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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-29
Hirsch Jacobs Again Captures
 Training Honor

New York, Dec. 29-UP)-HirSch Jacobs today was acclaimed the lead- ing trainer of thoroughbreds in 1888 the sixth straight time he had topped all other race-horse condi- tioners.
 Jacobs, a former pigeon fancier, tied the record for consecutive years set between 1912 and 1917 by H. G. Bedwell. Jacobs started his winning streak in 1883. Although Bedwell is one up in the number of yearly championships with seven-he won the first in 19O9-Jacobs has saddled more winners.
 During the seven years of his lead- ership, Bedwell had 663 winners against TIA for Jacobs in six year. And Jacobs still has few more days on the Florida tracks.
 Like Johnny Longden, the seasons leading jockey, Jacobs started his turf career in Cuba about ten years ago. It was at old Oriental Park that both champions met-Longden a Hedging of IS and Jacobs six years older. Out of this meeting grew a friendship instrumental in starting the successful careers of both horse men.
 Jacobs conditioned horses for Charley Ferraro and Longden rode for A. G. Yarn, Canadian sportsman, at the Cuban track. The trainer in time returned to New York and Longden followed.
 Jacobs opened a public stable, gradually augmented it with horses of his own, and it finally developed into one of the largest. The stable was raced in the name of his wife, Mrs. Ethel D. Jacobs.
 Although Longden never was un- der contract to him, Jacobs took ad- vantage of the youngsters services whenever he could and the combina- tion reached the peak of its success this year.
 With rare exceptions Jacobs tri- umphs were scored with ordinary horses. His wife's stable has boasted very few thoroughbreds of stake calibre.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-29
Sparks From The Power League

should fly on alleys one and two. After taking the Collectors into camp the Generals are pretty cocky. Well Jack always has few tricks up his sleeve and may pull one this trip.
 Sales B will try to pick up some lost ground at the expense of Con- struction A but giving away 38 pins a game to Howard Humphries, Fred Drummond and company is quite a load to carry, so we look forward to 8 sad ending for the Sales boys.
 The District Engineers hope tO continue their rampage with Sales A as their victims. This is tough one to pick.
 The Sales Engineers think they will get back into winning stride by submerging Johnnie DeVito's Metermen, but as both teams are evenly macth the breaks will count in determining the victor.
 The s. s. Operators meet Test and all we can say is May the best team win"
 The league games will start at the usual hour of 5:15 o'clock and a 100 per cent attendance is looked forward to.
 To Jack Cluney and his staff who have extended the league so many courtesies, we wish a Happy and Prosperous New Year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-29
} BACK OF BASKETBALL
Out-of-Bounds Play Provides Chance For Extra Bs~l-o+ in Close Contest

to swing into instant action just as soon as they get the ball out under their opponents basket.
 One member of the offense should remain slightly beyond the foul circle to take long pass in case the defense switches in time to overcome the block play the other three men have set up.
 Very often the defense is so in- tent upon botcnag up the three man screen maneuver that it for gets about the man in backcourt, who Is able to sneak up close to the foul line for clear shot.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-29
INTENTIONAL GROUNDING DE
 BALL STUDIED
Ineligible Receivers to
 Stay on Line of
 Scrimmage?

Chicago, Dec. (UP)-As far as the coaches are concerned, football can remain basically unchanged next year, although they recom- mended today the adoption of six minor rules changes by the all- powerful National Collegiat Athletic Association.
 The coaches urged that the changes be made at the N. c. A. A. meeting at Colorado Springs, Colo. Jan. 2 Then. as part of their annual gathering, they went into joint session with the N. c. A. A., which hasn't seen eye to eye with them in the past.
 On The Line
 The recommended changes are: 1. In case of a forward pass, all ineligible receivers must remain on the line of scrimmage until the pass is touched or completed. Under the present rules, ineligible receivers may go down the field but not beyond the eligible receivers. Violation would mean loss of down and Is yard penalty. The coaches considered this the most important recom- mendation, asserting it would vir-. tually eliminate screened passing and reduce downfield blocking. 2. A 15-yard penalty from the spot of the previous down plus loss of down when a forward pass is touched by an ineligible receiver on or behind the line of Scrimmage. Present rules call for loss of the ball at the spot of the previous l down.
 3. An exception in connection with the penalty under general rule T, section 6, article 1, which governs puntS from scrimmage, to the effect that this penalty will not offset foul committed by the non-kicking team unless it is disqualifying | foul.
 Under the present rule, the play is called back if the receiving team commits foul after a punted ball is touched or downed by the kick ing team, which technically com mits foul in doing so. The rec ommendation would give the punt ing team the right to refuse the penalty against the receiving team. No Loss of Ball 4. Modification of the penalty in the case of a foul by player of the bunting team while the ball is in the air and in the field of play. The present rule calls for loss of the ball at the spot of the foul. This was considered by the coaches to be ito serve"
 5. Stricter enforcement of the rule which provides 15-year pen alty and loss of down for inten- tional grounding of pass. It also was recommended that the rule be supplemented with a note more clearly defining intent"
 6. A careful study of equipment in the interest of safety to players and that all equipment. including the ball, rigidly comply with speci- fications set forth in the official N c. A. A. rules. This is designed tc reduce the danger from broken cleats and heavy protective equip ment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-29
LEAVENWORTH DRILL

