0 THE DAILY BRITISH WH 1G, SATURDAY, MAY 5, 1917. a PAGE TWENTY.TW om Do not let NA the grass grow under your feet ! Is your Lawn Mower in proper shape "to cut grass ? WE HAVE EXPERTS who can put your Mower in shape, who can make it cut grass, but not stones or chips. Phone 529 EES iy © We will call for Your Mower and de- liver same FREE. . TRY US ONCE and we will have you for a steady customer. | In the HON MARTY WALSH SAVED THE OTTAWA HOCKEY TEAM IN DECEMBER, 1910, ! i !The Ottawa Citizen Tells an Interest-| ing Story of the Deceased Kings- ten Star Hockeyist. official ann6uncement that] Edmund Martel, of Renfrew been wounded on the western recalled ' vividly Renfrew"s raid on the Ottawa Hockey players in December, 1910, Ottawa Citizen. The sea- revious Bruce Stuart, at the ){ the celebrated Senators, had Eastern Canada champion-| ind the Stanley Cup. Renfrew] nto the limelight the succeed- 1. threw down the barriers,! raised the salary limit to the sky land threatened to shatter the won-| derful Ottawa maci:ne. Taey even- ucceeded in landing Fred r and for a time it looked cer-| that they. would also capture; { Walsh and Kerr. | ! One morning about 1 o'clock, in fact, Fred Lake and Dubbie Kerr actual lid promise, in the presence | of 1" local men, to play with] {the fy Town team. Kerr was | ready to accept five hundred dollars! {on iit and to leave on the Soo] {train for Renfrew, but it was Mar-| {ty Walsh who finally blocked the! | deal and saved Ottawa's team from ! wreckage. Though a contract call-! |ing for $2,500 and $500 in cakh was' { flashed under Marty's eyes, he flatly used to sign or definitely prom- ta play for Renfrew until ie had] »d from President L. N. Bate | lay ter"s consent to break the ver- {het cfntract which existed between the two | Walsh was always easy to handle {and 'on this' ocegsion President Bate, | | knowing that Marty's word would | | hold good, did not bother to sign] him It was a gentleman's agree-| hetween President and player really proved more gripping, the legal documents would | head | won {ship broke ing fa al give you three tuousand! for this season," Mr. Martel tiring of Marty's hesitation, | over at Walsh. "And I repeat," said Walsh, "that | you haven't got money enough to} | make me sign until Mr. Bate releases' {me of my promise to him. A Walsh { never broke his word." { And in the morning! Well, Walsh! | carried the news to President Bate, |an emergency meeting of the Ottawa directors took place; Bruce Stuart] | cas h { finally {shouted 8B! walked in and pulled Lake and Kerr | out of the nets of the confident Ren- | trew magnates--and they all three] | returned their contracts, unsigned to | George Martel | It .has often been said that the, | Ottawas actually did outbid Renfrew | | to retain their brilliant Senators at {that time Renfrew magnates have | never been able to really understand | | what frustrated their raid. But, it} TREADGOLD Sporting Goods Co, 88 Princess St., Kingston. Telephone 529 = TRY 5¢. Poet Cigar 5c. Look for Silk Thread on Tip of Each Cigar. ~S. OBERNDORFFER, Maker, Kingston. " » MONUMENTS Import of Scotch and American Granites, Vermont Marble. 'The McCallum Granite Company, Ltd. . Telephone 1 897 Princebs Street. Ye " 231 > a ~---------- A -- Grouchy Gus says: Many a good pennant chance is spoiled by too much work with' the jaw bone, and teo little work with the stick. ' BRINGING UP FATHER est tenmn's sensation who threatens to win the world's championship Is Miss Mary Rrown. . lwas little Marty Walsh and his re-| ifusal to break his "word that really] | prevented Kerr and Lake from sign-| | ing' and which subsequently resulted | | disastroisly for the U-boat experts) | from the Creamery town. Walsh | | afterwards admitted that ae' might} have erred in rejecting Renfrew's| | tabulous offer, but he never regret-| {ted his own part in the transaction. | He always rememebered. that the Ot- tawa Club had never violated the| president's agreement with him, and | he felt--well professional sport | would indeed be better if all its ex-| ponents were of the Marty Walsh | type. | | | May Shorten Playing & ! Cancellation of a part off the Am-| {'érican Association playing*Season be-| i cause of poor gate receipts, due to, { the war, has been broached by some 1of the club-cwners, according to M.