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" PAGE TWELVE A a THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1918. HERE IT IS ! Brunswick The Final Phonograph ~ PLAYS ALL RECORDS BETTER SERRE What do you think of a mahogany phonograph like this for $100.00. You can't beat it. - The sweetest tone, automatic stop, tone . In The World Of Sport THE NEW CIRCUIT APPEARS HOPELESS Newark Pessimistic Over Out= " look For Successor to Late International. Referring to the situation in the defunct International League, the Star-Eagle of Newark, New Jersey, caustically comments on the secrecy of the clubsgwners in withholding information from the league's sup- porters. "Maybe," continues the paper, "it is because magnates consider that gumshoe methods must be employ- ed if baseball is to be promoted ac- cording to Hoyle. "Fans can't find that the erstwhile League owners have any idea of operating in 1918. On the face of things, there is every reason to be- lieve that the magnates regard the situation as hopeless. "Inasmuch as there has been a scramble' by International League owners to dispose of players, fans naturally have concluded that the real reason for postponing action un- til Mareh 25 was the desire of the magnates to dispose of the services of their players at the highest poss ible prices. "It was necessary to decide to send out contracts by March 1, this beidg in accordance with the rules of organized baseball. Having done that ,owners would, under baseball law, control their players. With no contracts sent out players / would become free agents. "Should the league suspend and should any owner find himself with players on his hands, with whom contracts had been made, providing for the payment of salaries during the. season of 1918, the magnate could relieve himself of the financial any evidence International control in the throat; two sound boxes to play all records. $65.00 The best table machine in the world. Plays all records. Come in and look them over. TREADGOLD SPORTING GOODS CO. obligation by abrogating the.con- tract and handing the player his un- conditional release. The News says: "It is beginning to look like a good ten-to-one bet that the league will not open this year. The signs are accumulating. In fact, they have accumulated so fast during the last two or three days that there is a growing im- pression Charles T. Chapin and John A. Gammons are strictly try- ing to get some kind of an assur- ance from the National Commission that their territory will be proiect- ed. From Chicago comes the report that President Hickey of the Am- erican Association has hired Umpire Robert He_: for the 1918 season, after Hart had shown him a letter from former President Edward G. Barrow of the International League, releasing all of the International umpires. This looks conclusive en- ough. Instead of making plans for a resumption, it is apparent that the league has done just the opposite. There is a surprisingly good de- mand for all of the best Interna- tional Leaguels, especia..y those who have had major league experience. The American and National clubs find themselves in danger of some hard knocks if some of their ath- letics are called into the army, and they are eagerly grabbing for all the talent that looks as though it might become available. Under the circumstances it is hard to see why the National Commizsion should be especially anxious to help the new league to get under way. RN ye TRY 5c. Poet Cigar 5c. Look for Silk Thread on Tip of Each Cigar. S. OBERNDORFFER, Maker, Kingston. Athi habhakhk ok dha hh ddd hn || MONUMENTS! of Scotch and American Granites, Vermont Marble, The McCallum Granite Company, Ltd. 807 Princess Street. Telephone 1033 ANYTHING THAT FLOATS MUST GOIN THE NAVY. ',|is with a detachment of the Signal Compulsory Sport For Harvard. A required course in physical cul- ture for refreshing at Harvard Uni- versity was urged as the greatest need in athletics by William F, Gar- celon, former Graduate Treasurer of Athletics, in a letter to the Harvard Alumni Bulletin; - "@ive boys instruction in running, swimming, boxing, hurdling, and light gymnastics, and they will nat- urally play games and, further, they have the fundamental requirements npon which good soldiers are built," he said. "Harvard should have a required course of physical training for freshmen, not in calisthenics and dumb-bells, but a course such as 1 have suggested above." Boston Marathon Winner, Henri Renaud, thé Nashua mill hand, who surprised the athletic world by winning the Boston Mara- thon of 1909, is another noted ath- | other stockholders do not BUFFALO FOR NEW CIRCUIT. Club $40,000 "in the Hole," but Sees Good Way Out. The financial affairs of the Buf- falo Baseball Club are now in the hands of 'the Bankruptcy Court, and there is no one in authority here to speak for the future of the club. Majority stockholder "Joe" Lanning fs in New York, but it may be said that if a new league of six clubs is attempted Buffalo will be one of the clubs in the circuit. Lanning knows, Buffalo is a gpod baseball city in ordinary times and occupies a place in baseball territory that is mighty and valuable. He is wealthy and can afford to carry a team through to hold the value of his franchise, with a chance of get- ting his money back, whereas, if he should "lay down" now he would lose close to $40,000 which he paid for his stock and in latex advances to the club, a share of which th® care to pay and which is the cause of the present bankruptcy procgedings. It is likely that when the assets of the club are offered for sale Lanning will buy at his own price and thus gain a free hand, rid of obnoxious, obstructing stockholders. Whatever the outcome will be, the fans here are "pulling for" some kind of a league to take the place of the