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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-08
Pessimism Reigns
AS Cornell Prepares
For Holiday Contests

Ithaca. n. Y, Dec. 7-{AP)-Cor-
nell University's basketball squad of
20 players has begun its period of
hnal preparation for the Christmas
holiday tour which starts Dec. 10.
give games will be played on the trip.
Coach Howard B. Ortner is none too
optimistic over Cornelps chances OF
winning the intercollegiate title.
Masten and Cushman of last years
freshman quintet are ineligible this
term and VIII not be able to compete
until after the results of the mid
year examinations are known in Feb
ruary.
Rosenbaum and Molinet, two de-
pendable men of last years varsity
squad, have not returned to college.
However. in Captain Rossomondo,
Duke. Clucas, Albee, Moynihan, De-
veau, Winkler and Schlossbach, Ort-
ner has material of considerable eX-
perlence. All have been under him
Tor at least one year and may be ex-
pected to provide the nucleus of a
we'll balanced five. Also among the
candidates is Dill, a tall, we'll built
aspirant for the center position after
a year of ineligibility. He has made
good preliminary showing and If he
continues to display form. may prove
valuable at the pivot post.
M. l.. Byron, veteran of the 1924
intercollegiate champion team, will
assist Ortner throughout the season
and George Pam, former football
star will devote his attention to the
freshmen. <@- -
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-08
T00LE PROBABLE
CHOICE ANOTHER
five YEAR TERM

New York. Dec. 7.-(AP) - John
conway FOOLS. for five years nres;A
qent OF the International Rasehs n
league is in line for another terr,
OF the same duration when the or
CUT convenes in annual meetinr r..
Gay, the hrst Of series of basehs /,
gatherlngs here that will consun,a
the greater part of the week.
Toole has opposition and there is
miucn speculation as to his prospec-
i've successor, if there be such a
>person. Inere have been rum>rs
.nat the major leagues have entered
into determined fight to denose
the International head because of his
stand on the draft.
After the Internationars conclavc
sne major leagues will gather, the
national on Tuesday, the American
on wednesday and the Joint session
thursday. There appears to be lit
tie out or the routine for the ma Tors
to act upon except perhaps the mat
ter OF a shorter schedule or rather,
perhaps. shorter season.
On many sides it is commended
that unless the season is shortened
the next worlds series will have to
be played in Florida. At the las,
one the throngs Of mere lookers-on
would have been caked with ice had
not the cold in Washington come be-
fore the rain in Pittsburgh.
A special meeting OF the Eastern
League has been thrown into the
weeks proceedings to keep the mag
mates on their toes.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-08
FINANCIAL NEWS

quiet. Demand sterling failed to ex-
tend the improvement shown last
week and was quoted fractionally
lower at s4.s4 7-S. French francs
held steady around 1856 cents.
In view of the sharp reduction in
excess reserve of the clearing house
banks last week. the tightening of the
money situation caused on surprise,
Time money rates were firm at 4 rs
to per cent and commercial paper
remained unchanged at IA per
cent.
Conflicting price movements
marked today's bond trading, which
failed to maintain an early display of
strength. Tighter money conditions,
resulting from the drop in the OK
cess reserve of the Associated New
York Banks last week restricted
buying to few foreign government
and domestic public utility issues,
which had reached attractive price
levels.
Railroad lines failde to keep pace
with the upward movement of the
carrier stocks. A few issues of suoh
as the New Haven As of 1927 and
1856, the Chicago, Milwaukee and the
Puget Sound As. katy" adjustment
IS and Pennsylvania fours were
strong, but profit taking checked the
advance elsewhere.
The strongest buying today con-
verged on the public utility group,
although no new developments ap-
peared to account for the demand.
Local traction issues, including In
terborough SKIES and Brooklyn Man
haitian skies, scored substantial
gains along with Niagara Falls Pow
er 5s, Public Service IS and North
American Edison IS. Among the oil
shares, only Pan American IS main
tanned their recent strength. Murray
Body 6 LIS recovered another 2 IL
points.
French obligations continued their
upward movement under the leader
ship of the Republic 81, which rallied
more than a point.
Bordeaux, Soisson.' Lyons and
other American issues followed with
more moderate gains. Trading in
the South American group was feat
ured by brisk bidding for Rio De
Janeiro SIS, Poland IS and Belgian 6s
were. heavy.
Total sales were $11,1lI,0OO.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-08
Princeton Faculty
Member Takes Crack
At College Football

