de Friday, April 16, 1926. SPORTING NOTES AND COMMENT Thingfis will begin to hum in local lawn bowling circles after the club's annual meeting. The officers will be elected and plans | made for the summer, which promises to be a most successful one' in | bowling circles, THE DAILY BRITIS H/WHIG _ GENERAL REVIEWS SPORTING AMILTON WILL LIKELY APPLY FOR [Erez ear PLACE IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE SCORES Percy Thompson Will Attend Semi-annual Meeting of N.H.L. Magnates This Week-end--Detroit and Chicago { Expect to Request Franchises. ' Montreal, April 16.--A large num-Jmake a report on his conference with i of people, many of whom have |rink owners in Toronto, which took no direct interest in the National place over the last week-end. The Hockey League at present, will ar- | National League head did not'care to _ rive for the semi-annual "clean-up" | say much about this on his return to "meeting of the circuit, which will {Montreal to-day. He said the rink | commence here Saturday morning, owners were in a rather awkward and amongst them will be Percy | position in Ontario, the way amateur : Thompson, manager of the former | hockey stood to-day, and that they Hamilton Tigers of the N.H.L. asked that if the minor league were The coming of Thompson will be | formed they be allowed . to affiliate i more or less of a surprise, but al-| with the National Hockey League "though it is only a report, the news |and start things on another basis. comes that Hamilton will build a | President Calder believes there is a new hockey arena in the near future, | way to solve thelr problem, but he and that the Ambitious City, people | will not talk of this publicly. The are anxious to sgain.become identi- | whole matter will be put up to the fled with the professional loop. delegates to the league meeting this TIMELY COMMENTS Pocket Packs an Ideal Buy Handy Packages of 5 or 10 insure supply and National League. Philadelphia 8, Boston 4. St. Louis 2, Pittsburgh 0. Brooklyn-New York, postponed. Chicago-Cincinnati, postponed. American League. Philadelphia 9, Washington 8. Chicago 11, St. Louis 4. New York-Boston, postponed. Cleveland-Detroit, postponed. | The membership in the Regiopolis Tennis Club is steadily increasing' {and the club is now very strong. A most successful season is anticipated | this year. The decision of the Kingston executive to remain in the Central Ontario Baseball League met with the approval o all the fans in Kings- ton. The locals' great campaign last year proved that they are a powerful team and the fans would get little "kick" out of exhibition tilts Jersey City 15, Syracuse 2. all the time. It's not the game f{tself that creates the most interest. Newark 18, Buffalo 10. it's the honors won in it that count too. Rochester-Baltimore, postponed. ------ ' fl Strong Junior Teams L Sesotits o reports from Belleville and Peterboro,both cities have g contenders for the honors this season and they are both optimistic Wanted In Napanee | over their chances. If Belleville and Peterboro are as good as has been reported, and Kingston plays up to its usual standard, there's goins to be some great old ball games this season. . International League. Toronto 6, Reading 1. Napanee, April 16.--The chief in- terest among the players and fans in While there is the possibility of Hamilton bidding for entry into the league again, it is a certainty that strenuous efforts will be made by De- 'troit and Chicago interests to obtain franchises. Representatives of those eitles will be at the meeting. It is " learned that there are no less than six Detroit syndicates after a berth. The second New York club which 4s seeking entry, and which appears have been practically assured of this, will also have its delegatgp at | the gathering. The most popular opinion of the outcome of all these bids for franchises is that, next year, the second New York club will be in and that the league will be an eight- club affair. However, if persistence 'means anything, two more clubs will step into hockey"s "big tent." Many Discussions. Many matters of importance will week-end. Another Agreement. Another report which the presi- dent will make will be in connection with his dealings with amatellr mo- guls rules. regarding the uniformity of It will be remembered that Presi- dent Calder went before the annual meeting of Union of Canada, when it was in ses- sion here, and spoke about the rules. It is people have placed their feeling in the matter with Mr. Calder