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mo THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG : ee sport which has a literature, all of its own, and in this respect it is second only to 'G4ngling among all pastimes, volumes have been written concerning the game and BT - | its associations, and Its praise has ~ An Old Paper Has Good Stuff | been sung: in stirring, somecrmes | rollicking, often uncouth, but al- on..Curling and Its | ways kindly, verse by countle:s History. £ poets. Its followers are never tired -- speaking 'about it, telling of its ups We are: sorry not to be apie to|and downs, its victories or defeats, tell our readers of the source of the | jis plcasures and sometime even its following material. It 'came from thos. The players are a kindly Bo. New York paper originally pe fond of each/other, aid seem tog fnand the clipping was yellow with | po entirely Tree from any of ' the age. Here it Is : { petty jealousies which fo mar the The birth of curling is surrounded | pleasures of other athletic sports. with mystery, Not even the sage For a man to be recognized as a curler knows when tho game OFigin- | keen curler and above all, as a good ated. It 1s, at any rate, a Very skip, is a certain. recommendation ancient sport, as it has been popu- ts the good graces and kindly re- Jar in Great Britain for over 300 |gards of other players, 'no matter years. how extellent their own curling re- The game is said to have Or1gid-|cord may be, or how vastly super- { ated in Holland. The word curl jor their social status. The players may have been derived from "kurz-|are charitable, too, and many a weil," a game, and "tee," the cen-|'bow' of meal or bag of potatoes or tral mark toward which the cur-|barrel of flour are presented yearly fers slide their ston's, might have |to the deserving poor through the ¢prung from "tigher," a Teutonic| result of a game On the ice. Play- word meaning "to point out." Bon-|ing for suth trophies is common, and spiel is a combination of the Belgic|{s one of the best evidences which word "bonne," meaning a district, |can be offered of the perfect in- and the word "spel" a play. The] nocence of the game and the leal, word rink, it has been said, might | light, kindly hearts of the players." SATURDAY, JANUARY *@d ---- TIMELY COMMENTS GENERAL REVIEWS - Catholic. Church. The town itself | / is a very picturesque English small town. full of quaint old houses dating from the sixteenth century. The two or three inns are utterly unchanged from the days of stage. coaches and gentlemen of the King's highway. Tourists rarely visit Banbury and the world goes by it on the other side-of the road, It is located in the county of Oxtord, about 71 miles from Lon- WE CAN SUPPLY THE FINEST KIND OF Dressed Quebec 'Spruce Uniform grades--well milled--in Flooring, V. Joint, Novelty Siding and Sheathing. tus have your inquiries. ~ ALLAN LUMBER (CO. VICTORIA STREET. "Phone 1042 | FROM THE OUTSIDE-L0OKING IN. Gee, as ff it is not enough like spring some person or persons now have to spring on us "The Messageol the Bluebird." First thing we know "Mike" Flanagan will be growing early lettuce and violets in the Jock Harty "Arena. The Kingston curlers are determined' to have a good time whether or not they curl, So they lield their opeming las. night ) spite of the weather, , «But what's a bit of weather : When good Scots are called together 2" ' Another fraternal society is invading Kingston. Better go out and win another football title, Queen's. It will mean another dinner for you some time next fall. ' - To-night, if the weather holds as it promised to when this was writ- ten, the Bay of Quinte Hockey League will get a start at the Harty Arena, with Point-Anne and Kingston officiating. After so long a rest the fans should be out for that. How about field hockey ® The girls up at Queen's will gladly teach some of the city leaguers the all-weather game, we think, and those sticks : of Theirs would make good shillelaghs. Please excuse the writer from being the referee. He has an important" engagement elsewhere. Sure we're going to have hockey. But, oh, doesn't that artificial ice proposition sound good ? We'll say so. ne Bouse; are riewresque, IASI have been derived from . "brink," the Saxon for a strong man, though 'this modification is mot very pro- able. "Kuting," as curling is called in' some parts of Lanarkshire and Ayr- shire, closely resembles the Dutch word '"'coete," meaning a quoit. Thus it is generally supposed, from the similarity of certain words in the Dutch vocabulary, that the' game was introduced into Scotland from the Low Countries. The date of the introduction is not known, but it was so many years ago that curling has become. as much a part of Scotland and the Scotchman as has the rough bur of the thistle be- come the emblem . of the country north of the River Tweed. It Is generally accepted that the game was introduced into Scotland some- time during the sixteenth century, as in 1607 "plenty - bf excellent _ stones for the