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New Britain herald., 1928-10-26
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 1.-Two Old and Five New Boys
 Make Juniors Appear 6trons.
 Six veterans of the championship teams of the past two years reported last evening at the first basketball practice of the South church senior quintet. This half dozen comprised Clifford Bell and Henry Rockwell. who are expected to team up as forwards: Ted Vessels. center: and Otto Barta. Howard May and Kermet Parker. EuardA The only regular lost to the team is Wilton Mercy. and 1t is thought that Rock we'll will fill his shoes as one half of tho forward combination. Several additions to the squad are expected next week.
 A light but fast junior team is the outlook, ten youngsters reporting for the younger organization. Among these were Able Josephs and Roy Havlick, regular forwards of year ago: Francis Hattings, veteran guard: and Russell Anderson and Lawrence Stanley. substitutes of last winter. Five new boys of unusually good promise also appeared. and the final makeup of tho junior team will be known only after . wild scramble between these newcomers and the veterans. Tho fresh material includes William Mersa, Norman Elphick. Robert May. Fred Wheeler. and Rodney Walrath.
 The next practice sessions will be held next Thursday evening at the Boys club.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-26
NUTMEG'S LINE IS
 POWERFUL THREAT
Averages 2o7 Pounds -Lightst
 Lineman Weighs But 1S5

Probably one of the greatest as sets to the success of the Nutmeg team this year is its heavy powerful line which averages POT pounds. The lightest member is Joe Rogers. who weighs lS5 pounds and the heaviest man is Werwaiss, who weighs 235 pounds.
 Here is the weight of the regular line: Rogers. center,s l65 pounds: Gnasdow. guard, 22S pounds: Hum- phrey. guard. 230 pounds: Werwaiss. tackle. 235 pounds; Conklin, tackle. 215 pounds: Conley, end. ls6 pounds: and Burns. end. l9O pounds. If Captain Red" O'Neil is at center the average weight will jump to 209 pounds because O'Neal weighs 20 pounds more than Rogers. he tip ping the Scale at 1S5 pounds the lost time he weighed in.
 Hartford Gitns. the Nutmegs op- ponent in Hartford Sunday, certain ly cannot have a heavier line and when & team like the Nutmegs have a heavy strong defense against line plays it will invite a forward paas- ing game.
 Unfortunately for the New Brita- ain team, Hartford is we'll equipped with. forward passing attack and it will be two former New Britain players who will be the principals in the attack. "Butsy" Sturm has no equal in Connecticut professional football when it comes to throwing a forward pass. A few years ago he and "Hiker" Holzheomer were as famous as any seen in football in this state in years. It's successes ts one in which Sturm is also a mem- Der. On the receiving end of this play is none other than Tom Leary. former Fordham University star and member of last year All-New Brit ain football and basketball teams. The other end. Senger. 8 former Penn star. is another threat. It is understood that the Hartford line is also strong and if this is the case then New Britain players will have to resort to forward passing game This being the case the fana will see an open game.
 At least half of the crowd at the game is expected to be from New Britain and with the crowd evenly divided there should be a spirit of rivalry between the two factions in the crowd.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-26
SOCCER WAR IS ON
Houthefn New York State Ase0(,la- ttOn Has Resigned From United States Football Association.

New York. Oct. 26-Protesting against what 1t termed an invasion of its right. the southern New York state Soccer Football association has resigned from the United States Football association. thus writing another chapter in the so-called soccer war"
 Of the total membership of ap- proximately TO clubs, all but five supported the state associations ac- tion taken at special meeting last night, according to Nathan Agar. acting president of the body. Agar succeeded to the presidency for the time being at least. when Dr. O. R. Mann. the president. resigned in pro- test against the vote of resignation. Agar said that the United States association. intent upon winning it's fight with the American Soccer league. q rival organization to the American league without first ob- taining permission from the state as- sociation. This, he said. was in vio- lations of the national association's E constitution and a direct violation of the state associations territorial rights. The state association. he added. would seek to discover wheth. CT it had the right to bring injunc- ton proceedings against the United States body.
 The war" started when the Amer ican league suspended the Newark, Bethlehem and New York National clubs for entering the United States associations national tournament The three suspended clubs promptly started the Eastern league with the approval of the United States asso- ciation.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-26
sTERLING,s CHALLENGE

The Sterling basketball team wishes to challenge any team in the 1S to 22 year old class in the state. It won the New Haven Boys club senior league and are now planning to play out of town if . suitable guarantee Is given.
 All managers wishing games may get in touch with Ss0 State street. New Haven.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-26
SOLD TO PIRATES

