New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 25, 1927, Page 6

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York at Hotaling's Newsstand, Times Square; Bchults's Newsstands, Entrance Grand Central, 42nd Strest. — The velp from Hollywood is that the big moving picture combines are bent upon reducing expenses, or “retrenching,” as the financiers call it. Fewer pictures turned out on the factory production plan would help the industry. Once again a smart-aleck writer in a magazine has written a diatribe t0 the effect that the big advertisers “gontrol the newspapers.” What such fellows don’t know evidently won't hurt them. No one but the ad- vertisers themselves realize how lit- tle they control anything, and few if any of them ever attempt to do any controlling. The Ansonia Sentinel advises its readers that the center of popula- tion in Connecticut is three and one- tenth miles southwest of the Meri- den post office. The steady popula- tion increase of. New Britain would Buggest this city is doing its best to Pring the point further north, The Sherman anti-trust law w passed 36 years ago. Not many trusts have been smashed, but it was a windfall for the corporation law- yers. Astronomically, summer is now here. “The shore” is all fixed to charge” summer prices for shore ‘dinners, ice water free of charge. The city July 4 fireworks display ‘will’ again take place in Stanley Quarter park, but it is not stated how much of a display it is lkely to be. Last year it gave the impression that Coolldge economy was being | practiced. If there are a thousand stamp col- lectors in the city each can fet a kopy of the new Lindbergh airmail stamp at the post office. A boy of 15—so the news report said—backed his automobile into a | truck, resulting in considerable damage to the truck. The lad agreed to settle, the report continued, and no arrests were made. As the state ' law does not yet permit lads of 15 the privilege of driving automobiles it is apparent no attempt was made to hurt anyone's feelings by re- spectfully calling attention to the fact that a driver must be 16 be- fore he can legally drive, either for- ward or backward. It is pleasant to note that Grea Britain has agreed to something at the Geneva naval conference. Illinois having joined the galaxy of states exacting a gasoline ta there now are only a few left, like New York and Massachusetts dislike that specles of taxation. If there ever is to be a special tax on radio sets it likely will start in Con- necticut. YAMING A SCHOOL FOR B. A. HAWLEY There is sound common sense, and 4 plenitude of ment, the Clinton street course of construction, the Benjamin A when completed. ingratiating senti- that under in suggestion the school, now be named Hawley school A local resident public des wumple earned the of all his tellow have bis name public manr who through his ds and wholesome unstir esteem r, 80 that the b coming cnerations can ideali ci zenship w he his splendid generosity lived and mplified in his will after his The plan eath, has been to name the school for Benjamin Franklin, one of the great Americans of the All s past ool children, in the cour: their stud ol doubtful whether the school him stimulate a larger appre his genius. In addition, we already have a Franklin street, a Frankli square 4nd a city aiready has done well by the name of Franklin. tor at ion , which | ex- | citizens, needs to enshrined in some ! reminded of his as -\-‘ s, learn of the decds and ideals of this early patriot and it Is boards—another naming of a' this time will of [is done by Franklin park. The eptionally 1n the case of the Iate Mr. Hawley manager form of government there ] which would curb this circumstances are different. Just now his name is known to everyone in the city, and it is rarely men- tioned without exclamations of ap- preciation. But 25 or 50 years from now? The deeds of good men live after them, it is said; but they are more certain of so doing if thelr names are enshrined upon some public building, thus awakening and quickening the public confidence and maintaining public apreciation {as the years roll on. l The practice of honoring notable local residents will also stimulate others to qualify in that class. Men set aside large sums for monuments of splendor to be erected at their graves; what can be a finer monu- ment for worthy citizenship than the naming of a school in their honor? Let the practice of enshrining good {deeds in this manner be generally | adopted and we will in due time have many more citizens worthy of such honors. Selection of the name for the i Clinton street school is not one for acrimonious debate; it rather is one requiring calm and dispassionate discussion with a decision