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lig v - \ THE DAILY, BRITISH WHIG, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1918. PAGE TWELVE . Eat less candy; let the. children learn the nobility of giving and giving up. -- Can- ada Food Board. | Wanted Second-Hand Bicycles . In exchange for Masseys or Indians, the fin- = finest bicycles made. Better to pay the price of a good bicycle than the penalty of a poor one. LADIES' YEAR Let the girls have a wheel and bring them home with those beautiful red cheeks that 2. Nature's fresh air gjves. Come in and see us now. TREADGOLD SPORTING GOODS CO. 88 Princess St. Phone 529 ES S---- -- In The World Of Sport BASEBALL GAINING HOLD OVER IN ENGLAND, ACCORDING ! TO LONDON WRITER. It Is Not, However, Likely To Replace Football and Cricket as the Lead- ing Pastimes. "Old Blue," writing in the London Sporting Life recently, has the fol- lowing to say: It is said that the New World is fast swamping the Old in many re- aspects. But in national sports, at least, it will be a very long time, if ever, ere conquering America has matters all her own way. This for obvious "reasons--the majority of English sports are indigendus to the soil, while the contagious passion for them seems hereditary, To-day, how- ever, when Englishmen and Ameri- cans are brothers in 'arms as well as in tastes, feelings, etc., one can ap- preciate the decided fillip which is being given to the great national (American) game of baseball in this IR fords a splendid preparation for ath- letics, ete: } ---- , In Different (limes. Another fatal drawback is that the game is not indigenous to British soil. The hard-hitting and sharp | lelding of baseball please the Ameri-| can spectators better than cricket, | and the American lad would much rather display hls muscle by making a three-base hit than manifest his skill by a codl-headed defence of his wicket against the work of a headed ad clever-handed old bowl- er. 'But with Englishmen it is ex-| actly the other way about. "Different climes, different games,' still holds good, and ever will, I fancy. All the same, I wish the renewed efforts of some of our American brothers to 'popularize the game every success. It is being done in the spirit of man- ly and generous rivalry, which makes it all the more praiseworthy. And this I can say--anybody who lakes up baseball as a pastime will not be in a hurry to desert it Experrto erede. country. It implies a sporting] brotherhood. And it evidences th ! true missionary spirit of sport, » | | "Let me say at once that baseball | | is not an ancient game, baseball, is barely half a century old. ! An Englishman witnessihg it for, the first time will immediately ex-| claim, "Why, this is nothing but| rounders!" And to a great extent] he is right. The Americans have al genius for taking a thing, examing its | every part, and developing each part| to the utmost, This they have done | to eur very ancient game of round-| ers. They have so tightened its | joints, and put such a fine finish on/ its points, that the once clumsy,| primitive pastime stands forth complicated machine of infinite ex- ( actitude. That is to say; baseball] is nounders made scientific. ------ The National Pastime. It holds undisputed sway through- out ¢he United States as the national game. There are Americans who play cri¢ket, and, in a limited degree, foothall, while yachting, athletics, and kindred sports 'have all plenty' of | devotees. But baseball knows no| rival. The enormous popularity of | the game can hardly be comprehend- | ed in" England. Visitors to America in the summer time could certainly be led to paraphase Addison, and exclaim, "Good heavens! Even the little children here play baseball!" And so they do. The American boy Srows up with it. It becomes a part of his existence. The spirit of Ameri- ca is bound up in the heart of the ball, ¢hich speeds at such a terrific pace forward and back, this way and that, across the "diamond." To watch a game is to behold a scene that is. positively painful owing to the intensity of suppressed emotion. The game is admirably adapted "for the requirements of the avera professional man or artisan. It does not, for instance, call for a great sacrifice of time, inasmuch as a! game does not last more than 215 hours. But what an amount of exer- cise is crowded into that short epace of time. Everyone is busy, apd on the move. Everybody is en a chance to excel both with the bit and in the field. Should one get out first ball at cricket one's chance of dis- tinguishing one's self is, in all prob- ability, over for the day, But at baseball mine innings are played, hence one bas-several other chances of retrieving one's honor. Applica- tion and diligence are the only re- quirgments. Given. these, the-8vei- | Bene, of Scotch and American Granites, Vermont Marble. The McCallum Granite Company, Ltd. 897 Princess p Telephone 108% A a INI ut TRY ait vid Sc. Poet Cigar 5c. S. OBERNDORFFER, Maker, Kingston. Adah adhd Ld | FY hh oo , p A dha Add audi AAS A Aa age athlete can, after a decent edu- cation, gain a fair knowledge of the game and its ramifications. He must however, bave all his wits about him. ERR, Not Popular Yet, On the other hang, there is likelihood, I think, of baseball be- coming an outstanding pastime in England. It can never hope to at. tract the English publissto such an extent as to seriously rivhl cricket or football, or even lacrosse. For one thing, Laseball must be played in warm weather. Numbed fingers and tiff joints are foreign to the game. And the interest is altogether too cengested. "Nerves" are a potent factor of the game. My friend, Mr. R. G. Knowles, and other Americans, have long tried to make the game take root in England, but their ef- forts have hardly met with striking Success. Lacrosse has, in fact, made far greater strides in popular favor over here than baseball, and for this little v UNCLE SAM WAS POINTING