Belleville, Ont. Oct. 26.-R- "Toots" Holway, formerly with the Montreal Maroons, has been sold to the Pittsburgh Pirates of the Nation- al Hockey league. Another Belleville product, Lawrence Goyer, is to join the St. Louis club of the American Hockey association.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-26
HANSEN TO FIGHT

New York. Oct. 26 (UP)-Knute Hansen. tho highly-touted pane. has finally agreed to show what he can do in . ring. He has signed to meet K. o. Christener. at Clevs- land. Dec. $. It win be Hansen's first bout under Billy 0ibson's man- aHement.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-26
HALF DOZEN ELEVENS OUT
 TO GET REVENGE TOMORROW
Several Elevens Deter.
 mined to Avenge Them selves on Conqusrors of Year Ago-Yale-Army and Dartmouth Harvard GamesAre Outstanding.

New York. Oct 3s M-rhs times appear rips for the squaring of some football accounts outstanding since last fall. A half dezen east ern college elevens take the field tomorrow given at least m even chance to avenge defeats they sui. fered at the hands of the same op. position last fall.
 Army's Cadets. we'll aware that there is no Bruce Caldwell at Yale this year. have high hopes st get. ting even with the Bulldogs of New Haven for that 10-e defeat they were forced to accept last fall. Theu Caldwell threw the pas that en. abled Quarter to score | touch. down against the Cadets; kicked the extra point and then . field goal to figure directly in every Yale score. But the Army feels that cagel. Mur- rell and tho rest of the Cadet back. field backed by . veteran line. can atone for that losing effort with plenty to spare. Navy trimmed Pennsyivania 12-s in 1927, but most Annapolis sup. porters will bs content M tho Mid. shipmen finish within two touch. downs of the Red and Blue t6mor. row. Navy scored . victory over Duke last Saturday after losing te Davis and Elkins, Boston College and Notre Dame whiie Penn has been cleaning up its nrst fout op. ponents in easy fashion and stnul. taneously preserving its goal line invtolate.
 Although beaten by Nebraska, the orange horde of Syracuse is favor. ed to leave state college with tht Nittany Lion skin Of Penn State ir their possession as evidence that the, s.s reverse of . year ago has beer wiped of tho books. And then there are the Tartans of Carnegie Tech. undefeated 70 far and aiming to stay that way at the expense of their fellow-resident Pitt Panthers.
 Pitt overwhelmed Carnegie last year, 2s-7 but the situation II sorne- what different at this moment. Tht Panthers already have been beateK by West Virginia and Gibby Wslcl is missed. Howard Harpstsr h ths Gibby welch of Carnegie this year The Princeton ACornell and liar 1; vard- Dartmouth games are in thu extremely doubtful class Agaanx three minor opponsntA Cornell har appeared to advantags while Prince ton has yet to show what t can d against . first class oppea6nt Tht Tigers had their opportunity a6ainG Virginia but Princeton rootsrs ar, hoping that that scorelsas tic 10 not indicative of the real strength o' Bill Ropsr's msA
 Dartmouth's machine hal trampled all opposition underfoot without trouble thus far but liar. yard. certainly. may bs expected te put up the hardest kind of fight Still there arc few hardy enough t> venture an outright belief that tho Crimson can avsngs the so.S beating they took last fall.
 Two ties of s37 remain te bs de, cided one way or the ether. Celsats comes to the Yankes stadium deter. mined to at least hold New York university to . tic. just e It did last year. but Chick Neehan's eleven. un. beaten and untis6, believes 1t ean add the up-statsrs to its list Of vic. tims. At Easton. Pa, there's . dlast of two mighty slsvsns-LAfaystts and West Virginia. ThASo two battlcl
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New Britain herald., 1928-10-26
 
