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New Britain herald., 1927-11-30
HARTFORD FIVE l BOWS TO LOCALS
New Britain Quintet Wins Initial
 Game in Court League

The All-New Britain basketball five defeated the Yankees of Hart ford in the opening game of the Connecticut State League last eve ming in the Foot Guard hall by 2S to g score in an overtime battle.
 The game was a thriller from the opening whistle with both teams keeping up a furious pace throughA out the entire battle. Fouls were called frequently on each team be- cause of the tight guarding by the players. ''Butsy" Sturm of the To- calls, and Hafner, Friedman and Hurley of Hartford were banished on four personal fouls.
 New Britain coupled fast offen- sive with a brilliant fivc-man de- fonse that bafflcd the Yankees, fore ing the wearers of the green 10 take impossible shots from the center of the floor. Rubenstein and Leary intercepted pass after pass attempt ed by the Yankees in a futile en- deavor to pierce the Sturmmen de- fense. The Hartford players were forced to foul the New Britain play CTS 10 stop them from scoring as the locals shot lightning passes in and out of the Yankee defense. So tight was the winners defense that stars of the calibcr of Feldman and Gu bcrsky were unable to get even one basket of the Sucker" variety. Sturm and kildutf ran Feldman rag ged and forced him to pot at the basket from the center of the floor 'Tedders" hung to "Kisky" like a leech.
 The first half of the battle was smashing affair with the lead changing from one hand to the other. Iaksewski broke through in the last two minutes of the half to cage two side court baskets that gave New Britain a 14 10 II ad- vantage at the half.
 Both teams started the second half by throwing out we'll balanced
New Britain herald., 1927-11-30
CLUB TEAMS PLAY SPEEDY CONTESTS
Intermediate League Starts With
 Trio Of Fast Games

The Boys club Intern ediate Group A basketball league started it's season last night in the club gym with a trio of fast games. This cir cult, composed of the largest and fastest of the intermediate members in the club, is the best Of the intra- mural leagues each year. and open ing night indications are that the caliber of basketball will be higher than ever this winter. In the first fracas of the schedule the Dixies nosed out the Partners in Q hair raising encounter, 9-T. baskets by Zembroski and Koveleski bringing the victory. Puzzo and Winkle smothcred the Panther forwards and
 NJ. Poluch had to carry the burden of his teams offense. The summary:
New Britain herald., 1927-11-30
'SO. CHURCH FIVE. WINS FIRST GAME
Hands 51 to 27 1rouncing to
 Broadbrook A. A. Quintet

The South church basketball team made a good start in its defense of its Senior County Y. NJ. C. A. title last night when 1t meted out a severe 51-27 drubbing to the Broad Brook A. A. quintet on the local "Y" floor. After slow start the locals took the lead in the middle of the first period and displayed their superiority from then until the | final whistle. A free toss by Staiger of the visitors was the first success ful shot of the game, and Broad Brook made it 50 in short order 1 Rockwell put in a plimentary toss for the locals first point of the year. Parker scored the first basket fouls, after which Rockwell sent the South church ahead with two field goals. Captain Mercy found him. self then, and by the half New Brit ain was in front by 24-15. During the two closing quarters New Britain | put on even more steam, Mercy breaking away for five baskets and Osborne and Vessels rendering val uable aid.
 The game was very hard and fast 1 Although not rough, it was marked 1 by close man-to-man play and the
 resulting fouls were numerous.
 Three players left the floor with four personals against them. Mercy,
 Rockwell and Osborne led the at
 tack of the winners, while the guards kept Johndrow and the clever i Randall to a minimum of points and
 the replacements all worked in nice
 ly Butler was high scorer for the
 visitors. Randall did nice floor work
 but he and the two other visiting players were hurried to much to make their shots good. The sum-
 mary:
New Britain herald., 1927-11-30
MERIDEN HOCKEY
 TEAM PLAYS HERE
League Leaders to Oppose New
 Britain Tomorrow Night
Last Nights Results Waterbury 2. Holyoke 6.


