TIMELY COMMENTS SEAMANKENT HARDWOOD FLOORING is the most beautiful, durable and sanitary Flooring obtainable. Our stock is com- plete now. Can supply flooring for any pur- pose, ALLAN LUMBER CO. "Phone 1042 BAZERANL International League. Toronto, May 7.--Owen Carroll, former Holy Cross mound star, won | | the sixth coneecutive game in as many starts when he hurled the Leafs fo a 4-3 victory over Balti- more in the opening game of the series here yesterday. The score was 4-3, Mickey Heath, youthful first baseman, sending a screaming single to right field to drive Carroll ower the plate with the deciding run in the tenth. The game was a wonderful pitch- ing battle between Carroll and the veteran Ogden, but the Leafs' young star was steadier in the pinches. Baltimore .... «+ «. ...3 7 0 TOrOBID.. .. voee «« «4 8 0 Batteries: Ogden and McKee; Carroll and O'Neill. GREAT ADVANCES] NO | . . last evening and it looks as though he is the real thing in ball pl : Five Different Clubs Are Con-| 8 players | structing Courts. + The juvenile baseballers have one more day after this to get organ- | rein {ized. The meeting of the Mercantile League on Saturday will take up A few years ago one wquld hardly | their case. , hear the game of tennis mentioned in | Kingston, let alone clubs flourish-| ing. Last year the interest in tennis | took a& jump and by the end Kingston Baseball Club this year as he was last. of the season the, game was be- | the practice' to give his advice to Manager Daley. coming very popular. And now new | . courts are being constructed by five ; The tennis enthusiasts are certainly coming into their own. different clubs in this city. | Courts are being fixed up at j thas five clubs are preparing courts for the coming season. Queen's for the season, The King-) ston Tennis Club will have five courts, the Regiopolis CH0Dd four, the Y.M.C.A. two and the Kingston Yacht Club one. With all these clubs sponsoring the game of tennis it is sure to rank with the major sports in this city wTthin a short time. The game has hit Kingston like a bombshell and this season hundreds will be enjoying tennis, while very few have played the game here in the past few years. The first thing we know Kingston will be producing real. players of championship cali- bre to bring more honors to the city through sport, LIVELY BALL HAS A GREAT EFFECT Few Hitters Will Bat Over .350 Mark. LOOKS STRONG Splendid Turnout at Practice © Last Night--Britton Made ! Great Impression. Although Harry Batstone, star =1hird sacker of the Kingston Central Ontario League team was not pre- Sent at the practice of the team last \. ®¥ening at the Cricket Field, due to the fact that he will not be back in the eity from Toronto until Sunday, there was a splendid turnout held at the Cricket Field and "Bubs" Britton made his first appearance of the season, taking over the short- *. Stap position, which he capably filled throughout the practice. : In adiTtion to showing a snappy ' throwing arm and abflity to pounce _ on fast ones, Britton showed a keen eye af*the bat and clouted out some hefty wallops that pleased those on hand to watch the practice. It is freely predicted that Bfitton will be | est pitching battle witnessed here ~& valuable man on the Kingston line- | this season yesterday, the Stars win- up. . ning 2-1. In addition to Britton, Bruce |Newark.... .. .. .. .. 1 8 0 Thompson, Scott. Cherry, Teepell | Syracuse.. .... .. .. ..2 6 0 and Young were on hand and cavort-| Batteries: Smallwood and Schulte. ed around the outfield, showing the | Frankhouse and Niebergall, same pép and ginger as they exhibit- ed last season while Jimmy Arniell held down the home plate assign- ment with Purvis at first, Somer- ville at second and Charlie Smith | beating Jersey City, 5 to 4, in the fling in at third. Cairns, Daley | first of the series yesterday. and Halbert were on hand for the |Jersey City.. .. .. .. ..4 8 1 practice also and got in some good [Buffalo.. .. .. .. .. ..5 8 1 work. Batteries: Cantrell, Parks and The players are being rapidly sigu- | Daly, Freitag; Camp, Brice and 8d up and their certificates will go | Pond. 10 Belleville on Saturday for exami- --- "nation by the Central Ontario Lea- American League. gue. It is not expected that there will be any trouble along these lines | 28 most of those signed are last year's players. Manager Daley is pldased with | the prospects for a strong téam for | Kingston in 'the. Central Ontario League this season and looks for a lineup to give Peterboro and Belle- * ville healthy opposition. As soon as the stadium dries up sufficiently, the marking of the dia- mond will be commenced and it is ~~ hoped that the local team will be "Hank" Brown of Queen's rugby fame, is an ardent follower of the "Hank" 'is on hand at | | | | | No fewer And to think that tennis was more or less a dead issue three or four years ago | Victoria Street, near Union. in Kingston. | The Circle-Six are not backward in starting their season and this evening will take on "he Bankers in a practice game, Bobby Jones at Inwood for the na- tional open, each finishing with 296. In the .playoff Jones won by two strokes, taking 76, Cruickshank needing 78. In the Texas open of this year Cruickshank missed a tie with Mae- i