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New Britain herald., 1929-12-20
RENAISSANCE QUINTET TO
 BATTLE LOCALS SATURDAY
CoIored Basketball Champions of the World to Tackle New Britain Fve-1ocaI Combination to Present Different Lineup in Game-SIoman and Zakzewsk to Be Back at FOrwards--Jerry Conway and Ar burr to Be Seen in Action-Fans Interested.

With the Renaissance basketball team due to play here Saturday night, the basketball fans of this city are due 10 sec one of the best court combinations on the sched- ule of the New Britain team in ac- ton. At tho same time, probably for the first time this season, thos" same fans are due to sec home club that will be popular and abl" 10 win.
 The Renaissance team is stronger this year than it has been in the past. Four of the veterans Of inc qnintct are still on the roster of the team while two new players, Coop vr, center and Nancy, forward or guarL are rated among the best in the business.
 The New Britain team. reorgan- ized after the last two games, will have Jerry Conway, husky center irons liolyoI", d player with plenty of experience in the American league and in other professional tIltItS anu IltLIIN Al pl'I !, lOCtlI boy and one of the most popular members of the squad last year, 10 hook up with the regular members of the team. Al SIoman and Jimmy Iakzewski will be back at their posts in forward with "Bo" Adams on the sidelincs ready 10 step into the game at a moments noticc Conway will be at center while Ar burr and Lcary will be at the guard posts. Carl Iestclli will be in re serve,
 This club appears to be the smO0thost working combination that Manager Clarence I.anphcr has assembled this season. He has one thing in mind in making these changes, that is to beat Bristol two games, if it is possible, on New Years day. The team stands an oX- ccllont chanc" of defeating the Renaissance five at the Stanley arena Saturday night.
 The Burritts will play the prclimi- nary game as usual Saturday night starting at o'clock while the main game will get under way at 2 o'clock. Dancing will follow.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-20
BENNY BASS FAVORED
 TO BEAT TOD MORGAN
Betting Fraternity Willing to Nag,r that Junior Lightweight Title
 Will Change.

New York, Dec. % E')-Thc bc.- ting fraternity is willing to give odds that the junior lightweight cham pionship will transfer it's headqua"- ters from Seattle, Wash, to Phil2- delphia tonight when Tod Morgan defends his somewhat synthetic title against Benny Bass in Madison Square Garden.
 Overnight odds made the doadly punching Bass an s to , favoritc bIt these were expected to narrow t) around 6 10 } at ring time. The fight is for 15 rounds.
 Morgan will have the advantage ;n weight, height and reach, but the stocliily built Pass is much the hard CT puncher. Bass last major cl- gagement here was against Tony Canzoncri for the featherweight championship. On that occasion. Bass suffered q broken bone in his shoulder early in the fight but fought so savagcly that he barely dropped the decision to the great little New York Italian. Morgan is a frail looking fighter who can boz with any of them, but whether T., can stand up under Bass punishina blows the experts are inclined tc doubt.
 Two English fighters will be sorI on the preliminary card. Nel Tarl2. ton, clever featherweight, meets A Ridgeway Of Jersey City, in thu eight round semi-final, and Don Nolante, another British feather weight, meets Frankie Marchese 0 l New York in another eight roundc~
New Britain herald., 1929-12-20
POLO STAR FOUND
Earle \. $. Hopping Has Been Rated at Seven Goals in New Lists of 
IIaHdiCaps.

New York. Dec. 70 P)-Indoor polo has found favor with another United States intcrnationalist, Earle A. $. Hopping.
 Revised handicap ratings by the Indoor Polo association reveal that Hopping. a newcomer to the indoor game, has been rated at seven goals. Hopping Wa3 member of the United States team in the interna- tional matches of 1928. Ranked with him at ' goals for the first time was C. l.. Barrett, former tcan mate of Winston Guest at Yale. Chest, incidentally, continues to head the indoor rankings with the only 1o goal handicap in the list. Ranked at nine goals are Archer w. Kinney and Gerard $. Smith, both of New York.
 Hopping will play with the Riding club and Barrett with Guests Op- tmists.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-20
League Ntanding,
Ioni@ht's Games
iOIlIITII H VHIIIt~ I.andcrs Vs. COrbiu Cabinet. Newmatic vs. RussWiu, r. X; F. Corbin Vs Stanley Rule.

