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New Britain herald., 1926-05-04
1t New Haven
VOTE ON CONTENDER
Billy Gibson, Manager Of Gene
 Tunncy, Wants States to Decide Who Shall Fight Jack Dempsey.

New York, May 4 CFD -- Billy Gibson. manager Of Gene Tunuey. suggests that the boxing commis- sions of all states where the sport i. legal vote on the question as to who shall be named to oppose the heavyweight champion, Jack Demp- sey.
 Gibson contends that Massachu- -a"s. Connecticut, Pennsylvania. Michigan, Wisconsin, Louisiana California and several other states should he heard in the matter -- at least h. feels that majority vote would make the contender more of a national selection.
New Britain herald., 1926-05-04

Francis Kiniry and Henry Christo- pher and Miss Catherine Burke will entertain with an exhibition of ballet dancing.
 All members Of the teams in the Industrial League will be on hand for the festivities and the affair is expected 10 be a fitting close for q very successful court season.
New Britain herald., 1926-05-04
s e a kin g of Sports

New Britain baseball fans who are interested in seeing the Hartford Eastern league team play on its home lot, Clarkin Field, will have enough opportunities of doing so this week, as the Capital City team is playing home every day except Sat urday. Hartford goes to New Haven on Saturday and returns to it's home field again on Sunday when it plays Waterbury there.
New Britain herald., 1926-05-04
PLANS COMPLETE
 FOR CHURCH LOOP

tContinued From Preceding Page) ys. First Lutheran; Trinity N. T., vs. stanley Memorial; Blue Army ys. south
 Monday, Aug, 30 - Trinity'M, F., vs. Center; White Army vs. First Lutheran; Stanley Memorial vs. Baptist.
New Britain herald., 1926-05-04
BIG LEAGTE SCOTT

Cleveland. May Pl-Roy Akin, baseball coach at Trinity univer- sitY Waxahachie, Texas, has been named a scout by the Cleveland American league club. He will re- port June l. He is a former Pa- citc coast and Texas league in- fielder.
New Britain herald., 1926-05-04
DEPEND ON TVIRIERS

Cleva .and's chances to make a real showing in the 1926 chase cen ters 10 a great extent on the return 10 form ot George Uhle and Joe Shaute. II these two fingers come through with the stun they are capable of delivering. the Indians
New Britain herald., 1926-05-04

Triples-Gehrig. Tanks, 8. Homers-Ruth, Tanks, and VII Hams. Browns, 4
 Stolen Bases-Meusel, Tanks 6.
 Pi,ching-Shocker and Pennock Tanks, won g. lost none.
New Britain herald., 1926-05-04

The cry in the league now Is to stop Providence. The Rhode Island team, successor to Worcester in tho Eastern circuit, Is cleaning things up in the games already played and ap- pears to be out of the class of the remaining teams in the league, This may be only a spring spurt and as the season has yet a long way to go, some change may be noted soon.
New Britain herald., 1926-05-04

The Hartford team isn't doing so well in the league though Manager Si Mcdonald is optimistic about the future chances of the Capital City nine. He is working hard to make 9 success of the team this year and New Britain fans are behind him i'll his efforts.
New Britain herald., 1926-05-04

Zehrer, second place, half mile, three points; Schick, second place, quarter mile three points: Grys- bowski, second place, broad jump, three points; Sochinsky, second place, mile run.
New Britain herald., 1926-05-04

Third place, representing one point, was gained by Doe Bray. 100 yard dash; Derrick. mile run; Erickson. high jump, The relay team, when it finished second. made the rest Of the teams points.
New Britain herald., 1926-05-04

The Orioles of this city, runners Up for the City league title last year, will open their 1926 campaign Sat urday afternoon at Walnut Hill park against the Catholic club of Park vile. The Orioles then on Sunday. will play the AIl-Plainvillo team in that town.
New Britain herald., 1926-05-04
Games TonlOrToyy

Albany at Hartford.
 Providence at Bridgeport. New Haven at Pittsfield. Waterbury at Springfield.
New Britain herald., 1926-05-04
DUSTY BASKETBALLERS TO
 DINE AT "Y" TONIGHT
Member, of r. X r Corbiu Team. Champions of ICaguc, to Be
 Awarded Prizes at Banquet.

