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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-24
The Once Over
WALL STREET LEGION

WALL STREET LEGION
CAL money; A heart ache; a kind of burn; a
nuisance.
Rediscount Rate; Something that is low on Mon
days, Wednesdays and Fridays and high on Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays; a disturbing influence; a
form of usury.
Bull: An optimist before he has been cured.
Bear: A man who used to be an optinist.
Lamb: An operator who has lost money.
Daring Investor: Any operator who has not.
Market Expert: Usually an unsuccessful specula-
tor who has lost everything but his typewriter and
his voice.
Healthy Reaction: Something you are informed
has happened after you have discovered you are out
about $4,000.
Short Selling: On operation conducted by peo-
nile who are constitutionally incapable of listening
to BARRIERS.
Sleeper: A stock that has not had a rise in five
wears and probably won't have for another five.
Inside information: Salani: a kind OF bologna;
hassenpheffer.
Distribution: Something said to be taking place
when a stock that has been jumping up 10 points
a day for a month suddenly goes an entire day with
a gain of only seven points.
skvrocket: A rise of 7-S Of a point in Standard
Oil of New York, American Agricultural Chemical
or Erie.
tUuulD n LOO ,.
Steel. Texas Gulf Sulphur, New Haven or Briggs.
Snurt: A gain of so points in Radio, General
Electric or
Stop Loss Order: Something you tell your broker
and about which he denies knowing anything.
Good Thing: A tip given by the ashnan on a
stock that has already had a rise Of 100 points in
three months.
Steady Market: A market in which the prices are
slowly declining.
Nervous Market A market in which the prices are
slowly declining.
Irregular Market: A market in which the prices
are slowly declining.
Bull Market: Any market differing from the
above three.
Sterling: It's all Greek to us, too.
Commercial Paper: See sterling.
Car loadings: See commercial paper.
Speculator: A man who has been unlucky IN the
market.
Investor: A man who has been lucky in the
market.
Market Letter: A weekly or monthly market an
alysis written by a brokerage office employee who
knew all the Hans Christian Anderson tales by
heart at the age of S, who wasn't told there wasn't
any Santa Claus until he married and who still
thinks the Bedtime Story the greatest influence in
American life.
VERY FOGGY INDEED!
All liquor will be thrown overheard from the
Leviathan when she gets inside the l2-mhe limit.
Watch for the interview in which the ship news
man will ask, "Was there much fog on the way overP
and the captain will reply:
Fog? Why It was SO thick I couldn't see as far
as I could toss a case?"
Well. the Ruth marriage proves that love laughs
as socksmiths.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-24
Hoover and the Farm Relief

President Hoover is opposed to price fixing of
farm products. He is opposed to government sub
sidy. direct or indirect. He is opposed to elaborate
machinery. HI is opposed to what he calls a tax
upon the farmer. Makers of the house farm relief
bill eliminated all these objections when they draft
ed the bill.
They did not include the debenture plan.
Now the agricultural committee of the senate has
authorized the makers Of the senate bill to include
the debenture plan. President Hoover is said to be
opposed to the plan.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-24

Who am I? Of what country am
I president? Who is my prime min
lister?
What is the largest island in the
world?
What Is meant by boxing the
compass?
Verify I say unto you. Whosoeyer
shall not receive the kingdom Of
God as a little child shall in no wise
enter therein" Where is this pas
sage found in the Bible?
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-24
Health and Right Living
BY ROYAL s. COPELANC, NJ. ID.
Former Commissioner OF Health.

should weigh about 121 pounds. q.
This condition may be due to nasal
catarrh, decayed teeth, diseased
tonsils, Indigestion or constipation.
Locate the cause and treatment can
be advised. 3. Proper dieting and
deep breathing is the secret. You
should eat nourishing foods and
have plenty of sleep and rest. For
full particulars send q self-addreSs-
ed, stamped envelope and repeat
your question.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-24
TOday'S HOrOScope

Today's Horoscope
Persons born on this day are very
dogmatic in their beliefs. especially
IN their religious views. They usual
ly form their own creeds.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-24
Cheapening of the Toiler

I'm a large sense we have learned that the cheap
enina of the toiler decreases rather than promotes
rermanent prosperity because it reduces the con-
s,,n,in9 power of the people reads the Hoover mes
sage, Those who doubt it are referred to China, India
and other nations where the cheapening of the toiler
has destroyed the purchasing power Of the masses.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-24
UNDERGROUND n7 A53x5 4ss
BY JJEFFERSCN FARJEON Copyright @I Central . AaMambe

