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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-06
JENNINGS Will
SOON RETURN TO
BASEBALL CAREER

Scranton. Pa, Dec. 4.-(P)-De-
claring that he never felt better in
his life, Hughie Jennings, assistant
manager of the New York Giants and
former leader of the Detroit Tigers,
announced today that he would get
back into baseball next Spring. Jen-
nings had been away from the dia-
mond more than year because OF a
nervous breakdown.
Jennings will not rejoin the Giants
when he returns to the game.
II have my own reasons for not
desiring to join the New York Club"
Jennings said. "McGraw and / are
the best of friends, but no offer from
the Giants can get me back
Jenning stated that he is desirious
of heading some club, but does not
want a position that will require him
to get out on the coaching lines and
give the "E-YAH" yell that made
him famous. That work is too siren
uous now, he said.
Jennings declined to comment on a
report that he has been offered the
berth of manager of Cleveland
Americans from which iris Speaker
recently resigned.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-06

pace of their activities, appeared sat
isfied to mark time after a year Of
great prosperity.
Although comparisons with the nm
al quarter of last year have not been
altogether favorable, the recessions
in most instances have been too mild
ly graduated to arouse appref onsion.
Some uneasinesS was created by q
fall in cotton prices to new levels for
the season and suspension by some
of the automobile plants, but these
developments were offset by i'm
provement in other lines.
An important step forward to-
wards sterilization of rubber condi-
tons affecting the United States was
taking by leading tire and automobile
manufacturers, who formed q $780,
100000 pool with the aid of Wall
Street bankers to purchase the crude
product.
Activities of the combination will
be designed to prevent artificial and
unreasonable and advances In the
price of rubber to stabilize the market
at level which will forestall further
restriction of output under Great
Britain's Sterilization act.
Approaching the close Of highly
prosperous year in which the earN-
ings are certain to set a new high
record, the railroads were little dis
turbed by the addition Of nearly $15,-
100000 to the annual wage bill of the
eastern carriers. Earnings over the
next few months probab'-- will he af-
fected by the Z IL per cent increase
granted to conductors and trainmen,
but hopes were expressed that this
would be eventually offset by fur
Their increase in operating efficiency.
Freight traffic up to November 20
continued at the rate of more than a
million cars a week.
A rather sharp let-down in the
steel business was noted last week,
with operations of the industry as a
whole barely holding around 70 per
cent Of capacity. The trade reviews
predicted that the recession would
continue into January, probably fall
ing to a 60 per cent basis before an
upturn.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-06
P|TTSF|ELD C. OF c.
GIVES BANQUET
TO N. C.I. GR|DDERS

Pittsfield. Dec. - The Pittsfeld
Chamber Of Commerce opened their
present winter season Thursday eve-
ming by rendering the M. c. l. foot
ball team a banquet in the dinins
room of the Universalist church. A
delicious menu was prepared by the
Ladies' Aid society and a very pleas
ant evening was passed not only by
the members Of the football squad
but members Of the Chamber OF
Commerce and friends Of the school
who were in attendance. There
were approximately one hundred in
attendance besides the squad. Mu-
sic during the evening was furnished
by Shorey's orchestra.
Henry F. Libby, president Of the
Chamber of Commerce, presided
Interesting remarks were made by
the Rev. w. NJ. Quarrington, pastor
of the Baptist church. Hon. ]. W.
Manson, an alumnus of M. c. 1. and
for several years a trustee. Princi-
pal Edwin M. Purinton, Coach Roy
U. Sinclair, Asst. Coach Joie Cogan
and Capt. Wilfred Lottrell.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-06
NOTED GOLFERS
Will COMPETE IN
FLORIDA TOURNEY

Miami, Fla. Dec. 4-Entries for the
Miami Open Golf Championship and
the Biami Beach Open Championship
are coming in raidly. Gene Sarazen
who arrived here Thursday to take
his golf work as Golf Park Profess
sional brought word that the 'fielu
will be strong one again this year.
Willie Klein, last years winner
of the Miami Open wiz aeain be Ok
hand as will Jock Hutchinson. Jim
Barnes, Gene SaraZen, and Walter
Hagen, all winners Of American or
British Open Championship, Al
Espinosa, AL Watrous and number
of other well known stars.
Bobby Jones played in this tourna-
ment last year and sad that he
would play again this time, but 1t is
not known whether or ~ot his law
school studies will prevent him from
playing. The tournament occurs
during the holiday period.
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| GOOD Team But
| NO OPPONENTS IS
| RUMF0RD'S KICK

