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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-30
Present Auto Trends

FTt6ENk INV
4 DIES; So far as seating ar
ran ments go there is lack OF
orig atty. Broadcloth Is coming
baci; as upholstery for moderate
Dr.eel cars as better finished bodies
81 II yhtly higher prices are offered.
FL hes are brighter but OF lacquer;
the ichness of dull finishes being
pre red only by most discriminate
ing bIyers. Body equipment Is par
'iculc rly generous but trimmings
ns not in good taste. Instrument
D. ard, of several cars in the three
ousand- dollar class are too gaudy.
lvered figures grace radiator caps.
eyeral methods offered for ventila-
on during rain. Noticeable lack Of
provision for luggage in closed
models. More seven passenger cars.
ENGINES: Numerous refine
inents without any major improve
ments. Poppet-valve type still far
in lead, greatly refined and noiseless
for ordinary speeds when in good
condition. Oil economy and Oil life
through use of ventilators, rectifiers
and filters greatly exaggerated.
Actual power of engine still some
what proportional to bore and stroke
and engine speed. Greater economy
in all ypes and preference for Fights
grown 6.
CHASSIS: Automatic lubricating
systems not increasing at rate hoped
for by motorists. Straighter drive
line seen in many models. Oilless
and rubber shackles growing in
favor. New types of steering gears
Danish balloon steering problems.
Longer springs but uncovered. Bet
ter insulation between frame, body
and tenders. Four wheel brakes
still gaining, about equally divided
betw zen mechanical and hydraulic.
HydI estate and self-energiZing
brakes appearing. Worm drive
gaining ground and bevel gear slow
ly giving way to new types. Plate
Clu tch almost universal while emer-
still ga ming, about equally divided
betweel rear wheel and propeller
shaft / stallation.
Reasons For Optimism
Whether one should be opti-
rnjgtic or pessinstc over the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-30
HOW YOU FEEL ADO UT A COAL TRUCK

advanced and the car Is climbing a
steep hill. Unless it does this (and
Is not equipped with completely
automatic spark controD it is timed
late.
S. The water that runs down into
the doors of the closed cars from
the windows leaks out to the ground
through small holes in the bottom.
These holes are exposed when the
doors are opened.
Copyright 1926 by the Ullman
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-30

on a visit to Massachusetts, has Il.
turned to her fathers home.
The Parent-Teachers meeting h
week was a success, the sum Of e
dollars being realized to purCh:z
books for the school library.
Mrs. Ella Grinnell, Miss Hui
teachers in the primary and gran.
mar schools, Mrs. Donald Matthias
and Miss Rachel Huddilston Of /.
High School will leave here f.
Bangor, Wednesday noon, to atts!
the Teachers Convention.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-30

Mrs. Herbert Doane of West Palm
Beach, Florida, Mrs. w. NJ. Thomp-
son and Mrs. Ed Reed Of Augusta
were guests at the Hurd home, one
day last week.
Mrs. Walter Ludwick has gone to
Guilford for visit with her sister,
Mrs. Newhall.
Mrs. Eden Ripley, who has been
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-30

chokes excessively to make the en-
CINE perform the way he thinks it
should.
Many engines during Fall are
running too cool all of the time.
There are just enough hot days to
make radiator coverings impractical
but in the meantime low gas mile
age becomes the rule through excess
Siye cooling
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-30

improvements for Drivers
Temper thermostats. Suitcase
ventilation. Winter fronts.
Pocket book filters. Spirit rec
filters. Thought indicators.
Knock absorbers. Feedometers.
Smileometers.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-30
Fall Makes MiIeana Fall

Gas mileage is on the decrease al
this season of the year and should
not show any signs of Improvement
until Winter comes. It is a difficult
season for the engine. particularly SO
because owners do not appreciate It.
Many a car that stands in a
heated garage on Winter nights has
to stand for temperatures of forty
or lower during the Fall. The own.
er expects a quick start in the
morning, forgets to enrich the mix
ture to suit the new conditions and
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-30

Maybe reckless drivers would
aspect children more It they
nore uniforms, police badges
an rode motorcycles.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-30
LIBERTY

wheels may be obtained at slight!
higher prices.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-30
IT'S FoIIv 70 he Wis.

knowledge is not always an asset
in safe driving. There seems to be
some things a driver is better off not
knowing. One of these is knowledge
of train times.
One can walk into trouble by be-
ing too well posted. Knowing train
schedules suggests paying no at
tention to the tracks at other times.
The driver may be the victim of his
own wisdom. His watch may be
wrong or the train may be ahead OF
schedule or late.
There is really little point in
knowing speed laws. Common sense
is the better rule. Wise drivers are
getting away from considering speed
regulations and, aside from fine
mills, speed traps" and graft most
cases are being settled on a basis OF
the recklessness involved, If any.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-30
Now You Have IL!