based up- on reason. We have méntioned some of the reasons for naming the school in memory of a late distinguished citizen and trust that they will be found of sufficient value to recelve careful consideration by i the school comittee. PAVING THE WASHBOARD It is with much satisfaction that | autoists have had occasion to read | that the state highway department i has awarded the contract for the paving of the “washboard pike” be- | tween New Britain and Berlin. The two and a half miles of road will cost $75,000, it 1s sald, which is a | tair price., Thirty thousand dollars a mile for a concrete highway is con- !mdcnbly less than some other such | highways have cost in the state 'and would indicate that prices have been reduced. The road will be 20 | teet wide, too. It is gratifying to note that the { Connecticut company is tearing up {Its abandoned trolley tracks between Willow Brook park and Berlin street. This Is a bill of expense forc- ed upon the company, and there will be no returns other than the sale of the tracks and ties, if that is pos- | sible, or thelr use elsewhere. ‘When this highway is completed, and the short stretch necessary to | hook it up with the city's | stretch of concrete pavement in the !south end, the route to Beritn will | . be one of happy smoothness instead lot spring-breaking roughness. The ! state highway department took a !long time to get around to this im- provement, which has been ncces- sary for several paving hereabouts should be t | shorter reute to Meriden. With that | done we will be satisfied for a pe- | riod of years. COMMISSIONS IN STATE | GOVERNMENTS Success of the commission-man- {ager form of government in various | clties, and the Increasing number of large cities which added to the list this type of administration, leads to the assumption that in due time such a system may be applied to | state governments. If this is to | occur the heginning no doubt will be {made in the northwest, where ex- | perimentation in government comes ' more natural than anywhere eclse in ithis country, and where the people |are not afraid of improvement and progress as they see it. | In South Dakota considerable ad- has already been made to- | ward the adoption of constitutional | changes permitting the | ment of a one-chamber legislatu |a form of admnistration which is cammon in cities but which has identified with state governments. Merely having a or | chamber legislature, s not an important step toward the commission form fin state govern- | ent, although some "sider 1t a step 1n | vance never been however, observers con that direction. ebraska is another state in which | radical net departures from the system of administration contemplated and features identified pres- are with the commission-manager form are being widely discussed. | If the of government works in conneetion | with cities it is entirely likely that it commission-manager form would work in connection with states. In Connecticut w: not so far removed from ti What is the board of fontrol and finance but : of us think. new state sort of financial commission? We ve a mul of other burs all of 1 commission commissions, and of the - | government. smack form of There were days n even rate- ‘flmhll‘.: was th potball of politics; | then such matters were brought un f der the aegls of the Public Commission; and in due time name for Today g00dly part of the state government these com- misslons—were forme a 1 years to pass new authorize the commissionz formation In cities having the commission- tion being’ paid ¢ / new | years. The nest' are continually ! of those having | establish- | somie Utilities | other boards and the legislature merely mects every two | since tha war ha® heen $44 laws—and to | capita are still mayors and city connc!ll;l just like in Connecticut, with all its boards, bureaus and commissions, there still is a legislature. The dif- ference 1s more a matter of nomenclature than method. FENN'S APPORTIONMENT EFFORTS Congressman Fenn of this district received a severe defeat in the last Congress when he attempted to push | through his effort to have the Housc reapportioned according to the re- quirements of the Constitution. Ha ing the basic document on his side one would think it comparatively easy to bring his colleagues to con- form; but for some reason best known to the western rural citi- zenry, the Constitution is not as im- portant as the maintenance of dis- proportional representation in the lower house, giving to thelr districts | better representation. Although the defeat of the Fenn reapportionment measure in the, House was by a slight margin—the | vote was 198 to 183, it will be re- membered— the surprise attached is that there should have been any