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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-04-03
Fitchburg Reaches
Semi-Finals in
School Basketball

Chicago, April 2-(AP)-Fitchburg.
Mass. went into the semi-finals of
the national interscholastic basket
basketball meet here tonight when it
eliminated Manticoke, Pa, the only
other eastern team remaining in the
title play, by % to IA score.
The game was the first one in the
round before the semi finals in the
invitation tilt sponsored by the Uni
versity of Chicago.
With the score tied two minutes
before the finish, Myllkangas of the
Fitchburg team was fouled as he
tossed basket which went through
the hoop.
The basket counted and he made
both free throws good, giving his
team four point lead which marked
the turning point Of the contest
Fitchburg lost it's center In the sec
ond half when Fanos was put out
on fuor personal fouls.
Myllkangas starred for the victors
with five field goals and three free
throws. The score was tied, six to
six, at the half.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-04-03
KAY JAY
SPORT
CHAT

The Cony baseball team IL going
easy in its workouts at the assembly
hall this week. A few of the battery
men and infield prospects are tossing
them around. following this with q
session of rolling the ball around,
which teaches the candidate how to
field ground ball and at the same
time limbers the body for the real
games to come later. The nice soft
snow which fell all over the place
April Fools Day will serve to delay
the outer gardeners in their first APP
pearance, but another week should
make quite difference.
Babe Lapidus is reported as going
better than ever and the football and
basketball star should have a banner
year on the mound for the Red and
White. Ted Lishness and Eaton, two
other slab aspirants, are also credited
with coming along fast and will prob
ably be groomed enough to share some
of the Babes pitching burdens this
season. Hickey is doing well in the
catcher's berth, and while he has q
tough job to grab the position away
from the person of Warren Fletcher,
who did the backstopping last year,
he is looked upon as a promising can
didate. Yippie Nickless is showing
good form in his attempts to land On
the regulars as shortstop and appears
to have the goods. Several other vet
Grams are also working out daily and
it is probable that the Cony team will
be powerful looking club when 1t
makes its first outdoor appearance.
The tendency for independent base
ball seems to have gone in this State
forever, and while the formation Of
leagues with regular schedules and
rules to regulate the salaries and hir-
ing of players has it's advantages, the
old independent style OF game was
certainly not without color.
In the days between the cid New
England League and the recent re-
vtval of it, except for a brief period
the trolley league held sway, the In
dependent clubs ruled over the
diamond situation in Maine. A pitcher
going to bed in New York City might
wake up in Maine two or three days
later to pitch a game, having been
hired to do so by some town ahxious
to trim nearby rival. As q result
some rare baseball treats were dis
played.
SIX or eight-tearn league in the
east and two teams in the New Eng
land League in the west are the pros
poets for Maine this season. The
leagues will both be good, the down
casters going to the college for their
material and the big 1eaguers picking
UP their talent from the major league
releases. These leagues will probably
FURNISH an excellent brand Of enter
tainment but the passing completely
from the picture of the oldti line clubs
like the Millionaires. Star Taxis, MIL
linockets, Textiles and several other
good outfits will be noticed with re-
gret.
Don Brennan drifted into TIE once
and dropped the remark that he did
not expect to play with Lewiston this
year. Don likes the Spindle City but
not the stse of the cash offer per week.
Don expects to leave Augusta early
next week He has had several offers
but will probably play in the vicinity
of Boston this summer.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-04-03
RICHARD STILL
KING OF SPORTS
IN EASTERN PARTS