old International, and are hoping that the efforts of the Baltimore and Toronto owners to interest enough new capital for a six-club league will meet with success, Syndicate Boxing Harmful. Syndicate boxing is beginning to loom up as a new menace to the glove sport. The reason that wrest- ling is in bad odor is that most of the mat artists are under the con- trol of one manager, and now three objectionable methods are being em- ployed more and more in the ving game. The trust seems to be spec- ifying in bantams and heavyweights. Recently the men forming the syn- dicate acquired Pal Moore and Joe Burman, two promising midgets, who were weaned away from the men who had brought them to the front. Jack Dempsey, the promising young heavyweight, is the latest ac- quisition of the trust, which is anx- ious to gain control of all the men who might possibly win the title. Until the Dempsey-Morris fight at Buffalo retemtly, Morris was the trust's hope, but now Dempsey looks more promising and he will get most of the boosting in the future, If New York ever gets another boxing commission, the first rule to go on the books should be one that prohibits any manager from direct- ing the fistic destiny of more than one boxer in the same class. In the meantime it would be well for the commissions still operating to take action in the matter before boxing reaches. the same deplorable con- dition that prevails in wrestling. Old Time Argument. Here and there around the coun- try folks are arguing over whether or not the late John L. Sullivan 'was ever heavyweight champion of the world. This question was argued over and over again during the life- time of the great fighter. It will pro y be argued as long as his name is remembered. Sullivan's claim to title was based upon his Paddy Ryan at Mississippi City in 1882. Two years previous Ryan had defeated Jos Goss, who claimed the heavyweight championship of England. Except for his thirty-nine round draw with Charlie Mitchell, fought at Chantilly, France, in 1888, Sulll- van was victorious ju every fight he engaged in up"' met his Water- loo at the han ames J. Corbett at New Orleans, the world's defeat of Dibble Will Row Again, Lieut. "Bob" Dibble, Canadian rowing champion, now chief assist- ant to apt, "Tom" Flanagan in rounding up defaulters, will row again, despite the severe injuries he received in France. Dibble ex- pects to go into training this spring, and if he recovers his old time form will challenge John B. Kelly, of Phil- delphia, the United States champion single sculler, Montreal Athlete Decorated. George Kelly, one of the best known athletes in Montreal and champion senior single paddler of lete who is wearing the khaki. Henri Corps now stationed at Waco, Texas. - Canada, has been awarded the Mili- tary Medal for bravery in Flanders. He joined a local Irish regiment. TENER"S "TIP-OFF" ON THE SPITBALL Abolition in National League is ing and Unsanitary. Foreshadowed--*Disgust= _ The end of the spit-ball is coming. John K, Tener, President of the Nat- jonal League, has issued a warning to young pitchers, advising them not to cultivate the use of the spit-ball, and indicating that it was only a matter of a short time when it would be abolished. "Young pitchers starting to play professionally will find it to their advantage not to cultivate the use of the spit<ball," said Mr. Tener. "It will also be advantageous to Nation- al League pitchers using this form of delivery to experiment as much as possible with some other style of pitching during the coming season. The spit-ball is a disgusting, unsan- itary delivery, not likely to endure more than a few more seasons at the most. All the members of the Nat- jonal League Rules Committee, Drey- fus, Heydler and myself, are swoong- ly opposed to it, and favor its abol- ishment." Mr. Tener said a majority of Nat- ional League players still were un- signed, but asserted that the club- owners would remain firm in their present position, as baseball con+ ditions did not warrant the payment of larger salaries to players. TO CURB "GOAT GETTERS."" Rule Passed Prohibiting the Riding of Players. One of the rules passed by the Na- tional Baseball League club owners at their meeting last week was desig- nated to put a curb on the practices of certain players who delight in "riding" players of. opposing clubs during close games. The club own- ers classed these talkers as "goat-get- ters," and went on record as favor- ing very drastic action by umpires whenever any player sets out to get an opponent excited in this way. Though no players were mentioned in the report of the meeting at which the rule was passed, certain talkers were picked out as the ones at whom the new law was aimed. Johnny Evers, caustic in his wit, was fre- quently mentioned. As a "goat-get- ter" Evers ranks second to nobody in the big leagues. The following day John oined the Boston Red Sox, thereby going out of the National League. A few minutes after trans- ferring his allegiance 'Evers met Bar- ney Dreyfuss at the Waldorf. "Ha, ha," chuckled Johnny to Bar- ney, "vou passed a rule yesterday to keep me quiet, and now I hop right out of your league." ix-Pres. Taft Boxing Referee. William H. Taft, former President, officiated as referee of a boxing con- test at the Grand Lakes Training Station between Student Seaman Le- maro and Bouche, 142 pounders, The bout was witnessed by several thou- sand sailors and civilians. Mr. Taft awarded the decision to Lemaro. "I used to box at college," he said afterward, "but 1 have been out of the game for a long time--Ilonger than I like to think about sometimes. I still like to see a good bout how- ever." It is far better to have large feet than a small understanding. A really ry BH - promptly. 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