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New Britain herald., 1927-07-09
FINNEGAN WHIPS SMITH
 IN TEN ROUND BATTLE
But Bridgeport Boxer Puts Up Game Exhibition Against "Honeyboy"
 in West Springfield
Special to the Herald)

Special to tho Herald)
 West Springfield, Mass. July 9- Steve Smith of Bridgeport, Conn, put up a gallant but ineffective fight against Dick (Honeyboy) Finnegan in the principal bout on card pro- noted by the West Springfield post of the American Legion last night. The boys went over the full route, 10 rounds. and Finnegan was de- servedly declared the winner.
 The Boston boy displayed a be- wildering assortment of rights and lefts and clearly outpointed the Connecticut lad. But Smith was game to the core and Finnegan was unable to take a breathing spell at any moment during the fight. Smith amazed his admirers when he plug ged along strong and scored heavily in the ninth and tenth rounds. win- ming these stanzas, in the opinion of observers. Finnegan weighed 131 and Smith 130k.
 In the semi-fna of eight rounds Georgie Day of New Haven met a last CuSlOlHeI III JocS SoiiHNiy oi Boston although the Connecticut boxer would have won the verdict even if Connolly had not been forced to quit after the sixth round on ac- count of bad split over one eye. Day weighed 134 and Connolly 1855. There were three preliminaries. Billy Ketchell, 150a, and Rusty Miller 153 of Springfield started over the four round pace but Referee Joe O'Connor stopped the bout in the second, declaring Miller the winner.
 Joe Scully, 124, of Boston won a de- cision over Micky Blaine. 12s, of 1n-
 dian Orchard, in six rounds. Jim l my Rossi, 150. of Westerly. R. l., and Carl Sohman. 157. of Babylon
 l.. l., knew nothing at all about the game and proved it in six rounds,
 Rossi getting the decision when Sohman disqualified himself by go- ing down on one knee without being hit. Both deserve six months at
 hard labor for posing as fighters. The next Legion show will be on
 July 22.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-09
REALLY NATIONAL

The 1927 intercollegiate tennis meet was truly a national one. The test players from all sections of the ,ation were entered. The 1927 meet lad the largest entry in the history If the association. due to the fact hat S5 colleges had representatives uttered.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-09
SOUTH FAR BEHIND

Only three athletes from Dixie have won first place in any event in national collegiate track meets. Cochran of Mississippi A. and M., Baskin of Alabama Poly and Hamm of Georgia Tech are only southern CTS who were able to lead tho held in national meet.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-09
ONE.ARMED PLAYER WINS

Washington, July 9 P-Clarence Charest. one-armed tennis player, yesterday won the District of Colum- bia singles championship by defeat ing Gwynn King, 6-3. 6-3, 60. He had captured the title in 1921 and 1922 and with the exception of 1923 had been in the final round every year since that time.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-09

Providence at Bridgeport.
 Games Tomorrow Springfield at Providence. Pittsfield at Waterbury. Bridgeport at Hartford. New Haven at Albany.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-09
The Standing

Games Today New York at Detroit. Washington at Cleveland. Boston at Chicago. Philadelphia at St. Louis.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-09
TO START FOOTBALL EARLY

Fordham will start It's football lato in August. Major Frank Cavanaugh will inaugurate his reign there by getting his men out to work earlier than most colleges do. He has ask. ed 50 men to report in as good con. dition as possible.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-09
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Games Yesterday

Games Yesterday Chicago 1. Pittsburgh 0. New York 6, Brooklyn 2. Boston 3. St. Louis ?. Cincinnati 8. Philadelphia 5. (11 innings).
New Britain herald., 1927-07-09

One must not overlook Catcher John Grabowski when passing bou- quets around to the New York Yam kees. Grabowski has been tower of strength 10 the Hugmen back of the plate and has borne the brunt of the receiving duties. The ex- White Sox catcher has one of the best throwing arms in the jors and is a capable receiver His hit ting borders around the .2S0 mark.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-09
Games Tomorrow

New York at Detroit. Washington at Cleveland. Boston at Chicago.
 Philadelphia at St. Louis.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-09
The Standing
Games Today

Games Today Brooklyn at New York. @. St. Louis at Boston. CD. Chicago at Pittsburgh. Cincinnati at Philadelphia.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-09

HE MAY BE RIGHT
 Sergeant Sammy Baker thinks he'll be welter champ if he ever meets Champion Joe Dundee.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-09
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE

Games Yesterday Buffalo 8. Baltimore ?. Newark 9-6, Rochester 6-l0. Jersey City 5-7. Syracuse 3-4. Toronto 3-4. Reading 20.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-09
EASTERN LEAGUE

Games Yesterday Hartford 15. Pittsfield 6. Springfield s, Albany 5. Waterbury 1. New Haven 0. Bridgeport 2. Providence 6.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-09
Speaking of Sports

The upset in the Industrial league last night wherein the Stanley Works baseball team swamped the Landers. Frary | Clark outfit 10 to 1 only goes to show tho uncertainty of baseball. Landers. champions last year. are taking their bumps this year in great style.
 In tho Industrial league, 1t Is the team with the pitchers. that is win ming the games. Stanley Works has Jim Scott, lanky right handler, who is fast proving himself to be one of the best twirlers in the league this year.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-09
LEAGUE STANDING
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Games Yesterday

Detroit 11-s. New York a-lo. Washington 7.4. Cleveland 4-3. Philadelphia z. St. Louis 5. Boston II, Chicago 5.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-09
IS COIUNBIA GRADUATE

Lou Gehrig, home run swatting first baseman of the Yankees. learned his baseball at Columbia university as one of the liberal advantages of college education.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-09
Games Tomorrow

St. Louis at New York. Chicago at Brooklyn. Cincinnati at Philadelphia. (Other clubs not scheduled )
New Britain herald., 1927-07-09

Scott's performance last night was one of the best given in some time. He was ahead of the batters almost all the time but this wasn't his only accomplishment. He f1elded his DO. sition like big leaguer and hit hard at bat. His home run over Diamond No. 2 was a low drive which bare ly went over Eddie Goeb's head in left field.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-09
The Standing

Games Today Albany at Springfield. Hartford at Pittsf1eld. Waterbury at New Haven,
New Britain herald., 1927-07-09

With Denny McMahon and Jack Delaney both agreed that Dempsey is slow, betting in Connecticut is bound to switch to Sharkey. The opinion of both men will carry much more weight than those of writers or so-called critics.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-09

Sharkey is brim full of confidence over what he is going to do to Dempsey. He has never failed in his predictions before and he says now he is going to knock out Dempsey. We wonder if his prophecy will hold and come true this time.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-09

Chick" Charlow is one of the best looking ball players to arrive in these parts in some years. Not only is he a capable and fast out fielder. but, at bat he is a pocket edition of Rogers Hornsby. He has d nice stance and can plug the ball over second base for neat hits.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-09

Give US a game where the spirit runs high and we can always enjoy it.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-09

Tn ball games where the feeling abounds such as it did last night at Walnut Hill park. there is generally a. good deal of interest. The fans and players were all on an edge and to a disinterested spectator. there was a lot of fun. After the game, everything Is forgotten.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-09

The Boston Lithuanian sometimes gives the impression that he is just a little bit too cocky. Experts have already said that if Dempsey is 50 per cent as good as he used to be. he should slaughter Sharkey but if he isn't. he is going to be pie for the Boston fighter.
 Never before has there been a fight between heavyweights wherein the element of doubt was so strong. The whole outcome hinges on just how good Dempsey is and just how good Sharkey is.
 Whether either is able 10 stand a real test will be dem monstratcd clear lv week from next Thursday night at the Yankee stadium in New York.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-09

A little tiff between Charlow and Scott ensued when Charlow ran into Scott while the pitcher was fielding a fly ball. Scott thought Charlow meant it but Charlow says he didn't. Scott made threatening gestures to- wards the Landers outfielder but after the game both had a good laugh over the incident.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-03-03
Sundials Told Mayans
of Passage of Time

Recent discoveries in the ruined
Maya city Of COpan have proved
that the Mayas' method of counting
the passage Of time was of highly
accurate nature. The inhabitants
Of the city had in reality form Of
gigantic sundial for obtaining the
necessary data by taking observa-
tons from an eastern hilltop to a
pillar Of stone or stella erected on
a prominent western hill approx
mately four and a half miles away
across the valley in which lay the
city. Clear evidence has been
found that correction was made
at some date after the western
stella had been set up, by the fact
that the column was moved from
its original position in the center
of the stone base to another posi-
ton farther north. The correction
was made when the movable New
Years day fell on the same date as
the commencement of the Maya
agricultural year. In the first place
the sun set directly behind the
western stella on April 9 and Sep
TENDER 2, but after the removal
the dates were altered to April 3
and September 6.-Illustrated Lon
don News.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-03-03
Old Chinese Money
Had Shape of Toy