Rumford. Dec. 4-If Maine high
schools do not respond to appeals, a
request will be made to the State
Principals Association to insure
Rumford' and Mexico worthy oppo-
nents.
Today, with the basketball season
a few weeks away, Rumford and
Mexico are unable to schedule teams
that would keep interest in the sport
alive. It Is claimed that schools like
Portland, Deering, Morse, Cony, Bid
deford and others of the State side
step Oxford county games.
Rumford and Mexico, recognized
as among the leading basketball
teams in Maine today, are victims OF
their geOgrap hical location.
A game with Rumford and Mexico
means an overnight trip as the train
schedule will not accommodate a re-
turn to any of the Maine centers
after an evening game.
But while Rumford is willing and
anxious to take an overnight trip
and Mexico just as eager, other
schools are not of the same mind.
Rumford and Edward Little have
had a contract for many seasons,
and Mexico and Lewiston have a
home and home arrangement for the
past two years Catholic High was d
constant basketball visitor to the
two towns and Thornton Academy
has made its appearance in Rum
| ford.
, Berlin, Lewiston and Deering are
the only big schools that Mexico has
been able to schedule and Bangor
and Edward Little are the schools
| that Ru1nford has come to an agree
| ment with. Both schools are anxious
to strengthen relations with Bath,
Augusta, Biddeford, Portland, West
brook and the other schools, but the
answer invariably is a refusal to
| come to the oxford county towns.
Rumford is now seeking games in
/ Bangor and vicinity. If the man.
agerial staff of Stephens is not sue
cessful then Rumford must be con-
tent to play around with the smaller
| schools.
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Suzanne Better
After Collapse

Portland, Oregon, Dec. 5.--tP)-
Suzanne Lenglen, worlds tennis
champion, who collapsed after stiff
match with Miss Mary X. Browne
here last night was sufficiently re-
covered from her fatigue today to
board a train with other members
Of the c. c. Pyle Professional Tennis
party today. The party is en- route
for San Francisco where the mem
bers will play Tuesday night.
Forced to play 20 games Of ten
mis- before being able to down Miss
Browne, the champion reeled from
the courts and collapsed in her dress
ing room. Pyle announced she was
suffering from a severe cold.
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Y, aneta Champ
e W Gamer
20 Football Season

(Asa' TIES 1lei,.D Dec. 5,-(P-Manuel
kas fa diversity of Southern CAL
fs r ,,r,.oack, ranks as one of the
hi As s.and gainers of the nation
ans result result of Yesterdays foot
Pm cs ostween the University Of
! y tbs sS,l ~ and Notre Dame,
H. on on S. yards from scrim-
tst,li r .lan star brought his sea-
If H. 10 ll66 yards. within "a
psb I s., total gained by WEIGH,
'aa,ts Haaer, big Southern califor-
team Oack. added further glory
ssns O !. challSing up 81 yards
r. the 10 20 take second place
(itsl y, esoauntry's ground gamers.
aby ,,s,fdage is 1121. This sur
kgirssgI, 1 Rogers, university na dty'ie Of
eseesea records Of Larenta and
tfsn9 bus Illinois i star, who ne ae-
~ lVi7 Yards in 1924.
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Yankee Farmers
To Journey in Europe
In Quest of Ideas

Chicago, Dec. 5-(R)-New world
farmers will add to their scientific
agricultural methods knowledge
cleaned from a survey OF old world
farms on a European tour next sum-
mer. 1t was announced today by off,
Gals of the American Farm Bureau
Federation which opens its annual
convention here tomorrow.
On July 80 500 American farmers,
led by S. H. Thompson. president Of
the federation, will sail for Europe
for a tour of England. Scotland.
France, Belgium, Germany. Holland,
Denmark and the Isle of Jersey.
Routes of ordinary sightseeing tours
will be avoided, as the delegation will
get directly in touch with tillers of
the soil.
The most efficient farm coopera-
tive systems in the world exist In
these countries. President Thompson
said. and farmers of this country will
be able to study at first hand Euro
pean cultivation methods. Among
subjects to be investigated are irri-
cation in Holland, reforestation In
Germany. waste land reclamation in
Denmark. land terracing along the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-06
LEGION PLAYING
Y. & H. BASKETEERS
+ON BIGGER FLOOR

