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Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-02-23
Big Green Diamond
Slate Consists of
Is Hard Games


Heoron' rep. -o.-1he Big Green
diamond schedule has been announc-
ed by Manager Philip Lewis. The
1roh,o,;to -
iio'i o''''ee az pay ii's - saiiies'
opening with Exeter at Exeter, and
closing with kent's Hill at Readfe!d.
Edward Conrov Combridge Macs
-
Cd I dpt"Ih "a hot return 10
srno"i, ,,.,, 90 ooucn LIVER orarses -
-, "l''."uI = ,eauci i-d.I neai :.
iass year ie"utr Is win the SQUAD
anu may ne tlloseh as ','lS year
e"pt'Sh' beaitc 10 d star 'dtA stol'
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-02-23
Says Federal
Legislation Hurts
Rail Consolidation

Washington, Feb. 22-Railroad con-
solidation should be allowed to pro-
ceed in a natural fashion, and not be
artificially stimulated or hindered by
federal legislation, Mark w. Potter,
who resigned last week from the in
terstate commerce commission
writes this week in Nations Busi-
ness, an organ of the United States
chamber Of commerce.
Mr.. Potter directed his criticism
toward requirements in the transport
tation act, that the chief railroads in
the country be permitted to consoli-
date into 18 or 20 systems Of great
size in accordance with such plan"
as the commission may approve.
Instead of directing the creation Of
a plan which railroads must follow in
,, combining, he said. officers and stock
holders of the present companies
should be given freedom to make
their own arrangements TO consolida-
tion and to put them into effect pro-
vided that the commission sanctioned
them as being in the public interest
"The unfortunate tendencies of the
times in almost everything are to-
ward too much elaboration and too
much machinery" he declared. Rail-
roads would have consolidated years
ago IL they had not been prevented
| by law. Now it is realized that the
restraining laws were a mistake
Still apparently. the government is
not willing to give the desires of the
| carriers much weight, and seemingly
what it now wants is to get them in
to a strait Jacket and have all the
| planning done by a government egen-
cy."
The question raised by the article.
as to whether railroad consolidation
may be effected even if proposals
privately planned run counter to the
tentative consolidation PLAN now
pending before the commission will
be brought to an issue shortly in the
Van Sweringen merger. which was
submitted for the commissions APP
proval Saturday. This approval to
! fuse the Nickel Plate. Chesapeake
and Ohio. Pere Marquette, Erie,
Hooking Valley and some smaller
lines is a marked departure from the
tentative plan.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-02-23
Two Killed in
Kentucky Gun Fight

Martin. Ky, Feb. 22.-Two N,
were killed, including a S.aN ~
sheriff and six others were wonas N.Y.
during a gun fight here todaw '',rt y,
cause of the shooting had not h., :,
learned. N' VT
The dead:
Talt Hall, deputy sheriff OF FL,
county. and Lewis White. Wy
The wounded:
John Hall. town marshal
Wheelright, Ky: Stephen and III
Flannery; Dick Thompson and N ""
man Collins.
Causes which led to the shoot,,
are still undetermined. Authorit,
declared White and John Hail m,
as the latter was boarding a tr,i
here shortly before noon. The ms
are reported to have exchanged 70
words and then to have drawn nj
tolls. White was wounded but he co,
tinued to pump bullets at Hail
few minutes later White fell dead
The shooting is then reported ,
have become general. During 4
exchange of shots among an und,
termined number of men, more Ina
POO shots were fired, according
police reports.
One version of the shooting
that a feud existed between Whit
and the Halls. and another is III,
the Halls were attempting to phc
White under arrest.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-02-23
MADISON

