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TI Sasi ON roms sens Hae 10 4 i THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG. a + WEDNESDAY, DEC. 20, 18098. . CRAPS 70 CRICKET CHIEF ADVISER T0 HEAD OF BASEBALL Weli-Known Canadian Been Peer of Major League Umpires. Robert DI. Emslie, St, Thomas, Ont., who has served as umpire in the National League for the past thirty- one years, has been appointed im an advisory capacity to the president of the League, at the second day's ses- sion of the National League club owners, Only in extreme urgency will the veteran take his post on the eld. : In hig new position, Emsie will aid not only in the development and Instruction of young umpires, but his experience as a playing rule ex- pert will continue to be or service to the League and to baseball gen- erally. Emsilie umpired his first gamg in the senior league at Cincinnat® on 25th August, 1871, and for thirty- one consecutive seasons he had beef rated as the past master of patience and diplomacy among baseball of- fictals. Prior to taking up umpiriig, Ems- He was a pitcher, his first work of note being with the Guelph Maple Leaves, His professional Career was from 1882 to 1887, his clubs being Camden, Baltimore, To- ronto and Memphis He was considered the greatest curve' ball pitcher of his time, and in 1884 he pitched 51 games for Bal- timore, of which but 18 were lost, In 1886 his arm weakened, and in i887 Charles D. White, then Presi- dent of the old International Lea- gue, appointed him as umpire. Emslle 1s a Canadian, born in Guleph, Ont., and has always resided | in the Dominion, For nearly half a century he has heen a respected citi- | Zen of St. Thomas, Ont, ------------ Seeks Britisn Cup. Gene Sarazen will go to England next spring to compe'e in the British Open Champlonship. Critics and ex- penrts agreed the youngster has a good chance to keep in America the | ceup Jock Hutchison and Walter Hagen won in the past two seasons. Abe Mitohell, noted English profes- sional, declares Sarazen's game is Well-suited - for Britain's seaside courses, "He hits "he ball from left to right, Corns Drop Off In Hot Water This Quite Wonderful Now easy to rid yourself of corns | if you follow this method. Pain does Has | umpire be called to again | playing | | with the fine little slice which we all | & | Strive to perfect," said Mitchell. "The | {ball floats down lightly after it has | |reacod the apex of its flight and {bolds our slippery greens better "han a ball that has a slight hook to it." If Sarazen should win the British {championship in this, his first at- tempt, he will have attained the un- | usual distinc'ion of having held the | {American Professional and the Bris-, ish Open Championships at the same {time, LEEDS COUNTY | HOCKEY LEAGUE | i | Opening Games Take Place December 30--Two Divis- ions Arranged. | Brockville Recorder and Times. At the annual meeting of the | Leeds County Hockey League, held in Elgin, officers for the ensuing year were elected as folows: | | Honorary President--J. S. Darga- | jvel, Elgin, | | Hon. Vice-President-- Lt.-Col. A. |W. Gray, M.P.P. | | President--A. L. Campbell, Eigin. | { Vice-President--I. 8. Tose | | Portland. Becretary-treasurer-- Bw, E. John-| | ston, Elgin, | Committee--pDr. R. Barker, West- (port; James Currie, Lyndhurst; L. {J. Williams, Newboro; G. W. Law- son, Athens; H. Morris, Delta Seven teams are entered in the | league, which is divided Into two df= visions. In Division One the con- testing teams will be Newboro, Port- land, Westport; Division Two, Elgin, Athens, Delta, LyndHyrst. 