Copyright. 1925. b. Central Preu Association. ine.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-24

One of the most trying of human
experiences Is the inability to sleep
Even q murderer will give himself
up If he cannot sleep. Loss Of sleer
has driven men and women to sui
eide. 1t has made them mad.
The doctors call sleeplessness Gin
somnia." 1t Is regarded as 80 i'm
portant that whole books are de-
voted to the subject. Insomnia Is
looked upon as a serious ailment.
There are many ca--cs for Sleep
less night. Bad news, fright, shock
from any cause, may 50 disturb the
nervous system that sleep is out
OF the question. When the acute
agony subsidies gentle sleep will re-
turn.
A more serious form Of insomnia
is that which comes from worry.
Worry killed a cat" the old saying
goes. But it isn't the cat alone that
suffers. Many a man and many a
woman has tossed on beds of worry,
utterly unable to sleep. The af-
fairs of the day have become the
worries of the night.
Things can be so black about 8
o'clock in the morning! At that
hour life seems indeed hopeless!
Sometimes 1t is difficult to de-
ternine whether worry Is the cause
OF illness or whether illness is the
cause OF n worry. But there can
De no doubt that they are twins.
Slamese twins at that. They are
chained together. Insomnia is a
sure sign Of illness. or that you will
be Ill unless relief comes.
There are serious ailments of the
brain and nervous system that have
loss Of sleep among the prominent
symptoms. In that form of in
Son1nia we are not interested today.
I want to speak about the simpler
and more common types.
Improper diet and irregular hab-
its are sleep destroying. Constipa-
ton is capable Of generating poi
sons that have an evil effect upon
the nervous system.
Tt is safe to say that seven per-
sons out Of ten who suffer from
insomnia r the victims of con
stipation. Wrong eating habits
cause the constipation and then
sleeplessness is added to the chain
Of symptoms.
Anything that disturbs the heart
action may destroy sleep. Drugs
excessive smoking. stimulants of all
sorts-in these are other causes for
insomnia.
Speaking Of drugs, let me beg Of
you never to resort to them. They
should never be taken EXCEPT on
the advice of a physician. If you
can't sleep you are sorely tempted
to take something"
Many a life has been ruined by
habitual resort to sleep-producing
drugs. Sleeping powders, sleeping
pot1ons. sleeping drops-all these
are dangerous. They lead to drug
addiction and to conditions far
worse than insomnia.
A tepid bath continued for a
quarter Of an hour or more will
help. A glassful of hot milk, van
tillation Of the sleeping room, a hot
water-bag for the feet-try them
before thinking Of drugs.
Answers To Health Questions
z. j. Q-What should a boy
weigh who is IS years old and
New Britain herald., 1929-01-07
St, Marks EpisCOpal

Personal fouls-Berglund, Swan son. Hultberg. Johnson {. Berlin, Larson-s; Middleton ,, Greenhalsh 2-5. Free etries-Berglund 2, Swan son. Anderson. Johnson-5; Kroln 3, Middleton {. smith 1, Hance-12. Referee, Aronson; timers. Weir and Parker; scorer, Zetterman.
 St. Mats Show Speed
 The St. Mats victory over the Bible class was . brilliant one. the winners flashing a speedy attack and maintaining a stalwart defense at all stages of the contest. Reckert and Klopp. aided by a spectacular shot by Litke. sent tho winners far ahead in the first half. which closed with the tally 15-6. The St. Matt machine kept up its pace in the final period, with Billy Preisser showing the way and Reckert again scoring a pair of field goals.
 Reckert and Billy Preisser featur- ed for the winners on the attack. while the latter also held two men scoreless from the field. Klopp's work at center was of high caliber. "Goody" Preiser returned to the floor in the second half and appeared to suffer but little from the effects of his recently injured ankle. The team looked very good. Bucheri did more than half of the E. B. C. scoring. The summary:
New Britain herald., 1929-01-07
Pleaded With Derapse,