New York, Apr. 2.-(AP)-A ST.
100000 stadium in the Metropolitan
area in 1927, the re-opening of
Boyle's Thirty Acres in Jersey City
to boxing, the signing of Paul Ber-
ienbach-Jack Delaney championship
contest, the acquisition of the Yam
kee Stadium for fights this summer
1t was April FOOLS day, but Tex
Richard appeared serious when he
mentioned these things.
Champion Jack Dempsey NAV
tight Gene Tunney this summer,
Benny Leonard may fight Mickey
Walker, Luis F'irpo, Georges Car
pentier-in fact, all the colorfui ring
battlers of the world-may collide,
but the fight that appears at the
moment to carry the most import is
that of Richard against the numer-
Gus other sport interests of New
York.
In 1927, under present plans,
Richard will control the privileges
OF Madison Square Garden, Boyie's
Thirty Acres, the proposed new
structure to seat 10000, and prob
ably one of the baseball parks. Dur
ing the 1926 outdoor season he win
nave almost every leading heavy
weight boxer under his hand.
That new arena, probably situated
In Long Island City, will be the
acme of sport investments, accord
ing to Richards statements. 1t will
be available for football, hockey,
boxing, circuses, rodeos, and possi-
bly, baseball, the greatest of its kind
IN the land. His ice-rnaking plant
viii be busy when the temperature
is at 20 If the hockey players care
to perform.
Richards list of heavyweights
ready for battle includes Tunney,
Delaney, Berlenbach, Johnny Risko.
CT Cleveland, and possibly Dempsey
and the negro. Harry Wills. He can
have Carpenter if he wants him and
Flrpo and Paolino, Spanish cham
pion, undoubtedly would appear for
him If invited. They are the well
known figures in the heavyweight d.
vision.
Then there are Greb and Flowers,
former and present champions of the
middleweights, Champion Louis
(Kid) Kaplan Of the featherweights.
and host Of others. 1t seems that
Richard gradually is gaining mo-
nopoly in eastern boxing and his new
venture in outdoors sports indicates
that he aims to control about every
thing in sport outside of baseball,
golf and tennis.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-04-03
Former BOwdoin
| Mentor Assigned to
ST. ROnaYenture

Maiden, Mass, Apr. Z.-tAP)-
Fred Ostergren, who starred as
baseball and football at Holy cross,
will 90 to st. Bonaventure's College
at Olean, N. Y, rs athletic director
and football coach next fall. Os-
tergren wired his acceptance last
night. He has been teaching in the
Maiden high school.
Ostergren was elected captain oil
the Holy Cross team In his junior
wear. and played first base on the
varsity baseball squad. He was a
member of the Boston Red Sox in
1914. Later he coached Worcester
Tech and the Portland, Me-, High
school. Then he put four years In
at Bowdoin College as mead footbafi
coach. Under his guidance the
brunswick team went through its
1921 season undefeated. and won
the Maine intercollegiate series for
the first time in 10 years.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-04-03
Chaplin Jr. and
Tilden Reach Finals
In So. Atlantic Meet

Augusta. Ga, Apr. 2.-(AP)-AI-
fred H. Chaplin. Jr., Springfield,
Mass, and William Tilden. Phila-
delphia, national champion, ad-
vanced to the. finals of the south
Atlantic tennis tournament here to-
day. Howard voshell. Brooklyn. N.
Y, defaulted after one set had been
won by Chaplin, 11-9, and q second
had dragged through 10 games to
stand at sail.
Tilden defeated Jerry Lang. New
York. 2-6. Ga, 81. 6-3.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-04-03
Glory Tonight
M Clinch Hockey
itle for Montreal

NJ ..sleal, Apr. ,2.-(AP)-One
n My n;,SGtory over the Victoria Cou-
Isnniili give the Montreal Maroons,
ste ss.s of the East, the worlds
3sss,onal hockey title.
th.eal scored its second victory
Ius cougars, who won the title
la. acihc Coast League 8 to o
mt &c. night, despite the fact that
MI. was played under western
passing.
psr aeSt game in the series will
yso here tomorrow night.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-04-03
leon Smiley and
aanning in Match
~ SkOwhegan Tonight

sseiai to the Kennebec Journa)
saoWheean, Apr. 2.-As a result
'ae sweepstakes bowled at West
sVA' Wednesday evening, in which
~ ~ smiley OF Skowhegan was de-
~ tor first place by five pins
naming of Westbrook, the two
s.ists have been matched for a
Mling- contest, the first leg to
sSOiied at the Bowlodrome alleys
psH.uwnegan this Saturday evening"
my is the favorite to win and
M. " solidly backed not only by
N. .ans but those in other Sec
T. ol the State.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-04-03

sports. swimming is one of the oldest
on the face of the earth. and I'M
doubtedly many more of the $50
called human race swim than play
golf. tennis, football. and baseball
combined. Even the human embryo,
at one stage of it's development
shows the unmistakable evidences of
gill sIits-provine, in it's recapitula-
ton of the steps Of evolution, that
one Of our ancestors was fish. per
haps I'm getting in bit too deep
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-04-03
CRUICKSHkNk WINS
NORTH and SOUTH
TITLE AT PINEHURST

