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New York, Dec. 7.—Willle Happe, nolder of the world's professional 18.2 baik-line biiliards _championship, won Lis second game of the titular tourna- ment hcre. tonight, defeating = Jake Sehaefer of San Francisco, 400 to 176 In 14 innings. The chamgion, to retain # his title, has only to win one of his two games tomorrow with Schaefer and Welrer Coeran of San Francisco, each ©f whom has won once and lost twice. Heppe tet a high record for the tour- nament when he ran of 179 points. in his_third inning. Hoppe averaged 28 §-14 and his op- ponent 13 17-13. Schaeler's best effort tonight was 10k Jake Schaefer of San Francisco dé- feated Welker Cochran of San Francis- co.in the third game of the final round of tho world's professional 18.2. balk- line billiards _championship tournament here today. The score was 400 tg 207, play lasting 18 innings. In tonigh game, Schaefer’ was pitted against Wil lie Hoppe, the defending title holder. Schacfer ‘averaged 22 4-13, Cochran’s high run was 39 and his average 12 3-117. ORDER OF TEAMS IN THE BIX-DAY BICYCLE BACE New York, Dec. 7.—Another lap was gained just before midnight tonight in tie Madison Square garden six-guy- bi- cycle race and the feat brought the Bel- glan team of Van Hevel and Vander- burgh into a tie for sccond place with Debuets and Persyn. Frocco®and Co- burn, who are a lap ahead of the two teams, had covcred 847 miles and § laps at midnight, the end of the forty- eight hour. The record for this hour is 1,011 miles ‘ard 1 lap, set by Goullet and Grenda in 1914. Nine teams have covered 847 miles 3 laps, and the reconstructed Grimm-andeveide combination 847 miles 1 lap. DAVIS CUP CONTENDERS NOW AT AUCKLAND New Zealand, Dec. 7— » and Australlan lawn which are to compete in the challeuge round for the Davis cup have arrived here. All the players are in goud health. The Americans arrived Monday night and were warmly greeted. A public welcome was given the players today, the mayor, members of the town coun- eil and citizens participating. The Americans had a pleasant voy- age across the Pacific. Willlam T. Tilden has completely recovered from the effects of his recent breakdown. He divided sets with William M, John- ston In exhibition games played at Honolulu and Suva, in the Fiji Islands. The championship court here is in perfect condition, The stands will seat 7,000 spectators. ASHLAND BASKETBALL TEAM OPENS SEASON WITH Y. M. C. A. Joe Delair's Norwich™ Y. M. C. A. team will opén the Ashland basketball season at Bijou hall, Thidrsday night, Dec. 9th. The “Y” boys claim to be in great shape and are confident of taking home the bacon, but Manager “hase of Ash- land has gathered quite a collection of Auckland The Am tennis tea HOPPE WON AGAN IN' BILLIARDS 1 \ ! stars to represent | he k. B s 3 z Keech, Jewett City this|other fast players, ers are in fine trim and confident Danielson: With such men as Captain “Ted” Reeves, Blakely, Back, Bitgood, Longo, ech, Williams and G. Reeves, and Coach Erickson is season and expects to keep the bacon | satisfied that Southbridge will have to at home in tms and most of the rest ©f the games on tne sched Mulis, Benjamin, Murphy, Jeffers, Harris' and Dubois are on the home “step out of tlie ordinary” to win. "This promises to be a very exciting |. e as K. H. .S, is determined to e up for their defeat of last sea- team’s roster for the opening game and | gon, Southbridge winning by an 11-12 iU's going to take a good ciub to get | score; Killingly holding Southbridge| laway with this array of basket toss- |scoreless in the last half. rS. - o e i In the preliminary game the All Col- | RECTORS OF BRIDGEPORT legians and the Pioneers will battle for the supremacy or the Jewett City less- er lights and there promises to be some exCitement in this game. h SEIZED BASEBALL SCANDAL GRAND JURY EVIDENC! Chicago, Dec. 7—Chief Justice CI les A. Mcbonald seized grand jury evidence In the basevail sca. to- day 10iowing discovery that copies of papers in tne case had been ootamned by Maclay Hoyne, states attorney, snortly beiore bis reiirement irom O~ nce Monday. All of tne original papers were tusih- ed-over to the judge wno ordered them impounded by the clerk untii the cases| ot eight White Sox players who .were indicted come to trial 3 dge Kobert Crowe, who succeed- ed Mr. loyne as state's attorney, ord- ered - an investigation after Hartley Replogle, former assistant states at- torney, who conducted the baseball in- vestigation, notined Judge Mcbonaid that sr. hioyne had demanded copies ot_the papers last ¥riday. ° Mr. hoyne later said he had asked for the records simply to have copies made to be put in the cases in his of- fice, for which he was responsible and that the copies were there now, sealed up. i . “‘As outgoing'state’s attorney, I was responsibie tor all of the papers,” said Mr. Hoyne, “and I ordered Mr. Ke- plogle to turn them over to my secre- tary. Mr. Replogle, as assistant state’s attorney ot course had to do as I ord- ered. There is no ‘scandalt and noth- ing wrong.” 2 Federal Judge Kenesaw - Mountain Landis, baseball commissioner, when informed ot the affait by rresident Ban Johnson of the American leggue, said that if it was found any of the evi- dence had been tampered with or was missing federal action would be taken against the guilty persons, “Baseball is going to be cleared ol gambiers and there is no one who will be allowed to interfere,” said Judge Landis. Mr. Reploglé tonight said he had acted under Mr. Hoyne's orders and could not say what use had been made of the papers after they left his hands. The attorney - for George Weaver, one of the White Sox players indict~ ed on a charge of accepting a bribe in connection with the 1319 world series, said that the original evidence was in court last Friday, as he-had seen it at that time. SOUTHBRIDGE AND KILLINGLY HIGH CLASH AT DANIELSON Danielson, Dec. $—Tonight (Wed- nesday), at Town _hall, Danielson, Captains Reeves of Killingly and Mc- Kinstry of Southbridge will shake for the first real game of the season. Af- ter swamping Oxford High, 76 to 15, FINANCIAL AND COMMERGIAL JIARKET WAS IRREGULAR, New York, Dec. 7.—Oils and ralls of the better class the only redeemini features of today's irregaar to heavy stock market, those /sharcs displaying osccasional strength, while up tea of the miscellaneous varieiy wers under constant pressure. Weakest stock the food, tobacco, chemncal and gioups, particularly eertan whose financial requirewmen’s dmnd status have recen'.y been ti ject of lively discussion in speculative circles. Texas and Pacific coal and oil was in active demand ai a net ga:a of 9 3-3 pents and Willys-Overlaad preferred represented the other side the ac notor of sount, josirz 9 1-2 poinva, or a-total of 20 points in little more than n week. :ominal losses exceslod pains at the uncertain close, with sales «f 750,000 shares. Dealings were prepo-decant profes- sio developments and o incidents of the day, including the pubiication of the president's message lo consrrse, evi dently iacking the elemen‘s essential to operations for the sonstcuctive side, Greater intercst was manifzte] by Jo- ea! financial interests in tv: ad:litional bank failures reported from Narth. Da- kota, commodity markss were again hervous and new loan vric:s ware reo- orded for raw sugar and nar silver, Several of the' leading trinsjortstion systems announced further curtailment s were theas comprising | 1900 Mo Pacific pr Tob Prod pr 200 Un Pacific 200 Un_Pze pr 20 U S Rup 1300 U 27600 2900 1400 West Mz w600 Willys Over 569 Wiliys Ov pr . 100 Wor P & A0 COTTON. New York, Deg. 7.—Spot cotton quiet; middling 16.25. MONEY, New York, Dec. 7—Call money steady ; high 7; low 7; ruling rate 7; closing bid €; offered at 7; last loan 7; bank ac- ceptances 6 l.4. LIBERTY BOND MARKET. ot their working forces, the New Eng-|U & L o e iand textile siluation developed more un-|U 8 Lib & favorsble aspects and a leading Cana-|y 5 1iv dian silver mine suspended dividends. |U'S Liv 1 No deviation from i's recen: monoton-|U 8 Lib : sus course was shown hy the money|U 5 b narket. hut foreign exchange on London |y & iib ad’ re wnd all centers of continnental Europe|U 8 Lib 8d 4%s re .. sontinued to weaken, U 8 Lt dds Bonds were mainly lower on diversi gl 3ed dealings, internationals being more|U § Vie Sis sotive. Total sales (par value) aggre- | — rated £16,030,000. Oid U, S. 2's and 4's FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES. gained yosterday's loss of 1-4 per Week ®nt. on call Yesterday peed I Suering | (oar $186% per sorercian) an oy STOCKS, Cables % 3.4 348 348 842 603 ot 130 Am ~ 1000 Am 3 -390 Am J 6 An b o400 Am pr o8 i 1 =00 An 143 200 Am % = 20 Anconda BE %) Cabie 2 200 Awo OM o o 2% ® CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET, % 1%| Chicago, Dea 7.—Wheat underwent 2% 24 |8 sharp decline in price today, owing Hi 5 |largely to an apparent halt in export ot 0% | business and to misgivings about the 6% 'ou | banking situation in the Northwes.. 5 53 | Closing quotations were heavy, 7 1-4 tp b 1| % net lower, with December 170 1-4 and i % | March 167 1-4 to 167 1-4 Corn lost 0 Cent Leather 1900 Chand Mot 00 Steel Bteel &R0 &btlo 4600 300 Cruc §99 Den €800 Do FER Afggigfiggggggggtiizi 2@3 1-8 and oats 1 1-8@1 1-2¢c. In provisions the outcome varied from 40c decline to 12¢ advance. Refusal of exporters to follow the re- cent upturn in wheat prices gave a de- cided advantage to bears througaout the day. felling was active from the start and was said to come in a con: siderable degree from foreign interests. Knowledge of additional bank. failures in North Dokota, including one federal reserve institution, did a good deal to | deprive the market of support except from shorts who were in a position o collect profits. Corn and oats declined with wheat, be- sides, enlarged requests' for cars were generally taken to indicate more liber- t}w ipts of cbrn here soon. visions average lower. Packers were sell- ers of ribs. CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET. 119! W% m‘!‘i 7% 1% %% s % it a% s % Ba & a% ‘| holders o4 Cassidy .... LOOKING FOR GAMES The management of' the Rectors basketball team of Bridgeport, Conn,, of 'the southwestern state amateur championship for the past eight years, and still Connecticut state amateur champions, are on the road this season and would like to book games with any basketball quintet in the city or state. Weight no consider- * All letters will be held arel answered to in the strictest confidence. * For games communicate with J. C. Friedman, business manager Rectors basketball team, Main street, Stratford, Cohn., phone Stratford 83. CENTRAL VILLAGE GRAMMAR DEFEATED WAUREGAN GRAMMAR Central Village, Conn,, Dec. 7—The Central Village Grammar school bas- ketball team defeated the Wauregan Grammar school guintet, last Monday, 17 to 8, on the Wauregan school house grounds. = Joe Eaton starred for the Central’s, making 6 field goals and one foul. Ashley, the Wauregan star, wrenched his shoulder in the last half., Lineup: . x Wéuregan r A. Friese ..... Right Guard Central Village J. La Favre Wigtridse L. S a5 <C. Left Guard La Favre| Ashley! Mott . Eaton .. Gallagher, Collins ght Forward HIHeUreUX .. 5ot vr- ons seseee. Wakely Left Forwar FRUZETTI AWARDED DT.CISION OVER BENNY VALGAR Boston, Dec. Ts»—Jimmie Fruzetti of Brockton, - New England lightweight champion, was™ awarded the decision over Benny Valgar of New Yofk in ten unds here tonight. The Erockton boy loored Valgar in the third round for the ‘count of nine and rocked him re- peatedly during the rest of the bout. WANTS DEMPSEY-CARPENTIER FIGHT AT BENTON HARBOR Chicago, Dec. 7—Floyd Fitzsimmogs, promoter of the Leonard-White and of the Dempsey-Miske - championship ights, left tonight for New York' to aftempt to have the match between Jack Dempsey and Georges Carpen- | tier staged in his open air arena at Benton Harbor, Michigan, ) et KECK CHOSEN CAPTAIN OF PRINCETON ELEVEN Princeton, N, J., Dec. 7—James Stan- ton Keck, of Greensburg, Pa., was to- day chosen captain of Princeton’s 1921 varsity football team. XKeck has been Princeton's mainstay in the line this year and did ndt make a single failure at kicking goals after touchdowns all season. . STRAIGHT GAMES WIN FOR CAPT. GEE'S TEAM Capt. Henry Gee's duckpin team won in straight games Tuesday night from Capt. Stevens’ team in the EIks’ tournament, taking each game by a safe margin. Osten of the winning team rolled’ the high sin- gle of 104 and the high three string total of 291. The scores: Team No. 4, Capt. Gee, ks 103 78 108 84 Patrick Osten Kennedy Enos Gee . 450 Capt. Stevens. 88—~ Team No. 2, Craney Stevens Fox ...... o Ferguson .... AT TIHE PALACE. ' Fearless Five. Murphy 158 115 92— 365 Barry 109 118 89— 316 McCarthy 129 108 96— 333 J. Shea 94 97 128— 319 M. Shea 119 83 96— 303 609 526 5011636 Yannigans, Aldi .. 111 105— 313 Barber 91 99— 284 Delessio 136 134— 372 Wheeler 101 83— 280 Sumcox 104 143— 375 543 569—1624 DEMPSEY TO DEFEND LAURELS FOR FIRST TIME IN NEW YURK New York—Jack Dempsey, world's heavywelgnt champion, wiil defend tne laureis he stripped oir Jess Wilard at Toleao last year, 1or the first time in New York on tne evening of December 14th at Madison Square Garden, against K. U. il Brennan of Caicago, over the 15 rounds route. Tnis is a return .engagement between this pair of thumping heavies. Back in 1¥1( at Miiwaukee tney fought a cycionic bat- tle in which Brennan brose his ankle in the seventh causing the cessation of hosulities. Up to that time Dempsey had punched nimself out but good fortune managed to keep him swing- ing wiidly while his opponent uniuck- ily pulied up with a bad leg. An x-ray picture was taken and as they never lie the broken ligaments were very much in evidence, Brennan has been training the last month at Providence. Two days ago he moved to New York to put on the finisning toucnes, boxing daily with Kid Norfolk, the black Thunderboit and Panama Joe Gans, colored midale- weight champion and holder, of the Tex Rickard beit emblematic of ihe cham- pionship. Brennan, Norfoik and Gans are managed by Leo P. Fiynn, the greatest manager of fighters develop- ed since the days of Bill Grady and . keeping the bacon in | ation. Rectors’ weight 140-150 pounds. |« “AS§ GOOD. 0 AS EVER™ ivate Seal always occu- a place ¢ X picnics, on the porch, after honor at the game or outing, at the time Compare it with the substitutes. n No order a case of it TODAY. From yaur grocer or dedler. h and relaxation - a hard day’s work.. reason to change from this old friend now. It is still made of the best and malt, still brewed aged with the same iliofifinitl: me.ld Its taste and -building prcperties S et remain un FEIGENSPAN i g You liked Private Seal: in the past; it is as good as ever today. Distributor JAMES E. MOORE 79-81 Water Street Norwich, Conn. Dempsey, but Flynn says Brennan would bave beaten him had not his nnkle gone back on him. As soon as’ Dempsey toppled over Wiliard, Flynn got busy trailing Jack learns for a match with Dempsey. Articles for a fight wert signed sev- :ral months ago. Rickard was anxious to get it and they signed with him. According to those who know, Bren- nan has improved a million per cent. since tne 1917 encounter. He is punch- ing harder than he ever did and ap- pears to be a new man so far as his physical make-up is concerned, Dempsey fears Brennan more than he does Carpentier or Harry Wills. The prediction of sporting men ‘in New York is that while the fight lasts it will be the greatest ever fought. . NORTH STERLING Mrs. Mabel Frances éntertained her son from Providence over the week end. Mrs. Fred Cole and Miss Julia Cole were in Providence Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Victor Bottiggi spent Thanksgiving with relatives in Willi- mantic. = Miss Freelove Place and Hawes of Wollaston, Mass,, puast week with relatives here, The_illustrated lecture on Eevpt by Rev. John Pratt of Brooklyn, N. Y., was postponed on account of the storm to Clarence spent the ‘‘Knock Out’’ Bill Brennan William Delaney. . Dempsey isgdoing his work on the U. 8. f'raining’ Ship Granite, which is docked at the foot ofWestd6thstreet. His sparring partners includeBilltate, the big negro, and Marty Farrell, who aspires to the middleweight champion- ship. - Promoter Tex Rickard anticipates a ;zoo,ooo gate, aj record for modern istiana. Dempsey, it is said, will re- ceive half of this amount and Bren- nan will be compensated by a big hunk. If confidence counts for anything, Brennan looks to have more than an outside chance of whipping Dempsey. This may sound foolish on the face of it but Bill says he is going to tear into the champion at the first tap of the gong and believes that if he connects ess of grain and hogs made pro-| '€ Wwill Jay the Utah mauler flat on bis back for the count. “There may be a lot of guys that can lick me but I know I can beat Dempsey,” declared Brennan, today nfter a spirited workout. Brennan’s record is one that an aspiring heavyweight would feel proud lo own. He got to knocking them out when he was taken in hand by Flynn. I.eo nursed him along and got him plenty of money. He might have uverstepped things when he pushed A Bl into the Milwaukee ring wath SHPY RIGHT. KEVETONE TN 50, NEW_YORK, Who is matched to meet Dempsey in the near future. doch EVERYTHING THERE BUT A LICENSE TN December_15 at the church, at 8 o’clock p. m The heavy rain of Sunday filled up the welis which in most places were very low. LEONARD BRIDGE Thanksgiving day Mr. and Mrs. W. Henry Kneeland of Pine street, Colum- bia, entertained their two daughters with their families, Mr. and Mrs, Everett H. Bosworth and daughtef, Lucie Mae, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank S. Shekleton and daughters, Verna M., and Eleanor N. Shekleton of Hartford, also Mr. Shekleton of Danielson. The day was also the forty-fifth anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Kneeland’s marriage and the ninth anniversary of Mrs. Bos- worth’s wedding and Was pleasantly cel- ebrated. In Lebanon Thanksgiving day Judge and Mrs. Albert G. Kneeland celebrated their forty-fifth wedding anniversary by a family ‘gathering which included their two sons with heir families, Mr. and Mrs. William A. Kneeland and daugh- ter, Miss H. Jeanette Kneeland, and Mr. and Mrs. Warren M. Kneeland of Hart- ford. Judge Kneeland is - a younger brother of W: H. Kneeland of Colum- gia whose anniversary occurred the sam ay. ; Leo G. Cummings of South Manches- ter was a guest Sunday of his brother, Rexford . E. Cummings. David Walsh spent Satarday and ! Sunday with his brothers in South Nor- walk aid with Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Franklin at Stamford. James Choquette was in Middletown over Sundav. Thomas McGee of Worcester, Mass., is visiting Postmaster and Mrs. Charles C._Carpenter. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Reynolds and Mr. e Safeguard Your Income ! Many people will have smaller incomes in 1921 than they had in 1920 or 1919, -Meet this situation by buying fixed interest bear- ing scurities yielding 8% or more and offset any pos- . sible reduction in your busi- ness income by an increase in your income from invest. ments. Write for Circular NB-579 BODELL & CO. 10 WEYBOSSET STREET Providencs, R. I. 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