congressmen at all willing to set the Constitutional requirements aside for political purposes. The last Fenn bill did not even provide for an { apportionment now, but only after March 3, 1933, when it required that the House be reapportioned on the basis of the 1930 census. Even such a mild idea failed to meet approval. Considering that the House has not | iyat been reapportioned according to the 1920 census seven years after it | was taken, it means that the House has not only refused to obey | { the mandate of the Constitution tor | reapportionment after the 1920 | census, but has gone so far as to g0 | i on record as being against a re- | apportionment after the 1930 cen- sus. It is to be hoped that the next Congress will take a more enlight- ened attitude. 1 TREASURY SURPLUS *AND THE BUDGET Federal taxation has been reduc- ! ed and there Is talk of further re- | ductions in the {imminent futur : for the first time since the war, fed- | ; eral expenditures have been | | brought below $3,000,000,000 per | annum; the tax surplus at the end of the fiscal year, July 1, will be $599.000,000; the estimated surplus | for 1928 is $338,000,000 and will probably be higher. | That, in a nutshell, is Uncle Sam's ! financial condition. All things con- i sidered, 1t Is very satisfactory and reflects credit upon Secretary Mel- lon and Budget Director Lord, the watchdog over expenditures. i The public is inclined to mistake tax reductions for economy. The former are more easlly felt by the public than the latter. Congress ap- propriated $4,211,201,270 for the next fiscal year, and there is a wide | difference between this amount and | Mr. Lord's estimates of running ex- ! penses—merely a matter of a billion. | The appropriation for the last fiscal | year was $3,053,628,090. The différ- ence is a substantial increase. | The appropriations for the next | tiscal year are higher than at any ! time since 1920, when they were more than seven billions. It was not until 1917 that the first “billion dol- | lar congress” arrived; before that time appropriations were always | less. During the war years, of course, | appropriations went sky high. Part | of the difference between the bud get figures and Congressional appro- priations is usually applied to the surplus. The higher the appro- priations and the lower actual ex- penditures, the higher the surplus. Comparing the present appro- priations with those of 1913 | illuminative, Tn that year, with much protesting going on at the high cost of government, they amounted to $617,382,178. We now | spend nearly seven times as much 10 run the government. The Liberty bond refunding under | way is expected to yleld the gov- ! ernment another $250,000,000 in the | coming yecars, and the outlook, de- | splte any tax reduction that may | eventuate, 18 a further reduction of | the public debt, which has been de- creased by $7.388,505,197 since the | war. Last February the Senate voted | i is to continue applying the surplus to | the reduction of the nattonal debt, | and this meets with the approval of most citizens. The time to reduce the | debt is when it is possible to do so to best advantage, when the value as not been stabilized 1o A dollar is now worth 72 cents; when it was at of mioney its value before the war its lowest it was around 45 cents. It will much harder to reduce a heavy debt when the dollar is worth be 1100 cents. To put off debt reduction | in large amounts until future years. preforring to reduce tavation exces- | sively at the peesent time will malke | | 1t all the harder to reduce the debt ) later. The 6 was public debt in 1t $10.435.214,288, or $165.0 ! capita. When tie war ended nv‘; public debt was $24.470, $230.04 per per 02,576, or ! cap! truly a marvelous achieve- ! tinnue, rather than too much atten- | to tax reduction | instead o7 falling he lets the world | sult ting p: | directing 2. The reduction | per| ¢ notable tenden In 1917 the public debt was only $1,908,6: 4, or $18.33 per capita. It is frequently pointed out that the nation is larger and more prosper- ous today, and it is only when we compare the per capita debt” of former years with the per capita debt today that we get an accurate idea of actual debt conditions. The 11917 per capita debt df $18.33, com- capita debt of | pared with the per $165.92 today, leads to the assump- tion that there is still a long road to travel before the debt has been adequately reduced. Factsand Fancies A statesman is a dead politician. Another good test of personality is to try borrowing money from a man who never uses slang. There are just two ways to be happy: To keep busy or to be born lazy. It is no discredit to his wife if he is tired of her; usually when that happens, he