New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 15, 1929, Page 18

LENGLEN ELUDES ALL CURIOUS EYES Disappears From Baldwin Home —Press Can't Locate Her Les Angeles, Jan. 15 (P — The whereabouts of Mile. Suzanne Leng- len, French tennis player, today re- mained & mystery to newspapermen trailing reports that she bad ab- ruptly left the home of her hostess Mrs. Anita Baldwin, wealthy society woman, and had arranged to board an east bound train. Mrs. Baldwin was reported to be in a state of col- lapse and under the care of a phy- sician. She is the daughter of E. J. (Lucky) Baldwin, who made a iortune in mining. 1t was definitely learned vesterday that Mile. Lenglen and her mother had registered at a Los Angeles hotel and that they were there early in the day. Late In the afternoon, how- ever, after denying that there had been a rift between her and Mrs. Baldwin, the tennis player checked out and ordered her trunks removed from the hotel. The Lenglens were found to have cngaged Pullman passage on an east bound train but could not be located aboard when the train left here last night. It also was learned that Baldwin Baldwin, Mile. Lenglen's former ten- nis manager, has left his mother's hiome, and moved to a downtown hotel. While efforts to locate the Leng- lens and Baldwin were under way, a terse statement was handed out at the Baldwin estate, reading as fol- iows: he statement that the Lenglens loft the Baldwin estate January 10 is correct. 4 however, is incorrect. never quarrels with a guest, Mrs. Baldwin's secretary, P. Dear- born, last night reported that Mr Baldwin was in a state of “comple collapse, attended by her physicia The statement was given without any instruction as to the cause, but Tollowed published reports th “row had caused Mrs. Baldwin's son and Mile. Lenglen to leave the fam- ily estat Mile, Lenglen’s visit to California Dbegan in December, when she arrived at Truckee, accompanied by her mother and Baldwin Baldwin. PIRATES WILL BE IN PEANANT RACE Bush Figures Clash Is Between (Chicago and Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, Jan. 15 (M—The Pi burgh Pirates will open the 1 season with an experimental team. . Donic Bush, manager of the National league batting leaders fig- ures the pennant race as being be- tween Chicago or Pittsburgh. The addition of the two minor leaguers, the trading Glenn Wright and recall of Adam Comorosky, outficlder, makes experimenting nec- cssary, Jim Stroner, Wichita recruit, scems to be the “key man” of the proposed 1429 Pirate edition. Stron- | replaces Traynor at third, the Cor- | r captain moving over to the | short field, vacated by Wright, sent | to Brooklyn for Jess Petty and Har- | ry Riconda, Iarl Sheely, late of Sacramento, Grantham on first whil Adams com- pletes the infield at second. The Waner brothers are outfield fixtures, but left field is open. Com- erosky, Grantham and Brickell will battle it out for the sun ficld, Com- orosky having the edge. The team has high class mounds- ment. Two good southpaws are JOSEPH Y FANTONE 7 Conn. ‘Mother Knew the Way Every mother knows what means when her child bhegan to underweight, pale, bili feverish and fretful, with th, coated tongue and no ap What every one of doesn’t know is that it's to use harsh methods to little stomach and bo <. There's no use experimenting such cases. Millic proved the merit pleasant-tasti California 1 clears up the of constipation; petit ves tone k stomach and continue to act normally, of own accord loss ehildre and full of ene A Connecticut mother, Fantone, Capitol A says: "My liftle oped con on. He ous, pale and fretfnl; tite and couldn’t di was losin | fornia Fig Syrup e it to him quick. He heg: digesting everyth his robust, happy self again.” Ask for California Iig Syrup hy the full name =0 yon'll get the genn ine. endorsed by physicians for over By years. listless, of mothe N Syrup. Tt stimulates the and strength we: son 1t iting heart NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1929, signed in Petty and Fussell and great things are expected of Larry French, Portland, Oregon, rookie,. Orthodox hurlers finclude Burleigh Grimes, 1928 iron man of the league, whe acquired 25 victories and pitch- ed more innings than any other hurl- er. Kremer, Hill and Meadows are STEWART BAGKED UP BY DIRECTORS RICKARD ALWAYS Dempsey and win the championship. Rickard selected Philadelphia over | New York at the site for the first | Dempsey-Tunney bout rather than accede to the demands of the New York State Athletic commission and | match Harry Wills, the negro con- ! v i tender, as the challenger in place of back, each claiming to be in excel- lent conditiol They were not so good last year. Brame, who show- ed plenty of stug last season also is back. Two recruits who showed enough form to be retained are Blankenship and Taucher. Dawson, aviator when not pitching, Swe- tonic, just purchased from Indian- apolis and Meine of Kansas City round out the staff. Catchers