3 THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG . OM _SHARKEY He Was Not Too Tough, How- ever, for Bob Fitz- simmons, Tom Sharkey, sailor heavyweight, Was tougher than whale steak and as game as they made 'em. He was "an active ring figure for a dozen Years or so, and during his time he ' suffered ,'but one knock-out. Bob Fitzsimmons stopped him in rounds at Couey Island, Aug. 24th, 1900. This was a grudge fight--a real oie. Four years previous Sharkey and Fitz had fought on the Coast. | Bharkey, a new-comer, had been at- tracting considerable attention, and the educated dough was riding on him. Wyatt Earp, 'Frisco bad man and motorious gun expert, was the re- faree. Earp was in there to protect _ the gamblers' investment. Fitz bat- tered the inexperienced Sharkey into fragments. It was simply a ques- tion of how many rounds Sharkey | d endure the punishment he was le absorbing. 'In the eighth round, with the sallor a study in crimson, Earp, the bad man, stopped the fight and 'awarded the decision to Sharkey oh a foul. Tt was a brazen plece of HARD TO BEAT) two | SPORTI NEW FORM OF DRA Chicago the leagues, the International, Pacific Coast and American Association, have reached a prospective agree- ment relative to the draft. Oscar | Reichow, secretary of the Los Ange- 'les club, appeared before the Ameri- can Association meeting with a plan under which the Class AA leagues would accept major league players, and only those not recalled on option would be subject to the draft for $10,000, Under the plan, {f the] | player drafted did not eome up to! the expéctations he will be offered' back to the club from which he came for $6,000. Under the plan players developed by the club without previous major league experience will not be subject to the draft, the clubs reserving the | right to sell these particular stars. | A'committee of three from each | league will be appointed to consider | this plan. COAST LEAGUE SURMIT { three Class A% At (OPE PPP 029092500 0509 <* * | # FOOTBALL CHAMPIONS FOR 1928. {+ The Canadian rugby footbali | season ended on Saturday |% when R.M.C. won the inter- [ # mediate title and Loyela Col- * lege captured the junior cham 4 plonship. - . *| | *| + @* | INIMVADU AL AWARDS 36) 1 SISLER AND RUTH | At Chicago the Board of Directors of the American League, meeting | Monday, formally awarded the 1923 | league championship to the New| York American League Club, and | voted to give individual! awards to George Sisler and Babe Ruth, the | two players decided to have been of greatest value to their clubs in 1922 | and 1923 respectively. The form of these .awards was not decided on. The Board also sent a message of | condolence to the relatives of "Wild Bill" Donovan, who was killed in the | Twentieth Century wreck at Forsyth, | N.Y., and decided to continue the care of Louis Criger, catcher of the Boston Club, until he is restored to health, Connle Mack, Philadelphia manager of the | Athletics, announced | GENERAL REVIEWS | FROM TRE OUTSIDE--LOOKING IN. | votes $2,000 to flie Canadian Olympic team to help defray expenses. world's greatest hockey body added | action, Well, ev idently some person has represent the Limestone City. We hesitate at this The WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1923 TIMELY . COMMENTS | CHRISTMAS 1923 | USEFUL GIFTS ONLY The O.H.A. is certainly doing its full share in the matter when ig! <= considerably to its prestige by that | entered two teams in the O.H.A. to juncture to say whether or not it will be a good thing for hockey cventually. oo 'Gene Tunney, claimed by many to be much inferior to Harry Greb after their meeting last year, nevertheless out-fought the Pittsburgh wind- mill the other night in a title battle | the 175-pound title, Young Stribling, the youthful boxer from Macon, in New York, and proved his righy Ga., who pretty the transfer to his club of Joe Mear, finished Mike McTigue, promises to become fighter, He is cighteen | Bishop, star second baseman of the | Years old-and of cighty-five battles has lost but three. His father is his manager and his mother Baltimore Internationals. Several | players will be given to Baltimore in' trade, besides some cash, it is vnder stood, but the exact terms were not | given out. | four knockouts to his credit. his trainer, He has twentya rr. Pancho Villa is evidently having a right merry timo. He seems to The New York Yankees closed a be fighting about every second night and enjoying the experience. His deal with the New Orleans Club of | | the Southern Association to train at New Orleans next Spring. Outdrives Abe Mitchell. United States and Canadian®golf- ers will be interested to know that latest clash was with Patsy Wallace in Philadelphia and he won the sion on points, The moguls of baseball are wise in the public eye. ings and announce all their big deals. | they start their talk of training camps and prospects. men. Halfway through the hockey season | deci- ! They always manage to koep | After the football season they stage their big meet. | Some way or other | | KODAKS, SKATES, HOCKEY BOOTS, PHONOGRAPHS No cheap trash this Christmas, but gifts the Boys and