Dreary February Nights Can be made just like spring time if you have A ColumbiaGrafonola d Or some of our good records $15.00, $21.00, $33.00, $50.00, $65.00 $38.10. with 12 selec= tions . $55.10 with 12 selec- tions. Here are a few good ones vou ought to have in your home: Under a Peac Band 1882 | 1886--<Casey at the = Dentist's, Casey as a Doctor, Qomlic Dialogue 83¢ 1899---M-O-T-H-E-R (H Burr), 1 Never Was Nearer Heaven in My Life (8 83¢ Ash) 1914--Second Regiment National Guards, Marches, Prince's Band Washington Post, 85¢ 1978--Wake Up America, Good-Bye., Good Luck, God Bless You . 85¢ 2051--O0I1d Black Joe, When the Corn Is Waving, Annie Dear, (Quartette) ¢ 83¢ 2067 --8he Is the Sunshine of virginia, Moonshine Sally, 83¢ 2063---Cohen's Recruiting Speech, Cohen at the Tailor's, 85¢ R 4000--Good-Bye Mother Dear, Our Hearts Go Out to You, Canada . . 85¢ Hundreds of other good ones to choose from, and they play on any disc machine. In the World of Sport| 1 y | effort to become a fixture as a third RULES OF BASEBALL SPORTING NOTES. ||"... MAY BE CHANGED. Carmen Hill, the bespectacled -- -- In Order to Increase Batting-- . ' | pitcher with Rochester last Soasol Manager Howard, of tie Dakland | who was recalled by Pittsburg at) Will ; club of the Pacific Coast League, is the 'end of the International League | . Come Up at Schedule atter Intielders O'Mara and Gets, of | Season. has been released by the Meeting. The increasiif§ "demand for change in the rules governing the the Brooklyn club, : Pirdtés to the Birmingham club of world series, and in, thbse of the {the Southern League. game itself for the purpose of in- creasing batting, probably will be heeded by both the Natiomal and American Leagues at the schedule {meetings this month, a tg Ad. Brennan, veteran pitcher, who was with Atlanta last season, broke his right arm in as automobile accident near lola, Kan., the other . day. Note that it was his right, and [aterm of five youre. ed a i ould be ke ies. that Brennan is a southpaw. | This {s Tim Murnane's idea of what g he chairman of the! The National League will convene "in this eity on February 12th to adopt the schedule prepared by Bar- "The Judge who makes the final Meeizion should have no financial in- terest in the game, should serve for The Newark Indians probabi wilt (should constitute the take over the camp & Chariottes- | National Baseball Commission, ville, Va., vacated by the Washington | team. 'h hav € ffered the | 3 Brg wane ay fog by Virginia | °F "Charles A, Comiskey, owner of | it is altogether likely something will u | the Chicago White Sox. It was re- be done in the matter of the world groups and gymnasium. ported several days agQ that Comis- | series and batting rules, Many of key had handed Walsh his release] the biggest men identifitd "with the {and had agreed to help Walsh pur-| national sport, among them Harry chase a minor league club. | Hempstead, president of the Giants -------- {and John McGraw favor adoption of MAJORS ARE READY TO {a rule.that will enable a batsman to RAID BIG MINORS) Infield Frank Fuller bas been turned over by Detroit. to the New- ark International League Club on option. Manager Jennings has stip= ulated that Mapager Tom Needham Rav ; N play Fuller at second base and de- Jpave a better chance to hit safe than { he has under present conditions velop him in that position, | mn Sai -- - {in Event of Strike will "Steal", "Just what aectiog will be taken by Secretary Ed. Reulbach of the| | Lhe BEd. Walsh Is stil! on the payroll | ney Dreyfus and John Heydler, and || ------ Get Back of a Milo J"Start the New Year right by smoking MILO Cigars. You will enjoy every one. Made in Kingston. G. A. MCGOWAN, Manufacturer, Kingston. --~-------------------- A For Life Insurance S. ROUGHTON 60 Brock St., Kingston. Phone 610 MS i Sr A AAA AAA A A AN ELIMINATED FOUL RULE From Baseball, Says Manager Chi- | cago Cubs, 3 Don't call a man out when his foul | fly is caught," stated Manager Fred | Mitchell of the Cubs recently. \ | "Shortening the base limes, lett ng | rl . TH aor tA a: » National' League remains to be falent From A. A. | seen, but several suggestions have Leagues. | heen made which if adopted would {bring about the desired result Rumors of war and what Presi-| Among the suggestions most likely ident Fultz, of the Fraternit de-| to be adopted is the one © ered by seribes as a "national crisis, have| McGraw, of a more rigid aforce- caused a decided lull in the baseball] ment of the balk rule, | strike situation., President Tener, lof the National League, has stated ". |that tle times are too grave to dis-| Trophy Goes Across the Line. |cuss baseball. Nevertheless, it 1s re-| The Edwards Curling Trophy, {ported in New York that big leagues competed for annually by Montreal {are prepared to raid the Inte nation-}afid New England players, was won {al and other class AA leagues if| frofw phe Montreal Curling Club, the | tit layers "walk " out', 'as holders, by the Brooklyn, Mass., Cur- Major league Mmanagers| ling Club by 37 to 33 shots r {sg "gaid, have) up fifty minor league play strike-| James Duncan, holder Players'. Fraternity is quoted as say-| ing the strike proposition is a mis-| take, If this is true he probably will | be removed from his office in the | Frat, Tris Speaker and Bobby Roth, Cleveland's great star and nearly great star, respectively, ar working on owner James Dunn's' railroad in order to keep in condition for next season. For devoting eight hours of their energies to railroading they draw the Sum of $3 per day. ------------ / they| The war has claimed a boxing { champion in Georges Bernard, who | held the middleweight championship ers who are ready to become ~ llth : in | CTF 0 