is equally tired of all women. Fanaticiem isn't new. The second man in the world killed the third for worshiping God in a different way. The only two places that corgain everything are the world and a drug | store, Yet it all lived as wisely as tfie doctors advise, the doctors would starve to death. Chorus of happy Conservatives in all parts of the world: “The Reds will get you 1f you don’t elect us.” Playing golt may help if you're in badgshape, but it doesn't seem to improve the shape of the legs. Americanism: Resenting another's vulgar show of wealth; making the best possible show yourself. Few of the world's great had ¢ ceptional equipment. They just d veloped and used what they had. Example is might help some to how ‘much save out of a PreSidént's salary. everything, and it tell the world “Had an awful scare last night,” sald the dog lover. “Ran over a pedestrian and thought at first I'd hit a dog.” Life among the poor is no happier than elsewhere. It's hard to find a neighborhood too poor to afford a “uke.” A rotten sport is one whose only reaction is this: Well, thank good- ness T don’t live in mississippl val- ley. Lindy resembles Wales, and fs equally good as an Ambassador, but fall for him. | An educated man is one who_has | learned enough to know thaf he| can’t hope to learn one per cent of all he would like to know. Our little book review for toda “Pools and Ripples,” by Bliss Perry (ittle, Brown & Co., $2). Fish and | philogophy in charming essays that rcsemble Stevenson. Correct this sentence. “I bawl out the pretty girls,” said the speed cop, “just the same as I do timid little men driving flivvers.” Copyright 1927, Publishers Syndicate | church is hampered by not being a New Englander can | Send all communications to Fua Shop Editor, care of the New Britain Herald, and your fetter will be forwarded to New York. Authors, Attention?! The Story of Philosophy's still pop- ular, we note, But how about “Fun-osophy,” we'll bet the guy who wrote Upon the sclence, “Laughter, The Merry- Art of Jokes” Would head the list of authors of the world's best sellers, Folks! Naturally Higgins: “How would you like to be a sailor?” tried it once for a Higgins: “Were you sea-sick?” Taylor: “Was I? 1 threw the job!” up —Jessie G. Burch THE FUN SHOP NEWS WEEKLY Lindbergh Well, once again the flying king Is in these well-known parts; Although he never killed a hun That boy’s an ace—of hearts! PR Religious A noted divine says ministers are coming to realize that the church must advertise. In any advertising campaign, the able to put 6n bargain days and be- cause It can't very well use pictures of girls in lingerie in the advertise- ments! In summer it's too warm to dance The Charleston or Black Bof And yet the sun looks down on us And tells us all, “get hot!" o 0. Dietary “Bolled potatocs,” says a culinary expert, “are better if they are gente 1y boiles And yet there are some people who think that kindness doesn't al- ways pay! Sheer Courage Edna: “Hew in the world did you manage to smuggle in 40 pairs of French silk stockings? Doris: “It was easy—I had them all on!” —Emilie Malanowski THE DARKTOW EWS SPORT- ING EXTRA Anyx and Florian, Editors (Supervised by Paul S. Powers) N De Darktown All-Stars Defeat De Brownville Africanst De Game, Play by Play: First Inning Brownville—With de count three and two, Caesar singled to left. ! No runs, hits, or errorfications. Whizz fanned. Fusel made a zacri- ficial, Caesar going to/second. Whin- ney was out, Z. Whack to J. Whack to Jiggy. No runs, one hit, no er- rors. Darktown. Bump. J. eon to Whinney. Crump wi struck at de third one. nothing else. Second Inning Brownville—Bump failed to hump. Gargle hit a home run over de middle field fence, but was call- ed back by de Darktown fans and declared out. Napolean doubled — when hit in de middle by a pitched hall. Whee walked. Pickey fanned. Jiggy popped to' Whack was out, Napol- hed he'd No runs, Darktown—Bambino disturbed de afr three times. Ooze was safe when Gargle tymbled. % Whack was safe when Gargle booted. Pippy waa safe on Gargle's error. Wham reached first on Gargle’s bonehead, Ooze scoring. Pustule g6t a home run 25 Years Ago Today | | Virgil Palmer, the yvoung son of | Manager Palmer of the Brick ex- change, left this morning for Som- set, Mass., the summer. Charles Clark and family and C. . Cowles' family ha gone to ir cottages at Sachem's Head. The Young Men's T. A. & B. So- ¢ elected the following officers last evening: President, William O Mar vice president, Thomas Smith; recording sccretary, Thomas finavcial sccretary, D. J. treasurer, Joseph M. Hallor- Michael Connors; ser- geant-at-arms, Edward Drew. The society has rcceived an invitation to participate in the