'T0M0RR0W'S GAMES ALL OVER COUNTRY
Football Fans My Find Ready Rtiertnce BdoV

Outstanding football games for to' morrow. as compiled by the Aaso' ciated Press follow. In each in. stance the place of the game. witt scores when same teams played las' year. is given. Middletown, Conn.-Amherst (13) VI Wesleyan (30).
 New Haven. Conn.-Army (s) VI Yals (10).
 Boston-Boston College VI. Boston Providence. R. I.-Brown VI Tufts. 0ettysburs. Pa-Bucknell (st) VI. Gettysburg (0). Pittsburgh-Carnegie Tech CD vs Pittsburgh (13).
 New York-Colgate (0) vA N. Y U. (o). New York-Columbia (ls) VI Williams (0).
 Princeton. N. J.-cornell (1o) VI Prtnceton (SlJ. Cambridge. Mass. - Dartmouth (3O) VI. Harvard (6). New York-Fordham VI. Waah. { Jeft. Washington Georgetown VI Duke. Worcester. Mass.-Holy Cross (s) VI. Marquette N.). Easton. Pa.-Lafayette CD VI. w. Virginia CD.
 Orono. Me.-Maine (s7) VI. Batei (o).
 Philadelphia - Navy (12) VI Pennsylvania (6).
 stats College. Pa.-Penn State (s) vs. Syracuse (O.
 New Brunswick. N. J.-Rutgera vs. Delaware. Midwest
 Chicago-Chicago CD VI. Purdue l6)s
 Champaign. Hll.-1llinois CD VI Northwestern (6).
 Bloomington. Ind.-Indiana VI Ohio State. Iowa City. la.-1owa (o) VI Minnesota (sS).
 Lawrence. Kan.-Iowa State VI Kansas Ann Arbor, Mich.-Michigan (1l) VI. Wisconsin (0).
 South Bend. Ind.-Notre )ame (32) vs. Drake (0). Lincoln. Neb.-Nebraska (s) vs Missouri CD.
 Brookinsa, 8. D.-s. D. Agsiea (12) vs. South Dakota us).
 Fargo. N. DIN. D. Aggies (o) VI North Dakota (13). south Birmingham-Alabama (2l) vs Sewanee (O. ] Lcxington-Centre (0) VI. Ken. lucky (53).
 Tampa. Fla.-N. Carolina State l2) VI. Florida (6). Athens. Ga.-Georgia (s1) vs Tulane (0). Chapel Hill. N. C.-Georgia Tech u3) vs. N. Carolina (0).
 New Orleans-Mississippi VI. Loy. ola.
 Norman. Okla.-Oklahoma (ii) VI. KaEsas Aggies <20). Knoxville, Tenn.-Tennessse VI Wash. ( Lee.
 Houston. Tex.-Texas (27) vs Rico t0).'
 Fayetteville. Ark.-Texas Asgie, | (40) vs. Arkansas (O). Nashville. Tenn.-Vanderbiit VI Virginia. Richmond, Way. M. I. (S) vs Maryland (1O).
 Dallas, Tex.-Southern Methodis' vs. Trinity.
 Seattle-Washington VI. Oregon Aggies. Palo Alto. Cal.-Stanford (33) VI Fresno State (O). Los Angeles-S. California (33) vs. Occident (0). Moscow. Idaho-U. of Cal. at Lo. Angeles vA Idaho. Pullman, Wash. - Washington State vs. College of Idaho. Butte. Mont.-Montana (6) vs Montana State (O). Spokane, Wash.-Conzaga (7) VI Whitman (0). Boulder. Colo.-Utah (2o) VI Colorado (13).
New Britain herald., 1928-10-26

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New Britain herald., 1928-10-26

New York. Oct. 26 R,-The pow erful Army football team which threw off the Harvard jinx on Sat- urday by beating the crimson for tho first time in 1l starts now will try to do as much for Yale.
 Over a period of years stretch. ing back to 1893 Old Eli has had the Indian sign on the Cadets to such an extent that Yale has won IT games to Army's four. Six were tied.
 On Saturday they meet again be- fore what already is certain to be capacity crowd of 75,O00 in the Yale bowl. Probably never did two clevens clash with the issue more in doubt or with more potentially At stake. At the rate they are travelling the winner may well go on to gain eastern or even nation. wide supremacy as the Army this season is meeting the best in every section and both are undefeated.
 When last they met. a year ago. tho Yale jinx was working oyer time. It had | practical manfYes- tation In the great kicking Of Bruce Caldwell. now . professional. who booted an extfa point after touch- down and . field goal for the de- clding points in Q 10-e Ell victory.
 Yale must get along this year without Mr. Caldwcll's masterful footwork. And tho Army is minus Harry Wilson who received his commission last June. but otherwise both teams present first string line. ups that include surprising num- bcr of veterans of year ago.
 Consider the lines which already have been tabled as two of the best cxtant.
 Just as ths Army forward wall b built around Captain Mort sprasue. left tackle. 50 the Yale line has as its nucleus Captain Max Eddy, who has been playing right tackle and accordingly should square off face to face against the rival leader. Gprasue was jolted dizzy in the first few seconds of the Harvard game and has been handled with care in practice during the week but the dope is that he will play. Perry, Eprague's veteran running mate. holds down the other tackle. while Yale has a new man. Marting, in that berth.
 At the guards Yale has Firpo Greene. one of the mainstays of last season. and Hall, who saw service tn that Army game. while West Point has tho redoubtable Ham, mack along with Dibb. who was one of the replacements in tho 1927 fray. Chsrlcsworth. Yale's giant | center and Hall are to face each other for the second time in two years.
 Moth teams have lost great end pairs and upon their comparative success at developing new wing men may well depend the outcome of the game. Messinger perform ed nobly for the Army against Har- yard with good work also by Carl mark. Yale banks on McEwen and 1 Walker.
 In the backfield tho vets are al numerous as in the line. Supporting Garvey. Yale has Hoben. Decker and Hubbard, while the Army backs uI Cagle with Murrel and O'Keefe. The swaths both teams have cut are shown by the records:
 Army
New Britain herald., 1928-10-26
FIGHTS LAST NIGHT

