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New Britain herald., 1928-02-24
BILLY TAYLOR FAVORED
 TO BEAT CLINCH TONIGHT
Former Hartford High School Athletic Star Thought to Have Edge in Speed on Local Battler-Bout to De- eide Northern Connecticut Welterweight Cham pionship - Heavyweights to Perform in Other Bouts in Tournament Blue Banner Attraction.

Billy Taylor. former Hartford High school athlete. has been made the favorite by the fans over Johnny Clinch in their bout tonight at the Mohawk A. c. tournament at the Tabs hall for the amateur welter- weight championship of northern Connecticut. Those who are fore casting the outcome of the battle. claim that Taylor's superior speed and crafty ring generalship will en- able him to keep away from Clinch's heavy body blows.
 Clinch, however, has . host of sup porters who point to his triumphs over New York. Philadelphia and other opponents as a criterion as to how the bout tonight will go. The local boy has 8 powerful body att tack that his packers say, will wear Taylor down in the grind over the route of the bout.
 Taylor has yet to taste defeat. AL though he has not been in the game long, he has won every fight. He fights not often but his cleverness in boxing has brought him through. Johnny Clinch has been going it continually. taking all corners. big and small and right now he IS in per- feet shape for tonight's bout.
 The other bouts on the card will form one of the most unique and en- tertaining spectacles presented to amateur fight fans in this city for some time. They will be matches between boys in the heavier classes starting with the midd.eweight of 1G0 pounds and going up to the heavyweight class.
 Numbers of favorstes will be seen in action tonight among the big fel- lows. Ed File. kayo artist, from Springfield whose sensational work here last year made him one of the most popular of the Springfield fight CTS, has entered and will appear to- night. Vic Carlson of Terryville who knows only one thing and that is to polish off an opponent in the shortest possible time. is another. Lucien Larrivier. one of the toughest light heavies in the Connecticut ranks, Is still another.
 Mike Raffaele of Springfield and Frank Miller of Bristol, will be pair ed off in the heavyweight class. Both are devastating punchere and they should give plenty of exciting action.
 The prospect of night studded with knockouts confronts the fans who plan to attend the tournament. In the big-boy class. the hefty wall Iops spell disaster for many and it is expected that quite few of the bouts will fail to so the limit.
 Because of church services during Lent, the first bout tonight will take place at o'clock instead of S:30. The others will follow immediately after with a total of 10 matches on the program.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-24
ARMY AND NAVY TO CLASH
 IN BASKETBALL SATURDAY
Court Game Scheduled For Week. End Will Be First Contest
 Since Football Break

New York, Feb. 24 tTP)-Ath- lotic relations terminated in football. the Army and Navy will fight it out in a basketball game at West Point Saturday afternoon. It will be the first contest between the two service academies since the recent football break.
 Harry Wilson. the battle-scarred football campaigner who has been a thorn in the Navy's side for seven years. will play his final athletic con- test against the Middies. He played three years at Penn State and is in his fourth year at West Point. H. scored both touchdowns in Army's II to 9 football victory over Navy last fall. He is guard in basket ball.
 Whitey Lloyd. Navy football star. will start the game al guard for the Middies.
 Aside from the eligibility contro- versy. the game has all the aspects of a grudge fight because each school has won four games in tn" present basketball series.
 The Navy's three-year rule goes into effect July 1 and after that date there will be no more athletic con- tests between the two service academies unless q reconciliation is brought about.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-24

Championship honors for the sec- ond half of the Connecticut state basketball league may be decided tomorrow night at the Stanley Arena when the New Britain quintet clashes for the second time this week with the Hartford Yankees. A defeat for the local club will make the outcome of the league a doubt full matter while victory will strengthen its hold on first place.
 Following the victory of the At las five over the Meriden Endees last night by 36 to 29 score, tho New Haven quintet has crept closer to New Britain for the top position. New Britain is scheduled to meet Hartford, Waterbury and New Haven before it completes the schedule for the second half.
 Tuesday night in Hartford. New barely nosed out the Yankees in . scintillating basketball exhibition. Coming through in the last five minutes of play the locals got and retained a five point advantage and ended in the lead by 90 to o5 score.
 This beating has been especially bitter to the Hartford team and it will be a vengeful crew that will face the New Britain stalwarts to- morrow night. New Britain. how ever. is ready for the best that Hart. ford can send here and there will be plenty of fight during the game to make 1t one of the best that has been seen here this season. Hartford is pinning its hopes for a victory on the fact that in it's last appearance here the team nosed out New Brit ain by one point.
 Hartford will use tho same crew that gave New Britain such a terrific battle last Tuesday night while New Britain will cast its fortunes with its regular team.
 Preliminary Game
 The New Britain Machine and Stanley Rule girls win engage in the preliminary contest. regularly scheduled game in the Girls Indus- trial league. This will be started at IS o'clock while the main feature will get under way about . o'clock.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-24
Workouts of Giants Are
 Blocked by Weather Man

