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New Britain herald., 1928-12-20
bRAz|L'S LEADER
IS EARLY RISER
Starts Day at 5:so-ls Enthusi.
%iC Radio Fan

Rio De Janeir Dec. 20, A-Wash-
dent of Brazil. who will greet presi-
dent-elect Hoover soon. is an execu-
tive who starts his day at $50 in
the morning. and whose chief hobby
in leisure moments Is tuning in on
radio programs broadcast in the
United States and Europe. Natur-
ally he has the best radio set to be
obtained in Brazil.
The year around President Wash
ington Luis arises from 5 to $50
and is at his desk in the Guiana bara
palace at o'clock. The morning
papers are ready for him as also
are important documents of the past
twenty four hours. The president,
according to his intimates, makes his
most important decisions in the first
breakfasts at O'Clock. After a
light breakfast he goes back to his
desk and for the next two hours de-
votes himself to study, history, and.
in recent months, development of
social democracy in Germany. COM
Italy. in all of which he Is intensely
interested.
Has Bath
At 1890 each morning the pres
ident has his bath and then remains
with his family during lunch.
Promptly at 1890 in company with
the chief of his military household
and his adjutant he motors to Cat
tete palace, the executive mansion
of Brazil, and his Official day
commences.
After meeting his secretary and
personal staff at Cattete, the presi-
dent receives cabinet ministers and
! leaders Of the chamber and senate.
1t is said that the period following
the staff meeting and before the
ministers are received is the most
propitious time to approach the
chief executive with personal re-
quests and recommendations in
favor of friends.
| receives congressman
Audience hours for the president
are from to $50 daily during
which time he receives members OF
congress, important persons in
Brazil and such foreigners as OBJ
tain the privilege of an audience
through their respective ambassa-
doris. The official day OF the presi-
dent ends at $50 when he leaves
Cattete for his home to devote the
evening to his family. He is fond
Of music and when there is no
grand opera available in Rio the
president brings music to GUIANA
bara palace through the air from
the United States and Europe.
Taller than the usual Brazilian.
| Washington Luis has a commanding
New Britain herald., 1928-12-20

personality. He is a stickler for
punctuality and demands it OF his
subordinates while he never allows
himself to be late for anything.
Although he has lived most OF his
fifty-eight years in Sac Paulo. the
president is not confirmed coffee
drinker as most BraZilians. During
the six hours he is at Cattete each
day he drinks only a cup of tea with
few biscuits.
In the two years of his administra-
ton the president has been adamant
in refusing amnesty to the last rev.
olutionists whether serving sentences
in Brazil or living in exile How
strongly he feels on this subject is
shown by the incident of the Naval
club here which voted to reinstate
New Britain herald., 1928-12-20
ruth and GEHRIG
BEST RUN MAKERS
Pair Of Yankee Stars Each Re.
sp0nSible for 142 Markers

New York. Dec. 20 (UP)-Babe
Ruth and Lou Gehrig. Miller Hug
gins pair of super hitters, were re-
sponsible for more runs than any
other men in the American League
during the season of 1928.
Official records released today
show Babe and Lou at the head OF
the list. each being responsible for
142 of the runs which carried the
New York Yankees to the pennant
and world championship.
Ruth also led the league in the
number OF times he was awarded a
free ticket to first base-tribute to
his ability as a slugger. The records
show that he received 1875 passes
from opposing pitchers during the
1874 games.
A doubtful honor also was claimed
by Ruth in having struck out more
often than any other man in the
league. He was famed 81 times
II more than Ralph kress, St. Louis.
who was second
Bob Meusel. another Yankee. was
third in the list of runs responsible
for" with total OF 113. giving the
New York club clean sweep OF the
first three places.
Goose Goslin. Washington. batting
champion for the season accounted
for 102 runs during his 1875 games
six less than Heinie Manush. St.
Louis. whom Goslin nosed out of the
batting title on the last day of the
race.
Al Simmons. Philadelphia. and
Harry Heilman, Detroit. former
batting champion. were tied for fifth
place with 107 runs each.
Ty Cobb. winding up his final sea-
son rs a major Lacquer, took part in
95 games. the records show. and was
responsible for 40 runs scored by
Philadelphia. He drew "a base on
balls and struck out 16 times
iris Speaker also concluding fis
career in the big show. played in GA
games. accounted for % runs drew
10 bases and struck out five times.
Bing Miller. Philadelphia: Oswald
Rluege. Washington. and Earl Nc
Nicely. ST. Louis. were each hit eight
times nv opposing pitchers. Joe
Sewell. Cleveland, was nicked seven
| times. Carl Lind played 1874 games
for Cleveland without having been
hit once bv a pitcher.
The Yankees as team drew more
bases on balls than any other. They
drew 56o passes during the year. and
the st. Louis Browns. with 54S. were
second Cleveland drew less free
tickets than any other team-377
The records also show that the
Yankees struck out 544 times during
the season while the last place Rod
Sox were second with 512. Wash
ington with 300 strikeouts. headed
the league.
New Britain herald., 1928-12-20
FLORIDA SPORTS
ATTRACTING FANS
Well Rounded Program Of Coli
and Tennis Planned