| ! BE. Cantillon, president of the Min- {neapolis Club. A meeting will be] | called in Chicago to decide upon the; i future of the season. Mr. Cantillon | said. What action will be taken in| regard to the minor league world series with the International League has not yet been decided. | son. | i Red Sox Let Out Pitchers, The sale by the Boston Americans of Vean Gregg, a pitcher, formerly | prominent as a member of the Cleve- land Americans to the Providence Club of the International League, ,and the return of Pitcher Tyson to {the Buffalo Internatiomals are an- What's in & name? America's lat- nounced by Manager Barry of the Red Sox. In each instance the club reserves the right to recall the play- [0 PEPE EP Perr err Re Ieee World of Sport TAX WILL STOP HOCKEY IN VANCOUVER President Patrick Says It Will Be Impossible to Stage Pro. League. Vancouver may, be withcat -hock- ey and skating next season unless the war terminates in the mean- time, in the opinion of #rank Pat- rick, president of'the Pacific Coast Hockey Association," who, in discus- sing the new amusement tax pmpos- éd by the Brewster Goxernment, stated that under existing conditions it would be impossible to operate in th's city. Vancouver will be the only city on the circuit affected by the new tax. Seattle, Spokane and Portland would continue to play hockey, states Patrick, and a league will probably be organized in Cali- fornia, : President Patrick points out that the new tax would amount to 1 per cent. of all gross receipts for hockey and 20 per cent. in skating and that in view of the uphill struggle of the past few years in keeping the game going it would be foolhardy to dt- tempt to operate. "It is unfortunate that this tax should be imposed in view of the de- pression of the past few years and with no prospect of an early cessa- tion of hostilities in Europe," stated Patrick. "If the war is not over next season and conditions better we will not operate in Vancouver. S304 S4FEVIP FRR FLIECPINES < RACETRACK LICENSES + WILL PRODUCE $140,000, % --_-- +* Fees for racetrack licenses this year will give the Pro- + vince of Ontadio a revenue of % $140,000, and the® amusement tax for the 112 days of racing wll bring in an additional $20,- ¢ 000. Itis Fajersiond the raec- % ing associatiofis will pay the! & amusement tax themselves this & season. Arrangements have % been made by the Provincial Treasurer for examination of & the books of the various asso- 4 ciations operating race-tracks in Ontario, with -a view to the % Government ascertain ng what profits are being made. <* > FEE ER REESE RIFLE ESIN IP +> RECORD SALE PRICE. lace Horses Sold in England for Two Guineas. That the owners and trainers of race horses in England regard the racing outlook as very seridus in consequence of the Government's decision to stop racing, was. strik- ingly shown this week when Mini- ster Bell was led into the ring at Newmarket to be sold after racing in the Two Thousand Gu'neas Trial Selling Plate, in which he made a respecti&ble showing. The thoroughbred fetche the small sum of two gui . Two guineas is $10.08 in Can- adian money. This is a record for a bonafide sale of a high-class tho- roughbred. Union Jack to Fly. When the Toronto International League team takes to the road at only the first of next month th¥ big Union the and Jack which was presented to club by the city of Toronto, which was unfurled at the Island Stadium will be 'taken along _ and flown from the flag pole in every park in which the Leafs play for the remainder of the season. Through- out the eight cities of the American Association the big standard will be flung to the breeze as well as in all cities of the Internatiénal League. Race Meet For Brockville, The Commercial Travelers' Asso- ciation of Brockville is arranging for a demonstration on "Dominion Day, the principal attraction of which will be a race meet at the Fair Grounds. ' The purses aggregate $1,000. There will be a free-for-all, 2.30 class, and farmers' running race. Irvin Erb, the star defence man of the Kitchener O.H.A. junior team of last season, has been transferred to Toronto, and will