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New Britain herald., 1930-12-31
FOOTBALL FACES
 A SERIOUS EVIL
Federal Office of Education Fears
 Amateur Standing Loss

Washington, Dec. 31 Pt-Loss of amateur standing today was named by the federal office of education d most serious eyil' confronting in tcrCollcgiatc football.
 An increasing tendency 'to de- volop professional standards for players" with great emphasis upon winning" Was noted in q report outlining athletic problems found in the country's 69 land grant col- legcs, which were studied for three years in general education survey.
 These colleges, which repo1tc1 receipts of hundreds of thousands of dollars annually from football games. were urged to stop relying on athletics for support and main tenance of their health programs.
 Tho office Of education rccom- mended the health work be financed the same as any other educational department, and urged each lnstltu- ton to make a thorough and frank study Of these situations with q lldithfI ldtiIl6 pl ll9-ll I'obc'l'7''''' ties toward their student Nodics.' Passing of control of athletic ac- tiNities from the students to admln- istrativc officials was cited in the report, which dealt primarily with | problems arising from football en- | thusiasm among the students, alumni and administrative authorl | ties.
 Among the land grant collcG"s i high in the football world are th2 i Universities Of Illinois and Cali | fornia, Ohio State, Cornell, Mime sota. Purdue, Maryland, TcAae Agricultural and Mechanical and the Agricultural College of Utah.
 "One of thcse,' the report said reported receipts of appro%lmate- | ly S500,0o0 annually from footba. games. Others receipts ranged from s35O.O0O to s4o0,000 annually bringing football into the field o' i big business" which the survey considered one Of the primary req sons for the change l control.
 Forty-one of the institutions re ported athletics under control of t college board. Tn seven students were represented. Control remained witt the students iii four west coast in stitutions.
 intercollegiate foothall.' the survey said. suffers rom the mos serious evil Of loss of amatcui standing.
 Students tend to Nercmnhasiz' athletics. Student migr~tions tt great out-of-town games Cause tn, most worry to the administrations
 The report noted also overempha sis on football in intercolleglat' publications and an "exploiting 0 individuals, giving them the biz head making them disregard their college work"
 II related also that II schools ad mittcd recruiting seniors from higl schools for freshmen footha' squads. but all protested gnoranc, of subsi'ljzing of players. Eacu de ricd existence of lodI funds fo athletes only. Practically all report cd coaches salaries higher thaI professors.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-31
IN QUARTER FINALS
HjI1a BOehn of Maiden Continues sweep Through Early Rounds By Winning in Love Sets,

Chestnut Hill, Mass, Dec. q fUP)-The quarter final round of the girls national indoor tennis singles began today on the covered courts of the LongUood Cricket club.
 Milda Boehm of Maiden, top-seed- ed entry, continued her sweep through the early rounds in yester- days play. She eliminated Martha Boyden Of Winchester in love sets.
 The quarter-finals began. how ever. without Joanna Palfrey Of Brookline, one Of the famed Palfrcy sisters, seeded sixth and last year finalst. Helen Boohm, HiIda's twin, retired Poanna e., 6-l.
 Helen Fulton of Chicago. seeded eight triumphed over Betty Proc tor Of Brookline 7-5, 2-6, 6-3.
 Other quarter-finalists were Helen Jones of Svampscott. Mary Gutter of Winchester, Marion Wood of Brookline, and Katherine Winthrop of Hamilton.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-31
TILDEN RET|RES . FROM NET GAME
Biz Bill Hears Call Of the Movie
 and Has Answered