Pinehurst, n, c.. April 2-(AP)--
Bobby Cruikshank of New York to-
day won the united north and south
open golf championship here, lead
ing the field in medal play at the end
of the - holes with a score of 293.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-04-03
metropolitan Newspaper Service

The mems national indoor swim
ming championships will focus the
eyes of the sport-Iovi1g public on
Chicago next week, for there the
greatest opponents Of "the art of pro-
peIlins ones self through water by
motions of the arms and legs" will
compete for medals and for glory
under the joint auspices of the Illinois
Athletic Club and Chicago Athletic
Association.
Swimming seems to be staging a
comeback to popularity lately. The
current invasion by the two German
stars, Radenacher and FroeIich, has
attracted q lot of attention, while the
decision of Arre Borg to make the
United States his home, and the
record breakie performances of WAL
ter laufer and Walter Spence have
given rise to the hope that some real
competition for Johnny WeismulIer
may yet be found.
Besides being the "cTeanest" of
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-04-03
state House League
Madison Bowling League
CUMBERLAND

,s,..ia, to Kennebec JournaD
,,.a,,on. April 1.-THE All Stars
80, n their name in the Madi-
,ovling league game Wednesday
.,,v md trimmed the Tigers by a
'.u. score. The lineup and score
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-04-03

Fort Worth Tex. April 3-(AP)-
st. Louis (N) S-7-3; Fort Worth CD
5-10?0.
Johnson. Keene and O'Farrell;
Hoogsett, Head and Moore.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-04-03

Shreveport. La, April 2-(AP)-
Chicago (A) Gilt; Shreveport
ct ID 3-S-2.
Thurston, Steengraf and Grouse,
McCardy; Anderson, Atkins, Whit
taker and Graham, Wilder.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-04-03
Exhibition Baseball

Atlanta, Ga, April 2.-(AP)-New
York ca 4-1O-2; Brooklyn (N) 1-6-1.
Shawkey. McQuaid and Collins;
Barnes. Osborne and O'Neil, Hargrave.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-04-03

Burlington, VT, Apr. 2.-(AP) -
The University of Vermont baseball
squad consisting of IA players, start
ed for its annual two weeks inva-
sion of the southland today. At
Washington tomorrow when the 1926
team plays its first game against
Catholic University, it will be the
mines first experience on an out of
door diamond, all work previous to
date having been confined to the
cage on account of the snow.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-04-03
Hoff Off Today
For Tour Country

New York, April 2.-(AP)-Charley
Hoff, sensational Norwegian athlete,
| leaves tomorrow for Chicago on the
first lap of trans-continental tour.
Hoff has received invitations to ex-
hibit his pole-vaulting and all-around
prowess in more than a dozen cities of
the far west, middle west and south,
but the only definite engagement he
has made so far is for the Drake relay
carnival at Des Moines, Iowa, April
% and "a. He expects, however, to
accept invitations to compete at CO.
lumbus, Ohio. Omaha, Neb., Kansas
City, Mo-, the University of Iowa, Seat
tie, San Francisco and Los Angeles. On
the way back east to prepare for the
national championships at Philadel-
phia July and the Norwegian prob
ably will visit New Orleans and Pitts
burgh.
The pole vault champion will be &C
cornpanied by his bride and brother-in-
law. They will spend next week in
Chicago as the guests of Olaf Bernts,
the Norwegian consul, who is rela-
tive of Mrs. Hoff.
Paris, April 2-(AP)-Madem oiselle
SuZane Lenslen, woman tennis cham
pion of the world. is engaged to be
married. Her fiancee is jacques
Brindejones Offenbach, and he is not
tennis player, or even fan. but a
potential music critic-described as
one of the best of the younger gen.
Grafton. He is grandson of the fa-
nous composer, Offenhach, whose
Tales of Hoffman is an operate
classic. While the marriage will take
place at an early date, it is not de-
finitely known whether it will be be-
fore or after the Wimbledon tourna-
mnt. but 1t is understood that Mile
Lenglen's entry in that tournament
will stand in any case. Likewise 1t
has not yet been decided whether she
will continue to play tournament
tennis after her marriage or definite
ly retire from the championship. The
couple expect to make their home in
Paris.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-04-03