 The Meriden Roller Hockey team. leaders in the American Roller Hockey league, will make its first appearance in this city this season. tomorrow night when 1t plays the New Britain team in regularly scheduled league game. The Meri- den team has lost only one game out of 12 played so far in the league and it easily defeated New Britain in the last meeting of the two.
 The New Britain club will be at full strength for the visitors. Zig, ger' Higgins, outstanding star of the local team. will be in the lineup on Thursday night and paired up with Jack Mercer, he should be able to make the league leaders travel at top speed to win.
 The Meriden team is composed of q quintet of stars who have shown the best team work in the league this year. The outfit is defending the championship of the league. won last year and it has very good start in that direction. It is the aim of all the other teams in the league to de- feat the Silver City crew and New Britain will do its utmost to carry this through now.
 The Meriden team lines up with Williams as first rush. Lundeville as second rush. Pierce as center. Morri son as halfback and Purcell at goal. Against this combination will be Higgins and Mercer, Brown. Muir head and Rlount.
 1 Manager Frank McDonough is ar tween two local teams and these will furnish plenty of comedy before the main game. The big contest will start at o'clock.
New Britain herald., 1927-11-30
9G!H!!!S. lA$T &NlGHTa

By the Associated Press.
 Indiana polis-Jack Duffy, Toledo, and Frankie Osner, Indianapolis, drew, 10. Frankie Jones, Indian apolis, and Joe Miller, Chicago, drew s.
 Los Angeles--Acc Hudkins. Ne braska, stopped Herman Auerba ch 1.
 Portland, Ore.--Luis Nincentini, Chile, and Joe Marcus, Portland, drew, 10.
 Denver - Pete 1nnis, Chicag go. knocked out Douglas Jordan, Den yer, 2. Mickey Mcknight, Peoria. H., defeated Leo Hays, Denver, 10.
New Britain herald., 1927-11-30
I.anllers Girls Min

It began TO he q bad night for the cellar champs Of last year hs early as the first game when r, x F. Corbin girls took a onc-sidod beat ing from the girls who spend their days at Landcrs, Frary X Clark.
 IL was well into the third quar- ter before the Park street team was able 10 put a score across. The shot proved to b" the most unusual or the night Mary Motyka tossed one through the netting SIS she was lying
New Britain herald., 1927-11-30
Broad Brook

Personal fouls-Morey .. Osborne 2, Vessels 2. Barta 4, Parker i. May ?, Potts o--19: Johndrow, Randall, Butler, Yaskulka, Loftus 8. Sargent 1, Tyler-l2. Free tries-Rockwell, Mercy 4, Vessels 2, Rarta, Hattings, Parker ., May 3--l4: JohndroW 7, Randall 3, Butler 3, Loftus ;. Stager 2. Sargent 5, Tyler 4-19. Referee --Tobin.
New Britain herald., 1927-11-30
Cyclones
ttollaWks

The Alpincs trouced the Comets. 94-9, in the final game of the night Chester and GotoWaIa proved a com binatlon which the Comets could not stop. the pair of Alpine forwards ac- counting for IS points. Samscl was best for the losers. The summary:
New Britain herald., 1927-11-30
Hartford.
Totals

Score at half time: New Britain fl. Yankees II: score end of regu- lar time, 22 all. Referee, Waters: time, two 20 minute periods.
New Britain herald., 1927-11-30
I'antllCrS
DiNiCS

The Cyclones doubled the score of the MohaWks in winning by i2-6. l.. Michalowski was high scorer for the winners and Molusrus for the losing team. l. Truman and Marho- lin held their men scorelcss. The summary.
New Britain herald., 1927-11-30
SECOND DEFEAT OF YEAR

Stanford's defeat by Santa Clara this year was the second of the year suffered by that team from, non- conference foes.
New Britain herald., 1927-11-30
HELD TO TIE TWICE