game called curling" were to be found in the Orkney At first rough, misshaped stones 'Were used, just as they were found on the hills of Scotland, but later curlin' stage" became the sym- and polished stone of to- averaging from 30 to 36 inches umference and weighing from p 50 peunds. Peter Ross in his well-known Scotland and the Scots" writes: "Curling 1s a sport which has " ing to commend it and is olly without any of the draw- 'backs which are too often urged with justice against other out-door- sports. It is|free from such vices #8 gambling, betting, or profession- 3 m; it is health-giving and invig- orating, and equally adapted for the old and the young; it is cheap, its dmplements cost little, and it re- no costly -.grounds or tracks for its full enjoyment; It inspires friendliness, brotherhood, and char- diy among its devotees, and teaches the value of a cool head, a steady: y The word curling invariably ling. a quarry and wag reputed to vo Lawrence, was playing with on the same side. The laird wa the rink with one eye, squinting th other, he cried out: "Noo, is as sure as death I'll give dochter Jean if ye do itv." Straight went the curling out of "Jock's" hand along ye m ston th ed it. ; "Capital, Jock, capital," cried th laird. ye want heer." : "Ye maun. gi've me else than, Jean, laird," answered th foreman. We's were married at Green six weeks sinte, and we's ha' been a-thinking of asking blessing since, but something com' in the wa'.'" : The laird was dumfounded whe he heard the news, but h ised matters by saying gauns, A man that can lay doo a patlid like this is worthy o' th shire. Kepp her and welcome, hunner pounds wi' her. Jock, and if ye ha's ony laddt ledge 0° curling." "HOME-RUN" BAKER IS GIVEN ex- cites a true Scotchman to story tel- A laird in Strathaven who owned worth '"'a gey two, aye, three baw- bees besides," was curling one day, and his foreman, whose name Was him very anxious to take a certain shot, and whi'e looking over the length of Jock Lawrence, d'ye see whaur my broom Lay yer stane doon there hnd rink to the very spot the Jaird wish- "Ye could na ha'e dune bet- ter and ye can get Jean the morn if something "I ha'e got her already. Gretna your aye comprom- "Aweel, aweel, Jock; I'll et bygauns be by- best and bonniest lass A in Lanark- and ye'll maybe get the matter o' sax Kepp her weans atween ye bring them up in the fear o' the Lord and the know- AN UNCONDITIONAL RELEASE The name of J. Franklin ("Home --~-- JUST FOUR REAL BOXERS IN GAME Ie McAuliffe Names Dempsey, Britton, Leonard and Dundee. 8 «Boxers, Bah. There's no such a bird any more. Not a half dozen fighters in the business to-day know the first principle of boxing and not a fan of the new school has the slightest idea of the real art of box- ing." e y Jack McAuliffe, the retired unde- feated champion, unburdened him- self of some weight off his chest, recently after he had taken an even- ing off from pinochle to venture down to Madison Square Garden. Sammy Mandel and Sid Terris are working up there tonight," Jack said in the way of an opener for a ticket. '"The boys are saying that they are the two greatest boxers to come up'in years. Give me a ticket and I'll give you the low down." The only unbeaten champion didn't show for several days. ao e © e "1 didn't have the heart to give you the word and break yp a good: story. They're the rottenest boxers I ever saw. They're both jump-jack slappers. They can spar, but that let's them out. They're just like the rest. Lot of fast footwork, lot of thrown punches, but it means noth- ing." Only four boxers in the last ten years have known what it is all about, according to McAuliffe. "0f all the bunch of champions there are only three rezl good box- ers," he sald. Benny Leonard and Jack Britton are real boxers. They know that the first principle of boxing is to lead and counter. They know what they are doing every time they 'make a n n e e move. That's the reason they be- came champions. "Johnny Dundee, although he 1s not as skilled as Dempsey, Leonard and Britton, is also a good boxer, but he fell for a trick style that re- moved the effectiveness from his punches. . "Dempsey is the best boxer I have ever seen among the heavyweight champions. He can fight along with it and -he certainly can take it, Leon- ard also can hox, hit and take it. / Britton was not a great puncher, but he is perhaps the greatest boxer of 'all the modern fighters." Three Minute Journeys don. It is a market town in the old-fashioned sense and even the breweries, of which Banbury has several, date back a oentury or two. The. country surrounding Banbury is very beautiful. There are half a dogen famous castles within a short ride of the city and the beau- titul English menor houses of the nobility and gentry may be seen In this district to better advantage than almost anywhere else. Banbury 'held out against the American innovation of ice longer than most English towns. Even | today most of the inhabitants put their milk bottles down the wells to keep them fresh