PAGE TWELVE " a THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG MONDAY oo visi iid More Money Savers Boots and shoes will be from $1.00'to $2.00 per pair higher next year than what we are selling them at now. The interest you would save on $3, $4 or $5 amounts to nothing. Buy Your Boots Now We screw your skates on free. Automobile skates are the standard. Other dealers tell you they have something just as good. Buy the real thing. Treadgold Sporting Goods Co. 88 Princess St., Kingston. Telephone 529 -~ a PARLOR FURNITURE Special prices on these suites. 3 piece Mahg. Suites $25 to $125 In the OPPOSES RADICAL CHANCES IN BASEBALL RULES AS CONFU-| SION WOULD RESULT. | | Connie Mack Would Change the Rule i COovering the Case Where a Pitch-| | ed Ball Accidentally Strikes the | Hitter's Bat, | |" "There is one rule that should be | changed," said Connie Mack. "That| is the one covering the case where la pitched ball accidentally strikes | | the hitter's bat. It usually works an | | injustice, ne matter whether it Pe- { sults in a fair or foul hit. | "Frequently a batter is forced to dodge a wild pitch. It often happens that his bat comes in contact with the ball, which may roll fair or foul. { If it is fair the batter seldom can re- cover his balance in time to have a remote chance of beating the ball to first base. Should it happen to be the first or second foul it is-a strike. "I believe the umpire should be al- Jowed to use his judgment, and if he decides the batter had no intention | of striking at the ball it should go | as a ball and be scored as: a wild pitch. In other respects the foul striks rule is entirely satisfactory. { "The suggestion that three balls | be allowed is ridiculous, Few pit- chers to-day try to 'work' the bat- ter in that way. They all try to slip that ball over the centre. It would be a fine walking match for the spaec- tators to witness, as the batter would | naturally wait the twirlers out. | { "To do away with bunting would | { spoil the seience of the game. Man | a hard contest is decided on a skil-| | ful bunt, | "I am opposed to any radical | ¢hanges in the rules. The public is | | well versed in baseball and would | | not intelligently follow the game if! many changes 'were made." PAT O'KEEFE NOW SCRAPS AZ 5 piece Mahg. Suites, $25 to $35 | 40 Suites to choose from. Tables, Cabinets, Jardinieres, Pedestals. Agents for Pathe Freres. Absolutely the Best Machine Made. Jd. Reid, Ld Wi] in | I 1 AY Robt. Phone 577. Ammon ANNAN lt i Do- Your Bit The If you can't fight the enemy, fight poverty. London Life Insurance After the war is over there will be many widows and orphans who must be cared for not only by the Government but by their friends. There will be quite enough of them without having the wives and children of men who have not died in battle thrown on the public care. Company Showeth Leading Undertaker In The Uniform of a British Tommy | at the Front. | Pat O'Keefe, who held the middle! weight championship of England for| some years, was at last report doing | his scrapping in the uniform of a | British Tommy, ag a corporal in the! | 1st East Surrey regiment It was just three years ago today that Pat attempted to lower the f his| | now comrade-in-arms, G« Cars pentier, at Nice, France; hit Georges| { knocked him out in' second | round. Pat is a ring veteran, and vis-| { ited America ten years ago, when he! | was defeated by Billy Papke in Phil-| { adelphia, by Harry Lewis in Boston, | | Australia, | {and by Willie Lewis in New York. | Later, he made a visit { but found that country equally lack- ing in hospitality to t tranger, | Dave Smith twice defea him. Pat stayed fifteen rounds with Bombar- | {dier Wells in 1913, but was then | | knocked out, tc ii tmem---- { | Goulding to Walk in Gotham. George H, Goulding | world's champion walke A ed an invitation to comp the indoor meet of the | letic club, New York. | Torento, accept- ere at| lilrose Ath- A special event has been carded to | the same words as the pro., but they | | enable Goulding to make an attack {on his own world's record of13.38-| | 3-5 for two mileg indoors. The club { has set a handicap li thirty- | five seconds, The record hus stood since 1912 and fifteen of best | heel-and-toe performers in the Unit-| he | crease of purses, will do more to ac- World of Sport| | INTERNATIONAL SEASON | WILCOX'S RACING BILL, ---- Providing For Ody 14 Days Racing in Any (ne Place. The