Vanderbilt was held 10 tie score on two successive Saturdays this season by Georgia Tech and Ten neSSee.
New Britain herald., 1927-11-30
r. X r. COrbin

Personal fouls, Pihiel 3, Miecz- tinsky l, Lynch 1. Drayer 1. Ref cree. Dillon; timer, Mulin: scorer Butler.
New Britain herald., 1927-11-30
STILL HITS 'EM

Bobby Neach, former Detroit star can still hit 'em. He batted .363 in the American association this year.
New Britain herald., 1927-11-30
OIIlCtS
ilI,iI,''S
LED AMERICAN ASSOCIATION

"E"b" Russell, former big leaguer was the. batting leader of the Ameri- can association this past year. He hit .3S5.
New Britain herald., 1927-11-30
Stanley Rule & Level

Personal fouls: Marseli, l; Char low, l: Tutles. l., 1itk". 1 Prets- ser, 2: Murphy, 2; Carrazzo, 1. Ref cree, Dillon; timer, Mullin; scorer, Rn-lpr
New Britain herald., 1927-11-30
HAS LOST CONSISTENTLY

Browns football team. last year
 one of the sensations of the east,
 has been g big flop this entire sea son. .
New Britain herald., 1927-11-30
RIG MEN OF VALE

as regulars at Yale are more than six feet tall.
New Britain herald., 1927-11-30
Landers on Scoring Bee

A merciless attack that carried it to a 10 to 0 lead in the first10 min utes of play and finally to 36 to 1s victory for Landers made the last game of the night a one-sided affair.
 The Rulers fought game battle and after being apparently showed under during the early part of the game. came back strong at the middle of the game,
 Streak" Bengston and Darby Carrazzo, veterans Of last year g great team, led their teams attack, but Marseli and Bucherri, clever Universal team forwards. more than matched the efforts of the opposi- ton. Almost every member of the Landers team scored.
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New Britain herald., 1927-11-30
 TRIPLE IN M
THREE TEAMS TIED FOR
 LEAD IN DUSTY LEAGUE

Corbn Cabinet Lock Defeats Newmatics - Landers Score Victory Over Stanley Rule FWe-New Brit ain Machine Threatens to Win Its First Game Universals Pile Up Largest Count of Present Sea. son-Girls' Game Finally Ends in Victory.
New Britain herald., 1927-11-30
COrbin Cabinet Lock
Ncw Britain Machine

Personal fouls: Walthers, 3; Lar son. 1; Yankaskas, ?: Arena. 2; Ernie Anderson, 1; Swanson, 1; Eric Anderson, 2. Referee, Dillon; timer, MuIIin. scorer Butler
New Britain herald., 1927-11-30
NANDO TASSI FAVORED TO
 BEAT GITLITZ ON FRIDAY

Italian Light Heavyweight in Perfect Shape for Cruel ling Test - Battaino Carded to Meet Tough Op- ponent - Paulie Albert of Waterbury Matched With Sammy Cooper - Porell and Angelo Ready for Decisive Encounter - Many New Haven Fans to Attend.
Milford chronicle., 1927-04-22
EFFORT BEING MADE 70
FORM BASEBALL LEAGUE
Meeting viii Be Held At Harrington
Monday Night To Discuss Project

Jack Holloway, base ball enthus-
last at Harrington, has mailed out
postal cards to persons in lower
Delaware, who are known to be in
terested in the sport, asking them to
meet at Harrington on Monday eve
ming next for the purpose of dis
cussing the advisability of organic
ing an amateur base ball league. The
postal states that the meeting will
be held in the Firemen's Hall in
Harrington, Monday evening at 1880
o'clock for the purpose of organic
ing a Kent & Sussex County League.
The proposed league is to be strict
ly amateur, and the thought now is
that Smyrna, Dover, Harrington,
Milford, Georgetown, Lewes, Seaford
and Laurel will be invited to put
teams in the field. Those interested
in the project see in the proposed
league a means of developing base
ball players from among the local
boys, and at the same time hope for
real entertainment for the base ball
fans who enjoy the sport. The meet
ing will probably be largely attend
ed, for their seems to be a feeling
that such a league can be organized
at this time.
Milford chronicle., 1927-04-22
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
WILL DISCUSS ROADS
Merchants OF Milford Asked To Con-
slider Connecting Link