New York. Dec. 3l lP)-Big Bill Tndcn finally has come to the en1 of the trail ot amateur tennis. The movies have called and Big Bill has answered.
 A dominant figure Tn world ten his for more than q decade, Tilden informed the United States Lawn Tennis association yesterday that nc was retiring from amateur compc- tition to accept contract with the Metro Goldwyn-M Mayer corporation. The contract calls for a series Of short films On tennis subjects with the Philadelphia veteran in the leading role, Since the films are 70 be devoted 10 tennis. Big Bill auto matlCalIy IS disqualified from com- petng under the rules governing amatturs.
 Tldcns decision closely parallels q similar one reached recently by Bobn> jo6cs, emperor ot golf, who decided to i've up amateur compe- ttlon 10 make golfng films. There vas one big difference, however. Jones retired while he still uds monarch Of all he surveyed. Tilden had passed the peak and had been forced to stand by in recent years and watch some Of tennis grcatesl prizes fall into the hands of young z Il3yr Ont.IhlyT E2 French triumviratc Of Henri Cochet, Rene Lacoste and Jean Borot-a. Chiefly through Big Bns efforts America held the DaNI3 Cup for seven years between l42o and 192G uut the French broke through in ,9.7 and have vIthstood all char lCuccs since.
 IildCn will be &8 in February. He won his first national title ill 1915 when he captured the clay court championship and teamed with Vim cent Richards 10 win the America Il doubles crown as well. In 1920 be won the British singles title, the first American to accomplish that feat, and later in the same year de- throncd Little Bill" Johnson a, American singles champion. He tacn ruled American singles playtre for six years bc4ore Lacoste broke through in l925. Iacoate repeated in 1927 and Cochct in 1928 but Til den cane back 10 win the title ior the 3clcnth time. In the last chan. pionship, h. Vas eliminated in the sem-tinal round by John Hope Docl Of santa Monica, Cal, who thtl 1 went 10 win the title.
 Counted out of the picture sevcra years ago where competition witt the French aces was concerned, Bi. Bill amazed the sport world by wad inG through d strong field at Vim bledon last summer to win his thirt British singles title.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-31
REACH SEMI-FINALS
Play in the Junior and Boys Ma tional Indoor Tennis Singles Championship Wears Finish.

New York, Dec. 31 UP)-Play in the junior and boys national in door tennis singles pionships moved into the semi-final round to- day.
 Marco Hecht and Ramey Dono- van. both of New York, met in one junior eeni-final match. and Robert ogden Of Cambridge opposed Der nard Friedman Of West Philadel. phia in the other
 In the boys division Joseph hbrams met Ally Shapiro and si1- noy Wcinstcin opposed Philip Os- borne.
 Yesterdays quarter final play vas featured by the elimination of Will liam Jacobs the defending junior titleholder. Jacobs fell before F. Ramey Donovan of Fordham prep, in straight sets.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-31
STORYTELLING MUST
 FIGHT SHARKEY
Ordered to Agree to Terms
 Within Next Seven Days

New York, Dec. 31 P)-The Ne"
 York state athletic commission seems
 to have paved the way for the
 staging of heavyweight champion
 ship fight in Chicago. Whether or
 not that proves 10 be the case de-
 bends on Max Schmeling, the title
 holder, and his manager, Joe Jacobs.
 The commission yesterday ordered Schmeling, through Jacobs, to agree
 within seven days, to defend his title against Jack Sharkey here in June or else face forfeiture of the cham
 pionship in this state.
 The next move is strictly up to Schmclng and his manager. They may decide to ignore the commls- sion odict and accept an offer Of s500,000 for q, championship match at Chicago with W. L. (Young)
 Stribling in the challenging rolc.
 More than a few boxing critics be- lieve Stribling has a better right b
 a crack at the title than Sharkey. The commission action, however, was highly consistent if nothing else. The boxing solons have maintained from the start that Schmclins should abide by his promise to meet
 sharkey in d return bout for the title. Schmeling's promise was made after he had won heavyW eight rec ognton by winning on a foul from Sharkey in q highly unsatisfactory bout here last summer.
 Bill Carey, president Of Madison Square Garden. met with q rCbuif when he asked for approval for a bout between Sharkey and Stribling at Miami, Fla, this winter. The commission frowncd on this despite the fact that Sharkey himself would like 10 make at least one start be-
 fore he takes another shot at the title.
 i Promoters and critics alike have insisted that q Sharkcy- -SchmelinS ! bout IS foredoomcd to financial fail l ure unless one or the other, in the meantime, can do something to stir i up public interest.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-31
LAUREL ST. TIGERS
 LEAD MIDGET LEAGUE
Break TiC With Medicine Men by Victory at Boy tlub-I oung
 Iaglcs WhitcNashed
The Laurol Street Tigers advanced

The Laurel Street Tigers advanced into first place in the midget basket ball leagu' al the Boys club last evening whcn they defeated the Shooting Stars by 6-4 while the Medicine Men were being nosrd out by the Ail-Stars 10 the tune Of 10-9. This broke tie for first place and gave the Tigers full game lead. The hapless Young Eagles, still with out q victory. were completely crushed last night. being white washed, 15-o by the Boys Club Stars. The lincups:
 Boys Club Stars-P. Floris, J. Andrusa, A. Jarvis, NJ. Falk. J. Mazur.
 Young Eaglcs-J. Riberio, ". kerelejza, J. kabala, L, Paluch, J. Kslstro.
 All Stsrs--J. Gurnicki. ]. Nappi, P. MicczkoUski, J. I;eo, r. Casa, E. Sidoranko.
 Medicine Ncn-D Passauissi- A. Naluki,ich, l.. Passanissi Hippo J. haminoe.
 Shooting Kclly Sralinski, E"relojza. Fa"oneri F.. $ rypock.
 Laurel St. Tigers-S solck, G, Tutko, J. Kacey, F. SoIck, r. kacey.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-31