1t is pretty definitely settled that
the Chinese were the first to make
use Of the token idea in metal coins
Tor the convenient interchange Of
commodities. When first working
with metal money they tried to
shape the metal to indicate what
one could buy with it. For ex-
ample, some of the early coin mon
ey was shaped like human body.
1t was given this shape to indi-
cate that it would buy clothing.
Another shape was that of a mod
ern razor-not a safety-which in
dicated that the coin would buy a
weapon. A third shape was that
Of a spade.
The Chinese did not have coin
shapes of sufficient variety to in
dictate everything in which they
traded. They had a few shapes
only, and the theory is that these
would cover all the different arti-
cles one might wish to buy. For
example, the body-shaped money
would cover everything pertaining
to clothing and shelter; the razor
shaped would cover all weapons,
implements and tools which men
use, and so on. The brass "cash"
Ground coin with square hole in
the middle), which has been used
for 1000 years or more, is still the
common money in the interior Of
China.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-03-03
Condition of Nerves
Cause of Stan1nering

Almost every movement of our
body is due to the Involuntary
obedience Of our muscles to the di-
recting will Of the brain. This gen.
orally happens with our talking.
We will to make certain sounds,
and the proper muscles automati-
cally force the wind from the bel
lows of our lungs here and there,
against the roof Of the mouth,
through the teeth, and so on.
1t sometimes, however, happens
that the nervous connection be-
tween the brain and the various
sets Of sound-making muscles is
weak or has been damaged by some
shock.
Then the brain must either give
it's orders very slowly, something
like playing an organ with one fin
ger, or if it goes faster must risk
playing the wrong notes or getting
the whole machine so tied up as
to make gaps between the move
ments. In other words, the sufferer
stammers and shutters more so
when he is excited and tries to
play" quickly. Nor will he be
cured till his nervous system is
strengthened and he has educated
his speech-muscles to obey him
without question.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-03-03
Ancient Spanish City
Holds Open-Air Court

Justice, swift and certain, is
melted out every Thursday morn
ing at the Tribunal de las Aquas,
or the Court of the Waters, in the
Spanish city of Valencia. The
courtroom is the pavement, open
to the blue sky, and has been thus
for five centuries. The judges
bench is sofa, appearing from
some mysterious hiding place. and
portable iron railing provides the
bar of justice. There are seven
judges. The plaintiff makes his
statement, then the defendant
states his side of the case. Any
interruption brings a fine. One
judge announces the verdict and
there is no appeal from the deci-
sion. Neither the. government Of
Spain nor that of Valencia has any
part in the court, yet they honor
its acts. None of the decisions is
ever recorded and no lawyers are
permitted to appear before the
judges.-National Geographic So
ciety Bulletin.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-03-03
Trained Elephants

When Gen. Chinese. Gordon
took an Indian elephant and ma
hout to Africa for the purpose Of
training the African elephants he
was only. repeating history, says
the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
For antiquarians believe that the
African elephants which were used
by Hannibal in his crossing of the
Alps were inferior to the Indian
ones and that they were for the
most part controlled and guided by
Indian mahouts. Polybius is quot
ed as saying that at the battle of
Raphia, Antiochus had Indian and
Ptolemy African elephants. These
animals, depicted in Carthaginian
coins, are clearly Of the African
type, as shown by their large ears.
The indications are that the art of
elephant training in those early
days originated in India and was
brought from there to Africa.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-03-03
"She Bends to Fight"

A ten-year-old girl came to one
Of the Indianapolis branch libraries
the other day to get book for her
big sister. For a long minute she
studied for the name Of the book
she wished. Then a triumphant
smile came to her face.
"It's she Bends to Fight" she
announced triumphantly.
The librarian had to tell the
child she didn't have a book by
that name. She suggested she call
up her home by telephone and
check up on the name of the book.
She called up the home and came
back with this name of the book.
"She Stops to Conquer. Indian
apolis News.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-03-03
Great Writer'S Dark Days