Toronto (Aobe says: The Ot- tawa despatches are not very clear as to the method by which Mr. Oliver Wilcox, M.P,, for South Essex, ex- pects to attain his very worthy ob- ject of preventing the unlimited es- tablishment of race-courses in Can- ada. The fact that he has now three ---not four--tracks in his constitu- ency 'wil hardly be considered by Montreal and Ottawa interests as a valid reason why they should go out of business, even if they were built since the Miller bill 1910. They would be inclined to suggest that they should not be sac- rificed because the Ontario authori- ties have seen fi' to license prac- tically every applicant. His provis- ion that there shail only be fourteen days of racing each year in any county or municipality does not ap- pear to be accompanied by direction as to which of the three Windsor tracks, for instance, should have those fourteen days. There will be no rush to establish racecourses or any similar undertakings unless there is promise of large profits, and if Mr. Wilcox goes to tae root of the situation he will have to deal with that aspect, The Grant Hugh Brownes and other alien promoters and speculators are- apparently stronger tham Mr. Wilcox and the other well-wishers of racing, and can get whatever opportunity they seek. They would give Canada the go-by with their enterprises, though, if their prospective profits were limited to a reasonable figure, for they re- present the get-rich quick idea solely. A provision that racing associations shall not pay more than seven or ten per cent, dividends to their share- holders, the excess going to the en- couragement of breeding by the in- complish what Mr. Wilcox alms at than aH the regulations than ean be | SPORTING NOTES. | The Toronto Star says: H. H. Fer- guson, the former Kingston boy who is playing for T, R. & A. A,, made his debut in this vicinity as an O.H A. referee Wednesday night at Wes- ton, ' He has had considerable ex- was passed in| JANUARY 22, 1917. | | OPENS APRIL 17TH Every Club Represented at! Session--Interleague Series | Begins August 17th. Every club in the International League was represented at a session 'held in New York, during which the business of the annual meeting, ad- journed from last month, was com- pleted. President E. G. Barrow said that the players' strike was not dis- cussed, but that, in his opinion, the The regular schedule meeting %f the league will be held at Newark about the middle of February. The playing season will begin April 17th, with the western clubs in the east. The regular season will end on August 5th, and the interleague series with the American Association will open August 7th and finish about September 24th. The player limit of sixteen, exclusive of the manager of each club, will be en- forced from May 17th until the com- pletion of the ipterleague series. A resolution was adopted prohib- iting any club taking a player on option subject to recall before the end of the regular season and the interleague games, TROUBLE FOR PATRICKS Portland Club Thileatens to With- draw From Coast. League. Portland has threatened to resign from the Pacific Coast Hockey As- sociation. Last night President Frank Patrick received a wire from President Bryan of the Portland Club to the effect that unless the protest which the Rosebuds made on the game played in Portland Tues- day night between the Rosebuds and the Seattle Club is upheld they will withdraw from the league. Port- land protested the match won by the Seattle club on the ground that two officials "were to handle the match, whereas Seattle objected to the double official 'plan, and Mickey Ions alone held the whistle, Notification was also given President Patrick that the mail will contain in a day or two written charges:against Ions, Pending the arrival of these charges President Patrick announced that he would withhold hig decision. He has suggected, however, that a meeting of the directors of the several clubs be held in Seattle at once to discuss the charges, * perience as an official around Kings- | ton, however, The baseball players will during January, February March, would strike during August, strike June, July and Ban Johnson says that the major- | ity of the American League players will report even il a strike is called. Nearly 100 have already signed, he said, Best way to distinguish between an amateur and professipnal in golf is to listen to "em in their moments of excitement, An