The teams in the Industrial Bas- knthaI league which came 10 a e.ose on April s, will meet once agaln tonight ar tha '. N, C. A., but lhis time i' will he at the festive
New Britain herald., 1926-05-04
Baseball Standing
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Games Yesterday

Philadelphia s, New York 3. Washington 6, Boston 2. Detroit 8, Chicago 1.
 Cleveland g, St. Louis 1
New Britain herald., 1926-05-04
AmrriCan InnnIIn

Baring-Dugan. Tanks. .443. Euns-Ruth, Tanks, 2&.
 Hits-Goslin, Senators. B. DouhI"s-BTn6, Indians. 10.
New Britain herald., 1926-05-04
The Standing
Cannes TodaH

Albany at Hartford.
 New Haven at pittsfield Providence at Bridgeport. Waterbury at Springfield.
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The Standing
Games Today

Philadelphia at New York Cincinnati at St. Louis. Boston at Brooklyn.
 ,Other clubs not scheduladD
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EASTERN LEAGUE
Games Ncsterda '

New Haven 9. Albany Q Pittsfeld 5, Hartford L
 Providence ', Waterbury {. Springfield 10. Bridgeport J
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The Standing
GAnleS 1OdaY

New York at Philadelphia. Washington at Boston. Detroit at Chicago. St. Louis at Cleveland.
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are apt to surprise some of the ex- perts. If not, the Tribe is virtually doomed.
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NATIONAL LEAGU1
Games Yesterday

New York II, Philadelphia Q. Brooklyn 1, Boston 1. Cincinnati 9, St. Louis $. COther clubs not scheduledb
New Britain herald., 1926-05-04

He Is q husky boy and is being looked upon by Coach Cassidy as good prospect for the football 'eam next year.
New Britain herald., 1926-05-04

Joe Szabo, running second on the relay, gave q wonderful exhibition and was responsible for the gain by his team in this event.
New Britain herald., 1926-05-04

The Kensingtou team candidates will have two workouts this week. one tonight and the other Thursday night. If the squad shows the same goods in the evening practices that it did during the session last Sunday afternoon. Manager Pat Buckley will take on q gamo for Sunday after noon.
New Britain herald., 1926-05-04
Games Today

Newark at Toronto. Jersey City at Rochester Reading at Buffalo. Baltimore at Syracuse.
New Britain herald., 1926-05-04

Manager Buckley plans to play the first two or three games away from home so that when the home fans look on the team, they will see D. nine seasoned and in it's prime. Over the wire yesterday, Pat stated that he was tickled with the turnout Of candidatcs for practice sessions in the Paper Goods town. He said thal the cream of baseball talent in this city was represented on the field and he feels that llo will have the strong ,st team ever assembled together in the South End.
New Britain herald., 1926-05-04

Be careful when you cross the street. Americans spend If billions q year on autos.
New Britain herald., 1926-05-04

The Falcons are scheduled to meet a tough contender this Sunday at St. Mary's field in the MS Of New Haven. The following Sunday. the team will take on the Columbias of Hartford
New Britain herald., 1926-05-04

The two opening games seelcted by Manager Abe Aronson are predict ed as two tough battles and the Orioles vii lhave to step on the gas 10 win either one of them. Ever since the team was organized, it has always dropped the first game. This is its fourth season and the members are hopeful of breaking the opening jinX. The Parllville nine is composed of some of the coming diamond stars in that section of Hartford and the team has been working out for several weeks.
New Britain herald., 1926-05-04
INTERNATIONAL LEAGt
Games NCstcEIay
The standing

Newark 10. Toronto s.
 All other games postponed IaI,
New Britain herald., 1926-05-04

I'll" track meet between the Loonis institute and the New Britain high school teams uncover oj several future stars who will probably ba heard from in the next year or two
New Britain herald., 1926-05-04

The place winners were Captain
New Britain herald., 1926-05-04

The All-PIainvillo nine is another tartar for the Orioles. These two teams usually battle every year and the game played between them is generally a sizzling encounter.
New Britain herald., 1926-05-04

The Industrial Baseball league officials will meet tomorrow after noon at 5.&o o'clock 10 discuss and adopt the schedule as drawn Up by the schedule committee. Reprcsen- 'atlvos Of the eight factories entered t7 the league will be in attendance.
New Britain herald., 1926-05-04

The Konsington crew has always been 1 husjling bunch of ball toss ITS and this year VIII be no eXccp- lion, Manager Buckley hasn't sc- lrrted anybody for the team yet and ,cill not do so until the men have proved their worth under fire. The team will shape itself. he expects because class will sta~d out in the long run. He hasn't any predictions 10 make outside saying that K"using- ion will make them all step this sea son.
New Britain herald., 1926-05-04

The Burritt Reserves will hold a practice this evening at G:3Q o'clock 1t Walnut Hin park. Manager Adolph Mankus asks that all players he on hand for the workout.
New Britain herald., 1926-05-04
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EASTERN LEAGUE

