WEDNESDAY, FEB RUARY 27, 1024, LATEST LOCAL GOLDE PRODGERS 1S CONSDERING A REST Hamilton Writer Claims "Old Sorrel Top" WIll Retire Soon. Hamilton Spectator: When the Hamilton team plays the last game ot] the season at Montreal on Wednes- da night of next week, it will prob ably mark the end of the hockey car- eer of one of the most popular play- ers that ever figured in the Nationa) Hockey league, Goldie Prodgers, who has been one of the mainstays of the Hamilton team ever since this city was repre- sented in professional hockey, and who is one of the veterans of the Jeague, will likely remain in London, his home city, next winter. He hay been offered th anagement of the new arena there a salary much greater than he would receive for playing hockey, and while he has not given a definite answer, it is likely that he will accept: The London peo- pls feel that Prodgers could not only act as manager, but would be a val- usable man to coach the amateur teams there. Old "sorrel top" is one of the most popular players that ever wore a Hamilton uniform. He always gives his best and no matter whether the team is out in front or far behind, he generally man to star and has played as to ently as any man in the league. He broke into pro- fessional company in the old trolley leafiis and soon after went to Cana- d He gleo played with St. Pats a: and was with Quebec when the franchise was purchased by Hamilton, While Prodgers is old in hockey, he is by no means the oldest man in the league, for he broké into pro- fessional company when he was but sisteén years of age. It may be of interest to Hamilton fans and fol- lowers of the game in general to know that his name Is George. It is so long since any person called him by that name that he has almost forgotten what it sounds like. If Prodgers accepts the appointment, and it looks as though he will, his retirement from the NH.L. will be -- MERE RE MOCCASIN DANCE JOCK HARTY ARENA Wednesday, Feb. 27, '24 DANCING 8.15 to 11.30 p.m. Music by Stubby Holmes 7 piece orchestra. Admission Aleiefalelele 50c¢. SPORTING | FROM THE OUTSIDE--LOOKING IN. This evening the only hockey event locally, so far as we know, will be confined to practice hours. The Arena Is thrown open to a new kind of mixup known as & moccasin dance and a large crowd is expected. It only takes two to make a team at that game but there will be many teams on generally regretted, as he is popular with fans in every city in thecircuit. TRAINED FROM CRADLE 10 CAPTURE A TITLE 80 8ays "Pa" Stribling Of The Son He Is Manag- ing. RUTH HS STIL CHARGE IN BOX Pitching Might Prolong His Career As a Baseball Player. New York, Feb. 27.--Reports cur- rent some time back and confirmed recently by the officials of the St. Louis Browns that George Sisler would try his hand at pitching next season if he can't see wel ough | to return to first base, brin up the question: "Why couldn't Babe Ruth dd the same thing when he can no longer quality as an active regular." Like Sisler, who first attracted the attention of major league scouts when he was pitching for the Uni- versity of Michigan nine, Ruth start- ed out as a pitcher, It was BSisler"s talent at hitting that made him too valuable to sit on the bench three days after pitch- ing one game, afd it was the same power with the stirk that caused ust plain William L. Strib- | Ed Barrow to turn Ruth into an out- Nie yay Jus Tony was boxing as an fielder. Sisler and Ruth have base- amateur. And he was pretty good, | ball talent that are strikingly in come | too, He was an amateur, but he had | mon. Sisler is a great first baseman | every intention of turning profession- | 8nd Ruth is a good ome; Ruth is al and going after a champlonship. a great outfielder and Sisler is a good Then, as so often happens in the| One, both can hit and both can case, of a youth of seventeen years, | Pitch. : it happened. Young Mr. Stribling fell Ruth was the best southpaw in in love. Aad, before long, was mar-| the American league when he was, riled. And, likewise, realized that| Working as a pitcher with the Bos- he would have to get down to busi-| ton Red Sox, and the Yankee play- ness to suppoft a wife. So, reluc- [ers say that the Babe needs only tantly, he gave up his dream of an-| serious work and a little practice