ANSWERS to last weeks questions)
l. The Otto-type engine is simply
another name for the four stroke or
four-cycle engine now commonly
used.
2. Domestic automobile produc-
ton had its greatest percentage of
increase in 1898, having increased
from 100 to 1000 cars.
8. Charles F. Kettering invented
the first practical electric self-start-
er. He sold the patent for several
millions.
4. An engine should "ping' or
knock lightly when the spark is fully
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-30
Did You Know That

OTu 7 Ou TNTIUW 7 HdI--
Only one-third of the petroleum
produced in America is used to make
gasoline to run automobiles.
The annual per car consumption
of gasoline has increased only about
$50 gallons over 1900. The modern
annual consumption is in the neigh
borhood of 45O gallons per car.
Only about 100000 families own
cars in America and that there are
100000 families? There are over
two million trucks and about a mil
lion cars owned by business houses
which are included in the general
registration and which should be
omitted when viewing the sales pos
sibilities for passenger, privately
owned cars.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-30
For Sake of Safety

Straddle at least one of the spokes
of the steering wheel with the
fingers when driving fast. A blow
out of front tire will have less
chance of taking the steering wheel
out of your hand.
Try to keep as many of the win
dows down as possible when motor
ing In the closed car. opened win
dows are the best kind Of safety
glass.
Keep the horn motor clean so that
the merest touch of the button will
bring response. In an emergency
there is noNtime to be lost in horn
ing.
A lean mixture Is more economical
but always more dangerous than a.
rich one.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-30

when you come to try to prolong
! their lives.
| When driver gets old he may
| start to take stimulants to keep
| himself goin'. He takes long rests
| if he can afford it. If he becomes
! crippled he buys himself a crutch.
| In a lot of different ways he equips
himself so he can keep goin'. With
| out these helps he would go to pieces
a lot sooner.
But when 1t comes to his car he
seems to overlook all these little
aids. Just because the car Is grow
| in old he thinks it doesn't help to
buy some little accessory or eff
ficiency device. He grows careless
about changin' the oil. He forgets
to grease the vital parts because, as
/ he says, 'it's gettin' old anyway"
When the car first shows signs OF
age, that is the time to look around
for ways to keep it young. That is
the time to be more careful OF 1t and
to treat it to a lot of new and help
!. full devices. They're clutches, but
they're mighty useful.
Maybe it seems like THROWN good
money away but an oil filter, an air
cleaner or q gas filter attached to an
engine will go long way toward
helpln' 1t to keep young. A thermo
stat put in the upper water hose will
make an engine of older design
| match the quick startin' ability of
the newer engines. A new set of
spark plugs will stop lot of mis-
firm and will save overworkin' the
| second speed gear.
Here Is another point to consider:
Sometimes the. car ages because of
neglect of soma Oarte that do poY
seem to have any connection with the
vital mechanism. It's like the way
! bad teeth poison a body and bring
on all sorts of trouble. If springs
are cleaned, thoroughly creased and
| covered the owner will find that the
| engine seems to have more power
and that the whole car runs better.
This Is because the springs play an
| important part In the drive and
brakin' of many cars and in the
| general ridin' qualities of all cars.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-30

The Old Mechanic Says:
Automobiles would live a lot long.
er If owners would take a few tip.
from themselves instead of treatin
their property as somethin' tina
can't be helped by human rules
Cars are never more human thar
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-30

Reasons For Optimism
Whether one should be opti-
rnjetic or pessimistic over the
New Britain herald., 1926-10-26
PLAY SUB-BASE TEAM
AlI-New Britain Football Eleven to Tackle Sailors Next Sunday
 Afternoon.