Not many know that the author
Of Little Women" when a young
woman, went out to do Homework
from sheer poverty. 1t was in 1853.
when she was in her twenty-f1rst
year, that she wrote in her jour-
nal:
"In May, when school was closed,
I went to L. as a9second girl. I
needed the CHANGE could do the
wash, and was glad to- earn my 81
a week. Home in October with $S2
for my wages" ~
The family certainly needed the
$32. 1t was about this time that
Bronson Alcott went west to make
his fortune lecturing or something
and came back with exactly ST.
Boston Transcript.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-03-03
Lottery's Golden Days

In the naughty Eighteenth CEN
fury, before the British people be-
came so virtuous, the lottery was
a public event almost more ,palpi-
tating than the lord mayors show.
Today" writes Swift to Stella in
ITO, "Mr. Addison, Colonel Friend
and went to see the million lot
terry drawn at Guild hall. The jack
anapes of bluecoat boys gave them
selves such airs in pulling out the
tickets and show'd white hands
open to the company, to let us see
there was no cheat" In I'LL son
Of Lord ABercorn won "a, 400 In the
lottery. Today it flourishes most
magnifcently in Spain, but In Eng
land, also, in a modest way, at
church bazaars; for lotteries are
not wicked at bazaars.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-03-03
A Janifor of Arts

Charlie johnson had for several
years served faithfully as the care
taker of the "South building" one
Of the dormitories at the Univer-
sity Of North Carolina. One day
he came into the presidents Office
and. presented his resignation.
Doctor Battle expressed. some re-
greet, saying that he hated to lose
him.
"Yaas, SIR" replied Charlie, "but
you see it's dis way, Mr.. President.
You know, Use a preacher, and de
bishop at de las conference has
done sent me down to Tarboro, N.
c., cause he says dat charge needs
a university mani"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-03-03
Unshaued Saints

English artists in stained glass
have been perturbed by the COM
plant of the chancellor of the do
cese of Chester that ecclesiastical
windows do the saints sparse JUS
tice in presenting these holy men
wearing boards. Artists in stained
glass retort that they aspire to pre-
sent their subject with as much ac-
curacy as possible, and that his
tory shows most of the saints wore
boards, especially as they labored
in countries where conditions rem
dered shaving difficult and unusual.
Thus, despite protests of the Of
Tended chancellor, stained-glass
windows in churches will in future,
as in the past, present views of
saints bearded like the pard."
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-03-03
The Higher Life

What I know is that there Is
more in life than anything man can
do or say, that there is an immor-
tai spirit whose history, whose
struggles, whose victories and de-
feats give the whole meaning to
this life which is only one short
paragraph in the book of that
greater life. These are our fleshly
conditions, and we must obey them,
but through them, always, we must
be waiting, listening, forever at at
tention to catch the movement
of that other life. Your honor, your
courage, your sacrifice, your gen
tleness, kindness, if you lose these
things you had as we'll be sleeps
carcass hanging in any Butchers
Hugh Walpole.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-03-03
Trace Link BefUeen
Wickedness and Age

Hygiene and eugenics will con-
btne to extend the natural term Of
human life in the opinion of Pro-
fessor Huxley. The birth rate will
continue to fall. AS a result the
not distant future will be confront
ed with q notable change in the
relative number of young and old
people. The elders will bulk larger
in the statistics than they do today.
However gratifying the prolonga-
ton Of life may be from the stand
point of the individual, the social
effects threaten to be deplorable.
Considering to what a pretty pass
the world has already been brought
by the wicked old men and the old
men Of the tribe, we can only
shrink from future in which the
old men will be more numerous
and, by definition, wickeder than
ever. A world as foreseen by Ju-
liam Huxley and behaving as de-
scribed by his brother, AldOus
Huxley, would be rather terrible
world.
One can only cast about for a
cure. Euthanasia as a corrective
to eugenics is too heroic remedy,
aside from the fact that the old
men, being more than ever in con-
troll Of the parliament and the leg
islatures, will refuse to pass laws
for the peaceful eXtirpation of hale
but obnoxious old men. Probably
the easier answer is to promote ia
cilities for keeping old men young.
They seem to be willing enough.
More than ever the problem of
leisure looms up. How is one
to keep out of mischief a man who
works five days a week and six
hours day and refuses to die be-
fore he is ninety?-New York
Times.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-03-03

