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New Britain herald., 1926-09-21
PLANES SENT TO FLORIDA.

New Haven, Sept. 21 P-Two entries for the first annual scaplane convention at New Haven which will be held here next Saturday have been despatched to Florida for re- lief work, John H. Tweed, president informed today. The planes had been entered by Harry Rogers, manager of the Rogers Air Lines, Port Wash ington, N. Y. Rogers will send four other planes he had entered to the meet.
New Britain herald., 1926-09-21
| WHALE OF \ FISH

A 17foot whale was recently caught at Hastings. It is said it took three fishermen standing in TOW 10 describe the length of it, The Passing Show, London.
New Britain herald., 1926-09-21
C|NCIES DROP TWO
 GAMES 7O+bRAVES
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x-Batted for Gerber in 9th,
 Nx-Batted for Wugard in 9th. Washington ............010 42n oo0-7 St. Louis ................Oo 900 2q2-i Two base hit-S. Harris Home runs IT, Harris @. Sacsfces-- Bluege. Miller, [. Rice. Left on bascs-Wa ashngton | St Louis 3. Bases on balls-off Covcles5ie 4 WinCnrd 3. Struck out-by Wincar1 1. tmptres-Evans and Geisel. Timc-1:25.
 (SECOND GAME) Washington ......10O no 30n-s St. Louis ...,,...........0 .000 100 00l-:
New Britain herald., 1926-09-21

The stars" bowling team was composed of Hastings. Bonander, Sahrbachcr, Wilson, Holmes, Judd, and used to roll such teams as Hart & Cooley, who had Thompson, Starlley, Breckenridge, Goodwin and Page?
New Britain herald., 1926-09-21

Alphonse Aoiseus of Holyoke, the man who is promoting fights in that city, built a stadium there at cost of S105,O00 and is regarded as one of the biggest sports promoters in Massachusetts He is owner of the team which, he says, he plans to enter in the National league next year,
New Britain herald., 1926-09-21

Harold Coogan, "Berney" Coyle. "Augie" Musante, Dan" Coserove, and Harold Grace were the back bone of the Trojans baseball team
New Britain herald., 1926-09-21
Spe a kin g of Sports S

Manager Ed Daley Of the All New Britain football team, closed last night with the manager of the Holyoke Professionals for a game in this city Sunday afternoon.
New Britain herald., 1926-09-21

"Howie" Blinn was one of the few local players 10 throw right hand and bat from the other side of the plate?
New Britain herald., 1926-09-21
The Standing

Games Today St Louis at Brooklyn. Cincinnati at Boston, Pittsburgh at Philadelphia. Chicago at New York.
New Britain herald., 1926-09-21

New Britain had tennis team consisting of Illett, Mathews, Tap lin, Chaffee, Sewell, Nolan, Town send NIiddlemass. and Goodrich?
New Britain herald., 1926-09-21
Baseball Standing
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Games Yesterday

VHINVS 1ESIPTUdy Chicago "A, New York S-3. Boston 3, Cleveland ?.
 t1O innings). Philadelphia S-2, Detroit 0-5, Washington 7-S, St. Louis A.,
New Britain herald., 1926-09-21

The Commercial streets baseball team defeated the Newington June ton outfit 15 to 1?
New Britain herald., 1926-09-21

Announcement was made that the Stonewalls of Holyoke were being sought here for a game, but the team which plays here Sunday aft ernoon, is an entirely different oUt- fit.
New Britain herald., 1926-09-21
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cannes AcStCrfl:

Games Yesterday Boston 4-3, Cincinnati 30. Chicago Az, New York2-l. Pittsburgh 4, Philadelphia 0. (Other clubs not scheduled).
New Britain herald., 1926-09-21
ball in the air?