The All-New Britain football team will stage the postponed game with the New London Submarine Base team at Memorial Field in Willow Brook park next Sunday. The two teams were scheduled to meet last Sunday. but the usual Sunday down. pour eliminated all chances of play.
 The fans of the city are anxiously scanning the weather reports for next Sunday because it has been so long now since a football game has been seen that they are wondering how the team will shape up against the sailors from the Whaling City.
 The locals will practice three nights this week so that the en- forced layoff will not affect their playing. Again on Sunday morning, Coach Dave Hayes will put the squad through it's signal drill be- cause the entire team realizes that the New London team Is no soft pickings."
New Britain herald., 1926-10-26
FALCONS TO PRACTICE
Manager Angle Sataline Sends Out Call To Players and New Candi- dates For Tonight.

"A good start means a good fln- ish" is the slogan that Manager Angie Sataline of the Falcons foot ball team has adopted this season and tonight at 8 o'clock when the team candidates gather for the first practice of the year at the corner of LaSalle street and McClintock Road, snappy drill will be the or der of the session. All members of last years team and all new can- didates are asked to report at the stated hour as the team will play the Stonewalls of Holyoke in that city next Sunday afternoon.
 The following men especially are asked to report tonight: S. Sobieck, Kredar, Hines, Gregory, Chester, Bayer, Dunigan, W. Sobieck and Ross, while all other candidates will be given a complete and fair trial
 Manager Sataline has planned several important games among which are Sundays contest and an- other with the Hillsides of Chicopee, Mass, and he wants his team to be in the best shape possible for the first game. Both the Massachusetts teams last year managed to beat out the Falcons and the local eleven will guard against any surprises this season. The team is pointing to the annual clash with the Rangers near the end of the season.
New Britain herald., 1926-10-26
BUSH PIRATE MANAGER
Former Pilot of Washington and Detroit Star to Head Former Champion Team.

Pittsburgh. Pa, Oct. 26 CP - The Pittsburgh Pirates will battle their way through next years Ma tional league pennant struggle un- der the leadership of Owen J. (Donie) Bush, manager of the h. dianapolis club of the American as- sociation.
 Announcement that the one-time manager of the Washington Sena- tors and former Detroit Tigers in- field star would replace Bill Nc Kechnie at the Pirate helm was made yesterday. McKechnie was let out by the Pirates last week. Bush's contract is for one year. Barney Dreyfuss, owner of the club. announced.
 Commenting on the appointment. Dreyfuss said:
 Bush is a hustler and he knows baseball. His record at Indianapo- Ills has been very good and he $ of excellent habits. It is up to him to succeed or fail in his new ap- pointment. He will be given as much cooperation as we can give him. The new manager will have the authority to pick his own aides and all that sort of thing. We think we have made a good selection but. of course, nobody knows this for certainty"
New Britain herald., 1926-10-26
CHURCH LEAGUE TROUBLED
Difficulty in Securing Gym Floor Hope to Settle This Matter Next Monday Night.

The Inter-Church basketball league is still seeking a floor on which to play, no decision in this matter being reached at the meet ing of managers held last night at the Y. M. c. A. The "Y' floor was said last week to be unavailable, and the various school and other gyms about the city were likewise either not to be had or not de- sirable in the managers opinions. A possible solution was finally sug- gested by Walter Nelson of the Blue Army, and anothC meeting will be held next Monday at 7:45 p. m., when this will be talked over with Joseph Hergstrom of the "Y."
 The entry of the German Bap- list church in the bowling league was confirmed. This team had not appeared for the first games, but it was learned last night that this was because it could not be brought together on the short notice which it had. Manager John Lubeck re- ported that his men would be ready tomorrow night.
New Britain herald., 1926-10-26
ROGERS SEEKS TO BEAT
 GRANGh'S GRID RECORDS
Pennsylvania's Great Running Halfback Must Cover Much
 Ground to Win Out,

