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a -~ PAGE EIGHTEEN 5 v ----- eee od ------ Grafonola and Columbia Recut; Co You Will Instantly Feel at Home in Our Store You will find the buying of a phonograph a most" enjoyable ex- perignce because our every endeavor is. to make you know the Columbia Grafonola as intimately and as thoroughly as we know it. We will put you in possession of facts you ought io know. Facts about reproduction uf sound. "Facts that explain Columbia Grafonola's purity of sone and facts about exclusive Columbia tone-leaves. We feel quite sure that il' you knew all about the Columbia you would not permit. another day to pass by without having onc in your home. ~_TREADGOLD'S i We have the largest assortment of records.in Kingston -- For all makes of machines. ------=< sii err---- ---- TREADGOLD Sporting Goods Co, 88 Princess St. Phone 529 WILLARD'S PUBLICITY STUNT HE CHALLENG THE WORLD AND STARTS TRAINING Circus a Failure -- Champion Makes Every Effort to Put His Show on the Map Again Through Patriotic Work. When Jess Willard recently issued iis "sweepingly liberal patriotic" of- | ter to fight anyone, anywhere, any- i time, for the benefit of the America 'Red Cross he immediately plunged "nto the arduous work of physically ll preparing himself to withstand the { tidal 'rush of response from rival | heavyweights. He started training li --light training, it is true, but ne- il vertheless it was enough to make his li offer seem real, whether he meant it ji or nt. Ohicago experts flocked to atch him in his "secret" workouts. Willard explainéd to them the stories i}: that had' been travelling. back and lj forth across the continent were gross- ll! Iv exaggerated, that he did not weigh ji he was within a short training' jaunt jli of being as physically fit as when Hl he boxed Frank Moran in New York {wo years ago next March, | It was: generally supposed that | outside of the work he did while cir- "ussing last summer this preparation i} was Willard's first attempt to get in il. sliape for a bout. However, advices recetved from Chicago declare that lif: Willard has been diligently training lever since the close of the circus || season and that he is further advane- | It is said that the last few months ii; of Willard's circussing were not very ji! successful financially Attendance | dwindled to a startling degree; and il} when the time came to put the ele- fil! phants and Hone and tigers and saw- l| dust in cold storage the heivyweight | champion was convinced that immedi- ji dte and drastic action was needed to revive interest in him. He is the || main show of the circus, and it stands to reason if the fans are not inter- ested in him they are not interested in his" dreas. With" this uppermost in his mind, Willard immediately stripped for ac- tion and began laying the foundation for-an active publicity campaign by habilitate himself but by so doing to lll put his circus on the map again. } There was but one way to do this. It was essential that Willard chal- lenge the worN to fight. It being fi} war time it was equally essential ll! that any monetary motive on his part li be conceded behind a camoukage of li patriotism----war charity must be the incentive that was codking the cham- pion back into the ring after a pro- tracted absence. However, in issuing such a chal- lenge the possibility that hig bluff would be called was ever piesent. For this reason, continues the report from Chicago, the champion decided to get a flying start; to plunge into the preliminary work of getting him- il: self physically prepared te meet an | emergency. : THE DAILY BRITISH which Willy hoped not only to re-; Calamity Howlers. The baseball guys are teagful And seem to have the-blues; Each day we gat an earful Of most depressing news. They're given to repining And weep and wail aloud; Thére is no silver lining Connected with their cloud. They fear the draft will wreck 'em And put them on the bum; Abd if we do not check 'em The worst is sure to come. The interest will diminish, Expenses will illerease; * And they can see their finish, Unless the war should cease. The game 'is dead as Hector, According to the dope; In war they see a specter That crushes out all hope. They're holding a post mortém--- The game cannot survive; And if we do not thwart 'em, They'll bury it alive. Why can't they. he more cheerful ¢ And not so woebegone? Though war-Js grim and fearful, The game will still go on. --By L. C. DAVIS, First Baseball Team To Tour. ' The first record of a tour of a baseball team dates back to 1860 when the Excelsiors of Brooklyn visited several cities in New York State, They first went. to Albany, where, on July 271860, they defeated the team from the state capital, by a score of. 26 to 6. Next day they beat .the. Troy team in a game which was eonsidered very cluse in those days, the score being 13 to 7. A few days later they trounced the Niagara team of Buffalo. In this game. the Excelsiors rolled up a score which hung up a record for those days. They tallied fifty runs im nine innings, while their opponents scored a meas- iy nineteen ruls., Rochester's team next fel a victim to the victorious Brooklyn outfit. Here they defeated {wo teams. The mext stopping place was New- burg and here again the Brooklyn bunch broke .the 'record Tor high scoring. They made 59 runs this time, just smothering the other team, which got only fourteen. All this gave the Excelsiors an appetite for more travel