donald Smith when he failed to sipk --how to hit the ball--and after-|a three-inch putt. Cruickshank's wards I practiced for hours trying slip at the final hole has been laid to hit the ball before the club-head | to Willie Mehlhorn, who is alleged to struck the ground. No one can make | have yelled just as Bobby was start- the ball hop Itke Hutchison. ing his shot. RATED HARD LUCK GOLF CHAMPION Bobby Oruickshank Has Come Close to Winning. Bobby Cruickshank has qualified for the hard-luck championship of golf. I ---- On four occasions in the last two years Dame Fortune has frowned on Bobby just when a title seemed with- in his grasp. He recently broke the jinx by win- ning the north and south open. He had a margin of only one stroke over three other stars tied for second place. In 1923 Cruickshank The softball teams are getting in plenty of practice at the Cricket Field and Victoria Park these evenings and they should be ready for a flying start when the schedule opens. -- Frankhouse In Smart Win. Syracuse, May 7.--Fred Frank- house, of Syracuse, bested Walter Smallwood, of Newark, in the tight- when one considers the handicaps the players have labored under. Infielders Happy. Fielding and base running, as well as inside baseball, which have been in the background for several years, are due for a revival. The lively ball which has been in use for perhaps five years turned the job of infielding into a mighty pre- carious one. Because of the terrific force with which the ball shot through the infield, a bad bound, liable to happen on the best of fields, placed the infiel®ers in great danger. It was next to impossible for the infielders to cover any great amount of ground, simply because of lack of time in making a play on the ball. For a shortstop to go over back of second base, come up With the ball in his gloved hand and get his man at first, was a decided exception. In the first two weeks of play this season I saw the trick turned at least a half dozen times, probably closer to a dozen. And such a piay carries a real thrill. Beveral weeks later the irony of fate had Cruickshank and Mehlhorn finish in a tie in the big professional tournament at Hot Springs, Ark. He lost to Mehlhorn in the play-off. Buffalo Still Winning. Buffalo, May 7.--Buffalo kept up her unbroken string of victories by 'Recently in the Florida open he finished all even with Johnny Far- rell. Once again he was defeated in the play-off, Farrell having a mar- gin of one stroke in the extra 18 holes. CONGRESS 8 SAVE THE BANDS } New dontest to be announced soon. mr -------- erican League player, now playing? 8! --F. N. J. When did the British Isles last Toledo, American Association. win the Davis tennis trophy ?--F. D. Are Joyce and Roger Wethered, Ww. English golf stars, related?--H. G. In 1912, T. Where's Bob Veach, former Am- Batting Averages. The leading batters in both major leagues are firmly of the opinion that there will be no .400 hitter in either organization this year. As a matter of fact, few of them believe any regular will reach the .375 figure and are inclined to be- lHeve that any player who can finish in the neighborhood of .350 will have a mighty fine chance to carry cff the swat honors. t R. H. E. Incidentally, the sluggers doubt if New York.. .. .. .. .. .. any of the home run hitters 'will get Chicago. . 1 as many as 40. As a matter of fact 5 THE REFEREE New York. . Washington. . ~~ Philadelphia. . Cleveland. . Boston. . tied with They are sister and brother. National League. Variety to Plas. However, my reason for believing baseball is going to be far more in- able to have a practice or two there before the season opens on the 19th. COLORED FIGHTERS HAVE HELD TITLES Si -- The climb to the middleweight throne of Tiger Flowers, Georgia Brooklyn. . St. Louis. . Boston. . .. .. Pittsburgh. . Philadelphia. . Cincinnati. . .. . t is thought that 35 will be the top figure in either league. Since the opening of the season 1 have talked with perhaps a dozed of the leading batters, among them the two champions, Hornsby and Heil- mann, and all are unanimous in the belief that this is going to be the toughest year in the past six to get base hits, teresting than usual this year, is the fact that there will be more variety to the play. The slam-bang style is no longer the one and only system. Getting runs in clusters, as was the custom, has been replaced by the get one or two and be satisfied. Speed once more is a valuable as- set and a club with good pitching is What You Get For Last $ The sure to be more troublesome than ever. I doubt if any one welcomes the change in the ball more than the veteran infielders. A number of them will take a new lease on life as a result, their careers will Be pro- longed several years. ; Yes Sir! Baseball is going to be far more interesting this summer because of its variety, negro scrapper, who recently reliev- STANDING OF CLUBS. ed Harry Greb of the crown, makes the sixth negro champion in prize " ring history. : * George Dixon is the first negro . champlon prize ring history displays. "Twas back in the years of 1890, 1891 and 1892 that Dixon ruled the bantamweight division. + In 1892 Dixon stepped out to gain pew laurels and was successful enough to become featherweight