New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 6, 1927, Page 2

THLDEN SHOWING HE 15 WEAKENING Unable to Keep Up His Terrific Pace at Tennis BY MARY K. BROWN United Press Special Staff Correspondent (Copyright 1927 by United Press) Seabright, N. J., Aug. 6 The pre- liminary tennis tournament leading up to the national and internaional competitions, are assuming consid- erable importance, because the re- sults of the matches influence the selection of members of the teams and forecast on the national. Yesterday, members of the Davis Cup and Wightman Cup committees were conspiciously located right be- side the courts at the Sea Bright tournament, so intent they seemed t0 be measuring each breath taken by their prospective candidates. Willlam Tilden was under their scrutiny, while playing the finals against Francis T. Hunter. Before the match many of them were dis- cussing the possibility of a five-set affair, but Tilden reassured them that he is all there by decisively defeating the Olympic champion in three straight sets. i e the | Though Big Bill told me after the e nnaton an ot png e match that he had worked just as hard as he could to accomplish these results, I was under the im- presston that Hunter, though he played beautiful tennis, did not ex- -tend Tilden. 1 have seen Tilden many, many times in action and in observing him during the past week, the par- ticular change I note in his game has to do with his world famous service, still the most severe the game has ever known, but not the weapon it used to be. Tilden docs Bcem to use it as often and when he does get it in bounds, his oppon- ents return it far oftener than in the past. 1 discussed this point with Tilden yesterday and he said that he does not try his cannonball service as often because it takes so much out of him physically. He teels he does not need it as much as he used to| in his early years of winning. He uses it mainly when he needs a point badly. Bill Tilden comes to the net less| often than of old, seeming to pre- ter to fight his battles on the base- line. His accuracy is uncanny, and in many respects playing against him must be somewhat like I found playing against Suzanne Lenglen. The situation i{lthix: What can a player do when their best shots come back? Usually they attempt more than they can control in application of speed, etc. While both Tilden and Lenglen-are so good they can keep the bal going and await either an error or a set-up to gain their point, both these players seem invariably to come out of a long rally more or less fresh, because they have cov- ered less court than they have obliged their opponents to cover, and as the inevitable result their exhausted opponents lose several points in a row. I remember well Big Bill telling me that he was obliged to wear Little Bill Johnson down, tire him out, before he (Big Bill) could risk going for placements. Tilden’s argu- ment was that against an untired {00000 of such recreation spots, | the | the Johnson his best shots would come back and he (Tilden) would lose confidence, besides risking many er- rors. So his tactics were to keep the ball in play, deliberately prolonging the ralles. When he finally saw Lit- tle Bill weakens, then to bring off his terrific aces and stinging drives. Little Bill confessed to me t this stage of their matches. began assuming the proportions of a giant. I could understand Little Bill's hopeless feeling so readily that I could almost imagine him looking around frantically for his “bean stalk.” Whatever the results of our Da- vis Cup matches with France, which nation is almost certain to be the challengers, I am sure William Til- den will play the game of his life. There will be a great set for drama and our Bill will seclk the leading role. He says he is feeling fine and is leaving Sca Bright bet- ter satisfied with his jing form. William Johnson is upsetting the Davis Cup committees soundings by not coming on to par ate in the trial matches. He apparently wishes to be selected on past performnac or not at all, rather than go through the ordeal of Davis Cup trial match- es. He is growing older and he feels he should cut down on the grind. No one can possibly say until they see Little Bill in action this season what kind of playing form he is in, and that is an essential factor in choosing the team. Who is playing the best tennis at the moment of defense, Perhaps Little Bill knows best, we can only hope leaves us no way of knowing. tors to participate in Governor Don- ahey’s proposed interstate confer- ence set for August 15 at Toledo was based on a bellef that the