WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1019 / / (4 FireSale Now On BICYCLES $10.00 off every Bicycle in our Store Everything else in proportion ~All must go. Come to-day. 88 Princess Street Phone 529 | "Home of the Brunswick." DAILY BRITISH WHIG . In the RULES SHOULD BE UNIFIED FOOTBALL UNIONS SHOULD ABIDE BY COMMON STANDARDS -- Now Is The Time To Have A Confer: ence To Discuss he =A con In- tercollegiate Union Should Have Representative Present. Many times has it been suggested that the Intercollegiate Union, On- tario Rugby Football Union and the Interprovincial Unfon should get to~ gether and draft one set of playing rules, As it is now they are all dif- ferent and it is very difficult for the public to understand. There is no rea. son 'why there should not be one set of rules. The officers of the unions all agree that it should be done, but there has never heen a get-together meeting to bring it about, It {is up to the Canadian Rugby Union to éall a meeting at once and do somethin along this line. In Toronto there will be three unions operating this seg. son and all play under rules that are different. Why this should be no one can fathom. When a young player otarts out to take up the game he in- variably plays in a city league or with a high school ar cBllegiate team. In this section of the province mow these teams are playing O,R.F.U, rules. If he goes to college he has to make himself acquainted with rules that are entirely different. Then when he finishes at college he takes up bis connection with a city or town senior team and plays either with the Big Four of the O.R.F.U, No wonder the players are always infringing the rules. They learn one style that pro- hibits certain things and then take up another that does not bar them. Then he comes back again to the style he learned at first and finds that it is {dMticult to break away from his old habits, The playing rules of the Ontario Union are practically the same as those®in the Canadian Union, with the exception of the few changes made by the O.R.F.U, during the war period. These changes are the elim- ination of the serimmage buck and the giving of only three points on a touch down secured as the result of a fumbled ball behind the line and of five points for a touchdown when the ball is earried across the line. The O.R.F.U. has been ready with sug- gested changes to the rules for a number of years, Just before the war John DeGruchy, of Toronto, and Dr. Fairbank, of Petrolea, drafted some suggested changes, but they were never taken before the C.R.U. as war broke out, and the matter was left in abeyance. The ORF.U, is ready right now to attend a confer- ence. 1t has been suggested that the mat- ter be left over until nexa yéar. This is a mistake. There will be many young fellows taking up rughy this fall, and they should mot be left to learn one set of rules only to have them revised next season. - Start rright now with one set of rules and put the popular fall pastime on a plane where a fan may go to a game ot any time and know just what the rules are. As it is now the fans have to become acquainted with all three styles to know the fine points of the game. They learn none of them thor- oughly, whereas with one set they Factory, cor. of Charles Patrick streets. ay Phone 730W.. EASTERN HATS & cA PS or DAD and kis LAD 'would take more interest. What is desired is more open play and that is what should be developed ie conference ia held. The O.R.F.U, tried the elimination of the serimm« age buck and found it a good thing, It does away with massed plays, which are not pleasing to the fans, and also lessened the number of injuries. The question of interférence is, however, the big thing, and it is doubtful it || there are twenty-five fans in the oity of Toronto who know just what con- stitutes interference. Continuous ar guments are heard on the playing field when an official rules on this play. A clearer Interpretation should be made. It is pretty well assured that the three unions are willing to || send representatives to a conference, but they are waiting for it to be eall~ EE ---------- ER RE CH CRYSTAL BOTTLING WORKS AGENTS FOR J | St. Law & Porter ® all kinds of soft drinks. We deliver to Br Rh de te Sa 1k these days, thes for UP FATHER a ------ rence 1 ed, It is up to the Canadian Union, and the sooner it is' done the better. There is no time to waste. Rughy Is bound to be popular this fall, but it can be made more #0 if there is one set of rules governing the game in all unions. £7 am------------ FLETCHER-CAHILL HORSE CAPTURES RACE Amardale, the black Canadian cer campaigned by Claude B. Fletch. er, of