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70 RESTORE SPORT ON HIGHER PLANE Workers' Olympiad Slap At Wealthy United States "Amateurs." Miaml's annual southern regatta on March 20th-21st will mark a new epoch in speed boat racing. It will be the first time that power boats . of exactly the same weight, power and epesd have been pitted against each other and in the hands of pilots of practically equal skill. = On the two days in March, ten of America's leading speedway automo- bile drivers will try conclusions in as many boats, racing in three, 12- mile heats each day, In the aver- age power boat regatta the boats are sever evenly matched, but in this . series of races every advantage to Pe gained must be by the ability of the pilot, Carl G. Fisher, who originated the $00-mile international sweepstakes on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, fs responsible for this unique series of races. Mr. Fisher, who was one of the ploneer automobile race driv- ors, piloting fast cars fn the days of Alexander Winton, Webb Jay and Tar] Kiser, has been one of the con- sistent supporters of motor boat competition for the last decade and a half. He has never been satisfied with the regattas of the past and Sas given a number of trophies, in- cluding the Fisher-Allison and the Wood-Fisher, to develop keener sompetition, In this he has always Bad to combat the private owner who did net even race his boat after §t was entered, If he did qpt feel like ft, producing oftentimes regattas gl- most devoid of contestants. | Lest summer he decided that the annual regatta on 'Biscayne Bay should be ome of keen competition. ~ HOCKEY JOUK HARTY ARENA, KINGSTON CITY LEAGUR MONDAY, DEO, 22nd Regiopolls oily v3 Jriehme on ------ sesesseses svess BOC Skating JOCK HARTY ARENA Evenings:-- Tues day, Thursday and y Satur- day, 8.15 to 10.15. Afternoons:-- Tuesday, Thursday and Satur- day, 3to 5. ] ' Friday Afternoon and Saturday morning, . : TTY YYYYY 'Radio Batteries Charged Ana Electrolyte adjusted 7Sc. Battery, Wet Storage ...§ 3.00 Battery, Dry Storage ...$6.00 SPORTING He ordered ten runabouts from Ned Purdy, of Trenton, Mich, . These boats are small compared to the usual speed boat, being only 18 feet in length, but with a § 1-2-foot beam are very seaworthy, Thesé boats are powered with a 100-horsepower Scripps six-cylinder engine, and in trials have all averaged around 42 miles an hour without the engines being tuned, and will develop from 45 to 50 miles per hour in racing trim. Every boat is a duplicate of the other, and in the races will carry only the driver. This engine is of the 3356 class, a Detroit product. In the first competition in which this engine was pitted against other marine power plants, it won its class ¢hamplon- ship, the Junior Gold Cup of the American Power Boat Aseoclation, in the Detroit Gold Cup Regatta last fall. There will be a total of $10,000 in cash prizes put up by Mr. Fisher for the races. Of this amount, $7. 000 will be divided at the conclu- elon of the six heats, on a point basis, and $3,000 divided among the heat winners, There will be other speed boat events in the Miami Beach Regatta, including the Horace E. Dodge Memorial Trophy, a sweéep- stakes for all classes of runabouts, but the heat races with the Speed- way drivers will be the feature of the two-day meet, NOVEL REGATTA FOR SPEED BOAT RACING Event at Milam! WII See Craft of Equal Weight, Power and Celerity Competing. A new "Olympic Games" organizas tion has come into being and the first games of the new Internatiopal body will be held at Frankfort in 1925, the exact date not yet hav- ing been set. More than twenty Eu- ropean countries are affiliated with the organization, which is known as the Workers' International Olympie Union. The aim of the new organi- pation, its bulletins state, "is to re- store eport to the high plane of ama- teurism which it merits, The work- ers in all countries feel that they have been overlooked too long and that since the original Olympic Games have become a professional event, in that the country with the most money can put the best ma- chine-drilled athletes on the fleld and thus win the premier prize, it is time that true sport be restored its rightful place." The leading members of the or- ganization are Germany, France, Belgium, England, Austria, Swit zerland, Italy, Finland and Csecho- slovakia, It is sald that the membership is growing constantly and that the games at Frankfort will actually amount to something more than a social gathering--that world's re- cords will be shattered and that many surprising results will take place in many of the events. Already a stadium has been built for the 1925 games, It is on an old rifle range in the forest, A natural depression has facilitated the com- struction of the stadium and every seat is sald to command a perfect view of the athletic field. There are seats for 50,000, and in addition the plant hag been go constructed that it easily can be enlarged to seal olose to 100,000 without a great out- lay of money. The playing fleld in front of the stadium is so large that four soccer games can be contested at the same time. The running track for track athletics is almost ten 'meters wide and & special straight- away has been made for the use of sprinters 'and hurdlers. The innovation - of having one track for the longer foot races and a separate one reserved for hurdling and sprinting is "an innovation that is a necessity in 'the eyes of the workers," one of the bulletins states. 