con- ference could not be assembled be- cause important districts had dis- continued dealings with the unions. Rice Miller, president of the Illi- nois Operators’ association, in de- clining to take part, said the opera- tors felt there could be no good ac- complished, and that possibly only harmful delay would come of such a conference. On the other hand, Harry Fish- wick, head of the Illinols miners’ and a member of the scale commit- tee of the United Mine Workers, has agreed to attend the conference. John L. Lewis, president of the Mine Workers, speaking for those of the central field, also accepted the invitation to attend. Governor Donahey requested Gov- ernor Fisher, of Pennsylvania, to join him, but the Pennsylvania gov- ernor was in the west and his of- fice had not been able to deliver the request. NOW YOU ASK ONE BIBLE QUIZZ Answers for today’s Bible quiz 1—What did Judas do with (money given him for Christ's trayal? 2—What aid Pilate's wife vise Pilate to do with Christ? 3—To whom did the Lord veal the destruction of Eli's house? 4—Who was the mother of Samuel? 5—In what land was Job a resi- dent when afflicted by Satan? 6—How was Delilah bribed to reveal the secret of Sampson's strength to the Philistines? 7—Where did the Lord com- mand Moses and Aaron to go af] the time of Aaron’s death? $—Upon whom did Moses Aaron’s garments after died? §—What did the parable of the ten virgins tllustrate? STATEPARKS T0 DOT THE HIGHWAYS These Will Be Great Boon to Kuto Tourists put Aaron Washington (#—The motorist who packs his wife into the family car each summer and sets out along cation trails, will be able within a few years to drive from coast to [ with a different state park for a campsite every night. The prospect is held out by the National Conference On State | ks, which finds that already a t starting by motor car from Boston may journey all the way to Minnesota, Towa or Kansas with a stop almost every night in a state park along the way. Thus far the east and the middle west have led in the estblishment of such parks, but with the automo- bile contributing every day to the conference forsees in the near tuture a string of state playgrounds nd beauty spots, 100 to 200 ‘Tmiles art, from Maine to Califor: and from the state of Washington to Florida. Some of the parks set aside by states represent the best of the commonwealths scenic spots or the richest in historic interest. The beautiful Palisades Inter- state park of New York, the Na- tural Bridge of Kentucky, the 98, G00-acre northern forest park of Wisconsin, the far-famed Lake Tt r state park in South Dakota and the chain of state parks in In- diana, stretching from the weird san dumes on the north to the bluffs of the Ohio river on the south, embrace natural wonders of | national note. Most of the been developed state parks have on land purchased by the state. Many of them, how- ever, have been made possible by gifts of purchase money by citizens, or by decding of lands to the stato | for park use. DIES PROTESTING HE WAS INNOGENT Death House Bridegroom Exe- cuted in New Jersey J., Aug. 6 (P vatore Merra, death house bride- groom, wa scuted in the electric Trenton, N, WHALING SHIPS ARE VANISHING FROM OLD PORT OF NEW BEDFORD sail to Azores to recruit crew. New Bedford, Mass, Aug. 6(D)— Another heroic chapter in the history of New England, filled with the ex- ploits of strong men in combat with the giants of the sea, is drawing to a close. This old-time port, that has heen home to hundreds of sail of whalers, now can boast only one whaling ship. The schooner John R. Manta may be the “last of the whaler: of the old-time whalemen are dead, and the Manta's only hope of recruit- lantic ocean to the Azore: A few still live who remember the hey-day of whaling, when this port eemed with the activity of the w arks, when men sailed aw mingly interminable VO when wives and families of seamen and captains haunted the “widows' Above is Capt. Uly vivor of the bark Lafayette, sunk by Alabama in Civil W ing a crew is to sail across the At- | WHITE HORSE ar. the whale. walks” on the old time houses, hop- ing to catch a glimpse of a returning ship. But those who remember are growing old and some are nearin {the century mark. Among those who remember keen- ly those carlier days in Captain on the Tslan His youthful app belie his four score years. In his lite he has had adventures and ex- periences that would cram morc than one movie “thriller.” As a boy in his 't first whaling voyage during the Civil ar. On that trip he learned about stalking the whale in small boats, harpooning, the downward rush of the