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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-02

Forward Pass
Effective Weapon
Some College Teams

New York, Dec. 1.-(By the Asso :
ciated Press)-Developm of the
forward pass to high degree Of eff
fectiveness, particularly by such out
standing teams as Dartmouth, MICH
igan and Princeton, has been reflect
cd in a slight but significant upward
trend in scoring power on the collie
giate gridiron after marked slumps
during the seasons of 1928 and 1924.
Statistics reveal that 10S elevens
this year posted a total OF l3,s00
points in S95 games. an average OF
approximately 122 points for eacn
team during the season and OF fl4.f
per game. While this Is only two
tenths of a point higher than the
average of 1924, it was considered
important by football men as indi-
eating a check, on the downward
trend of scoring from the average
of 10 points per game in 1922 and
155 in 1923. -
Sixteen major elevens exceeded the
200 point mark with the powerful
WASHINGTON team of the Pacific coast
establishing seasons record of 45s
for eleven games.
Southern California, also playing
IL games, ranks second to Washing
ton with 416, while Dartmouth, In
third place with $40 points, has the
best advantage of any team with 40
for eight games as compared with
All for the Golden Bears.
Alabama. Columbia, Cornell. Ford
ham, Georgetown, Tulane. Colgate,
Brown, Michigan, Holy Cross, Notre
Dame, Syracuse and Stanford were
other elevens in the 200 class.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-02
Student Council
Awards the Coveted
COny Football Letters

At a meeting of the Student Coun-
Gil held Tuesday football letters were
awarded to the following members
of the football. squad: Captain John
McAuley. Howard Stiles. Babe Lap
idus. Gil Soule. Warren Fletcher. Ro-
land bennett, "Yip" NiclSless. "Pete"
Bradstreet. lied" Lishness. Tub"
Hilton, Johnny Elmore. skip" Mer-
rick. Richard Bell. Royden Worthing,
Kenneth Trask, Kenneth Dinsmore.
Adrian Cloutier, Knowles and man
ager Lee.
All these players except bennett.
Cloutier and Knowles had played in
enough games to win their letters.
Cloutier and bennett were handicap
ped by injuries and forced to leave
the game in mid season. Knowles
participated in nine periods and his
letter was approved by the entire
student body as Knowles has shown
the proper Cony spirit and has not
missed practice this year. While
new at the game Knowles performed
very creditably in every appearance
and great things are expected from
him next year. The election for n
captain to lead the 1926 Red and
White gridders will be held tonight.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-02
Upperclassmen Win
Interclass Games
At COburn Tuesday.
Especial to Kennebec JournaD

Waterville, Dec. 1.-The, interclass
games were again in full swing at
Coburn yesterday afternoon in the
gym. The seniors and the sophomores
FLASHED in the first game of the after
noon in which the seniors had their
own way on the court. The soph-
omores were trounced by a score of 80
to 6. Averka and Clarke did the bulk
of the work for the sophomores, while
for the senioEs Simmons, who was the
high scorer of the day, was the star
of the game throughout the fray,
while the other star for the seniors
was Brinn, who only played the last
half and scored nine points. The
sophomores did not cage a basket all
through the first half and the only
scores they could get were the points
Averka shot from the foul line.
SENIORS (32) 90 SOPHOMORES
Simmons, If ............ If, 'Plummer
Mason, IF commandment. IF, Herd
Pollard, ................ c, Clarke
Spaulding, lg ........... ls. Averka
Rood, rg ............'...... re. Adams
Sub.-Seniors, Coombs for Spauld-
ing, Spaulding for Coombs. Brint for
Mason. Mason for Brinn, coombs for
Rood, Rood for Coombs. Sophomores,
Turbyne for Herd. Herd for Plunmer.
Plummer for Herd, Turbyne for Herd.
Turbyne for Adams, Adams for Tur-
byne. Goals from floor. Simmons 6,
Brinn A. Mason .. Pollard 9. Spauld-
ing j, Plummer i, Clarke /. Goals
from fouls, Averka 9, Brinn I. Sim
mons /. Referee. Fielder of Colby.
Timer. Khoury. Scorer, Khoury. Time,
four 3-minute periods.
Juniors %, Freshmen 16
The second game of the afternoon
was between the Junior and the fresh
man teams, in which the former was
victor and added anothed to their list
of victories which will mean the in
terclass championship if they are able
to trim the senior team. This was
much more interesting game and up
to the last part of the game it was
close contest.
The summary:
JUNIORS (2S) G6) FRESHMEN
Gle, If ................. If, DaGgett
Bohn, IF ............ IF, Chrisholm
Johnson, 500. c. Martoski
Smith, lg ............,. lS, Charron
MarSterS. re ............ re. LeatherS
Sub.-Juniors, Shay for Smith
Smith for Shay, Shay for Marsters.
Marsters for Shay Smith for Marsters,
Marsters for Smith. Freshmen,
Maynes for feathers. feathers for
Maynes. Bailey for Daggett, Daggett
for Bailey. Maynes for Marstoki. Mar
toski for Maynes. Goals from floor.
Bohn 5. Gle ., Johnson /, Smith l,
Shay /, Martoski .. Bailey .. Maynes
/, Chrisholm /. Goals from fouls
Bohn 4. feathers 3. Smith ]. Johnson
l, Chrisholm /. Referee, Fielder of
Colby. Timer, Khoury. Scorer
Khoury. Time, four S-minute periods.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-02
GOV. FERGUSON
Shops AS TEXAS
SETTLES over ACTS