Nobody in local baseball could play the sunfield at Andrews field with as little trouble as "Stevie" DudaCk?
New Britain herald., 1926-09-21

"Vic" Larson could handle foot ball like a basketball and was a bearcat in a scramble for a loose
New Britain herald., 1926-09-21

Jack" Coyle and Paddy O'Mara were New Britain's repre- sentatives in organized league base ball?
New Britain herald., 1926-09-21

There is a possibility. although definite has been done about 1t, that the game may be played on Saturday. This move may be made because of the fact that the All New Britain football team is playing here on Sunday. We haven't heard 2 thing from the managers on this subject but we know that something might be done about it.
New Britain herald., 1926-09-21
The Standing
Games Today

Games Today New York at Chicago, Boston at Cleveland. Philadelphia at Detroit. Washington at St. Louis.
New Britain herald., 1926-09-21

The team, 1t is said, has three All-American players on it besides a choice selection of professional players and it is regarded as a mach stronger combination than was the New Haven Blue team which came here last Sunday.
New Britain herald., 1926-09-21

A hard schedule confronts the To- calls if the games that Manager Daley is after are closed For this reason, Coach Hayes expects to work the squad hard and will work on plays all this week
 Hunt the 1ashy quarterback who was the hero of last Sundays game, was handicapped somewhat because he was unacnuainted with the sig nals but he will be on hand for the practice sessions this week and Will be in shape for Sunday.
 Manager Daley is making at tempts to sign up several well known local players for the team and if he is successful, New Britain will be well represented with play CTS on the eleven.
 Most all of the fans who attend- ed the game last Sunday are enthu- sastic over the showing of the eleven in it's first game and already talk has been started about a series of games with Mulligan's Blues in Hartford. This seems to be the ob Jcct of the team here and of the fans and with a line of good games behind them, New Britain should develop into a team that will make Mulligan's outfit step to win out.
 The work of Coach Hayes will be watched with interest by the fol- lowers of the team in this city and as the season progresses, this inter- est is bound to increase.
 The baseball fans of the city have q choice dish on tap for this week when the Falcons and the kcnsing- ton baseball teams meet in the fourth game of their series. Each team has 0 victory tucked away un- der it's belt while the third game went to 19 innings without deci- sion being made.
 There isn't any question in any ones mind but that both teams are evenly matched. Give either one the pitching and they are practically un- heatable by the other and that's what happened a week ago last Sun day when Cleary and Bucholz hook ed up in the 19 inning duel.
 Kcnsipgton has been on a winning streak for the past few Sundays and after taking the COrbin Red SoX in- to camp twice in as many days, it will be a tough thing 10 beat them. The Falcons are confident that they can deliver the goods and the clash this weekend should be packed with thrills.
New Britain herald., 1926-09-21

A. F.. Cam of North Adams was assistant physical director of the local '. A. C. A?
New Britain herald., 1926-09-21

Coach Dave Hayes will have his squad going through their pacos Wednesday night at the state ar mory on Arch street and he plans 10 work on the offensive play now that the team has formed a suitable defense.
New Britain herald., 1926-09-21

.The fans backing each team are so hot that it really doesn't make much difference what day the next game is to be played on. Kensing- ton is solidly behind Pat BucEley's team and the entire fifth ward is backing up the Falcons.
New Britain herald., 1926-09-21

"Jacko" Kehoe and Joe" Fitz- patrick had the strongest whips among local semi-pro players?
New Britain herald., 1926-09-21

Roy Hoffman, one of the best end players in local football, made three successive tackles, throwing the runners for a total loss of 80 yards in a game at Andrews Field
New Britain herald., 1926-09-21

". T. Coholan of New Britain was a member of the Yale relay team which won the mile race at Phila- delphia? ?
New Britain herald., 1926-09-21

It does seem too bad that two such attractions have to be played on the same day and at the same hour. One will hurt the other There will be some baseball fans who will want to See the football game and there will be other foot ball fans who will want to see the baseball game, so whatever way the matter is settled, we think that if they are played on different days, all the fans will See both of them.
 The Falcon Kensington game this week is to be played at St, Mary's field in-this city. Whether it is played on Saturday or Sunday, that will be the field to be used.
 We have a letter here from Meri- den for the New Britain Falcons. Presumably it is for the football team and any member of that club may get the letter by calling at the sports desk of the Herald"
New Britain herald., 1926-09-21

Hartley of Holyoke threatened 10 hit Umpire Kennedy with bat and Kennedy did not eject him, although the fans cried for him to act?
New Britain herald., 1926-09-21

A hard schedule confronts the To- calls if the games that Manager Daley is after are closed. For this reason, Coach Hayes expects to work the squad hard and will work on plays all this week
New Britain herald., 1926-09-21

Martin Curry played first base for North 6, Judd in the factory league?
New Britain herald., 1926-09-21

Phenix lodge won from LeYing- ton lodge, 45 to in an athletic meet conducted by the I. o. o. F., the Zwick brothers featuring for the winners In the ball game?
New Britain herald., 1926-09-21