athletic field day of the Sacred Heart society iy Springfield on Labor Day. A class of 56 pupils was graduat. ed from the kigh school at the p vate exercises today. Among them were Marshall Alling, George Chap- man, Frederick Coholan, Lester Deming, Curtls Hall, man, Clarence Hubbard, Frank Klett, George Morgan, Louis Older- 7 Edward Sowney, Tarrant, and He¢ ©SSAYS WCTe 0 Vitality of th Anglo-Saxon Race” and “Beaux and Belles of the 15th Century.” Much excitement was cr Glen street this morning of a discovery that* sinallpox existed in a room of & house there, ¢l Curtis toll Dr. Reeks to investigate. The doctor was told there were only the family and counted but overheard one to that she must remomber only seven. nder this hy-p Reeks went down cellar n boy with the dis sershy found wrrounding the house and next to it, where another und. Chicf Rawlings was them and threatened to fill with lead anyone who should try to break quarantine. Finally the tamilies calmed down and eccased thelr efforts to bnt geveral police were left on guatd New Haven m as meter which allows of pre- payment for a certain amount of gar by the insertion of a 2 seven in that many, another cordon of police: the one esonpe, of mew|mant The good work should con. | Piece Yale defeated Thames vesterday Harvard on the hy four lengths. The freshman race was a draw. where he will spend | | Pippy and Wham scoring ahead of “larence Hart- | | Thomas | ry Vogelgesang, The | basement | irman | | i hias invented | ent | when Gargle juggled his pop fly. clearing de bases, Jiggy reached third when Gargle let his bunt trickle through his legs. Gargle an- nounced dat he was getting mighty tired of hisself. J. Whack got a life on Gargle's fumble, Jiggy scoring. J. Whack went to second when Gar- gle over-threw first base. Game W l} halted while Gargle picked up men- ey thrown by Darktown rooters. Crump reached first when Gargle massagéd his pop fly. Bambina was nearly out, Gargle to Gargle, but} Gargle dropped de ball, filling de | bases. Game was halted while Gar- gle was elected mayor of Darktown. Gargle let Ooze's easy grounder ooze through him for a home run, clean- ing d= bases. Z. Whack, Pippy and Wham were safe on Gargle's errors. Pustule hit a slow roller to Whin- ney, but Gargle got in de w and Pustule eircled de bases, Z. ack, him. Game called on account of darkness. Bookkeepers are now at work and final score will be an- nounced nest week! | ministering of street department a d ouks remember, my might from little | grow! Changed Pirst Wedding Guest: "“What that sweet murmuring from front of th: church?” 1is the boy, acorns | The skirts —THE 0B SERVER— Makes Random Observations On the City and Its Pesple TRhus far, no one in a position of authority has attempted to refute the iIntimation that an attempt was made to “railroad” the Corbin place paving ptoject through the common council. Evidently no defenss could be made because it was obvious that there was something in the wood- pile besides wood. Influential friends of Corbin place| property owner have tried from time to time to have pavement laid on the street which runs from Church street to Chestnut street in a 2igzag course. Because of its twists, it is used little by operators of automobiles other than trucks and there seems to be no clear rea- son just now why it should be paved while other thoroughfares, in much greater need of attention, are over- looked. Its condition is only fair, it must be admitted, but there is no intense demand for improvements except from & few business men who have property interests there. Only the alcrtness of members of the common council has prevented the streat department from proceed- ing with the work, the project be- ing turned dowh at least twice by the legislative branch of the govern- méht. The paving was considered when the budget was being made up and on the strength of this some | one connected with the board of public works tried to slide an ap- propriation through the common council at its last meeting. But the members had been forewarned by the press and, with the approval of Mayor Weld, the proposition was, placed on the ehelf. It was then | discovered that the resolution for the improvement had nét been for- mally passed on at any recent meet- ing of the beard and the suspicion increased that politics was being played at the behest of the affected property owners on Corbin place. Ynxsugnuon proved that the board had taken no action to endorse the expense of laying the paving, mem- bers of the board themselves ex- pressing surprise that it had come before the council. New Britain has been remarkably free from the effects of political in- fluence in past years. An indication that it is cropping