Conn, preparatory school champions
of Connecticut. and Glens Falls High
school, city champions.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-04-03
COLLEGE BASEBALL

At Washington: Princeton 10; Le-
high 4.
At Atlanta-Dartmouth 8; Ogle-
thorpe 2 Go innings. Georgia Tech
Z; Notre Dame 0.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-04-03

nights, liberties and personal
freedom Of big league baseball play-
ers are limited even in exhibition
games,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-04-03

millions of all races who have lived
in and on the water have foun that
swimming is not only highly useful
art, but pleasure and an exercise of
the first order. Swimming was con-
sidered an important branch of edu-
cation among the Greeks and Ro-
mans, and Caesar, Cassius, and Cato
were all good swimmers.
France, certainly not noted for its
water, has never produced great
swimming champion, although Char
Iemaene and Louis xl were noted
natators. In July, 1918, | had the ex-
perience of swimming in what was
then the largest indoor pool in the
world, at Nancy, within sight of the
observation balloons that designated
that ever-changing zig-zag line
known to all the world as "the 'front.'"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-04-29
TRIAL OF JUDGE ENGLISH

What promises to be a bitterly
fought impeachment trial before the
Senate Of the United States begins
May 3, when Federal Judge George
English of Illinois is commanded to
appear before that body on charges
of high misdemeanors in office"
his friends are said to be numerous
and are rallying to his support.
Clinton w. Gilbert writing for the
Public Ledger relative to the nine
members of the board of managers
of the impeachment, these being the
members of the House Judiciary
Committee that have done the most
work on the case, says:
"Of the Republican managers, Ira
G. Hersey, of Maine, is one of the
most impressive. He is one of the
few prosecutors of the judge who
has never been a district attorney,
but he made his reputation in this
case by the searching 'cross-eX-
animation to whcih he subjected the
accused judge during the prelimi-
nary hearings which were held in
st. Louis. He is referred to by his
associates as the bulldog of the
English prosecution He has spent
weeks Analysing the testimony, and
probably has a more thorough grasp
of it than any of the other man.
ayers"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-04-29
Annual Prep. School
Weekend Plans Made

Brunswick. Me, April 27.-Invita-
tions to the annual Preparatory
School weekend, which will be held
at Bowdoin College on May Z and 8,
have been sent out to over 500 men
In schools as far west as Chicago 1t
is expected that about zoe will be
guests of the college for the week.
end and that they will come mainly
from the schools of New England.
with few representatives of New
York and New Jersey. The list of
men to whom invitations have been
sent has been carefully made up and
it includes those who have been rec
commended by their principals, and
those whose names have been sent in
by alumni. The fraternities have al
so been sending out invitations and in
many cases the college invitation is
only to confirm and second the frater-
nifty invitation. AS usual the frater-
mites Will cooperate with the college
in making the affair an all-college one.
and will entertain not only those men
who have accepted their invitations
but others assigned to them by the
faculty committee on preparatory
schools. which has charge of the
weekend.
Plans are shaping rapidly for a
vaudeville show which will be up to
the standard of last years. David X.
montgomery '27 of Portsmouth, N. H..
Is acting as manage of the show and
is working through a representative
IN each house. The stage eouipment
ana properties of the Masque and
Gown viii be used in the staging of
the acts. and the musical clubs will
also cooperate in the musical part of
On Saturday morning a tour Of such
oepartments of the college as the art
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-04-29
ON ARATINe A NUISANCE

Perhaps the editor can suggest"
is an expression not particularly
conducive to placidity on the part Of
said editor, perhaps more especially
when 1t pertains to abating nuis-
ances, there are SO many of them,
you know, some of them harmless in
intent, petty in performance but
aggravating in toto--or in most any
other way one may suffer them.
For instance the youngsters want
to get few pennies and take to
peddling one thing or another. ring
ing doorbells with all the energy
momentarily impelling their youth
full desires. Little heed give they
to the comfort and well being of
those keeping the house. They do
not comprehension some instances
presumably do not care-what an
noyance they are causing. One.
who evidently has long suffered from
this nuisance, protests in our Let
ter Box column.
The complainant would like to
know what may be done. Short OF
installing some sort of periscope
through which the features Of the
bell-ringer may be discerned we can
think of no first aid for this an
noyance. And, by the way. when
we are capable of obtaining pictures
by radio and are permitted to listen
to speaking movies it would seem
possible as we'll as advisable for the
householders to protect themselves
by device whereby who's who on
the doorstep might be ascertained
in advance. We wish we were an
inventor instead of an editor.
The State once had law for
licensing peddlers but it was de-
clared unconstitutional on the
ground that some were exempted
from it's provisions and the law be-
came class legislation and invalid
Some cities have ordinances regu-
lating peddling. Augusta has not
but might have. we assume.
This house o-house peddling is
not alone a nuisance to the house
holder but to the trade in thai
community, those who pay literally
| in rents and taxes for the privilege
of selling wares. Regarding this as
a whole they must suffer perceptiblI
by reason of this house-t to- house
selling. Cooperation between then
and the afflicted house-keepers
might result in abating a particular
| LIZ amazing nuisance
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-04-29
Editors Letter Box
How Abate a Nuisancea
Augusta. April q, 1926.