Vickery and Hill, conquerors OF
Richmond, the Waterville Boys Club
and the Augusta American Legion,
will hook up in a return duel with
the Legion team at City Hall We'd
nesday evening and the game In ex-
pected to be one of the best exhibi-
lions of the hoop sport seen In Au-
gusta for quite some time. Spec
tators who have seen both teams play
are Of the opinion that they are two
of the fastest teams ever in Augusta
at the same time and have announce
ed their intentions of attending the
game in numbers.
A very fast passing attack and a
retreating defense. form the stock In
trade of both teams. This style OF
play, originally imported by Jimmie
Comedian, sold itself to Augusta fans
last winter and practically every
member of Jimmie's Cony outfit last
year is playing on one club or the
other. Ken Trask, regular center on
the Red and White last winter, Is
playing for the Publishers. Tiny
Overlook, last year an all Maine
player. is also in Vickery and Hill
toys. These players are both fast
and clever opponents of the pivot and
retreating defense, so popular In this
section of the state.
Yippie Nickless ard Babe Lapidus.
the other two stars on Jimmie's 1925
quintet are playing for the American
Legion. These players are as good
as their former teammates and the
duel for honors next Wednesday
night should be about even. Both
teams have plenty of reserve mater
ial and the battle should be a tough
tussle.
The two teams met in their first
game two weeks ago. The Legion
team, playing it's first game as unit,
gave the Printers a battle royal on
the small Y. M. G. A. floor and the
managers Of both teams were anx-
ious to stack their outfits up Tor a
return battle on a larger floor. since
their last meeting the Vickery ana
Hill crew has won from the fast ana
highly touted Richmond American
Legion team and the Legion lost an
overtime contest to Waterville3 by q
score of 1926 AS the Waterville
team boosted of such stars as Scot
ty Mari, Dutch Fielder, Jimmie NC
Croary, Tarry Arbor and Gordon
Trimsn in their lineup, it can readily
be seen that the eX-doughboys are
CAPABLE of putting up quite some
scrap.
Both teams are putting In some
work this week, getting tfeir passing
game at it's best. The winner is
toss-up AMI tie game will undouDt-
edly attract a large crowd to CITY
Hall Wednesday night. On a big Hoor
like City Hall one of the best games
of the season should result.
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KAY JAY
SPORT
CHAT

Rumford, with fast club and all
the fixings, claims that all the
schools in the State are ducking her.
when it comes to arranging their
their basketball slate. The real rea-
son for the lodging however, lies in
the fact that the team playing Rum
ford has to stay all night in Rum
ford and whereby loses day from
school going and coming unless the
game is played on a Friday night.
Most teams prefer to follow the time
honored custom of playing their
game and getting a good start to-
wards home the same night. Rum
ford, condemned because OF her
geographical location.
Kents Hill got away to tough
start by dropping one to Pennington
Normal The Hilltoppers apparent
ly miss the services Of Rollo Finn
and Barry. whose work was largely
instrumental In pulling lot of games
out of the fire last winter. Unless the
Hilltoppers take a sudden brace, 1t
looks like tough shedding in the prep
school race. However, dropping one
to Pennington isn't SO tough. The
Teachers have assembled a well bal
anced outfit and look as good as any
thing in the State in high school and
prep circles.
The dark horse this winter In prep
school basketball will be Bridgton
Academy and it is our opinion tnGt
the team from Bridgton will give
them all some tough shedding. The
team is managed by Tudor Hutch
ings of Gardiner and has on its ros-
ter Wopper eetjen of Portland and
Jack Juneau of Auburn, two of the
best basketball men around these
parts.
The Lewiston Chabots lost their
opening game of the season last week.
end. Charlie and Ev Small are play
ing with the Spindle City aggrega-
ton and if the boys can play the
hoop game the way they perform on
the diamond the Chabots should be
quite some club.
John Wilson, former Amherst star,
now playing with the Augusta
American Legion. should hit his
stride against Vickery and Hill on the
big City Hall floor Wednesday night.
Wilson has been handicapped by the
small playing surface but should gel
going Wednesday night.
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Three Pine Tree
STATE COLLEGES
WILL PLAY N. H.

