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¢~ PAGE TWELVE ur Boy Needs An Auto Strop Razor 4 "M hols going overseas or staying at home. Most suitable gift -- F ree for one. week's trial. AIRE yy a ap py Strops Itself . Money back if it don't please. SPECIAL OUTFIT FOR OVERSEAS WITH; MIRROR ® 5 Come in and let us show.them to. you. This outfit makes a'nice one for travelling, camping of home use. ow ¥, $5.00 Complete. -- Strops Itself. 'READGOLD FA ly F In The 'omemsmsnmwann OVER-CONFIDENCE CAUSES MANY UPSETS John. L. Sullivan Defeat by ...c. Corbett Should Prove Warning to Willard. New York Sun : as far as the former QuUeensierry champions to rezlize that most. of his predecessofs' downfalls were caused by over-confidemce and lath &f fine fighting condition, "* Jess will only have to delve back to September Tih, 1892--almost 23 years ago--lo read a valuable wari- fng to him. For it was on that date the-famons John L. Sullivan tell be- fore Jim Corbett at New Orleaus, after a very d battle of 21 rounds. r Sullivan was utier tion on that occasiof. fat, his wind was bad, failed to train properly, and. was really bloated by reckless dissipa- tion. And yet when he enterad the ring that fatal night he was nore than confident tbat he would knock Corbett out in a few rpunds, and that he was still the greatest fighter in the world. . When it was remarked to John L. that he appeared rather bulky and ponderous a few lows before he faced Corbett in the arena, out of, condi- He was hog for he had "poor bia enough to trim that lanky duck™in a few rounds. But the honest old (fistic warrior, with all his confidence and convage, never was able to land that one hari blow-on the nimble, well trained Cor- bett. The latter was like a young race horse against a played out niu truck one, ; John L. had all his fight- ing spirit swith him, but his flesh weak, slogyiand heavy. 1f>Willdyd wants any more valu- feat 'of fobfmer champions, on' ac- count of their lack of training and condition I6t us review the first bat nies fought 'at Coney Island, when the husky boilermaker downed Fit» and won the big crown in' eleven fierce rounds. Bob was always a careful, hard trainer 'for all his important mills, except in this one. He looked unen Jeff as a big, slow fellow, who was not clever enough to land an eifec- tive blow on him. But we all know how surprised' and amazed he was when Jeff floored him in one of the | early rounds. After the knockdown he seemed to have lost considerable of lis old-time confidetice and. griy abdording to Makin Julian," who act- 0d as his principal second and ad- viser. of Scotch and Yermont Marble, McCallum Granite Company, Lid. Telephone 108% MONUMENTS! i, American Granites, TTT TT TYY YY TRY | S. OBERNDORFFER; Maker, Kingston, Es NY YY IYTryryy TTY TY YY 5 $ . Ji ha in wat Gover. 'o| Phe New York Yankees have seat got $1000 tor | Pitcher Alva Bowman back to the Jiall Between one of the rounds he shisperéd to Julian, "I'm gone, Mar- tin. He's got me." Fitz afterwards oonlessed to me he hadn't properly for that fight. When Dob was finally matched: again to meet Jeet in Frisco, some three years later, he certainly worked like a Trojan t get into, fettle 'and try to hav hig Jost laurels. But it was no use. Jer in the meanwhile had grea'ly anced: as a skilful ringster, and agdin put the great old Fitz out, 'in the eighth round this time, So let Willard look back also to son, Charley Mitchell, George Dixon, George 'Kid Lavigne and other champions, and he will find that {many of them sacrificed their fistic glory and titles by being in poor Condition bm account of over-confi- denice and the lack of proper train- ing. I do not imagine, however, that Jess will enter the ring against Fred Fulton in poor form exactly. But he needs a lot of hard, earnest cally right on the next urth 'eof July, : / " TO DISCUSS FOOTBALL. Princeton, Harvard amd Yale May Resume Gridiron Play. Princeton, Harvard and Yale {authorities will meet this week to | discuss plang for the approaching Among other things likely to be decided is the question whether Fo + or wot {football shall be played, and, if so, under what conditions. There {seems an extreme likelthood that the | gridiron sport = will 'be sanctioned, | blt that measurés covering ocoach- ing, travelling and the like will be drafted, with a view not only to war conditions, «but ta the time when peace has 'tome and universities settle down. to affairs on a basis ap- Jess Willa~d bas only to look back cio SEAS » STILL AFTER MATHEWSON. Have Not Given Up Hope { of Landing Him. | After a cobfefénce with Jobn K. | Tener, phe emt of the National Leagus, Di. George J. Fisher, of the | physieatydépartment of the National { War Work Council of the Y.M.C.A,, left for Cincinnati to talk again with Christopher Mathewson regarding the call to go to France to direct ail the baseball activities among the wen of the fighting forces, "¥ think. Matty' can be induced to accept the offer of the Y.M.C.A." sald Mr. Tener, "and for the Na- tional Leagiie I may say that organ- ized baseball appreciates the hodor {YMCA ROW COLLARS FOR SPRING CASCO-2¥s in. CLYDE-21in he retorted very sharPiy¥ "I'm good |"" He won't last long be-| fore me if 1 hit him one hard smash." | } able warnitigs and examples-of -de-f tle Bob Fitzsimmons and Jim Jef!-) trained |. the downfall of Jeffries, Jack John-| work, |- yl after such a long layoff, Le physi- } | | Overseas. have played their parts so well that 7 ; 3 ee L Schang | Toledo club, Manager Higgins says ; proximately normal. y; 15,000 off 1% | the only thing Al showed him: in the | ° If present; tendencies are to be ue- Incidentally #fe {camp at Macon was a sore wing. coptey at" face value, we may which can't fin The man 'who gives grudgingly isiexpect a radical change in methods, 'Athletics of 1916 | not entitled to apy great amount of mot only among the Big Three, but ESL vileredith Lo, von , elsewhere as well. 6 WP Nr i - 4 < i 38 a a World Of Sport is of, the call from our soldiers in the trenches." Mr. Tener also agreed io assist the YMCA. in every way possible In the association's problem of recruit- ing physical and athletic . directors sufficient to: satisfy the demand from General Pershing's forces. Before he boarded the traim, Dr. Fisher expressed confidénce that in view of Mr. Hener's support he would be able to make Mathewson see that his duty lies overseas. Ottawa Citizen: Khaki seems to be the popular celor among Ottawa Now is the time . » 'Blectric rates will be cheaper shortly. to have your house wired for electric lights and have all the advantages. Let us give you prices. TT Laat) 167 PrincisS ST. ONTARIO PELL 3 KINGSTON * 4 athletes this spring. 'Phe cream of the city's track and field, baseball, lacrosse and hockey amateurs will be mustered with the first draft. For a team -that wasn't conceded better than seventh place those Phil- lies are making things hum in the National Ball League. 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