
lar l laugh, so consequently l can
be buoyant for the camera. l have
cried, been hurt, in love and loved
hated, been resentful, jealous, angry
and have done everything in my
everyday life, which various roles ask
me to duplicate on the screen. But
have never job-hunted and l had to
resort to my imagination"
Smyrna times., 1924-08-20
MURPHY HOME MANAGER
John NJ. DOwnen Will Supervise Final
Construction of First Units at Dover

John NJ. DOwnen Will Supervise Final
Construction of First Units at Dover
John NJ. Downen, Manager of the
Elizabeth w. Murphy School has ar
rived in Dover and has established
offices in the Capitol Hotel building
where he will conduct the preliminary
work of the institution while the
buildings are in the course of con-
struction at the corner of Division
Street and Kent Avenue. The direc-
tion of an institution such as the
Murphey School will be is not new to
Mr.. Downen as he was Superinten-
dent of Clayton College, at Denver,
Colo, before assuming his new duties
at Dover. The work at Clayton Col
lege is very similar to that contem-
plated for the Murphey School and is
the institution where Sanford W..
Murphey, the donor of the local insti-
tuition secured the preliminary ideas
for the Murphey School. Mr.. Dow
nen was in charge of Clayton College
for thirteen years and has been a
close student of child welfare work.
During his stay at the Denver insti-
tuition he was in close contact with
some of the largest institutions of
that kind in existence. The progress
made on the construction of the two
cottages and power house, the first
units Of the School to be erected, has
been satisfactory. While the local in
stitution will not be ready for use for
some months, Mr.. Downen arrived on
the scene to supervise their final con-
struction and formulate plans for the
beginning of the operation of the in
stitution. Plans for two other units,
the infTmary and Managers cottage,
have been prepared and work on their
construction is expected to start in
the near future.
Smyrna times., 1924-08-20
Gbe Screen
At The Strand, Smyrna

Friday and Saturday-"The Vaga-
bond TraiP'-Sacrifce is the big test
of character. That is the surest proof
that Donnegan, the hero of "The Vag-
abond Trail" is a real man. The film
is William Fox production adapted
from "Donnegan" a dramatic, red
blooded story by George Owen Baxter
Charles Jones plays the leading role
of DOnnegan and fits into it remark
ably well. Marian Nixon is playing
opposite him again, and the support
ing cast includes Charles Coleman,
Frank Nelson, George Reed, L. C..
Shumway, Virginia Warwick, George
Romaine and Harry Lonsdale. At
first it started out to be a story of
bitter, hopeless, undying love-but of
course it about-faced in time for the
happy ending.
Smyrna times., 1924-08-20

A family reunion was held at the
home of Frank B. Frazier, Broad and
Lake streets, Middletown, to celebrate
his seventy-frst birthday, his guests
being his children and grandchildren.
Those present were: Mr.. and Mrs.Wil-
liam Neeter, Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene
Frazier, Mr.. and Mrs. l. H. Boyer,
Miss Ruth Neeter, Miss Helen Frazier
Miss Ruth Frazier, Miss Ella Boyer,
Paul Frazier, Frank A. Boyer, Ralph
Burris and l. H. Boyer, Jr.
Smyrna times., 1924-08-20

H. Clay Phillips & Son, the local
contractors have been awarded con-
tracts by the Cecil County, (Md.)
School Board for the erection of three
school buildings, as follows: Chesa-
peake City, Cecilton, and 4th District
near Providence. The contractors are
making rapid progress with Chesa-
peake City school, and have broken
ground for the school in the 4th dis
trict, near Providence and in a few
days will begin active work on the
Cecilton School.
Smyrna times., 1924-08-20
NO MORE
SLEEPY FEELING
AFTER EATING

If you will take a teaspoonful of
Goff's Bitters in a little water, be-
fore eating, you won't feel heavy
and sleepy afterward. You won't
have gas. You won't have sour
stomach. Gof's Bitters is a good
old-fashioned doctors prescription
and puts your stomach in shape
when it is out of order. For few
cents you can buy bottle of COTS
Bitters.
Smyrna times., 1924-08-20
NOTICE

I will not be responsible for any
bills except those contracted by my
self.
HERMAN H. DARRELL
e-6-ot Massey, Md.
New Britain herald., 1924-10-10
 