The Center gregational church being without q regular game when the First Baptists requested q, post ponemcnt of the scheduled contest between the teams, an exhibition match between the Congregational ists and Recano's s All-Stars was play cd after tho South -Swede battle, the AIl-Stars winning loose encounter by 463i. Taking the lead near the start, they were held 10 l4-fI dur ing the first half but ran away to 13l6 in the third quarter and then piled up points rapidly in the final ono.
 Ferony and Recano were high scorers for the winners and Dick lnson and Ely for the losers. Billy Davls Of the church team did some unique passing through opponents legs to his own men. The summary:
New Britain herald., 1930-12-31
SOUTH CHURCH JRS. HOLD FIRST PLACE
Defeat First Lutherans by One
 Point in Thriller
Junior Church League

Cinging grimly 10 an carly lead in the face of a desperate assault, the South Congregational church team barely pulled out l1-l6 win over the First Lutherans at the Y. NJ, (. A last night and hurled back the Suedcs' challenge of their hold upon first place in the Junior Church basketball league. IL was the second time this season that the South church youngsters had de- feated their closest rivals. and T gave the winners a full t"o-game lead and 2 wonderful chance to re- peat their 1929-S0 feat of winning the league title. With six suCcessiN C wins this year added on to the 10 they ran up last season. the lead CTS now have only the lower teams in the standing left to play and can clinch the championship by down. ing any three Of them, while a7 even break will assure them of q tie and play-off.
 Both teams played supcrlatiNe basketball last night although 't was Of q cautious type, as all play CTS realized what vas at stake. Tn" passing of both teams vas Of q hign order, but the rival defenses were lust IS fine and scoring vas held 70 minimum. Stanley and Wheeler, diminutive South church forwards. were quite effectively smothcTed by the tall Lutheran guards. Ken LIndgren and Oscar Anderson, but their floor work was pretty and It vas stanley who finally broke through for the winning points.
 Cormier, with three sensauona baskets in the first half, was high scorer for both teams. and Elphick and Merza checked the Luthcran forwards as effectively IS their own were stopped by the Lutherans, and in addition they added eight points 10 their tcam's score. Eddie Ander- son and IAndgren began 10 hook IL spectacular shots near the end and almost turned the tide, but it vas just too late All in all, lt was Il great game all the way, with bo(h teams working carefully but de- termlnedly for the big prize that went 10 the winner.
 Cormiers follow up shot opened the game, Elphich made free shot good, and Cornlier sank a try from mid-foor to give the winners o-V lead at the quarter, Stanleys 1onl on q technical and field goal by Ncrza made It So before the Swcdos counted on d basket by Carleton An dcrson. This second period MS evenly fought. and the half ended with the South Church still holding it's fve-polnt lead al l2-7.
 The SH eles cut point of t!l- margin during the thlrd quarter Lndgren getting q basket and foul while the South church was held 10 lone basket by Merza, and then the losers made their bis bid ln the closing moments. Merza started with q free toss, but Eddie Anderson got under the basket and hooked ID a shot as he was fouled. making th- score 15-l4. He dropped his free toss in but vas on the line and il did not count. Then stanley got tho ball in | scramble under the bashc, and flung t hack over his head tor a weird goal nhich brought victory nith it Lddle Anderson scored again. but ,ha 1histle sounded be- fore pl4y could be resumed.
 The Swcdcs dropped in only tNC free tries out Of about I dozen and los. the gamc on this failure. The SummaT".
New Britain herald., 1930-12-31
LanderS
r. X I. Corbtn- Corbin screw