and he will report to the league on the mat- ter. On his return here President Cal- der. while admitting his conference with Ontario rink owners in cities where amateur teams were flourish- ing, absolutely denied any-knowledge of the mooted raiding of the west- the Amateur Athletic understood that the amateur Napanee seems to be centered on the possibilities of a strong junior team for this season. Last year's town team was made up of players almost | all of whom could qualify in a jun- jor series, and it was felt last year that the youngsters should have more encouragement. . This feeling is stronger this year, and leaders are turning their attention to it. Wheth- er or not the town could stand enough teams to form a group for affiliation with the O.B.A.A. is a pro- blem, but it is thought that in New- burg, Yarker, Adelphustown and Per- haps a couple of other centres fairly good junior teams could be organiz- ed amd welded into a junior series which would develop good ball and give the winners a chance to test their strength in the junior O.B.AA. play-offs. | | } | The use of home umpires behind the plate in the C.O.C.L. games this season should work out well. The officials who have called them in the games here have always given satisfactory decisions, with perhaps one exception, and he is out of the picture now. FINE PLAY STAGED BY GIRLS OF STELLA It Was Put on With Splendid Effect by the Young Islanders. Stella, April 13.--Spring is just around the corner, but the disagree- able weather of last week and the continued cold is making it a very late spring. - Wild geese are here in large num- bers. week. Miss Verna Davis, of Jasper, is visiting at M. D. Marshall's. Miss Pansy Tallman visited at Mr. Roy Jones', on Sunday last. Mrs, Carroll Livingston visited friends in Toledo on Tuesday. Clem Coughlin is engaged as help- er in Hume Kent's cheese factory this year, and Archie Donaldson is engaged as helper in the Newbliss factory. Mrs. Thomas Carvin is on the sick list also is Mrs. Frank Brennan. Mr. Millar made a business trip to Perth last Saturday and purchased a speedy horse and intends taking in the races this summer. The cars are moving quite freely those days. AT STONE ROAD. | Residents Are Busy in Their Sugar Bushes at Present. Stone Road, April 16.--Miss Anna Green has returned home after spending a few days the guest of her uncle, Mr, James Green. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gibson spent Easter | Sunday at Willlam Gibsons. Mr. N. Truelove has opened his factory again for this year, People roads are in a bad condition. Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Adrain and little daughter, a Kathleen, spent Eas ter Sunday with Mrs. Adrain's par ents, Mr. and Mrs. William Gibson. Miss Elma and Eleanor Lyous, of Newboro, spent the week-end with their uncle, Samuel Pritchard and family. The friends of Mrs. H. Green were very sorry to learn of the death of her father, Mr. William Harrison. -------------------------- ern territory by Connie Smythe, who | has been signed as the manager of | Col. Hammond's new New ork club. As the second club of the American metropolis has not been officially ad- mitted to the circuit, the N.H.L. head stated that he could have no dealings with him. And furthermore, he had received no complaints as yet from the western authorities. 2 In connection with the fact that no changes can be made until the an- nual meeting comes along. Presi- dent Calder made the announcement that the date for this gathering had been set back from November to the fourth Saturday in September, in view of the early start of the hockey The spring birds are nearly all here. The farmers are getting their machinery overhauled and seed grain cleaned and stone boats in readiness for the rush season and last but not least, the good lady of the house, is busily engaged doing her annual spring house cleaning. The Amherst Island Women's Institute held a very successful dance in Victoria hall on Tuesday evening last. It was well patronized. Lunch was supplied by the members of the Institute, Good music was furnished by the Stella Song Shopper orchestra. A; very successful play , entitled, "The White Shawl, '"/'was staged in Victoria hall on Friday evening last, come up at the meeting starting Sat- urday. In fae it is quite likely that the session will extend over two days. In the first place there is bound to be some talk about proposed changes 10 the playing rules. There are those who would recommend the inclusion 