and so they went west and south and defeated everything that came befobe them. Dubbie Kerr Retires, Lester Patrick and Ran McDon- ald are the only mémbers of last year's Spokane team now available. Dubbie Kerr, the former Ottawa play- er and one of the greatest forwards the Capital ever. produced, has defi- nitely retired, Kerr has been urged to return and the Patricks boosted his salary, but Dubble could not see it. Bobby Genge also states that he has played his last hockey. Professors of physical culture lack thre nerve required to recommend the wood saw and the washboard. Money isn't; everything, but it makes good as a substitute. IRX Poet Cigar 5c. Look for Silk Thread om Tip of Esch Cigar, v Visit This Dairy and Decide for Yourself. -- Satisfaction Guaranteed. Ofeclal Tent by H. Bh. Smith, Mik test. ed Butter Fat. . 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This stateinent has been borne out since the entry of Amsrican marines-into the Dominican republic.' The Dom- inicans have become so enthusiastic about baseball that a lepgue is to be formed with clubs in Santiago de Los Caballeros and Puerta Plata. The proprietors of a new hippodrome recently established in the last nam- |} ed city will lay out a diamond inside the race track. The grand stand at Puerta Plata seats 500. Santiago is also to have a diamond within a race-track built by the own- |i ers of the Puerta Plata track. The Santiago stand will accommodate 2,000, reports that the Dominicans - ficient players. Before the marines took baseball |} into the Latin republic, cock-fighting | ji was, the national sport, but its popu- larity has in a great measure declin-|} Nationg! gambling laws have re- || ed, stricted cock-fighting to municipali- ties, which grant licenses for pits. Bull-fighting is not now, and stages a fight. These are poorly attended. Tennis is also gaining in favor jn the country. Venezuela also has a baseball lea- gue, established last May. 'With the great popular attraction in both hatin and South American countries, the fan seeking refuge from northern bliz- zards will be able to make himself right, at home in our sister republics of the south. And in Venezuela, where the language" of the game is Endlish, he will be able to "speak United States" and still intelligently "kill 'the umpire." \ CROKER'S TURF LUCK SEEMS TO HAVE GONE Former Tammany Leader Fails to Show Well With Stable In irelang. Luck on the turf seems to hive forsaken Richard Croker, the former Tammany boss. He cut but a sorry figure on the winning lists of the Irish racing season just passed. On neither the winning owners mor win- ning sires lists did he come anywhere near the front brigade, although he yet maintains a first-class racing es- tablishment at Glencairn, . outside Dublin. Arby, the English Derby winner of 1907, is still at the stud but he failed so miserably that only five of his get won five races for a total of $4,210, ~and this amount failed to get him even in the twen- tieth place. 'The Croker colors were credited with two wins where were worth $2720, hardly enough to buy oats for the stable, Years ago, when Croker figured prominently on the tarf with Orby and Rhodora, winner of the One Thousand Guineas as a 2-year-old, his stable wis managed by Dr. McCabe, one of the closest students of horse flesh in the British Isles. It was he who advised the breeding of Rhoda B., the American mare by Hanover, to Orme. Orby, and subsequently the Epsom victory. 'Rhodora, tod, was another result of the McCabe breeding theory. In an evil hour. however, Cro- ker parted, with the Irish expert. It is singular that Croker has not since won a race of note, although he has tried hard. errata. Where Will Box Play? Whether Willard Box will play with the Dents or not this season'is a question which has the followerk|= of amateur hockey by the ears, says|S the Toronto News. If he does not line up with the Allan Cup holders the champions will have a hard time re- peating theip. victory in the O.H.A. championship race. Box practically won the championship for the Dents. His individual prowess converted a mediocre crew into a first-class team, and he would have been more valu- able than ever this winter with the six-man game {an vogue. The pro. club has made him a handsome offer but he is averse to playing for the cold cash. It is considered likely that he will join the Crescerts. Har- vey Sptroule's club, in fact the latter has announced that if Box plays at all it will be with his team. United States Consul Arthur il McLean, stationed at Puerto Plata, | take |} quickly to the game and become pro-|} The fruit of the union was| and has|| never been, popular among the Dom- |} inicans, although a wandering torea-|}j dor occasionally enters the country |j American game becoming alli We wish our patrons and all a happy and prosperous 1 918. w ¥ 167 Princess Street. Phone 441 H.W. Newman Electric Co. National Breweries 'Manufrcturers gf the Famous LIGHT ALE & Order a Case from The Thompson Bot- ~ tling Co. Sole Ageats For Kingston District. - Tel, 304. . 202 Princess St, 'Save Your Coal James Seward's Coal Phone 155. Tobin's Peerless Boxes for Overseas And = Choice Stock of Groceries. Thompson's Grocery eae ar J MAYBE BUYING MATCHES Never Struck You As Being An Important Job. But It Is. it is important that you buy none but EDDX'S "CHEMICALLY SELF-EXTINGUISHING 500's" The matches with "no after glow." 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