T.. o I. ttfDti-N OIDln E>''tN
 Living up 10 all expectations. the Corbin Screw aud P. 6, r. Corhin teams staged the 7ercest battle seen 90 far ths year in the Industrial league The teams were tied at tho end Of the regulation playing period at 26-all. One five minute overtime period failed 10 end the game and ihe teams vcro doadlockcd again at 'Ss-all Then. the Corbln Screw team go, the break in the second extra. session that gave it tho verdict by Inc score of G4 10 G3,
 For nlld and o ,olly battles. the second game on last nights pro- gram was the blue banner feature. There was lttIe difference 10 be seen between the teams and the fouls both called and uncalled were too innumcrahlc to mention. IL vas sjm- ply a fight to the finish bel1ee two teams who see red every time they meet.
 The Screw shop had q two point edge in the first half, l4 to l@. The r. $ r. Team had staged an uphill battle from the first whistle and had all but tied the count.
 The first shot in the second half tied the score and then the Screw Shop team staged short squirt that gave it 3 four point margin. The P. < r. team battlrd furIously and tied the count q the $50 minute mark. Then r. X r. spurt"d and mana ged to lead g6 10 - with three minutes 10 go. Four foul shots however, enabled P X F. to tie the count and the game was thrown into an extra session.
 Luty got two free tries 20 seconds after the overtime started. He made both good. Berlin duplicated this maneuver to tie the count at o8-all Then Scheyd dropped in a field basket but Sapkowski tied the count again and the five minute session vas over with the score standing al 30-all
 Berlin broke the ice with a bas- ket and Capodice came through with ano;hcr foul snot. YskUbowicz tied it at 3"-aIl with another free r Berlin dropped in foul point 10 mt I. & F. in thC lead but with
 half minute 10 70. Capodice sank q nice field goal and the whistle end cd the contest leaving Corbin Screw in the lead by one point,
 Hank Arburr was the scoring star for the winners with 15 points, Hoist was outstanding for the P. & F. team. Four players were elected from the
New Britain herald., 1930-12-31

Miniature golf courses scattered over the United States represent an investment. exclusive Of real es1 tate, of between 50.000,o00 and s200, ,o0o, ooo and employ approAi7 matcly 10000 persons,
New Britain herald., 1930-12-31
Corbin Cabinet Landers

Although battling all throughout the game with the will 10 Nin, the Corbin Cabinet Lock Quintet vas unable to cage enough points to draw up 10 q tie with the Landcrs team and after a spirited spurt III the second half. the Landers team started 10 draw away and finally won the game by d J2 10 4 score.
 Landers starttcd of at fast clip but the Cabinet crew played the UnIver5als on even tterms. O'Bricn. center for Landers with two baskets and two foul shots, gaye his team the impetus that enabled 1t to come through with q fl 10 lead at half time.
 The Cabinet quintst came within four points Of tying the count in the second half but Landers staged an- other scoring squirt and drew quick lv out Of danger. AS the game came to a close, the Cabinet team was in the midst Of neat squirt but the time proved to be too short for 1t 10 do any damage.
 O'Brlcn and Larson were the scoring stars for the winners while Stohl and Carroll upheld the Cahi- net end Of the bargain. The score;
New Britain herald., 1930-12-31
Corbin Screw

Score a- halt -imc. l4-12, Corbin Screw. Referee. Ahern. Timer, Sl- kora. Scorer, Crean.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-31
\eNnlatiCS
taS0S

Score at ha.i rIme 3-7. New matics; referee, Ahern, timer, Slkora; SCOT CT, Crean.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-31

Six major league baseball clubs will play exhibition games in At lanta during March and April.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-31

Clarence Jensen or Newark. N. J, will lead the North Carolina uni versity cross- country team next fall.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-31

game on personal fouls. three Of the Screw shop and Hoist ot D, & F.
 The summary:
New Britain herald., 1930-12-31
League Standing

The most thrilling battle m the Industrial Basketball League SO far this year was fought out last night 9 the Tabs hall between the Corbin Screw and ?. 6 r. Corbin quintets. The game went into two overtime periods before the Corbin Screw quintet managed to get d one-poInt edge to win. Landers made rather short work ot the Corhin Cabinet Lock team while the Gascos took the Newmatlcs into camp in the last game on the nights program.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-31

CORBIN SCREW TEAM WINS
 THRILLER FROM P. & F.

Fiercest Battle of Industrial Basketball League Season Is Fought at Tabs Hall - Two Overtime Periods Necessary Before Winners Get One Point Advan- tage - Newmatics Prove Easy Victims for Gasco Quintet-Landers Five Defeats Corbin Cabinet
New Britain herald., 1930-12-31
No Games Friday

Because ot New Years Day. there vlll be no games Friday night, Play will be resumed in the league next Tuesday night when Stanley Works meets Stanley Rule, Faf1irs meets Pusswrns and Corbin Cabinet plays ?. < F. Corbin.
 The hlG feature of next week s play will be the game on Friday be- tween Corbin Screw and Stanley.
New Britain herald., 1930-12-31
south Congregational
I irSt Lutheran
Center Loses Game

Referee Aronson; timer, Dlchin- son scorer (,UrthCr
New Britain herald., 1930-12-31
ReCano's All-Stars
Center Cong. Church.