Mclaughlin, pitching for New London, gave Hartford four hits and won his game to 3?
New Britain herald., 1926-09-21
Can You Think of the
 Good Old Days When

"Cabby" Cabrera, New Britain shortstop, hit home run off Gibbs of Bridgeport, with Billy" Vann on base, the hit clearing the Bull Dur ham sign in Electric Field?
New Britain herald., 1926-09-21

Manager Daley is making at tompts to sign up several well known local players for the team and if he is successful, New Britain will be well represented with play CTS on the eleven.
New Britain herald., 1926-09-21

Jimmy" Hoar, pitching fer the A. o. II. won from the Plantsville- Southington team, 2 10 1 at Electric Field. the locals getting only three hits off Pitcher Welch, and wild throw deciding the game?
New Britain herald., 1926-09-21

The fans were always sure of plenty of action and grabbing when Andy Herpst pitched and Clyde Waters caught for New Haven, but Waters easily carried off the crab binE honors?
New Britain herald., 1926-09-21

The Y. NJ. C. A. baseball team was explained by ". A. Leupold and managed by Joseph H. Clark?
New Britain herald., 1926-09-21

Hunt, the fashy quarterback who was the hero of last Sundays game, was handicapped somewhat because he was unacquainted with the sig nals but he will be on hand for the practice sessions this week and Will be in shape for Sunday,
New Britain herald., 1926-09-21

Eddie" Hayel was New Britaln's cleanup hitter and a mighty good third baseman, too. but in one game against New Haven he did not handle any of his three chances, be- ing charged with three errors?
New Britain herald., 1926-09-21

Luyster, Hartford pitcher in the Connecticut league, was one of the best in the business?
New Britain herald., 1926-09-21

1vor Swanson pinch hitting for Cosey Dolan in the seventh inning of a Fourth of July game against New Britain at WethersifieId ave- nue field, slammed out a safety and drove in two runs, winning the game, after New Britain had trounc- cd Clarkin's crew, 13 to 3 in the morning game at Electric Field?
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-17