Rickard himself was 70 fearful of the possible outcome that hs vsnt 10 Dempsey's dressing room before the match and pleaded with Jack mot to hit the Frenchman too hard" and to let the fight go . few rounds at least so that the record breaking crowd would get something of a run for its money.
 II was afraid Dempsey would kill Carpenter if he hit him too hard" the promoter admitted later.
 Rickard regarded Jim Jeffries n the greatest of all heavyweight champions, but his interest in and admiration for DempsV's fighting qualities was great. For one thing Dempsey's and Richards fortunes were closely entwined. Rickard pro. noted six of Dempsey's eight cham pionship fights. made the Manassa Mauler a millionaire and the great est drawing card of them all.
 Some idea of the influence of Dempsey in Richards promotion scheme may be gained from the fact that of the something more than s10,000.000 in gate receipts from all the big fights Rickard has promoted, approximately $s,00o.o00 has been realized in the six Dempsey battles-two with Tunney and one each with Brennan. Firpo, Carpen. tier and Sharkey.
 It is a strange turn that keeps Rickard from the arena at . time when he planned Dempsey's farewell to the ring, the old Mauler's last effort 10 regain the heights and be the only modern champion to win back the crown.
 The racket" will miss Rickard. He fought it, bargained with 1t and outwitted it from the time he came 10 New York. He made enemies as well as friends. But what manager. who had reason to be antagonistic to the promoter. once said of him. is significant:
New Britain herald., 1929-01-07
Eyerynlan's Bible Class

Personal fouls-Reekert. Litke 2. w. Preisser 2-5: Bucheri, Fengler. Matteo. Hewett. Johnstone {. Bal ciunas 2. Weir-11. Free tries Reckert 6. Litke. 2. c. Preisser 2. w. Preisser 2. Brussick-13; Bu- cheri. Fengler ?. Hcwett. Johnstone 2-6. Referee, Aronson: timer. Hat tings: scorer. Zetterman.
 South Church Wins
 The South church met with some stern ffrst-half opposition from the Stanmors. Stohl started the losers with a basket. but then Bell came through with two goals before Yan- kaskas put the screws on him for good. Vessels and May lifted the winners into an 11-3 lead. only to have Stohl. Yankaskas and Ritter pull up to 11-9 just as the whistle sounded. Saunders tied the score at the beginning of the second half. but the South church finally found itself and. with Rockwell breaking away from Saunders to score ten points in the 15 minutes, it quickly ran up it's total and had a com manding lead at the end. A basket by Vessels started the rally and was followed by "Rocky's" bom- bardment.
 Rockwell and Vessels carried the brunt of the winners attack Bell
New Britain herald., 1929-01-07
RICHARD GREATEST !. Of ALL PROMOTERS
Leaves Behind Unparalleled
 Record of Success in Boxing

New York, Jan. z RHA dream CT whose dreams came true, yet man of action with the born spirit of a gambler. passed on with the death of George Lewis (Tex) Rick ard.
 The most dominating as we'll as most daring individual promoter in the history of professional sports leaves behind him, at the age of 56 after over e2 years connection with boxing, an unparalleled record of achievement and success.
 Rickard entered boxing when it was generally taboo, an outlaw sport for the most part. harried by the law. Yet even then. in 1906, his flair for the spectacular prompted him to offer purse of s3l.o00 for the famous Gans-Nelson fight at Goldfeld. Nevada.
 He leaves the sport on a big busi- fashion. in an era of million-d dollar purses for its heavyweight princi- pals and of costly. almost luxurious arenas for its setting.
 Rickard needed rare courage of his convictions, the vision of a path finder and the skill of a diplomat, as well as the chance-taking spirit of gambler to lift boxing above its rowdy. disreputable level of years ago. He had them all. He could not separate from the game all its un- desira blc elements or features, but he developed it in New York to d point where white shirt fronts and evening gowns became conspicuous at the ringside; and where the stock of it's Madison Square Garden Cor poration obtained standing in Wall street.
 As Public Knew Him The general public knew Rickard as a keen-eyed, keen-sighted pro- moter of eXtravaganzas; a lean, bronzed figure with cigar and cane. His business associates knew him as visionary who also had practical | ideas; boxing managers as shrewd l handler of situations and keen analyst of box office values. To newspapermen. Richards door, | whether to his old tower quarters in the original garden or in the more luxurious suite of the new garden, always was open. To old time boxers and old associates, men with their fortunes gone, Tex was a ready handed friend.
 Rickard always was more inter- ested in the spectacular side of his ventures, in the size of his crowds and magnitude of the undertaking than in the actual fights them- selves. He possessed an uncanny ability to anticipate popular interest in his matchmaking: especially among the heavyweights. He was a past master at what is now recog nized as the art of the hallyhoo
 But it was the arena and it's hu- man inpouring that chiefly interested the promoter.
New Britain herald., 1929-01-07