wounded whale and the peril to the small 1 as the rope ran off from thes hrieking windlass. And he learned how the “kill” at last was |other Yankee s he sailed his | The schooner John R. Manta, only whaler now sailing out of New Bedford, and which must 7. Mayhew, old time whaler and sur- How the whalers divide up FLASHES OF LIFE: FILIPINOES TO DROP HEAD-HUNTING FOR FOOTBALL By the Associated Press. Willlamstown, Mass. — Football has been substituted for head- hunting among some Filipino tribes who report the gridiron pastime “almost as satisfying,” says C. C. Batchelder, ex-secretary of the in- terfor. New York—Tex Rickard and Jack Dempsey both are ready for any mishap which might prevent Tunney or Dempsey from turning up at Chicago September 22. Tex |has a $100,000 insurance policy and Sharkey has the role of substitute. Canterbury, Eng.—An English canning factory wanted to insure iclean hands among its girl em- ployes. The company provided one free manicure all around and let nature, represented by vanity in this case, do the rest, says Home Secretary Joynson-Hicks. Dessau, Germany—Wouldst be an endurance fiyer? “How to kill time was our biggest problem,” declares Edzard, one of the holders of the néew 52-hour-plus mark. “We tried to pass the long hours by telling stories (on scraps of paper of course) estimating gas consump- tlon, changing places frequently, etc. But at the end we were count- ing the slow minutes.” Baku, Azerbaijan—The Yassai tribe is the nearest approach yet] found to the mythical Amazons. The . women lock their husbands and sons at home when they go out to fish, hunt and carry on the other purslits left to the male in ordinary cases. It is considered un- dignified that a woman should let a man work. Mexico City—Pistols may no longer be carried “except in case of absolute necessity,” says a police order. Toting of a six-gun has been about as commonplace here as in the typical western mining camp of 40 years ago. Rochester, N. Y,—The burglar- _[catching camera has been perfect- effceted, with lance or bomb gun. Captain Mayhew believes he is the ast survivor of the crew of the bark Lafayette, burned and sunk with two lian convict island, by the Confederate warship Alabama. After a series of adventures, he was sent back by the U, 8. Consul from , and promptly shipped on an- other whaler. On this next voyage | he v the U. S. Kearsarge at| . in the Azores, just after it | 1 sunk the Alabama. 1t is & far cry, he says, from thoso old days to the modern times ths have scen the typical old whaling b Greyhound and Wanderer, pass in. Of those proud times, only schooner John R. Manta remain: And New Bedford has long sin turned from whaling to its great cot- | ton textile mills. MANY BATTERIES IN SENDING SET Uses 1380 Cells A total of 1,380 storage battery alcells are required for broadcasting the program from WTIC ford. So they say up there at the station, and they should know. Readers of the Herald were told, a short time ago, how the performer: present their programs at the sta- tion, but nothing was said about the work behind the scenes, The average radio fan and even the visitor to the studios of the Hartford station, and know t Hart- interesting parts of the broadcasting station, the transmitting room. The visitor goes to the studios and is perhaps allowed to go into the con- trol room. Many fans are surpriscd when they see the switchboards in that room. According to statements of the of- at the station it would be n > of time to even show the smiesion room to such people, since it would only bore them. But to those who would like fo sce the working of the broadeasting m chinery a little glance into the transmission room should prove teresting. Idle ¢ the visitor admission to this room and many go through the studios without suspecting that there is a transmission room. Visitors in Way It Is necessary for the visitor, fortunate enoug mission” to the transmis to go through that room station is not on the air. T tion management runn chances of having pe or o e injured by com- ing into contact with apparatus with hich » no business. Main- interested to secure ion room, n the e sta- i g no ‘\\uuld 1 Hartford Broadcasting Station : nothing of one of the most vital and | ity will not gain | ople in the way | ‘\I] the amateur realizes is that there | is more power near him than he ike to be left alone with. Tests For W Length Suppose it is shortly after § o'clock s u\u evening and WIIC t 6:30 o'clock. Ommmr or is making the e cting tests to see that WTIC is op wing precisely on its wave length of 630 kilocycles. During the few broadeasting