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PAGE TWEIVE RI NR SR ------------ "HERE IT IS! ~ Brunswick The Final Phonograph PLAYS ALL RECORDS BETTER my In The World Of Sport ONLY WAITING TO MAKE mediate League Sure to Give Up Ghost. ing, whigh is given for what worth: {by the International League ANNOUNCEMENT PUBLIC |New York Writer Says Inter- A New York paper has the follow- is Hope for resumption of activities has KNOCK OUT THE KAISER! Develop Novel Idea to Teach US. Soldiers How to Box. A dummy figure "made up" to re- semble the Kaiser is the latest nov- ety of war to be introduced in binging about physical fitness fer the American soldiers. The idea is the result of the joint efforts of "Battling" Nelson, the former cham- pion pugilist, and Lieut. William T. Schwarz of Syracuse, N.Y. AUTO RACES ARRANGED, Three Events Will Be Decided Sheepshead Speedway, Speed fans were cheered by the announcement of the opening meet at the Sheepshead Bay Speedway, tentatively for May 30th, and indica- tions are the coming season will be a banner one. William M. Wellman, who staged the events held there last year, will be in control of the sport again, and on THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 1918. _ Guard Your Health With Rubbers HERE'S one side to the economy of Rubbers, that some people may overlook. Rub- rs save doctors' bills, just as they save boots. With streets coated with slush or a river of rain, Rubbers are certain protection against getting wet feet, and your being laid up with a severe case of grippe or worse. If you want to come through the spring thaws without even a cold, get rubbers for each pair of bring new interest that has really] shoes; and if you are buying new never been shown here, New York | shoes, be sure to have them fitted City, though the centre of motor | ®. with the right Rubbers. racing interest for the past years, | There's a style and shape for every has never seen the foreign eracks of| the type of Thomas, Guyot, Duray| shoe--for men, women and children-- in these six brands of staunch, well- MAPLE LEAF RUBBER 3. the best talent in both fyling and racing will be procured. For his three big meetings Wellman has 'se | 1 lected May 30th, Aug. 18th and Sept. 21st. { The closing event of the year will! be the Harkness Cup race, symboliz- | ing the world's championshop at 100] miles. In this race last year Louis] Chevrolet set a new world's record for the distance, and with the same car he will probably go 'to the post the ruling favorite, i The induction of several European | faces into the game this season by| Promoter Wellman, is expected to Nelson worked out the idea - of having a dummy for illustrating the movements of a boxer. The feet of the figure are so weighted that no matter how hard it is hit it swings been abahdoned Degpite the reti- {eence of the club owners concerning {the fate of of the minor {leagues it has become known they {will am ce publicly in phe near € : i> i} apticunce pus ie & back. Lieut. Schwarz, an artist in {future their decision to warm the - i A x [bench for the duration of the war. private life, solved the idea of mak- b Daiiv indi . ioiv ing the dummy resemble the Kaiser. Daily indications multiply of com- a . < Tae | plete disintegration ahead. Whole-| . Neisbn exhibited his invention to | dentine of the clubs is un-| Government officials here to-day. {der yay Of the eight teams. that The former champion showed how | ds 0 } mst} i ? at 3 be held, how to | composed the organization last year the hands should b in { a i step, how to step back and a score onily two are anxious to continue in 1 i Pan iti .. | of other ring fundamentals. | the face of conditions even more try Mow Letures were taken of the ling than beset them during the cam- ae ple bus oe iT accion of " MH t |ipaigi of 1917. They are Toronto = aan = oo land Baltimore, both of which pro-| ule WRT a | § p ¢ Government officials who watched {duced a profit last season. But the , . * tother clubs are not keen to tempt|the performance declared them- I disaster. sie i Te selves in favor of adopting the ™ : any f se 1 » training camps. The sole hope of the International dummy for use in the trai > p { --which is a medgre one indeed--is lin the passage of the bill legalizing Sunday baseball in New York State | But even should games on Sunday be {permitted it would be necessary to realign the entire circuit Providence, the