Tn preparation fo rtheir game with Woodrow Wilson High in this city next week, Tuesday, January 3, at Wilby gym, a practice has been call- ed for 100 o'clock tomorrow after noon at Wilby gym by Coach Jake Reiger of Leavenworth with every member of the Tech Squad schedul- ed to get long workout on defen- sive plays. Leavenworth has wan from Wilson at Middletown earlier in the season.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-29
BY OMAR

b1 OMAh
 The league will resume opera tions again tomorrow night and after the short lay-ot: and nice holiday, the boys should be in good form to set new records.
 The race is tight one, with the half way mark being reached with tomorrow nights matches; every game is going to count heavily from now on in the final accounting.
 Just now the Dispatchers are lead- ing by one point and they talk on Meter "B" next who although they are far down in the standing may have one of their good nights to the sorrow Of the leaders. Meter B" going in with a 31 pin handicap has an edge which will be hard to over come.
 We next find the Collectors col liding with Stores, a very danger ous outfit who may be a headache to Ben Goldstein. The outcome of these games means a lot to both teams so it should be hot match.
 What should be the outstanding match of the evening is that one be- tween the Meter Readers and the Accountants. Neither of these teams ask for or gives quarter and as both want these games, which means they will stay in the running, you may rest assured that they will shoot the works.
 Production which has slipped a lot of late is due to make ccme- back and it may be in their make up to slip one over on Jack Mur- phys Servicemen. Murphy's team is 8 tuogh one, however, and whoever topples them will know they were in struggle.
 The mystery team of the league, Welfare, take on Ed McLean's Line men who have always been thorn in the side of contenders ana un- less the Welfare boys are at their best, they may find themselves on the short end.
 Another good match should be be- tween Jack Roberts Construction B and George New Hampshire" Buckley's Generals. Both have been going on figh of late and the fur
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-29
WOLVES WIN AS CHESTONE STARS
Triangles Topped 25=23 in N. E. Y. Thriller-Avigs, >
 COlOnials Cop

Varsity Lou Chestone's two hoops in the final seconds of play gave the league leading Wolves a 25-23 victory over the ever threatening Triangle squad in the feature game of the N. E. Y. Senior league played last night at the Y before another weekly turn out crowd. In the other games played, the Trojans lost to a powerful Colonial team 33-19 as Honey Margiotta netted himself 18 points to gain scoring honors for the night. The Cadets lost out to the fighting Aviglianese lads 1916 as Babe Mattolini again proved to be the point maker. Henry Jaco- vino officiated. Sunday, the Tigers and Spartans clash at 1:15 p. m.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-29
NORTH END TIGERS
 MEET NAUGY FIVE

North End Y Tigers and Nauga- tuck Y Admirals meet tonight at the north end 'Y" hut. In their last trip to the post. the Tigers were defeated by the New Britain Boys Club Reserves 29-26. the local club having won but two of six games, but Coach Bub Horrigan thinks he has a starting lineup that ought to win many games from now on.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-29
POND ACES WIN
 FROM N. E. CADETS

