- & + 3 A . Bicycle Bargain Week, 3 only ladies' hygenic cushion frames; the finest --~ bicycle in the world. 3 only gents' Brantford cushion frames, the old re- liable Red Bird, 24-inch. The first six customers gets these beautiful $55.00 | bicycles for $45.00. Goodyear Blue Streak Covers at ... 0 $250 each ° Dominion Chain Tread Covers at . . $2.25 each | Highland Covers (made in Scotland) at $2.25 each |} Dominion Inner Tubes at .. .. . $1.00 each | Dominion Inner Tubes at . . .. Dominion Inner Tubes, at . . .. . $1.75 each | If you will need anything in vidyaden. tires or tubes, |, this year, now is the time to buy, as everything is going up, but we bought large quantities of these tires before the raise. Treadgold Sporting Goods Co- 88 Princess 32 i Phone 529 A | ETAT TER SYMBOLICAL . MONUMENTS ign are made here with as to all details., No de sign is beyond our skill, none simple 16 receive less than our attention We can copy any memor- fal .or will submit special plans if you request JAS. E. MULLEN Cor. Princess & Clergy Sts. Kingston. Phone 1417 - A A AA A A A AA AA NAAN NIE of special d« expert care too best Special Inducement for Summer Months We will make you free of charge an eextrs skirt with every suit you | order. Skirts and sport coats made to or der very reasonably. 'Drop in and examine our work New York Skirt & Suit Co. 203 Wellington Street. : IB amin oh a a cr AN Ol COLLARS--NOTE THE NEW PRICE 15¢. EACH 2for30cts. 6 for 90 cts. 12 for §1.75 'IF OUR POLICY APPEALS TO YOU BOOST THE STORE ©) THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 1916. MERKLE 1S NO BEAD AS NEW YORK F ANS © ALLED HIM ; SOME YEARS AGO. McGraw Stuck by Him and Merkle Has Proved Himself One of the . $1.25 each | | + [howled si Merkle Most Brilliant Major, League Play- ors. = ~1n trade which sent {Fred sran first baseman of the G ts, to the Brooklyn club Aatcher Lew ~Me- meds out more pyd- perseverance /of manager of the Giants, ng a ball player of Merkle rk the later had made his famous | bonehead play of September 23, 1906, + It was on that fatal day that | | Merkie failed to "touch second.' Merkle," hooted and hi 1 by the fans, derided by sport writers and | foi tted bhi rival payerse but time patted on the back by McGraw, has held his head up all these eight {years and has proved to the world that he is a real ball player in spite his lapse of memory which gave Chicago -the National League cham- pignship. MeGraw's faith in {young first baseman entirely {sponsible for the facet {still a big league ball player. I 1 the {John McGraw, mak of | still is i -- Stood by Him, z} Not only has McGraw stood to Mer- 11 le in failure to touch se ! cond, sérles, when {Giants through jcatch an easy foul {stood by and in good enough for h Fans have and laughed Merkle for but always 'McGraw pite of h after the 1812 world's Boston won from the Merkle's failure to fly, MeGraw again ed Merkle was but at those thas stood pat Merkle two plays, has vindicated the judg- iment of his former chief When he perpetrafed the fir of famous | bad plays he was only a youngster,and | McGraw knew that censure probably would wreck whatever chance there was for Merkle to'show any class as a first baseman. instead of harsh words, Merkle wi { ment. At every ready to pat the {back and urge him on live down the mi did it. st his So, McGraw. was .youngster on in his effort to And Merkle Brilliant Player The' work of this first sacker has {been a prominent feature of every lone of McGraw's drives pennantward. has heen a heavy, congistent| {batter and a heady, depe ndable Tie 1d-| er in nearly every emergency. His | {slips have ers considered wonderful have made, {but "they have come at a time when | they stood out. No one ever has {taken the trouble to proclaim his [br illiant feats under the game pres- {sure, so he has been called a '""bone-| {head." Merkle has slipped in his hitting! this year, but the averages, for the all the | his | re-| that M le| given encourage-| the! been no. more than play-| Su iber of years he leaguer, show !} y around the he hit just one point below x, and his fielding averag long major consiste Last yea ie has 304 fair for a man called a bone- he ad by the ¢ritical eritieal public BASEBALL . CHAM CHAMPIONSHIP OF vE RDUN SALIE NT CLAIMED: BY AMERICAN AMEL LANCE | Frenen Baseballs Are No Good--A Dozen df Them Are Used In Play- ing a Full Game. : The American ambulance field sec | tion No. 8, ynder Austin Mason, of | Boston, claims the baseball champ i ionship of the Verdun salient, having | defes ated the other three ambulance sections of this sector and also the Norton and Harjes ambulance units i Section. 