TAFT PREP SCHOOL GAME WILL TEST
 METTLE OF HIGH SCHOOL TOMORROW
Waterown Boys Average iS5 Pounds to 157 For Hard
 ware City Players-Kickers Show Improvement

gains. skelly was out for the first time last night since his recent in- Jury, playing center on the second team and was one of the leading factors in breaking up the line plays. Morrow. a candidate for a guard position showed up very well, being ably to hold his man and also do his share of the tackling. Cars ton and Gourson, as we'll as Bennett gave @ good account of themselves with the second team.
 .- Fred Dunworth and Harry Gins Aberg were on the field giving the linemen few pointers, while Coach Cassidy worked diligently with the backfeld, pointing out to them the plays which they might use to the best advantage in critical positions.
 The lineup is to be as follows; Right end. Neipp: right tackle, Be-
 oin; right guard, Politis; center, Miller; left guard, Deodorian: left tackle, Bojnowski; left end, McCar- thy: right halfback, o'Brien; left halfback, Capt. Zehrer; quarterback, Gripp and Belser; fullback, strom- quist
New Britain herald., 1924-10-10
ST. PAUL WINS GAME
Little World Series Now Stands With Tally Three Games To Two In Fa- yor of The Orioles. aRfs6B

By The Associated Press. 7 A J
 St. Paul, Oct. 10.-Homee town at- nlosphere, including a 'rigbt lfield fence more remote than that at Bal tjmore, furnished the necessary stimulous for to ? St. Paul vic- tory tover the Orioles yesterday and brought the game count in the jun for. worlds series to three to two in Baltimore'S favor.
 It was the first contest of the series at Lexington Park, home of the American association champions, and it saw the defeat of the Inter. national league pennant winners hurlipg ace. Lefty" Groves, when four Saint runners scampered across the plate in one inning.
 Five victories are needed to clinch the series honors. Carrying a claim to the minor league championship All remaining contests will be played here.
New Britain herald., 1924-10-10
SERIES NOTES

By The Associatcd/fless.
 Washington, Oct 10, - The 1924 worlds series will pass the million dollar mark in gate receipts for the second time in series history today and undoubtedly eclipse the previous high record, set by the Yankees and Giants last season. This was not anticipated when the series began, because Griffith stadium has only a little more than shalf the capacity of Yankee stadium, but capacity crowds here and at the Polo Grounds, in
 New York, have run the total re- ceipts up to $971,916, for six games. Easing today's gate on what was taken in yesterday, the total should pass $1,000,00O as compared with the 1923 mark of $1,O69,S15. The new record also is being made pos sible, however, by one more game than was required last fall.
New Britain herald., 1924-10-10
BEST RACE OF ANY SET FOR SATURDAY
LatOnia Contests Bring Together
 Wonder Horses

Latonia, Ky, Oct. 10.-Candidates for the third international special, having been given their final work outs and pronounced fit by their trainers, horsemen and racing fans today marked time. awaiting the call to the barrier tomorrow of what was freely termed the. best field of thoroughbreds that has clashed in a race in many years.
 Pierre Wertheimer, owner of the French champion, Epinard, will ar rive today. He is more enthusiastic over the LatOnia race than any in which his colt has participated in this country, according to New York CTS who have talked with him. M. Wertheimer has planned to show his friends in France just how Epi- nard performed, by means of mo- ton pictures and with this in view he has engaged a film concern to take pictures of the race from be- ginning to end. A huge derrick-like platform to be used by this firm ex- clusively, has been built in the in- field.
 Louis Feustel, trainer of Ladkin, which pulled lame after gallop, an- nounced that the Belmont winner of the second international had re- sponded to treatment and might be a starter in the final of the event.
 August Belmont is coming on, and Feustel will not make known his fi- nal decision until he has consulted with the owner.
 The last of the international can. didates to arrive on the scene wert Zev and Mad Play, the Rancona' pair. Zev, the greatest money win ming horse of all time, is entered il the six furlong feature today. If h. goes, it will be merely pipe open CT" for the big g\race tomorrow.
 Elaborate preparation is beint made by the Kentucky Jockey Clul officials to provide accommodation for the largest assemblage of racinl fans ever gathered at the histori Milldale course.
 Cincinnati hotels today were jam med and late arrivals who had over looked the matter of making rcser vatfons in advance were being turn ed away. Newspaper writers wer early on the scene, among them
New Britain herald., 1924-10-10