are Hargreaves will have to hustle to re. {tain first string position with Hema- ley and Spencer doing the pushing. | Spencer was repurchased from In. dianapolis last year. Hemsley fis rated one of the best backstops to break into major league baseball in | several years. Heach has a fine [throwing arm and both are fair batsmen. “Pepper Pot" Bartell, reserve se ond baseman, may see plenty of a tion. | The club admittedly lost tremen. dous “punch” in Wright's passing. He was considered one of the best pinch | batters in the league and was un- | usually dependable with men on the [ bases. | Should Comorosky cinch left field, | Grantham and Riconda may figure lin a deal, with the possibllity also that Grantham will be retained as plentifyl. Charley | Indiana Standard Oil Board Line Against Rockefeller Chicago, Jan. 15.—(P—President Edward G. Seubert and directors of | the Standard Ol Company of In- | diana, in statements to the public | and to stockholders today had align- | ed themselves behind Col. Robert W. Stewart in his fight for reelection | as chairman of the board, in which | he is opposed by John D. Rockefel- |ter, Jr. The statement to stockhold- ers said the defeat of Col. Stewart | would be “dettimental to the com- | pany.” | All members of the board, with {the exception of Col. Stewart him- | self, joined in the statement sent the | comipany's 58,000 stockholders, and | | announced their intention to vote for | | Stewart’s reelection. | President Seubert's statement to | the public said he had informed Mr. | Rockefeller several months ago of | his intention to support Col. Stewart | for reelection, and that “any intima- tions to the contrary are without | foundation in fact.” “The members of the board of di- rectors are unanimously of the same Tex Was Known as a “Sucker” Tor Get Rich Quick Schemes | By GEORGE KIRKSEY United Press Staff Correspondent Copyright 1929 by the United Press “I always took a chance” Tex Rickard said one time in discussing his checkered career. This was true not only of his box- | ing promotion, but of his business . ventures as well. It was known by | almost everyone along Broadway that Tex was a “sucker” for get- rich-quick schemes, inventions and wild gambles. 5 The chances he took in staging his first two boxing matches, the Gans- | Nelson bout at Goldfield in 1906 and | the Johnson-Jefferies bout at Reno | in 1910 were nothing as compared to some of the risks he assumed in later life. | With the successful promotion of | the Johnson-Jeffries bout, it would | have scemed that Rickard w: definitely launched on his carcer as | a boxing promoter. Rickard, ho ever, chose another field and was ab- sent’ from the fight game for more than five years from 1910 to 1916. | Tunney. About a year after the Johnson- Jefiries fight, Rickard took another one of his long shots. He signed a | contract with a syndicate of French and English capitalists to go to South America as the general man- r of the Paraguay Land and Cat- tle company. It ended with Rickard in the possession of a lot of land and no cash The company controlled 5,000,000 acres of land in the Chaco country with about 100,000 head of cattle on it. The scheme was to ercct a giant nieat treating and chilling plant in the desert country and ship to mar- kets all over the world. By turning the product into chilled heef the profits would have been doubled with cattle bringing from $30 to $60 a head instead of $25 to §3 Rickard acquired title to acres of his own in this region and retained it until his death. He held on to it in the belief that some day it would be worth a fortune to him. The land is located in the territory about which the recent Bolivia- guay controversy cenfered. ¢ before his death Rickard re- called one time when the Bolivian army refused to allow him to cross the border line between those two an | | utility man. He s a fine first sack- | opinion,” the statement continued. er, fair at second, passable in any |“They also feel that the reelection outfield berth and a swatsmith of | of Col. Stewart is so important to the | proven ability. best interests of the Standard Oil |~ Jewell Ens and Oscar Company of Indiana that they have | have been retained as coaches. prepared and signed a_statement to The starting club while strictly [be sent to every stockholder of the | experimental is one of appecaling | company.” | possibilities. "Rnsamond Pinchot Mother of a Son New York, Jan. 15 UP—A son has been born to Rosamond Pinchot, the actress, who in private life is Mrs. William Gaston. | Amos R. E. Pinchot, her father, [said mother and son were doing well. Misa Pinchot, who is a niece |of former Governor Gifford Pinchot {of Pennsylvania, achieved consid- crable renown by her portrayal of | the role of the nun in the spectacle. |*“The Miracle.” She was married |1ast January 27, her husband being |a prominent attorney at West lcnemr. Pa. | C. Douglass Buck Is Governor of Delaware Dover, Del., Jan. 15 P—C. Doug- lass