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 Douglas and Smith; Matthews, Kahn, Bishop and Schauftel.
Evening star., 1926-10-10
Kochanski Refuses
To Sell His "Strad.
DAUL KoCHANSKI. violinist, WI

DAUL KOCHANSkI, violinist, who
arrived on the Paris recently, it
| is reported scorned an offer of $45, 900
for his famous Stradivarius and re.
fused to sell the instrument for any
price to an art collector.
In refusing the small fortune for
his instrument, he declared that 1t
was worth it's weight In gold to
! him. He said that the reason he
would not sell it was because the
beautiful instrument would remain
untouched in a glass box to be only
the subject of curious eyes by a
chosen view. while thousands could
enjoy its marvellous tones II 1t were
in use.
The instrument was made by An
tonic Stradivarius in 1857. 1t was
inlaid with ivory in the purfling, with
italic work on the sides and scroll.
and remained a part of the royal
Spanish possessions until it was
stolen in the eighteenth century
Lost for almost a hundred years. it
came eventually into the hands of
Ole Full, Scandinavian virtuoso, who
brought 1t with him to America. It
was this famous Spanish Strad." as
it Is called. which inspired a beauti-
full poem by Longfellow.
After Ole Bulls death 1t passed into
the collection of Charles Powder and
thence to c. Oldham, eminent English
collector. BY virtue of a beQuest in
the latter's will, it was transferred to
the British Museum. where it re-
manned for two years. untouched and
unplayed. But the protests of many
great violinists, including Ysayo,
Sauret. Arbos. Wilhelmj and others.
against so valuable an instrument be-
ing withdrawn from the musical
world and left to become worm-eaten
and cracked resulted in it's return to
Sarah Bull, widow of the violinist Tt
Evening star., 1926-10-10

the list Of active participants in local
concert programs.
Mildred Kolb Schulze. pianist and
composer. has recently opened her
new studio at 1928 | street north
west. She is planning to give series
of informal musicals during the sea
son and will have open house" on
Sunday afternoons.
George Dixon Thompson. Washing
ton pianist. who returned early in the
Summer from Europe. where he spent
year in concentrated study with
Emil Sauer. one of the few living eX-
ponents of the Liszt school, has open
ed his studio for the season at 1871
Connecticut avenue northwest. He
will be there Wednesdays and Satur-
days.
Mr.. Thompson also will spend part
Of his time in New York. having made
"a definite connection with the Dublin
sky Musical Art Studios there.
Al the II o'clock service at
the Mount Pleasant congregational
Church this morning the music will
be given by the Mount Pleasant
Chorus and the solo quartet. composed
Of La Virgne Sims Fairchild, soprano:
y
mis-, substituting for William p Shan
nahan, tenor. and Herman Fakler,
bass. under the direction of Norton NJ.
Little, with Claude Robeson at the
organ.
The program will be:
Organ prelude Romance. .Harser
Tenor solo, Spirit of Cod =. :. Neidlinger
oHMsrtSry Mas anthem ManG AS Discords Meath
Organ postlude 'Toceata' Boellmann
Because of numerous requests, the
st. Cecilia Mass Of Gounod, given at
the Church of the Covenant last Sun
day night, will be repeated this eve-
ming at o'clock.
The evening choir of 100 voices,
Claude Robeson, director; Harvey
Murray. organist, and Mrs. Howard
Blandy. pianist, will be assisted by
Mrs. A. l.. Chase, violinist. The solos
will be sustained by Miss Frances
Scherger, soprano: II. T. Townsend,
tenor. and Herman Fakler, bass. The
doors Of the church will be open at Z
O'Clock, and the public is cordially
invited
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Americans to Hear
Priceless Instruments

A MONG the treasures Of the old
world that are being brought to
America Is the most costly orchestra
Of stringed instruments ever gotten to-
gether. every piece a perfect and rare
specimen made by a famous master.
Violating the precedent of placing
such treasures in museums. this or.
chestra will be heard in concerts this
season, according to announcement
made yesterday by the Wanamaker
Auditorium.
The Swan, the last violin made by
Stradivarius at the age of SO, Is the
central piece Of the orchestra. Musi-
clans set no price on this instrument.
With 1t are masterpieces from the
hand Of Guarnarius del Jesu. Mon
tagnana, Guadnini. Gofriller, Tecchler,
Tononi, Testore, da Salo and Albani.
The collection has been brought to-
gether by Rodman Wanamaker.
Leading European musicians are
scheduled to play with this orchestra.
Among them are three new discover
les, Marcel Hubert, Yvonne Hubert
and Marcel Lanquetuit. all French
and all youthful stars who have taken
first prizes at the Paris Conserva-
tOire.
Evening star., 1926-10-10

FRANK WELLS. son OF the Engli.