the Duncan dances were being tolerated
in America and the natural sympathy for
bereaved mother suddenly started a
wave of favor in her native land. At last
true recognition of genius was in her
grasp, but she spoiled it all by her bitter
attacks on marriage. The majority of
Americans believed in marriage and were
not pleased at being called stupid for per-
sisting in it.
There were other signs of high-handed-
ness and bad judgment. Just before the
great war, word came that her manager
was suing her for breach of contract. The
war itself suddenly made the famous
dancer regret that she had antagonized
the nation that doomed bigger and richer
every day and was now the only place
with money and leisure enough to proper
iy recompense such an expensive artist.
In 1915, Miss Duncan put her pride in
her pocket and went to New York, where
she was received coldly but nevertheless
organized school and was soon training
% pupils on the stage of the Century
Opera House. Everyone supposed that
this school was successful and that she had
a great fortune besides and yet in April,
while she was sick in bed, her pupils were
elected from the Century because she had
no money to pay for the orchestra.
How serious this financial situation
was became evident in May, when she at
tempted to return to war-torn Paris but
was stopped because she owed $4,000.
Frank A. Vanderlip, the financier, helped
her out and she got away, muttering her
opinions of the land that had given her
birth. From then on there was too much
war news to give much space to Isadora
Duncan but in 1921 America was inter-
ested in a 100000 alienation of affec-
tons suit brought by Mrs. Clara S.
Steichen, wife of an artist. Miss Duncan
was busy and prosperous again and it was
high time, for dancer in the forties is
getting along in years.
After the war a great argument went
on in Paris about Red Russia. Most
Frenchmen criticized the huge country for
being "a pinch gutter during the war
and for afterward repudiating all the
money it had borrowed, mostly from
France. But others said that these things
we're mere details of the triumph of the
proletariat Russia had to be free from
all obligations, financial as well as moral.
Isadora got into the argument on the
red side perhaps because that was the one
most likely to win her publicity. She must
have talked herself into believing, for her
fame as red spread until presently she
received an invitation from the father of
all the reds, the great Lenin himself. The
dancer was offered rent-free the palace
of former Moscow noble if she would
start >one of her celebrated schools for
dancing, red dancing, of course. AZ that
time Lenin had thought it advisable to do
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turned her attention to her school.
Inc palace was magnificent affair,
though stripped of its furniture and some
of its plumbing. Miss Duncan had to in
vest several thousand dollars in furniture
and fixtures to make the place habitable.
Then there was coal, scarce and very ex-
pensive and food for the little pupils. even
more so. While there had been no build
ing since the war, there was no Russian
building shortage because starvation and
pestilence had reduced the population to a
convenient Size. Lenin could easily afford
to give her palace, but food, no.
The wealthy and noble classes were
mostly dead or fled and those who re-
manned were in rags. She found that the
only prosperous people were the kommis-
sars, and they gladly sent their well-fed
little daughters to the school of the great
red dancer. This looked fine but there
was hitch in it. Kommissars do not pay
for anything. That's why everybody wants
to be kommissar
Miss Duncan kept the school going for
while, with all going out and nothing
coming in, hoping that finally she could
persuade the kommissars to pay. 1t was
dangerous precedent for them and all
she got was promises. However, the Rus
slams entertained her lavishly at parties
of the Intelligentsia. At one of these she
met, in haze of champagne and vodka,
young Sergei Essenin, the "red" poet,
or, as he called himself, ''the poet laure-
ate of the revolution" He was a dreamy,
curly-haired youth in his twenties, but
looked like an undernourished schoolboy.
The dancer was twenty years older than
the poet, but it was love at first sight,
and the grand passion of her life.
GU
appropriated the youth, and scarcely let
him out of her sight until the day he
finally ran away. Nobody objected to
this abduction because Essenin had be-
come sort of public nuisance. He had
the protection of the all-powerful Lenin,
who thought his "red" poems helpful to
the cause. The trouble was the boy was
subject to three different kinds of fits
fits of epilepsy, fits of plain, ordinary de-
lirium tremens, and fits of inspiration
when he was liable to dash off a cred"
poem 1t was hard to tell the different
fits apart, and nobody dared restrain him
when he started smashing windows and
furniture.
The elderly dancer, being sort of
motherly nurse as well as mistress to the
poet, managed somehow to drive away
for a time the epileptic spasms, which
were the most violent ones, but she had
to keep him full of champagne and on
the move from city to city. Before long
Miss Duncan began to run out of funds
and something had to be done. The
dancer and her poet-associate decided
they would go to the land of the dollar
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prove that her steps were not, she had to
be accepted as the great exponent of the
revival of the classic dance.
Responsibility, however, demanded the
concession of tights, but Miss Duncan
would not yield it. The Greeks did not
wear tights and she would not. She not
only insisted upon naked legs and feet, but
further affronted the conservatives by
making such draperies as she did wear
startlingly translucent. Though this was
thought very pagan and indecent and
wicked, still the words Greek and classic
made the police somewhat diffident about
laying their heavy hand on her produc-
tions. She was a sensation and an au-
thority, she was twenty years ahead of
her time with the hare-legged dance, imi-
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and that her two children, Deirdre, five
years old, and Patrick, four, had been
drowned. 1t happened in rather shallow
water and clowly, the children looking
pitifully through the glass doors of the
limousine at the vain attempts of would
be rescuers to get them out.
Before the tragedy nobody in America
knew that she had any children or had
ever heard that she was even married.
Investigation showed that she was not
married and never had been. Miss Dun
can explained that she despised>the insti-
what she thought of those who supported
it. To this day she has never revealed
who the father of those children was.
By this time bare-legged imitators of
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-17
Photograph of Isadora Duncan,
Now Grown Heavy with Years,
and the Russian Boy Poet, Serge
Essenin, Who Killed Himself the
Other Day in Russia.