Girls will use. | in England they have unearthed a they manage to advertise the year round. golfer who is a longer driver than | is Abe Mitchell. When the latter, thievery, and when the infuriated | The complete list of cham- % Spectators bore down on the ng. | pions for the 1923 season fol- + * a .45 d Earp drew his long-barrelled .45 and | + love: Treadgold Sport 88 PRINCESS ST. ing Goods Co PHONE 529. When Hamilton Collegiate defeated Oakwood for the Interscholastic | made his way to the dressing-room 'without further incident. Fitz was naturally incensed, and when he finally persuaded Sharkey to battle him again the Cornishman lost little time in settling the old grudge. LATE LORD SHAUGHNESSY WAS FOND OF SPORT When the late Lord Bhaughnessy's Jife was a very busy one, he knew the value of the relaxation to be * found in sport. He was fond of a 'game of golf. His experience as an owner of blooded stock, however, Were not altogether happy. When racing was being boomed in Mout- Weal, - with the eole object of encouraging the thorough- horse industry in the neq of Quebec, he imported hionably-bred mare, Silk Hose name, She Invariably finished and once galloped past the stand at Blue Bonnets thirty hs behind the other starters. M. Hays, then president of rand Trunk Rallway, twitted Thomas Shaughnessy, as he was jm, about the animal. "That's a mare you have, Shaughnessy," "Yes," latighingly replied mer, "about as fast as a Grand k train." Finally Silk Hose His secretary told Lord Shau- y that he had bad news for and mentioned the decease of racer. "'That's not bad news," js the reply he received. 'Now we 't have to feed the blessed thing more." 8ilk Hose, however, had it, Silk Bird, which turned out one of the best thoroughbreds ,Produced in the province of . Bis ------------ ILSHAFTED GOLF CLUBS LIKELY TO BE APPROVED though no official word has j of the United States Golf As- F#oelation on the subject, it is under- ste among well-informed golfers the golf ruling body soon will ive the ban that has prevented use of steelshafted clubs in plonship play. It. is expected action allowing the use of such nts will be announced at the meeting to be held in thia y next month. 5 | | | | | | | Senior C. R. U. I Queen's University. { Intermediate. Royal Military College, Kingston. Junior. Loyola College, Interprovincial Hamilton Tigers. Intercollegiate Union, Queen's University. O.R.F.U. Hamilton Rowing Western Union, Regina Capitals Intermediate Q.R.F.U, Montreal Grand Trunks, Junior Q.R.F.U. Rideau Aquatic Club wa.) Intermediate O.R.F.U. Sarnia. Junior O.R.F.U. Toronto Cance Club Intermediate Intercollegiate Royal Military College. Junior Intercollegiate, Loyola College. Interscholastic. Hamilton Collegiate. S982 40400040000 Montreal. Union. PEE LPP + [4 | | ob + [+ | [ # | [ Ciub (Otta- S Sheers PEPER PPI RTP EPSP IP LI DIP Pr Pee P SPE E SS Dunn's Ominous Activity. Sale by Baltimore of Infielder Bishop to the Athletics, and the offer of Boley to the White Sox, is taken to indicate that there will be some action taken this week to modify the draft clause to suit the three big Class AA circuits, the International, American Association and Pacific Coast League. There is a strong sentiment for action of the kind in the Pacific Coast League. It they decide to do business with the majors under some new draft arrangement, and the International continued to ignore the clause, the Toole circuit would be left "holding the bag." The International will unquestion. ably fall into line with the two other big minors in anything they may do with regard to the draft cause. In that event the market would be glutted with players. Dunn will not get $100,000 for Boley unless he ac- cepts German marks in that amount. Boley is not as good a bal! player as he was two years ago, and, any- way, those reputed $100,000 sales are largely buncombe.--Globe, Dr CIE NLS ML Se oays was in Canada two years ago, accom- | panying George Duncan, his long- hitting ability was marvelled at by | those who saw him in exhibition | matches. The latest sensation iq Bingham, Stourbridge professional, | who Is claimed to be the world's longest driver. According tv word received here, Bingham during the! past season has outdriven Mitchell | from 15 to 25 yards off almost every tee. At Walton Heath he was re-| cently on the green at the 11th hole. | which is 340 yards in length, and | the conditions were not at all favor- | able for long driving oo nisms Paddock "Slowed Up?" Charles Paddock, world's cham- | pion sprinter, who is laid up in a| hospital with a sprained ankle, may | never be able to run 100 yards under 10 seconds again, Dr. J. T. Hanna, who is caring for the injury, said. The sprain would not be gerious for most people, he stated, but it may weaken his ankle enough to take some of the powerful drive from Paddock's legs. The injury was re- | ceived while Paddock was playing in a practice game of basketball with high school boys at Mount Ver- non, la. Annual Meeting Perth Club. The Perth Curling and Bowling Club held ite annual meeting on Dec. 4th, These directors were| elected for 1924: Messrs. R. W. Rob- ertson, T. A. Wright, J. P. Hogan, C. A. Campbell, J. V. Watson, G. C. Townshend. The officers are: R. W. Robertson, president; G. (. Town- shend, vice-president; W. Ross Strike, secretary and N. G. Ander- son, treasurer. O.F.R.U. Tigers. How they arranged suitable was in 1919 and not one of the former team was left. { now of Queen's, i Toronto still has a chance 'to grab a championship, | checker tournament is to be sizes is a mystery, Their last title Frank McKelvey, was the youngest of their men at that time, The Pominion held in that city shortly.