FRANK WELLS. son OF the English
novelist, HI. G.. Wells, worked for
a while as an extra with the Herbert
Brenon production, God Gave Me
20 Cents" at the Paramount Long
Island studio. Dressed In masquerade
costume, young Wells and his friend
and travelling companion, Hugh
Brooke, did their bits with the crowd
OF 800 gaily clad extras engaged for
the New Orleans Mardi Gras scenes
Of the picture. Brooke, who is the
son Of Clifford Brooke. the English
theatrical producer. drove a victoria
in the scene and Wells acted as foot
man.
I'VE thought this would be a good
way of seeing how American films
are made and how your directors
work." said Wells. "Mr. Brooke and
myself are now producing two-reelers
In England. We've been going only
about six months. but we thought
there might be a market for our ma
terial over here. Lighting problems
are especially interesting to us at
present. Mr.. Brooke directs our pic
lures and / do most Of the designing
and art work. We are now making
series OF my fathers short stories
called Stories Of Life and Adven-
ture"
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Chopins s Piano Used
In Benefit Concerts
THE riano on which Chonin com.

THE piano on which Chopin com
posed his funeral march and
many other compositions will be
brought here from Paris this Fall, un-
der the personal care Of Nj. Maurice
Dumesnil, French pianist to be
shown in a. tour of the country for
the benefit Of the unfortunate musi-
clans Of Europe.
The tour has been arranged by NJ.
1sidore Philippe Of the Paris Conser-
vatoire. head Of the relief work for
European musicians, through the
American cooperation of officials of a
leading plano company. Musicians
say the piano is still In good condi.
ton, both as 10 tone and action, and
M. Dumesnil will play on 1t one group
Of Chopin compositions in each city
in which it Is shown.
On this piano Chopin played his last
concert III Paris. in 1S4S, and on it
the Countess Delphine Potocka played
to him, as he lay dying. a year later.
Among Chopin's works composed on
this piano are the preludes, the G.
minor nocturne. the funeral march,
the three supplementary etudes, the
A minor maZurka. the tarantella, the
r minor fantasie and the Il minor
ScherZo.
NJ. DumeSnil viii appear IN Wash
sngton under the auspices Of the Ma
ti0nal League of American Pen Wom-
an at a concert in Memorial Continen-
tai Hall November /.
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New Little Theater'
Group.
{ "LITTLE THEATER" group

4 LITTLE THEATER" group is
"A being formed by Miss Estelle
Allen, who maintains a dramatic art
studio at 924 Seventeenth street north
west.
Miss Allen wants only interested
applicants with exceptional dramatic
ability, on whom she can depend in
the casting of the plays that she ex-
poets to produce this season. She
wants an "all-Washington" cast, from
the leading lady down to the scenery
painters. Tryouts will be on Thurs
days at 7:3O pm. and Fridays from
8 to pm.
Washington authors Of unpublished
one.act plays who would care to sub
init their work to Miss Allen are re-
Quested to do so before December /.
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Nj u SIGR Apis
Continued from Fifth Page.)

Continued from Fifth Page)
beauties Of the Peterboro Colony, the
memorial to the illustrious Edward
MacDowell.
Ruby Smith Stahi has returned
from Philadelphia, where she sang
last week at the Sesquicentennial.
The large auditorium. which seats
10000 people, has remarkable accous-
tics. However, all concerts there are
10 be abandoned beca use Of the lack
OF heating apparatus.
Eunice Louise Graves of 1927 Hall
place northwest has resumed her
piano classes. Mrs. Graves recitals
have become very popular.
Mary Newell schultz Of the Caro-
line Mckinley Studio. assisted by the
Mckinley dancers. will he presented
by Amelia NJ. Olms1ead in IA dance
recital Saturday evening at $50
O'Clock at the Chevy Chase School
OF Music.
Their program will be made up Of
dramatic and rhythmic numbers, and
also dance stories for children. The
assisting dancers include Alice Callan,
Mary Galloway, Tace Etman. Martha
Fisher. Judy Lyeth. Elaine Patterson
and Ruth Shoemaker.
Mabel Linton Williams. orsanist and
choir director Of First Baptist Church,
has recovered from a serious majo
operation and has returned to the
church. The quartet. which will be
the same as last year, is composed
of Doris Morrow, soprano; Mabel
Flehr, contralto: Floyd G.. Williams,
tenor. and Charles w. Moore, basso
Mrs. II. H. A. Beach. noted Ameri-
can woman composer. has been quite
Ill and is now recovering from an op.
Grafton. Her friends in Washington
will be pleased to know that she is
much improved in health.
George Wilson. one of Washington's
leading accompanies. is already fairly
well over his serious illness caused by
an automobile accident. in which he
was a victim last August. He will
probably be as prominent as usual in
Evening star., 1926-10-10
Photoplays Used in
Americanization School