out in the ad-| fairs should not fail to arouse citi- zens who want government of, for | and by the pcople. Aviators who have the best inter- ests ot commercial air service at heart are concerned over the possi- bility that fly by night promoters will seize upon the aviation boom to rook a gullible public by selling stock in imaginary air lines. They sense a quickened public response to the unlimited money meking pos- sibilities of this newest phase of business but express fear that irre- sponsible persons who know noth- ing about aviation wil draft fine sounding schemes for the sole pur- pose of cashing in at the expense of investors, thereby lining their own pockets with gold. There is hardly any doubt that air travel has proved feasible. The | Lindbergh flight convinced the ma- | jority of people that the airplane is | a safe means of transportation, if the right man is in charge of the machine. Within a few years, pas- senger planes will be so common in ¢he air that the public will begin to accept them as ordinary. When au- tomobiles first ran along the strects, | many timid citizens declined to ride | in them, bclieving that such a source would be tempting death. Yet today there is hardly a person | who has not ridden in automobiles and millions make use of them daily. Alrplanes have been regard- ed with the same suspicion but the conviction is growing that they are here to stay and that they are safe. As a consequence of this situa- tion, promoters will conceive of every scheme possible to get the public’s money. Some of the pro- motions will be dependable. Many of them will be without value. Al of them will bear thorough scrutiny. Investors who get in on the ground floor now wil reap a harvest in later years if the men behind the promo- tion are honest and capable of plac- ing the money where it s safe. But watch out for the glib tongued sales man who speaks of tremendous profits to be made but who knows no -more about aviation than the pergon to whem he is trying to sell stoek. How many of you little boys and girls have ever played polo? Ping Pong? I Spy? Red Dog? My, how many hands I sece. We hate to say anything but we think you' kiddles are kidding us. No? All right we'll take your word for it but just the same— Polo, the most thriliing game of them all, was invented Ly the Hin- doo who really hasn’t an awful lot to keep him occupled during his spare moments. When the R-itish occupied India, the natives, naturally wishing the white man to keep out of the country, invented the game instead of declaring war ¢n England. The casualties have about equalled those of any good sized honest-to- goodness war. But aside from the possibility of getting one’s skull fractured there are many lights on the game of polo which should appeal to the average horseman. What game can offer o great an opportunity for a horse- man to take his mount through the crowd bordering the fleld and among the automobiles, swinging his stick in such a way that he con literally “make a hit” with the crowd, unless —— e Becond Wedding Guest: “That's a bunch of June brides.” First Wedding Guest: “And what noise from the back Second Wedding Guest: “That's a bunch of last year's June brides!” —Adolph G. Marmora IS THERE A DOCTOR IN THE AUDIENCE? are getting shorter yet! The skirts are getting shorter, bo! The skirts are getting shorter yet! Well, that just goes to show— one joins the New York mounted po- lice force on the day of the gar- ment workers strike. The unitorm in polo ‘s one of the Riding boots and breeches should always come first lest cne forget them, an item without which the polo player 18 always labelled ‘“rookie” and without which he is usually greeted with lifting of the oyebrow. After the ltoots and breeches, a short jacket of leather or oakum should go over the shirt which has short sleeves. Then a large cork cap which will fall off during the first few minutes of play is donned. A horse is prooured and the polo player is ready for the game. though lately the prcmier polo teams of the country are running in five and six extras disgulsed as pipe fitters, admirals and chairmen of boards of public works who work quietly on the sidelines, tripping & horse here, hiding the ball there and moving .the goal posts when occa- sion demands, Whether or not this is in the best of taste is a much moot- ed point although it must be admit- ted that several of the best teams are accepting this as a new ruling and in perfectly good form. The game is divided up into eight, periods called *‘chukkers” or maybe its five “chukkers” or even four— we're not sure. Whitcomb’'s “Polo, Chess and Ivory Carving” pp. 147, paragraph 4, states that “The chuk- Kers should be all of one size, fairly smooth