New York. Feb. 24 CP--The New York Giants awaited action by the weather man today for a resumption of baseball practice at Hot Springs.
 A cold spell blocked workouts yes tcrday so the players hiked in the mountains and then put on some light entertainment for Catcher "Shanty" Hogan who was confined in bed with a severe cold
 Leo Mangum supplied some banjo numbers while Pitcher Jack Levy came through with tiddling act.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-24
TRAINING AT RALEIGH

New Haven. Feb. "A R-The New Haven baseball club of the Eastern league will do it's spring training at Raleigh. N. C.. 1t was announced to- day by President George NJ. Weiss. The team will leave New Haven on March 25 and will start practice at Raleigh. two days later.
 The first home game will be with Yale on April II.
 For the past two years the 'Profs" have trained at Suffolk. Va. but rainy weather both times caused Weiss to seek different spot this year.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-24
Games Tomorrow

Three important Inter-Church reagu" Ear-cs will be played at the '. NJ. C. A. tomorrow night. The Firrt Luthernne will face thc SoIrh church. the St. Matthew's Lutherans will take on the Swedish Bethany church, and the Trinity Methodists will take the floor against the Center church.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-24
THREE STARS IN SPECIAL EVENT
Hahn, Coneer and Pdtzer to Race in Mile Next Wednesday

New York. Feb. A R}-The three cornered mile race next Wednesday which will bring together Lloyd Hahn, Ray Conger and pr. Otto Peltzer at the Knights of Columbus indoor meet may not be the Mile of the Century,, as it is enthusias- tically billed. but it should add a colorful chapter to the astonishing undermining book of the current decade.
 If the boys are careful about the use of their elbows it also should be one of the fastest mile races ever run indoors. if the present record of 4:12 is not actually broken. Neither of the joint holders of this record, Joie Ray and Paavo Nurmi. will be on hand to defend it.
 Conger has never beaten Hahn at the mile but the slim Iowa State star must be reckoned with next week in view of his sensational per formances in the past fortnight, in cluding triumphs over both Kahn and Peltzer at shorter distances.
 Hahn has prayed" for this race and in the opinion of his coach. Jack Ryder of the Boston A. A., has a good chance" to beat the pres ent standard.
 It Is interesting to note that four of the greattest milers Of all time have been developed since the war.
 This "big four" is headed by Peer less Paavo Nurmi. The others are Hahn, Ray and Edwin Wide. the high. stepping Swedish schoolmaster.
 Here are the times for the best three miles each of this quartet has turned in since 1919. when Ray had one of his greatest years:
 Nurmi Wide Hahn Ray 4:102-5 4:12 1-5 4:12l-5 4:12 4:11 4:123-5 4:124-5 4:142-5 4:12 4:121-5 4:1: .-5 4143-5
 It is noteworthy in scanning this startling collection of figures that the foreign pair did their best work outdoors and the American stars on the boards. Nurmi's 4:10 2-5 is the present worlds oHtdoor record, set in 1923 at Stockholm where he de- feated Wide. The Swedish ace, odd ly enough. was beaten on each of the occasions he ran his fastest miles. He bowed to Nurmi twice and to Hahn last winter at Madison Square Garden when the American turned in his greatest mile.
 Of the milers who flourished 15 and more years ago probably John Paul Jones of Cornell had the best equipment Of all to give Nurmi or any of the current "big four' real battle.
 Jones, in the opinion of his coach, Jack Moakley, had everything but he never applied the scientific rec ord breaking methods that Nurmi and others have employed since Jones hung up the intercollegiate record of AHA 2-5 in 1923. It still stands.
 The American "big four" of mile running ill the days before the war included Abel kiviat, Norman Taber and Fl Sheppard as we'll as Jones, but all four of them were beaten in the historic Olympic 1,b0ometer final of 1912 by the long-strid,ng F,nglishman. Arnold N. S. Jackson. now a resident of the United States
 Then a youth of about IS, Edwin Wide was a contender in that fam ons Olympic race of 16 years ago, finishing fifth, but his greatest fame has come since the war. The Swed- ish star is the only survivor Of that noted group still in competition. Nurmi had not been heard of then.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-24
TO VISIT HAVANA