Princeton, N. j., Dec. 7-(APb---
Football today is a menace to the
mental and physical well-being of
the players. upon whom its long.
grilling practices and tense games
impose an often unbearable emotion
al strain, in the opinion of Mr.. Stew
art Patton. psychiatrist and author.
member Of the Princeton University
faculty and trustee of the Carnegie
Institute at Washington.
A national football hysteria is
causing players of the game to be
slaughtered to make Roman holi-
day." he said.
DR.. Paton's views as given to the
Associated Press today, were called
forth by the current controversy
, and Yale, resulted yesterday in the
resolutions adopted by ti,e student
conference at Wesleyan University.
These resolutions-the limitation of
the number of intercollegiate football
games to four; a graduate coaching
system on a professors salary basis
and no directions from coaches dur
ing the games-were praised by DR..
Patton.
these recommendations seem to
me excellent, he said. 81 believe
that. left to themselves, the students
will settle the question properly-the
students have more sense on the
football question than the alumni.
1.-THE students at this conference
have considered the question from a
scholastic angle, claiming that foot
bali is leaving no time for education.
To me the root of the evil lies far
deeper, and is concerned with the
actual effect of the game on the men,
tai life of the players, and behind
them, of the whole student body sup
porting them.
Further. the organized support for
the team called for from the whole
student body is beginning to have it's
effect in lowering the mental life of
American universities to the dead
level Of mediocrit' The students
are required to do so much cheering
in common that they begin to think
alike and consequently loose in mi
tiative and freedom of thought
There isynot. doubt that in the Eu-
ropean universities today. inspite OF
their crippled condition and lack OF
funds. there is more independence
and the spirit of investigation is
more active than in American coll
leges and universities"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-08
Red Grange Makes
Half Million in
2 Weeks Out College

New York, Dec. 1.-(AF)-heu
Grange trod a golden path in his
spectacular weekend visit to New
York.
The former hero of college grid
irons, now starring as a profession
al with the Chicago Bears. left the
city this afternoon for Washington
to fulfil a playing engagement there
tomorrow after realizing close to
$40O0O here within the short space
of "a hours on his fame and name.
The climax of Oranges financial
operations, now as sensational as
any of his performances on the foot
ball field, was the signing Of mo-
ton picture contract today under
which he was Immediately handed
a check for 100000. representing
a fiat guarantee for his first appear
ance on the screen.
In addition to this Grange was
paid $4,000 for participating in the
1917 victory scored by his Bears over
the New York Giants yesterday at
the Polo Grounds before record
crowd of $4,000. and received $4O.-
600 more from metropolitan business
concerns obtaining his endorsement
lOT SWSdteTS, QOllS, caps, SuOSob "
bacco and souvenirs.
All told Grange had accumulated
close to half million dollars since
he left the University of Illinois two
weeks ago.
Oranges movie contract was ne
gotiated by his manager, o. c. Pyle,
with w. E. Schallenbergef, president
of the Arrow Pictures Corporation OF
New York. Red will start work on
his first picture about March /. 1925
after completing a transcontinental
tour with the Bears.
Following the game in Washington
tomorrow Grange and his team
mates journey to Boston for a battle
with the Providence Steam Rollers
Wednesday. Twenty-Five games al
together remain on the Bears sched-
ule, the itinerary taking them to
Florida and thence across the coun-
try to the Pacific coast, where the
tour will wind up about the middle
of February.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-08