The New Britain High school foot ball squad will travel to Watertown Saturday to play one of the toughest games of the season with the Taft Prep school eleven. This game will be a proof of the real lighting strength of the team since their op- ponents are heavier and more eX- perlenced. The Taft team averages l65 pounds, while the New Britain team only averages l57, but what they lack in weight they make up in aggresslveness.
 The tough scrimmage against a heavy second team showed that the backs are steadily improving. The interference was perfected and the pass work given smoother finish.
 Johnny Grip, who is doing most of the drop kicking, showed great improvement as did Pat O'Brien. Both were able to kick goals from the 45-yard line with the form of professionals. Belser. who alternat- cd with Gripp at quarterback, play ed wonderful game, hitting the second team line repeatedly for big
New Britain herald., 1924-10-10
BO7TOlMLEY BREAKS RECORD THAT STOOD FOR 22. YEARS
Cardinal Player Stocked in 12 Runs in One Single Game
 This Past Season
By BILLY EVANS

{. Aggressive youth Is a great asset If you doubt 1t here is story about a 20-year-old lad who paid his own railroad faro from Nokomis- Ill.,, to- St. Louis, Mo, and four years later smashed a record that had been in baseball books for s2 years.
 James Leroy Bottomley startled the baseball sphere on Tuesday, Sept 1s, by driving in 12 runs against the Brooklyn superbas. Bottomley is tho 2o-year.old youth who was so insist ent upon having major league manager see him "crash the apple" that he paid his expenses from his home town to a big league hill and plate.
 During the closing days of the f919 season Scout Charley Barrett of the St. Louis Cardinals had been flooded with letters from Bottomley who insisted that he was good enough for the professional circuit.
 Plenty of Confidence.
 Bottomley's baseball experience had been as a semi-pro around the mining towns of southern Illinois.
 If you're as good as you say you are," wrote Barrett, "come over and let us take a look at you"
 That was all Bottomley needed. He caught the next train and intro duced himself to Scout Barrett and Manager Branch Hickey. "I'l take this kid on my hands, Barrett remarked to Hickey and In 1920 Bottomley was the first base man for Mitchell in the Dakota League. He batted .312 in 97 games.
 In 1921 he was with Houston. A sore knee handicapped him all sum- mer and he averaged but .227 in 1921.
 Record Stood For 32 Years. Bottomley continued to advance and when had an average of .3fS with Syracuse in 1922 he was brought pdch to tle Sdluihdis, pol- ting 1925 in 37 games in closing the National League season, while in I1923 he became what he said he was--a fence buster and averaged .S71 in 134 games,
 The record made by Bottomley of driving in 12 runs over the plate was unique in several ways. In the | first place Wilbert Robinson was the one who drive in II runs for Balti- more in 1892 and Wilbert Robinson sat on the Brooklyn bench when his remarkable record was shattered. It probably will be 32 more years before anybody knocks in 13 runs in single game.
 When the ninth inning closed Uncle Bobby probably heaved 8 sigh. Part of his record of 1892 re- maihed intact--he made seven hits in his game while BottomIey could rot touch it as he was up but six times. ...'
 But where Bottomley totaled IS bases with his six hits Ro,oby only touched eight, getting only double ' for his extra base collection.
New Britain herald., 1924-10-10
1923 STARS DIDN'T
 SEINE VERY MUCH
Willie KaInn, SuInma < Co.
 Appear But Ordinary

Detroit, Mich, Oct. 10.-Thrce of the greatest recruits in the 1923 American league campaign were Heinie Manush, Detroit Bill Kamm. Chicago, and Homer Summa, Cleve- land. They were heraldcd far and wide as coming stars. They were termed the finds of the season. Much was expected of them.
 But this year they have been any thing but the brilliant ficlders and stout hitters of the 1923 chase. Manush, a $50 batter in his first year in fast company, is now hitting around .25O. Counted upon by Man ager Cobb to fill the position left vacant by the passing of Bobby Vcach, tho former Western league star has been a huge disappoint- mcnt.
 Kamm, the s1oO,0OO boy from San Francisco. is in the same boat. Kamm. in 1928, hit over 300, He was up near the tgp in clouting dou- blcs and his fielding was of a high order. He was considered the only one of the group of high-priced "beauties" to make good last year. He outshone O'Connel. Hale, Bent ley and all the rest Of the expensive birds. F
 But this year his stick work has gone "all to smash" as 1t were. Kamm, like Manush, is under the i .25O figure today. Not long ago Willie did the unusual thing Of re- ouesting to be benched. He had an idea it would get him out Of his hit ting slump. But it didn't.
 summa, in 1923, ranked as one of the outstanding stars on the Speaker
 payroll. He was right up amongst the swat leaders for a time, True, he didn't remain there. but he did manage to turn in a batting average of well over 800 for the chase. He'd be better in another season
 was the accepted verdict.
 l But it hasn't banned out that way. summa has slipped up appreciably. ! And instead Of improving on his per ftormance of last year the biz fellow has been forced to be satisfied with i mark of under .2s0. -
New Britain herald., 1924-10-10
Eddie Martins Manager
 Is Stabbed in New York