Havana, Feb. 2f tP-The dirigibln Los Angeles is soon to visit Ha- yaUa. ih" American embassy an nounced today. No date was given ID the announcement
New Britain herald., 1928-02-24
south Church Juniors
FaryninCton AlI-StarS
1 i

Personal fouls: Joseph. Pack, Ritter. Ratings. B. Wosilus 4-S: Groclii-1. Technical fouls: D. Wos- i1us, Peck. F. Wosilus. Ditrocchio. Free tries: Peck. Ritter 2-3 smith ], Ditrocchio 3. Grocki 4-12. Ref cree, Parker. Timer, Mercy. Scorer, Nav
New Britain herald., 1928-02-24

Fire alarms newly installed in Edinburgh (England) streets work on the loud speaker principle. Once the glass is broken 1t is only neces- sary to call into tho instrument
New Britain herald., 1928-02-24

The smallest check ever drawn by any government was one drawn by the nlted States government for one cent.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-24
TOMORROW
 
BASKETBALL TEAM PLAYS
 CRUCIAL GAME TOMORROW

New Britain Faces Hartford Yankees at Stanley Arena Result Will Have Important Bearing on Second Half Championship - Atlas Team Creeps Closer Through Victory Over Meriden- -Lanphermen Con- fdent of Ability to Turn Back Capital City Quintet
New Britain herald., 1928-02-24
SWedisl, Bethany

Personal fouls: Bell 2, Mercy, Earta 5. Parker-7: n. Swanson 2, Westergren. H. Anderson 2. Johnson, Dahlman, W. Anderson 3-1o. Free tries: Bell 5. Mercy 3, Vessels ?, Barta 1. Parker-15; b. Swanson ?, Johnson. w. Anderson 4-7. Fer cree, Tobin. Timer, Joseph. Scorer, Ritter.
 So. Church Juniors Win
 The South Church Juniors atoned for a bad start by making second half rush and handed a 47-o5 wall lopins to the l'armington All-Stars It was tough night for the visitors. who not only lost the game but also stripped the geaSs in the automobile which brought them here and had to bum" their way home. Farm ington was first to get under way on scores by Grocki and the huge Di- trocchio, and it led by 9-4 at the quarter. New Britain rallied in the second period. with Joseph. D. Wosilus, and Ritter showing the way. and at intermission the locals led by 1915. The last two periods saw New Britain running up it's score rapidly. F. Wosilus. Peck and Joseph scoring almost at will. The features for New Britain were a basket by Peck from -fourths the length of the floor and a one-hand goal by Joseph while he was sprawled on hands and knees. Ditrocchio and
New Britain herald., 1928-02-24
DODGE FIVE LEADS
 AMATEUR LEAGUE
SWamps Pontiac Quintet and
 Breaks First Place Tie
League StGndtng

Flashing brilliant attack that had the Pontiac team completely baffled. the Dodge quintet in the Au- tomobile Roller Hockey league. swept into the lone occupancy of first place last night by swamping the opposition to 0. The lone goal made by the Pontiacs during the game was lost through fouls con- mttted.
 The forward combination of Eddie McAloon and Fusari backed up on the offensive by Charlie McAloon at center. was altogether too much for the Pontiac players. With speedy pass work and clever manipulation of the ball. the Dodge players work ed towards the Pontiac goal and made their scores. Hyland and Saut- ter put up an air tight defense that kept all but one of the Pontiac thrusts out of the cage. Captain Dill of the Pontiacs was closely guarded during the game. the Dodge men playing the man in- stead of the ball on the defensive plays. Frank kieffer kept up his con- sistently good work ut haltback. while Heinzmann shows improve ment in the cage. Newell and La- Pointe worked hard but their ef- forts were vain.
 Each team got a goal in the first period, but Dodge came through with two in the second frame. Then in the third session. the Dodges scored almost at will. getting five counters. The summary: Pontiacs. Dodge. Newell ............... E. McAloon
 First Rush lJill '''' A ~o>~sN
 Second Rush LaPointe A. e. McAloon, Stanalonis
 Center
 F. klener HyAaHu
 Halfback
 Goal
 First Period Goals Scored by Gagged by Time 1 Pontiac Newell 2:b5 2 Dodge Fusart 6:l5
 second Period
 , Dodge E. McAloon 14:b5 { Dodge Fusari 3:65
 Third Period
 5 Dodge E. McAloon 2:06 $ Dodge E. McAloon 4:2% : Dodge Fusari 1:45 s Dodge E. McAloon :01 3 Dodge Fusan 1:l0 Rushes-E. McAloon 10, Newell l. Stops-Sautter l6. Heinzmann 66. Fouls-Newell 2. LaPointe. E. Me- Aloon.
 Referee-Battey.
 The first match was made by John Walker, druggist at Stockton-on Tees. England, in 1927: safety matches were invented by Lund- Sfrom 0f Sweden in 16ES
New Britain herald., 1928-02-24
NEW BRITAIN TEAM WORK
 SERVES TO BEAT MERlDEN
Hardware City Hockey Quintet Scores Sensational Vic tory Over League Leaders Silver City Team Bare ly Leading League-Pierce and Williams Unable to Get Through Local Defense -Blount Does Effective Work in Goal-Here Again Sunday.
Meridcn Hcce Sunday