Philadelphia, Oct. 26 dP-Charlie Rogers, the University of Pennsyl- vania's great running halfback, hopes, before the football season is over, to shatter the ground gain ing records of Red Grange.
 Figures announced today by the Pennsylvania athletic authorities show that in five games Rogers has torn up the sod for 675 yards and in three of these contests he play ed only portion of the time. In ten games while a member of the Illinois team three years ago Grange hung up total of 1,043 yards in nine contests.
 In the opening game this season against Franklin and Marshall, Rogers made a total of 145 yards in three periods, while the follow ing Saturday against Swarthmore he gained 151 yards in 45 minutes of play. Against Johns Hopkins, the Red and Blue flash circled the ends or shot off tackle for 146 yards. He tore past the Chicago line for 132 yards, and in last Sat urday's contest against Williams he gained 1O1 yards in the single pe- riod he played.
 Pennsylvania has five more con. tests on its schedule and Rogers would have to average more tbon 92 yards in the next four games to break Oranges mark. Followers of the Red and Blue predicted that in the five games he would add T 'rly 500 yards to his present to- tai.
New Britain herald., 1926-10-26
WESTERN ELEVENS
 PLAN FOR BATTLES
Michigan and Illinois Both Pre-
 paring for Hard Games

Chicago, Oct. 26 R)-Michigan triumphed over the football team of the Illini last Saturday, but lYost and Zuppke were on a common footing today.
 If the genial Bob was worried over the chances of Illinois against Pennsylvania's hidden ball attack, so was Yost about Michigan's prob abilities against the navy.
 Michigan crowded Illinois to the rail in the big ten title race, but all the genius of Bennie Friedman and the veteran Molenda went into the 13 to 0 victory. Critics agreed generally that it was not the great team that downed Navy a year ago.
 There was much evidence that the Wolverine coach was not in- dulging in idle subterfuge when he predicted on the eve of the battle with the Illini, that Michigan's 1926 fortunes rest on the shoulders of a ''lot of green boys" Yost said his line was weak, and the line looked weak against the Illinois that in the final quarter let the score mount from lone field goal on a chance of scoring themselves.
 At Illinois, Zuppke turned today to various ways and means of solving Pennsylvania's hidden ball offense.
 zuppke had talked of using white football if the customers in sisted on wearing their brown arm pads, which look like footballs. Word came from the East, however, that these would be painted black
 In the conference proper, major share of the attention turned to he weeks battle between a Wiscon- sin as yet undefeated and a Minne- sota that surprised the big ten by Saturdays crushing defeat of Wabash.
 At Chicago Stagg began muster ng strength in team shaken by and Purdue. Ohio State, rated Michigan's strongest contender since downing Iowa, invades Stagg field his week, while Purdue meets h. liana State Normal.
 Iowa plays Carroll College, Wis l ,onsin, while Northwestern engages 1 Indiana a second time.
 At Notre Dame Rockne labored l o convert Saturdays bare margin 'ver Northwestern into an expected i lecided triumph over the invasion # Georgia Tech.
New Britain herald., 1926-10-26
 IN
'SOCCOLI BATTLES
 POLICE AT ELMORE
Local Cue Artist Meets Bitter
 Rival in State League Match

Tonight at the Elmore Billiard Academy on Main street, the pocket billiard match of the season will take place when Dominick Soccoli of this city. who is out to make a strong bid for first honors in the state league. meets his most bitter rival in the inter-city competition.
 When these two meet on the green baize 1t is battle that Is worthy of Of the name. Everywhere they have played and at each meeting neither has been able to show any great amount of superiority over his rival. Soccoli has as many victories over Police as Police has over him, while the victories scored by each were due to breaks more than to better skill in spinning the worries off the cushions.
 Police needs no introduction to fans in this city who are interested in pocket billiard play. He Is we'll known throughout the state through his success three years ago in cop ping the state championship. He is a dangerous rival at all times and Soccoli will need everything he has tonight to win.
 Soccoli started off with a bang this season. He has one win and one loss to his credit so far. and If he annexes tonights' match, he will be on an equal footing with any of the others in the state tournament. He has 13 competitors to face during the duration of the play, and from the form he has been showing in his practice sessions, he is due to arrive this season if he never ar- rived before.
 A peculiar thing about the local cue artist is the fact that he has always been near the top in the single matches, but always manages to lose out through the skill lof his adversaries in coming through with a long run to beat him. Several times last year he got into the nine- ties with his opponent just past 70, whe he would then muss up an easy shot to let his opponent come through with a long run to win.
 Soccoli believes that he has di- vined his weakness. this year and he has been paying attention to the Sucker shots more than ever, be- lieving that strong finish means a win in the state competition. He is in perfect form for tonights' match which to him is one of the most inn portant of the entire season. He would rather beat Police than eat, according to his followers. and when the match starts tonight at o'clock a large crowd is sure to be on hand to greet the two.
New Britain herald., 1926-10-26
OPEN DOOR SEASON
Bat Battalino, State Featherweight Champ of Amateurs, Meets Le- CroiX Tonight.