Continued on the Following Page)
New Britain herald., 1930-12-31

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The Washington times., 1930-12-30
MAN DENIES HE
HIT CRIPPLE

Charged with having kicked
and struck with his fist a Grip
pied newsboy, Lawson P. Gouldh-
man. So. Of 1924 L st. N. W..
pleaded not guilty today in Police
Court and demanded jury trial.
Judge Ralph Given fixed the
bond at $500.
GouIdhman is said to have
struck George Boswell. %, Of
1929 e st. N. E., at Thirteenth
and F Streets Northwest yester-
day afternoon. The boy had
brushed" his face with a paper,
he said. According to 'officers
the boy is suffering from an af-
Fiction which causes his hands
to shake.
According to the information
filed with the warrant charging
assault, an angry crowd gathered
and Gouldhman offered to "go
in an alley and fight anyone who
did not like it," The information
paper also quoted Gouldhman as
saying he would hit the boy
again If the newsboy shook a
paper in his face again.
Boswell is said to be suffering
from q form Of paralysis.
The Washington times., 1930-12-30
Army Orders

Leave Of absence is granted to
each Of the following officers:
Capt. Charles w. Pence, Infantry,
three months; First Lieutenant
George A. Ford, Coast Artillery
Corps, three months and 20 days
First Lieutenant Burnie r. Dallas.
Air Corps, four months; Second
Lieutenant Henry j. Hoeffer,
Coast Artillery Corps, four
months; Second Lieutenant Burgo
D. Gill, Coast Artillery Corps, two
months; Capt. George A. Davis,
Infantry, two months; First Lieu
tenant Eggleston w. Peach, In
fantry, two months.
Second Lieut.. Kindrick OWnby,
Medical Administrative Corps, one
month and 20 days.
\ Second Lieut.. Richard w. Mayo,
Field Artillery, is days.
Major James E. Cramond, Med.
deal Corps, to the Second Corps
Area for duty at the general dis.
pensary, United States Army, New
York city.
Major Samuel r. Norris, Med
ical Corps. to Fort Hayes, Ohio.
Major William S. Culpepper,
Medical Corps, to Fort Monroe,
Va.
First Lieut.. Leslie E. Simon,
Coast Artillery Corps, to Ordnance
Department.
Capt. John M. Hagens, Infan-
try, to retirement.
Second Lieut.. Henry Bishop
Fisher, Air Corps, to Fort Sam
Houston, Tex.
Major Joseph j. Koch, Infan-
try. to retirement.
Major Wilburn H. Henderson
to retirement.
Capt. Charles j. Mabbutt, Quar-
termaSter Corps, to Fort George
Wright, Wash.
First. Lieut.. Stanley H. Hun
sicker, Quartermaster Corps, to
Philadelphia, Pa.
Capt. Joseph w. Timmons, jr.,
Quartermaster Corps, to Chilkoot
Barracks, Alaska.
Capt. Tobin C. Rote, Infantry,
to Thirtieth Infantry, Preside Of
San Francisco.
The Washington times., 1930-12-30
NATURE GUIDES
THE RIP SAW

Because a log is straight is no
indication that the boards cut
from it will be straight. Observa-
tions made by the New York
State College Of Forestry, Syra-
cuse University, show that beech
logs will produce about 80 per
cent straight lumber and the bal.
ance from the same logs will be
crooked. The boards spring out
Of line as they come off the saw.
This is noticeable in heavy tim
berS.
What causes this bending is
not known. HE heartwood seems
to have more compression stresses
than the Sapwood as the boards
always bend toward the sapwood.
Side-hill timber is more springy
than trees grown in flat country.
This characteristic is a source
Of much trouble in saving as
well as wasteage Of lumber. When
the first boards are cut from the
side Of a springy log. these i'm.
priSoned forces Of nature assert
themselves and the log pulls out
Of line. When the next board is
cut. it might be thick at the
middle and thin at the ends or
vice versa.
If the board springs out Of line
flatwise, it can be carefully piled
for seasoning and the kink taken
out. when the warp is edgewise,
it is impossible to correct with.
out a definite loss.
The Washington times., 1930-12-30
GAS TAX YIELDS
S11,250,000

RICHMOND, Va, Dec. 30.-Re-
ceipts from the scent gasoline
tax for roads during 1890 will
amount to approximately $1l.-
$50, 1000, which will be upwards
of $1,OO0,000 in excess of 1929
receipts from this source, and
more than $4,000, 900 in excess of
the budget estimation of gas tax
revenue for the period 1930-31,
according to T. Mccall Frazier,
director of the division of motor
vehicles.
The total collected by the divi-
sion during the II months of
1880 was $10,517,9 7,994.51. Collec-
tions during the entire year 1929
totaled $10,379, ,274.64. In No
vember, 1880. the collections were
$915,581.51, which was an in
crease of $31,970.76 over Novem-
ber, 1929.