Buck today becomes the 51st|pupyie | governor of Delaware since the " Both Mr. Rockefeller and Col. adoption of the constitution of 1792. | gtewart are endeavoring. by letters He is a republican and succeeds (o stackholders, to obtain sufficient Robert P. Robinson, also a repub- | proxies at the March meeting to con- lican. trol the election. The Rockefeller | Governor Buck is & native of |interests control a large block of Delaware and & son-in-law of for- | stock, but not enough to defeat Col. | mer United States Senator T. Cole- | Stewart's reelection without a con- man duPont. ¥or scveral years he | siderable number of proxies from ihad been chief engineer of the|the company's employe-stockholders. state highway department and had | Members of the board of directors, not figured actively in politics. He |in addition to President Scubert and will retain his membership in the | Col. Stewart, are: Beaumont Pa highway department, the present|Allan Jackson, P. H. McElroy, E. legislature having passed a bill | J. Bullock, Amos Ball, R. 1. Hum- making the governor head of the phreys, L. L. Stephens and C. J. highway commission, [Bnrkdulh Stanage No Reason This latter statement said the |board members felt it to be neces- I sary and proper at this time to in- | form the stockholders that on May {23, 1928, Mr. John D. Rockefeller, | |Jr.. by letter requested that the resignation of TRobert W. Stewart, | director and cxecutive head of the company, be demanded by the | board. “Being fully informed of the facts, and having no doubts whatever as to | Mr. Stewart’s honesty and loyalty to the company, the board by unani- | mous vote, were of the opinion that ! there was ne justifiable reason for |such action, and so advised Mr. Rockefeller, “Members of the board fecl that they are in the best position to judge Mr. Stewart’s actions and value to the company, and are still of the opinion stated above, They believe that his retirement would be detri- mental to the welfare of the com- | i e Rickard was severely promoting a heavy | ship bout between a white man and ia negro. | many large cities and were lost. Rickard {vowed never again to promote mixed bout for championship and his vow. | heav | Tunney to get his Severely Criticized | countries. the Johnson-Jeffries fight Promoted Third Fight criticized !or’ He returned to the United States cight champion- |in 1916, promoted his third fight and cntered the boxing game for good. |Jess Willard, the Kansas cowboy, |had wrested the he sht cham- | pionship from Jack Johnson at Ha- vana in 1915 and New York was a [clamoring for a chance to sce the the heavyweight [white champlon fn action. he never broke | As in the case of his first two Rickard’s stand on mixed bouts, Rickard again had to obtain yweight title houts enabled Gene | financial backing to 5o through with chance at J ia bout. The story was told that he After Race riots broke out in many lives understood that to heart and Tt took is this went into a banker’s office without preparation and put up such a good front that the banker advanced him $20,000 on his word. Samuel Mec- Cracken also aided Rickard finan- cial Frank Moran was selected as the challenger and Rickard signed him for a guarantee of $15,000. Wil- rd signed for a guarantee of $30,- 000. Rickard rented the old Madison Square Garden and held the bout there. The match attracted a gate of $150,000, a new indoor record. Willard retained his title, but_the bout was only significant in that it embarked Rickard upon his career as a promoter in New York city. It was probably the worst heavyweight title bout ever held. Remained in Fight Game Rickard now made up his mind to remain in the fight game for better or for worse, Up until thit time he could not be termed a bona fide hoxing promoter as he promoted only three bouts in 10 years from 1906 to 1916. I'rouble came thick and fast for Tex once he became a full-fledged fight promoter. Those days from 1016 to 1 some of the most licctic of his career. ! the world was a crook,” said in recalling those days. Politicians czme out openly and demanded their “cuts” on every fight. The complimentary list ran into thousands. Gunmen got jobs as ushers and insulted the customers. fivery underhand methed known was used to put him out of busi- ness. In the ¢nd, Rickard won out; the 0ld garden became a paying propo- sition instead of a “white elephant” und Rickard was established in New York cil Rickard Sporting Writer Burned to Death , Jan. 15 (A — Fred A. nationally known sporting was burned to death last Hayner, writer, night in & mysterious fire that de- stroyed his home ia Lake Forest, North Shore suburb. Hayner, on the staff of the Daily News, of which he once was sport- ing editor, went to the basement of his home to adjust the oil-burn- ing heater. Francis, 14, and James, 13, escaped. Hayner's body, badly burned, was found face upward in the debris Iu. the laundry. 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