Meriden will appear here again Sunday and New Britain will have the opportunity of passing the Ma rooms and landing in first place. The game will be a battle of parts and every hockey fan in town will be there.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-24

The first match was made by John Walker. a druggist at stockton- -on- Tees. England, in 1927: safety matches were invented by Lund- strom of Sweden in 1855.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-24

Rushes-E. McAloon 10, Newell ]. Stops-Sautter l6. Heinzmann 6e, Fouls-Neweli 2. LaPointe. E. Me- Aloon.
 Referee-Battey.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-24

It Is interesting to note that four of the greattest milers of all time have been developed since the war.
 This "big four" is headed by Peer less Paavo Nurmi. The others are Hahn, Ray and Edwin Wide, the high. stepping Swedish schoolmaster.
The Washington times., 1928-12-05
FOR RIAL
IN AUTO DEATH

A coroner's jury sitting in Hyatts-
vile police Court last night held
David Al Resented. Of the 400
block Sc Dean Ave. N. E., for the
action Of prince Georges county
grand jury. After hearing testi'
|mony a. to the manner in which
Webster Bowles. u farmer OF
the Chillunn district. lost his life
on November "a.
Rosenwaid was released In bono
az $4,000 and is also at liberty I'M
der another bond OF j 900 on reck'
less driving charges which were
preferred By State Policeman "a. !.
Brubak sr.
BowIes lost his life following an
alleged collision with the machine
which Resented was driving ana
il ich seven other students Of
the University Of Maryland were
riding. Following the alleged col
lision. Bowles car ran into the
water OF Northwest Branch.
The young farmer was extricated
from his underwater position by
sir Of the students and milk
wagon driver and his helper. The
Prince georges county fire rescue
squad gave first aid and took
Bowles to- Sibley Hospital, where
he died of exposure that afternoon.
The Washington times., 1928-12-05
Pickets, Freed,
To Expose d. G. Jails


"Terrible conditions in the DIS.
trict jails," win be exposed" when
Il, ''political prisoners, recently
released from Occoquan. mount the
rostrum at sos / st. n. W. tomor-
row night.
These freed prisoners, who went
to- the workhouse because they
picketed the State, War and Navy
Building as a protest against the
Imprisonment Of John Porter, leader
of the textile strike at New Bed.
ford, Mass. are to be given a re
ception by friends and sympathizers
and will describe their experiences
at Occoquan.
The mass meeting is under the
auspices Of the international Labor
Defense.
The Washington times., 1928-12-05
V|CT IN s
FA|N|LY HERE

Somewhere in washington may
be the survivors of one Of the TN
fortunate victims Of the Vestris,
which went down to a watery grave
off the Virginia capes several weeks
ago, according to advices reaching
this city today.
John Black, OF 426 Eighth Ave,
New York City. is seeking the
whereabouts of surviving relatives
Of his chum, Arthur Mcdonald, q
war veteran, who went to his death
in the sinking Of the Vestris.
at the offices Of the steamship
company Black writes to The
Washington Times, the records
show Mcdonald without relatives,
but I know he has. He roomed
with me for while and once he
wrote home to Washington Tor
money.
~ have some personal property
Of his. left with me when he sailed
ON the ship. and / know his people
would like to have it. One Of the
pictures is that OF his mother Of
whom he frequently spoke.
.McDonaid was 4 World War
veteran and also had four brothers
who saw service in the war.
Black hopes that washington sur.
yivors OF his chum will get in touch
with him so that he may turn over
to them the property now in MS
keeping.
The Washington times., 1928-12-05
Creditors Sue to Have
Broker Made Bankrupt

Proceedings have been instituted
in Equity Court by James q
Wolfe and Joseph M. Heller to
have Elmer Al. Browne. describes
AZ general insurance broker with
Offices III the District National
Bank Building. adjudged an invos.
untary bankrupt.
THE. petition filed by ATTORNEY
4 lawrence j. Heller alleges that
Browne owns approximately s5Nf'
O00 and has assets amounting 70
anproximately $4,000. He has re-
Gently committed acts Of bank
ruptcy. according to the petition.
~ transferring certain property tc
others. thereby prejudicing ~
rights Of unsecured creditors.
Molfa claims that Browne owes
him $6,11s and Heller claims
81. $50. so. Both debts are for money
loaned. the petition relates
The Washington times., 1928-12-05
D. G. Firemen to Open
Drill Tower Tomorrow

