7 ! --_-- | ; The American Ambulance Corps | Teams Were in Rather a Weird | Game Which Was Suddenly Called. | » One of the weitdest baseball games in history was recently played within | range of the German guns near Ver- | THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG. [DURING A BASEBALL GAME | PLAYED NEAR VERDUN, dun, with aeroplanes fighting and | shells bursting in view of the gpecta- | tors and players. | American Ambulance section 11 and Richard Norton's special Ameri-| can Red Cross section were fighting in the final of the series between the | [five American ambulance units. | The men played with their ambu- $3,000 is the cash prize offered for a new word; 111 51 5. RL Frequently calls | This interesting offer is made by the manufacturers same, too, causing changes in the | of the famous EVER-READY Flashlights. ine-up. Before starting play every player . - y, asked how | i vas since he | We are local distributors for the $3,000 cash |}: firown or nic aban' prize offer. Come in and get a contest blank. tells the story. _ Treadgold Sporting Goods Co Phone 529 ly J '88 Princess °° :: ANNOUNCEMENT As I have decided to vacate my. present . Beyond the outfielders a hundred feet It! "The last time I played ball was {for the All-Americans against the] i All-Cubans down in Porto Rico," re-| | marked one of the infielders. ! | "What position did you play?" he| | was asked. | "Darned if I can remember," was| {the answer. "All 1 know is that there] || Was a keg of beer on third base." | There was a long delay in Hbtain- ling an umpire. Harry Hollinshed,| {who had been badly wounded in June| {and had only just returned from the| | hospital at Neuilly, after some pro-| | test, finally aceepted the post. There | was also some difficulty in placing | left and right fields on account of] ithe encroachment pf barbed wire en-| | tanglements, while the River Meuse| closed in the field behind home plate. | jor so ran the high stone wall of an! premises in the early spring of 1917, 1 am | 01d chateau, with its fine timbered) now prepared to make reductions on any monument that I have in stock. | park. The chateau itself is now an| | evacuation hospital, beyond which, visible on each side, runs the main If it Is your intention of purchasing it | road, scored and scraped by muni-| would be to your advantage to buy now. J. E. Mullen, . Granite and Marble Works Cor. Princess and Clergy Sts,, Kingston. Parlor Furniture Special Lines have been added to our » TEA TABLES AND / | part of the garments of a fielder who fall stock. Three-piece suites, $18.00, | $25.00, $30.00 and up. PARLOR TABLES PATHE~The most remaskable musics! instrument in the world, 4 demonstration. | tion trucks, ambulances, and all the| | traffic of war. The equipment was somewhat! { limited, consisting of two catchers'| mitts, two -other gloves, a catcher's | mask, and one bat. It was the last] {item which caused more concern to| | the players than the proximity of| | bursting shells, for there was no knowing what fate might attend the| single bat, in view of the fact that {some members of the teams had been | | brought up in England and were apt | | to treat the "grain" as a cricket bat. | | Interruptions. during 'the game! | were frequent, the players insisting) {on calling everyone's attention to.a | bursting shell or particularly accu- | ate shooting at German aeroplanes by |the French gunners. Another time a {long foul was hit into the barbed { wire over by left field, and the ball { was only recovered at the expense of | was sent in search and gave g detail- ed report of the difficulties of advanc- ing through wire entanglements. The interruption, however, which most demoralized the field was caus- ed in the third inning, when someone shouted that one of the many Ger- | man aeroplanes which had been sail- {ing ovérhead had been hit. Time was {called and general attention centered In the World of Sport| OUT OF THE ORDINARY How American National Amateur Champion Plays Golf. - Every golfer is interested in how | Chick Evans, national open and am- ateur golf champion'of the United States, plays the game, "Every feat- ure of his style, from the way he tees the ball to his famous "pitch shot" is of interest, Before starting a tournament Chick -Evans visits the tournament course to make a dozen or.so short practice shots with each club. He | seldom takes a practice swing while playing. When Evans drivés he assumes a position with his driver held close to the ball and his head up, his brain concentrated on the course. He then steps quickly up to the ball, takes two waggles with his ri- ver, and shoots. He wastes no time after he has located his range. His drives are long and low, aver- | aging more than 200 yards. In making