Austin. Tex. Dec. 1.-(AP)-The
center of the Texas political highs
way-liquor controversy today CRAWL
-tated slightly toward Temple. Tex.
where the personality of chief in
terest, Governor Miriam A. Fergu-
son, went on visit, leaving her hus-
band to face turbulent situation in
the capital, while courts ground out
highway judgments and received
the financial fruits of Attorney Cen
eral Dan Moody's first highway VIC
tory.
The high spots in the situation
were these:
Mrs. Ferguson suddenly left the
capital for her former home in Tenn
pie, where she planted some rose
bushes and did some Christmas
shopping
James E. Ferguson. the governors
husband, stated that the governor
had made no formal announcement
of her stand on the demand for a
special session made by so members
of the legislature.
The Travis county district court
entered judgment against the Amer
lCdu INOau SOIu pdly, WHICH the at
torney general sued for excess
profits on highway contracts. The
court in entering the judgment, said
that 30 cents a square yard for high
way topping was IAN excessive and
an unreasonable price" This was
the contract awarded by the high
way commission.
The American Road Company pre-
scented a check for S2S6.025 to the
clerk of the court as partial salts
faction OF the Judgment. Cancelled
claims will constitute the remainder
of the judgment.
Anon G. Carter. publisher of the
Fort Worth Star Telegram; declined
to accede to the governors demand
for his resignation from the regents
of West Texas Technology College,
charging that the demand was "a
smoke screen to divert attention
from the highway revelations"
Employees Of the highway depart
ment. including 1900 road laborers.
were left without paw day because
the highway commission could not
function with on one member.
Mrs. Edith e. Wilmans of Dallas.
candidate for governor, sent Gov
ernor Ferguson a message of greet
ing in which she said: Don't let
them bluff YOU. Moody hasn't fool
ed the public
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-02

When the owner. of an automobile
wants few repairs made on his car
he does not ship it back to the fac
tory. That would be expensive and
would deprive him of the use of the
car for several weeks. What he does
is to drive around to a garage, a
place that is altogether different from
the one in which the car was made.
Where there is one man employed in
the garage, there are thousand or
more at work in the factory. There
is a reason why the factory is large
and why the repair shop is small. Our
cheapest and most widely used auto
mobile is made in a group of estab-
ilishments employing over 100000
workmen and producing about 1000
cars a day. Suppose that instead of
one company making 1000 cars day
there were thousand independent
producers turning out seven cars each
per day. Everyone can see at once
that the small establishments would
not be able to manufacture cars SO
cheaply as the large one.
l. The big plant can use highly i'm
proved machinery which the smaller
plants cannot afford to buy.
z. 1t can buy materials in larger
quantities and, therefore. at better
prices.
8. These materials and also the fin
ished products can be shipped in car
load lots, with saving in freight
rates.
! 4. Through constant experiments
and scientific planning, impossible in
a small factory, improved methods
and processes can be developed, lead
ing to lower costs and ultimately low
er prices to the consumer.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-02
OURSELVES AND INDUSTRY
Big Producers and Small Producers
By E. E. Lincoln and w. o. Scroggs.a