'of more of the western regulations in the eastern rules, while on the other hand others believe the east has gone enough toward opening up the play, Of course nothing can be done 'change the rules until the annual ing, but recommendations can de, and they can be thought during the summer months, proposed minor league will come in for some discussion. The trappers have mot met with With the establishment next year very good success so far this season. R. R. Eaton is repairing the tele- phone lines for the Kitley Telephone Company. are very busy around here in their sugar bushes making syrup. lof an airplane service between Lon- Miss Edna Adrain spent her Mra be and Athens, those two cities will ed i HELPFUL GOLF HINTS | ter holidays with her cousin, Mrs. |be within two and one-half days of BY JOHN DUNCAN DUNN, Wright, The ! each .other. To be a successful golfer you must not have running through your mind all the time the possibility of topping the ball or hitting the ground. To make these things practically impos- sible means practice. By practice I do not mean playing around the course. Now that mé&thines have been invented for home practice there is mo excuse for anybody not doing it. It is not everybody who can erect a golf course on his own premises, and it"is not always con- Jiles at Newboro. a dent Calder will be asked to season. mmm buco tortsssstess " #% GRADS WON OUT. > % Toronto, April 16.--~Edmon- ton Grads, Canadian ladies '@& basketball champions, retained 2 sion of their title by de- eating the local Lakeside % ladies team, Eastern Canadian '# champions in the second and # final game of the series: played % here last night, by a score of + 27 to 6. ' % The champlons, although # they were defeated in the pre- # viouse game by a 24 to 19 ¢ odunt, win the round by 46 # points to 30. PPE * see Fn -------------------------- LANDIS TO ATTEND. ~ Will Be On Hand bP Toronto. Toronto, April 16.--When Read- 'ing plays the Leafs here the open- "ing game on April 28th at the new Maple Leaf Stadium, among the guests will be Judge Landis, the lat- ter accepting the invitation in the CEPPLPS IEP IPI PITRE For Opener at Will Try to Make Fort the Allan Cup, 100 members of the Young Men's Civic Club of the Sault tendered their annual banquet to the Sault Ste. Marie seniors, the colorful hockey team which has brought fame and honor years in which it has represented the city in organized hockey. "Any man on the Sault team could make good in pro. ranks," Bill Phillips, who was a guest, said. gret that he had to leave the Sault ranks, but with the chance he was given to make good with Montreal he wanted to take advantage of it. to the Sault in the six Phillips expressed re- Hon. James Lyons predicted that the Northern Ontario teams will be able to win the coveted trophy as often as Lyons expressed great optimism as to |- the future of the sport in the Sault. Old Ontario teams. Mr. test TO COACH AGAIN. William a 'Winner. Fort William, April 16.--Enthust- asm ran high at the annual meeting of the Fort William senior hockey club: supporters answered A large attendance of hockey the notice of venient to get a golf course to prac- tice. One soon gets tired of hitting corks in the backyard. Another thing which I have never been able to discover is why golfers hate to have themselves photograph- ed. If you are photographed in your own yard by your wife and the drug store man develops and prints your picture, nobody else need know any- thing about it. it is a splendid lesson for you to see your faults. S------------ HITS AND JABS By Joe Williams. 3 The way of the transgressor is hard, only when he is without poll- tical friends who can fix things. If you want to learn what a freeze- out game is, go make a bet on the Derby favorite in the winter books. Mr. O'Goofty goes from bad to worse. He was saying to-day he thought a co-ed school was where Prof. Coue taught. te by six members of the girls' branch of the W.A, of the Anglican church. The caste of characters was as fol- lows: Miss Edna Tugwell as Dr. Adol- phus Katy, with a fad; Miss Dorothy Willard as Arthur Clayton, engaged to Katharine; Miss Gladys Tugwell as George Ryall, engaged to Eljza- beth: Miss Ethel McCormick \ gs Katharine Steele; Mrs. C. E. Gibson as Elizabeth Steele, sisters; Miss Jennie Willard in the role of Betsy Briggs, their aunt from the country. All took their part well and the play was staged in one hour and thirty minutes. Stella Song Shoppe orches- tra entertained the audience between acts. A two-hour dance was held after. the play. bout $25 was re- alized. A number on the island who have maple bushes have been tfap- ping them, but report that there is not a very strong run of sap. Those who have gone inte the business quite extensively this spring are A. G. Hitchins and R. Instant, Emerald, who are making large quantities of syrup. George T. Howard, the island's poultry farmer, has also been mak- ing a quantity of syrup also Connors and Wemp. J. A, Tugwell shipped heavy consignment of veal calves (Boys--get your dad to read this ad.) 