New York, Oct. 10-Melvin Cooke, 32, manager of "Cannonball" Eddie Martin, Brooklyn pugilist, was stab bed two times in the neck and right cheek last night by one Of more as- psailants who made good their es- cape.
 Cooke had left the Rink Sporting club soon after the Jack Zivic- Johnny Darcy bout, telling his friends that he was tired and was getting home. Pedestrians found him. lying in pool of blood near the club. Physicians at hospital said his condition was not serious.
New Britain herald., 1924-10-10
Swimmer Is Drowned in
 Waters of Bantam Lake

Torrington, Oct. 10. -- Walter T. Doyle, A years old, employed as bookkeeper in Waterbury was drowned last yesterday at Bantam lake in the town of Litchfield. Doyle apparently had gone swimming. He went out in a boat and was seen swimming about the lake. Later he disappeared from sight. The bot tom of the lake was dragged but on account of the rough water the body was not recovered. He was identified by hunting license found in one of the pockets of his clothing which he left on the shore.
New Britain herald., 1924-10-10
Union College Team
 Has Many Snrinters

Schenectady. N. Y. Oct. 10.-A backfeld of sprinters. every man capable of doing hundred yards in 10 S-5 seconds, win be used by the Union college eleven in the game Saturday at New York against N. Y. r. The quartet has been given special training this week. running at night under food lights.
New Britain herald., 1924-10-10

The whole baseball world &C., claims this Washington inficld trio the fastest doubls-play combination on the diamond today. In fact, lot of experts think that the Nationals, in Peck and Harris, have the fastest keystone combination in the history of the sport.
New Britain herald., 1924-10-10
Two ThOrdughbreds at
 SG0.000 Is Biz Price

Lexington. Ky, Oct. 10.-Sale of two thoroughbreds to eastern pur- chascrs for an aggregate sum of $60,oao is announced here. Under fro, year old sire, was sold to GiffoVd A. Cochran of New York, for s4o,0oO by Patrick Dunne. R. c. NcD0weU and W. C. Goodlow, Bur don Lass. Dam Of Chilhowee, sec ond in the Kentucky derby this spring, was purchased from Gallaher brothers hy Joseph Widner, of Philadelphia. for s20.0O0.
New Britain herald., 1924-10-10
BILLIARD MEET
Rogers Recreation Glass A Pocket Billiard Matches Get Under Way Next Monday Evening.

Rogers Recreation Class A pocket liliard tournament starts next Mon- day evening. with 12 players. The schedule for next week follows:
 Monday night-Coscina vs. Gag non; Hall ys. Zehler: Fish Vs. Sea- pellati. Tuesday night-Mudowney vs. Grey: Dahlgren vs. Bunnell; Noonan vs. Groman.
 These games will be very inter esting, the boys being about evenly matched. We also have Class E tournament, to start about Novem- Der l. The state pocket billiard tournament will start about the 21st of October.
New Britain herald., 1924-10-10
FIGHTS IN HARTFORD

Emil Paluso and Al Fielder clash at the Foot Guard hall in Hartford next Tuesday evening in boxing show which also includes Sheik Leonard of wallingford. This bout promises to be an exciting one throughout. Other preliminaries afe good ones
New Britain herald., 1924-10-10
DARCY IS KNOCKED OUT

New York, Oct. 10.-Jack Zivic of Pittsburgh, knScked out Johnny Darcy Of New York at the Rink A. c. here last night in the sixth round of a scheduled 12 round bout.
New Britain herald., 1924-10-10

Albert Lieberfeld, head of the Hayas news agency in the United States, and hts assistant, Edouard Cournard, who will cable 10 France the details of the big race.
New Britain herald., 1924-10-10

A, ranch or plantation in Peru is called a hacienda. in Venezuela it is a hatos, in Chile a rancho, in Argentina an estrancia and in Uruguay a finca.
New Britain herald., 1924-10-10

Experiments in Germany have shown that fertilizers poor in am monia but rich Tn sodium and potas- sium tend to keep dandelions and sorrel in check.
New Britain herald., 1924-10-10