Palm Beach, Dec. 20 @-Plenty
Of thrills and action are promised
northern sport enthusiasts here
this winter with the completion OF
a well-rounded program of golf and
tennis designed to attract the ma
tons outstanding wielders of the
niblick and racquet.
The sport season here Is in the
offing, and before long winter colo
nists and rowing sport lovers will
be starting off on q series OF tour
nament plays that will continue
until March.
Prominent newspaper column
lists and cartoonists and novelists
are to gather January 20 to IS fol
the annual tournament of the art.
lists and writer's golf association
won last year by Grantland Rice.
Before this tournament ends the
annual Lake Worth event. won las
year by George Voigt. along witt
honors in two other major title
contests here, will have begun. TIL,
dates are January 21-25.
Miss Virginia Van VIE is expect
ed for the opening Of the annua
Florida woman's championship goi
tournament. starting February Is
Miss Van VIE has won the troph!
two times and another victor!
would give her its permanent pos
session.
While these tournaments hol,
the golfing spotlight here. numer
Gus other events have been SEIZED
uled. Then there are the variou.
club and group tournaments fol-
the tennis courts, to whet interes
in three major tournaments SEIZED
uled for the Royal Poinciana court.
alone.
(. The annual wOman's champion
ship of Florida will be played Feb
ruary IS to March 2, followed b!
the mems state championship
March 40.
The annual professional south
crn championship, dated March IL
Is. usually offers keenest competi.
ton of the entire tennis season
Vincent Richards won 1t last year
Other stars who participated in
some of the matches each year in.
clude Francis T. Hunter. ranking
player of the tennis association;
John Hennessey. former junior ma.
tional champion; Manuel Alonzo Of
Spain. Georg Lott and William +
Tilden.
New Britain herald., 1928-12-20
retains
BILLIARD title
Wins Final Mltch in Three
Cushion Play From Hoppe

Chicago, Dec. 90 N-The first
double Joined cue championship
tournament at which the pocket
billiards and three cushion billiards
championships of the world were
at stake ended in excitement early
today.
Johnny Layton. the Missouri cue
expert. retained the worlds title in
the three tournament by
winning the final match from Will
lie Hoppe. so to %. in 20 innings.
The pocket billiards title. which
also was to have been settled last
night, remains in dispute.
Frank Taberski. Schenectady,
protested to the National Billiards
association following his interrupted
match with Ralph Greenleaf. the
champion. charging that Greenleaf
violated the rules by leaving the
room twice during the playing OF
their match
While Layton and Hoppe were
settling the three cushion title. the
committee was wrangling over the
Taberski dispute.
The final decision of the commit
tee was that Taberski and Green
leaf should meet again tomorrow
night. Greenleaf needs a victory
over Taberski to clinch retention of
the title. A victory for Taberski
would result in 4 tie between the
two.
Third place in the pocket billiards
tournament went to Erwin Rudolph
OF Chicago when he defeated Pas
quale Natalie. 1875 to 1928, in 81 in
nings. Otto Reiselt, former cham
pion. took third place in the three
cushion tournament.
The match on which the worlds
championship rested broke up in a
row when Taberski. exasperated by
the delays, speeches and posturings
of Greenleaf. unjointed his cue and
demanded forfeit. Taberski's with
drawal came as the climax of a Sc
ries of minor clashes that termi-
mated when Greenleaf left the room
for the second time. contrary to the
rules. Previously Taberski had en-
tered a protest when both Green
leaf and Referee Joe Orr had called
an obvious combination shot wrong
The committee. in ruling that the
game be replayed. decided that
Referee Orr had erred in permitting
the champion to leave the arena the
second time.
With Rudolph's victory over Ma.
talie, every entrant in the pocket
billiards matches was credited with
at least one triumph. whereas Co
pulos was the only one in the three
cushion play who failed to win a
game. Layton, in defeating Hoppe,
made high runs of nine and seven
with an average OF 2.27. Hopes
high run was six.
New Britain herald., 1928-12-20
TED BARNES LEADING
TOURNEY QUALlFIERS
Young Los Angeles Proiess30na
Tops Field In Catalina Open
Championship