shampion of the world, holdings his ¥ e from 1892 until 1897, when Solly Smith knocked him off. Dixon, then, is stamped as the only negro fighter to hold two cham- pionships. ~~ Came then one memorable Joe . Wolcott, a person of considerable | color, who ruled the welterweight | division from 1901 until 1904. Wol- cott won the titie in 1901 from Matty Matthews and lost it in 1904 _ fo the Dixie Kid. The second gen- A Mean of color to win the welter ~ Next we come upon. Joe Gans, something of a terror to anciént lightweight champions and aspir- ants. Gans ruled as lightweight king the universe from 1902, when he ~ whipped Frankie Erne, until 1908, when he connected himself with more grief than the law allows and ; Nelson as well. ~ John Arthur Johnsen, more famil- ly known as Jack Johnson, was next negro champion and the only negro heavyweight champion of world. Johnson won his title 1908. Jim 'Jeffries had retired. turned the title over to Marvin ¥ Tommy Burns took it from | Johnson took out after tus, Butts Anally agreed 38. tie and is as follows: p and reve st: 3 tur the he Noting | Oct. --Hamiiton at Montreal, , 1908 until 1915, when the Kan- " f-Montel 2 are. g,: him off 8 5 ox, Jess Willard, toppled him o Sly el) be h- Mistah Tigah % ~--Montreal at Hamilton. We have 4 low ® " 23----Ottawa at Montreal. 10 Y ES, there are lower-priced bicycles than C.C.M,, but the C.C. M. is by far the cheapest in the long run. . That last 810 you pay for a C. C. M. is the most important part of your purchase. It assures you~ extra years of easy riding, extra reserve strength, extra durable finish, fewer repairs, a higher selling value for your "used" C.C. M. $ : For that last $10, you get, among other things-- the smooth-running Triplex Hanger, a frame of English Seamless Tubi reinforced at the joints, extra coats of rich, lustrous enamel, 20-year nickel-plate over copper. the Gibson Pedal with rustproof aluminum frame, the new improved Hercules Brake, a bicycle with everyone of its 1761 parts made with watch-like accuracy, a bicycle "trued up" at the factory. Ril easily bra, $30 me Bn You simply ot vend by oie er CAM Visit the C. C. M. Dealer The C. C. M. dealer will explain the extra value you get in the C. C. M. bicycle." C. C. M, bi- Deny Saas in Canad wl 100% value, vestigate t that makes it easy toown a C. 5 sah Pitching Improves, While this may sound as if the pitchers were dominating the two big leagues such is far from the case. They have simply improved their game perhaps 25 per cent. due to a not so lively ball. There is no need to fear that bat- ting has been pretty thoroughly stopped. It hasn't but it certainly has been curtailed. One needn't expect a lot of 1-0, 2-1 or 3-2 scores featuring the old-time pitchers' battles so popular 20 years or mote back. The pitcher has gain- ed no such superiority over the bats- man. However he is unquestionably in a better position to match wits. For that reason I feel that fandom is sure to see a more interesting brand of baseball this summer. In' the worst spring in years the 'pitch- ing has been uniformly good and the all-round play. far above the average National League. Won Lost P.C. 12 7 632 12 8.600 .11 8 579 ..10 8 565 .10 12 454 11 450 12.428 14 333 Brooklyn. , Cincinnati ... New York. . Chicago.. .. St. Louis... . Philadelphia. . Pittsburgh... . . Boston...' .. «. .. i American League. Won Lost P.C. .13 7 650 14 8 636 14 9 608 Cleveland... .. .. ..12 9 572 Philadelphia. . .10 12 454 Detroit... .. ... .9 11 450 Boston.. .. .. +. ..7T 14 333 St. lonls.. 5. .....7 16; .304 New York.. Chicago. " . Washington. . BASEBALL PROBLEMS By Billy Evans. When is it possible for the umpire i to rule a balk and interference on : the same play? There is only one instance in base- ball where such a double decision on the same play is possible. At gll other times the calling of a halk takes precedence over every- thing else and .no other action fs possible. This is the situation in which the umpire must so rule: With a runner! on third, he starts for home on either | a steal or the squeeze, only to have the catcher brush aside the batter and leave the lines of his position in order to hurry the play on the funner trying to score from third. Regardless of whéther the runner is retired or not, the umpire permits the batsman to go to first Because of the catcher's interference; also calls a balk because the catcher left the lines of his position to make the play, permitting run té score. A double penalty is placed on the offender, otherwise catchers would constantly resort to such tactics to break up the steal or squeeze. International League. Won Lost .14 3 P.C. 824 867 . 636 = .600 400 .388 .382 111 Baltimore. . Toronto, . .. SH Buffalo. . .. wo 3k 8 Rochester. . . iad 6 Newark... .. .. 12 Syracuse. . 11 Jersey City.. .. 13 Reading... .. .. 16 DODD'S KIDNEY © PILLS . ves sv 8 en 2 BIG FOUR SOMEDULE FOR COMING SEASON 'The Hamliton Tigers Open Up 'at Montreal on October oth. The schedule for the Interprovine- ial Football League has been agreed and passed on for the 1926 ae HELPFUL GOLF MINTS | the Georgia mauler, ruling the scrapper rom Johnny in 1923 and kept it until his ~--Hamilton at Argos. : a] : 3 + . 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