NEW YORK MARKET
Features Of the Days Dealings in All
the Leading Stocks

New York, Dec. 7-(By the Asso-
ciated Press)-Aggressive bullish
demonstrations were resumed in the
stock market today. lifting prices oil
many standard railroad and industri-
al shares sharply higher. The broad
buying movement exposed Wall
Streets favorable response to the
remedies proposed by President Cool
idge for the country's agricultural ills
and its confidence that the present
session of congress would bring fortl,
constructive legislation.
Railroad shares displayed impress
sive strength, the price averages oil
representative issues again mounting
to new high level for the year. Buy
ing OF the carrier stocks was in con-
trast to their usual reaction to the
gathering Of a new congress. The
announcement that October earnings
were the highest in the past five
consultations accumulated the rise
in this group.
New high prices for the year were
established by both high grade and
speculative issues. With hints of
favorable developments sounded in
connection with this weeks meetings
of the Baltimore and Ohio and Sou
thern Railway directors. the stocks of
these companies were carried up
around the years best prices. Pros
poets Of an early amalgamation of
the Walters Roads lifted Atlantic
Coast Line, Louisville and Nashville.
and Nashville, Chattanooga and st.
Louis to record peaks on gains of
to IL points. Atchison, Pennsyl-
vania. Kansas City, Southern and
Western Pacific also forged into new
high ground.
renewals had been effected at five
movement of prices. Sporadic realiz-
ing SALES were promptly absorbed and
short selling in some Of the vulner-
a Bile industrial issues made little
Roadway.
A spectacular rise Of IS points in
Chrysler featured the revival of ac-
tivity In the motor shares. Renewed
buying was promoted by reports Of
carly dividend action, a factor which
also contributed to a jump Of S liz
points in Hudson Motors. Mack
Trucks, White Motors. Pierce Arrow,
Studebaker, General Motors, Dodge
and Jordan resumed their advance,
with gains ranging from / to 3 points.
Oil and food company shares ran a
close race with the motors in an at
tempt to capture speculative favor in
the industrial list. Further gasoline
price advances created fresh de-
mand for the petroleum stocks, with
the American issues, General
Petroleum and California Petroleum
showing conspicuous strength. Fleish-
chmann spurted up to a new high
record at 148 and closed at 146 SIS.
for a net gain of Is points while
Postum Cereal closed points higher
at SO after selling at new top price
OF 90.
Spirited bidding for u. S. Steel
which rebounded more than points
to 1877, provided firm foundation for
the advance of other Industrial
shares. Dupont moved up almost FIVE
points and Baldwin, Central Leather
issues. United Cigar Stores and Con-
solidated Cigar made good showing.
American Can. however, was ham,
mered down more than 4 points in
tn belief that prospective splitup
OF shares already had been discount
ed.
Trading in foreign exchanges was
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-08
And Now Psychiatrist Conures Up National Football yser
See No Harm in
Growth of Pro
Football i'm America

New York, Dec. 7.-tAP)-The at
tack upon professional influences in
football and the effect of all-American
team selections in emphasizing indi-
Viduaiism. launched by Edward K.
Hall. chairman of the football rules
committee, found rebuttal today in
statements by two gridiron authors
ties, Foster Sanford. former Rutgers
coach, and Park Davis of Princeton,
historian of the game. Their opinions
were quoted by the New York Sun as
an answer to Mr.. Halls remarks,
made at dinner given Saturday to
members of an all-American team Sc
lected by the Sun.
Taking issue with Halls attitude,
Davis professed to see no harmful eff
fects in selecting all-American teams
or in the growth of professional foot
ball.
IF professional football continues
to progress" said Davis, college foot
the reason that thousands of young
men who cannot attend universities
will learn to play the game we'll
enough. to earn good salaries. So long
as the professional game Is played
honestly and is capably managed, hos
tile criticism is not deserved"
Sanford. while saying he always
has been opposed to professional foot
ball and while head coach at Rutgers
connection with it. nevertheless ex-
pressed the belief that the pro" game
has come to stay. He added that the
material for professional teams was
to be found outside of college ranks
as we'll as in them. and ventured the
belief that he could put together a
non-college eleven that would defeat
any of our leading varsity teams"
Sanford also said he saw no evil in
fiuence in selecting all-American
teams.
"Fundamentalism In football is out
of date" Sanford said. THE game
has outgrown old fogy ideas"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-08
Chicago Cattle Market

chicago, Dec. I.
CA TT /. E. Receipts a9,00U; fed
steers % TO so cents lower: kinds of
value to sell above 1000 off most: bulk
$50 1850; best 1875: yearlings
1900; little cattle comparatively
scarce. well finished heavies mostly
Zoe lower: medium weight of value to
sell at 9.50Ql0.50 off most; stockers
and feeders active: she stock steady to
25c lower: other classes unchanged;
most vealers to packers 10,a5@10.5O.
HOGS-Receipts 1900: lighter
weights active 25 to So cents. higher;
others opened 10 to ~ cents higher:
closed dull: early advance lost: spots
loo lower than Saturday; bulk good
choice 200 to S00-pound butchers lilo
CLIO: majority better 140 to 100
pound weight 1L50@11.S5: practical
top 11.75: bulk packing sows $500
$50: majority slaughter pigs 11.75@
1920: shippers took 10000; estimated
follower 1900.
SHEEP-Receipts $4,000: fat lambs
% to soc. higher: bulk desirable Offer
ings 17.00@17.30, top 1I45: most culls
la.50 a 1850: yearling wethers upward
to 1850: fat ewes 1000: desirable
feeder lambs mostly 16.00@16.5(l:
heavy kind downward to 1850 and be-
low: sheep and feeder lambs steady.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-08
Boston Produce Market
Boston, Dec.

