New York has » THE ee iD "SPORTING DAILY BRITISH WHIG GENERAL REVIEWS 'Hard to Tell What's Wrong With Genaro SPORTING NOTES AND COMMENT BY JOE WILLIAMS. New York, April 22.-- Until Fidel ' La Barba came to this town and| messed one Lew Perfetti around in| Bn energetic unceremonious manner, | been asking itself, 's wrong with Frankie Gen- was generally accepted as the best 112 pounder in the racket, That is, he was until he went to the coast in the early summer and in an unguarded moment agreed to ; | debate a matter of the fists with a What | former amateur who had gained a aro?" | certain local prestige by winning the ~~ You may recall that Genaro, a! Olympic title in the flyweight"aivis- product, with three victories to fon. : credit over the late Pancho Villa, | This reformed amateur was Fidel a aR Catt marin | Ta Barba, a fellow Italian of some {18 summers and a precisely equal number of winters. | New York agreed something must { be wrong with Genaro. Possibly it { was the climate. You know how it is when we easterners venture into a strange land where there is a marked |difference in climate and customs. . Almost anything is liable to happen. New York did not pause for a fleet- ing moment to consider that pos- sibly the gifted Genaro had simply been beaten by a superior fighter. This seemed too abstrd for consider- BY JOHN DUNCAN DUNN. Generally speaking, if a man is off his game he may come on again Hair Combed, Glossy, Well-Groomed all Day @ touch to HELPFUL QCLF HINTS dress both in business and on Even stubborn, un- a hair stays combed style you like. "Hair- Groom" hy Aidan also helps grow thick. heavy, lustrous hair, Abani, " aad . ROUND BouTe ation, And, besides, who had ever heard of this La Barba beyond the Rockies? And then Mr. Tex Rickard per- suaded La Barba to come east for the holidays, a shopping tour on the avenue, a sight-seeing expedition and, if there was time enough left, a little six-round shindy with Lew Perfettl. Forthwith La Barba proceeded to give New York the answer to its most perplexing fistic question, to wit, "What's wrong with Frankie Genaro?" The answer was, in brief, La Barba. La Barba only fought six rounds but he showed undeniable class. It is a custom to compare current fly- weight articles to Jimmy Wilde. Whether La Barba is actually an- other Wilde remains to be proved. You are safe in saying, wever, he comes closer to Wilde titan any fiyweight the game has had in the past five years. And that goes for Pancho Villa, too. without any other treatment than going out to some quiet part of the course and playing half-shots with the mid-iren, beginning at 25 yards from the hole and working back steadily 25 yards at a time until he comes to the point where he does not do quite so well, That is the breaking point. Then Wew York he must drop back 25 yards and do Somos more work at that range, re- membering all the time how well he had done previously at that distance. Never think about trouble; only think about your good shots, After, say, another couple of dozen shots, add 25 yards and try it again. By this means you will gradually work back through the three-quarter swing to the full 'swing with the mid-iron; them you may try your Ariving fron and perhaps a few shots with your brassie. £ If you fall down on your brassie don't go on fighting it, because that is not the way to overcome the dff- ficulty, as you are then destroying confidence, and, when you have lost confidence, yon have nothing left. ---------- Dempsey Makes a Start, Fort Worth, Texas, April 24.--- Jack Dempsey has left here for a month's training at Hendersonville, N.C., és the first step In preparing to defend his heavyweight title next September. He carries a contract with Tex Rackard to fight anyone at any place the promoter may select. Rickard intimated that should the commission fail to ap- prove the coutract, he may stage the fight in New Jersey. The promoter sald he favors Geme Tunney, while James A. Firley, chairman of the New York commission, Harry Wills, negro challenger, given crown. be proximately $450,000 for the fight. Well, here we are again on the way to baseball. -- In the epring the ball player's fancy, Hghtly turns to the diamond. ---- : 2 And there are still some people dumb enough to think that tennis is a weakling game.' If one would notice, it's racquet from a net who do the most chirping. ---- The ladies are getting ready for the softball Treasures have organized for the season. clubs will be getting ready very soon now, Rumors, and more rumors. Where all these rugby stars are "going to play next fall seems to be a great source of Worry in somes quarters, and denials after denials of rumors goon. Why worry ? Lots can happen before next fall. » Season. Already the It is expected that the other Manager E. O. Smithies was recently presented with two splendid pictures, one of Harry Batstone and one of "Pep" Leadley. But, unfor- tunately, Mr. Smithies has only the picture of Harry Batstone hanging in his office now. A "cyclone" destroyed the one of "Pep." ------ Isn't it funny. It very often happens that the fellow who has been boosted the most in the papers is the first one to get out his little hammer and knock them at the first opportunity, But then, where it comes from should be considered. The Mercantile League meets next Thursday night to finish up pre- liminary 'business before the season starts under way, President "Stag" Hammond and his executive helpers are not letting the grass grow under their feet, ' along and offer his services. while milk brings glow of health to a baby's jowls it means nothing to a cow beyond a farmer's prosperity, ASEBA LL SCORES YESTERDAY'S BASEBALL. Turbulent fears are racing through British empire that unless easy and loose habits are divorced from bobbed-haired racket manipu- lators the game will soon become National League. .