ito become a fine pitcher again. nexing the world's boxing title and | 0 he oe. his wife went into vaudeville, | Ruth's legs will go back on him be- fore his batting eye begins to get crobatic and equilibrist Jol 3n Serve out of focus. The Baffalo Express: William L, (Young) Stribling of Macon, Ga. is scarcely two months more than nine- teen years old to-day. William L. (Young) Stribling of Macon, Ga., has been in training to win a world's boxing champlonship for just that length of time. Sounds rather like a paradox, does- n't it? - But there's no catch in it. We have both the introductory state- ments on the authority of William L, Stribling, Sr., father of the young man, and certainly he should know whereof he speaks. It makes quite a story," twenty years ago William L. Stribling, Sr., 8ix. THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG GENERAL REVIEWS the ice. coming battles. Can't study in the Gotta girl. We've seen a young bird trying borrowed an overcoat. He is worth watching, at that. Circle-8ix have another day or so yet in which { battle with the Peterboro juniors here on Friday night. In the Belleville 3 | Series the Kingston team played first game away and took a long time {to wind up the round. Here's hoping they do things up quickly in the ¢ Can't study in the fall, Gotta play football; Can't study in the winter, Gotta play basketball; Gotta play baseball; Can't study in the summer, --The Athlete's Lament. old birds trying to pretend they are young; but one of the funniest things we've run across lately was a young lady in ski-ing costume, knickers and all, trying to kid us that she had worn such an outfit before. Finally she Just when "Young" Stribling 1s commencing to make a favorable im-! pression on boxing press agents "Jimmy" Slattery of Buffalo outpoints him --and now attention will centre on the boy from Bisontown once again. | See you all at the big game on Friday evening--Peterboro vs. Circle- 4 to rest up for their ' spring, to pretend he could fly; we've seen i TIMELY COMMENTS DAYS You will be warm if you get one of our pure Wool : SWEATERS OR JERSEYS Good every day -- Hockey, Sleigh Rides or everyday use. 20% DISCOUNT TO-DAY Treadgold Sporting Goods Co 88 PRINCESS ST, - PHONE 529, a Ri, er, star pitcher . But the young husband vowed et rr rons Sisler's vision went faulty when that some day there would be a new ring champion in the Stribling tam- | his other physical faculties had | ily. hardly more than reached their full | On December 26th, 1904, the stork | development. The Babe has a power- | paid a visit to the Striblings. And | ful pair of shoulders and a great arm | no sooner did the words "It's a boy" | and they should retain their strength reach the ears of the husband and | even after his legs, disqualify him for | father than he remarked, softly, to| Work in the field. If Babe Adams himself: "A boy, and some day a| Can get along so well as a pitcher champion." at an age which is decidedly antique for a major leaguer, there should be When the Striblings went back on | no reason why Babe Ruth could not the vaudeville wheel little Willlam | do the same thing even though he has L. Stribling, Jr., went along. By the not kept up on his pitching. time the little chap was six months Ruth 1s 30 years old now The ex- old he was well advanced in the | perts give him no more than three lines of training laid eut for him by more seasons to star, as he has been his dad. We go so far as to say | starring, and they think then that that the youngster went on the road | he will start to alip. Before the Sis- dally or put on the gloves ror a|ler case, however, no one seemed to sparring session. But he was In| nave given a serious thought to the training. | weight. And down there they look possibility that Ruth might go back "When the boy was six months | to pitching and prolong perhaps three | old," Pa Stribling tells, "he could | or four seasons a career that had balance himself on ome leg. His | reached its natural end. footwork was fine and his judgment | There have been many cases where of distance was great, particularly a pitcher reached the end of his when it came to landing on his dad's | string and then continued as a play- ear or nose. Yes, sir, I had that boy er. Joe Wood did it with