begins, look into the back room. There, in endless rows, is the main hody of 1,350 storage hattery cells required for broadcast- Each cell has to he watered nd looked after regularl 3 the batferies is the speeial genera- tor which made 1,056,000 revolutions during the recent Lindberg ng. | cast. Back in the front room the broad- | | -/ A. Quigley in company t| Licutenant Governor Clifford Wilson ~o|vrwn prano voide well and & ed while sin microphones. tor sits nea a di a singer difficult to l'rmrl ng, by the shifting of Therefore, an opera- an appa and turns | . giving the effcct of bringing | nearer to or moving he farther away from the microphone | wrbing her in the least. During every program an operator is on duty, controlling the output from the studio and sending it on the s perfect] possible. An e resting story would he that of the operat t the re-| controls, adju fier and microph and bringing in programs from those points they the studio offering come to an end. A trip to New Haven with the incer to sce him adjust mi chief engi crophones to pick up the myriad without @ motc hotes of a later story to be understood when one had gained L familiarity with the electrical ex- pert’s end of present day broade ing. GEN. LEONARD WOOD REPORTED AT HOSPITAL begins | (‘mvf[ | Quigley Tells of Bad Opsters minutes before ! | manufacturing | points in Connecticut had not only polluted almost every stream in the ! ide | h broad- | | the latest w rtist cannot be disturb- | [ rivers in Connect ting the ampli- L oysters as| | the organ concerts at Wool- | | sey hall would be [cach of the o | industry less prof | Althoug | such | Springfield and Holyoke, Ma CHEMICALS POISON STREAMY AND SEA Dredged Near Here Poisonous chemicals coming from centers in several state but has poisoned the waters of Long Island Sound long before rnings of polluted water along the Connecticut coast. Several years ago ex-Mayor George | with e found that the waters of the sound were being poisoned and in their travels with men in the oyster in- dustry they learned much of what | the people of the state of Connecti- | cut are now learnin The oyster industry was one of the | most profitable, but in recent years | with the manufacturing chemicals flowing into the sound from various ut the industry has experienced a falling off due to the special treatment necessary after the oysters are caught. According to the ex-mayor he has when they are caught and brought up on land. It every oyster be r opened The insides of fl)f‘ oysters seem to be coated with a :en coloring which, according to Mr. Quigley, is | the result of poisonous chemleals en- tering the body. The work of curing is making the vle, he has been told. h manufacturing concerns ong the Connecticut river as LB in, Hartford, Wal- lingford and Middletown contribute largely to the amount to poisonous fluids that enter the stream and the sound, they are not the only places that have played a part in the new in citie ed with still another device which, !the inventor claims, starts it work- ling “by the mere presence of a person in the room.” ips oft Fernando de | | Buffalo, N. Y.—Too much water forced 22 sea scouts to abandon here their summer cruise from Washington to Mt. Clemons, Mich. |A break in the state barge canal near Albion made the party change from their subchaser to auto busses. Boston—The “sacred cod” of | Massachusetts is a flying fish. A |Chelsea firm rushed a consignment |to Chicago by airplane as a sample ito a prospective customer. W York—"Tltere’s some mys- [tery in_ this” commented Magis- |trate McCreary in traffic court when only 23 speeders lined up be- fore him fnstead of the normal day’s 500 and up. He expressed ldoubt that New York motorists and the daily hegira of tourists have reformed to the Indicated extent. Boston—Morbid-minded tourists are trying various sce the electric chair at Charles- town prison. TInvariably they are refused, and advised to take in the regular show places of the ecity. Hartford—A severe electrical storm caused $365,000 “outside grown” tobacco Ifor harvesting. just ready New Haven—Police seize largest aistilling plant found [ETHEL: {ranking play expedients to | damage to | prohibition. Stills two stories high among equipment. Bristol—Fight fans see five knockouts on amateur car and go home happy. New Haven—Explosion at Win- chester Arms plant seriously in- jures one man. ‘Waterbury—Workers pa’rty mem- bers plan to strike as Sacco-Van- zettl protest. Hartford—Checks totaling about $1,000 and drawn on the Pratt and Whitney company are being passed in various citles. Milford—Bert