Determined that its record will bc unblemishcd before it meets the Corbin Screw team a week from to- night in a game Whi.a H.ill break the tic for first place, inc Stanley Rule quintet Will put everything it has into the task Of defeating the r. & F, Corbin team tonight in She Industrial Basketball league.
 A victory for the Rulers will give it five victories and no defeats, the exact number of ctorics and dc foats accredited to the Screw Shop team, Coach Jimmy Murphy will use his star lineup. including John ny Kloy. center; Tony GawO and Will Mercy, forwards. and Nick Gill and Peter Xauatka, guards. Murphy will be substitute guard and Moline will be reserve forward or center,
 Coach Bates will use Ray Hoist center; Dick German and Joe Jas
New Britain herald., 1929-12-20
SIIIlA MINN NINI(iI

Boston. Dee. 20 U'P)-Eichard Shikart Of Philadelphia, generally recognized as the world heavyweight wrestling champion, defeated Char Icy Blaclstock in straight falls her." last night. The first fall came in l$ .minutcs 15 seconds and the second in 9o seconds. Blackstocll was sub sttuting for George Hagen Of Brooklyn. x. Y, who wired from AL bany. x. Y, that he would be un- able to reach Boston due to the storms.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-20
R. \. C. FIVE, WINS

The l.. A. C. basketball team dp- foated the Nathan Hale five by the score of 2S 10 4 at the Sacred Heart school gym last night. Partyka star red for the winners and Mlynarski's floor work was excellent IaleWs&i starred for the losers. Tho winners would like 10 arrange games with any Scam in the state averaging 1 10 15 years of age, for games al dress Stanley Partyka, IS2 Broad Ct rEtf
New Britain herald., 1929-12-20
Fine Amateur League
COIIEGE BASk FTBAIL
s.e United Press.

]. -" Nf"V TToss.
 Norman @": Texas @h.
 NorrH"cs,rru 20; Notrr Dam. ->. ralpt'oulla &2: $, l.. OhIanona Drake ~; simpson IS. Tuuu 37; Louisia"A -5. Amherst G&; Newpor, Naval &7. Detroit C. C. 42: Toledo L. -. lordham 3o: Yale lG.
 Illinois 80; Washiu@jou tSr, Louis) St. Lawrence l. 2@; Montclair A. :. l5.
 Wisconsin 27; Carleton IS. Temple 49; FranElin-MarshaIl g.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-20
Bi.hHClTN WIN GAME

The Lincoln l'rarca's r0ltnr hockey team swampr1 lh" EeusjnE- ten Bluobjrds in tho preliminary game at the Stanley Arena M,t night, K. Hcslin proved 10 be the big scorer for the winners by SCOT ing six of his teams goals. The
New Britain herald., 1929-12-20
GLANE. BEATS GANSON

Boston, Dec. 20 TP)-Hcnri De Glanc, French heavyweight wrestler. defeated Jack Ganson of California here last night, the lone fall being scored after l hour 33 minutes and - seconds.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-20
EIGIiI TO DRAM

Miami. F'la., Doe. 70 lR-Gmgor Jrrnigan, 145. Columbus, Ohio, anl Izzy Kaplan. 142. Mcridcn. Connecti- cut, fought eight rounds to d draw here last night.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-20
DEATH SOMETIMES BRINGS
 UP MEMORIES OF OLD DAYS
Passing of 'Butsy" Smith Recalls Baseball Batlefeds of "Nigger Iiill' - Courage That Brought Him Honor in Narfare Was First Exhibited in Pitchers BON--Thc Game Was Over When the Last Mar Was Out in Those Tmes-Events of Iesteryear.