The Pond Aces won their sixth game of the year at the expense of the North End Cadets Cadets by a score of 30 to 23, the game being played at the North End hut last night. The Pond Aces do not claim an enviable record but claim to give any amateur or senior team in the city or state a close game. The Aces would like to hear from any Boys Club or Central "Y" team. High scorers for last night were Runividge and Sforza with Il points apiece. The score:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-29
Johnston At The Bat

ewhile the ratings the Century Sporting which created to buck Mike Jacobs of boxing didn't JJJ happens to be the here's the list attention asked the Johnston rating of Nova, current ring sensation
 Ratings 1939-COnenders contests this challenger of Louis heavyweight title.
 MAXIE ROSENBLOOM-Won from Lou Nova Roscoe Toe and Lewis. JOHN HENRY LEWIS-Iigh heavyweight champion. TONY holder of titles MAX BAER-Baer quit knee to Joe Louis. by Unknown winston and Neusel. LOU Rosenbloom, Gunna "No-Hit" Fan
 ROSCOE TOLES-Lost Reddish. from 
 TOMMY TUcKER-Unbeaen during 19ss winning contests York heavyweight Bob Pastor by far times winning decisions weeks He boxed
  exception
  should Pastor then Angeles knocked Rosenbloom fight after Rosenboom had defeated
 
  followed Mickey Dugan In Philadelphia the decision given draw" according slips referee gave followed defeating
  called four decisions and by knockouts
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-29

It is wise for a team to con- centrate on a good out : of . bounds play - especially under the of e nsive basket-but only after fundamen- tai parts of the coach's system are fully mas tered.
 A good out-Of- b ounds, play comes in handy for that extra basket. in a fight
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-29

game, when one goal may mean the difference between victory and de- feat. Usually this setup is worked with a fast break and a we'll -estab- lished block or screen, to shake one man loose for good shot at the basket.
 All five players should be ready
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-29
Recreation Rumb.es

The first place Cubs retained their place in the standing by downing the last place Yankees. Byrnes ORielly and R. Hamel rolled well for the Cubs, while Paternoster Chabot and McHugh were the Tanks best bowlers. Milton WynL made his first appearance this sea. son and luckily landed on the Yan. kee team which now boasts of ar all Plume & Atwood combine.
 The Athletics tripped the Tigers two games to forge ahead in the standing. Barber, Hart and DeRita were the standouts for the Athletics. All the Tigers rolled well with Pied monte leading his teammates.
 The Pirates took the Giants over the huddles two games, with Mari tino and De Fronzo leading the Pirates bowlers. With an average hampering them, the Giants tried to overcome the handicaps, but suc- ceeded in winning only one game, Sebastiano made his first appear ance in this league. He is attached to the Pirate team.
 The Braves and the Red Sox battled it out for next to last in the stand ing. The Braves won out two games to one. Heating, J. Hamel and Di- Vito were high men for the Braves Brick was the Red Sox best.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-29
BY HOWARD ROBSON

Eugene, Ore, Dec. -Out-of- bounds plays aren't of prime im- portance to a basketball team, but every good club has one, or several variations of one, which serves as a valuable adjunct. to its offense.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-29

Score at half time: Wilby 19, St. Thomas IS. Referee: John A. Cluney Time: Four 8 minute periods.
 Wilby Reserves won ! 26-22 de- cision over St. Tomas Jayvees in a preliminary, Rosa scoring 10 points; while Wilby Freshmen defeated Sacred Hearts of the Parochial league 9 to 4.
 Wilby $ next game is scheduled for this city on January 4 against AnSonia.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-29
U. s. SWIMMERS FOR
 ARGENTINE NAMED

New York, Dec. 29-(UP)-The Amateur Athletic Union today named team of six swimmers to represent the United States in six meets next month in Argentina.
 The team. managed by William Leonard, president of the Adiron-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-29
STATE FIVE WINS

The State Theater Five defeated the All-Stars last night py 36- B margin as John Carey's return to the victors' line-up,- after an ab- sence of three weeks, led the State crew to a victory.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-29
SOMETHING MISSING

Bloomington, Ind, = Indianai football team averaged Il frs downs game for its first clever contests this season yet scored only two touchdowns and won only ont game.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-29

dack association of the A. A. U., fol- lows:
 Katherine Rawls Thompson, Mi- ami Beach; Jeanne Laupheimer, New York; Peter Flick, New York; Andrew Clark and Ebert Root, De- troit and Steve Wo1liak of Buffalo.
 They will sail from New York on Saturday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-29
ThiSSpOrting
 World
A Little Of This And That
BY JOHN A. CLUNEY

you hear wbys football captain Johnny zur one or h hest tackles in high competition this deciding to go to or college Carolina it will be the result some missionary wOt Sandout southern center hl Archie had the south and they lost no tim rong to work have other plans
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-29