Rickard got his biggest thrill out of the crowd of around 13o.Ooo that paid nearly $2,o0o,o00 to see the first Dempsey-Tu fight in the rain at Philadelphia.
 T shall never forget that sight" he said often. "as looked back from the ringside over those thou sands, tens of thousands-it sends the chills up and down my back
 The chief reason Rickard took the second Dempsey-Tunney fight to Sol der Field. Chicago. for the greatest of all heavyweight extravasanzas, was his desire to attract the biggest crowd in history. He succeeded. and the mark of nearly S3.0o0.oo0 for the gate" from some l45.0o0 spec tators may stand indefinitely.
 Monument to Work
 From the time he came to New York until the new Madison Square Garden was completed and opened in 1925. Rickard envisaged this mod ern sports palace as q monument to his achievements. Years before it was realized or even considered more than a dream, Rickard poured over plans and specifications. It took years for him to convince his financial packers and partners that it was worth while.
 Rickard was intensely proud that the big men of Wall street supported him and that important people in all walks of life came to boxing matches as he raised the standards of their promotion. He often spoke of this as one of his outstanding achieve ments.
 His slogan, when he first under took to promote the game on a big scale in New York, was "a scat for every customer and every customer in his own seat" To this perhaps more than to any other idea was due his success in the great outdoor spectacles he put on. The patrons of boxing who used 10 be lucky to get inside some of the old arenas. much less get the seats their tickets called for, came to realize and appreciate that at Richards shows they could depend on getting the space their what was going on. Tex had a care fully trained corps of aides who be- came expert in the handling of big crowds quickly. He spent hours himself on the seating plans and was quick to remedy any complaints.
 One of his biggest appointments was in the famous Dempsey -Firpo fight of 1923 at the Polo Grounds. " ere thousands who held ringside seats failed to see much, if anything, of the brief ring action because Of the confusion and sloping character turned thousands of dollars to dis satisfied patrons because of this, and he did it without hesitation.
 Boylc's Thirty Acres, the famous Jersey City bowl erected for the Dempsey Carpenter fight in 1921. was Richards own model From a spectators viewpoint, it was as near perfect as any. This fight was in many respects Richards most suc- cessful piece of promotion. He in- duced the principals to sign for a | $500,000 purse, an unheard ot amount. but the gate from 90,00C spectators exceeded sl,6o0, ,ooo. Car. pentier was built up' as real con. tender. when as matter of fact he was not a match for the smashing Dempsey.
New Britain herald., 1929-01-07
SOUTH CHURCH TO MEET
 PLAINYILLE TOMORROW
Local Basketball Team Faces Biggest Task in Meeting Undefeated
 Quintet.

The South church will make its supreme effort in the Senior Hart. ford County Y. M. C. X. league to. morrow night when it meets tho un. defeated Plainville "Y" quintet on the local Boys club floor at o'clock. Plainville has captured by overwhelmingly large scores the three games it has played to date and is riding serencly along in first place. The church five has taken three out of four, it's only loss hav- ing been at the hands of Plainville when the teams met in that town. New Britain was short handed that night and hopes to turn the tables tomorrow when it brings it's full strength into play. but Plainville has always been a tough team for the locals 10 beat and the game is ex. pected to be a hard one all the way. It's outcome will have an important bearing on the championship. for . Plainville victory would virtually Clinch the title for that team and . new Britain win would give the church hold on first place.
New Britain herald., 1929-01-07
OPENING CONTESTS
 IN CHURCH LEAGUE
SwMs, St Nitk, and South
 Church Win First Games