TOO HIGH FOR JEFF. . Baseball, as| | Hamilton May 4th. | will take charge of the Indianapolis CONTROL AMATEUR BALL THROUGHOUT ONTARIO Ontario Baseball Commission Has Called Meeting For The Ontario Baseball Commission propose laying the foundationn for an amateur association to control the baseball situation in this 'Province. The date is set for Saturday, May 4th, at Hamilton, where the delegates will 'attend the opening of the senior leagues and then launch the Ontario Amateur Baseball Association. Ww. J. Smith, Chairman of the Commis- sion, will be in Hamilton next week to make arfangements. The mem- bers of the Hamilton A. B. A. have promised to lend their assistance and, Judging by the enthusiasm at the in- ter-city games last fall, the Com- mission made no mistake in selecting Hamilton for th® inaugural meeting, ous places in Eastern and Western Ontario. LAJOIE WON OUT. Former Toronto Manager Declared a Free Agent. Napoleon Lajole was declared a free agent by the Nationa JBaseball Commission. Lajoie requested that { he be declared a free agent after he had received notice of his re- lease from the Toronto IClub to the Brooklyn club. The commission ruled the reservation right of the Toronto club ito ithe player, under an illegal contract, null and void and then annulled his transfer to the Brooklyn club, thus declaring him a free agent. Lajoie is on his way to Indian- apolis to assume the management of that club, according to word receiv- ed by owner James C. McGill. Lajoie club Monday, at its first exhibition game on the home grounds this sea- son. This game will be against the Cleveland club, with which La joie played for twelve seasons. Knotty Lee's Baseball Scheme, "Knott" Lee started on Monday to line up the town for the proposed reorganization of -the Canadian lea- gue. He intends to visit: Hamilton, Brantford, London, St. Thomas, Kitchenes; Guelph, Niagara Falls,' N, Y., and Lockport, N.Y. "l have met with pledges of en- subject of the reorganizéd Canadian league has been broached, and I be- lieve the circuit can be put under way in' a very short time," sald Lee. "We will apply for the protection of the National agreement, and may op- erate'as a class B organization, al- though there is a feeling in some of the cities concerned that class © would suit the purposes of the lea gue until after the . war. Daylight saving would enable us to, call our games in the evening, while double- headers could be played on Wednes- day and Saturday afternoons, which are observed in most of the cities as half-holidays. : would furnish all the money required for the operation of a elub in the Royal eity. 1 believe there will he less difficulty in organizing the league this season than ever before," said the "Father of the Canadian League." The Toronto Leafs will open the season at Binghamton and the latter will be the attraction in Toronto for reason--it is a cleaner, neater and faster game than football, and 'af- * TF we oe Xa the opening game on May 17th. 4 JEFF, THERE'S AN APPEAL YOu MusT | HEED |F THERE'S A BAT oF PATRIOTISM IN You. HE MEANS YOU. rT {IF Uncle SAM MEANS ME, T'Ll ENLIST RIGHT AWAY, BAcCk © THE MOT T'S STILL . < J & 3 ' 4 7 / Now I'LL SCAMPER-\ : a Six \ ( } PosTeER, I Hove ATwo ; INCHES. long-}{" Delegates are expected from vari- |: "A Guelph -man told -me that hel WHAT'S THe _ IDEA? ir 3 There will be one new in the National League Hendriek's, at St. Lou who won a pennant for Indianapolis last vear in the American Association manager in "Jack Miller Huggins, at New York, and Bd. Barrow, at Boston, will be the Hey managers in the League this seasgn. Sixty-two major \ league are now in U.S. arm) The Red Sox head the list with twelve and most of them were star per formers. Ed. Pfeffer, once of the Brooklyn Dodgers' star twirlers, received word to report to the army. The Dodgers lost Cadore and Smith, (w& other high-class twirlers, some time 0, . Charles Comiskey, of the Chicago White Sox, will keep up his good work of a year ago when he donat- ed 'ten per cent. of his receipts the Red Cross. His contribution year ago amounted to over $17.000. Johnny Evers as manager of Jer- sey City is the latest rumor. It i to be hoped it is true, as the Trojan would adds a lot of "pepper" to the new International. Speaker has started the season in his old-time form. He broke up a ten-inning game for Cleveland against New York Giants on Sunday at' Lexington, Ky. by making a single, stealing second and going to third on a wild pitch and then seor- ed the winning run on a drive by Miller St. Louis Americans won Straight games from the St Nationals in the spring series tween the two teams a Eddie Collins, star gecond Dbase- man of the. Chisage White Sox, is laid up with tonmsilitis, but Manager Rowland expects he will be ready for the opening game on Tuesday, Knotty Lee expects the Capadian League to benefit by the Dayljght Saving Bill. He proposés that all games be started -at 6.15-p.m., and this should help the attendance "Larry" Lajoie must have a big pull with the National Commission. He will now go to Indianapolis to manage the American Association pennant winners. four 'Louis he Argo Star is Killed. Another of the famous Toronto Argonaut athletes has *'paid the su- preme price-in the in George Warwick, who played hockey with the light and dark blue during the winter of 1914-15. He was also 'a prominent member of the Toronto Canoe Club. Hockey Manager Dies. Richard Russell Smith, for ten years manager of the Victoria Am- ateur Hockey Club of Montreal, died Sunday in the Montreal General Hospital from pneumonia. He en- listed with the Royal Flying oCrps, and on the eve of his expected de- parture for Toronto he was taken down with pneumonia. pthusiastic co-operation wherever. the! .. American players | Boston | 4 fight for liberty. We can satisfy your electric wants and repairs Beautiful IR The H.W. 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