5. The larger plant, by employing
large numbers of men, can place each
worker in the job for which he is
best fitted; his labor can thus be di-
rected most effectively, with result
ing increase in real wages.
In these various ways the big pro-
ducer may enjoy an advantage ever
the smaller one. On the other hand.
il the big automobile plant undertook
to repair cars instead of TO make new
ones, it would be at disadvantage
as compared with the small shop. In
repair work no two jobs are exactly
alike, and so the operations cannot be
systemafised as in the factory. 1t is
also necessary for repair shops to be
conveniently near the car owners, and
consequently there are many small
ones scattered all over the country,
instead of one large central plant.
We sec, then, that for some sorts
or work the small establishment is
best, while for others the big factory
seems to have come to. stay. The
knitting mill 81 today has made use
less the long needles that our grand
mothers used to handle so skilfully,
but nobody would think of establish
ing factory to darn socks. That is
still small-scale job, to be done in
the household.
Sometimes we find the same sort of
work performed equally we'll by both
large and small establishments. In our
cities the great department stores
and the small retail shops exist side
by side, and both may enjoy a satis-
factory trade. Evidently the small
merchant is rendering the community
a useful service, or he would not be
able to face the competition of his big
neighbor.
When we see great industrial con-
Germs developing, like the Ford Motor
Company or the United States Steel
Corporation, we may be sure that
there is some good reason for their
growth. They could not expand and
prosper in their highly competitive
business unless they were efficient.
AANt 80 "ssy UtHSb YCHQeT me S0fnE
service as their competitors at a lo,c-
er trree, or they must give better
service at the same price.
In like manner, where small indus
trial establishments arc the prevailing
type, there must be sound reasons for
them also. They may render some
specialized or more personal service
impossible in larger concerns. or their
operations may be of such a nature
that extensive machinery is unneces-
sary. Local conditions also FREQUENT
ly influence the size of an Industry.
The size of business, therefore !.
something that usually take. care If
itself. In every line of business com
petition and the demands Of the row.
sntuer eventually determine soJ,ieh trb.
is 70 sn,vive, and qvhethey the for-
torres aid units of MANAGEMENT shaU
be large or small, or 1vEetJey there /,
a Place for both large and small slort,
IN tie same industry.
-Westcyn Electric Ney,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-02

Need for kindergarten training in
public schools is especially great in
districts where families with children
live in two or three rooms. In the
kindergarten the children acquire
habits of application, obedience. self
control and cleanliness, and are pre-
pared for the greater restrictions of
the grade school, states David 3.
Corson, superintendent of public
schools of Newark, n. :, in his an
nual report. Nor is it's value only
disciplinary and social. The chill
dren learn to work with their hands.
they get a knowledge of form and
color, memory and imagination are
developed, their powers of observa-
ton and initiative trained, and their
best and highest ambitions aroused.
To the children of the foreign born
the kindergarten is particularly bene-
fificial. The reaction on the home is
marked, and it is an important factor
in Americanization.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-02
Brooks and Besse
High Clash Friday
(special to the Kennebec J

: tSpecial to the kennebec Journal
Albion, Dec. 1.-The Besse High
teams play Brooks at Brooks next
Friday, Dec. 4, and clean, fast games
are expected.
The Boys basketball team Of
sBesse High defeated Brooks High
school Friday night with a score OF
s17-41. Rowe, Besse's rangy center,
made "a of his teams points. The
game was very clean conflict and
the Brooks boys proved to be as
good crowd of sports as ever play
ed at Albion. Capt. Goodwin is
credit to any team. The lineup was:
Besse-Bussel IF, Meader CO. If,
Rowe c, Knight re-, Skillin lg.
Brooks-Bradford RI, Deering II,
Goodwin c, Goddard re-, Ryder lg.
Substitutions: Brooks, Maddocks
for Goddard.
!, The Besse girls played clean,
fast game but lost to the larger
Brooks team by a 23-19 score. The
lineup was as follows:
i Besse-A. Harding RI, B. Libby
Z (C) If, G.. Bradstreet c, c. Bradstreet
rg, G.. Abbott lg.
Brooks. Grant re-. NJ. Patterson
sfC)lf. A. Patterson c, G. Bowen re-.
&c. Ryder lg.
Substitutions-Besss, Sanboyn for
Harding, Drake for Bradstreet:
Brooks, Brown for Ryder. Referee.
I Abbott (Hartland Academy.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-02
HallOwell Has
Long Schedule on
Court This Year

Especial to the Kennebec JournaD
Hallowell. Dec. 1.-The following is
the complete schedule for the boys
basketball team this season.
Dec. 1S-Brunswick at Hallowell.
Jan. S-Oakland at Oakland.
Jan. 15-South Paris at Hallowell.
Jan. 22--Norway at Norway.
Jan. 23-South Paris at South Paris.
Jan. 29-Oakland at Hallowel1.
Feb. 6-Norway at Hallowell.
Feb. 10-Gardiner at Gardiner.
Feb. 19-Brunswick at Brunswick.
Feb. 26-Open.
Mar. 5-Gardiner at Hallowell
Mar. 12-Morse at Bath.
Mar. 17-Open.
Mar. 26~Morse at Hallowell.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-02
CONY SEXTETTE
TO SPORT new
UNIFORMS SOON

