New Britain herald., 1929-03-25
SCHOOL ATHLETICS
 | PROVE PROFITABLE
Athletic Assn. Balance $Sl5- Carl Peterson Baseball Captain
FIRE CAUSES SS,ooo LOSS
Rogers Home On Broad Street Saved By Good Work of Fircmen--Jun- for High school Honor Pupils 13i Tax Liens place,l-Bricfs.

High school athletics are proving profita ble financially in Plainvill", the athletic association having run it's bank account from Sls.4o oil September to $315.4S on March 20. figures released today by Vic. Principal Douglas s. MacDonal show. The total receipts for this period were s625.4o, while s30s.e9 vas expended
 Of the receipts, by far the largest sums came from the large audiences at the basketball games. These to- talling about s333, the record for one game having been set on the opening night Of the season whel SS,.15 was taken in. Several school organizations gave benefit affairs and turned money over to the asso- citation. The expenditures were for football, basketball, and baseball. equipment. bandages, and transpor- tation.
 At nearly every school and college football pays the expenses of tn. other sports, for large sums are talk en ln at the football games whll- basketball, baseball. and others show deficits. At the local High school, due to an abbreviated foot ball season, the eleven did not pro C d money-maker, but the basketball team fairly coined money in adIi- ton to capplnS its season with five straight victories.
 Peterson Baseball Captain Carl Peterson has been elect .l captain Of the 1929 baseball team winch began practice this afternoon Peterson has been member Of the squad for the past two years, talk ing his turn in the box and serving in the outfield when not pitchin. He Is clever pitcher and d iairl, consistent hitter.
 The battery candidates for th nine have been working out for ih, past week under the eye of Coacn Tom Cauliield, and the cal for thy whole squad as sounded today. The first game will Dc played on Apra IS. PlalnNllie High ~ilI again enryr the Western Connecticut intcrscho, iaStjC league.
 Fhr At Rogers Ionc
 Fire did approximately s2.0o' damage yesterday afternoon al th, hone of Myron Rogers at Broad an, iearl streets and 1t was only througi the prompt and efficient work Of tin, { Ire department that the liam. { We're checked and prevented iron l d"stroNing the whole house. The flu < appears 10 have been started bv de 'ect'Ne wiring in the attic Of an eI III the rear Of the house. and # i. , hsneNtd It had been snouIdering fo some time before it Vas disco, ere at 4:lV o'clock.
 MT. Rogers daughter had jus gone outside for walk when ] n"ighhor came rushing up and iu formed her excitedly that the hous. Vas on fire. She told her father who hurried down cellar and thei up 10 the attic. As he opened tn, door into this he was met by clou l. Of smoke. and whistle alarm wa. promptly turned in.
 The fire department rrspon1n, quickly and found d tou~h job or it's hands. The asphalt shingles hal , confined the flames to the attic. an when the flrcmcn chopped throug the roof 10 get at he fire they aer, met by an outpourlng of great vol. umcs of smoke. It was feared ha' the entire house would be destroye ] but the department. directed ,, Chef Edward r. Prior, set about t. task with precision.
 The flames had penetrated into , blind attic in the house proper an , eaten down into two rooms on .h. second floor. The firemen munte, ladders and chopped small hola, , through the house walls under th, apex Of the roof. and through thas. apertures lines Of hose were inserte. and played upon the flames in tn,