Watertown, N.Y., and John Cahill, Syracuse, N.Y., captured one of the races ever held la Cleveland, Qn rien i way e 2.10 class, purse $1, e North dall ni Saturday. pas there is ice campaigner, cleaning up on the Amgrican eireuit. Rosas Savage, Dexter, N.Y, campaigned him* one winter, Unlike most snow champions, he proved squally good on turf. He has raced at the Jefferson County Fair and passed last winter in Mr, Fletcher's stable, being sent to the Syracuse State Fair track last spring, MILITARY SOCCER GAME. Voecationals Defeated A. and N. Vete- rans--A Protest fe . The game of football played be- tween the Army and Navy Veterans and Vocational Tuesday evening was won by Voeatipnal by a seore of 3 to 0. Unfortunately a protest was en- terelt before the game started against 4, G. M. Strowger, the manager, Piying on the team because, it was alleged, he was recently appointed treasurer and as the by-laws adopt- ed by the league prohibit the officials from playing on any team fit was claimed that the game could not be counted. The Army and Navy Vete- raus filed a written protest with the secretary seven minutes before the kick-off, but the game proceeded ne- vertheless, and was well played by both teams. The line up was: A. and N.--Heaton, Fulton, Battle, Campbell, Scott, Verr, Bird, Norwood Eccles, George, Bingham, Vocational---~Taylor, McLeisch, Sin- glton, A. G. M. Strowger, Baylie, Guy, Tibbetts, MeFarlane, Donald- son, Watts, Rintouk Referee--McKFarlane. TENNIS TOURNAMENT AT COUNTRY CLUB IS IN PROGRESS Great interest is being taken in the mixed doubles tennis tournament at the Country Club, which started on Monday, the prizes for which are be. ing given by Mrs. Iva Martin, Capt. Howard Penhale and Miss Doris Fol- gar were defeated on Monday by Miss Alleen Rogers and Harold Brown- field, while on Tuesday Mrs. H. Laf- forty and E. H. Pense won from Capt. Genet and Miss Rose Rogers; as the first round is to be played off this week, the courts at the club will be very much in demand. "There never was a purer Cigarette" ; VEN "A"--100% pure tobacco carefully blended from mild cigarette 10 ror 15 cents ON SALE EVERYWHERE OTTAWA RACING ATTITUDE. ------ Expect Provincial Authorities to Pre« vents N News from Montreal that local race tracks will open next Saturday in des fiance of the Federal order prohibit- ing racing presents an interesting situmtion. The tracks ar opening up on authority of a provinelal license. Buch a license is for the purpose of raising provineial rey. enue, but it is subject to the Domin- ion law, There is a popular misconception on the subject of racing being banned, Racing, as such, is not banned, and never has been. It can gn on every day in the year but Sunday. What ia banned is racing, "with the Privilege of betting." The provincial leense authorizes "racing." It does not over-ride the ban against betting, and the provincial ministers are fully aware of that fact. The enforcement of all criminal law is a provincial matter, and tf is resumed that if racing with betting s attempted the provincial or muni cipal euthorities of Mentreal will carry out the law. If they fail to do 80, any citizen or society may lodge an information and institute proceed ings. Ottawa goes on the assump- tion, however, that the provincial or municipal poliey will stop betting, No one is prepared to make a state- ment as to what will be done if bet ting Is resumed and is not suppressed, The attitude here is one of "wait and see," Bowling on Tuesday, At Queen's bowling green on Tues. day evening 'Skip W. M. Camphell won from Skip R. C. Cartwright by 17-12, Skip D. Buchanan from Skip E. Green by 16-12 and Skip Manahan from Skip W, R. Givens by 18-9. Hamilton Rugby Club The Hamilton Tiger Football Club has reorganized and elected R. Isbis- ter as president, It was announ that there is much good material I the Ambitious City. Fred Gilbert, a well-known pro- fessional shooter of Spirit Lake, Iowa, broke the world's record for continuous target breaking at Hampton, Jowa. Gilbert cracked 689 consecutive targets without a miss. fii Sax oon BEFORE MAGEE Fae LER LET ME QUY- World of Sport PAGE NINE ARTISTIC MEMORIALS Manufactured in Kingston by The McCALLUM GRANITE CO., LTD. Phone 1831, Kingston, Ont S97 Princess Street. Go Carts and Baby Carriages Large stock and low prices-- High Chairs, Kiddie Koops and Cribs. R. J. Reid LEADING UNDERTAKER PHONE 577 Women's White Canvas Keds White Canvas Pumps and Oxfords -- low heel, Cuban heel and Louis heel, with rub ber soles--just the shoe for Summer wear, $3.00, $3.50 and $4.50, ~~ -- hh ' i 1H. 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