By the Associated Press.
 London-Jack Hood. England, stopped Bruno Frattini. Italy. (3. Teddy Baidock. England, knocked out Phil Lolosky. Aldgate, (3).
 McKeesport, Pa.-Davey Adelman, Philadelphia outpointed Johnny Ryan, Erie. (10).
New Britain herald., 1928-10-26

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New Britain herald., 1928-10-26

War pensioners in England num- ber about one million.
New Britain herald., 1928-10-26
CALIFORNIA SHINING

Southern University Eleven Rapidly
 :
 Gaining Fame Because of ita Brilliant Bsckfield Playefs
 Los Angeles. Oct. c6 (UP)-The University of Southern California is becoming famous for its brilliant backfield stars First, Morton (Devil
Evening star., 1928-12-28
SISTER DENIES GIVING
MONEY TO WRIGHTS
1Ers. Haskell DisclaimS Aiding Or
Wills and Wilbur in Early
Aviation Experiments.

KANSAS CITY (P.-Mrs Katharine
Wright Haskell, sister Of Wilbur Wright,
wants no credit for giving financial as
sistance to her brothers during their
early experiments in aviation.
The reason, stated in her own words,
b this:
IT never gave my brothers any finan-
clal aid"
Despite her reiteration of this state
ment, the belief persists that she
financed the Wright brothers when they
built the first airplane. Recently a
woman in Maine, suggesting to New
York newspaper that congressional
medal be awarded to Mrs. Haskell,
asked:
Did her faith in her brothers and
financial aid count as nothing in their
experimentations?"
Although she lent them no money,
she did give the brothers invaluable
encouragement, for which they have
expressed their gratitude.
When the world speaks of the
WrightS," Orville once said, lit must in
clude my sister Much of our effort has
been inspired by her"
Katharine Wright, a graduate OF
Oberlin College, formerly taught Latin
IN the Dayton, Ohio, High School. She
is member of the board of trustees
OF Oberlin College Her husband, Henry
j. Haskell, also an Oberlin graduate, is
editor OF the Kansas City Star
Evening star., 1928-12-28
WHEAT IS LOWER
ON INITIAL SALES
Larger Estimates Of Exportable
Argentine Surplus Depress
Prices.
BY the Associated Press.