Avalon. Catalina Island. Cal. Dec.
20 (UP)-Ted Barnes, young Loa
Angeles professional. leads the I'M
official and incomplete list Of quail
fiers in the S2.50O Catalina open
championship tournament. He turn
ed in 1c7 for the 36-hole qualify
ing round yesterday.
The official list will not be COM
piled until all have shot their quail
flying round.
John O'Connor. Sacamoor, N. T.,
was assured OF place among the
| qualifiers when he shot a 1876. Tony
Longo, New York, was In doubt with
1879. The chances Of Johnny We'll
Of Texas, who scored 142 and Earl
Diehl. Erie. Pa. were still darker.
Horton Smith, Joplin. Mo-. shot
only holes yesterday for a IS.
tying with Danny Williams, New
York, Roland Hancock of North
Carolina and John Black, Oakland,
Cal.
Championship play will start to-
morrow with a field OF 100 golfers.
including many International stars.
competing. The latter escaped the
qualifying round by having qualified
in the national open or the P. N
G. A. championship.
New Britain herald., 1928-12-20
Georgia Tech Team OFF
For Game in California

Atlanta. Ca. Dec. 20 (UP)-Geor-
gia Techs football team started
westward today for its post season
game with the University Of Cali
fornia at the Tournament OF Roses
in Pasadena on New Years day.
Coach Bill Alexander, 81 players,
trainers. assistant coaches. newspa-
per men and members Of the facul-
ty filled the two special cars that
will carry the Tech delegation to
the coast.
The team will proceed to New Or
leans where the two coaches will be
added to the Sunset Limited. OF the
Southern Pacific lines. Short work
outs will be held at various stops
Aong the route. The team is ex-
pected in Pasadena Sunday night.
New Britain herald., 1928-12-20
county AND CITY
| VI {. A. Meeting
Program IN Hartford Expected
to Attract 600 Members

Six hundred young members of
the Hartford County and City Y. NJ.
C. A. organizations will take pos
session of the State theater and state
armory in Hartford on Thursday.
December ~. when the first annual
Y. NJ. c. A. Boys Day will be held.
The days program will begin at
$50 a. m. in the theater. Presi-
dent Charles w. Holman Of the
Hartford County ~" and President
Russ OF the city "Y" will greet the
boys. The Hartford Y. NJ. C. A. boys
will present tabieaux in costume
and the Junior ~" band Of MARI
boro will give concert. There will
be illustrated songs. a moving pic
ture dealing with THE World Work
Of the Y. NJ. c. A." and a feature
film.
At noon the boys will leave the
theater and march to the state arm
DRY. where a picnic luncheon will be
served at 12:45 o'clock. At : o'clock
there will be another program in
charge of Mike" Carlson, physical
director Of the Hartford ~" and
former employe Of the New Britain
association. The Marlboro band will
play again and the Hartford Model
Aeroplane club will give demon
stration Of model airplane flying.
Governor John H. Trumbull will
speak and group photograph will
be taken. There will also be mass
games, such as dodge ball and swat.
The program will conclude at 3:l5
o'clock.
Members Of all ~" groups, boys
| who have been to ~" camps, faith
ers. friends. and all boys interested
are eligible to attend and invited to
do 30. Admission will be by ticket
Reservations are to be made through
the group leaders and must be in by
Monday.
New Britain herald., 1928-12-20
Brewers Start War
AGAINST "Rl;n1nirs''

Windsor. Ont. Dec. 20 R-On-
tario brewers have banded together
In a war against "blindnies" which
have been selling locally at less than
the government rates. beer intended
for export.
The practice Of cutting prices on
beer for export has been followed bv
some Of the brewers and government
officials estimating that the province
has lost between scoo.0 600 and 1900
600 in revenue during the last year
by the beer being sold locally.
New Britain herald., 1928-12-20
Still Trying White
Gloves in Illinois

Chicago, Dec. 20 R-White box
ing gloves, after two weeks tryout
in Illinois, are still on trial with
conflicting opinions regarding their
desirability.
The glove will be given sixty
days trial." said Paul Prehn, chair
man of the Illinois state athletic
commission. today.
Other states have been asked to
make thorough investigation to de-
termine if blindness or designation
can be traced directly to re dyed
gloves in general use elsewhere.
New Britain herald., 1928-12-20
Lighter MAN MAY
Clean UP HEAVIES
Strlbing Or Louehran Figured
as Contenders for Title