represented "ihc htlI' in those games and the battles they staged made baseball history, Followers of the game who still turn out 10 wit ness the City League, Industrial League and other teams play on the smooth diamonds and well groomcd outfieIds which are demanded by the youths of the present day can be pt.rlouod if they turn sour at the sight of poor ball playing being blamed onto "baI hops and "iucky breaks" Any shortstop who eyer played nine innings in "Hocko's" or Andrews lot and did not stop a ball or two with his nos" can consider himself a marvellous fielder or an exceptionally lucky boy-mosr likely the lattcr
 Amateur Roller Polo
 Roller hockey was Up for discuss sion at the fan fest referred to m the opening paragraph. and, strangely enough, it Was not the game played by in" professionals which set the tongues 10 wagsing, but rather the performances given at old Hanua's Armory on East Main street by the amateurs who | made up the league which furnish- ed the preliminary games when New ! Britain ruled the rOost with the wonderful team of Mercer, Harkins. 1 Jean, Lyon and Ramon.
 Despite efforts Of the manage ! ment in the cities where the game is now played. good amateur teams are slow to develop, and the result 1 is that the preliminary games are nothing more or less than filters in. 1 Occasionally a good amateur makes l his mark. such as "FlaSh" Dyson of the Hartford Indians Eddie Me Aloon of the Bridgeport Bears, and ! Pete Gasparini oi the New Britain ! Panthcrs. but in the old days the fans would not miss a preliminary game at any cost, because it was a { classy league and the rivalry was as intense as though a world $ championship depended on the final standing.
 The players had more than one incentive to keep them going at tor speed, too. To begin with, there was the rivalry, and added to it was the free admission to the big 1 game. not to mention the banquet at the end of the season, when al the amateurs were guests of Billy Hanna, New Britain owner who dieG a few years ago. There were some good skaters in the league, and some others who were not so good, among the first named group being Bill
 Walsh, "Pinky' Reynolds. ant
 Billy" Kopf, who played with thu champion W. 7. E. F.. team. Herr!
 Ryan played halfbach ard Con
 noe" Reynolds, who was so small h' could hardly be seen behind his big pads and protector, was the guard
 ian of the cage. kOpf, 'Pinky" Rey. holds and Walsh were so good they kept the ball in their opponents territory nearly all the time and the few drives that came down toward: the cage were taken care of b! Ryan. so that "Connie' often wen through a game with not more thar d dozen or fifteen stops to hi
 credit.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-20
TWO BATTLES IN SATURDAY LEAGUE
Second Round Of Play Will Be Started Tomorrow Afternoon

The "" saturday Afternoon Has- kctbalI league starts second round ot play tomorrow. To date the Tigrrs team has not been defeated, winning all its matches. Whether it can re- peat in this next round remains to be seen as other teams have some what strengthened their linc-ups.
 The Corsairs, though defeated in every start so far, will undoubtedly draft two mon from the Church league teams now that that league is over.
 It has come to the notice of the board Of managers of the Saturday Afternoon Basketball league that a captain of this league was reported as playing with one of the church teams under the assumed name of Gustafson and is liable to suspcn- sion for at least two weeks. In the event the board of managers pcnaliZc this captain, "Biil" Davis will direct the destinics Of this team. The hneupS:
New Britain herald., 1929-12-20
R. |. C. Five
Nathan Hale
Totals

Score at half-time, PIP: Referee, Ficdorczyk.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-20

Brazil produces about twO-thirds of the worlds supply of coffee.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-20
STANLEY RULE ANXIOUS
 TO WIN BATTLE. TONIGHT

Team Has Chance to Remain in First Place With Cor bin Screw by Defeating P. &; r. Corbin in Indus trial League Play-hree of Four Quintets in Last Place to Get Into Action - NcVmatics to Clash With RussVins as Landers Meets Corhn Cabinet Five
New Britain herald., 1929-12-20
Great Rivalry

Thtrc was great rivalry between the W. /. E. R. team and the Com mercial Streets. the latter outfit having John Walsh, brother Of Bill" Dick Long. "Buddic' Dob son and other good amateurs. The fans nicknamed 'Buddic" Dobson "SoNy Lyons" after the New Britain halfback who had a southpaW swing that made him feared around the circuit. Among other players who had their fling in that league were Mickey" Ryan, a rugged halfback and Fred Greene, who has not lived in New Britain in sometime. When Greene and Kopf Clashcd there was always d battle. Kopf later made his mark as a league ball palyer. but he never came back to New Britain without being reminded of the hockey Git was roller polo the) games.
 The play was SO fast in the anna trur league the fans preferred it to some Of the main contests especially when the top notchers failed to perform 10 the best of their ability. Put in Dobson," would ring out from the Dlcachcrs when halfback would mess up a play. and i've want K0nfie" someone else would sing out when a rushlinc player went sour. The professionals were interested in the amateur league, too, and when Inc Commercial Streets and the w. /. F. R. teams were scheduled, the New Britain and visiting teams made it point tn be on hand in time to eve at least the last period.
 Fine Amateur League
 Al another time in the roller houl,y history Of New Britain, Jack and Pete Fusari Al swanson, Eddie McAloou. Sr. EIdi" Samiow. Jim my Clinton. Frank Hoole Bill NcIli- gan and a number Of others w'st in the amateur league. They Wcr, older than most Of the players ir tuo other amateur league and Nc Aloou and Swanson were highly rated on the rush line. The gamt 1 gradually died out after few years and it was not until recently thai . the youngsters took it up, although ice hockey has been played on loca ponds practically every winter.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-20
Fourth Period