As direct result of the efforts of
the student council the Cony girls,
basketball team and six substitutes
will be furnished with regular uni
forms this year. The stockings VIII
be Red and White, the school colors
and the middies will be white with
red stripes and each MILDLY will be
adorned with red &C." Elbow pads
and knee pads will also be furnish,
ed.
A squad of nearly 40 promising
candidates reported to Coach Con-
nellan for their first practice and
were instructed in the fundamentals
Of the game. There is an abund-
ance of good material this season
and prospects for an unusually suct
cessful season are very bright. AS
yet practice is being held in the AS
sembly hall but it is hoped that the
City hall will be available before
very long.
The girls plan to play two games
with the Alumnae during the Christ
mas recess.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-02
Hebron Sextette
Preparing for Busy
Winter on Skates

Especial to the kennebec JOurnaIl
Hebron, Dec. Last evening
Captain Edward jeremiah and Man
ager Winston Fifield of the Hebron
hockey team, together with several
of the assistant managers, put the
first water of the season on the new
Hebron arena. 1t was simply a
small coat of water to fill in the
holes and to freeze the soft ground
on the surface of the rink. How
ever, after two or three more such
freezings. the ice should be satisfac-
tory for skating.
In spite of the fact that the He
bron arena is not yet available for
skating, the boys are getting in their
preliminary practice for hockey. For
the past two days the boys have
been skating on Matthew's Pond.
about a mile from the academy. AL
though there has been no organized
practice yet, one has had a fair
chance to look over the material.
The veterans are headed by Cap
tain Jeremiah, three letter man.
jeremiah played quarterback on the
championship football team this fall.
and also played shortstop on last
falls nine. Nazro of Arlington.
Mass, is another veteran forward,
being able to play either wing. There
are two veterans on the defense in
"Pitter" Fraser of Somerville. Mass.
and Don Piper of Portland. Ferre-
ira of East Boston. Mass. and
Mass, are the goal tenders, who had
experience in the big rink last sea-
son.
There are several new boys who
will make strong bids for regular
berths.
digger" Kinsley OF Stoneham,
Mass, who~played sterling game at
halfback last season, and Mahoney
of Cambridge. Mass. are two good
forwards. Inches Harrington. for
mer Groton High star athlete. will
make things lively for Jeremiah at
center ice. "Milt" Wheeler is MAX
ing a strong bid for the defense.
Danny MacFayden of Somerville,
Mass. hailed as the best schoolboy
pitcher In New England. will rake
a strong hid for a regular berth on
the defense. Hugo Nelson Of Cam
bridge. Mass. a member of this falls
championship football team, will
also be a candidate for defense po-
sition Tommy Coleman comes to
the school with a good reputation as
a goalie from Queens College.
All in all. Hebron should be rep
resented by a verv strong sextet this
winter and according to present in
dications, hockey will be the leading
winter sport at Hebron during the
winter months. Coach LaCasce.' a
Bowdoin man. is delighted with the
outlook and will do all in his power
to mould ~ championship team.
The team, If successful. will have
a fine chance to claim New England
honors, as thew plav several games
in Massachusetts. and one game with
the strong Pomfret school sextet in
Connecticut.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-02
GLOOMY GIL. DOB|E
OUT With CHOICE
COLLEGE PLAYERS

New York, Dec. 1-(AP)-Dart-
mouth and Pennsylvania each are ac-
corded the distinction of placing two
stars on the all-eastern football elev-
en- selected today by Gilmour Dobie,
Cornell's head coach. for The Asso-
ciatcd Press.
Eight of these eleven men, Dobie
indicates, would also represent the
choices for an all-American team, the
only changes necessary in his opinion
for such mythical com bination be-
ing the substitution of Weir of Me-
braska for Joss of Yale at tackle,
G, angc of Illinois for Cheek and
Ne3ers of Stanford for keefer in the
birkaeld.
Dobies selections follow:
Ends, Korn, Swarthmore, and
Thayer. Pennsylvania.
Tackles. Wiberg, Columbia, and
Joss of Yale.
Guards. Carey, Cornell and Diehl,
Dartmouth.
Center, Robinson, Pennsylvania.
Quarterback, Cheek, Harvard.
Halfbacks, Tryon, Colgate, and
Keeicr, Brown.
t'uliback, Oberlander, Dartmouth.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-02
p, Z. Student Wins
Play-Writing Contest