A number of citizens of the town
of Greenwood are very much inter-
ested in a plan whereby the State
Highway Commission may be petit
ioned to complete the road leading
from Greenwood to Milford. Several
miles of this highway have already
been constructed from Greenwood
toward Milford. From the eastern
end the road has been built from
Milford past the Shawnee Church.
The completion of this piece of road
will mean much to the business in
terests of Milford, for it will give a
direct artery for travel from wes-
tern Sussex county to this town.
With this idea in mind the officials
of the Chamber of Commerce have
requested all of the merchants of
Milford who are interested in in
creasing their business with Wes-
tern Sussex to meet in the COmmun-
ity Building this evening at eight
o'clock, at which time full discus
sion of the plan to be followed will
be had. The Greenwood-Milford
highway is already on the program
of the State Highway Department
for completion, but by cooperative
action on the part of the citizens of
both Milford and Greenwood speed
Ter action will probably follow.
Milford chronicle., 1927-04-22
PARENT TEACHERS WILL
MEET AT DOVER TOMORROW
All Day Session Will Be Devoted To
Matters OF School Interest

officers of local Parent Teacher
Associations, teachers, and commit
tees in charge are looking forward
to the convention to be held Satur-
day, April %, in the Opera House,
Dover, as the greatest meeting of
its kind in the history of the State
Association. The morning session
will open at $3.50 a. m, with regis
tration of delegates; the business
meeting, with Mrs. Robert E. Lewis,
presiding, will convene at 10:30; a
luncheon will be served at the Poo
pies Church to 300 guests; and the
afternoon session will open at 1870,
when a splendid program has been
arranged Owing to the large ct
tendance of the last two years, one
delegate for every fifteen paid-up
members, instead of ten as formerly,
will be allowed. The seats on the
main floor will be reserved for these
delegates; visitors are welcome to
come and occupy the seats in the
balcony.
Important new business will come
before the convention in the morn
ing. Banners and pennants will also
be awarded at this session to be-
tween IS and 100 associations that
have fulfilled certain requirements
specified at the beginning of the
school year.
The feature of the afternoon ses-
sion will be the address of Dallas
Lore Sharp, author and lecturer OF
national prominence. DR.. Sharp was
the guest at the dinner of the Joint
Educational Committee in Dover in
December. AS a boy, he lived on
the Jersey shore of the Delaware
River. He early acquired a great
love for the out-of-doors and all wild
things, and now, in the minds OF
many critics, he is Americas fore
most writer on nature subjects. He
frequently refers in essays or stor-
les to his life along the Delaware.
Milford chronicle., 1927-04-22
DR.. OLIVER V. JAMES II
HEADS MILFORD ROTARY CLUB
Officers Elected Monday Night Will
BE Installed Next Monday Evening

At the annual election of officers
the members of the Milford Rotary
Club unanimously elected DR.. Oliver
v. James president of the club for
the ensuing year. Other officers
elected are Charles E. Varney, vice
president; Robert E. Shilling, sec
retary; c. DOnnan Holzmueller,
treasurer and William G. Powders
and w. Vaules Grier, members OF
the Board of Directors. The outgoing
officers are George H. Hall, presi-
dent; DR.. S. NJ. D. Marshall, vice
president; G. Marshall Townsend,
secretary, and G. Thompson Reed,
treasurer. The newly-elected ofti-
GERS will be installed at the regu-
lar weekly dinner meeting next Mon
day evening. The Milford Rotary
Club is just completing two years Of
existence in Milford. The member
ship at the present time totals forty
business and professional men OF
the town. For the past two months
the club has led every club in the
Fiftieth Rotary District, which IN
cludes portions of Delaware, Penn
sylvania and New Jersey, in attend
ance records. It was the only club
having a 1000 attendance record for
the month of March.
Milford chronicle., 1927-04-22
WILL EXPERIMENT WITH
ROAD nine FEET WIDE
State Highway Department Will Be
Able To Do Many Side Roads