Rushcs-WlllianIs :; W. IIcslin Stops-~Mckoon 4&: I'oIdcu %S. Foul K. Hcslin. I,ct,Tcr--f Hayes.
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ton In the choice Of situation, and
although the means now within the
power of the country are not such as
to pursue the design to any great ex-
tent, 1t will be obvious that the plan
should be drawn on such q scale as to
leave room for the aggrandizement and
establishment which the increase of
the wealth Of the Nation win permit 1t
to pursue at any period, however re-
mote. Reviewing the matter in this
light. am fully sensible of the extent
OF the undertaking, and under the hope
OF continuance of the indulgence you
have hitherto honored me with I now
presume to solicit the favor Of being
employed in this business"
A MONTH and o half prior to the
laying of the corner stone of the
District Of Columbia, which took place
on April Is, 1871, Thomas jefferson,
then Secretary Of State, addressed the
following letter to Maj. L'Enfant:
Sir: You are desired to proceed
to Georgetown, where you will find Mr..
Ellicott employed in making a survey
and maps of the Federal Territory.
The special object Of asking your aid
is to have the drawings Of the particu-
lar grounds most likely to be approved
for the site Of the Federal town and
buildings. You will, therefore, be
pleased to begin on the Eastern Branch
and proceed from thence upward. lay.
ing down the hills, valleys, morasses
and waters between that, the Potomac,
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the Tyber and the road leading from
Georgetown to the Eastern Branch and
connecting the whole with certain
fixed points on the maps Mr.. Ellicott
Is preparing. Some idea of the height
OF the lands above the base on which
they stand would be desirable. For
necessary assistance and expenses be
pleased to apply to the mayor Of
Georgetown, who Is. written to on this
subject. will beg the favor Of you
to mark to me your progress about
twice week, by letter, say every We'd
nesday and Saturday evenings, that I
may be able in proper time to draw
your attention to some other objects
which I have not at this moment sum-
Gent information to define.
IT am with great esteem, sir, your
most obedient humble servts.,
9TH. JEFFERSON"
As will be seen by the following two
items published in the Georgetown
Weekly Ledger Of Marcn IL, 1871, both
Mai. Andrew Ellicott and Maj. L'Enfant
were on the ground. and. indeed. Ellicott
had already made much progress In
running the four lines of the Federal
Capital. OF the two men the Ledger
says:
Some time last month arrived in this
town Mai Andrew Ellicott, O gentle
man of superior astronomical abilities.
He was appointed by the President Of
the United States to lay Of tract Of
land 10 miles square on the Potomac
for the use Of Congress. He Is now en-.
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mansion. In the attempt to serve re-
freShmentS, which had been provided
for out-of-town visitors, f11e glass and
china were broken and carpets were
Smeared with eatables. Even the Presf-
dent himself had to be protected from
the crowds which might have crushed
him. Fortunately, he was able to leave
the Executive Mansion early in the aft
ernoon and retreat to Gadsby's.
as A.A
A NDREw JACKSON, as the admired.
loved and honored President Of
the United States, was certainly far
away from Andrew jackson, the baby
born In the Waxhaw settlement In
South Carolina In 1857. Francis Blair,
the biographer and friend Of the gem
eral, declared that the hero Of New or.
leans owed more to self-help and less
to birthright than any great man Of
to wrest q living for his family on q
clearing In the wilderness Of the Caro-
linas, had lost his life In the struRRle
against poverty. When only 20, he died
suddenly from Internal injuries caused
by moving o heavy log. His widow and
two sons, 4 and years old. then went
to live OF the home OF relative, where.
two weeks after the elder Jackson's
death. little Andrew was born.
From Z years OF age until II, he vent
part time to the crude, of1e.room,' log
school. The Revolutionary War brought
many hardships during several years Of
that time, for through It he contracted
smallpox while In prison. It robbed
him OF his two brothers and finally Of
his mother, who contracted yellow fever
while voluntarily caring for the Arneri-
can prisoners In the British hulks an
chored At Charleston.
Thus, At the age Of Il, he was left
the only member Of his family. Every
experience Of his childhood and youth
made him stern and gave him the re-
solve to fight against adversely. At II
he was working Ia a saddlery shop, but
studying the few law books he had and
r1emorizing their contents.
After three years Of intervals OF
teaching and attending the seminary
at Charlotte, he was admitted to the
bar, being Just 20 years old. The next
year he moved to Nashville. wters ne
established his first law utiice Ia the
front Of o two.roof1 building In the
grounds about Mrs. Donelsor's home,
where he boarded.
Though mrs. ponelson, the. widow Of
tn Tennessse pioneer, Capt John
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devised under the two Napoleons and
L'Enfant's and Washingtons plan was
drawn in 1891"
THE question Of compensation was
taken up by President Washington,
who suggested that Maj. LEnfant be
offered for his services 800 guineas
and q lot in q good part Of the city"
The Commissioners adopted the Presi-
dents idea and made the offer to Mai
L 'Enfant, but he declined to accept 1t
as being entirely inadequate. AS mat
ter of record, his total amount Of COM
pensation for planning the beautiful
City Of Washington was 5000 from the
city funds, plus his expenses; 81, 1874 30
granted him by Congress In 1910 and
5000 due on lot purchased by him
from the city funds, making In all a
total Of little over $4,000. He was at
one time rendered a position as an
instructor at West Point, but declined
1t, possibly feeling that an acceptance
would prejudice his claim for compen-
sation as the designer Of the city.
1t may be said here that President
Washington himself unreservedly gave
L'Enfant the credit for designing the
Capital and only parted with his services
when there was no other way out Of the
peculiar and unfortunate situation.
After the burning Of Washington by
the British on August "a, 1914, L'Enfant
was placed In charge of restoring Fort
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1929 Inaugural Period Is Centenary of Old ckorys Triumph