DLANS are being perfected by Har-
riet Hawley Locher. director of
the public service and educational
department Of the Crandall Theaters,
the District Board Of Education and
Mrs. Herman, directly concerned in
the conduct Of the classes, for the re-
duction Of the afternoon and night
sessions of the District Americaniza-
ton School. which is conducted in the
projection room of Crandall's Metro
politan Theater with Government
and other appropriate films utilized in
screen methods OF teaching English by
the titles and American customs by
the action on the screen.
Mrs. LOcher. on October 80. will
inaugurate q new season of special
performances for juvenile audiences
to be held Saturday mornings in Gran
dall's Tivoli Theater and at Crandall's
Chevy Chase Theater
Interest is being demonstrated in
these activities of the public service
and educational department Of the
Crandall houses by the Will II. Hays
organization in New York. which has
adapted to national needs many Of
the entertainment features originated
by this department Of the Crandall
organization.
Evening star., 1926-10-10
Students as Atmosphere

OUT in California the movies have
opened up new avenue Of rev.
enue for students who are working
their way through college. College
students as atmosphere" for pictures
like Bebe Daniels THE Campus
Flirt." are in great demand among
the producers.
Bebe and her company moved bar
and baggage up to Berkeley, Calf.
across the bay from San Francisco.
in order to get the proper campuA
background for this picture. and, QUITE
naturally, a good many OF the stu.
dents picked up spending money bY
playing in the college mob scenes
in which the picture abounds. Rs1
students. with their indeflnsbie AlP
Of collegiate life. were indispensable
for the scenes in which Bebe makes"
the college track team and outrune
Charley Paddock, 'the worlds fastest
human" when she is badly frightened
by a mouse.
Evening star., 1926-10-10

Percy Wenrich. composer Of Castles
in the Air" now running in New
York, left Broadway for California
last week to rehearse the Western
company Of that musical play for
Edward d. Smith, who bought the
Coast rights and will produce 1t in
Hollywood the last of this month.
Fred Cowhick, assistant stage man.
ager, and James w. Elliott. the pro-
ducer, went along to stage the
dances and ensembles.
Evening star., 1926-10-10

Thunder, the police dog. nearly lost
his life while on location in Rainier
National Park recently. Instructed to
leap to the other side of Paradise
River, the dog misunderstood the d.
rections and jumped into the turbulent
waters and was carried down stream
over a cataract before being rescued
Evening star., 1926-10-10

was occasionally loaned to a famous
violinist for London recitals, Kochan-
ski being one of those who played it.
The tone and beauty of the famous
instrument evoked such a demonstra-
ton that he Immediately opened ne
gotiations for its purchase.
Evening star., 1926-10-10

Every available horse In Hollywood
and environs, 1t is said, was COM
mandeered by Sidney Olcott for the
city Of Tibneh, Palestine, scenes In
THE White Black Sheep" starring
Richard Barthelmess. Director Olcott
was several days shooting" these
scenes. aided by a corps Of assistants
and an elaborate loud speaker system.
Evening star., 1926-10-10

Somerset Maugham arrived in New
York last week from London. He is
going to stay month to look over
the rehearsale OF The Constant
Wife," in which Ethel Barrymore is
star. In addition to the Barrymore
vehicle Mr.. Vaughan brought along
"The Letter" which Robert Milton
will produce this year, He has no
Idea of the people to appear in it.
Evening star., 1926-10-10

Young Washington pianist and ac.
cOmpanist, who has been abroad for
several months studying at the Ameri-
can Conservatory in FOuntainbleau,
France, under Nj. IsadOre Philippe, is
expected to return to Washington to.
day. She is the daughter of MIR. and
Mrs. Edward Greenhalgh. While
abroad she visited DIR. and Mrs. Rich.
ard HOynahan i'm London, and, after
completing her musical studies in
France. visited Capt. and Mrs. George
Mitchell i'm Rome, before sailing for
home October 2. from Havre, on the
steamship CarOnia.