Boston, Dec. Z.
BEEF-Choice whole cattle 1791Sf.
BUTTER-Extras 5o@5oI: firsts As
94SA.
CHEESE-27a9 firsts cos 926.
CORN-No. 9 yellow .9901.00.
EGGS-Nearby hennery brown ex-
tras 1O1@1.02; white and mixed ex-
tras 10: western extras 6SZ72. b..
FLOUR-spring patents, 1876 sacks.
special short 10.75@11.00; standard
9.S5610.75.
HAy-No. timothy ce6cS
Handspring 26@30.
OATS--Forty pounds 6o663
PORK-Medium backs 39.5064;.
POTATOES--Green Mountains S.75
a. 800 per 100 pounds: sweets basket
2.4nn9 $50.
SUGAR-American Sugar Refinery
quotes $50 cents in 100-barrel lots
LESSEE per cent. for cash.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-08
|WATERv|LLE TO
ATTEMPT REVIVAL
PRO BASKETBALL
Especial to Kennebec JournaD

e 81
Waterviile, Dec. 7-Fcllowing the
example set hv many other lagre
towns and cities in this particular
section this, year. Waterville Is maxi
ing extensive plans to sponsor pro-
lessional basketball team for the
season of 1926. This team will have
in its lineup several players of note
in pro circles in this State and will
be helped along by a capable bunch
of college performers. 1t is planned
to make this aggregation much like
the old Colby Comets who at one
time were the most colorful attrac-
ton in the State. The team will play
under the name of the Waterville
Comets.
The management will be able 20
pick out. a team within the next few
days that will hold its own with such
teams as the Five Aces of Bangor.
the Lincoln All Stars and the Gull
ford A. A.. with whom games have
already been arranged. They are
also seeking games with out of State
teams. s~.--.t
Owing to the fact that there is no
available hall forsthis team to do its
work in the games which are played
will have to be played away from
home. but this should not prove much
of handicap as the team will con-
si3t OF men who have played on near
ly every floor in the State at some
time or other.
The team is especially anxious to
arrange games with Bath, Sanford
and Augusta for. the first of next
year and guarantee plenty of 1920
sition to any team that takes them
on. Announcements as to the line
up and schedule are to be made at an
early date.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-08
Chicago Produce Market
(By the Associated Pfess)

Chicago, Dec. z.
Shrinking away of estimates of the
amount of wheat likely TO be obtained
for export from Argentina did much
today TO lift wheat prices here to
new top records for the season. Clos
ing quotations on wheat were strong.
~ to y net higher new style, Decem
ser 179h to f,79s and May 1.75s to
LOO. Corn finished / OF to 4 up. oats
at TO I advance and provisions vary
ing from 25c decline to 37c gain.
One leading authority today figured
that the Argentine exportablc surplus
of wheat would aggregate only $4,000
O00 bushels, the smallest total by far
that has yet been mentioned--the min
imum heretofore talked about being at
least 100000,000 bushels--largely on
account of the latest reduction Of the
estimate. Unusual strength developed
both in the Liverpool wheat market
and at Buenos Aires. as well as here.
May delivery In Chicago and also July
quickly surpassed the seasons pre-
vious top quotation. On the bulges in
value heavy profit-taking sales took
place and the market underwent fire.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-08
Newport Comes from
Behind to Conquer
Sangerville High
(SpeciaI to- kennebec JournaD

(Speclal TO kennebec JournaD
Newport, Dec. Newport High
school defeated Sangerville High
school here Friday night. IS to "a, in
a very fast game. At the end Of the
first half the score was II to IL in
favor of the visitors, but in the last
half the Newport boys got a new
hold on themselves, and began to
pile up the score with the favorable
result. The summary:
N. Fl. S-Richardson. II, (S):
Fraser. RI, 3 ~; j. Barbour, c,
CD; c. Barbour. RIB; Munsey, RIB; Col
by, Id, 1.
s. H. SO. Edes. RIB, 2 (2); NJ. Edes,
10; Carr, c, (2); Humphrey, II, ?;
Clukey, RI, 2.
Referee - Macpherson of Colby.
Time-Four 10-minute periods.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-08
RULES CHAIRMAN
| CASTS BOLT AT.
ALL AMERICANS