his tee, Evans uses lit- tle sand and his tee is low. : The face of the driver used by the champion is inlaid with ivory. Chick does not use the overlap- ping grip Vardon introduced in Am- erica, but holds the stick with his | thumbs facing down the shaft. This prevents him from slicing or pulling. FAKE FUMBLE IS LATEST Ottawa Coach Sprung A New One on the Unsuspecting Tigers One of thre new tricks sprung on Hamilton Tigers by the 207th last Saturday was a fake funtble, which netted a touchdown in one case and produced a fifty-yard run" for a touchdown on another occasion, but the play was called back in the lat- ter case when the ball carrier ran outside the touchline, The play was worked near the touchline. . Wiser faked an end run toward the centre of the field, and, a3 he passed Joe Smith, dropped the pigskin at his feet. Smith remained absolutely still, and the whole Hamil- ton team was drawn over to the point where the run was being made, and half the team headed for the ball at Smith's feet. On the short side of the line, the Ottawa wings promptly tore open a gaping hole, and Smith snatched up the ball and raced threugh it without interference. Another Baseball War? Another baseball war is foreshad- owed by the four demands to be pre- sented to the National Board of the National Association of Minor Lea- gues and the National Commission by the Baseball Players' Fraternity. The demands are that minor league players be paid the cost of their rail- way fare and other unusual expenses from their homes to training camps; that disabled players either be paid for the time they are disabled, or given their release; that minor lea- guers be given the right to dicker for new positions when they are no- tified of unconditional releases; and that the players receive copies of de- cisions made by the National Board, which passes on all complaints of minor leagues. These demands will first be presented to the board at the minor leagué meeting, which will HOCKEY NOTES. The outlook for hockey in New York this season is very bright, as all the clubs are exhibiting unusual interest in the sport. Many new players have come to New York from other cities, and these should deserve to strengthen the clubs. Thus a high-grade of hockey is ex- pected in the contests this winter, Sergt. (Rev.) Mellor, a Methodist clergyman, who has joined the 235th Battalion, is arranging for a hockey team in connection with the com- pany of the battalion which is gquar- tered in Campbellford for the win- ter. : "a a President Frank Patrick of the Pacific Coast League says there ou be no reduction in salariés of ockey players in that league this winter, and in some cases increases are almost certain to be given. The annual meeting of the league will be held on Nov. 9th or 10th in Van- couver. At this meeting the agree- ment with the N.H.A. will be form- ally ratified. «+ Although the ife is now in the To-. ronto Arena and skating will be in- augurated in a few days, , hockey practice will not start until about Dec. 1st. Just what teams will compose the senior series of the Ontario Hockey | Association this . winter is not] known, but it is expected that there will be several military teams in line, one of the probabilities being the 228th Battalion, ( REFUSED $1,000° FORFEIT. Clabby's Sportsmanlike Action in Bout With Darcy. While it was not especially heroic on the part of Jimmy Clabby, the American middleweight, to refuse to take a forfeit of $1,000 from Les Darcy because the Australian was two ounces overweight, still it may be taken as an indication of a rising standard of sportmanship among boxers. The stipulated weight was 160 pounds. When Darcy and Clabby stepped on the scales Clabby weighed 11 stones and Darcy 11 stones 6 pounds 4 ounces. Darcy was allowed time to sweat or rub the extra flesh away, but found it impossible to cast off more than two ounces. He was therefore still two ounces heavier than he had pledged himself to be. Four ounces. sounds very little, but if it is called a quarter of a pound is seems more. Jimmy Clabby re- fused to take advantage of the posi- tion. In effect, he said let it- go, and it went. Darcy would, no doubt, have acted similarly toward Clabby had he (Darcy) been in Clabby's position. It is on record that Abe Attell once collected $500 of Owen Moran's money because the Briton was four ounces above the stipulated weight of 126 pounds. * ~OURMILOCIGARS-- eclipse all others of equal cost and even somie that are sold for consider- the best long filler tobacco by skill- ed cigar makers, it is a cigar that could easily be sold for a nickel more and still be considered good smoke value. A trial today will make ft your choice tomorrow. ' The G. A. McGowan Cigar Manufacturing Co. Kingston. ably more than our price: Made of' Phone 441 33 Kingston's ELECTRIC Store Cheaper Electricity will be yours very soon. Rites ~~ will be lowered. = Get_your homes wired now and en- joy all the comforts of light, heat and power in the home. Estimates Cheerfully > Given. 