and scorn. all efforts of the ice-box salesmen to put that modern improvement into their h It is a town of the The Nursery Rhyme Town of Banbury. What proud father has not cros- sed hig legs and taken his youngsters for @ gallop upon his foot, chant- ing the while the nursery rhyme which begins, "Ride a cock horse to Cross." There English nursery rhymes are never as nonsensical as they sound to Americans, for they are re- plete with British storical ane geographical references. The Cross of Banbury was Obe Of a number erected by one of the old English kings to mark the night stops ot the funeral procession of his dead queen across England on her way to her final resting place in the Banbury days of "Merrie England" still do- ing business at the old stand, and in the old way. ------------ Swedish Imports Increase, Stockholm, Jan. 10.--Sweden's imports for the first ter 'months of 1923 exceeded the exports by about $54,000,000, as against an excess of $10,000,000 for: the corresponding period of 1922. - , The principal commodities that helped swell the import volumes are grain, fuel, illuminating and lubri- caing oils, coal and vehicles in- cluding automobiles. The pu'k of the imports in each class cited came from the United States, a ---------- Abbey, .. Banbury is noted also for the "Jack Dempsey, | "Hot Cross Buns" which are bak- ed "the world over on Good Friday, they being a sweet biscuit with a cross of frosting on the top, Ban- bury cheese is also famous. Banbury Cross was destroyed during the Puritan: rebellion against anything cherished by the Roman Contemporaries seldom render justice; so that in order to fulfil our mission we must have faith in and conscientiously appreciate our duty. Learn as if you were to live for- ever--Ilie as if you were to die to- mMOrrow. A woman's mind may be as changeable as the shape of her hat. Skating Boots are supplied by us to all the best skaters. GET YOUR BOOTS here so that you will have the right boot for your foot, and the right Skate to fit your boot. : SKATE EXPERTS will fit you right if you come to the Sporting Goods Store. . You don't go to the butcher for shoes. : COME IN TO-DAY Treadgold Sporting Goods Co 88 PRINCESS ST. PHONE. 529. ---------- | = 2B Syrup oF TAR 8 Cop LiverE SENET Ft bine El ates Faipders the best remedy Run") Baker, famous for more than a decade as a slugger and third base- man, was scratched from American League rolls when the New . York Yankees announced his uncondi- tional release. Baker has not played regularly for several seasons, His last active service with the Yankees was in 1922," He was onthe voluntary re- tired list last season. His formal release was -glven him so that he may play independent ball, possibly as manager of a team near his home at Trappe, Md. Baker leaped to fame as one of the stars of Connie Mack's $100,000 Athletic infield, He first entered the diamond limelight in 1906 and wae bought from the minors by Mack in 1908. When Mack broke up his .great machine after its disas- trous world's series defeat in 1914 by the "Braves, Baker was the last star to go. 'He was sold to the Yan- kees, in 1916, - Baker established his :reputatio as a batsman by driving in more runs than any other American Lea- gue player for five successive years but gained his greatest fame when 'Hi§ home run hitting made him the ho two world's series victories o! o Athletics over the Giants. His feat of winning two games for the Macmen, one in: 1911 and another in 1913, with homers was unrivalled { until last fall when Casey Stengel's ~ and, a clear eye, and a 'cautious Judgment. It teaches men to ac- "oept defeat gracefully and to wear the honers of victory modestly. It thoroughly democratic in all its encies, and on the ice all men equal, except that the best play- , @r is the best man. Its season is § one when work is scarce with most ot outdoor tollers, and {its practice keeps the hand and the frame ready 20 take up the struggle for existence renewed activity whenever the pportunity offers. "Surely these are advantages enough to commend a game to the %indliest sympathies of all who love 'sport for the sake of sport alone, But curling hee stil] another advan- 'tage. It is almost the only athletie ot Foot Bath Acts on Corns The sting comes right out, all the np goes away, the corn lifts out by roots. This is the actual result at comes from using Putnam's pn Extractor. There is a hot foot th treatment fully described in package. You won't be disap- inted. Putnam's is a sure thing n it comes to removing corns, cal- foot lumps, etc. Accept no ute for Putnam's Corn. Ex- r.¢ 36c. at all J What the World Is Doing The exhilarating sport of sliding down- hill on the snow has much to com- Insulators on Warship Like Strings of Beads Every rope and stay of the "Colorado," Uncle Bam's new electrically driven war- insulated, the knobs » Shad SERVE. GOOD MEALS WE | - THE VICTORIA CAFE [MAKE YOUR WORK EASY | | Have the Hotpoint Eléetric Goods in your | | home. 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