4, under Oliver Perry, of Morristown, N.J., ranks secontl, los ing but two kames, and section' 1 I under Herbert Townsend, New | York, third. Section 2, under ! Walkgr of New York, occupies bottom berth in thé league race. "French-American Saviato®s often fly above the grounds, watching the game, but once in a while a German | soars over the diamond and must be | driven away before he drops bombs and ruins the field," Mason writes "The games always are played within range of the Crown Prince's big guns, but seldom does a shell bursting in the vicinity a con test When a game is called on ac count of the rain of shrapnel, bom bardment cards are" issued for the spec return and witness a resumption of the game on another | day ! "The chief troublé French baseballs are worthless, and wé are using a dozen in playing a full game, We can't get the Ameri can-made baseball and wish the patriotic fans or big league officials would send us boxes of used balls bats and gloves." of the stop tator to that the Picton Man Chosen Judge. William.-Moffatt} of Picton, one yf best known horsenien in the has been appointed starter for the annual race meeting of the Cent- ral Canada Exhibition Association, which-ig to be held next week in con- nection with the Ottawa Fair. He is one of the mest eapable men avail- able, and his choice will be popular with owners 7 the pro vince, "Jack" Williams in France. , | The Ottawa Citizén says:: Lieut. Jack Williams, one of the brainiest half-backs Kingston ewer produced, | has been attached to the 38th Bat- talion, which is now on active service in France. Jack went overseas some "yeeks ago. with Billy Megloughlin and other gridiron stark; who are with the 38th. ih ene SA » It Goes Without Saying 1 We Are Looking For Your Trade | & Our determination to give as much value as po ssible for every dollar expended here has never been ore emphatically demonstrated than right now. To get it we give good rea- ' sons. Chiefly important among them is greater value. That's an assured fact in this store, proven by the experience of everybody who ever bought here. Mothers # you $1.50 to $2.50 ona Boy's Suit. | Follow the Crowds to Kingston's Busiest Clothing Store SPECIAL BOYS' CORDUROY Wal BLOOMER PANTS e put together. wal, wear like leather. PO 26 to 32. . $1.25 SEE OUR CLASSY p-- OF JUST ARRIVED, A FULL LINE OF BOYS' FALL SUITS. _Be sure and see our range before buying. We will positively save ODD SIZES IN MEN'S WORKING TROUSERS To go at 95¢, regular $1.75 value. MEN'S TROUSERS Extra strong, nice inl this week srs ~ neat pattern. Spec He will be right at heme {In the World of - Sport (CANADIAN DOCTOR LIKELY TO REVOLU TIONIZE METHODS OF ATHLETIC TRAINING. R. of United Colleges--Dr, Tait Mackenzie, Formerly Montreal, Has Been With British Army. . As soon States { | 1m | the college next month an argument aver the relative 'values of military fand athletic training for college stu- dents, says the Philadelphia Public ledger. Those who believe in uni- versal military training for the young men of America appear to be on the nerease and are preparing to advo- cate the introduction of codrses for military instruction in' private and | semi-private' universities, colleges and | preparatory schools, and likewise in the public high schools. The whole country, stirred to a realization of our own uspreparedness, is' looking with more or less favor upon some measure of military disciplipe pro- vided by our educational lustitutjous. Within. the last year Harvard, Yale and Princeton have made provisions for military discipline of a volunteer ature, and the University of Pen- nsylvania trustees have authorized a | similar course during the coming year. Such institutions as Cornell | and the State universities of the west whic} 1 derive an income from Gov- ernment. land grants , already have | e RTOS miliiaryseourses for their | students Probably the to speak on the value training 'to national R. Tait McKenzie, director of phys cal education at' the University Pennsylvania. "For the last year Doctor McKenzie, who is a native of Canada, has beén serving lish army, where he has had charge of the physical condition of large bbédies of recruits. . In other he has been using his knowledge of | athletic training to get these raw members of "Kitchner"s mob' ~ into physical condifion to take their place t the front in the shortest possible time Lately he has been with returnin wounded capable of tak exercise, and been giving them a similar of phys sical training for the purpose of restoring the use