directors of which | recently announced they did not de- gire to continue under present cir- cumstances, already is negotiating {for a franchise 'in the Eastern League, embracing the larger New What do you think of a mahogany phonograph like this for $100.00. You | England cities. It is understood ¢ b : {that Worcester may withdraw to can t beat it. . | make room for Providence. Ee International leaguers regard the The sweetestgone, automatic stop, tone | ime TRations Jeague 8 regaid the control in the throat; two sound boxes to play all records. the best Bb dedbte ded Sp abd db dobdpa | The coming year brings the Metro-| polis into the front position in, rac-| ing, with the really choice date of] the year, Memorial Day. This has| always been the date on which the] Indianapolis annual 500-mile race} has been run, and from jts position | ciassed Indianapolis as the racing centre, Now New York takes the palm and will never again relin- quish it. and Chassagne, fitting Rubbers, sold by the leading CLUB OWNER BETS shoemen: WAR OVER IN APRIL If the war ends before the ball season opens the Boston Red Sox will have a wonderful team, Here it is: Pitchers-- Bush, Shore, Leon- ard, Ruth, Mays, Foster, Pen- nock, and others. Catchers -- Schang, and Mayer. Infielders--Hoblitzell, Gain- er, McInnis, Bar Janvein, Cooney, Scott, McNally and Gardiner. Outfielders -- Lewis, Strunk, Hooper, Shorten and Walsli. President 'Frazee, by the way, made a wager last December of $2,000 against $12,000 that there would be no fighting be- tween the Allies and the Cen- tral 'Powers after April 15th. "Dominion" : "Granby" "Jacques Cartier" "Maple Leaf" "Merchants" "Daisy" Ask for these brands--they give the best wear Canadian Consolidated Rubber Co., Limited Executive Offices . = MONTREAL Agnew Lajoie May Be Idle. Napoleon Lajoie may be compelled to remain idle this year for the first time since he broke into fast com-| pay in 1896, writes J. P, Edwards, | the Cleveland baseball expert, In| spite of the rumors connecting him with half a dozen major league clubs, the big Frenchman still is out in the cold. 'Manager Barrow, of the Red Sox, turned Lajoie down last week. He said that there was no room: for Lajoie on the Boston team. This announcement wasn't a bit sur prising, for the reason that major league managers came to. the conclu- sion a year ago that Lajole was through. The fact that Lajoje played well for the Toronto team last season made no impression, it seems. The big leaguers refused to believe that 'he could have duplicat-| ed his batting record of .380 for 151] games had he faced the American | or National League boxmen. The Red Sox need a heavy hitting second baseman, so do the Olevelands, Car- dinals, Athletics and Browns." The Clevelands, Cubs and Athletics looking for capable. first Yet Lajoie doesn't appeal to these all clubs in any way. Looks as if this once great player would have to go to the miners, as the Internation-| al League probably will not resume operations this year, But If Lajoi% canot secure a managerial position he says that he will retire, SLL) only as a remote possibility. So they fare unloading while the major league market is good. ~~ COLUMBIA GRAFONOLA Good music is a necessity---- not a luxury, as some would have us believe. In these trous bled days the comfort and sol- ace that only good music can bring is more than ever needed. 7 WARPATH. iw Ready to Start Training For Fight With Fultoa. Jess Willard is on the warpath, If "he keeps up his stride first thing he { knows he'll find himself matched jton a fight. { "Of course I'll fight Fulton," says tJess. "Didn't I offer to fight "him for nothing? I'vé been trying to get Fulton for years. They laughed at the maitch a couple of years ago un- til it was called off. Fulton may be | Years. As they walked out they saw a lot better fighter now. I hope he| il the distance a well-known golfer, is. 1 want this thing settled. f|to whom the game was a serious never was in better shape to begin business. He usually played alone, work for a fight. 