the Cleve- in training to be a boxer--and a| land Indians, and Rebel Russell gid champion--{from the day he came to | it with the Pittsburgh Pirates. But there can be recalled no outstanding instances where a player reached the end of the road and then _ turned pitcher, > "I eould go on telling you about the boy for hours, but I won't," went on Pa. Stribling. "I could tell you how we brought him up so carefully that he never has had a real illness. He is sort of a vegetarian. Some folks think a vegetarian can't be very strong. That's all wrong. The bull and the elephant are vegetarians. Are they weaklings? "Any way, we brought the boy along and as soon as -he was old enough to know what it was all about I put the gloves on with him and taught him all I knew about boxing. And say how he did warm _up to it. Finally, on January 17th, 1921, not long after his sixteenth birthday, he had his first bout. He was a 117- pounder then. He won that scrap and it wasn't long before he was re- cognized as the bantamweight cham- pion of the South. "Say do you know the boy held the Southern championship in every class from the bantamweéight to middle- -------- SHOCKER MAY BE IN BOSTON NEXT YEAR Despite the fact that Urban Shock- | | The Market Report | GRAIN QUOTATIONS. Montreal. Montreal, Feb. 26.--0Oats, Cana- dian Western, No. 2, 55 to 55 1-2¢; Canadian Western, No. 3, 53 1-2 to 44c; extra No. 1 feed, 51 1-2 to b2¢; No. 2 local white, 50 1-2 to le. Flour, Manitoba Spring wheat pat- ents, firsts, $6.30; seconds, $6.80; strong bakers, $5.60; Winter patents, choice, $5.65 to $5.75. Rolled oats, bag 90 1bs., Ibs., $2.90; bran, $28.25; oh htm now ws the light heavyweight | ),.0y 330 25; middlings, $36.25. champion." When a man owns his dollar he is reputable and happy. When the dol. lar owns him he is despicable and un- happy. : Even a single hair has its dwn Winnipeg. Winnipeg, Feb. 26.--Wheat--No. 1 northern, $1.00 3-4; No. 2 north- ern, 97 3-4c; No. 3 northern, 93 3-8¢; No. 4, 88 7-8¢; No. 5, 82 7-8¢; shadow. No. 6, 77 1-8¢; feed, 72 1-8c¢; track, $1.01 5-8. 2612 (Editorial Rooms) 2613 (Social) 2614 (Job Department) 243 (Business Office) BRITISH WHIG NEW TELEPHONE NUMBERS +! Tack This Up Near Your Telephone Oats--No, 2 C.W., 40 3-8¢; No. 8 C.W., 37 1-2¢; extra No. 1 feed, 37 7-8¢; No. 1 feed, 35 1-2¢; No. 2 feed, 83 1-2¢; rejected, 81 7-8c; track, 40 7-8c. | : Barley--No, 3 C.W., 63 1-4¢c; No. 4 C.W,, 58¢; rejected, 55¢; feed, 54c; track 63 1-dc. Flax--No. 1 NW.C, 30 3-4; No. 2 C.W,, $2.26 1-4; . 3 CW, $2.09 38-4; rejected, $2.09 3-4c; track,, $2.31. Rye--No. 2 C.W., 67 1-2¢, . Chicago. Chicago, Feb. 26.--Cash grains: Wheat--No, 1, $1.12 to $1.13: No. 3 hard, $1.01 1-2 to $1.13. Corn-- Browns, has signed his contract, there Is a feoling that he will not he with his team this year. Withdrawal of the suit on the part of Shocker was made possible by the intervention of Bobby ~ Quinn, 'who formerly handled the affairs of the 8t. Louis club, but who is now presi- dent of the Boston Red Sox. President Quinn, of the Boston Red Sox came on to Chicago for a conference with Shocker and Presi- dent Johnson. It took only a short time to settle the matter, Shocker withdrawing his petition to Landis and signing a St. Louis contract. It is questionable, however, if the ill-feeling between Shocker and the management of the Browns has been erased. If not, he wouldn't be a very valuable man for the club. Local fans fear that Quinn, in signing Shocker, was feathering his own nest and that the sale of Shock- or to Boston is a possibility of the {immediate tures': ------------------------ ALUTROCK HAS SIGNED TO CLOWN ONCE MORE Nick has signed. There was a time, nearly a score of years ago, when this announce- ment was real news--weighted with importance. Any ola south side fan in Chicago can testify that without Altrock and his sturdy southpaw slants, his incomparable motion to first and a knack for gobbling up bunts that never has been excelled, No. 3 mixed, 77 to 77 1-4¢; No. 2 yellow, 81 1-4c. Oats--No. 2 white, 49 to 49 1-2¢; No. 3 white, 48 to 49¢. Rye--No. 2, 71 to 71 1-2¢. Bar- ley, 66 to 80c. Timothy seed, $6.50 to $8. Clover seed, $18 to $24. Lard, $11.06; ribs, $9.37; bellies, $10. ------ LIVE STOUK. f Montreal. Montreal, Feb, 28.