SADORA- DUNCAN, the brilliant,
pretty, energetic American girl, had
an idea that was worth a million dol
lars.
She put that idea over, she made her.
self world-famous, revolutionized modern
dancing, founded score of profitable
schools, triumphed in all the capitals of
Europe, married and had children.
Yet, today, she is worn down by years,
poverty defeats and tragedies, childless,
broken-hearted woman without a coun-
try. Her career is truly remarkable
history of bad luck and bad management
of genius, energy and victories thrown
away.
Born in San Francisco, nearly fifty
years age, daughter of dancing teacher,
bright, pretty, determined little 1sadora
knew more about dancing when she was
twelve years old than some chorus girls
who win pearls and big limousines ever
learn. In her teens she began studying
under other teachers and with the sure
instinct of genius adopted only the best
of their instruction and scorned the rest.
But all the time her active mind was
cropping for something new.
The girl was scarcely twenty when she
got the idea of Interpretive dancing"
by which her steps and postures interpreted
both words and music. But this was not
sensational so she added to it what was
then the shocking novelty of dancing with
bare limbs. Today fortunes have been
made out of the idea and bare-legged
choruses are so common as to- attract
little interests. But this pioneer was re-
ceived with shrieks of protest. American
responsibility was outraged and would not
have this "indecent exposure from
young upstart." Since America would
not have her she went to Europe.
In England the bare-legged idea was
accepted and the interpretative scheme
taken somewhat seriously. Several of the
reviewers, for some reason, called the new
dances Greek" Instantly the young
dancer decided to capitalize the word.
She went to Greece to get inspiration
among the ruins of the ancient Greek
temples, where the Hellenic maidens went
through the classic dances some 1900
years ago.
Her flying toes pressed the very flag
stones that theirs had pressed. She got
more than inspiration, she got worldwide
publicity. Not only the stolid peasant
looked on in wonder at this leaping, half
clothed young woman pracing about his
ancient ruins, but photographers and cor
respondents from newspapers and maya
zines of the world took note of the pic
turesque proceedings.
BY the time Isadora returned to the
United States, she had made herself an
authority on Greek dances and founded
cult which has today gotten into the
fringes of society and even into some of
the churches. She really knew something
about the subject that is, what little
could be known, not by inspiration, but
by study of everything that had been
written on it and of photographs Of Greek
vases and statues. As her costumes were
undoubtedly Grecian and nobody could
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tators in all coun-
tries were spring
ing up, she was
h e lpin g make
America famous
and yet there was
so much opposi-
ton that at home
it was not profit
able.
Europe beck
oned and Ameri-
ca even heard of
her triumphs in
England and on
[ he Continent.
Even King Ed
ward showed a
deep interest in
her work. Soon
she had a splen-
did residence in
Paris. Every lit
tie while word
would come of
the opening of a
n e w school in
Germany, France
or Italy, where
t he W e alt h Y
would put their
lit tie daughters
under her care at
fabulous tuition
fees. 1t was es-
timated that Isa-
dora Dun C a n
must be well on
the way to her
second million.
Then came the
first bad news.
Fate had begun
to interfere.
The cables an
nounced that her
automobile h a d
run over an en-
bankment into
the River Seine
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something to coun-
teract ugly stories of
what the Soviets had
done to artists as well
as scientists and CAPT
talists.
Miss Duncan did
not see how she could
lose, but was soon to
learn that in Russia
anything is possible.
She was received in
state and her exhibi-
tons were to crowded
houses and great ap-
plause, but all this
did not represent any
real cash because
there wasn't any 60
ing around. She
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Photograph of
lsadora Duncan in
the Bare Legs and
Twinkling Toes
Which Aroused
Protest When She
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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-08-27
LEGION Sponsors
ONE mile SWIM.
FIRST ANNUAL ONE MILE SWIM
WILL TAKE PLACE SUNDAY
AUGUST 20, AT LONG LAKE
FIFTEEN ENTRIES EXPECTED
FROM ELY AND WINTON.

Next Sunday will see the first
annual one mile swim in the waters
of Lake Shagawa. The meet is be-
ing sponsored by the American Lee
gion and will be conducted by them.
This has been made possible by the
efforts of John E. Johnson, COM
mander of Frank Lozar Post who
has also arranged for handsome
medals to be given the winners.
There will be about fifteen entries,
all Ely and Winton men.
No invitations were sent out to
the range towns this year for the
competition of swimmers as it will
be in the nature of an experiment
and if successful and as it is pro-
posed to make this an annual affair,
next year will probably see keen
competition from other places.
The start will be made at 1
o'clock near one Of the islands
across the lake and will finish at the
Municipal Bathing Beach. The
course has been laid out by City
Engineer Rashleigh and is exact to
the foot, buoy having been placed
to mark the starting point.
The temperature of the water the
last few days has been about ~ de-
grees but a few days of warm
weather expected today, tomorrow
and Sunday, will bring the temper
ature up to about rs or 76, which
is the same degree maintained in
the swimming pools where meets are
held.
You are invited to be there and
watch the race.