Daily British Whig (1850), 16 Feb 1918, p. 16

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PAGE TWENTY HERE IT IS! Brunswick The Final Phonograph PLAYS ALL RECORDS BETTER What do you think of a mahogany phonograph like thié for $100.00. You can't beat it. The'sweetest tone, automatic stop, tone control in the throat; two sound boxes to play all records. The best table machine in the world. Plays all records. Come in and look them over. TREADGOLD SPORTING GOODS CO. i In The World Of Sport THREE DATES CONFLICT: ALL ARE IN CHICAGO Majors Avoid Clashes During Coming Sgason--Open On April 15th. As usual 154 games will be played in the Amer 2 in the com- ing season, the official schedule announced The season will open if the east, April 15th, one day prior to the opening in the west. In the initial games delphia will { Park, while bats with W city. The we day will see againkt the Detroit is land. The ¢ 5th. There will be ing dates with the and all these will be in Chicago. Cleveland will be the opponent of the world's champions on all three occasions--June 23rd, August 31st and September 1st Cleveland "has been awarded greatest number of Sunday games fourteen; St. Louis, Phila- delphia and Boston have been given Leen Saturdays each. Independ- Day games will be played in Chicago, ( reland, Washington and Philadelphia. The Labor Day pro gramme calls for games in St. Louis, Detroit, Washington and New York, while Decoration Day there will 'be games at Detroit, Cleveland, New York and New York will play two games g yeton on Bunker Hill Day, ! ington in the Capital ern openings the next Louis in Chicago 1's ehampions, while iuled to play in Cleve- ason will close Qctobér only three conflict- National League the ago, TROTTING RULES AMENDED, Horses Must Be Started Under Their Owners Name. All horses taking part in races un- der the auspices of the National Trot- ting Association must in future be entered undex the real names of their owners and st 80 appear in the published list "of entries, under amendments made to (he assocla- tion's rules at its thirteenth annual rg in New York. Several other X tant changes were made in the regulations add a committee report, recommending the American Trotting Association, was adopted, In changing the rule governing en- tries it was decided that horses may be entered under the names of their racing stables, if the stable name has been registered with the association, for which a fee of $250 fis to be charged, it 'also was decided that applica } ton for removal of the penalty im- posed for starting a horse out of its lass, or under change of name, or oth, shall not be docketed for a hearing by the board of review until all the unlawful winnings have been returned. \ The owner must then pay a recoraipk fee for change of name, as well a8 a fine of $250. iu Wells As A Referee, Matt Wells, the English who 'was a ring sensation in this country a few years back, has re- | tired from the roped arena as far as { actual fighting goes. Wells, who is located at Rochester at present; has { branched out as a referee. Wells, {who was a former amateur light- | weight champion of England, made boxer, TRY 5c. Poet Cigar 5c. Look for Silk Thread on Tip of Each Cigar, S. OBERNDORFFER, Maker, Kingston. ia great hit with New York fight fans soon after the Frawley law went into | To about 1910. Wells won the | English title' in 1911, defeating Freddie Welsh in a twenty-round bout in London. Welsh regained his English title in 1912, when he de- feated Wells in twenty rounds. Wisconsin And Pugilism, { They have strict pugilistic ideas in Wisconsin. After wearying of |too much stalling in their fight | shows, it has been decreed in that | state thatspny fighter found guilty Lot faking through a fight hereafter wil not get|his money for the exhi- bitign, but the same will be turned lover to charity. A clause to this effect will afipear in every fighter's | contraet, and he will not be able to ree) recover through the courts. man A MONUMENTS Importers of Scotch and American Granites, Vermont Marble. ~ The McCallum Granite Company, Ltd. 897 Princess Street. Telephone 193% BRINGING UP FATHER 12 | To Raise $300,000. | Kentucky turf interests have un- dertaken a man-sized job in raising $300,000 for the Red Cross this year, but they have cympleted plans for a most vigorous paign to raise the amount, As one prominent turfman put it: 'that the money will be raised for the boys 'over there,' and you can de-. pend upon it that when the season ends the entire $800,000 will be forthcoming." + 2 "We have given our word | NO, THANK YOU, BARNEY. ly { -- | | So Answered Hans Wagner Whe n| Sporting Notes | Asked to Manage Pirates | 1 rg Jackson, of { Detroit, president of the Association for & Once more and for the last time hath Caesar declined the king rly crown--and let it be that this Caesar is not only an honora ble man, but a "wise guy." Recently Barney Dreyfuss offered Hans Wagner the managership of the "Pittsburgh club, Willia Jackson, L of the New York, | but old John Henry refused to Hit} con a -ten-round bout from Ray Riv- the burden off Hugo Bezdek's shoul- ers, of California, at Corbandale, Pa ders. Hans always has been a shrewd | ; man, both on and off the field, and he showed more than ordinary pee- spicacity in declining to take the skippership of the waterlogg and shell-riddled Pirate craft. The| mqgq Lewis, welterweight boxer, leadership of the Pirates has come |g participated in 162 contests since to be regarded in the legal light ofa | 1910, staged in all parts of the] visit from mother-in-law---worse | world, \ than the whooping cough, but few | men have the stamina to decline the| issue. i Madison Square Garden, New York,| Wagner not only declined the Pir-| pis month, will include 766 