'I\TOTICE that curved bar. It might be called the economy curve, because Billy, can now ride the bicyc y wear and how aged twelve, e comfort- Hercu er hanger gives easy Equipped with Famous Coaster Brake the C:C'M: Triplex pedalling. And when Billy is seven- ably. will be able to use the teen, he across the line to Ernestiown on Fri- day and 8c¢ per pound was the ruling price. Stella cheese factory opened on meeting and confidence was express- ed that the Fort William team of 1926-27 would be even stronger than that which forced the Port Arthur ®A college in Missouri has a catcher named Kiss. And of course Petty of Brooklyn is the only pitcher he following letter to Mr. Lawrence Sol- 'man, president of the Toronto base- ball club: Nothing like the new improved Hercules brake has yet been inverted for the bicycle. Billy can tell you about *"Dear Mr. Solman--It is with very pleasure that I am able' to gn up for the Toronto April 28th ~ formal opening day. Allan Cuppers over a local play-offs. three-game overtime route to defeat it in the should ever have as a battery mate, The use of resin is not 'new in baseball, We know players who have April 5th with a fair supply of milk. Frederick Addis is again in chaFge. It is expected that the Emerald fac- tory will be ready to open in a few that, too. It has a never-fail It means protection for ily, grip. whether at twelve or seventeen. smooth w is with him. The chances are your twelve- 1d Billy knows all about President Armstrong made defin- ite announcement that Stan Bur- goyne would again be in charge 'of the team next seasod. This in itself used it for years. They put it of the "With -appreciation and good : bench to keep from sliding off. wishin. ing only 29% ounces, it an eifetgency. All C-C M: : are equip e new improved Hercules e. i days. R. Instant, the proprietor, and salesman, is having the repair- "Very truly yours, ing rushed along to completion, "JUDGE LANDIS, It is always a great relief to us La "Commissioner. "Chicago, April 13th, 1926." ° ; Sl Chirpy Talk Anyway. Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., April 16.-- 1 general optimism and a hope for a return to their chances for is an assurance that the Fort Wil- liam team will be a real contender for Allan Cup honors. of hockey talk took place, but defin- ite politics were left in the hands of the executive. A great Geal ------------------ Hornsby Steps High. ' Rogers Hornsby, manager and sec- paseman of the St. Louis Cardi- pals, has not ohly led the National League in batting six straight sea- sons, but has hit .400 and above in Hinree of the last four campaigns. class. In 1923 he fell to to come back the fol with a .424 average, the compiled in modern times. year Hornsby kept up the whenever ome of the girl friends declares she "wouldn't marry the best man Mving."" The Yankees have a ball player who can bite an iron nail in two pieces. But unfortunately = there is no column in the box score featuring nail biters. When, he heard Ban B. Johnson had been taken to a hospital with an infected foot Judge Landis is report- ed to have said. "I'm not surprised. That bird's always getting his foot into something." The schools' have all re-opemed again after the Easter vacation. Grippe Is quite prevalent here at present. Thomas Smith is critically iil at his home, Long Point farm. His friends hope for a speedy Te- covery. Alexander Reid has also been on the sick list. Francis McKee and Gordon Filson, Emerald, are able to be out again after being confined to thelr home with the measles. John Smith, Emerald, has rented the farm on the lake shore vacated last fall by W. D. Taylor. » a -------- «CM: 'how they're built seamless tubing, how the nickeled ameled parts stand years of "CCM: He can tell you of English Visit the C-C-M~ dealer. Look over new models. Investigate easy Ew Poe made Bicycles RED BIRD--MASSEY--PERFECT .. CLEVELAND--COLUMBIA Ages 7 foi Clove = Bic 31373 Kim Set.