Acosta may head flylng school here. TENNIS RIVALS T0 MEET ON COURTS Miss Helen Jacobs Faces Ms. Mallory in Final Play J., Aug. 6 (P—Miss Helen Jacobs, of California today faces Mrs. Molla Mallory, on the grassy courts of the Seabright lawn tennis and cricket club in the wom- en's singles final of the annual in- vitation tournament. The men's singles title yesterday went to William T. Tilden in three straight sets. Having defeated the long-reigning queen of the courts a few days ago at Manchester, Mass. Miss Jacobs is favored by many to do it again and prove her superlority beyond a doubt, although Mrs. Mallory has been playing some of her best tennis here. The program of this final day of the tournament offers also a men’s doubles final between two combina- tions which are rivals for Davis Cup selection, Big Bill Tilden and Fran- cis T. Hunter on the one hand and Richard N. Williams and Lewis N. White on the other. The experi- enced Tilden-Hunter cpmbination is conceded an advantage as their rivals have played together only this week. 5 It was over hisdoubles partner, Hunter, that Tilden yesterday scored decisive victory in the-men’s singles final to win a leg on the massive Seabright bowl and to reassert su- premacy over the 31 other picked played who entered the lists. The scores were 6-4, 6-1, 8-6. If Mrs. Mallory is to win the Sea- bright title which she has not at- tained since 1923, she must defeat an opponent much more formidable than Hunter was to Tilden. While Mrs. Mallory has gained the finals bracket by two defaults and a over Mrs. Charlotte H. Chap- iss Jacobs has defeated Miss Iy D. Thayer, of Philadelphia, Mrs. J. Dallas Corbiere, of Boston, and finally Miss Eleanor Goss, third r in the United States, on her way to the final round ren- dezvous with the national champion. Win or lose, Mrs. Mallory has a share in the laurels of the tourna- ment as she and Miss Kea Bouman of Holland vyesterday scored a straight set victory over Mrs. Chapin and Miss Margaret Blake of Boston in the women’s doubles final. Both Mrs. Mallory and Tilden have met defeat here, however, as they lost out when paired together in the semi-finals of the mixd doubles yesterday. Their greater experience was neutralized . by bet- ter team work and they were beaten Seabright, N. here since in three sets by Mrs. Chapin and her partner, Arnold ‘'W. Jones, of Providence. The final in doubles, also scheduled for today, will bring the Mra, Chapin-Jones team against Miss Blake and Lewis N. White, of Austin, Texas. MILLIGENT ROGERS 15 T0 WED AGAIN Father Aunounces Engagement to Argentinian New York, Aug. 6 UP—Colonel H. H. Rogers yesterday formally an- nounced the engagement of his daughter, Millicent, the former wife of Count Ludwig Salm-Hoogstraeton, to Arthus Peralta Ramos, wealthy young Argentine. The date for the wedding has not been set but it probably will take place in the autumn, it was said at thexRo:ers home in Southampton, L. I Rumors of a romance between the former Countess Salm and Ramos, which were first circulated soon after Millicent Rogers Salm obtained a di- vorce in Paris, have persisted despite repeated denials. First definite announcement of her plans to marry again was made when the fomer Countess Salm sail- ed from Paris for the United States a month ago, at which time, Ramos sald he planned to be:married to her “‘as soon as she returns from the United States.” After a short stay in this country she returned to Paris where she now is. NAMED AS COACHES Herbert Kopf and Billy Dudack Again Selected As Members of Georgetown Staff. The first signs of football activities at Georgetown university, Washing- ton, D. C., occurred yesterday when the Athletic committee announced the coaching staff for the coming football season. Lou Little, of the University of Pennsylvania, will again act as head coach. His as- sistants wil be Mike Palm of Penn State, Herbert Kopf of Washington and Jefferson, John Dagrossa of Colgate, and Frank Murray of Georgetown will serve as scrub coach, William Dudack of Georgetown will again have charg: of freshman football. This is the same coaching sta that has worked at Georgetown f the past two years. Their work w: so highly saisfactory that it was mere formality of the athletic cor mittee passing on their selection. In the past two years Georgeto" has only lost three games and r one of the three games was lost more than three points. Their fo ball rating by football critics in past two years has placed them n the top each year. Georgetown will again face 2 h schedule, the major games be Fordham university, Davis-El! Boston college, Syracuse