By quik Ansonia Highs basketball array makes two local five under its coach MT Jarvis who the popular night Ansonia and Crosby angle and Wednesday it's My Wildcats that the Copper City will both scheduled for the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-29
STITCHES IN TIME

Chicago Eddie Froelich, Chicago Blackhawk trainer, keeps a record of all the stitches he has made in athletic wounds, and lists 4S3.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-29

REYMOND BAKERY co. LEAGUE
 (Mattatuck Recreation Alleys)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-29
This weeks schedule is as follows:
The Standing:
Records
 |

1st H. Team Single Yankees 61s 2nd High Team Single Pirates 60e 1st High Team Total Tigers l68G 2nd H. Team Total Athletics 1869 list Ind. H. Single -Paternoster l65 2nd Individual High Single
 Carroll Piedmonte 15z list Ind. High Three Ezana0 4OE End Ind H Three Piedmonte 40s
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-29

EQta1d -s.-fl fo9 ss l1o High afnRle--H. St. Mary 167 H1Eh three~-H. St. Mary ..ss 43O'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-29
MERCANTILE LEAGUE

(Sena's Alleys)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-29

Another good match should be be- tween Jack Roberts Construction B and George New Hampshire" Buckley's Generals. Both have been going on High of late and the fur
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-29
Duke DeUils Not So Hot?

fect football records including Tor entire
 little to Southern Cal fans whom giving Dnts against Duke just to have bet when the Bowl teams Monday.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-10-14
PAGERS and TrOtters

The name "pacer" is applied to a
class of horses that are character
lied by the ability to pace. They
do not constitute a separate and dis
tinct breed, but the American Stand
ardbred trotting horse breed is the
most potent source Of PAGERS. Ac-
cording to the Encyclopedia of Amer
lean Agriculture" by Bailey, there
was an opinion some years ago that
a special type was evolving among
PAGERS, because many old time pac.
ers were steep in the headquarters,
had crooked hooks and pitched for
ward. However, time has demon
strated with the PAGER as well as the
trotter, that symmetry and graceful
lines and style in action or repose
are not opposed to speed. To be
registered as Standardized PAGER,
a horse must meet certain stand.
ards, set by the American Trotting
Register association.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-10-14
Diet of African Natives

It is said that the men of the Ma
sal tribe in Africa, with a diet in
GLIDING milk and meat-rich in pro-
tein, fat and calcium-average
about 5 inches taller and % pounds
heavier than the Kikuyu tribe, who
are vegetarians and live mostly on
cereals, roots and legumes. The
muscular strength of the Nasal is
said to be some so per cent greater
than that of the Kiyuku, while Ma
sal women average 8 inches more
in height and az pounds more in
weight than the Kilkuyu women. But
children show the most striking con-
trast. Three-fourths of the Nasal
tribe were "good and very good' in
physical development, while in the
Kikuyu group less than one-third
received a similar rating. Dental
defects were found in 40 per cent OF
the Kikuyu boys and 1878 per cent
of the girls, but in only 8.3 per cent
of the Nasal boys and 7.3 per cent
Of the Nasal girls.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-10-14
DEALER PRE-vIEw CONvEN-
TIONS