New York, Dec. 20 R-1t has
been demonstrated before that a
good light heavyweight, or even a
! first class middleweight, such as was
Fob Fitzsimmons at one time, can
clean up the heavyweight division.
There Is distinct need for some
such cleaning up as the campaign OF
1929 Is about to get under way, and
1t would not be surprising to see the
task performed by one or the other
of these light heavyweight products
Tommy Laughran and w. L.
(Young) stribbling.
Speed and skill have been accom-
plishing as much, II not consider
ably more than the old-fashioned
sock IN this heavyweight era.
Loughran Stribling have both a long
string OF knockouts to their credit.
The record is also produced to bally-
hoo the so-called Stribling sock. but
the Georgian has yet to demonstrate
its potency outside the barnstorm-
ing circuit. Thirty knockouts in some
IS fights sounds impressive enough
until the list Of victims is scanned.
Yet there seems no doubt now to
most critics that Stribling must be
seriously reckoned with as a con-
tender for Tunney's vacated title.
The Georgia acrobat has youth and
unusual endurance in his favor, and
1t is sihnificant just now that he is
& willing r,,iy 1t-ifh hn
notchers than they are with him.
! Loughran's rise to the fistic
heights frequently has been compar-
ed with that Of Tunney. and with
considerable reason. The broad
shouldered. good looking Philadel-
phian is not snowy but is an un-
usually effective workman. fast. ring
wise and good body puncher Of
Tunney's type. There is another
parallel. for Loughran came back to
win one Of his greatest fights. from
Leo Lomski, after being knocked
down and almost out. just as Tun-
ney was In his last battle with Jack
! Dempsey. Loughran displayed rare
courage. as we'll as defensive skill
and instinct. in saving himself from
being knocked out by Lomski. for he
admitted later he was punch drunk
for half dozen rounds.
Loughran. like Tunney. has
thorough schooling in light heavy
weight ranks. displaying a willing
ness to fight all corners.
| 1.oughran and Stribling. filling out
and taking on weight to make the
heavyweight grade, have much
better chance against such full
fledged heavies as Sharkey. Risko.
Pauline and Maloney than other
l75- Founders who have essayed ring
New Britain herald., 1928-12-20

Loughran and Stribling would be
bigger STUN bling blocks for Jack
Dempsey than other contenders in
sight. in the event the Manassa
nlauler tries another comeback.
Dempsey has beaten Sharkey. He
would prefer the rough and ready
going among such big fellows as
Riski. Pauline and Maloney. But he
would find Stribling and Loughran
as elusive and shifty as Tunney. with
all the speed needed to 60 at least
10 rounds at a fast clip. something
that Dempsey in the past few years
has not demonstrated he can do.
New Britain herald., 1928-12-20

exciting moments than Paul Berlen-
bach and Jack Delaney in recent
years. but neither was able to make
appreciable Roadway against the
bigger fellows. Berlenbach fought
himself out in the lighter division.
when still 4 young man. while De-
laney either lacked the stamina and
durability necessary to mix with the
good big men or found his sharp
lhooting ineffective against them.
New Britain herald., 1928-12-20
Speaking
Of Sports

The Hakoah basketball quintet,
featuring Nat Holman and Davey
Banks In its lineup. defeated the
Springfield Bees in Springfield last
night by the score of 20 to %. The
game was played before crowd Of
only 800 fans.
New Britain herald., 1928-12-20

1oughran and Stribling. filling out
and taking on weight to make the
heavyweight grade, have a much
better chance against such full
fledged heavies as Sharkey. Risko.
Pauline and Maloney than other
175-pounders who have essayed ring
adventures outside their class.
Few light heavies furnished more
New Britain herald., 1928-12-20

Part of the blame he lays to the
home club because of its inability
to press the visitors. This is true
in a great many cases. The stu
alton should be very different when
the Hakoahs play in this city.
New Britain herald., 1928-12-20

Big Ben in London takes Is sec
onds to strike 1: O'Clock.
New Britain herald., 1928-12-20

Harold w. Heinz, writing an acr
count of the game in the Springfield
Union, thinks very little of the New
York aggregation. He says that
they were far from impressive and
lacked polish as a team. He COM
planned that Holman failed to show
the dynamic energy that has made
him one of the most famous of court
performers.
New Britain herald., 1928-12-20