univer University of West Virginia, and fayette. The coaches are none optimistic on the prospects for year, due to the fact that th men who have graduated wer backbone of last year’s team, n ly: Connaughton of All-Ame fame competition; McGrath, Robert Gomeley, quarterback,; anu Carl Waite, end. With these men gone it means the bullding up of a new nucleus. Shelley the poet, s0 enjoyed watch- ing the progress of a paper boat on a stream that he is sald to have fashioned one from a fifty pound note on one occasion when he had no other material. chair at the state prison last night slaying of Theodore M. Con- Puble Service paymaster, an unsuccessful holdup in Newark on June 4, 1 | Hospital Offici Neither Deny Nor problem, LELy Fi gt Waterbury, ~Naugatuck, Bridge- Confirm Reports—Underwent !pyrt, Stamford and New Haven gnll ‘rov\(\'lhu(-‘ to the conditions. Mr, said he had been told that nght in the Connecticut river were affceted by the poisonous chem- icals. Bathing conditions Tsland have ly, the visitor would be in the w since the operators have a al of work to do and they plenty of rool he WTIC studios sixth floor street, ord. The tr located on th great | need Operation Tast January OHIO SITUATION Proposed Coal Confeence Seem- | i woman swith whom ne 1 at | 4 the time of the holdup were m.n-.! ingly Balked T Columbue, 0., Aug. 6 (P coal situation in Ohio and the of the central competitive ficld mained uncertain tod with the | proposed interstaie conference Tocated lding on on (UP)—Published off Main, in ral Leonard Wood, mission room is the Dhilippines, roof of thia un reatment at Peter Bent Brig- als station were neither con- inle yone on the by hospital au- trouble to An clevator venth floor and a climb of on t of stars | one to the roof to the mission room. of was along Long suffered as a result of the chemicals in the water and in many places signs are posted to keep people from using the water for this purpose. Typhoid germs have been found in sections of the sound, dus to domestic sewage from the neigh- boring towns and ecities. Conditions along the coz improve until a domestic em is estublished in eities like New Haven and Bridgeport and a system where- by the manufacturing centers install private disposal plants is inaugurat- ed. Mr. Quigley believes. i s performed with | death house cell R tan Merra asked for | i his ¢ ok the woman to ! their 2 1-2-| ¢ ceremony w bars of the irating them, permission to marry timatize Johnnie, 1d child. Merra was pronounced dead at miners and opcrators seemingly | 8118 o'clock by County Physician All around the balked by the refusal of the Iilinois | Charles H. Mitchell. He entered the | are huge mine owners to participate. ,death chamber shirtly after 8| from At the eame time the tenseness in | o'clock and the current was turned the Ohlo fields was relieved follow- | on at §:10 Ing the report of Col. R. E. Con Merra, through Rev. Father Me- ly, of Governor Donahe who | . chaplain of the Hudson | toured the distric nd told the ¢ prison and his spiritual governor all was peaceful with no who aected as need of calling out the militia. maintained his innocence The governor was informed that |end 250 men had been deputized who He also asserted that apparently would be able to handie | Rannelli, now serving a lifs any emergencies complicity in the crime The refusal of the lilinois opera- | cent. I » { t v'\( Wood here as a journey to th only comment re- ' I brings year and trans- Wool underw Manila last 1t an oper- ary. In a President 10f would Jan ith ty, 8. that he fall. transmission room i will not bakelite panels, floor eiling, behind which tubes and the many other instru- ments comprising wrt” of RAISES WATER 2,000 1 the broadcasting station. On the Vawona, Cal.—A forestry ad-\ panels are switches, dials and wires, : ere, whose post interpreter, [all of which has tion top of to the [on the ney of the plant 000 foet 5 his drin eration, 0 it can be seen why visi- ith a windlass. It t tors are not allowed in that room | him an hour and 40 minutes while broadcasting is going on. The | hoist a bucket of water from impression is a maze which only an | spring 2,000 feet down the expert could understand, and about the mountain. | pid executiv o his post in the T “look- | of ob- | ak | 1Kes to | B 1'n' \I THALL, HONORED Londop, Aug. 6. (A—Betty Nut- all, England's attractive sixteen- year-old lawn tennis champion, has been honored by having a beautiful new rose named after her. The new rose fs of a cerise-crimson shade and has a delicate perfume. | viser, | is on .the e high Salvatore term for was inno-