The Inter.Church basketball league got under way Saturday night at the Y. M. C. A. before a good si:Ad opening night crowd. The three games were more or less one- sided. The first one was more so. the First Lutherans walloping the St. Marks Episcopal team by 5s-11. The St. Matthews German Luther ans then buried the Everyman's Bible Class under o9-11 score, while the evenings play was brought to a close with closer contest in which the South Congregational church disposed of the Stanley Memorial quintet by S0-17.
 Swanson Runs Wild
 Elmer Swanson, First Lutheran left forward. scored the leagues first points of the year shortly after the game between his team and the St. Marks had begun. and he kept go- ing until he had piled up Il field goals and given his team a great start toward its 5S-11 win. He made 16 points in the first half. He was having a night" and everything he let go went in, and all the St. Marks together could not block his accurate shooting. All the members of the Swcde "kid" team were in great shooting form. however. and the ball popped in with great regularity as everyone of the eight players broke into the scoring. Loren Lar son was second to Swanson in total points.
 The St. Marks team showed . lac,, of practice and also underwent the bewildering experience of facing a team that was having an almost perfect night with its shots. Al Middleton scored more than half the losers points, but only his first field goal was clearly earned. Greenhalgh did good work. The game was all Swedish in aspect from beginning to end, the half time score being 24-3. The summary:
New Britain herald., 1929-01-07
LOCAL AMATEURS
 AGAIN DEFEATED
Glastonbury An.Americans Too
 Strong for All-Stars

Glastonbury has become the bane of existence for New Britain anna. teur roller hockey teams in the past few weeks. Twice, up to yesterday. the All-Americans from that town had decisively measured an aggre- gation of local stars and yesterday, the visitors added another victory to their string when they again won from combination of amateur league stars by the score of to 1.
 The New Britain team played under the name of Burke's All Stars and it included some of the hest amateur roller hockey talent in the city. The spirited attack and the fine team play of the visiting dele gation, however, was too much for the unorganized quintet in this city and the Glastonbury outfit found the going rather easy.
 Only in the first period did the local crew keep the opposition in tow. Each team scored a goal. In the second, however, the Glaston- bury team scored four goals in suc- cession while blanking the New Britain contingent and lead at the end of the frame by the score which eventually proved to be the final count.
 A real battle was staged in the third period with the locals de- veloping nice team work but the de- fense on both quqintets was excel lent and resulted in no score for the period. The summary:
New Britain herald., 1929-01-07
NEW BRITAIN DEFEATED
 BY VISITATION QUINTET
Hardware City Basketball Team Shows Poorest Form of Entire Season-Vistors Give Classy Exhibition of Court Play - Victory Made Easy by Terrible Work of Local Combination Brennan Emerges
 High Scorer of the Night-Other Stars.

Displaying the poorest form of the entire year. the New Britain basket ball team Saturday night practically made gift of the game to the Visitation Five of Brooklyn, N. Y.. at the Stanley Arena. The visiting team. one of the leading quintets in the American league. showed all of the class for which it is noted but its way was made a great deal easier by the fact that the home club gave a disorganized exhibition and failed at any time to resemble the club that has represented this city since the season opened. The final score was 36 to 25 in favor of the visitors.
 It is unusual for an entire team to be as poor in form as New Britain was Saturday night. One or two players might go badly but New Britain was simply a second rate outfit in this instance with little to be said for it's .play against the Brooklyn team. Had the quintet rot been in such excellent shape nj previous games. Saturday nights game might have appealed, but as it was. the club was nothing like it has been and the less said about it's accomplishment, the better.
 Led by Joe Brennan, one of the most clever players to appear in this city this year. the Visitations hopped into an early lead and were never threatened during the entire contest. Only once, at the begin- ming of the second half, did the local club do any real honest-to- goodness work and this only served to bring the score to IS to 13 in favor of the visitors for a second time.
 At this point. the Visitations put on steam and quickly drew away from New Britain and ended the game with an 11-point lead. the final count being S6 to c5.
 Brennan proved to be the big point getter for the visiting com bination. He scored four field bas- kets and as many fouls for a total of IF points. Conaty. forward, was second highest in the scoring lists with total of five field baskets or ten points.
 New Britain started without the services of Zakzewski, regular cen- ter. who suffered an injury to his ankle in Bristol last Tuesday night Hoist who took the place, played a very good game. Zakzewski got into the play near the end Of the first half and he scored six points. Hoist was high man with eight points and he played against Herlihy in fine shape during the game.
 The New Britain team lacked its usual dash and pepper and was away off form on it's shots. Time after time, instead of working the ball down the floor, the team tried long pops which went wide of their mark. On the other hand, the Brooklyn team played nice pass work all through the contest am! guarded the locals closely and won the game handily.
 Next Saturday night. Olson's Terrible Swedes combination from Joplin. Mo, will oppose the New Britain team.
 The score: