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PAGE TWELVE ammocks Hammocks At Old Prices Bor 77 | 3 THLTDIRE " We are' selling hammocks that "cost more now than the prices we are letting them go at. HOT WEATHER is coming sure and when it does come it will be hot. So get ready today. First come get best choice. Don't for- get us when you want Fishing Tackle § We have the baits that catch the Big Fish TREADGOLD Sporting Goods Co, / The Big Red Front. 88 Princess St. ' Cm Kingston ee STAR CATCHERS NREASE ELEVEN IN THE HE BIG LEAGU ES HAVE REPUTATIONS. It is Now Considered a Poor Club Which Has Not a Star Back- n stop. Eléven catchers in the big leagues almost one for every club, enjoy the reputation of being stars of the first water, In addition, there are sev- eral more acknowledged fine ecatc h- ers and good ball players in other positions, There is no other position--not even the outfield with its surplus of performers--which boasts the same number of high:¢lass stars--men who excel day in and day out. The White Sox have Ray Schalk; the Athletics Schang; Thomas is with the Red Sox; Walters, though a youth, is making baseball history for the Yankees; Lew McCarty is one of he greatest ball players in the big £ Bill Rariden is still a star; Frank Snyder of the Cardinals is the particular bait of every big league manager; Steve O'Neil of the Indians |'1 is. a star; Bill Killifer, despite hie long service, still looms far ahead of many rivals. Art Wilson has de- veloped into a high class man under the direction of Fred. Mitchell; Hank Gowdy, hero of the 1914 world's se- ries, still stands as a high-class per- former. In addition to this illustrious list there is Ivy Wingo of the Reds, who can go into the outfield and play a hang-up game of baseball. Fravk Snyc and Lew McCarty have play- ed first base acceptably. Wallie Schang has done duty at third base and the outfield besides his catching chores. The outfield doesn't present more than a few 'men like Cobb, Speaker Jackson, Felsch, Kauff, Burns, Wheat and men in their class. First base stars usually pause when compari- sos are made with Sister and Chase, Jake Daubert is about the only one who approaches, and he has a lot to perform before he attains the all around &xcellence of Chase and RBisler. Second base isn't a comparison with the catchers. Eddie Collins, Buck Herzog and Jack Barry are hog- gisg the best part of it. There are many, many shortstops --stars that can field, but can't hit. Bancroft, Fletcher, Maranville, Hornsby, and Bush predominate, Heine Zimmerman stands alone as a star among the third basemen, unless one figures Buck Weaver in his class, which is extremely doubt- ful, Naturally, a baseball club doesn't carry two or three first basemen, a brace of second sackers, or a handful of third basemen, which gives the catching staffs the edge. Any ball club. has two catchers--usually three. But the average is some higher for stars among catchers than in any other department, The pitchers, of course, hardly can be figured with the others. Pitch- erse are so plentiful on the clubs that a star or so is the rule rather than the exception. KH is a poor big league club that can't flash at least wi TRY "Mila 5c. Poet Cigar 5c. Look for Silk Thread on Tip of Each Olgar. 'S. OBERNDORFFER, Maker, Kingston. Ee ee a vm I MONUMENTS | "Fhe McCallum Granite Con Granites, Vermont Marble. cCallum Granite Company, Ltd Ld. 897 Princess Street. eo _ te BRINGING UP FATHER $ URITY is a qualit y you should insist on in the cigarette you are go- ing to stick to for your steady smoke. That's why so many mén now smoke Craven "A." It's a healthier smoke. es Bozres ol Ten - 10e. Fifty - B80e. Hundred - $1.00 13 Josh Devore Now Engaged in -{ed from baseball and is running a [first world's series money. same reason, and he may be out for {been ordered to report on August 5th. one shining light among its rarest] performers. Taking every club there can be picked one star from among its hurl- ers and judging from the number of catchers who are voted 'halos, it is a poor club that hasn't a starring backstop. WORLD'S SERIES HERO RUNNING A MILK ROUTE. Milk Business in Home Town. it may be of interest to fans to know that Josh Devore, former Giant right. fielder and known as the world's series charm, has retir- milk route at his home town; Chilli- cothe, 0. Josh was a -great little character. At one time it looked as though he would develop into one of the game's star players. His best year was 1911; when he got his Josh played on two Giant pennant winners and made a catch in the 912 world's series which put thou- sands of dollars into the New York and Boston treasuries. But for a catch by Devore in the third game Boston would have won the series in four games, one of them being a tie. As it was the series stretches into eight games, and fourth game. all goes to the clubs. .Devore, Ames and Groh were sent to Cincinnati in the Fromme deal in 1912, but after being released to Philadelphia Devore landed with the Boston Braves in time to get a $4,000 slice which went to the in- dividual Braves for beating the Ath- leties in the world's series of 1914. JACK" JOHNSTON AN EDITOR. Publishes, Weekly Newspaper 4 Works in Bull Ring. Jack Johnson, the ex-heavyweight champion, won't be pushed oyt of the limelight. No sah! Not long ago the news floated about that the big negro had sunk a German undersea boat single- handed, and that he was the hero of ithe Spanish nation, This report, published in a news- paper devoted to negro readers, was, of course, untrue, hut it made good rainy afternoon reading, at that. But Johnson really is in Spain. That part is true. Johnson is a resident of Barce- lona, and it is said he finds the "'pickin's" good. And they say ohnson is not wor- rying about money. He is making the green stuff hand over fist, First he has purchased -an interest in a weekly newspaper in Barcelona, and is an editor--a real Jyed-in- the-black-wool sports editor. But best of all, the American Ace of Spades has become a toreador. He works in "the bull ring at least three times a week, and they do say he is about as hard a customer for the bulls as he was for the heavyweight title aspirants of the United States. - and Sporting Notes Frank J. Marshall, United States chess champion, was defeated recent- ly by Dr. John D. Thomas, chess champion of Java. The game wag a friendly one, Pitcher Al. Mamaux has been sus- pended for breaking training rules. This is his second suspension for the some time, .. Leslie Mann, left fielder of the Chi cago Cubs, has been called into the Y. M. C. A. Army Service and has Arthur and Willie Spencer, the To- ronto boys, won their heats in the Criterjon Stakes, with a purse of 1, 000, at Newark. Kilepter, who twirled for Cleveland on Saturday, secured hig first hit of | the season off Pitcher Noyes of the Athletics, President Barrow of the Interna- tional League has let out Umpire Blackburn, The Leafs have had much trouble with this umpire. The Thousand Island Yacht Club's after the: \ CRUISE AND CcoBE BATTING LEADERS Tris Speaker Has Regained Second Place in the American League. Cruise, of St. Louis, has batted into a tie with Roush, of Cincinnati, for National League honors, unofficial averages released showing them hit- ting .331. Roush, playing in 78 games, five less than his rival, has driven out 99 hits for 124 bases, while Cruise has stretched 98 hits for a total of 131 based. The St. Louis outfielder made twelve doubles, six! triples and three home runs as against eight doubles, six three base hits and one circuit drive for Roush. Terrific hitting of six Cincinnati players is keeping the club safely in the first division and in possession of team batting honors. Hal. Chase, veteran first base star with Cincin- nati, is a point below the .300 class, and Catcher Clarke is hitting .321, but has only played in 36 games. Hans Wagner, the Pittsburg vet- eran, is batting .313 for 35 games. Carey, of Pittsburg, increased ' his lead in base stealing to 21. Hornsby is in possession of home run honors with eight. The averages include games of Wednesday. Leading batters for half of their club's games: Roush, Cincinna®i, 331; Cruise, St. Luis, .331; Horns- by, St .Louis, .323; Fischer, Pitts- burg, .321; Griffith, Cincinnati, ,317; Rariden, New York, .316; Rawlings, Boston,-.313; Neate,Cincinnati, .311; Burns, New York, .299; Groh, Cin- cinnati, .299. Tris Speaker regained second plaice in the American League, the Cleveland star deposing Sisler, of St. Louis, with an average of .343. Sis- ler is five points behind. Ty Cobb fell off two points, but is showing the way with .373. 'Chapman, of Cleve- land, increased his lead in sacrifice hitting, and base stealing to 44 and 30 respectively. Pipp, of New York, still leads in home run hitting with six. Detroit clung to team batting honors with .254. Leading batters for half of their club's games: Cobb, Detroit, .373; Speaker, Cleveland, .343; Sisler, St. Louis, .338; Rumler, St. Louis, .327; McInnis, Philadelphia, .315; Baker, New York, .314; Chapman, Cleve- land, .310; Heilman, Detroit, .293; C. Milan, Washington, .293; Veach, Detrait, .292, ONTARIO TRACKS' Enormous Increase in Revenue Government, Preliminary reports to the ws ernment by Clarkson, Gordon Dillworth, accountants appointed h, the Government to report upon busi- ness done at race courses through- out Ontario, show that the attend- ance at meets this year has been larger than any year in thelr his- tory. The Government will collect about 150 per cent. more in amusement tax from race course admissions this year than in 1916. This is due to the increase of the tax from 10¢ to 26c and the larger attendance at races. Although racing ends on August 1 and there wil be no fall meets in con. ence, the Government will thi€ year collect over $100,000 from the race courses alone in amusement tax. It_is stated that the firm of official accountants will not have their- report completed before Sep- tember. BIG YEAR. - to Baseball in England. The London Sporting Times. Owing largely to the advent of 300,000 -.sporty, Canadians in our midst, the game of baseball is fast becoming popular in this country. Since the Military Baseball League was formed by J. G. Lee, of Central Buildings, Westminster, SW. large crowds are attending games in all parts of the country. 'At Southend, Taplow and Epsom and Paddington recreation grounds, regular crowds of three thousand to four thousand people witnessed the games. At the games played in Southend the lord mayor;/pf London and the Mayor of Southend have attended, and the crowds w wire beyond expec- tation. Mrs, Waldorf Asfor fs' tak- ing a prominent part in entertaining the team at Taplow, a------------ James E. Ten Eyck, veteran coach of the Syracuse University crews, has pted a challenge from James Ri- ley, former world's champion sculler, championship cup motor boat races to be contested on the St. Lawrence river on August 8th, 9th snd 10th, promise to be of unusual interest this. year. a for & three-mile race on Lake Lone- ily, Saratoga, in September. Francis Ouimet, western amateur We Live But Once Lat Us Parinke'of Barth's Gooll Things by Smoking. Milo Cigar Made in gal by GEO. A. McGOWAN CO. MONTHLY INCOME Surest way of providing fer your old age or your beneficiary 1s the Monthly Income Polley of THE MUTUAL LIFE OF CANADA, S. Roughton, 60 Brock St., Phone 610. GreatClearing Sale of Furniture JULY AND AUGUST Our business is so rapidly increasing that we have to extend our show rooms again to make room for our fall stock. Chesterfield, easy chairs, Davenports, bedroom furniture in all finishes. Period Designs, Office, Camp and Rattan furniture. AT R. J. 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