and made of ash, hickory or yew.” We agree. The umpire then throws the ball into the midst of the players and the game begins. Number 1 man for.the “Blues” hits Number 1 man on the J'Reds” behind the templs with his stick. Number 4 for the “Reds” should then attempt to trip the horse of Number 3 of the “Blues” and failing, should fall oft his horse to be trampled by the horse of Num- ber 2 of his own team. H> will then arise and shout several wcrds at his crstwhile teammate and shall Hmp off the fleld. Then the game proceeds. The mer- ry sound of a mallet hitting flesh and the thud of falling animals is mixed with the cheers of the crowd us Number 4 for the “Reds” dives into the sldelines for a touchdown. The ponles are changed st the end | of each chukker, although they are scmetimes just whitewashed and run in again. The most important part of polo is the ability of a player to stick on his horse while whacking the ball down the field, not forgetting to give the players on the opposite team & good hard one now and then to keep the game alive. Now go to it. Rememb..: it's all in fun and that a polo stick cannot rajse anything more than a com- pound fracture. Let your horse lead you where he will—he knows the game fully as well as vou or 'even us—and after he has led you down to the Water Works, turn him and Jjog happily home. Next weck: “The Dierby—Eng- lund's High Hat Horse Race.” We happened upon a juvenile baseball game that gave us a much bigger kick than any world series ever could. The game was in the fitth inning and the score, subject to much argument, was 23 to 27, favor of the other guys. The pitcher had form and speed but a shade less control than was exactly desirable; His inshoots—at least he called them inshoots—were as liable to wrap around the neck of an innocent bystander as they were to venture near the plate where a waiting Babe Ruth stood with much bat waggling and looked intent. The umpire—he had been chang- ed four times and was still in doubt of holding his position much longer —called them in accord with the loudest portion of the yelling. A ball or a strike brought forth a five minute debate and for a batter to take his base on balls called for a declaration which would have made a Senator'y lame duck harangue seem a mere after dinner speech. The catcher was a serfous indi- vidual, much protected by pads, masks and a glove huge enough to catch a fair sized watermelon. He dropped each and every ball, bar none, and held many and long con- sultations with the pitcher, exhort- ing him “fer the luvva Mike, cant- cha puttem over?” He had recent- ly been substituted for another boy who had caught a foul tip on the end of a finger and-had lost interest in the proceedings. The first base- man was holding an argument with the base runner who rested on his base, telling him to “quit shovin® or getta bust in the snoot.” The sec- ond baseman was lackadaisical about handling balls thrown down from home plate, belng content to wave his hand at them as they went past. The third baseman was rapidly get- ting into a fight with the shortstop and the fielders had long since set- tled down to chewing grass and yell- ing “C'mon.” Three on and two outs—the breathless moment. The pitcher wound up extensively, and threw a ball, seven feet over the catcher’s head. He was admirably supported by a sniffling younger brother who backed up the catcher and prevent- ed a run from coming in. An argu- ment followed and the flelders came In hopefully, scenting battle. Ball two, landing three feet fin front of the batter, bounded down into the spectators and the runner on third was waved back by the um- pire, fair-minded individual, who was a brother of the first baseman on the team in the fleld. Ball three whizzed past our own ear In a man- ner that made us withdraw to the nearest maple tree. Btrike one—called because the umpire was being threatened with annihilation it no strikes were call- ed out of all the balls that were belng*thrown—made conditions a littla more hopeful. Sthke two was really a strike and the catcher sur- prised everybody by holding the -—Louls G. Buchanan (Copyright. 19 Reproduction Forbidden) ball. The crueial moment. three. Three on. Two out. Two and Last most important details of the game. ! Four men to a team is the rule al-| up. The first baseman shoved the runner too hard and the fight was on. The ball went two feet to the left of the batsman as he ran to help his teammate. The flelders came in again and took on the run- ner at second. The shortstop and the third baseman joined forces on the runner on third, The beéndh emptied itself of occupants who Joined the fray. Somebody took a sucker shot at the umpire and—the game was over. HEIR 70 HILLIONS HILLED IN CRASH Airplane Accident Fatal Princeton Graduate Pottsyille, Pa, June 25.