Hartford, Oct. 26.-Bat Battalina is an added starter for the amateur boxing show to be held at Foot Guard hall this evening as the in- augural of the indoor season.
 The local boy. who is the state featherweight champion, will meet Ted LeCroix of Bridgeport.
 Pinkey Kaufman of Hartford will engage Fritz Adamson of New Haven and Bill Lieberman of Springfield will mix with Ray Tobin of Waterbury.
 There will be at least a dozen and possibly fifteen bouts. Some of the entries are:
 11S pounds-Les Oberheim, Springfield Vincent Grillo, Bridge port; George Bebe, Waterbury; Joe Maiselli, New Haven.
 138 pounds-Ray Hall, Hartford; Bob Pease, New Haven; Jimmy Moe, Hartford; Joe Brightwood, Waterbury.
 The 11S-pound class promises some especially spirited milling.
New Britain herald., 1926-10-26
HIGH SCHOOL TEAM WILL
 TACKLE TROY ACADEMY
Red and Gold to Attempt to Win First Victory-Con- test to Be Staged Saturday at Willow Brook Park -Elevens Have Ended Up in Ties For Past Two Years-Loca Boy Member of Opposing Squad Game Expected to Be Real Grid Classic

For the fourth time in as many years, the New Britain High school
 team will play the Troy Conference academy team of Poultney, Yer mont, and for the fourth time it will try to score it's first victory. The game this year will be played at Memorial field in Willow Brook park Saturday afternoon.
 Three years ago, the New Britain High school scheduled a game with the academy for the first time. The team went up to Poultney, Coach Cassidy's home town, figuring that if would take the Vermont farmers" into camp by sizeable score. The score was tied at 14 all toward the end of the third quarter but at the end of the game New Britain was in the rear by two touchdowns.
 Then the famous state champion snip team of two years ago schedul- ed the Troy team to come. to this city. In that game the teams battI- ed furiously through four periods of play to end up even at all. New Britain scored first but as usual the vermont team came back and even ed matters after a long run by the Troy quarterback. Three New Brit ain boys were on the Vermont squad that year Gierkowski played half back. Erwin played guard, and Lin ny" Schmidt played substitute end.
 Last year the Red and Gold team played at top form and after one of the greatest and hardest fought games of the season, again, tied the boys from the home of "Car' and Gas" Schmidt was halfback then, out in the game this Saturday, he will handle the team from quarter pack
New Britain herald., 1926-10-26
NATIONAL FOX HUNT
Survivors of First Days Run Were Unleashed in Final Test on New Course Today.

Dawson Springs, Ky, Oct. 26 L9 On a new course, 91 survivors of the first days run of the sixth an- nual Chase futurity with its rich purse of S1,000, were unleashed to- day to face the final test of a chance at the split Of the money in the second days running Of the 33d annual field trials of the Na- tional Fox Hunt association.
 Today's course was said to be even more suitable for field trials than was yesterdays when eight foxes were sent scurrying as the choice fox hounds of the, nation, two year olds and under, routed them from cover. A large gallery mounted this morning.
 Representatives of Tennessee. Alabama, Texas, Illinois, Mississip- pi, Virginia, Florida and Ohio, in addition to Kentcuky, joined in the chase. Tonight the annual ball of the National Fox Hunters associa- tion will be held.
New Britain herald., 1926-10-26
Improved Hardware Sales;
 Winter Lines Moving We'll

New York, Oct 26-Reports from the various hardware market cen- ters indicate no abatement in the generally satisfactory demand for hardware. This favorable condi- tion," Hardware Age in its hardware market summary will say tomorrow, may be attributable in large meas ure to the fact that seasonable weather conditions are bringing home to both wholesalers and re- tailers the fact that winter is at hand. In consequence, winter mer- chandise is at last moving actively as are also the various staple items of hardware.
 "The basically healthy conditions prevailing in the hardware market are indicated by generally satisfac- tory collections"