New York. Dec 7-(AP)-Football
followers today were still arguing
about the bolt that Edward X Hall.
chairman Of the intercollegiate foot
ball rules committee. cast into the
nrst banquet Of players selected for
all American honors Saturday night.
Il say with all the earnastness
that is in me, that hope this is the
last dinner to an all-American team
that will ever be held in America"
were the words comprising the bolt.
He argued against over emphasis
OF the Importance of individual play
ers by the selection of "all" teams
and the making of heroes of those
who happened to fall into fumbles
and run IS yards for touchdowns.
Then he launched into discussion
of professional football. which has
become an important topic. especial
ly since the illinois star. Red Grange.
left college to play with the Chicago
Bears.
Il want to make it clear that it IS
none of my business" he said, 'if any
college player considers that it is in
his interest that he gets through with
his college course to start playing
professional ball. l also want to
make this clear-I have no quarrel
with promoters of professional foot
bali, so long as they are recruiting
their men from non college players
What l do object to and what l be-
heve is more or less a menace to the
game and certainly a menace to some
OF the players is the way some pro-
meters of professional football are
trying to lure the college players into
the show game and make them think
1t is in their best interests when II
is against their best interests.
The promoter knows that he can
not give those boys a permanent job
or a permanent livelihood. or per-
manent career. but he tries to cover
that up with big money that is COM
ing quick and easy. And / know
there are very few men in the world
that can stand easy money and quick
money and one of the worst places
for a boy to get 1t is the first time
he goes to work, because it will give
him false ideas. false standards and
not one in 40 men can stand it and
come through"
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Oakland Trap
Shot Leads Maine
In Shooting HOnOrs

SIX members from Maine in the
Amateur Trapshooting Association
have established enviable records i'm
that department of sport. The lead
er in this shooting in the state hung
up an average of .9427. Others
whose record is worthy of note are
as follows:
Chester. w. Getchell. Oakland shot
at HOO, broke 1887, average .s427.
c. +. Blaisdell, Oakland. shot at
1852 broke 1910. average 1885,.
S. A. Green, Waterville, shot at 1000,
broke So. average .S920.
John w. Stobie. Waterville, shot at
1000. broke S57. average $3.50.
r. B. Scott, Oakland, shot at 1850,
broke 1860, average .S40U.
Il. 7. Berry (Pro.), Portland, shot
at 1850, broke 9S2, average 1876.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-08
City League Standing
La. at !.

quent setbacks, all of which, however.
proved to be transient.
Near the end of the day the wheat
market was especially affected by an
nouncement that vessel charters had
of wheat from Chicago to Buffalo. In
view of the scantiness of the stock OF
wheat here. this withdra wal of sup
plies from the amount available to fill
cry had an immediate effect toward a
fresh advance in prices. Simultaneous
ly two cargoes of Canadian wheat
were reported as having been bought
for Brazilian shipment. almost at the
doors of Argentina. Corn was easy,
owing in the main to favorable wealth
err and to 3,1S6.000 bushels enlarge
ment of the corn visible supply total.
Oats were strengthened by reports of
liberal feeding demand. H~
Provisions avera ged higher in line
with the hog market
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$4,000 Oranges
Mare in Pro Games

CIV sw York. Dec. 7-(AP)-Red
ses mase, ieet-footed ball warrior has
ANIMATED ss. small fortune since he
S ss MS final game for Illinois.
ss, .s ne became a professional it is
IA ased that he has earned $4,000,
H.. y mas more games to play be-
hi .1'e season ends. He must share
I,r.'saa fnings with his manager and
bars nam hut is expected he will
3sss th9ngh left so that he will not
= loI carry ice next summer.
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New York Money Market

, New York, Dec. Z.
Foreign exchanges irregular.
Great Britain, demand 4.S45. cables
$50. 60-day bills on banks 4.St.
france; demand 1884, cables 3.S4s.
italy, demand i.03. cables i.036.
Belgium, demand ABB.
Germany, demand $3.50.
Holland, demand 401f.
Norway, demand 20.35.
Sweden, demand 26.72.
Denmark, demand 24.gj.
Switzerland demand 1929.
Spain. demand 1429.
Portugal, demand sos.
Greece, demand 1874.
Poland, demand 1900.
Gzecho, Slovakia. demand 2.9c.
go-Slavia, demand III.
Austria, demand IA rs.
Rumania, demand .471.
argentina, demand 41.50.
Brazil. demand 14.06.
Toxic, demand .43.
Shanghai. demand n "a.
montreal. demand 100 1-a2.