A program of AZ meetings to be
attended by $4,000 members Of the
company's retail organization from
coast to- coast, has been arranged BY
Chevrolet for the period between
Oct. and Oct. IA, w. Il. Holler
general sales manager, announced
today.
The purpose of the meetings, de-
signed as Dealer Pre-View Conven
tions, is to present all models Of the
1889 Chevrolet line to the dealer
organization, and acquaint its mem
bers with sales and advertising plans
| for the coming year.
Decentralization Of the sessions
at which the new product is present.
ed to dealers and statesmen Is ex'
pected to accomplish in few days
what would require weeks IL the
retail forces were brought to Detroit
as they were in 1888. In that year
$4,000 men brought in by Chevrolet
and three solid weeks were required
to complete the program. Now that
the number of men attending has
been increased to include dealers
salesmanagers and salemen, book
keepers and mechanics bringing at
tendance up to $4,000, the present
plan is the only one that would fin
ish the job on time, for Chevrolet
plans to announce its new product
October %.
Task is expedited, however, at the
cost of elaborate arrangements,
whereby Central Office executives
and wholesale field personnel will go
into the territory, arrange for the
largest meeting-place available IN
each of the AZ convention cities, in
stall scenery, backdrops, and other
properties, and supervise the meet
ings themselves.
Each of the meetings will be at
/ tended by all the dealers and dealer
employees of the zone in which 1t ID
held, and in the case of two meet
ings-those at Boston and New York
retail personnel from adjacent
zones will be included. This meane
that nearly $4,000 men will require
transportation to the meeting points
in their various zones. They will
travel by railway, air plane, bus and
automobile.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-10-14
chihuahua May Be White,
Black, Tan, Other Colors

No one knows the exact origin of
the Chihuahua, graceful, swift
moving little dog that may weigh
from one to six pounds. 1t is quite
possible that the early inhabitants
of Mexico crossed their native dog
known as the techichi (Which was
indigenous to Central America) with
small smooth-haired breed
brought from Asia. No one, however,
knows for sure about this cross
breeding. But this much is certain,
according to Bob Becker in the Chi
cago Tribune, students of dog his
tory are not in doubt about the
native dog known to the old inhabi-
tants of Mexico. They have pref
ty good idea what it looked like.
Archaeology tells us about the
techichi. Carved stones showing
pictures of the breed, the ancestral
stock from which the Chihuahua has
come, are found. The carvings show
dog that closely approximates the
Chihuahua.
There are a long-haired and a
short-coated or smooth" variety of
Chihuahua. 1t is very likely the
short-coated dog is the original true
Chihuahua. The breed has an ex-
cellent disposition, is intelligent and
alert and comes in many colors.
In fact, Chihuahuas may be snow
white, coal black, black with tan or
other mixed colors. It's rather in
teresting, as far as the history of
the breed is concerned, that hum
dreds of years ago the early inhabi-
tants of Mexico liked dogs that had
a definite blush color. These were
held sacred.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-10-14
Largest Orthodox Monastery

In Lake Ladoga, at the Russian
Finnish frontier, is quiet, lonely
island called Valamo-God's isle. It
is high, steep and covered with
trees. On this island is located the
largest orthodox monastery of
modern times. 1t is a huge build
ing which has been greatly en-
larged because of the thousands of
pilgrims and tourists which visit it
every summer. The monastery was
founded in 992 by a monk named
Segej, who went to Valamo from
Russia. The monastery was de-
stroyed several times in wars be-
tween Russia and Sweden, but was
always restored and its work con-
tinued. After the Russian revolu-
ton many monks fled to the peace
and quiet of Valamo. They and
their fellow-monks work hard.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-10-14
NUMBER OF TELE-
PHONE CALLS REACHED
new RECORD In 1887
Overseas and Ship to Shore,
Service Extended; New Trans
continental Line Completed

Long distance telephone calls In the
United States during 1887 reached q
new peak with a total Of about 3d..
100000 calls. This was about 4,600,-
900 more than in any previous year,
and 7,450,0 more than In 1885.
Teletypewriter service also con.
tinued to show steady improvement.
There were about 3,550,000 teletype-
writer messages in 1887, which was
an increase of 638, 900 over 1885.
A new record was also established
for overseas radio-telephone service
when about $4,000 messages were
transmitted, exceeding by 10000 the
number sent in 1885, which was the
previous high year. During the year
service was extended to Damascus,
Syria; Bagdad, Iraq; Sofia, Bulgaria;
Port au Prince, Haiti; Juneau
Alaska, and to two additional ocean
liners.
Bell System telephones may now b
connected with about 100000 Of the
worlds 100000 telephones, and
communication is possible with n diff
ferent countries and localities.
Another important achievement OF
the Long Lines Department Of The
American Telephone and Telegraph
Company in 1887 was the completion
Of the fourth transeontinental tsle-
phone line, which provides additional
telephone facilities over a new route
to the Pacific coast. This project In
volved a big engineering construction
Job between Amarillo, Tex, and King
man, Ariz., and added one more route
for the constantly increasing telephone
traffic between the east and west
coasts.