Visitors day was obser,
junior high school FRIDAY a
and a large company of natter a,.srnsr
friends were present. tn Then's q,
school work was conductsd regui
teachers. The first par. q, a.. .oy q
noon was followed with r,,, .ne afta
est. There was also a snec,a, a ne
otic Washington's Birthday n, MP. pai'
Patriotic programs were s,. psosr,
In several of the other grads 81 sNl
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Howassoe
Portland are visiting friends ,a
Rev. Glen r. Asplin retn,..' 'os
day night from Bangor, whs.a n
been attending the convocationa !, ~ :
exercises. w
A baked bean and salad su,,..
served Friday evening in thu W M..,n n
list Episcopal church dining rros" s'ae'
der the auspices of the Ladias. y
l.. L. Graham and daughter rsie H.e
returned Friday from Portland nsin "a
Miss Graham went to the MAJ, "ns'
and Ear Infirmary for examinas.l q
her eyes.
Madison High school s..ona
basketball team went to North as ''
Friday night to play the sacona amy ~
of the North Anson Academy va
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-02-23
PLAN ANOTHER
TEST FLIGHT OF
BIG LOS ANGELES

I-akehurst. y. j.. Feb. 22-Another
Bermuda flight will be undertaken by
the dirigible Los Angeles, probably
Wednesday of this week, it was an
nounced today by Rear Admiral Nor
lett, chief of the navy's bureau of
aeronauttcs. Naval officials are desir-
GUS of completing the experiment of
mooring the ship to the cast Of the
Patoka, airship tender. in the Berbuda
harbor, he said.
The Los Angeles was prevented by
bad weather and limited fuel Supply
from resting overnight at Bermuda
saturday, and returned Immediately to
the hangar. Fuel for only 34 hours
had been taken officials said, and only
an hours supply was left when the
dirigible landed last night.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-02-23
Lightweights Out
This Week for
LeOnard'S Crown

New York. Feb. a2-Contenders for
the lightweight boxing title left va
cant by the retirement of Benny
Leonard, will swing into action this
week in the chmina ton tournament
fostered by the New York state Ath-
letlc Commission. Despite the fact
that many of the more prominent
li.lhWeights have withdrawn from
the competition. the tournament will
be representative of nearly every
section of the country.
The first round will start tomorrow
night with two matches in the east
and one on the Pacific coast. II, o.
George Chaney of Baltimore and
Tommy O'Brien of Milwaukee. will
fire the opening gun on the Atlantic
Seaboard when they meet in a II
round match at Madison Square
Garden. Eddie Okid) Wagner of
Philadelphia and Jimmy Goodrich of
Buffalo are on the same card. Joe
benjamin ana Jack Silvers. Pacific
Coast lightweights, Will meet in a
fisst round match at San Francisco,
Calf. permission having been grant
ed by the commission to coast pro-
moters to advertise this match as a
first round affair with the victor elig-
ible to come east for the second
The tournament will continue dur
ing the remainder of the week,
matches being scheduled for Tues
day. Wednesday. Friday and Satur-
day nights at metropolitan clubs. X.
Q. Clyde Jeakle, of Columbus. Ohio,
VIII meet George Kid Lee of Wor-
cester, Mass, at the Pioneer A. c.
TuesIay night in Il .round match
while on Wednesday night Charley
O'Connell of Cleveland and Joe
Dundee of Baltimore will face each
other.
Two important matches are sched-
uled in Brooklyn for Friday night
when Alex Hart of Philadelphia
meets Benny Nalger of New York
an Archie Walker of Brooklyn faces
Solly Seaman of New York. Jack
Bernstein of Yonkers and Basil GAL
iano of New Orleans fights Saturday
night.
Just to break up the run of light
weight matches, Tex Rickard. Madi-
son Square Garden promoter, has ar
ranged a return meeting for Jack
Delaney, Bridgeport. Conn, middle
weight, and Tiger Flowers, Atlanta
Ga. negro. for the Garden Thursday
night. In the last meeting Delaney,
Knocked out the negro in the second
round.
Other important boxing contests
scheduled for this week include the
meeting of Jimmy Delaney and
Young Stribling at Milwaukee, Fri
day night and the battle between
Jim Maloney and Quintin Romero at
Boston Thursday night.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-02-23
KAY JAY
SPORT
CHAT