Boston, Dec. 1.-(AP9-Freder
\. McCue. a third year student at
the College of Fine Arts in Boston
University. was today announced as
the winner of the first prize In the
national one-act play-writing contest
conducted by the University Players
or New York City. His play. en-
Titled Sunset. was unanimously
CHOSEN by the judges as the best of
2233S manuscripts submitted.
This was the first time an under
graduate won the first prize in the
competition. which has been held
for seven wears previously and is
open to both professional and anna
teur playwrights.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-02
win be held this morning at the Cath
Ole church.

| Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Clifford and
family have moved from Upper Main
J street to the house on Hatch street
Miss Iva Larlee went to Bingham
Tuesday where she will nurses
+ J. r. Blankinship of Boston was a
business caller in town Tuesday.
| Mrs. Lester Witham and daughter
| returned to Biddeford Tuesday after
visiting her mother Mrs. Eva Corson
on Lower Main street
John Lawry returned Tuesday from
! q months hunting trip at Moose
head. He brought back a good sized
deer.
| George Trask returned Tuesday
from a business trip to Livermore
Falls.
| Waiter Ross has returned from
Concord, Mass, where he was called
| by the serious illness of his mother
Mrs. Severns.
Mrs. Nellie Pyne, who f1as beer
caring for Miss Ada Archer, has
| returned to her home in Benton.
Envoy A. C. Harvey of Athol.
Mass, is visiting at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Edward Rowe on Totman
court.
Frank Foley Is unable to attend to
his duties at the Hollingsworth &,
Whitneys because of illness.
Mrs. Rose Annis of Newport is
visiting Mrs. Richard Spark on Park
street.
Lucille Mitchell is Ill at her home
on Elm street, threatened with pneu-
monia.
Mrs. Harry Priest of winslow was
in town Tuesday afternoon.
| H. D. Brophy went to Boston for
few days business trip.
| Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Patten of Pitts
| field were visiting Mrs. Patterns
mother, Mrs. Lewis Emerson, Tues
day.
| Roland Preble returned Tuesday
| from Gardiner, where he has been
visiting his mother.
| Miss Neva Rowe who has been Wis
ting the Misses Ileen and Elizabeth
Brophy, returned to Springvale Mon
day.
! Miss Ann Folsom of Oakland was
| a recent guest of Miss Adelaide Cor
man.
There was good attendance at
the meeting Of the Methodist Broth
ehood on Monday evening, and many
, expressions of appreciation of the
flne supper served by the committee
from the Junior Ladies' Guild. At
the business session excellent reports
were given by the secretary and the
treasurer, and a nominating commit
tee appointed by President Ralph
Files to bring in list of officers for
election at the annual meeting which
comes in January. The event of the
evening was the address by Rev. E.
A. Pollard Jones of Waterville in
which he gave his personal impress
sions Of present day public opinion
In Germany, the changes wrought by
the world war and the latest tenden-
cies in assigning the guilt for begin
ming the war. The interest of the
company present was shown by the
! many questions asked at the close
OF the formal address.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-02
IFIRPO READY TO
INVADE. AMERICA
AGAIN IN MARCH

Buenos Aires, Dec. 1-(AP)-Luis
Angel Firpo, the Argentine heavy
weight champion, is about to stage a
return to the pugilistic arena in the
United States. .'. IS.
II will soon go back to the United
States and re-enter the boxing game,
ready to fight any adversary who
may present himself until I have once
more clinched bout with Jack
Dempsey, said Firpo.
According to present plans, Firpo
intends to leave Argentina next
March. He will go first to London
and take on all-comers. He then
will go to Canada, where he purposes
to fulfill a long-standing engagement.
After Canada he will go to the Unit
ed States, the country which gave
him his first real start toward the
pugilistic hall of fame.
A dispatch received in New York
from Los Angeles says that Jack
Dempsey is willing to give Firpo an
other fight with Los Angeles as the
battle-ground. Dempsey said the
fight could take place before he meets
Harry Wills in July. The champion
added that he was ready to meet Fir
30 or any other opponent as he felt
that perhaps the public desires him
to fight more frequently. A match in
Los Angeles could be for ten rounds
with a decision or 12-rounds without
decision.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-02

One frequently hears good deal
of loose talk about big business and
monopoly" However, it is literally
true that probably not l per cent OF
all manufacturing and trading con-
Germs in the United States could by
any stretch of the imagination De
called big" There are very few es-
Establishments which produce more than
very small percentage of the total
output of a particular industry. The
keenness of competition during recent
years has made it increasingly difficult
for any business, whether large or
small, to survive unless it performs a
real service to society. There must
be good reasons, therefore, why some
producers are large and others small.