To try to accommodate widely
scattered citizens along lateral or
side roads with improved concrete
highways, the State Highway Com
mission on Wednesday, April 27, will
open bids for a mile stretch of nine
foot road from Brenford to the State
Highway.
This departure to a road of such
narrowness has been considered for
a long time by the Highway Com
mission. They have looked at it from
many angles and have concluded
that a 9-foot concrete highway, sup
plemented with well built-up gravel
shoulders would suffice, because the
light traffic on the road could pass
safely even though passing vehicles
have to drive on the side of the road.
Another reason for building a g.
foot concrete road as compared with
a wider Stag and dirt road is that
while the concrete road would cost
from $4,000 to $4,000 and the Stag
and dirt road about $4,000 a mile,
the cost of upkeep and the life of
the concrete road would be much
more economical and longer.
Should this departure, which is
really in the way of an experiment,
prove as successful, as it is hoped it
will, then it is likely that other mar
row stretches of concrete for lateral
roads will be built rather than the
wider Stag dirt road,
Milford chronicle., 1927-04-22
MUCH OF SEED CORN
is NOT GOOD FOR Use
termination Tests Show That Corn
Grown In Delaware Last Year
Not Fit For Planting.

H. H. Hanson, State Chemist,
whose Office is in Dover, has sent out
notices to the newspapers of the
State this week in which he calls
attention to the very poor grade of
seed corn available for planting pur-
poses this year. According to Mr..
Hanson, termination tests of field
corn thus far made at the State Lab
oratory this spring indicate that a
considerable portion of the corn
raised in Delaware last year is not
of good quality for seeding. The
termination of most of the samples
thus far tested is considerably low
er than usual. Owing to the poor
quality of the seed, Chemist Hanson
suggests that before planting the
growers of the State have their corn
tested. A testing laboratory is main
tanned at Dover by the State Board
of Agriculture, where work of this
kind is carried on free of charge for
the citizens of Delaware. Samples
sent for testing should consist of at
least half pound, and care should
be taken that the sample thoroughly
and fairly represents the lot from
which it is taken. Persons sending
samples for testing will be advised
whether their seed corn is CT prop
er quality for planting purposes.
Milford chronicle., 1927-04-22
STATE WILL ASK
DEATH PENALTY FOR
CARL A. SKINNER
Negro Charged With Brutal AS
sault On Aged White Woman
Near BridgevilIe.
TRIAL BEGINS TUESDAY
If Convicted, Delaware Law Pro.
vides But One PenaIty.--That
Of Hanging.

Carl Asbury Skinner, 27-year-old
negro, charged with criminally as
saulting Mrs. Julia A. Bennett, So
year-old cripple on her farm near
Bridgeyille, early this month, will be
placed on trial at Georgetown next
Tuesday. An Indictment charging
him with the crime was returned at
special session of the Sussex
County Grand Jury last Wednesday,
and Tuesday was Immediately set
for the day of trial. Indications now
are that the State will demand a
verdict carrying the death penalty.
The Delaware law on criminal as
saults provides but one punishment
upon conviction-that of death by
hanging.
While the State will ask for a
verdict of guilty as indicated, the
jury has the power, if it cOnvicts
Skinner, to recommend him to the
mercy of the court. In capital cases
it is the custom of the court to i'm
pose a sentence of life Imprisonment
only, if such a recommendation is
made
Attorney General Switzerland,
himself, will prosecute Skinner. He
will be assisted by Howard j. Cooke,
deputy attorney general for Sussex
county.
It is likely that Judges Rice and
Rodney will sit with Chief Justice
Pennewill at the trial
Milford chronicle., 1927-04-22
SHOCKLEY DAUGHERTY HEADS
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
Committee Named To Further Work
OF Educational Nature