That Maine will have the distinction
of having the heaviest boy in the box
ing game seems assured by the report
in the Lewiston Evening journal of
February s that y. c. Thompson, for
merry member of the Auburn fire
department. who, according to the an
nouncoment of his manager. will go to
New York shortly to get in condition.
weighs 31o pounds at the present
time. The article admits that Thomp-
son is the poSSeSsor of n wonderful
front porch at the present time and
those with good ina gination can
visualize what would happen to It if
Dempsey should start in TO reduce it
by personal application.
But You never can tell. Thompson
declares that he has good record of
knockeuts in the 195-pound class in
the navy. where he served for several
years, and as he has played center
and guard on the Remington Arms
, football team of Bridgeport, Conn. aud
for the American Chain Co. in the
same town, so perhaps it is not too
wild a dream to imagine him rs at
least a good heavy and perhaps cham
pion.
The management of the Augusta
Winter Carnival was certainly playing
in luck this year with regard to wealth
er conditions. The dates set two
weeks ahead We're just right, coming
as they did after the protracted cold
spell and just before the long thaw
which has put a crimp in so many
other winter carnivals. 1t appears rs
if about the first Of February is the
best time of the year for these events
as later in the month it is apt to farm
up enough to make conditions bad.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-02-23
Gates Probable
Football Coach
At BOWdOin College

brunswick, Feb. 21.--Jack Gates,
New York business man now but for
merly a Yale gridiron star, has been
rendered the football coaching berth
at Bowdoin College rext fall, and
within a few days it will be known
whether he will accept or not. The
iathletic council formally offered him
. the position after meeting at which
the New Yorker was present.
Gates, a graduate from Yale in 1906.
has coached six years at the United
States Naval Academy as one of a
group of sport instructors, and has re-
Gently been coaching Flushing High
school in his spare time to keep his
hand at the game. President X. c. NJ.
Sills Of Bowdoin was instrumental in
bringing the position to his attention
and offering him as a candidate for
the coaching berth.
At present Gates is in business on
the New York Stock Exchange, and
whether this will bee much to handle
along with the coaching reins at Bow
doing will be seen In the near future.
Gates is to stay in Brunswick tomor-
row and possibly Monday to discuss
the various phases of the situation.
It is understood that Gates, if ac-
cepting the offer, will take over many
Of the duties of the late Or. Frank
Whittier. beloved professor at Bow
doin. Whether his position will entil
complete supervision Of athletics is
not known. but will undoubtedly be
! Forthcoming after his acceptance or
declination.
Gates looked over the situation and
requirements, the material and wcrk-
ing facilities yesterday, and took the
offer under advisement. That he Great
ed a favorable impression among the
1Bowdoinites in Brunswick was admit
ted tonight.
If Gates takes the berth 1t will mean
the retirement of Fred Ostcrgrcn Fl ON
the staff Ostergren has been at Bow
doing three years and in that time has
made q creditable showing, working
under several handicaps. However
there has been much opposition to his
reappointment, which has eliminated
4 in the offer to Gates.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-02-23
Hebron Trims Hill
!TOppers with Ease

Having the advantage of superior
height the Hebron Academy baske-
teers We're able to win with compar-
ative ease from the Kents Hill quin-
tet Saturday evening at City Hall by
a 81 to 10 score. The Hill Toppers
put up hard fight against the Big
Green combination and there is little
doubt that the final score would have
been much closer If the members of
the two teams had been Of more
equal size.
Hebron started off strong and in
the first period ran up a score Of 25
points to one for Kents Hill. In the
second period Kents Hill held their
opponents to six points while they
themselves were collecting five. In
the third Hebron again had much the
best Of it. getting Is points to 8 for
Kents Hill. In the final period
Kents Hill scored more than in the
other three sessions together, getting
ten points while Hebron was rum
ming up Is more.
Both teams played good passing
games although Hebron excelled in
that branch to marked degree.
Hobbs the Hebron right forward and
Beach their center each annexed ten
baskets from the floor. Staples, Ia
Hill team each scored two from the
floor.
The summary:
HEBRON KENTS HILL
Hobbs RI ..................lg .lg Burns
Finn
Morse II .........rg Kirvan (Capt)
Kelley
Beach .................... Lee
Zakarian
Capt. Wheeler rg..........lf Staples
Pierce lg .................rf Powers
Holmes Williams
Goals from the floor: Hobbs 10,
Beach 10. Wheeler 5. Morse 4. Pierce
l, Staples 2, Zakarian 2, Kirvan ..
Goals from fo'lls: Kirvan 3, Sta
pies 2. Zakarian 1, Burns 1, Hobbs l,
Wheeler 1.
Referee Kennedy: timer, Watkins;
SC ,rers Kimball for Hebron, Hume
we'll for Kents Hill: time, fourier
minute periods.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-02-23