of their limbs In botly, de tments he has had re- markable success Before he abroad in June, 1915, Major Kenzie made a very y analysis of the part the proper kind of athletic play in our defense. as year opens will of athletic defense 18 has preparation for BOSTON RED 80x HAVE PLAYED WELL Despite the Loss of Speaker and the Crippling of : Barry. Although the loss of Tris Speaker] has been felt by the Boston Red Sox this year they have played remark- able ball under the able leadership of Carrigan. If Speaker had re- mained with the team it is believed that the race would have been proc- tically over by this time. But Car- | rigan has made a sterling player out of Clarence Walker, who was secured {last spring from the St. Louis | Browns to cover centre field. With Walker in Speaker's place the Red Sox have climbed to the head of the American League procession as a re- | sult of high-class playing. Carri- | gan's men are pot sluggers, but they | have perfected what is known as f egg am play at the bat." They play | steadily and brilliantly in the field, | behind expert pitching and they are | well equipped in the catching depart- | mént Carrigan, in short, has an { evenly balanged. team comprising i players of vasi experience who are | | game to the core. "His men are not | | easily discouraged, and, while they are not overconfident, they dfe ready to play at top speed all the time, The | erippling of Jack Barry, who has been { covering second base in splendid fashion, is a hard blow to the Red Sox, but Carrigan has an able sub- stitute in young MeNally. Barry's fielding will be missed, but he was] s= SEO A 2 { weak at the bat, 0 LOOKS LIKE BOSTON IN. THE NATIONAL The Chances 'Now Appear to Be All in Favor of Braves. i It looks, very much as though | Boston has the inside edge for the championship of the National League for 19186, { { the last three series of their present three eastern clubs. And to the "minds of well-known o¥itics who have looked this part of the National gue race oves, it spells doom for the Robins, as really none of these self same critics expeet the Brook- lynites to win more than a third of these games before landing home, which would leave Boston, at the least calculation, at even terms with the Dodgers and the Phillies. right on their heels. In fact, it may be said that accord- ing to the standing of the National | League on the ' night of September 12th insofar as Brooklyn, Boston and stary) | words, | working | soldiers, | course | went | Me- | 'remarkable | training can be made to} national] Brooklyn wilk = have the gruelling of their lives on = road trip, when they met the other |= "OURMILO CIGARS eclipse afl others of equal cost 'and oe some that are sold for vonsider- ably more than our price. Made of the best long filler tobacco by skill- ed cigar makers, it #8 a cigar that could easily be sold for a nickel more and still be considered good 'smoke value. A trial today will make it your choice tomorrow: The G. A. McGowan Cigar Manufacturing Co. Kingston. "Have You a Photo Taken in Your Own Front i Room? : { taken mt our expense. Negat , and Home portrature Ne depontt required. We try to please. Prices from $7 te $35... Have a groupsspecinities. BLAKEMORE, Stuart Street, City. Summer Furniture Lawn Beats, Chairs, Cots, Couches, Etc.,, White En- amel Goods R. J. Reid, Leading Undertaker, Phone 577 man most competent | i | Dr. | ) of | in the Eng-| 3 So or jin i KE XY Js FANN TX) ) TR DRA | Phone 845 Save the Babics | FOR THE EMPIRE'S SAKE | USE ONLY PASTEURIZED MILK | Our Milk is Thoroughly Pasteurized and sold | in Sealed Bottles. | 'Price's VOY YYYYY YOY YYVeW vw [ The Autoits gi Delight is a tire that doesn't have to be re- placed for a long time. Michelin Tires fill thre bill completely. Ask any car owner who has used them and he | will tell you that they are the finest he has _ever had and that their big mileage service makes them the cheapest on the market, ~ Porritt Garage Co., Ltd. Phone 454 Wellington Street ~~ Phone 94 :: :: Motor Boat and Automobile i Supplies Halliday's Electric Shop, 345 King Street 2 'We Are Now Ready Footwear To Show, You Many Styles of Beautiful Fall Shoes All women who are interested in styl ish footwear should visit this store and see the new ideas, in the art of shoe making. Philadelphia are concerned will rep- MEN'S RAINCOATS AND F ALL OVERCOATS = At those same low Prices. These natty sivies are just in from the /world's best shoe-makers, and we can please you at any price you wish to pay. s ~-| 1H Sutherland&Bro. AA 14 DIFFERENT KINDS OF WORK- ING SHIRTS ~~ See our range.