1 did a lot of looking ill-tempered and miserable. work with 'the circus and never let "Mr. Jones is surely ill," remark- myself get out of eondition because | €d the professor. "He looks as if his I intended to fight again if some real | life work were gone. good man came along. I'm bigger "Aye, sir," replied the old caddie, and stronger than when I fought | Ye see, he's ane of them that has Johnson, but I'm not as fat as when | Bathing to dae. Puir things, I peety I began training for Johnson. I|them. IUs a gran' thing to hae a weighed 285 pounds then. 1 don't profession like you an' me." weigh that now. I always put on a lot of weight when I wasn't trained down. I weighed over 300 pounds once, years before I beat Johnson, and I could run a fast hundred yards at that time. I was running feot races then. That was before 1 be- gan boxing professionally. "I'll fight Falton as soon as they want me to and for thé best purse offered. July fourth would suit me. We'll see who's champion, One thing, neither Fulton nor anybody else is going to lick me yet, and when I'm too old to fight I'll retire SEPP PPP IWS SSP r bree bers | WILLARD ON THE { i SP b errr rrr etree errr rere destederfesdefosderdesfusfederferddede dododedededdoed 0 Birds Of A Feather. A university professor, starting out on the links, had for a caddie a singularly shrewd and silent old fel- low, who had been carrying for many $65.00 The best table machine in the world. Plays all records. Come in and look them over. TREADGOLD SPORTING GOODS CO. r 4 Come to our store where these wonderful entertainers are sold not: necessarily to buy, but to hear your favorite music played. Many styles to choose from, and as low as $24.00; and dou~ ble<faced records at 85¢ each. J.M. Greene Music Co., Ltd. Cor. Sydenham & Princess Sts., Kingston or if he does he will likely do so in an army cantonment. The Pitts- . burgh board has placed Mamaux in The man who wins is the man ie are basemen. No Slashing Reductions. Twentyrone of the twenty-seven members of the Boston National Lea- gue Club, who will begin spring training at Miami, Fla., two weeks hence, have sent in their signed con- tracts and of this number seventeen will receive higher salaries than last year. Mamaux In Class One. Albert Mamaux, the Brooklyn pit- cher, may not play ball this season, J "G"" is always in the midst of "Patrons of baseball are not con- Class 1, A, which lists him for call works, and the man who fails is the | laughter, and it makes ghosta, of TT TTT YY rT YY YY yyy vy TRY 5c. Poet Cigar 5c. S. OBERNDORFFER, Maker, Kingston. Adhd "The National Smoke" Eighteen million "Bachelors" sold annually in Canada. YT YT YY YY Ahhh Aarhus cerned in the amounts paid players," | in the next draft. man who shirks, generally. hosts. talk recent!v about wholesale slash- as 1 could yet, but wait. I can hit [as a few players whose demands are ] 1 ever fought and didn't care how ------------------ Seattle the Leaders. Hamby Shore, a teal veteran in| Vancouver .. as 7 533 s 43 tawa defence player has been re Put a Crimp In Roll, Percy D. Haughton, President of the . ' and they won't get me out again. I |ing, it is oniy fair to state that there if 1 want to. I always was afraid {out of all reason would make it ap- - WILSON'S hard I hit was Johnson. I let my | o 'With five games still to be played 4 was a knockout. You can say for | the standing of the clubs follow: P.C point of service, has likely played Portland .. .... 6 9 400 ¢ club, said, "but in view of all the x SPE PO 5 pe SE) never tried to hit anybody as hard |have been no sweping reductions such od A> 3 oar NA 3 of hurting somebody. The only man | pear; | right go. once in that fight, and it | in the Pacific Coast Hockey League, i me Fulton isn't going to win." | J ' pct ------ ' Won. Lost. 5 S Shore Is Through, Seattle 8 6 570 his last professional hockey, The Ot- / ; 'By BUD FISHER. leased by the club, and says himself Charles Weegham may have the that he is through, and will never| opportunity to spend 2oune of oi attempt a come-back. Shore has money outside of baseball. He has same fine Sumatra wrap ~the same heen playing senior hockey for four-| been sued for $25,000 by the parents high quality as th e im P oped articl teen years, the most of the time in| of a small boy who was killed by BUT po © an Ottawa uniform, and has given| his machine, at a domestic price. MONUMENTS! |||&a titi i Importers of Scotch and American Granites, Vermont Marble. out as a forward, but for many| Well Known Conductor Dead. : i ™ Bi OPS 33E.% C Anorew WILSON Vhe same clear Havana filler--the The McCallum Granite Company, Ltd. years has been playing back on the| Peter Lowry, a well-known M. C. 897 Princess Street. Telephone 198% 'defence. 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