in the second day of the Harrison
carnival race card here today. The
Maid, favorite. lost to Audubon by
reason of losing two boots. Two
other races went four heats, Baron
Setter coping one and Don De Lo-
pez another.
The time record for the course was
broken in the first heat of the Glass
A Pace, which Pointer Wood made In
90 IL seconds. Chaplin piloted her
to a win in the second heat in 20 "a.
In Fridays races Harrison Girl and
The Maid. both favorites. copped
first money in mixed classes only af-
ter stirring struggles. The Maid
Won in six heats by coping the last
three after placing second in the first
three while Harrison Girl was forced
to go seven hats to win, she also
coping the last three heats straight.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-02-23
HEBRON COURT
CLUSTER TO PLAY
COACHES GROUP
Especial to Kennebec JournaD

Especial to kennebec JOurnal)
Hebron, Feb. 20.--The undefeated
Hebron Academy quintet will meet
Portland team travelling under the
cognomen of the Coaches Cluster in
the Portland Arena. Feb. 81. Dis
trict Attorney L. II. Dyer, loyal He
bron alumnus is largely ~oonsible
for giving the Portland fans an op-
portunity to see the champ school
boy club in action. An alumni BAN
quet which will draw the old He
bron grade t-gether will proceed the
game.
The Coaches Cluster is composed
of Jimmie Fitzpatrick, Portland
High mentor and former Boston coll
lege luminary; Jack Nelson, eN-
Springfield College courtman, now
athletic director at Portland High:
Carl Lundholen, New Hampshire
veteran. track coacn at neerins
High: Howoward F'lack, former star
forwad for Syracuse, head coach ut
Deering; and John O'Connell. jun
ior member of the team, played for
Worcester Academy and Penn state
Freshmen. O'Connell is now coach
ing. Catholic High and the Portland
Athletic Club. The coaches work out
daily with their respective squads
and are in tip shop shape. Tie He
bronians will have a difficult task
downing these crafty followers of
the art, for although they may ha !e
lost some of the spryness of youth,
they possess the basketball instinct
to the core.
Hebron Will be represented by
Captain Howard Wheeler, guard,
Newport, r. l.: Larry Hobbs, for
ward and Erwin Beach. center both
Of Fitchburg. Mass. James Morse.
forward Rumfoid. and Carrell
Pierce, guard, Auburn, Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-02-23
HALL0WELL BOYS
DROP HOOP tilt
TO OAK GROVE
Especial to Kennebec JournaD