classes | 'ate crown, but he refused absolutely|and the prize money foots up $22,000. to consider any proposition that eall- The receipts will be given to the Red ed for his stepping onto the ball field; Cross Fund. | in a professional capacity. Hans is] | married, happy, with plenty of mon-| ay and the respect of his neighbors. | He deserves rgtirement, Joe elected Writers' me, | has been | Baseball | the ninth | aid said Walter Pipp, . | has been placed in Class 1 lu nited States army draft for the { Westminster Kennel Club show in| WILLARD TO MEET WINNER The Champion Agrees to Fight E ith-| er Fulton or Dempsey. | Jess Willard, -heavyweight cham-| pion of the world, has issued a] | statement of his intentions, { been| "It is not true, «4 Jack Dempsey's of eas-' manager has been tilling, that I} last have agreed to meet Dempsey inj of Cheyenne on that date," Willard] the said, '""but I will fight him if he first] purpose teeping the ponies in defeats Fred Fulton or I will fight | trim and sustaining the breeding in-; Fulten if he beats Dempsey. I ar dustry, a week's racing has been in- | willing and anxious to defend my suggested { tle, but I do not think the publi is learned that the matter has' wants me to fight any but the best] not taken gny definite form and con-! fighter, - Let these two settle that, | sidering the economics urged for and I will Meet the winner." war time it is doubted if any relaxa- | rai tion will be permitted. Racing is not prohibited at ent. Difference from the conception of things, a race track may operate still every day in the year but Sunday: What is banned is' the exempti ton of race tracks from| the anti-betting provision of the criminal code. STILL MAKI NG B CFTC RT | . - | the Race Track Betting Law Rescinded, representati made here in favor up on the prohibitory order year concerning the operation race tracks with betting, For To Have Some recently ing ons have i | Sullivan Would Have Won. What would Jess Willard have looked like'in a bout with John L | Sullivan had he met the late veters when he was in his prime? Jim Corbett, who won the cham-| pionship ftom John L., says it would | have been a farce with Sullivan on| | top. | Jeffries says that none of the - { younger fighters could have stood up 2 1s an exceptional pas-' under John L's. mighty wallop time, It stands out by itself as one -- b which, in addition to being pleasant | for its own sake, provides the man! i or woman who enjoys it with an art! that may prove of vital importance to the principal and to others. It is a sport which deserves well of the British nation, for the power that keeps our flag flying is derived by Our command on the water. Swim- ming will never win a battle, .it is true, but it might help, and as ships now go to the bottom quicker than a | man can sink, the art is one that should be taught every boy, pres-| common Swimming A Fine Pastime. Swimming Cost Moro To See Gams) Increases in admission charges to all major league baseball parks in the United States for the coming sea- son were decided upon at a confer-i ence at New York of American and! National League clubowners. It was] decided to increase the price of 25- cent seats to 30 cents, 50-cent seats] to 55 cents,. 75-cent seats to 85} cents, and the dollar seats to $1.10.) Giants May Lose Robertson, | Dave Robertson, Giant right-fielder Is talking of retiring again, and this time he says he really means it. In| addition to beingMispleased with his] 1918 contract, Davy (declares that he To Play On Monday. The N.H.L. game between Toron-| tos and Canadiens &cheduled for | Monday night at the Toronto Arena | has had pretty near enough of base- Will not be postponed until Tues-! pay; and wants to settle. down in| day, as first announced. The pro. Norfolk and begin the practice of} hockey games are pot affected by | medicine. ! the order of the Fuel Controller, and | ea ---------- tm the change was therefore unneces- Evers With Barrow, \ sary. | Johnny Evers, the veteran second) : : Th { baseman, unconditionally released To Curb Goat-Getters, from the Philadelphia Natjonals last A stricter enforcement of the | summer, has signed a contract with epaching rules was recommended, by |the Boston Americans, It was re- National League directors, so that| ported in baseball eircles that Evers 'goat-getting"' tactjes from' the | would not play, but would act in an coaching lines or the players' benches | advisory capacity to Bdward Barrow, will be eliminated as far as possible [the new manager. in future. $100,000 For Heavyweight Bout, Wyoming oilmen announced that only the consent of the War Depart- ment is needed for a July 4th heavy- weight Battle at Fort Russell be- tween Jess Willard and Jack Dem- psey. The syndicate, headed by P. Chester Thompson, of Cheyenne, has offered $100,000 cash for war charity if allowed to stage the contest, To "Settle Things 1 Up. Regardless of the Baltimore club's suit against the National. and Am- erican Leagues, it is understood Phat all financial matters between the major organizations and the re- presentatives- of the Pittsburgh, Newark and Brooklyn Federal f.cague Clubs will be adjusted with- in a gw days, Cubs' Claim Disallowed, . The Nationa: zeague directors yesterday refused to allow the Chi- cago club's claim of $2,500, paid as salary to an injured player, Victor Saier, from the date that the Pitts- On sale at all good stores 6 EASTERN BRAND CAPS burgh club claimed him. The play! Zr DAD and his LAD |; fomains with Pistsbureh. and ott. S------ cago loses the money. 3 an 1] i 33 the Yankee slugger,|_ Torre. is a COOL, CLEAN, SMOOTH taste---a rare flavor in Craven "A" Cigarettes that could only come fm PURE tobacco 29: iY properly matured and blended. 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