amateur may use lack the snap and finish which the professional gives to em, The Chicago Club payroll last sea- son was $145,000. It will have to be cut to $75,000 to make the club a paying business proposition, Pres- ident Weeghman declared, who add- and ! No doubt the snowshovelers | | a Way to be Patriotic } apa by It is your duty, not only as a man, a hus- | against the Canadian flyer. band and a father, but as a patriotic citizen to see that there is no danger of your family becoming a public charge at a time when the public will be overburdened. The surest way to fight poverty is to put on the best life in- surance policy you can get. London Life Insurance Company London Ontario Canada 84 WM. WALTERS, Supt. Industrian Branch, Golden Lion Bleck, Kingston, Permission. Refused. application by Eccles J. Gott ndsor for permission to organ- star team of O.H.A. players to tour States was refused by | the O.H.A sub-committee. Any | touring to be done will be by regu- | larly organized clubs of the associa- | tion under the sanction of the O.H.A. Mr. Gott said that the origin of the idea was due to the frequent defeats of the Canadian teams at Detroit, which he, as a+ good Canadian, did not approve of. | An {of W | ize an al e The Freddie Welsh to Retire. Freddy Welsh, the lightweight champion of the world, wired yes- terday from Chicago that he intends to retire from the ring, either with or without the title; on July 7th, the third anniversary of the date on which he annexed it from Willie Rit- chie., Welsh said he wants one more long fight, and he wants it to be ed States have been invited to start | ed: "The club special will start for | Pasedena February 20th, if there is { not a single ball player on hand." | CLASS PROMISED Baseball Association Next Season. two major league managers the American \ssociation many years, t s of base- bal om Hickey the coming summer what faster than it was in 1916. Roger Bresnahan, who took the Toledo Club last summer, will have had the chance to build up a win- ning team by the time the bell rings, and with Joe Tinker at Columbus, !striving to get a together, { the league should be onger Billy Clymer, at Louisville; Jack | Hendricks, at Minneapolis, and John | Ganzel at Kansas City, are represen- tatives of the type of fighting man- ager. At Minneapolis, Uncle Joe Cantillon is a veteran warrior, and Mike Kelley, at St. Paul, and Danny Shay, at Milwaukee, are always dan- gerous leaders In a pennant race. With such an array of managerial talent the association should enjoy the best season of its career during In the America | With nvac in 1 wit players would report when called on. | uit during should be some- Get Back of a Milo Start the New Year right by smoking MILO Cigars. You will enjoy every one. Made in Kingston. -G. A. McGOWAN, Manufacturer, Kingston. Esassse------ Kingston's Hlectric Store Now.is the time to get your house wired. Let us give you a price. House Wiring Our Specialty. H.W.Newman Electric Co. Phone 441 79 Princess St. " LOCAL BRANCH TIME TABLE In effect Jan. 14th, 1917. Traine will leave and srrive at City Depot, foot of Johnson street. GOING WEST Lve. City Arr. City +o 12.20 a.m, 2.58 am. 6.40 a.m. 1.41 pom. oo oay va 304 Pom, GOING RAST Live. Clty vo 140 am, 2.68 am 12.20 pam. 10x pom. 1.38 pum, 6.45 pm 7.22 pom, 19 run daily. , st Sunday. t Peterboro, af. TALBOT va JAR ROW fmf COLLARS are ¢ { 5 curve cut to fit the § rs perfectly 'Fach rs Clusett, Peabody & Colne Make: Intern't Ltd. Ma Arr, City 17 a.m, 2.36 a.m, Pr 12 ran'l Ltd." Nos. 1, 6, 7, 1 Other trains daily Direct route Hamilton, Buf don, Detroit Chicago, Bay Ci A aw, Montreal, Ottawa, Quebec, Portland, St, John, Halifax, Boston and New York. : For Pullman Accommodation, Tie- kets, and all other information, apply to 14 HERBERT A STRIKER Among "The Toronto Leaf Pitcher ' The Ball Kickers, The Toronto News says: One of the players who took a prominent part in the megting of the Fraternity at Chicago and ¢ast hig vote in favor of strike, if oid4was , called, was Fred Herbert, "the Leaf pitcher. What grievance the big right-hander has against organized ball and the Toronto Club Ay, particular is hard to imagine. He has been well treat ed by President McCaffery, too well treated if the truth were told. He wag the weakest pitcher on the staff, with one exception, for the major part of last season, losing eight game straight, but the loeal man 1 gave him every encourage