Hallowell, Feb. 22.-The Hallowell
boys dropped another game to the fast
Oak Grove team Saturday. losing by a
score Of 31-1S. The visitors made
good the most Of their shots and
played an excellent defense. Although
the home team played better than in
their last game their shooting was not
as good as usual. For Oak Grove. w.
Witham did the best work, getting II
points. two Of which were from the
foul line. Connolly, playing for Ar
mold, also played we'll. Luce and Bal
lard worked we'll for the home team.
In a preliminary game the Halo
we'll A. c. won a hot overtime game
from the Gardiner Boys Club. At the
last quarter the score stood 27 all, but
the home team got the jump on the
visitors at the first Of the overtime
points ahead, the score being 1921.
The game was anyone's from the
start. Giipatrick and Masciadri star
red for the locals. while Barnard did
most Of the scoring for Gardiner. Sill
vain and Buchanan also played well
for their respective teams.
The scores:
OAK GROVE HALLoWELL
w. Witham. RI ......... lb. Boothby
Arnold. Connolly. lf......rb, johnson
r. witham, Robinson, c..............
................. ....c' Luce CnurcI
Hersey, rb ............... H. Baliaro
Hammonds. lb....rf, Hinckly. CarbiHo
Score: Oak Grove 81. Halloweil 1S
Goals from floor: w. Witham 6, Luce
3, Arnold 2, Connolly 2. Ballard @
Hinckly !, Hammonds !. Goals from
as fotils: Connolly s, w. Witham Q, Ar
mold 2, Hinckly 2, Ballard 2. Johnson
Luce. Referee, ODonnell. Scorer
Masciadri. Timer, Arata. Time, -four
10-min. periods. Attendance, $50.
HALLOWELL A. C.
GARDINER BOYS CLUE
Silvain. rf .............. 10, Plnkham
n Masciadri, II ............. rb, Lemee
Gilpatrick, c....c. Buchanan, Barnard
Packard, rb. IL, Barnard, Buchanan
- Greeley, lb ................. RI, Aller
s- Score: Hallowell 80. Gardiner 27
Goals from floor: Gilpatrick Z. Bar
nard s. Masciadri 3. Greeley 2. Silvair
;, Buchanan 2, Lemeo 1. Goals from
fouls: Allen 6, Barnard 3, Buchanan
:, Silvain 2, Gilpatrick 1, Masciadri
Referee, O'Donnell. Scorer. NJ. Arata
Timer, A. AratA- Time, four 10-min
periods. Attendance, $50.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-02-23

]
high girls basketball sextet opened
the season today, when the girls
team from South Portland high east
~ took them into camp. 2S to 13.
! Orono, Feb. 1.-The University of
/ Maine freshman basketball team con-
tlnued Its winning streak this after
nooon. by taking Higgins Classical
institute into camp. 46 to -.
Patten. Feb. 21-Houlton high. the
! Aroostook champions. We're given a
scare py Patten academy last night
IN the big game of the season here
and were four behind at the halfway
mark. The last half was the most
exciting basketball ever seen here
| but Houlton made a desperate finish
ana hung up their 18th straight vic
| tory by a score Of 33 to %.
| Bangor, Feb. 21-Bangor high girls
stopped the winning streak of the
Hampden academy girls Friday night
IN hectic set-to in the high school
/ gym by a score Of "a to 81, spelling
their slate Of IL straight wins
Worcester, Mass, Feb. 21-Uor-
| cester Tech defeated the University
of Maine basketball team here to-
night, 20 to 25, in the fastest game
seen on the Worcester floor this sea
son. The engineers were in the lead
| throughout the game, except for a
| Iew minutes after the opening of the
flrst half, but never gained more
than five point advantage.
Kingston, n. H., Feb. 2t-Coburn
Classical overcame Sanborn semin-
| nary's 20 to II lead at half time to
win here tonight by a final score Of
So to %.
Norway, Feb. 21-In two basket
ball games staged here this evening
the Edward Little high school boys
defeated the Norway boys 32 to 10.
but in the girls game the home town
lassies made up for the defeat of
their brothers by whaling the Jay
high girls G2 to Z
Westbrook high. by a fine drive in
the third and fourth quarters. sent
stephens high of Rumford down to a
30 to 20 defeat at Cumberland hall
last night.
Dexter, Feb. 21-The Dexter A. c..
defeated Southwest Harbor in the
Eastern Maine League here tonight
40 to II. Oliver with eight floor goals
was the high scorer and individual
star of the contest.
Belfast, Feb. 21-Crosby high won
from Camden high 3S to 16 here Fri
day night, the home team keeping a
good lead all the way Ness and
Grady starred for the home team and
Cannon for Camden,
Mexico, Feb. 21-Mexico high had
and easy time with the Wilton acad-
emy team here tonight, winning Sc
to l6. The visitors were at n time
dangerous and the local cluster
dropped in baskets almost at Will.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-02-23
Wall Street Briefs