take up his residence here mext week. He was tendered a banquet and resented with an address and club Bag recent- ly by some of his friends. After swinging helplessly at Fied- die Welsh for tea rounds, Johnny Kilbane believes in ghosts. He claims the British boxer is 'a real i phantom. nd 2 BASEBALL BRIEFS ereat clip this season, and Jack Dunn may be relied upon to keep them rigat in the race. » The only members of the Balti- more team who were with the Birds last season are Catchers McAvoy and Schaufel, Outfielder Lamar and Pitchers Taormahlen, Bentley and Sherman. Baseball surely is an uncerta'n proposition. A person offering a mogth ago that tae Tigers would occupy last place on the last day of April would have been allowed to write his own ticket. Figuring from a batting gstand- pcint alone, the change at first base on the Cleveland clab has not weakened Fohi's team any. Guisto has been hitting around the ..290 mark and Chick Gand:l has batted 29 Cactus Cravath continues to blaze a merry trail for other members of Pat Moran's team. They had Cactus ticketed for the minors last winter, and he has hit .395 in ten games for the Phillies this spring. Frank Truesdale, Baltimore's se- cond baseman, last season with the Leafs, will get a hearty welcome to- day. Truesdale is a hard man to keep off the bate, a willing worker all the t;me and a pupular man all over the circuit. Intielder Shannon of tf Orioles was discovered by Manager Stall- ings of the Braves at Seton Hall Many players from that institution of learning have made good. Shan- non has a twin brother who is also a clever infielder. Hal Chase is playing the same fine brand of ball that he once show- ed in the American League and dis- played for the Cincinnati Reds last season. He was the first National Leaguer to make twenty hits this season, Tris Speaker being the first in the American League." The National BasebaH Commis- sion has reinstated Player Osear Vitt, of the Detro't Americans. Vitt did not report to the Detroit club until late in" April, owing to differ- ences between the player and clu relative to his salary for 1917. The Highlanders have beaten Wal- ter Johnson twice in "nine-inning games this year. < There's be a'howl if the Giants lose | first place. The betting fraternity is booked deeply on this proposition. If the Giants do not improve their batting they'll have to depend al- most entirely on airtight pitching to stave off defeat. -- | Owner Comiskey of the Chicago | White Sox is turning over 10 per { cent of his met receipts to the Am- ! erican Red Cross fund. Latest triple play---Kut-El-Amara to Bagdad to Mosul. Though they say Larry Doyle is all in, his bat isn't. It is still winn- ing gameg for the Chicago Cubs. i Baseball magnates propose that the rainy weather also be called on account of the war. | -- Startling news from Philadelphia Connie Mack relies on his pitching staff to win the American League t championship. | -- Tris Speaker has been suspended. He dared to intimate that ome of Ban Johnson's arbitration corps had made a technical error, Uncle Sam is going to tax base- ball receipts. Now watch the high cost of being a fan go up and up, , and then some. | Woodrow Wilson's conscription bill may prove a modern giant killer. Ten of John MeGraw's star players) will be affected by it. Why number ball players? asks President McCaffrey, or the Toronto Leafs. They all remember to call around on pay day. _ ' New York Sun:--Shocker, the young spitballer, gave about the 'poorest exhibition of pitching on The Orioles have been going al a | a i | | | | | | i Get Back of a Milo Start the New Year right b; ing" MILO Cigars. 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Collier Roney & Co. -------- Monday that he had shown since; first donning a Highlander uniform, and was lucky to get away with a victory. He was touched up for nine hits, which totaled thirteen bases, and handed out seven bases on balls. His mates were a trifle light with the stick, getting only six hits, and they collected only four passes. Two. fielding lapses by Washington turned the tide of victory in Shock- er's favor. ------ By GEORGE McMANUS TLL STAY AT MRS, Sr HOUSE TOMMGHT AND CALL To YOu UP 1 RAL TYME S | LLIN w