1 _ SPORTIN ONE MORE PRACTICE Before. Tackling Brockville Here on Friday Night in which to open up the seasom., Qircle-Six have one eye om their injury list and the 'cther on thelr ow O.H.A. echedule. . With eev- ™00..,...140,000 football rreeava "eres ea football, .... 175,000 76,000 70,000 Derby ....oo0ve 6 Stade football ig - 87,000 60,000 60,000 60,000 80,000 68,0001 .. THE NUT CRACKER By Jos Williams Su The Sport Horror<Scope for 1025. January: Hoppe defends balk line title for 573d time. . . .New York box- ing commission euspends Mickey Walker. . . Dempsey denies ducking Wills. -- * 1 hr February: Ruth leaves farm dn Sudbury, Mase., and tells reporters 'ho will set new home run record... Cold wave sweeps south and Tampa ski jumps ere called off. March: Big league teams begin spring «ss Oommie Mack makes speech before local Rotarians in which he predicts a championship tor Athletics. April: | Coolidge throws out first ball, bis contro! being worse than usual... . Washington wins first game, Jobhmeom fetting enemy down with two ecatbered hits, --- May: Dempsey says he will fight Wills it "public demands the match." . +. .Ruth complains pitchers walk him too often end unges new rule + | against intentional pass. June: Hagen wins British open tourney after trailing by sixteen strokes. . . .Benny Leonard, etarning In the Hamfat's Revenge, insists he can otill make lightweight idmit, > y-- July: Sir Thomas Lipton's Sham- rock finished second jn internation yacht mace. . . .8ir Thomas poses with ¢inenva queens and says he'll try again next year, August: Connbe Mack bi OUT OUR WAY THE DAILY BRITIS H WHIG fees oH saooLe't Tosas © TW us DO HEN GIT HET STUFF? TANT BEEN A SADDLE FOH SO LoNEr IM A WHO DO THEN FIGGER BUILDS ALL THESE WERE ORIPT FENCES AN CORRALS? SHOREIN NOT US wWNIenTS OTH SADDLE -US RIDERS: ALL TH OrTHERS 1 BVER SeE 15 SHOOTIN AN GALLOPIN BR LINED LP ASN A BAR, WHUT TT WANT "TUR YuOW 18-WHO 00RS ALLTH LABOR IN TFS COW COUNTRY fo ; \ -- mr CREEN SP Se ~~ ZURY WOULONT MIND BEING CLASSED WITH LEISURE CLASS \F HE HAD THE LEISURE. gw ov mm some me SS) a HIM 1 Ro GITTN. HNO WNEED. Pa 2 JRvellneas breaks of game for failure ef his [team to be higher than sixth place y + JAundience in Kokomo, Ind., ap- plauds trained seal aot. ; September: Tilden beats Johmstom in straight sets' and wins national tennis title. ...Dempeey tells Wills to go get a reputation. Soot - completes 2345th comsecutive game of ball....Tygers cop world series. \ \ November: Hoppe opens billiard wins national title. , . , Walter Camp's All-America 1s called a joke. QOING INTO DISCARD Ooveleski Only Persistent User of It Left in Majors. | ' BY BILLY EVANS. fact that two of the greatest pitchers in the American © were recently traded, and asked on amother, makes it {| here _ for Ki t| Nellt® Cousins and Miss Eleta Hard- was disposed of. 3 When the new legislation. was put into effect in 1919, the American League made a house rule that no club could carry more than two spitball pitchers. ) The fact was agreed upon by own- ers and managers and bulletimed to the umpires. No doubt the Tule is still in effect. Otherwise Washing- ton would not have made the deal. It's just possible that Coveleskie will greatly help the world champs. The warm weather of Washington is sure to benefit him. Last season he was good when this fast spitter was working but he only had it about ome-thind of the time. Next summer it may be different. The nut cracker ---------- LONGBOAT AGAIN, . . Wants Amateur Card to Race Against Nurmi, Buffalo, Dec. 89.--Tom Longboat, the Ihdian distance runner, has bob- bed up here again. He wants a chance ¢o run in a race with Paavo Nur, when the great Finn appears "Of course, Nurmi is en amateur and I am a professional, and he will Dot tum pro." said Longboat, "but I am going to ask ithe Niagara Dis- trict bramch of the Amateur Athletic Union to reinstate me. I have mot dome any professional running or en- gaged in prof sport of any kind for years, but I have always kept in good condition, and I don't think Nurmi! cam beat me." goat Joo: broke into promi- more fifiteen years ago. The Niagara District branch will consider his aprication for relnetatement, ----ee---- News. McLean, Dec. = 29.