PAGE SIXTEEN ' THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 1918. 3 Automob Notice Every auto should have a flashlight in the side pocket, and every Motor Boat should not run at night without a safe light to locate that little trouble you sometimes have. Don't Matches Around a gas engine, either in a boat or a car: It has cost some people hundreds of dollars to find this out. Let Us Show ou a a flashlight that will give you long service Maer and save you trouble. we age TREADGOLD SPORTING GOODS CO, 88 Princess St. "The Home of the Brunswick." rt t ait till it is too late. : ! Light i --- A Kingston, Ont. w ould Pitch Once More. } yy Vr \ $ Aa aaa ii bl dha : TRY | 5c. Poet Cigar 5c. Look for Bilk Thread on Tip of Each Olgas, ~S. OBERNDORFFER, Maker, Kingston. B07 Princess Street. | MON UMENTS! of Scotch and Amorican Granliew, Vermont Marble. The McCallum Granite Company, Ltd. Telephone 198) Award Perry To Braves, 3 In a majority finding the National Baseball Commission declared the transfer of Player Scott Perry from the Atlanta b tp the Philadelphia American Ledgue club null and void, BRINGING UP FATHER and upheld the claim of the Boston National League club to the player's services upon the payment of $2,000 to the Atlanta club. The Boston club was also permitted to return the player to Atlanta if, after thirteen days' trial, it desires to do so. _, {given in Liberty bonds SEN In The World Of Sport | HUGHEY JENNINGS MAY 'BE BE RELEASED The Low Position of the De- troit Tigers Is Causing Dissatisfaction. Wihat's got into the Detroit Tig- ers? That is what every fan' is talking about, and when the smoke clears away, it is possible that Hughey Jennings may be jarred loose from his throne which he has occupied so long. The principal reason for com- plaint against the red-headed man- ager is the relative work of George Burns and Leo Dressen, fist base- men. Burns was released to Phila- deiphia on the grounds that he | eouldn't hit. Burns claimed that gpring that Jennings had never given him a fair chance. To-day Burns is one of the (ead- ing hitters in the league hitting around .350. His successor, Dres- sen, is down .350, and may fal even lower as the pitching improves. Neither Oscar Vitt nor Bob Veach is hitting for as much as .250, little Donie Bush being the only .300 hit- ter on the team. Ty Cobb has been {in ever since the season started, but 'will probably forge to the front | later. | Dauss is the only winning pitcher ion the team, while Erickson is the {only other good pitcher under Jen- | nings® leadership. He has suffered { from hard luck, but is a real twirler | of class. 'Rumors are runping around. that | Jennings may be let out- before the i season ends, though Pres. Navin re- fuses to be interviewed on the sub- | ject. | Grover Cleveland Alexander, the fifty-thousand-dollar pitcher, who re- cently left the Chicago club to go into the National Army, has asked his commanding officer and President Tener of the National League for permission to pitch one game for Fre® Mitchell's team against the Giants in the present important ser- fes, which represent¥ a fight for at least temporary possession of the league leadership. Alexander was jn New York and witnessed the defeat of the Giants in the first game of the series. "I am ready to go 'over there,' he said, "and my going is only a matter of days, but before leaving the United States I want to pitch one more game for Mitchell and the Cubs. If my commander and President Tener act favorably on my request, I will get into the game, and, realizing that it may be my last appearance in base- ball, I will do my level best." ( bs Have Been Costly. President Weeghlan and his partners have spent a world of money to promote the Cubs in Chi- cago. They paid $500,000 for the franchise in 1916, also paid $30,000 for the players that failed to make good. Since last fall the Cubs' own- ers have spent $50,000 for Alex- ander and Killifer; $12,000 for Ty- ler; $10,000 for Hollocher, and $10,- 000 foriBarber. Up to this season the Cubs lost big money in operating expenses, so that when the pennant race began in April # was roughly estimated that the Chicago mag- nates were at least $700,000 in the hole. The Cubs, however, are draw- ing profitable gate receipts at home and abroad this year, and if they re- main on top the club's indebtedness will be considerabl reduced. Racing