—(M— James Theodore Walker, of St Louis, heir to a $5,000,000 estate but three months ago, was killed and his cousin, G. L. Lambert, son of the owner of the Lambert Pharmaceuti- cal compapy St. Louls, was injured in an airplane crash near here yese terday. The two young men, graduatéd from Princeton university this week, were on their way from New, Jersey to St. Louis when the accle dent occurred. 200-Foot Fall Comding across the mountainous region of the anthracite coal fields, the motor of thelr plane began to give them trouble and Lambert, owner and pilot of the machine, de- cided to land. He had been flying low. As he banked the plane pre. paratory to landing the motor falil. ed to respond and the ship went {n: to & tail spin. It fell a couple of hundred feet, according to witness, plowed up a.grain field and drove its nose nearly four feet intc the ground before it came to a stop, Lambert was able to crawl from the ‘plane but Walker lay motion- less. Farm hands saw the crash and rushed to the assistance of ti young men. The plane did not cnlx fire and the rescucrs quickly lifted the unconscious form of Walker from the machine. The accident occurred in a farm- ing section known as Black Horse, remote from any doctor. An ambus lance with a physician from Pottse ville hospital was summoned. Walke er suffered a fractured skull. Lambert, so far as physicians could detéermine, was not hurt ser- fously. He has no broken bones and unless some internal injury should develop he is expected to be about again in a day or two. He Is suffer- ing much from shock. Lambert and Walker left Law- rence field’ at Princcton before noon to fly to St. Louis by ecasy stages, Then contemplated a stop this after- noon at Bellefonte, central Penne sylvania, where the air mail service maintains a landing fleld, and play golf at a nearby country club. Gdif {clubs belonging to the two young men were found in the crushed plane. Lambert owned the ship, which was a Pitcairn biplane. ‘Walker's body was sull in ‘the Pottsville hospital tonight awaiting instructions from the family in St. Louis. Lambert’s condition was reported tonight as favorable. IHe suffered numerous contusions and abrasions but no bones were broken. When seen at the hospital he said he and ‘Walker had lost their bearings and were coming down to get thelr di- rection. “Had we been a little higher I would have been able to right the plane, I believe, even though one of the wings had been torn loose by the wind,” said Jambert. He estimated that he was flying about 200 feet from the ' ground when the machine went into a tail spin. Lambert had no comment to make on a yote found in the pocket of Walker, which read: “Goodbye Mal and Carol.” A wire from St. Louis announced that relatives of Walker would are rive here tomorrow night to take his body to that city. Lambert and ‘Walker were cousins. It is believed Walker scribbled the farewell note as the plane crashe ed towards the earth. One of those mentioned in the note apparently was his stepfather, Malvern B. Clop- pon. Police beliave “Carol” was @ girl friend of Walker. BV Observations On The Weather Washington, June 25.—Forecast for Southern New England: Ine creasing cloudiness, warmer in ine terior Saturday; Sunday cloudy, possibly preceded by showers in morning. = Forecast for Eastern New York: Increasing cloudiness, possibly. showers in north portion Saturday and Saturday night; slightly warmer Saturday; Sunday fair. Conditions: The area of high pressure that was over tho Lale region Thursday night has advancecd east-southeastward, being centerdd near Nantucket. The outlook is for showers Saturs« day afternoon or night along Lake Ontario, for showers Saturday night and Sunday morning in central and northern New England and for locai thunder showers Suturday and prob- ably Sunday in portions of the south Atlantic and cast Gult States. Elses where the Weather will be fair Saturday and Sunday in states east of the Mississippi river. SHOT BAGS GAM! Chicugo — Zoos throughout the world may soon be enriched by the addition of specimens of thoss kinds of animals which have been almost imposaible to capture alive, as the result of an invention of Captain Barnett Harris, sportsman and rep- resentative of the Chicago Zoological society. The “mercy bullet,” as he calls. it, contains a chemical which is re- leased upon striking the animal. En- tering the blood, this drug almost instantly produces u state of coma, Captain' Harrls will go to Borneo / soon to use his new weapon. He ex- | pects to securc orang-outangs anry gorillas, which are easy to shoo'¢ but extremely difficult to captur alive, :