There may not be any map of
the road to success. as a paragraph
er remarks, but there is a fairly
well blazed trail if any one cares
to follow it.
There may be more spectacular
crime in our day but the hotel
keeper no longer feels under COM
pulsion to put a leash on the pub
lie comb and brush.
If the postmaster of an obscure
office in California can salvage a
five-foot ball of Irvine in year,
imagine what he could do with red
tape at headquarters.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-03-03
MRS. GUST GENRIcH WE'RE

PLEASANTLY surprised Friday eve
ming when a number of relatives
and friends called on them in
honor of Mr.. Genrich's Go birth
dav larniversarv. Those present
were: Mr.. and Mrs. Theo Genrich.
Mrs. Broyer, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
House. Peter Fometz and Mr.. and
Mrs. Theo Hansmann.
The evening was spent playing
cards. At II o'clock a delicious
lunch was served.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-03-03

In baseball they don't kill the
goose that lays the golden eggs /:
They trade it to New York.
A gum tree which Joseph Law
renee of Hayward, CAL, planted
40 years ago now towers 125 feet
above his home.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-03-03

MR. AND MRS. J. p GAIL
braith received announcement Of
the marriage of their son Virgil to
Miss Bertha Weiss at the home of
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-03-03

the brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Geo. Weiss 4144 Paulina Ave-, on
Feb. "a. After short honey
moon trip to points in Wisconsin,
they will be at home to their
friends at 4646 Magnolia Ave ),
Chicago, after March 9TH.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-03-03

THE COREOPISIS SOCIETY
of the Congregational church will
have a sale of fancy article at
the church parlors on March "a.
Please look for further particulars.
ADV.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-03-03

MRS. M. p. MORTENSEN
entertained Wednesday afternoon
for the Mesdames w. A. Moore,
j. H. Law, j. E. Kringen, C. L.
Herman, w. F. Brown, C. S.
Sparkes and Miss Betty Dunkley.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-03-03

MRS. HARRY SCHMIDT AS
sisted by Mrs. Hattie Doyle are
entertaining the Episcopal Guild
to Lenten tea this Thursday af-
ternOon.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-03-03
THE SILVER BOW DANCING

IIIE OILV EN DOW DAINOI1NO
Club enjoyed their last dance be-
fore Lent at the Community Club
rooms Monday evening, February
18th. The evening was spent with
both old and new time dances with
music furnished by the Novelty
Mite Owls. At 1890 a delicious
lunch wa sserved. The club voted
to give another dance Immediately
after Lent.
Evening star., 1927-11-10

FndyREDUCT1ON DAY. Washington
pro6by Reduction merchandise
e al
II a
ded thousand day bargains equally Crowds be here
morrow morning for fs election
ctn Merchan ndie
No Accpe NoneS D
Evening star., 1927-11-10
Beds and Beddine

1-Sel.75 Double Size Metal Red
Ere nch walnut finish.
$3.50.
1-S16.s5 Double Size Mahop.
any-flpished Bed, S11.95.
1-S25.00 Sealy Star Box Spring.
for double wood bed: soiled.
SEQ 90.
1-S55 Double Size Box Spring
and Mattress. for metal bed.
soiled. $500.
1-S49.15 Englander Double
Day.Bed. with walnut-finish
ends; cretonne-covered mat.
tress with valance. S31. 50.
1-Ss9 Glide-Over Double Day.
Bed. cretonne-c covered mat
tress and valance. SI9.e5.
1-S11.50 All-Iayer Felt Mat.
tress. twin bed size. $3.50.
1-S24.50 All.layer Felt Mat.
fress. double.bed size. SI895.
1-s37.50 .All.layer Felt Mat.
fress. double size. S25.00.
1-Se4.75 AlI-layer Felt Mat.
fress. double size. S18.95.
1-S9.95 All-layer Felt Mattress.
double-bed size. S7.95.
PALAIS ROYAL-Fnrniture-
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Evening star., 1927-11-10

6S-7sc Sugar and Cream Sets
-Bavarian china; floral
decorations-50c.
3l-Sl Cake Sets-decorated;
large cake plate and SIX IN
dividual plates-49c.
Disc Candy Jars-Colonlal
transparent glass; halt
pound size, with cover-l0c.
z6-39c Celery Holders; Colo
NAL glass, two handlcs-l5c.
60-Sl.59 Water Sets, transpar-
ent colored glass: 7 pieces,
green or amber-Sl.19.
33-Sz Lamp Bases-two light;
junior style; metal standard
in polychrome finish: slight
lv marrcd-S1.z5.
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