Remarkable support in the field was big factor in Tom Iachary's second victory of the series. Sam Rice made three startling catches in right, each of which cut off poten- tial hits; Oscar Bluege shone at third, while Roger Peckinpaugh started a double play in the fourth and saved the game with a stop and throw in the ninth that cost him an injury that will keep him out of the |. final game.
New Britain herald., 1924-10-10

Time was, In the height of the old Chicago Cubs glory, when the baseball world thrilled to the old slogan, Thinkers to Eyers to Chance" But it is doubtful if that trio, great as it was, had any edge at all on Peck to Harris to Judge"
New Britain herald., 1924-10-10

Attendance figures, however. which were established last year at @O1, ,430 will not be beaten. The six game total now is 252,O2S, while the limit for paying customers at the Washington park is only 37,000.
New Britain herald., 1924-10-10

Tn addition to holding the home run honors of the series, Goslin has totallcd more bases with his drives than any other player on either. team. Goose has spanked out nine hits in 27 times up, three of them grand tours and the remainder singles, for total of IS bases.
New Britain herald., 1924-10-10

In the first place, 1t is a game be- tween two undefeated teams of 192S' the two teams that tied for the Western Conference championship. In a measure, although Michigan has lost quite a few stars through graduation and Illinois will take the field without three important cogs in it's 1923 machine, it will settle, In the minds of many, an unanswered argument that holds over from last year-which team really was the best in the middle west.
 Tn a way it is shame that 2upp- Ike and Yost couldn't have come to grips last year to settle once and for all the football supremacy of the Big Ten.
New Britain herald., 1924-10-10

Only twice before in worlds series history has the championship gone the limit of games before a decision was reached. In 1909, Pittsburgh and Detroit played seven games and an omen for the present National league champions may be found in the fact that the Pirates, winning the odd games, as the Giants have so far. took the seventh contest and the title. In 1912 the Giants and Boston fought for eight games, in cluding a tie, before the Red Sox de- feated Christy Mathewson in the final and deciding battle through an error by Fred Snodgrass, Giant out fielder.
New Britain herald., 1924-10-10

Joe Judge Is the batting hero of the 1924 series thus far, according to batting mark of .409 for the six games. Lindstrom i3 the leading Giant reg liar with a mark of .S60. Terry has mark of 500, but he has appeared in only four games.
New Britain herald., 1924-10-10

Hack" Wilson is the strike out goat" of the series The Giant out fielder has swung his Louisville cruch" aimlessly seven times, while Long George Kelly and '"Goosc" Goslin are sympathizing with him with six whiffs each.
New Britain herald., 1924-10-10
ILL|NO|S.NICH|GAN>.
 GAME SET FOR 18TH
This Is Al-ImpOrtant Game Of
 the Mid.WeSt

Certainly the most important foot ball clash between the Alleghenlses and Rockies this season will be the game Oct. IS between Bob Zuppkes lighting Illini' and 1osts men from Michigan.
 Tradition, of course, invests the Harvard, Princcton-HarVard' Princeton-Yale gridron struggles with a colorful slamor, but it IS a glamor that is sometimes entirely out of proportion to the importance of these Big Three" games as grid iron spectacles.
 It is doubtful if any game in the country this season will provide more thrills than the meeting be- tween Michigan and Illinois. Ger tainly none is being more widely press agented.
New Britain herald., 1924-10-10

For Illinois it is homecoming game, the choicest morsel of the football season. It will also wit ness the dedication of the huge 1lli- nois stadium. It will be colorful clash, and both teams may be ex- pected to "open up," for each eleven has been pointed" for the struggle.
 Michigan. to win, will have to stop Grange, task that was too much for every Illinois opponent last year, On the other hand. the Yostmen, in Rockwell and Captain Stcger, own couple of threats themselves.
New Britain herald., 1924-10-10

But each year seems to develop it's own outstanding stars. When a BriclSlcy fades, there is a Mahan; when Locke graduates, there is a Mallory; when a Harley passes on, there is a Kipkc. And so on. It is doubtful if any football player in the country, barring untimely accidents, will he more closely watched this season than Harold Grange. If he can repeat his 1923 record he has a good chance of being the country's biggest sensation two years running.
 But Grange will be a marked man. Two or three men, at least, will be playing him in every game. Unless he is possessed of an extremely rare degree Of football ability, he more than likely will have to share hon. ors with some other player-now probably in obscurity.