PAGE TWELVE Wanted! 50 Second Hand |. Bicycles IN EXCHANGE FOR NEW ONES Get Yours Out If you need a new tube or a new tire, we can supply you; and we do your work ' quick; no waiting. i» Frée Air at the Door "But don't take too much because it's Af ov Messer 5 left at $50. 00, The new price is $55.00. $10.00 cash; $8.00 per 'month. Cushion Frame Massey at $65. 00. ONLY ONE PLACE TREADGOLD SPORTING GOODS CQ, 88 Princess Street ' "Home of the Brunswick." Phone 529 ANITA, ENE AEN CIEE NE 2 'ton Root Compound, A rafe, reliable v medic ane, MI OG Baseballers Would Fly. tation to the New York Baseball team to drawel from New York to shia for the ope) ning game of the on on April 28 was received at Club Headquarte rs. Manager Mec- Graw who signified that he would grant approval, said that Invi tonal Na~ by COOK MEDICINE CO. FO. OUT, (F gwerts Windons AAA Ph INNA NINN Some men are so stingy they won't even give advive. at their NNN A NN his own volition, however. ANN may havé lost his AutoStrop Safety Razor with his equipment-- make him happy by presenting him with a new one. He may have had to put up with the drawbacks of a make-shift razor----restore to him the full benefits of Hv. ilian life by giving him an.AutoStrop Razo He'll like the self-stropping ee tet] EERE } Samplers out taking 1 ana i Non July Phila- | the | players would make the trip by air| THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1919. | In the World of Sport THE LACK OF OPPONENTS | WILLARIYS REASON FOR NOT BE- ING MORE ACTIVE. fhe Champion Has Not Sidestepped Anyone Defeating It Is Claimed on His Behalf, directed against Jess au the big fellow has ded his title . more often diy fair to the champion | the facts are considered, a It is true that Willard rt in only one glove bout defeated Jack Johnson in but it also is true that he has stepped any available oppon- Since Johnson, { not slide ent Apparently the only reason that {Willard has been an inactive. cham- {plo n is that these has been no live contender until Jack Dempsey made {his appearance, Willard has been un- or fortuhate, as the case in reigning during a period {when aspirants to the throne have ibeén unusually scarce. During the {four years he has held the title only three men appeared capable of offer. {Ing enough resistance to the big x {low to make a championship match {worth wh | Frank Moran was the first to gain {enough consideration by the public to | warrant a matd Willard &id not {hesitate to take him on. Moran prov- jed to be a joke, as he figured to be, {but that was 'not Willard" fault. If ithe big fellow had told the truth and Suid th it Moran was mot worthy of a for the title, he would have ye wn roasted to a turn. For some time afteg the Moran af-| fair there was no contender in which [the pulls took the slightest interest. y little Jack Dillon handed Moran a an se beating than,Willard had and {there was some talk of matching the "Giant Killer" with the champion. | But Willard promptly put a stop to Ithe agitation by asserténg that he {would r to make himself look {ridic ulous by meeting a man 80 much {smaller Piss himself As Dillon did {not appear in the least anxious for ithe a the affair went mo fur- {ther | Then the lanky Fred Fulton began {to attract attention to Nimself. Ful- tton was almost as tall as Willard. He {was fast and a good boxer algo, al- {though there always was a 'doubt as {ta jhis courage, Willard did not wait Sad] there was a demand for him to ckle the new sensation, The cham- Jo was so anxious to fight that he went after the match himself. Wil- lard was willing to make it a twenty- round affair to a decision at New Orleans, hut he had been too hasty and the sporting public laughed the match to death. Later on Fulton stopped Sam Lang- ford and a number of second rate {heavies, among them Frank Moran. {His yk Began a boom and talk of matching him with Willard was re- vived. 'The big fellow was willing enough, but none of the promoters {were able or willing to handle the (affair, although Col. Miller made the unsuccessful attempt. Then along came Dempsey ang flat- tened Fulton in a few seconds. In one vear of fighting Dempsey rolled up a more impressive knockout record than any heavy since Fitzsi 8 was in his prime. But Willard showed not the slightest inclimation to side- step the youngster, On the contrary he accepted the first offer that was made for a battle with Dempsey. That was the one that eame from Tex Rickard, who will promote the battle 4th. {fortunate may be Locatian of tie Contest. oughout the i Juvilant as a result of tae action of wwe Nevada legisla ture in pussing the measure per- mrging twenty-ave round contests in the western state, - Ihe assembly { passed tne bill over Governor Boyle's {| veto fast week and the senate en- dorsemént clinches the matter. Many believe that Tex Rickard, promoter of the Willmrd-Dempsey «heavy weight championship bout, will de- | cide to stage the fgnt in Reno. Fay- { orable action on a similar law is also expected in Jddaho, according 10 J. Robb Brady, the most recent bidder for the championship contest. Brudy, telegraphed hickard from Pocatello, has offered $16,000 cash for the pri- vilege of styging the bout, Im his dispatch to Rickard, Brady stated that the legislature had legalized pected to sign. Rickard now over- due in New York, is expected to pass upon this and other bids at an early date, Although a number of eastern and middie western cities are bidding for the match, boxing devotees in- cline strongly to the belief that the big fight