Ed. K. ].
Dear Sir:-It seems as If the nui-
sance should be abated of having your
front door bell rung every day, or any
day. by children with salve, candy, or
needles to sell. Who wants to buy
salve. candy. or needles at their front
door?-Yet this goes on day after day,
children ringing your bell and
usually as If 1T was an emergency
call. when you must drop your work
and go down your front stairs, or per-
haps leave something that you are
watching on the stove at dinner time
the latter time being lately most fav-
ored by them to attend to these chill
dren with something to sell-trifies
that the stores are full of. The BUSH
ness can scarcely be paying propo-
sition for them but there is no doubt
that they enjoy the fun of ringing the
bell and getting some one to the door
Housekeepers all along the line agree
that it is a regular nuisance and won
der how it can be stopped-as it ought
to be. M. E. f.
CPerhaps the editor can suggest).
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CHICAGO NEEDS A ROUNDUP

Chicago evidently is in dire need
of a roundup of her criminal ele-
ment. Were it possible it would be
no more than just to corral every
individual in that great city who ap-
pears to have no visible means Of
support and compel such to explain
how they get a living.
Such a drastic measure, were It
feasible, would be warranted by the
act Of the criminals, who turned q
machine gun on a fearless prose-
cutor and his associates, killing
them in open daylight on one of
Chicago's streets.
War long since was declared on
society by the criminal element but
that machine-gun emphasizes the
menace of 1t most dramatically.
The cost of apprehending and pun
ishing the parties to the awful crime
is not to be considered for a mo-
ment.
The question before us is: can So
ciety defend itself successfully
against the criminal element?
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4 Rabbit
hv David Cory

"Come over to the vegetable garden"
said dear Uncle Lucky to his small
bunny nephew. I'm tell you something
interesting" and the kind old gentle
man rabbit hoped behind the Little
Red Barn where the currant bushes
were in full bloom.
"See the little yellow blossoms"
went on dear Uncle. Lucky. When they
fall, they leave small. round berries
These grow and become red when
they ripen. ready to eat. But these
berries have seeds inside of them. The.
strawberry has its seeds on the out
side. OF course these berries are all
larger than they need to be to hold
the seeds. Mother Nature intends
them for fruit. But she never intended
that what holds the rose seeds should
be fruit and so she made it only
large enough to hold the seeds"
Dearest me" cried the bunny boy,
II never thought of that. I've often
wished that currants didn't have seeds.
They would taste much nicer"
Every likely" answered the old
gentleman rabbit. 'but Mother Nature
must see that the supply of currant
bushes doesn't run out, and these lit
tie seeds when scattered by Billy
Breeze will take root in the ground
and some day grow into bushes"
Just then along came the Old Red
Rooster. Going to plant the vegetable
garden" he answered, as Uncle Lucky
enquired. What next?'
Lets watch him." suggested the
old gentleman rabbit. Maybe 1 can
explain a few things"
"a little learning every day
Will make you wise when you are
gray"
and, with kindly smile, dear Uncle
Lucky took the little rabbits paw and
hoped after the old fowl.
What are you going to plant?"
asked the old gentleman rabbit, as the
feathered gardener scratched a long
shallow furrow in the loose earth.
Uncle Lucky, If YOU please,
First row of nice green peas
Then row of fine string beans.
How do you like my Union Jeans?"
Every becoming" laughed the kind
old gentleman rabbit. with wink at
the little rabbit. where did you buy
those work-every-d Overalls?"