--Cattle, butch- er eteers, good, $7 to $7.50; med- jum, $6 to $6.26; common, $5 to $5.26; butcher heifers, good, $6; medium, $5.50 to $5.75; butcher cows, good, $4.50 to $5.26; medium, $2.76 to $4.50; canners, $1.50; cut- ters, $2 to $2.60; butcher bulls, good, $4.50 to $5.25; common, $3 to $3.50. Good veal, $10 to $10.50; medium, $9 to $9.60; common, $8.50. $6 to $6.50 for sheep and $11.50 for lambs. Hogs, $8.50 to $9 for thick smooth and shop hogs, bulk of sales $8.75 or better, Selects were bid for $9. Sows, $9.50. -- GENERAL TRADE. Montreal, Feb. 26.--Creamery, solids, 43c per 1b.; prints, 44c per 1b.; cooking butter, 35¢ per Ib.; oleo- margarine, 22¢ per Ib. Eggs--Fresh, extras, §0c; fresh firsts 45: storage extras, 42c; stor- age firsts, 38¢; storage seconds, 34c. Bacon--Windsor boneless, 39¢ per ib.; breakfast, 26 to 29¢ per Ib. Dressed Poul -fed chick- ens, 30 to 33c per Ib.; broilers 85.to 45c; selected chickens, 27 to 81a; turkeys, 30 to 38¢c; qucks, 25 to 36c; green ducks, 30 to 38¢ per Ib.; geese, 21 to 26e. Hi killed abat- of the St. Lous | nny the White Sox would not have made baseball history by breezing to a pennant under Flelder Jones; could not have earned the title of "hitless BUY ADVERTISED GOODS They Insure Against Fraud wonders' by thelr feats at the since | m-- abandoned Thirty - ninth street grounds, mor defeated the far famed Cubs of Frank Chance for the cham- pionship of the world. Father Time ended his usefulness for combat many years ago, but his bubbliig humor and droll antics" on the side lines have endeareq him to nternal an are PECLE pa thomas' EC a rOOay SEEN SOLD FOR NEARLY Sn TRARY # ARD 18 Y A SELLER THAN BEFORE 18 A ROLY Doak A LSPEAKS FOR me fans throughout the country and all WiH join With those of Washington in hailing the announcement follow- ling the receipt of his contract at baseball headquérters recently that: Nick has signed. Hard to Handle. National league umpires are bound to experience some hectic afternoons the coming season now that Carl Mays will pitch for the Cincinnati Reds, He always has been a tough fel- low for the arbiters to handle. To begin with, Mays' style of pitching causes the umps plenty of grief. He throws underhand, all of his shoots starting near the ground, and keeps the ball around the batter's knees. The Utmost in Cigars GUARANTEED HAVANA Carl alternates between a fast ball that breaks ltke a spitter and a curve that rises as it nears the plate, Mays has a bad temper, too, and in his attempts to get all of the close decisions, makes life miserable for the umpires, Kehoe drove to Ardoch Sunday, leav- ing his daughter, Grace, with friends there, Mrs. Nick Costella is in To- ronto having the injury to his head attended by the Compensation Board of doctors. Noah Kimmeérly purchased a horse from C. C. Thomp- son. The roads are snowplowed and in good condition with tarmers haul- 0ID ROOFINGS 8 ns | an snd a SD § | " FJ / ing logs from all side-roads. Many plan on attending the concert being prepared by Mrs. Rose Wood for Feb. 29th, in 8. 8. No. 4 Mrs. Mer- vin Newton ang family spent the past week at Mrs. W. Cassada's. Mrs. C. C. Thompson is in Kingston for a few days with her mother, Mrs. George Pyke. Mrs. Charles Markle is having an auction sale this week and is disposing of all farm produce, machinery, stock and furniture. Mrs. A. BE. Fletcher is visiting her sister, Miss Slater, at Embro.. Mrs. E. Fal- lon and family, ChiMwood, N.Y., spent Friday evening at C. C. Thomp- son'. A. E. Fletcher is in Buffalo, N.Y, in the interests of the Ore Chimney Mines. Notes. Mississippi, Feb. 26.--Loading logs and boxwood is the order of the day. W. A. Geddes attended council on Monday of last week. Edwin Dowdell, Bolingbrooke, spent -a cou- ple ofydays with his father, Thomas Dowdell, last week. Mrs. Wilfrid McLaughlin, Kingston, is visiting with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wil- Ham Kirkham. Mrs. Robert Har- I T= 1k Four Days fiom . Land = Loe oy ov as ges per, Snow Road, was the guést of Mrs. W. A. Geddes on Saturday of last week. Mrs. Robert Gibson is visiting with relatives in Kingston Lawrence Hanna, Lavant, speat the ---- week-end at his mother's, Mrs, H. Hanna's. rs - engaged working with the bridge gang at Port McNichol, spent the William Riddell, who is