| most exciting games of boys' basket New York 6, Brooklyn 3, St. Louis 2, Pittsburgh 3. -- Philadelphia 2, Boston 1. This is indeed something to worry Cincinnati 1}, Chicago 18. about as Mr. Gerald Chapman said ' when the bad, bad man adjusted a American League, hempen cravat around his neck, A Boston 1, New York 3. nation without tennis faces a social Washington 9, Philadelphia §. upheaval, economic disaster, relig- Detroit" 3, Cleveland 5. fous chaos and a dearth of Rin-Tin- Chicago 1, St. Louis 2. Tin films. mercifully extinct. United we stand, divided we are nothing more than an interesting ex- ample in elementary multiplication. Thanks for the buggy ride, murmur- ed the Roman cutie as she stepped with awkward elegance out of Ben Hur's chariot. International League. Toronto, 17, Newark 13, Syracuse 6, Baltimore 9. Buffalo 4, Reading 5. Rochester 1, Jersey: City 8. 8 STANDING OF CLUBS. National League, Won Lost New York ., ., .. St. Louis Cincinnati Chicago ... .. Philadelphia Brooklyn Boston. ... .. . Pittsburgh .. .. Winner of Wimbledom-8impledom tournament came home the other ; night all saturated with joy of suc- cess, tinctured with liquid enthus- iasm from Mr, Hennessey's oil cap, P.C. 875 .600 .565 .655 .500 376 .300 -..300 Tennis introduced white flannel breeches to a pop-eyed planet. Brandy introduced white aprons 'to WHO a YARD Ee those who don't know a | SEAMAN-KENT HARDWOOD FLOORING is the most beautiful, durable and sanitary Flooring obtainable. Our stock is com! plete now. Can supply flooring for any pu- pose. ALLAN LUMBER CO. Victoria Street, near Union. 'Phone 1042" OIL, GREASE AND ACCESSORIES, ROAD SERVICE. CYLINDERS HONED ON ANY MAKE OF CAR. LET US QUOTE YOU PRICES ON ANY REPAIRS, TEEPLE & HALL SHOP "PHONE 165. NIGHT 'PHONE 2767. Aah ~ A fireless cooker was England in 1857. the bar keeps. If the two are finally patented if getfing around to conditions of inno- cent intimacy now, it's logical enough. O.R.FP.U, MAY GROW, Chances Are That Windsor Will Join Up. Sarnia, April 23.--Windsor may be the third team in this district next Fall if London and Sarnia decide to turn down the proposed senior O. R. F. U. grouping they have been offer- ed. Since the Londoners fafled to show any enthusiasm over the pro- posed elevation In rank local rugby enthusiasts have been rushing the season, and trying ways and means to bring the local grouping out of the two team class it has languished in for some time. Jack Newton, who is working al- most as hard on the rugby question as he is on the new athletic park, has been following up a report that Windsor contemplated jumping to the O.R.F.U. ranks next season. Len Galloway, former member of the Sar- nia intermediate team, who has been playing American football in Wind- sor for several years, states that the O.R.F.U, suggestion is meeting with a lot of favor. Rugby officials of the border city are taking the matter in hand, and have promised to start the ball rolling next week. Assured of a strong grouping, the consensus of Windsor opinion is that the scheme will go over big there. IS Not Just Luck Men who use Williams Holder Top Stick get good shaves every day--even when a razor sulks, And it leaves the skin as soft; cool and comfortable' as a cold cream. Itslong-lasting qualities will surprise you. 35 cents, Re-loads for it cost 25 cents. Tweddell's for best values in Top Coats, $18 to $25. A famous cypress tree in Mexico is 3aid to be 4,000 to 6,000 years old, -- American League. * Won Lost P.C. PE 760 £66 800 500 500 A44 300 2300 Cleveland New York Washington. Detroit Chicago Boston ... Philadelphia 8t. Louis ... International League. Won Lost word 4 4 6 5 7 7 P.C. 1.000 a1 625 655 428 .3p3 142 A126 Baltimore .. Toronto Newark .... Jersey City Rochester |. Buffalo .. Syracuse Reading ---------------- BOYS PLAY BASKETBALL. Kingston Hi-Y Team Defeats Nap- Napanee, April 23----- One of the ball was played. in the new gymifas- fum of the Napanee Cotleziate In- stitute on Friday evening when the Hi-Y team of Kingston defeated the boys of the Napanee Collegiate In. stitute by a score of 34-32. The game appeared at first to be Napa- nee's as they easily scored ten points to their opponents five. The second period, the visitors gained and were only held by a two point score. The play was very even, one side break- demanded | first chance at Dempsey's| Dempsey expects to receive ap-| Wi ing the tle, only to be evénad up later. When the final whistla blew, the visitors had a two point lead. Mr. J. L. Murray of the Napanee Collegiate refereed the game very After the game lunch we will send 2 packs ere is no advertisement hands" and for the return of a set, numbers 1 to 52 J Fi CL