~--Hamilton Spectator, A A A Mn ms Acre uma tira, iy GERMANS AND FRENCH MEET AGAIN IN SPORTING FIELD "We are glad to meet you in sport and forget politics," was the greet- | ing of the captain of a German soccer | club in introducing ten other mem- | bers of his team to the captain of a i team composed of French civilians | | stationed here when for the first time since 1914 German and French ath- letes met in competition. "Sports make brothers of us all," | responded the eaptain of the French | players, and the members of both teams warmly shook hands. Both teams played in keen rivalry, and a great spirit of sport was evine- ed by the immense concourse of Ger- man and French spectators in the | stands, who joined in applauding with impartiality the good plays of | each team. At the conclusion of the match, which was won by the' French, five goals to nothing, the! two teams cheered each other, 'Matty's"" Tribute to "Wild BIL" | At the gathering of the baseball | clang in Chicago, Monday, the un-| timely death of "Wild Bill" Donovan | i was everywhere lamented. Christy {| Mathewson," President of the Boston Nationals, said: . "I was planning to engage Dono- van as manager of the Braves when the Bancroft deal broke. If I had] failed to get a player manager," he Mary Jane Baldwin: press. GALLAGHER AND SHEAN--(Sing the words to the tune of OH. MR, GALLAGHER, OH, MR. GALLAGHER! | | EXC NEXT DOOR. r z | » ol TS rT re aia | * Well, mum, it's"8o lonely without proteclioni these dark and stormy nights."'--London Daily Ex- a Mr. Gallagher PERFECTLY SIMPLE J BAR fo said, "I would have employed Bill. I pitched my first major league game against Bill back in 1901. He was with Brooklyn them. It was at the opening of the season, and I was a rookie of the year before. I could not believe that 1 was to oppose the famous "Wild Bill." We won 6 to 3. To this day, I remember the splen- did appearance of Donovan as he stood on the hill. He was an im- posing and fascinating foeman. His Appearance stands out in my mind as the greatest feature of that event- ful game--greater than my first big league victory." This is Better, Instead of Toronto Granites, Al- lan Cup holders, going to the Olym- pic hockey tournament as represen- tatives of Canada, the team that will wear the Maple Leaf will be an all- | Canada combination or near it. The announcement that Cyril of the Montreal ("'8ig') Slater Victorias would be a member of the Olympic | team is followed by another to the effect that Harold McMunn, young right wing player of the Winnipeg Falcons, has been invited to accom- pany the players and wiil likely ac- cept. He is one of the stars of West- ern Canada hockey, and recently turned down flattering offers to join the pro. ranks. "Bill" Phillips of the Canadian Soo, also may wear the Canadian jersey.--Globe. i ------------------------ "DRYS" ISSUE WARNING. Say Christmas Booze Fraudulent, Perhaps Poisonous. \ Chicago, Dec. 12.--A warning by Percy Owen, federal prohibition di- rector for Illinois, was issued yester- day that, "Christmas ooze' which is beginning to make its appearance in Chicago, is almost entirely fraud- ulent and poseibly poisomous. The concentration of scores of prohibition agents along the Canadian border above and below Detroit has closed title they were greatly helped by the mud shoes loaned by the | A A a A. cat an. tight that source of genuine liquor, Owen said. ---------------- Holstein Breeders' Club, Brockville, Dec. 12.--A¢t the sixth annual meeting of the Grenville Hol- stein Breeders' Club held at Kempt- ville, the following officers were elected: President, Colodel D. W. Beckett, Kemptville; first vice-presi- dent, James J. Moir, Smith's Falls; second vice-president, James Knapp, Merrickville; secretary-treasurer, W. M. Croskery, Kemptville, You can make your criticiem just as effectual by mixing a good bit of courtesty with it, i CIGARS In Special A Gift that will be will be Apprechied and Enjoyed. L. 0. GROTHE, Limited Mire, Noted London Preacher Accepts Oall to Montreal Montreal, Dec. 12.<--Rev. John W. G. Ward, of the New Court, Congre- gational church, Folington Park, London, has cabled his acceptance of the pastorate of the Emmanuel church here. Rev. Mr. Ward held the summer pastorate of Emmanue! church two years agp. His new ap- pointment will date from March next, : A ------ Fretfulness of temper will gener- ally characterize those who are neg- ligent of order. ec mt H---------- RIT 8 wi at mn wr ve we' memes and Me. Shean) RE v 3} ¥ i. ¢ Packagsof 20 for 25% -- i= sy 30 SWER LING MR. SHEN! CASH THE CHECK FOR ANY AMOUNT, | OND ( AT 10 MY ACOUNT-- 4