W. ShOckley Daugherty has ac-
cepted the temporary Craftsmanship
of the Milford Committee of The Ma
tiOnal Community Foundation.
The other members of the Milford
Committee are Milo C. Farber, Mrs.
Daniel Hirsch, Mrs. Sallie r. Davis
and Miss Edna c. Barker.
The Milford Committee will be
sent special information on all i'm
portant developments concerning
the plan which the Foundation is
making to provide a specially en-
dowed service through the Swarth-
more Chautauqua Association.
America annually expends $780,
100000 in providing higher educa-
ton and culture to 29o Of its popu-
latiOn, according to an analysis by
the Foundation. Until now no plan
has been projected for supplying the
remaining 98G5 with similar advan-
tages.
The purpose for which the Ma
tiOnal Community Foundation seeks
S5,00O,OOO Endowment is to carry the
advantages of popular education TO
smaller cities, towns and country
communities. It's motive is to help
preserve our democracy by provid-
ing democratic. opportunities in the
fields of knowledge and culture.
The Foundation plan proposes a
higher type of program than has
been possible even under the unique
non-profit system of the Swarthmore
Chautauqua. 1t also calls for an all
year continuation of service such
as could not be provided except on
an endowed basis.
Working through the Swarthmore
Chautauqua Association, the Foun-
dation announced that expert Junior
leaders are to be provided not only
for direction of children during
Chautauqua week but also to extend
the Junior Town service on year.
round basis.
Other plans include providing the
best musicians obtainable for the
CONTINUED on page seven1
Milford chronicle., 1927-04-22
DELAWARE STUDENTS
SAIL FOR FRANCE In JULY
Those Selected Will Spend One Year
In Study And Travel On Continent

The Foreign Study Committee of
the University of Delaware has just
announced July 16 as the sailing
date of its fifth Foreign Study Group.
This group, which is now forming,
will leave New York on S. S. Car
onia of the Cunard Line and will
land in lie Havre, France, on the
oath of July. The students will rest
for two days in Paris before going
to the University of Nancy where
the three months summer term be-
gins July 81.
At the end of the Nancy session,
October %, the group is scheduled
to return to Paris and commence the
winters work at the University of
Paris and the Ecole Libre des
Sciences Politiques. The scholastic
routine is broken by several excur-
sions to points of historic and seen
ic interest in various parts of
France. The longest excursion, an
Easter trip of fifteen days, covers
the entire southern part of the
country from the Italian border to
the Spanish frontier. In September
the students spend a week in the
Alps which are within easy striking
distance of Nancy. The group will
sail on its return home on July 4,
1928.
The fourth group sent under the
auspices of the Foreign Study Com
mittee has been in France since
July of last year and is at present
in Paris. 1t is composed of forty
five students from the following col
leges and universities; Amherst,
Brown, College of the City of New
York, Cornell Dartmouth, Delaware,
Dickinson, Hood, Iowa, Kenyon,
Miami, Michigan, Minnesota, Mt.
HOlyoke, New York University, Ran
dolph-Macon, Wellesley, Westmins-
ter and Williams. The students from
Delaware University are: Miss Ruth
Clark, Sewanee, Tenn; Miss Doro-
thy Inderlied, Wilmington; Miss
Ann Lawrence, Raleigh, N. c.; Chas.
L. w. Stein, Seaford; Harry S.
Lynch, Jr., Wilmington, and Fred
X. Nevins, Seaford. All members of
this group will return to the United
States in July of this year and re-
ceive full credit for the work done
abroad. The majority of them are at
present in their junior year.
The committee is now receiving
applications for membership in the
group of 1927-1928 and, judging from
inquiries and requests already in
hand, will have the largest party