Flourishes In United States. Despite the war, which has been a handicap to all sports, racing is flourishing across the border this year as it never did before, and re- ports from all tracks are to the ef- fect that banner seasons will be haa on all tracks, The Maryland tracks were patronized by many larger crowds than in any previous year, and from Kentucky comes glowing accounts of how the sport is being patronized there. Canada is the only eountry in the war which has abol- ished racing éompletely, and there is no doubt that the tlioroughbred would be just as popular as ever here if the Order-in-Council had not been passed 'placing the ban en betting un- til after the war, The horsemen have raised more money in the Unit- ed States for war funds than any other body of men--not excepting the Wall street millionaires, Each day sees a race, the purse of which is or thrift stamps, and in Kentucky, where the horsemen underetok to raise $300,- 000 for Red Cress and other wortny patriotic causes, more than tthat amount will be raised. By our very canstitutiou it seems that we have to be wicked bo fore we can be good un a3 T SHALL t TELL { known at that time as the _- STRAIN 18 TOO MUCH. That is Reason Advanced for Drop- ping Leadership of Browns. No other reason, save the one ad- | vanced that Be was 'unequal to the strain of managing a big league baseball club," has been learned for the resignation of Fielder Jones, manager of the St. Louis American League Club, who to-day announced his sedond retirement from profes- sional baseball. His first retirement came in 1908, when he relinguished his position as manager of the 'Chicago White Sox. Both Jones and Phil Ball, owner of the Browas, were emphatic to-night in asserting that no friction resulting from .the business management of the club was responsible for Joaes' relire- ment. Jones' announcement said: "There is nothing connected with the business management of the club which influence me to quit. I have tendered my resignation and will leave for Portland, Oregon, as soon as I close up my business afl- fairs. My relations with Mr. Ball, president of fhe club, have been most pleasant, but I feel that I am unequal to the strain attendant up- on the management of a major league club when I do not have lo depend on baseball for a living." Jones has extensive lumber inter- ests in Oregon, which have been greatly increased in importance by the growth of shipbuilding industry. The big league career of Fielder Jones, which ended its second epis- ode to-day, is well known to every follower of major. league ball. He won the world's championship with the Chicago White Sox in 1906, de- feating the Chicago Nationals with a team developed in\ two years and "hitless wonders." He resigned as manager n 1908, and was out of baseball un- iT 1914, when he became manager of the St. Louis Club of the Federal League. When that club was pur- chased by Phil Ball and its playing personnel incorporated in an Am- erican league team, Jones became manager of the Browns. WILLARD AS REFEREE, Champion Suggested For the Fulton- Dempsey Tilt. The much-talked-of glove battle between the heavywejght contenders for Jess Willard's crown--Fred Ful- ton and Jack Dempsey--will be de- cided on July 4th' in the open air at Danbury, Conn. The city authorities thave granted the necessary permit for a twenty-round contest. There is a possibility that Jess Wil- lard, world's heavyweight champion, who. hasn't donned a glove in two years, may be selected to referee the coming contest. : Jack Kearns, manager of Dempsey, sent a telegram to Mulvihill, stating that he would like to have Jess re- feree. He would no doubt be a cork- ing referee. ne ts dr A nt NEW PLAYERS SECURED, Giants Get Left Handed Pitcher and Shortstop. The New York National League Club announces the purchase of George Ross, a léft handed pitcher, and Sickings, a shortstop, from the San Antonio club of the Texas League. Both players will report immediately to the New York club. Infielder Bert Niehoff, who recent- Iy broke a leg in a, game in Phila- delphia, has been unconditionally re- leased though he remains of the New York club's payroll, His release was made necessary in order to include Sicklings in the club's twenty-two- player limit. A Versatile SpoFtsman. ey, the Rand millionaire, whose of- fer to serve in Flanders has been ac- cepted by the