6y tne ASSoCl6JcQ ETekS.
CHICAGO, December 26.-Enlarged
estimates Of the Argentine exportable
surplus Of wheat carried wheat prices
down early today to the lowest level
IN more than a month. Corn was also
weaker, owing good deal to increased
deliveries on December contracts here.
Opening unchanged to "a of wheat
afteEward showed a material setback
all around. Corn started unchanged
to % down and. subsequently under
went general declines. Oats were easy.
Provisions held steady.
New authoritative figures today from
Argentina on the amount Of wheat
available there for shipment to other
countries put the total at 100000, 900 to
23S,000,0C0 bushels. This was con-
strued to mean crop of more than
300,000,000 bushels, 100000 more
than last years first official estimate.
Today's figures represented an increase
Of $4,000, 900 bushels over the latest pre-
vious forecast, and persistent selling
here disclosed that the market had re-
latively poor support.
Nearly 100000 bushels of corn was
handed over at the outset TODAY 10
satisfy Chicago December contracts.
This amount was the largest early de-
livery which had been witnessed so far
in the December settlement, and was
accordingly treated as a bearish factor.
There also were predictions Of colder
weather. On the other hand, todays
fresh arrivals Of corn here were only
229 cars, and other cities were reported
as outbidding Chicago for corn from
down State points In Illinois.
Evening star., 1928-12-28
Special Dispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The star.
NEW YORK, December 28.-The
pickup In railroad earnings reflected
In the November statements now being
published is one Of the significant in
cidents In the general business recovery
in the second half Of this year. Some of
the systems reporting their gross and
net revenues have not only been able
to overcome losses during the first six
ground 50 rapidly that they will show
the best results since 1925.
During November there was greater
uniformity in gross and net increases
than In any month this year. The hard
and soft coal roads, which were affect
ed earlier by the stagnation in the coal
industry, are today among those making
the best exhibits. There also has been
q good recovery in the Southwest. Traf-
fic conditions in the South have i'm
proved, with increases replacing de-
CreaSes on all but one of the important
systems. The trunk line roads and the
transcontinental lines are nearly all
extending their earlier ratios of increas-
ed net under the most efflcient schedule
Of railroad operations ever before main-
tanned In this country.
Dealing with specific situations, the
most striking reported was that of the
Baltimore & Ohio, which showed an in
crease In net last month of SO per cent.
THIS gives encouragement to those who
have been buying the companys COM
mon stock on the expectation of a Z
per cent dividend rate next Spring. The
Southwestern group, including Missouri
Pacific, Texas Pacific, International
Great Northern and the Gulf Coast
Lines all made substantial increases in
those revenues that are applicable to
interest and dividend charges. This
foreshadows greater degree of liberal
ity to stockholders next year. The
Southern Railway, which has had quite
a long period Of gross losses, and also
the Seaboard Air Line have been re-
covering for some months. November
both were able to show gross and net
gains, although the Florida East Coast
operated again at a deficit.
Among the hard coal roads the Erie
has recently made relatively the strong
er showing, although none of any size
has approached the November net in
crease of 100 per cent Of the Lefigl1
Valley. Both the Chesapeake g. Ohio
and the Virginian were handicapped by
conditions that obtained throughout the
FIRST part Of the year.
OF the large Western systems the
Evening star., 1928-12-28
BY KENNETH s. VAN sTRUM.

NEW YORK, December 2S.-The
speculative community was completely
fooled when stock prices rose sharply In
the face Of the high money rates ex-
pected to prevail toward the year end.
It was the general opinion that though
December stocks would remain steady
around the low levels Of the recent reac-
ton and that broad upward move
would not begin until easier money
came after the first of the year. If
stocks continue upward through jan
uary, as Is widely anticipated, they will
be rising into new high ground, for In
the last few days the general market
has advanced close to record levels.
A further sharp rise In stock prices
means that brokers' loans will again in
crease rapidly and that high call money
rates viii probably remain. Bankers
do not welcome the thought Of q fur
ther rise In brokers' loans. Banking
opinion seems to be that the stock mar
ket has been absorbing more than its
share of credit. It Is pointed out that
instead Of surplus credit finding Its way
into business expansion and permanent
investments It has been more profitable
to lend In the call money market at
high rates Of interest.
Banks Lose Control.
Thus in April and May, when the
reserve banks began to cut down their
loans to brokers, "other' lenders fiocked
In to take advantage Of the high money
rates. Today these private, rlon-bank-
ing lenders, contribute such large part
of brokers' loans that the banks have
lost their direct control over the grant.
ing Of brokers' credit. Unlike the banks
these private lenders have no respon.
sibility to apportion credit equitably be-
tween business and the security mar
Evening star., 1928-12-28
TOWN REFUSES TO MOVE
"COLUMN WITH A CURSE
Pier Of Old Market House Remains
Where Left 46 Years

AUGUSTA. Ga. (R. - Sentiment
which for 46 years has allowed 1.-The
column with curse" to stand in the
middle Of a sidewalk, won out recently
when paving program made practic-
able the removal Of the queer relic Of
q tornado'S fury.
The column, once the pillar Of the
city market house, has stood at Broad
and Center streets ever since tornado
hit Augusta In 1878. Old citizens say
that an itinerant minister, claiming the
gift Of prophecy, predicted that the old
market house would be destroyed the
day after his sermon. He declared that
but one Of the big pillars supporting the
market house would be left standing
and declared that any attempt to move
the pillar would be fatal: that the per-
son who tried 1t would be struck by
lightning.
AS 1t happened, a tornado hit this
town the next day and only one pillar
Of the market house was left standing.
Some years ago city ofiicials said the
piller would have to be destroyed to
permit certain street repairs. A large
number Of workmen carried the pillar
about so feet. There was an explosion
and they dropped 1t. And today the
pillar stands where the workmen drop
ped 1t when some practical Joker ex.
ploded frecracker