Durham, n. H, Dec. 4-Three
Maine college teams, Colby, Bowdoin
and the University of Maine, have
been given places on the University
of New Hampshire 1927 varsity foot
ball schedule Bowdoin is the only
one of the three that the Wolfpack
will meet in Durham.
Horla and away games have been
ARRANGED for the New Hampshire
Freshmen hockey team with the
warnings of Bates, Bowdoin and
Colby. The Maine Freshmen and
Pine Tree State prep school teams
will meet the New Hampshire Fresh
men in basketball.
Varsity Football--Oct. /, Colby at
Waterville; 8, Bowdoin at Durham;
Is, Rhode Island at Durham; ~,
Connecticut Aggies at Manchester,
N. H.; 20, Springfield at Durham;
Nov. 5, Tufts at Durham; II, Maine
at Orono, Me-; 10, Brown at Provl-
dence.
Freshmen Hockey Schedule-Jan.
s, 1927, Bates at Durham; IL, Bow
dom at Durham; is, Colby at Dur
ham; 20, Bowdoin at Brunswick,
Me-; 81, Bates at Lewiston; %, Colby
at Waterville, Me-; 29, Springfield at
Durham (pending); Feb. 5, M. l. T.
at Durham: 10, Mass. Aggies at Am
herst, Mass; II, Brown at Provi-
dence, r. L.; IL, Springfield at
Springfield, Mass, (pending); 10.
Brown at Durham.
Freshman Basketball-Jan. IA,
1927, Dover High at Durham; 81. He
bron Academy at Durham; %, Til
ton, N. H.; Feb. 4, Bridgton Acad-
envy at Durham; II, Holderness
School at Durham; IL, Kents Hill at
Durham; 10, Maine Freshmen at
Durham (Winter carnivaD; %, Clark
School at Durham; %, Coburn Class
ical at Durham; Mar. 4. Tufts Fresh
men at Medford, Mass.
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N0TRE DAME TOOK
s. CALIFORNIA
BY SINGLE POINT

Los Angeles, Dec. 4.-(P)-Speed
quick taking advantage of breaks
headwork in the pinches, ability to
KICK goal when it was needed. and
banning strategy gave the Notre
Dame IootpaH team 13 to IL yictory
over southern California today.
Inc troJans lost the first of the
nve lnterSecuonal games they have
played primarily because there an
parently was not q single toe that
could lex the extra goal point after
| touchdown,
Notre Dame failed to do this once
put made good on its other try. An
outstretched Trojan hand. there in q n
attempt to block the kick, tipped the
plgskin just enough to send it over
the bar.
The South Bend, Ind. team came
to Los Angeles smarting under a de-
feat at the hands of Carnegie Tech
| last week.
With the exception Of the last four
minutes of play the battle was a.
grim scramble between two evenly
matched football machines keyed up
to near perfect playing pitch. There
was one tumble, that by Hearndon of
Notre Dame, but he recovered the
| ball himself.
The last four minutes with twi-
light falling and Arthur Parisien.s
generalship functioning in high,
| bro:.ght the South Benders to the top
| of their form and in that brief period
of action Southern California went
/ down before a momentarily superior
ootball aggregation.
Rockne had pulled his last quarter
| back-a Haverhill, Mass. boy-out Of
the reserve list when he sent Parisien
to do the trick of victory. Riley, Ed
wards and McNally had preceded him
| and had shone but Parisien was
| dazzling. He shot 25-yard pass to
| Niemic on Southern CALIFORNIA; 20
| yard line. Then his unerring hand
] heaved another to Niemic, who went
over for the touchdown that won.
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Bond Market

New York, Dec. 5.-(P)--New bond
offerings of approximately $250,000, 900,
the largest weekly volume of the year.
failed to satisfy last weeks reinvest-
ment demand which was reflected In
the accumulation of all classes of list
ed obligations and a rise in prices to
the highest level in years.
Standard Oil financing accounted
for $110,000,000 of the weeks new
issues and kept the interest of the
investors comparatively up to high
pitch. Offering was made of $780,
100000 Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey per cent debentures
but the bankers found 1t impossible
to make allothents to the general
public and were even forced to pare
down the application of preferred
stockholders who were given first
right to the bonds.
Investors later were given an OPP
portunity to place their funds in new
4 Ia per cent debentures of the
Standard Oil Company of New Jer-
sey, $4,000, 900 of which were placed
on the market and quickly absorbed.
Both issues commanded substantial
premium in when issued" dealings
on the curb market.
Trading activity was temporarily
retarded around the first Of the
month when the disbursement of un-
usually large dividend and interest
payments placed a slight strain in
credit conditions.
Funds quickly began to flow back
into the securities market, however,
with some of the buying apparently
in anticipation of large reinvestment
operations at the end of the year.
Domestic bonds on the whole made
a better showing than foreign obliga-
lions, although French issues rallied
smartly late in the week simultan-
eously with a rise in the franc to the
best price of the year. Mexican gov
eminent and railroad liens were de-
pressed for a time by the strained
relations between Mexico and the
United States government over the
oil land lafs, but they scored irreg-
ular recovery later. Chinese Railway
IS slumped to new low record fol-
lowing the news of disturbance in
that country.
All types of railroad, public utility
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Arid Prairies Are
Made into Virgin Soil