low In honor Of the President-elect,
edged his way In to speak to jackson.
Upon asking the general what he would
like to have served for his supper he
received the response, liam and eggs"
AS he was surprised, he repeated his
question, only to receive the same an
swer.
IF the presidential party had not ar
rived in Washington four hours
ahead of schedule, the entrance would
have been spectacular. As 1t was, Sena-
tor Eaton, from Tennessee. heard that
the general had reached Frederick, Md.
So without telling any one he went out
to meet him and escorted him into
town to the National Hotel.
John p. Van Ness, q social leader OF
that day, had organized an escort Of
prominent personages to meet the Fres!-
dent-elect out in Maryland and accom-
pany him to the Capital with the sa-
lutte Of cannon. As soon as 1t became
own that Andrew jackson had ar.
guns reared and drt1mmers AIDED
-.A welcome 10 the hero OF New
orr, s.
Pr ldcnt Adams, who waited day BY
day for the general to call at the White
House was disappointed. lie even sent
word to jackson that quarters were
ready for him before the 4th OF March.
Though jackson thanked President
Adams, he declined his hospitality ana
remained away during the entire three
weeks preceding the Inauguration. ne
never forgave Adams for the part ne
supposed he had In the personal at-
tacks Of the presidential campaign. The
retiring President showed his resent
ment at the generals not calling BY
leaving the White House ct daynreak
on the 4th Of March. and hence did not
ride to the Capitol with the new Presi-
dent.
From the time that Old Hickory are
rived ct the old National Hotel. or
qadsby's, which was on the northeast
corner Of Pennsylvania avenue and
Sixth street, until he left it the morn.
Ing Of the 4th Of March to walk TO the
Capitol, the hotel was thronged with
people. Grave fears were felt that the
wooden steps which led up TO the gem
erals room would give way under the
constant strain of visitors and that the
building would become unsafe.
Never before had an Inauguration at.
tracted 30 many from farms. ana small
towns. Toward the end Of February
Daniel Webster wrote 70 iis&1rcther;