Daily British Whig (1850), 21 Aug 1915, p. 16

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PAGE SIXTEEN | THE SPORT REVIEW | The new park of the Boston Braves, opened on Wednesday, cost $700,000. In the American, National and Federal Baseball Leagues the races are closer than ever, - _ Gunboat Smith is at his level. He just squeezed out a win over a man named Hemple fn a Slow fight at New York. Smith is no longer consider- ed as prominent in the heavyweight ranks. Bat Nelson, ex-lightweight cham- Dion, visited a beauty doctor in Chi- cago to have his left ear remodeled. If it's a success, Bat will have the other one fixed up too. The New York Americans an- nounce that Edward Barney, outfield- er, has been released to the Pitts- burgh Nationals for the waiver price. Barney; fofmerly with the Jersey C.ty Internationals, joined New York a month ago. "Glad" Murphy, the Toronto Argo- naut football player and oarsman | and clever defence man of St.' Mi- chael's 0. H. A. senior hockey team, has joined the aviation corps. He is the third of the Argos to go info the flying squad. As a result of the recruiting at Orillia this, week, three of Orillia's champion O. H. A. team, L. Jupp, G. McDonald, and N. Cdoke, have enlist- ed fer the front, as well as F.Thomp- son and W. McBrine of the Junior O. H.-A. team. Proféssional lacrosse. has been abandoned om the Pacific coast for this season. Manager Kellington of the New Westminster champions has announced that the Vancouver club officers have decided on (he cancella- tion of further fixtures owing to lack of interest. Walter Pipp, secured by the High- landers from the Tigers, is one of the 1915 sensations of - the - American ue. Pipp is one of the timeli- est hitters on the team, and, in addi- tion to that, hé has hammered out more three-baggers and more home runs than Ty. Cobb, and has made al- most as many doubles as the "Geor- gia Peach." ' Four Japanese merchants of New York rank among the best golfers en- rolled as members of the North Jer- sey Country Club. "They. took up the game about a year ago, and have - shown such wonderful skill at it that they are able right now to give a real battle to the best players among the 'white members of the club. It is very unlikely that Frank Gil- hooly will be seen in the Intern... n- al League next season. Gilhooly has a chance to go to the Boston Na- tionals, Bostoi Red Sox, Pittsburg Nat or the New York Ameri- cans, but has not made up his mind. All of these clybs have offered Buf- falo a big sum for the popular play- er . He may go to the Stallings team. | William, 1.58%, world's champion ng stallion, has been sold by A. . Vanatta, his owner, to C. K. G. Bil New York horseman, for $35,000. William, in a match race at North Randall list Monday, de- feated Directum I. and established new records. Billings had never secn the horse until that day. Wil: Ham will be withdrawn from racing . and placed in the stud. "Kultw: =" Goes Free. Lon: ve : The or Record points out that while Lefler, the dynamiter, has p to serve his ten-year sentence at Kingston, the real Sriminal, oa | "'kultured WY Ly n-American o 7 troit, named Albert Kaltschmidt, is still at large. This treacherous, slimy intriguist sought to "punish" Cana- dians for sending soldiers to the front to resist the barbarism of the ser. 2 The Recurd suggests that every ef- fort should be made te extradite this roe the same type THE DAILY BRITISH WHI SA JITH our production capacity increased to 600 cars per day we are in 435 x 4lfrinch tires all around; non-skids a position to offer the 1916 Overland Six at the remark- 125.nch wheelbase; high-tension Electric control buttons located on Su : RASP the full signifi- cance of its size as de- noted by wheelbase, seating city, tires; of its gen- efficient power equipment; of its superior erous, ably low prico of $1600. ignition; of its every coms, fort and convenience; of its beautiful lines. Then real- | ize that the Overland price forthese extremes of luxury

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