Topeka, Kas., Dec. 6.-(P)-Vast eA-
panses of rolling prairie in the west
ern mart of Kansas once the exclusive
domain of jackrabbits. prairie dogs
and their like. still beclson the farmer
and gradually the virgin sod ana oe-
nressions that once were buffalo wal
lows are being broken.
A half million acres of virgin pral-
RE sod have been turned py the p,ow Nv
In western Kansas this fall. 1t IS put
a nortion of the eleven and half mil
lion acres that is reported seeded to
wheat in the state that the natioh
brad basket may be full next year.
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BOSTON BRUINS
TAKE PITTSBURGH

Pittsburg, Dec. 4--w)-The Boston
Bruins made their Pittsburg debut In
the National Hockey League tonight.
Boston won, to in overtime.
The visitors pressed into Pittsburg
territory after the opening face-off
and for the first five binutes the play
ragged near the Yellow Jacket goal
Briden and Keats led the Bruin adj
vance with a barrage of fast shots
that kept Worters on the jump.
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"Sleepess
1884, In those
safety" bicycles
his style Wheel completely showed the old high
the
law passed in 1893 that competitor sixday could
ride than
bike with teams Of hit and this form of
interesting old Miller
Waller won the first team race in New York in 1892
Basres Egypt Babylon,
from vehicles
unknown thousands The
Horses" 1918
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MADE
[l!l1 IVORY. OF
Enk'RE Boxer

Robssrs,n.c Dec. 4.-(P)-Ed-
kFash welterweight of Taco
betopt 4', today scored a technical
kae r,, oaer Joe Dundee of Bal
nies" is as one of the best 147-
ka Of Tue country, in the first
scheduled Hereunder.
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Wall Street Briefs

New York. Dec. 5:-R)-Consoli-
dalton of the Harriss Automatic
Press Company of Cleveland, the Sic
bold Machine Company of Dayton,
and the Premier and Potter Printing
Press Company, Inc, of New York,
into a new company known as the
Harriss Siebold Potter Company, a
Delaware Corporation. was ANNOUNCE
ed today by r. v. Mitchell, president
Of Harriss Automatic Press. The
merged companies specialize in man.
ufacturing machinery for printers,
photographers, publishers, bookbind-
ers and the allied industries. Financ-
ing of the consolidation which will
include public offering Of $4,000, 900
six percent debenture bonds has been
underwritten by the Union Trust
Company Of Cleveland, Hornblower
and Views. and r. v. Mitchell and
Company.
Further records for shipments Of
refinery products and natural gaso-
line were established by the Shelly
Oil Company in November. Total
shipments from refiners were 1,575
cars, against 1,47S in November,
1925, and shipments of natural gaso-
line 400 cars against $50.
Public offering will be made this
week of 1900 common shares of the
United Porto Rico Sugar Company
at price Of S37 share.
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eminent crop report which Is expected
in some quarters to show another up
ward revision. Wheat received better
support. Sugar prices held firm
around their recent high levels.
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FOOTBALL RESULTS

Providence, r. l.: Providence and
Hartford, postponed. snow.
At Chicago: Wilson Wildcats s;
Chicago Bulls 0.
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SPORT TABLOIDS

Bridgton, Dec. 4.-Eridgton High
opened it's basket ball season here
Friday night with 80 to 26 victory
over Porter High. The playing of
Hebb and Richmond starred for
Bridgton, while Smith was the out
standing man in the Porter lineup.
Prior to the main game, the Bridg--
ton girls defeated their Porter girl
rivals by a score of II to Ii after an
exciting struggle.
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SOCCER

At Fall River: J. & P. Coats-Fali
River. game called account snow.
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Business Review

New York, Dec. 5.-(By The Asso-
ciated Press 1.-The ~1st he
tween the usual weekend curtaii-
ment of industrial operations and the
expansion of retail J day trade be-
came more pronounced last week.
Important industries, such as steel,
lumber and automobile manufacture,
ing, continued to throttle down the