and Surried im long until | (Via Plymouth) Ww in shape to do his best work. . Herbert has never heen a winner | HALIFAX to LONDON for the Toronto Club, His failure |(Calitag Falmouth to land passengers) to develop into a first class twirler | oF Narticulars of sailings Sud stew has been one of the many disap- |ert Reford Co. Limited, General Agents, pointments which the local magnate 50 King St. East, Toroate, had had to contend w'th the past] guy = © few years. But yet he has stuck by him nobly and aceorded him every opportunity in the world to make good. Like Bunny Hearne, Rudolph, Meyers and several others, Herbert, however, seemg to be with- out any sense ¢F gratitude, His at- titude will not be overlooked by the Toronto Club , management when reckoning time comes around, J. P. HANLEY, AGENT. Cor, Johnson and Ontarie Streets, Kingston, Ont, SHIP LINES, Open Day and Night -- aT and NM mr CANADIAN SERVIOR 2 LONDON to HALIFAX ' "Ranks with the Strongest' HUDSON BAY Insurance Company FIRE INSURANGE Head Office, Insurance 3 MONTREAL ge PERCY & UINN, Manager, O; . Toronte McCann is Reappointed, \At the annual meeting of the dir- 1917, | Difficulty has been experienced so far in transporting teams from place) to place for the Ottawa Valley games, | PROPOSED BOXING BILL panies are using -inferior engines on | . tests, the passenges service, Incidentally A Bill was introduced in the Col- it is impossible to guarantee excur-|°r8do. Legislature on Thursday, . sion accommodation, | which is designed to prevent boxing -- | Contests like the Welsh-White con- "This strike propaganda fis clear! test last Labor day. The bill would to the baseball world," Ban Johnson | terminate the practice of licensing | sald. "It simply is a move on the clubs to stage "boxing contests." | part of a few players and President| Colorado already - has statute { Fultz, of the Baseball Players' Fra-| *8ainst "prize fights." ternity, to maintain high salaries-- | S---------------------- big salaries that we paid during the! Duffy to Coach Harvard, | Federal League fight." Hugh Duffy, manager and princl- -- | pal owner of the Portland. Clab in Pat Moran, manager of the Phil-| the Eastern League was elected head a It is claimed that the railroad com-| Colorado Wants to Stop Boxing Con- | ectors of the New London baseball club, of the Eastern Leagte, Gene McCann . was reappointed manager for another year and instructed to take the rubber band off the bank roll and go out after a winning ball be understood when 'it is" stated that the ' multi-millionaire, Morton Plant, owns the New London élub. Hammer Throw Is Barred. The hammer throw will have no place in future track and field meets of the Rocky Mountain conference, athletic representatives of the schools comprising that organization decided recently at Denver. The conference substituted the Javelin throw for the more dangerous weight f i team, The significance of this will] _ Fi with Ritchie Mitchell of Milwaukee, who outpointed him Tuesday night. adelphia National League Club, de- nies that any deal was in the mak- ing with the Chicago Nationals whereby Dodie, Paskert, Erskine, Mayer or Al Demaree would become Cubs. Reports of such a deal had been circulated widely. HOW JEFF TRIED TO PULL IT OVER LANDLADY AND STUNG MUTT. coach for the Harvard baseball team to succeed Fred Mitchell, now man- ager, of the Chicago National League team. Charley Doolin, last season with Rochester, wae prominenfiy mentioned in connection with this ! position, Vv Ap event, i Snemsl----p-- Prohibiting the employment at the Connie Mack doesn't propose to | Ottawa race track of all those who strengthen the walls of his ball park | are eligible for enlistment is an ex- as a protection against the maddened | cellent move, Now the tracks might rush of fans eager to get in. He's | get together and refuse admission willing to take a chance, | to the eligibles for trench duty. ~ By BUD FISHER se oe ' A LETTER FOR JERE AND FROM 4 Lawve RS OFFICE T00. I wWondER | WHAT IT SAYS P Guess TL Oren IT, ~ 'rSavs:- YOU THAT CALIFORNIA GREAT SCOTT! "MRLIEFE, THIS 1S TO NOTIFY YOUR UNCLE MAX OF HAS DIED AND LEFT FoR Ever. x EFT WEVE BEEN PALS FOR A Good MANY YEARS AND WERE Gonna BE WE'LL SNARE OUR. Lice gusr AND TO PROVE IT; JEFF, TNE ONLY GOT Rg. (8 THE WORLD BUT HERE'S Two oF THEW FOR You, WE'LL Go THROUGH DONT WORRY THAT way, OF THANKS, fu ! 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