showdd be decided in the west, over the longer rbute, The chief oifjection to the edstern and mid-western offers is the fact that only 10 and 15-round fights may be staged. Rickard's contract with Dempsey obligates the promoter to notify Dempsey sixty days before the contest, just where the action will be laid. The p r has the privilege "of changing the scene of the fghtar en after his dbeisian has been made, give ten 8' Rotice, but. Reguuit give ow Ways' Midland Suisse The 'last week as assistant tong bouts and the governor was ex- |. > ¥ KEEP. THE HOME 1 INDUSTRIES GOING "4 4 . - SMOKE MILO 3 for 25¢ Made in Kingston by Geo. A. McGowan I iN " "MATTY" FQR' GIANTS. to Succeed John McGraw | as Manager. | Christy Mathewson, for many years star pitcher of the Giants, and for - the three years manager of the | With the signing of Cincinnati Nationals, was engaged | Williams, all' the meémbbrs vo | Manager| Chicago American League ( McGraw, of the Giants. It was stat-|jeft jast season to work in s ed that Matthewson will _ become are now under contraet for manager after McGraw has "'satisfie d| ing summer, his ambition of winning another 'pen-| nant." Matthewson has accepted | terms, it was announced, but has not} signed a contract pending a formal | release by Cincinnati: Is Likely |. Sporn ot Pitcher Claude of the ub who hipyards the com- past Trial of the $800,000 suit of. the | directors of the Baltimore Federal League Club against organized base- | ball, which. was to have begun In | Federgl District Court at Washing- ton on March 10th, again has been postponed. "Young Corbett's Riso and Fall. The way Young Corbett describes his rise and fall in pugilism makes . ; y short story, which id of the am- Manager, Keenan, af the ; London bitious boxers of the present period | Baseball Club in the Michigan-On- would do well to post within easy {tario League, is making fine progress reading distance. Says be: | in rounding up players for his team, Av Tad Se : 'over Terry Me- | whieh he expects to have report for couly. Rea Ey spring training at London the last fall. As you know, I was quite week of April. a young man when I became the champion; flattery and all kinds of attentions were thrust upon me; I was taught to drink and squander money; everyone seemed to delight in showing me how to dissipate. my wealth and my money, but few of my friends tried to show me the right way. "I earned néarly $500,000 while 1 was--the champion, and squandered every cent of it. All of this I did in a few short years, If I had had a few good friends to steer me right I might be rich and comfortable, but I chose associates badly; they drag- ged me down and almost ruined me. Fortunately my consitution was so strong that the wines and liquors { drank have not made #ny serious inroads on my body. 1 Was a mner- vous wreck from gambling and dis sipation, and with the Lord's help 1 have conquered the gambling habit and the curse of drink." re ee l Arn -- -- ------ | AVOID COUGHS and COUGHERJ! Diseds€ § grep by the Boston: National League Club. The men are pitchers. the Chicago . champions, Al Demaree, pitcher of will assemble at Hot Springs this| York and Philadelphia week to begin preliminary training; League clubs in recent for the 1919 championship campaign.] signed a contract with ) , Nationals. Several members of Culys, National League tle New National years, has the Boston Ray Keating, of the New York Am- ---- erican league Club, and Hugh Me- Quillan, of the Worcester Eastern 'League Clpb, were signed last week Before being taught how te shoot it might be-well for the young ides to learn to know when it is loaded, } "The National Smoke"' Watson's . "Fighting Scot" is Dead. Johnny Mathieson (the "Fighting Scot') the well-known Scottish box- er, dled at Aberdeen Infirmary on Saturday from pneumonia. When Bw in his prime Mathieson beat Pat Ag ed Breslin, the Dixie Kid, Pat O'Keeffe UR and other good men. "He was a nat- ive of Elgin, and served in the South African war, and also in France, where he was shot through the|, neck. fle suffered from a. partial paralysis, * The "extras" that go into this tra" time in the ageing --*"extra" expense the curing--*extra" care in the making.' on merit alone. cigar--ex= in Sold The many so-called progressive people are always looking for an op- portunity to butt in. | A SIMPLE SUM FOR SHAVERS A man shaves every other day-at a cost of 20 cents per shave. If he buys a Gillette Safety Razor, how many War-Savings Stamps (which are "baby bonds") can he buy with the money he hus saves between March 14 and the * end of the year? 3 And what will those stamps, or "bohds", be worth on Jan. 1s, 1924. METHOD-- At 20 cents a shave every otis day, the cost per week would be. ... 20c. x 7+2 ~~ 70c. ~ A man can shave every day in the week with one Gillette blade, which costs 8c. Add for soap, etc, 2c; total, 10c. Therefore, amount saved per week by shaving with a Gillette Safety Razor equals 60c. From the first Monday in March to the last t Monday in December is 43 weeks, during which the net saving by Gillette shaving is 60c. x 43 = $25.80. Deduct $5.00, the price of the Gillette Safety Razor, and with the remainder the man buys 5 War-Savings Stamps, at four dollars and a few cents each. , On January 14, 1924, these 5 W-S.S. will be worth $25.00, representing one year's shaving saving, and the Gillette Safety Razor is paid for and still in daily use. wl How systematic. saving along only ove: line mouhts up. at. example wi not apply to all who should. be hoying Ww frotaid