1 | The Board of Referees is compos- | {ed of Ardle Parish, | Johnston, Lyndhurst; J. w. Morfar- | [ty, Newport; W. g Whitmarsh, | | Westport; Russell Simes, Lyndhurst; | | William C. Stevens, Delta. { The schedule is as follows: Division No. 1. Dee. 30---Newboro at Portland. Jan. 6---Newboro at Westport. | Jan. 13--Westport at Portldha, | Jan. 20--Portland at Newboro. Jan. 27 --~Westport_at Newboro. | Feb. 3--Portland at Westport. | Division No. 2. Dec. 30--Elgin at Athens; Delta at Lyndhurst, | Jan. 6--Lyndhurst at Elgin; Ath- jens at Delta. | Jan. 13--Athens at | Blgin at Delta. : Jan. 20--Delta at Athens; [at Lyndhurst. Jan. 27--Athens at Elgin; {hurst at Delta, % | Feb. 3--Lyndhurst at | Delta at Elgin, | Lyndhurst; Elgin | Lynd-| Athens; | | SPORTING NOTES. rot enter into the matter at all, for | the action is painless and results ab- | A hot foot bath gives | weight champion, proclaims Roland solutely sure. the finishing touch to either callouses. Here is the wi, a drop or two of Putnam's Painless Corn Extractor over the corn or cal- An appli- then dip the foot a few minutes in hot water, Off | defending. Netther laid lous, pain at once stops. cation or two more, comes the corn or callous. Putnam's Painless Corn Extractor is what you need. Costs little and druggists sel: it. 7 3 For Christmas Diamond Rings Every Diamond in our stock is of "Faultless Qual- ity," the mountings are made of White Gold or Platinum, and are sold un- der our guarantee of satis- faction, Bee our Special Single Stone Rings at * $50, $100 and $300, You will be surprised at the size of the stones. Kinnear & d'Esterre JEWELERS, PRINCESS ST., KINGSTON OPEN EVENINGS. Tommy Burns, former heavy- | Todd the greatest defensive boxer |of the day, the equal of Jack, John- | #on at his best. Todd went 20 {rounds with Ted Kid Lewis and toat | the decision because he was always a heavy {hand -on the other all night. Todd was privately tutored in defensive { boxing by Professor Newton, dean {of the Boxing co.lege in Marylebone. Major Arnold Wilson, the il | fight entrepreneur, the Tex Richard | of London, is trying to arrange an- | other tumble for Joe Becket:. Wil- | {son alms: to get Carpentier for | Horizpntal Joey as soon as Carpen-~ | tier's broken fists get better. Boston has a bunch of swimmers Athens; W. Q.| = SPORTING RUMMY | TO RUGBY "THEM DAYS IS GONE FOREVER" You not only read it, you sing it. Tryiton comic your piano. Watch nightly for, this big hit. CONTROL THIS ON YOUR CONTRALTO. HAVE YUH GOT SoME SW NOVEL - SOMETHING NOT TOO / WAS POPULAR WHEN MOTHER A GIRL - OH-YES (MDEED -- hod 7. i LIBRARIAN IN Charge AYS | FOREVER ! eo Hopern 1cTioN Pert THEM GONE Booxs Recuve +TRocse Was _---- NEW PUNCH, KNOWN AS "PASSUS," IS USED It is well known The latest blow to be used In the | to ring is the .'passus" punch. name was coined from the Latin, meaning to skip around and it_cer- tainly does. Irish Johnny Curtin, new bantamweight sensation, who is touted as the next champion of that division, used it successfully the oth- er night at Madison Square Garden, when he knocked out the much her- tween the time Curt |left hook to a certain spot on the {body which then follows BY JOHNNY CURTIN | with lightning-like speed to the jaw. the pit of the stomach causes a dilation of the blood vessels there- abouts, which in -turn causes blood to rush from the head. to the body, on a spot which he does not divulge, and then whips to the | | with the Baltimore officials remain-| jaw with the same fist, this action on ied to be completed. He anticipated the system takes place. how fast Curtins fist completes the [1° difficulty on that score. --< Navy-Princeton Game mem. through that a hard blow the Be. | dium. in lands the blow sald that omly final No matter alded Pee Wee Kaiser in less than) blow nature is just a bit speedier two rounds. It promises to go down in ring history with Kid McCoy's famous "corkscrew," Battling Nelson's "scis- sors," John L. Sullivan's "round- house," Bob Fitzsimmons' deadly "solar plexus," Billy Payke"s wild "loop-the-loop" and others. The Jersey City idol collaborated | °%% with Dr. Joe Bier, who has been well! known to the boxing fraternity for the body. and the boxer on t Doc did the thinking and Johnny [in line for puts the theory into Operation, The new blow, which is really a double-action one, consists of a sharp Mathews, the jcallad the "Brownies" who do a }Brodle in the ocean every day in |the year, no matter what the tem- | perature may be, | The offer from Mexico to stage a {Jess Willlard- Floyd Johnson bout looks like an opportunity for the ex-heavyweight champion to try | himself out. Frank Moran, the veteran heavy- | weight, will show his work to the | Parisians in a bout with Young {Nilles on Dec. 30th. | Christy Mathewson pitched two { no-hit games--one against St. Louis |in 1901 and the other against Chic- |ago in 1905, | President Ban aroused the ire of Gotham scribes | by changing an error in the score of a game in New York to a hit jor Ty Cobb. The greatest distance Annette Kellerman ever swam was 23 miles, which she covered in 8 hours 11 min- utes. The emallest odds ever offered on a horse race were probably those of |1 to 100 on Man O' War on several occasions, . Johnson has THE LARGEST be construéted b 000 spectators. It will also be used in connecti Empire Exhibition in 1924. | BRINGING UP FATHER _ « yo-- tarry KNOW ou "WHAT TALKIN GUY AY FROM {and when' the impact finish the jaw the brain is not normal be- cause of the diversion of its usual supply of life's fluid elsewhere in The result is that brain cannot withstand the becomes unconscious and is| counted ------ Danny Frush, the Beckett of the years, In perfecting the deadly smite. | Fea herweights, is in London, right a bout with Eugene Criqui, the European feather cham- pion, who @secently knocked out Billy British champion. SPORTS ARENA IN THE WORLD. The Imperial Stadium at Wembley, England, which is to spring, and which will accommodate 126,- city of more than 42,000, which be increased to 50,000, DE -- Wills is four years older Dempsey. the shock he receiving end on with the The Navy-Princeton football game next season will be played on Oct. 27th at the Baltimore municipal sta-| «¢ Commander Douglass L. Howard, athletic officer at the naval academy, So arrangements, up on | With the Army-Marine football game | 8 up 0 December 2nd, has a seating capa- Io may| | | | | | | | | | | At Baltimore Oct. 27| | bank, Falkish, Greenock an tick, EE -------- BADMINTON =. 10 - BOXING ' THE KIDDIES A cure for weak ankles. HOCKEY BOOTS Boys, Men, Girls, Ladies. Everything for Hockey and Skating pleasures. Treadgold Sporting Goods Co 88 PRINCESS ST, . PHONE 529. Basil G. D. Rudd, star of the uth African Olympic famous in America for- his races in the eas! as a member of ford-Cambridge group, has landed a cushy job. Basil is now secretary, The stadium, which was opened thank you please, sir, to his worship, Earl Birkenhead ,the lord cnance- r. Topping post it is, too, sir. The Bethlehem Stee: soccer team is composed mostly of former Scots tish stars from oonock ad} Fan FAMOUS ROWING CREWS IN TRAINING. Prelimingry races to the important Oxford and Cambridge eights' racés on the Thames, England, x Speed Boats OF tg Race. Miss America, world's champlon speed boat, and the Miss Detroit IV. both owned by Commodore Garfield Wood, Detroit, are on the way west for races «ft Los Angeles and Santas Catalina island during the Christmas holidays, according to a telegram re- ceived here, The boats will arrive Dec. 22nd. team and the Ox- ep eens Louis Firpo, the Argentine heavy- weight, is expected back in New York ai an early date. Pare a or an +, ora By GEORGE McMANUS