'The hurdler and sprinter need a well preserved running surface if they are to show to their best and, in addition, by keeping the two tracks separate, we have been able to get a better and more economical '! plan for utilizing every inch of the field," one of the officers of the or- ganization sald, "There also is a velodrome ad- joining the athletic stadium that will seat 38,000 persons and not far from it is a swimming pool, especial- ly built for the games. The wvelo- drome also will be used as a re during the convse of the athletic competitions v 're choirs from the nations will « gage in a singing tournament an. where theatricals will be given by workers interested in that brangh of art. The athletic competitions will be 'governed much the same as those &ble Inch displacement | THE DAILY GENERAL OUT OUR WAY : MOMENTS WED ME "10 LWVE OVER? own DELIVERIN TH GO00S BRITISH WHIG REVIEWS a ---- SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1024. NEWS | ) good health. 213 Geo Keep the feet warm for 4 PAIRS SILK LISLE HOSE--in BOX +00vvveenseenn.. $3.40 4 PAIRS SILK HOSE--in OX ....ivs...s. BILK HOSE ..ccvveecencanccansssss $1.00 to $1.50 per pair SILK LISLE HOSE ...cccovvenssees. 78c and 85¢. per pair PANCY CABHMERE .cenvues sevuiansnnennn FANCY HEATHER ........... ... ---- OPEN EVENINGS -- orge | VanHorne $5.00 . $1.00 to $1.50 .78¢c. to $1.25 tsssssanes Phone 362w. FROM THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN This evening the presentations by the city to the Queen's football players of both senior and intermediate groupings will be made in Memorial Hall and an interesting programme is promised.An otherwise solemn pro- cedure will be enlivened with a boxing bout or so and the platform will be graced by Rev. Dr. Bruce Taylor and Major-General Sir A. C. Macdonell, With all due regard to the opinions of those who have raised such a mighty yell about the grant for souvenirs for the players, it is hard to conceive that any person should be so narrow as to object to it. Kingston's poor are looked after in fitting and proper manner. There might be a few improvements but the trouble is not financial but in the personal touch. Queen's University and Queen's teams bring a rich harvest of cold cash into Kingston and help out every class. Why should they not be suitably re- cognized? Mayor Thomas Angrove and his councils of the past two yeare ane to be congratulated on encouraging sport so well--something in which this city has been sadly behind for many, many years, y Monday evening another pair of City Hockey League battles will be placed before the public at the Jock Harty Arena. They are good and for twenty-five cents offer Kingston's biggest bargain. But they must be start- ed earlier if they are to draw the crowds. Last year's starting time of 7.156 was right and proper and should be at once inaugurated and maintain~ ed throughout the present season. 1 : i ' Sh, We should have ltked to have seen Circle-8ix In the S.P.A. series but then----it will be much better to see them in the O. H. A. finals later oh. THE WHIGS ZOO GHT here in your own country lives res CONTESTANTS PREPARE FOR ANNUAL CLASSIC Many Dog Teams Already Training For 200-Mile Derby At The Pas, Man. The Pas, Man., Dec. 19.--Prob- BOWLING TurkeyRoll o-Night : at the COLLEGE INN ACADEMY ably never before in the history of dog racing in Northern Manitoba | has such keen interest been shown by all lovers of this fascinating out- door sport as is manifest this year. While Manitoba's eighth annual 200-mile non-stop dog derby is some six weeks distant, yet nearly 100 racing dogs are being trained daily and prepared for the gruelling grind over the long route. The glorious; uncertainty of this sporting classic has attracted world-wide attention, for it is recognized as a test of su- preme endurance. Owners, drivers and trainers are daily exercising! their teams, dashing secretly over the long course apd taking good | care to conceal their speed. No list of competing teams is yet available, but it is a well-known | fact that several new entries will | face the starter at 11 o'clock on the! morning of February 3rd. These! new teams will be composed of' young and speedy, well-bred, wolf- hound huskies, which are expected to maintain a fast pace throughout the race. Since the abandonment of the All- Alaskan Derby sweepstaké in 1918, the dog derby staged annually at; The - Pas, Manitoba, has become known as the greatest feature of its | kind in the world. This thrilling event originated .in the fall of 1915 when a small coterle } of dog-loving Northerners formulat-; ed plans for a race. 1 been proved that Northern Mani- Jil member of the | best Skate made. pocket book. | carried the banner of civilization ff northward, il The detalls' of eitablishing the! {| first annual "dog race, over a ass {if tance of 150 miles, carrying with ft |ji= 88 Princess St., Kisigeeon, Olympia Tube Skates The same model as used by the world champions in France, and they are another AUTOMOBILE iil Family and every one knows they are the DON'T WAIT I but get your Hockey Boots and Skates now as we have your size and can match your toba is ideally adapted for the con- ji duct of these races and the develop- [i massa i=l Treadgold Sporting Goods Co i 'Phone 529 a pyrse of $1,000, 'was worked out | by the late Grant Rice and later per- Tocted by the Tate Walter Coyne of] alY. SSEseing to tackle Notre Dame Alaska racing fame, The names of 0.0 io "the narbed wire hair net these two men are now inscribed tor bravery. ag Dow Pas Dog Derby sssocterion by A. Jhauset bs that tho sacth reully i g Der! L. Mattesand, now being competed | SOLE to come to an end in February for together with a purse of $2,600. | 0 vig manager. Connie Mack says the Athletics Jim Corbett has taken up golf and are the team you'll have to watch now he has something else to talk next year....Well, we're glad it about besides the solar plexus punch. isn't the Red Sox. Tommy O'Brien of Milwaukee will never be a gerious rival of Leonard. ++.. Tommy knows nothing at all about acting. Mr, Trotsky seems to have lost his fast ball, as the saying goes, and is on his way to the bush league of politics. Since the featherweight tourney turned out to be a fine success, we think someone should start a feather brain tourney, 'WATCH FOR THE QPENING OF \ FRONTENAC BOWLING AND RECREATION ACADEMY LTD. © HARRISON BUILDING, PRINCESS STREET ELEVEN, OF FINEST BOWLING ALLEYS IN CANADA