The new drill tower OF the fire de-
partment, on North Carolina Ave.
near Seventh st. s. E., will be
opened tomorrow afternoon at $3.50
o'clock, according to an announce
ment by George 8. Watson, chief of
the Fire Department
a class Of Is firemen will give ali
exhibition for the District Commits
sioners and officials of the Fire De-
partment who will be present.
The Washington times., 1928-12-05
BOY FRUsTRATEs THIEVES

MEXICO CITY. Dec. 5 lI.N.Sl
A small boy frustrated an attempt
by thieves to burglarize the Amerl.
can Embassy today when he gave
the alarm. A window had been
forced when the police arrived
Although fired upon. the thieves
The Washington times., 1928-12-05
ALUMNAE TO MEET

The University of Mfchig n
sAlumnae Association will give a
luncheon next Friday at the club
house OF the American Association
OF University Women.
The Washington times., 1928-12-05

An investment in washington real
estate offers yOn security that apeaka
far iteeIf Many gO0d buys nre listed
for Aaie IN today Classified ads.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-04-05
IColored Actress From the Orient
Scores Big Success at Hollywood

astounding performance it naturally
follows that at least one dramatic re-
porter should inquire into her story.
Miss Sui TIE Wan stated, in answer
to a question, that she is of Ameri-
can Negro parentage; that she was
born in Honolulu while her father, a
preacher. was living there. The most
extraordinary thing about her name
is that 1t is her true name and, even
more strange is the fact that the
MADAME" appellation which prefixes
her odd sort of surname (for an
American woman1 is her true bap-
tismal Christian name, having been
named, she stated, after her Hindoo
maternal grandmother. Thus, she is
called Madame. as one might refer
to girl or woman as Mary. IN
She also stated that her stage
experience was gained in the vicin-
ity of New Orleans when she trouped
with the Creole Nell" and Darkest
America" companies; that she has
appeared in pictures during the last
Is years, notably with d. w. Grif-
fifth in the latter's famous 'Birth of
Nation" as we'll as Hearts of the
World" and that she recently fin
ished a protraeted mo'tie engage
ment in Universals "Uncle Tom S
Cabin" 1t was Henry B. Walthall
who recommended her for the stage
role she now is playing for the COM
pany headed by Bessie Barriscale.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-04-05

HOLLYWOOD, Gala hitherto
unknown colored actress with a
strange oriental history, as we'll as
oriental name, scored, an overwhelm-
ing dramatic success here this week.
The name of this colored Duse, as
she may be referred to presently, Is
Madame Sui TIE Wan And the tram
scending circumstances of her out
standing histrionic exhibition occur
red at the Musk Box Theater. where
she appeared in support of Bessie
Barriscale, featured in Women Go
onI Forever"
This is the underworld boarding
house play in three. acts by Daniel
N. Rubin, which Brady and Wiman
produced in New York last year and
which George Sherwood has now
produced in. Hollywood.
AS the colored domestic whose
husband has been laid low vivid da
misery NV da stuumik," Miss Sui TIE
Wan played the role with such COM
plete understanding, with such in
gratiating subtlety and with such
rare tragic finesse, especially in the
last act, where she comes to borrow
q black dress from her employer for
the purpose of attending her hus-
bands funeral, that it almost sounds
like an exaggeration to observe that
she is the best dramatic actress now
appearing on any stage in Hollywood.
In the light of Miss Sui TIE VANS
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-04-05
Citizens General Committee
Outlines Program

Thirty delegates representing King
County Colored Republican Club,
Colored Civic League, Women's Po-
litical and Civic Alliance and the
Young Mems Club met Tuesday night
at Sojourner Truth Home and or
ganized as general committee to
outline political and civic program
to be put over in the interests of Sc
attle's colored citizens.
H. R. Cayton was chosen chair
man and George w. King, secretary,
of the committee. The meeting
proved to be harmonious with one
exception when o. d. Claiborne
voiced a protest to j. A. Johnson rep
resenting himself as president of the
Colored Civic League. The chairman
ruled the protest out of order and
asked Mr.. Claiborne to present his
objections to Mr.. Johnson at the
citizens mass meeting. The commit
tee endorsed several persons for
places on commissions and boards of
the city government and its recon-
mendations are to be presented at
the citizens mass meeting to be held
April Is at Masonic Hall.