--Christmas passed off very quietly; some from here took in the dance at Willis Asgelstine's, on Christmas night. Bome of the cold weather from the west Is visiting us for the Ohrist- mas holidays. Mr. and MPs. John Raycroft, Mrs. Emerson Snider, and Thomas and Christaln Raycroft were calling on friends here while on thelr way to Wilkenson. Edward Ball and Bdward Brown, Sr. left ngston to-day. Miss wick are visiting at Wella Smith's; Mr. and Mrs. W. Cousins and family at John Keller's on Sunday; John Morris, Staten Island, N.Y. and Melville Wagar at Mrs. Foster's. ; [AJ nd . wt IT FROM THE OUTSDE LooKING IN special request. Canada team: Flying wing, Veale; senor O.H.A. Happy New Year and every success in 1925 to everybody. And if you wish to get a good start om seeing the old year out, there is skating at the Jock Harty Arena on Wednesday evening at the usual hour, that night having been declared open hy the Aghbetic Board by Speaking of those All-America football teams, how's this for an All- quarter, Evans; centre, Cox; insides, Reid and Muirhead; middles, Mec- Kelyey and Timmis; outsides, Fear and Thomas. The only ome we can think of that is beter than ithat is the follow ing: Fiylng wing, Meleod; baives, Leacley, Batstone, G. McKelvey; quarter, Baldwin; @nsies, Muirhead and Brown; middies, J. McKelvey and Reynolds; outsides, Thomas and Wright. A Seeing that Peterboro cleaned up on ail the senior teams in the 8.P.A. series, it should be possible that an intermediate temm should win the Allan Cup this season, which would be a very interesting situation] If Frank Calder's N.H.L. contibues to buy in the high class amateur players his league wil be dubbed merely a post-graduate course of the And to the consternation of some of the oid pros., most of the graduates are showing marked results of their education. Yes, skate on the lake df you like, authority that none of the undertakers special New Year's rates on fumerals. It costs more but it is much cheaper in the long run. : halves, Batstome, Leadley, Snyder; but we can tell you on good are having January sales mor to skate on a rink, EIGHTEEN AT DINNER. At a Family Party at D. R. Gar rison's, Petworth. Petworth, Dec. 29.--The Metho- dist church is closed for the winter, The Free Methodists are holding their services in the afternoon now. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Curzon and Mrs. Annie Huffman have returned to Kingston having spent Christmas under'the parental roof, Elias Gar- rison is spending Christmas week at his' daughter's, Mrs. T. Timms, Kingston. 4 ' John "Carr end family spent Christmas at Edgar Hughes'. Mrs. T. Bradford is better at time of writing. Mrs. Robert Carr at her father's, D. Convery's, Oak Flats, for the holidays. Johm Gerrison, his work. Mrs. John Clark is visiting her mother at Wellington. The L.O.L. held its annual elec- Dr -------- tion of officers on Saturday even- ing. Refreshments were served by the ladies. Mrs. "Elizabeth 'Hall is visiting at R. Garrison's. Master Harold Carr, Verona, is visiting at J. Carr's. We are sorry to Jearn of the illness of Guy Lee's baby with scarlet fever, 'this being the fourth case in the family. Mariford Garri- son, wife and deughter, Jean, dt Prizes Every Week or the Bowlers at COLLEGE INN BOWLING ACADEMY Suggest you give Radio to the Radio Fan for Christmas, Holtzer Cabot Loud Speaker sestiiteteserrsasnesss S15.00 Thosola Loud BPesker ....ecvevece mecssosnsssess $25.00 Brandes Phones .... sesesssney § 650 Embassy Phones cevesennpnnnns B BIR Needlephone Phonograph Unit cranes ens sies JB18.50 THE RADIO DEN (Over Watts' Flower Rtore) ' Just a Little Different. ves ssa Olympia Tube | Skates The same model as used by the world champions in France, and they are another member of the AUTOMOBILE Ae 'Family and every one knows they are best Skate made. 7 DON'T WAIT 1! but get your Hockey Boots and Skates now as we have your size and can match your pocket book. Treadgold Sporting Goods Co 88 Princess St., Kingston. "Phone 529 Bicknell's Corners for Christmas. Our teacher, Mies M. Sigsworth, is spending the holidays at her home| American League io in Harrowsmith. We . are having|several changes in his um some real cold weather. D. R. Garri-| for the coming season. He ry son held a family dinner Christmas, |signed Harry Geisel, last year eighteen being present. International League. . And now a bigger package or the same pS SS, (> y--15