4 H W. Newman Electric Co. 79 Princess St. BUY MATCHES as you would any Ask { i ~ Mathieus SYRUP OF TAR & | Cop Liver Oil } (Stops Couch THE J. L. MATHIEU CO., Props., SHERBROOKE, P.Q. Makers also of Mathiea's other household commodity -- wit an eye to full value! When you buy EDDY'S MATCHES, you receive a generously filled box of SURE, SAFE lights. "4 for Eddy's "Silent Parlor" Matches. ] . i ; n fila oR Bh rear. Nervine Powders the best Phone 577 [on the doomed machine, which was] open November 14th in New Orleans. remedy for Headaches, Neuralgia, and feverish colds. ns {seen to be turning over and over in x {the sunshine as it descended to earth. R. J. REID, Leading Undertaker :: A COMING FIGHT CENTRE. The N.H.A. Schedule, OY Ladies Stylish :, Shoes In the Frank W. Slater 'Strider Shoe. In patent, gun metal, with kid or cloth top, they are hull over perfect-tting lasts and have very attractive heels. | 'At the end of the seventh inning | [the game was suddenly called owing | to the fact that all the Norton team were summoned to go on a special {trip into the sector of the front ad- { joining their own. THE TIGERS STRONGER LWill Have Qe Gruchy And Gage in ! Their Line-up, | When coach Shaughnessy sends { his speedy fourteen against the Jun- gle terrors in Ottawa on Saturday he will be sending them against a bet- ter team than he did on Saturday last. Since that game coach Marriott has figured that Hamilton needs bet- ter men when tackling a team like Ottawa, and at least four new faces will be seen on the line-up, while the team in general will get a severe shaking up. One who has consented to play is Charlie Gage, and in all probability will be played at rover. Hal De Gruchy will be another ad- dition to the Tiger team. In the game on Saturday both teams lacked a good kicking back, but with De Gruchy in harness the Tigers will have something on the Ottawa out- Ht... Coach Marriott will also take part in the next game, and 'he will | Play right outside. He will also handle the signals, The N.H.A. schedule will open on the night of Wednesday, December 27. On_that-date the Ottawas go to Quebec, while one of the Montreal teams go to Toronto, and one of the Toronto clubs to Montreal. Thus all six teams will start out. A double schedule of games will be played, each team having ten at home. Bach club will turn over to the Red Cross association two and a half per cent. of its gate receipts. This percentage will be deducted from each gate and forwarded to President Frank Robinson, He will turn it over to the Red Cross associ- ation secretary in the town where the game was played. Thus the Red Cross at Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and Quebec will reap the benefit, london's Hockey Teams. London will be well represented in the Ontario Hockey Association this year with two soldier teams. The 118th Battalion that includes the best .of the Waterloo and Kit- chener Junior and Intermediate play- ers organized a couple of weeks ago and the 149th Lambton Rangers will also be in line for the hockey sea- son. They will likely play in the Northern League as well as the O. H. A. Jim Coffroth Planning Some Good Bouts for Tia Juana. Tia Juana, just across the Mexican bosder Mne from California, is an- other budding fight eentre. Ever since the lawmakers frowned upon twenty-round boiits in California Jim Coffroth, the foremost Pacific coast promoter, has been contemplating a championship match in the Mexican town, If Coffroth had had any faith in Jess Willard he would have made a serious attempt to get that match, but Coffroth could not see Willard at all. He as figuring on using Gunboat Smith. Smith, however, suddenly ran into a losing streak 'just at that time, and Coffrgth de- cided that it was useless to bother appear. The most successful of the contenders this winter probably will get the chance to. face Willard in the spring. further with a Johnson match. Now that Willard has made good, Coffroth | is waiting for a live contender to = MONUMENTS w= class work in minimum time. "Our stock of granite monuments comprises one of the finest and largest between 'Toronto and Montreal. Intending purchasers are cordially invited to call and inspect it. Our- plant is equipped with pneumatic air tools and com- plete polishing machinery which enables us to get out first We manufacture Vermont Mar. ble monuments in all sizes and prices and in the design you prefer. 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