The election Of Joe Potts as cap
tain of the New Britain High school
football team, does not break prece-
dent. Potts. freshman, was select
ed as next years leader yesterday.
New Britain herald., 1928-12-20


football team, does not break prece-
dent. Potts, a freshman, was select
ed as next years leader yesterday.
Others times in the history Of the
school. sophomores and. at least
once. a freshman. have been select
ed to captain the following years
eleven. 1t was the worth while
qualities possessed by the young
man that caused his teammates to
select him as their leader for next
year. Joe played a whale of a game
all during the past season. He put
his heart into every play. He sought
not glory or the acclaim of the null
titudes and for those reasons, above
all others, he was chosen for we'll
deserved honor.
His competitors for the captaincy
have no cause to feel that they were
in the least sighted. There is roth
ing so thrilling as to see man
take a beating and take it gamely
So it Is with Joe Bogdanski who lost
out in the election. knowing him
as we do, we venture to predict that.
as captain or as private in the ranks
Bogdanski will play his end as eff
GENTLY as he ever has done.
Harry Ginsburg and Clarence
Lanpher will take trip to- New
York tonight to watch the Fordham
basketball team in action against
Yale. The game will be played in
New York.
Tom Leary will be playing against
a football mate in the basketball
game here Saturday night when
Kuczo. quarterback on the Stapleton
team of which Leary Is member
appears here with the All-Collegians.
We, are out to watch kid" Dug
san in his efforts to keep up his
end in taking the PUSHES IN to-
nights game Duggan thinks 1t IS
Just as important to capture the
PUSHES as 1t is to win the ball game.
kid" Williams Is one Of the
greatest school boy sport fans we
have ever met Get him talking on
the subject and he's a hard man to
stop.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1928-03-03
GOVERNOR SAVES LIFE

Montgomery, Ala.-That :. lstice
does not always 60 astray here
the rights of Negroes are concerned
has been clearly demonstrated here
by the action of Governor Bib
Graves in saving the life of Hayes
Leonard, colored, convicted of a part
in the murder of Judge Lamar
Smith, of Wetumpka. Leonard, who
confessed the crime, twas sentenced
to death, but on the eve of his
execution the Governor commrtad
his sentence to. life imprisonment.
Meantime Clyde Bachelor, 'Leonacd's
white employer, who had been con-
victed jointly with him for the
crime, went to the electric chair
some weeks ago.
r. Bachelor confessed that he had
forced Leonard to fire the fatal
shot, and in consequence a number
of prominent white people, includ-
ing representatives of the Inter-
racial Commission, united in a re-
quest for clemency for Leonard.
The Pardon Board declined to rec
ommend the communication, but the
Governor took the matter in his
own hands and saved the Negroes
life.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1928-03-03
REV. BRCTON EXPLAINS.

Birmingham, Ala, Feb. 20, 1928
Mr.. John Mitchell,
81 North Fourth Street,
Richmond, Va.
Dear Editor:
Please do not think that my delay
in sending answer to DR.. Morris s
article of Jan. 7th is due to lack
OF anxiety to touch it. l have
been so heavily taxed fer time in
this meeting until other matters
have had to go lacking. This truly
nas been the most remarkable re-
vival of my experience, covering a
period of time of seven weeks, with
total of 332 accessions to thq
churches. And among these con
yerts were some who had not bee
inside OF d church for fifteen yea
We closed Thursday night. l am
forced TO take a period of res. be
fore leaving for Atlanta. During
my rest period shall fix up rhe
response to DR.. Morris's a. v.cle.
Mrs. Becton wishes to be remem
oered to you most kindly. l am,
Your Friend and Eva1gelisC,
G. WILSON Beet, N.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1928-03-03

Senator James A. Reed, Of Mis-
soRri, has been making some Crack
ing good" speeches in Texas and in
his brilliant outbursts of oratory
has dwelt upon the sovereign right
of. the States and the disposition of
the Federal Government to usurp
the rights, privileges and preroga-
tives of these several confedera-
tions. A close analytical review of
his vote in the United States Sen
ate will show that his talk is one
way and his actions another. He
wSs mainly responsible for the re-
fusal to admit the legally elected
representative from Illinois, al
though his credentials were all right
and under the law, he was in no
way disqualified from entering upon
his duties as United States SEN
ator
Such inconsistencies as these null
lily the words of a statesman, max
ing them as sounding brass and
tinkling cymbals." People lose con-
fdence in the speaker and what
he says goes in one ear and comes
out the other. Senator Reed may
resch the White House, but If he ex-
poets his campaigning to bring
about the result, both he and his
friends will be sadly disappointed
people. Gov. Alfred E. Smith has
no such inconsistent record and vet
many may vote against him for the
reason that they do not believe that
he will measure up to the full
standard, where either whiskey or
religion is involved.