New York, Feb. 22-Activltles =
the financial district will come ~ :
halt tomorrow as the banks az.
principal securities and commoGnsi'., ".
markets will be closed IN noius'
observance of Washington's pll!.,
day. Although an exodus OF proA."
from Wall Street to out f-toWI ..,, !,
sorts began last week, it had iiiss ~,
effect on the stock market, trauns
in the closing sessions proceeons "
an unusually broad and active s.a.
Pre- holiday influences, He W. M,
were reflected in the bond anu W
ton markets.
Gross traffic receipts of al .or NJ
large French railroads for l9-i 1GS ISg
an appreciable increase over r.ns r
according to the Bankers .,aes,
Company of New York when p'ar sr3
the gain of | .433. S., 900 francs, %
attributes it both to the deVeiop 30 n
in traffic and the general inciea1199ol iie 19ol
tariffs put into effect early ID hank
1t is officially estimated, the m.
says. that the net deficit y. .nnos
French railroad system as noll l.,D
which amounted to 1,ll4'wSS.
francs in 1872; will not exceed rs
OOO. 900 francs for 1924. Inc a, t d
Railroad expects TO show a p ths
about JS.UO0.0OO francs anu ,rotti.
PARISH. .yons- Mediterranean
of about 10000, 600 francs.
~, ...i &c bDlt Neo
in the Mississippi Valley M spc
highest on record for any yea beG
it first appeared in the co..us sricss
in 1892, according to the All an yat
Cotton Association. In urs.N0s scat
against weevil on a larger yie
Colonel Joseph O. Thonips0w var.
president of the association. noths'
ed against the danger OF s;ch u
short cotton crop in 192o' "nd,,.. nrod,,...
said would disorGanize the Of tie
ing and manufacturing eliu'
industry.
Coincident with the rectation o
action in sterling and contNisrn, ION, th'
the outward flow of gold I'D I'D Tit
United States has been notiets to-
bulk of last weeks gold eNpus ,as &C.
tailed about $1,000, 600 anu m,nment'
counted for by the weekly srlpl s1r,p,sl es.
of $4,000. 900 to Germany. iIuUceeded
ports since January save CO..
$1S0,OO0, 900.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-02-23
Sabbath Mildness
TemDts New Workers

New York. Feb. o2.-The first breath
of spring, with a bright sky and a
mild. slight breeze. brought New
Workers into the parks and avenues
today.
With Ee temperature lowering
around degrees, Fifth avenue in
augurated the spring season with an
impromptu fashion parade, the women
in gay colorS and the men sporting
walking sticks and new mats.
Thousands journeyed to the beaches
and summer resorts. 1t was estimated
that 100000 visited the Coney Island
boardwalk.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-02-23
Johnson on Way
To Take Hot Baths

Kansas City, Kans. Feb. 22-Walter
johnson. star pitcher of the Washing
ton Americans, passed through here
today on his way to the Senator's
spring training camp.
I'm going to Hot Springs, Ark,
for week, where several of us will
hike over the hills, play a little catch
and take some hot baths" he said.
From there we will report at Tam
pa"
Johnson said he intended to retire
from active playing ''in year or So"
johnson said he believed the Sena-
tors would be just as good as last
year"
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-02-23
Colby Relayers
Leave for Boston
Track Meet

ISptCIdI 10 NtIIITCUtC 'JUUI IId Y
Waterville, Feb. 22.-The Colby re-
lay team left Waterville this after
noon for Boston, where they will run
tomorrow afternoon against relay
teams from Massachusetts, Institute of
Technology and Williams. In addition
to the four members of the Blue and
Gray relay team. Mittlesdorf and
Brudno also made the trip to compete
in other events. Coach Mike Ryan ac-
companied the team, but because of
the pressure Of college work Manager
William Ford could not accompany the
team.