War Office, is fifty- four. He is a keen sportsman, in- deed. a strong appeal tp his sympathies. He has been a staunch patron of the turf in South Africa, and on thls side in 1915 he won the Cesarewitch with his colt, Son in Law, while last year, by the aid of Brown Prince, he captured the Cambridgeshire. ' He has also spared no effort foster cricket in South Africa. He it "was who organized the visit of the South African cricketers to this country and was responsible for the Triangular tournament in the sum- mer of 1913. He is married to the only daughter of Lord Rossmore. to True friendship doesn't take a back street for fear of meeting | you in time of trouble. use too much powder and too little shot. A mon may know a dollar at sight and still not know its value, Many a fluent talker never say® the right thing at the right time. London Sportsman: Sir Abe Bail- Every branch of sport makes' In shooting at the devil some folks, OLD SPONGE TRICK USED. Good Fencer Brooks Is a Vietim at Belmont, Metropolitan racing has ever been free from the customary scanday that from time to time has disgraced the running turf in other sections of the country, but it. appears that the in on the east with their nefarious practices, due possibly to the fact that many of the minor circuits (no- tably the Canadian chain) will be idle this summer. Visitors to Belmont Park, New York, last Saturday, when the run- ning of the Suburban Hifudlcap at- tracted a crowd of 20,000, were vic- timized iA the steeplechase event. Brooks, a well-regarded timber top-: per, owned by Capt. Joseph E, Davis and trained by Matt Brady, after tak- ing one turn of the field tallied off to nothing and dropped back so quickly as to resemble a dying horse. He was more than a quarter of a mile out of the race when Brentwood and Bet, 'two prominent contenders, both fell and enabled him to finish second simply because only four horses had gone to the post. Matt. Brady could not understand why such a good horse as Brooks had quit, He submitted the mount to a rigid examination affer the race and finally discovered a sponge forced away up the animal's nostril. This cruel practice, which has for its ob- ject the choking of a horse, is not new to the running turf, but fortu- nately is'new to metropolitan racing. Mr. Brady immediately notified the stewards of the sharp practice. Yesterday it was announced offici- ally that a painstaking examination was already under way. Indeed, no less than three parties are under strong suspicion. It is intimated further that the sponge in Brooks' nose was not the only "choker" of the race. The stewards seem deter- mined to get to the bottom of this disgraceful affair. If the guilty par: ty, or partis, can be brought to jus- tce he, or they will not only be bar- red from the turf but will be crim- inally prosecuted as well. BALL IN HYDE PARK. First Permit in History to be Issued to Soldiers. American soldiers and sailors may play baseball in Hyde Park, Sir Alfred Mond, First Commissioner of Works, has signed a permit giving this authorization. The games will be staged on the parade ground opposite the guards barracks every afternoon. This par- ade gronind was the site of the first world's fair ever held, the exhibition of 1851, and the famous Crystal Palace was erected on the spot where the American diamond will be laid out. - It was later transferred to its present site in a London suburb. This is the first time in history that. a permit has been issued for the playing of any game in Hyde park. KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS. That Is How Stecher Won His Bout From Zbyszko, ~ "Joe" Stecher, of Dodge, Neb. was awarded the decision at Omaha in a wrestling match with Wiladek Zbys- zko, of New York. Stecher won the first fall in two hours and three min- uates. The referee awarded him the decision following two and one-half hours of wrestling as agreed on 'be- fore the math. Stecher won his fall when he threw his opponent back from the ropes and knocked him un- conscious. sharpers at last are trying to break] el PERFECTION Think what must go into a cigar--both in the way of tobacco and skill--before the largest cigar manufacturers in the Dominion could conscientiously label it PERFECTION. Seven inspections to make quite sure each cigar is perfect. The 10 Cent Cigar. S. 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