are ready (« I | : of ¥ Tame Serfaty v Be 0 earn | Dreaker s if their services are Boel: Feria 8 Sisgue-thioy ing title, is con- at service stern | oq : fined to a hospital in New York Jou. A fortnight before his death | nese players are reserved by| with pneu moma. His condition is bezel Ja a XBLU}ioR BO | the International -League| serious. z Se vB "0 | i orice a 2 35 : {and the American Beater, a won his Hie Trom have been notified that, in case they eT ond m June of 1914, R00 are called into the major leagues, I Er Rg RR LL ln Re nard in Paris, t scouts, it ees rr |roundec c i of the - Wilbur ("'Roxey') Roach, the for- mer Toronto shortstop, and DOW with "Bill" Cylmer's Louisville team, is a holdout. a Association. They| Perhaps the Northwestern Base- ball League has a new suggestion to help minor league ball. At its an- nual meeting it voted to abolish Monday baseball throughout the league. They thought 80 well of the results which will accrue from Mon- dayless baseball that they increased their player limit from thirteen to fourteen players, Commencing Friday, February Following the announcement" that the salary of Honus Wagner, the Pirates' star, would be reduced came you reasons why you should patronize this Popular Price Clothing Store. Friday's Issue. TheySay Talkis Cheap a man take his base on three balls} and moving tae pitcher bac k are all} reng ideas for bettering baseball,' | recently ap-| but well} po 3 RICK | He ARROW | %m% COLLARS arc curve cuit to fit the shoulders Ww said Mitchell, the most pointed N. 1.. manager, equipped because of his long exper perfectly. 1; cots cach, Ofer ence as pitcher and catcher, to talk] ! PEA JOOY BLD INC about the balance between batting | and fielding. | "The foul fly play in baseball has| nothing in its favor, It's foreign to} ~ this principle of teh game, The vat-| tiring play on it. ter hasn't a chance. It does not do | the foul fly is the same him any good to isp entitled to anything er drops the foul fly. "I tis true that spectacular catbhes f foul flies are occasionally made, but as a usual thing it's merely a case of the third or first baseman nping under the pall and catching if any play-! weaken thé batting end of the game rule out the foul fly." Mitchell said he favors el deliver e : "Base running it 3 "in the "If vou want more batting, with- out hurting the defensive side of the game to any great extent, fix the rule. {It a foul is batted along t the defensive side can't make a Té- near-balk motions. mr Mitchell, 9th, a number of articles will appear in this paper, giving Watch for next the anhouncement of President Bar- ney Dreyfus yesterday that he "was National I.eague has been handicapped," said ye faci that the um- pires allow thé pitchers to get away he ground [with all sorts of false motions, or © AANA The principle of I believe it | 4 run, because he {was originally put into the rules to Now, if they want to strengthen the batting end of the game, lg¢t them a rule to liminate all the so-called artificial I.took up advertising in the newspapers -- talk into a newspaper advertisement that I Everything in our advertisement is I used to think so myself at one time, before then I found that it cost me so much to convert have since become mighty careful of what I have to say. backed up by real facts. We represent one of the best houses in Canada for tailor-made clothing. Come in and Satisfaction guaranteed or no pay. not sure that Wagner would play ball durigg the coming season." ! Fans have declared that Wag- ner, not relishing a cut in salary, had determined to give up the game. President Dreyfuss, however, de- : clared this version to be absolutely 1 i wrong. He stated that Wagner was worried about his injured hip and eave your Ipeasure. does not at the present moment TREADGOLD Sporting Goods Co, 88 Princess St., Kingston. Telephone 529 know whether he will be able to: play ball this year Johnny Coulon, of Chicago, for- mer bantamweight champion; out- FEBRUARY FURNITURE SALE EVERYTHING REDUCED, SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY TO SAVE 2 Sr See my line of Period Furniture, Lar gest & Best ibd R. J. REID Leading Undertaker. JEFF Selection to Choose From. P 577 | Fedora League had a good, substan- hone tial backing from many writers in its SEEN HIS DOOTY AND HE DONE IT. fought Jack Sharkey, of New York, in a ten-round bout last might. The former title holder fought at a fast pace throughout. Coulon weighed MONEY 111 pounds and Sharkey 116. "Bill James has signed his 1017 Detroit contract. In signing, the tall turler declares that he is going te make a determined effort this com- ing season to re-establish himself in the place that was his when Jen- nings purchased his release from St. Louis in 1915. |. A feature of the baseball strike, or { near-strike, of major and minor | leagues that must be very depressing | on -President Fultz, of the Fratern- I'ity, is that it has practically no sup- | port from baseball writers. Old-tim- {ers will remember that when the | Brotherhood ' fight was on in 1890, { and when the American League was | fighting for a foothold : ten years | latér, there was a wide split in the | opinion of the scribes, and it was {largely due to their ' cp-operation {thatthe Johnson circuit won its {baftle for recognition. Even the & ee . oe . Do you want a good blue serge suit? You will get one here at the right price. Sizes 35 to 46. Everything in this store is marked in plain.figures and one price to all. ecm etm--e-- Boys' Sweater Coats, Regular $1.50 value, to clear at .. .. - 98¢ A FEW BOYS! The Lion The Bargain (Spot of Kingston. Men's Suits in all the newest colors, at those same low prices. Sweaters. Regular $2.50 value, to clear $ 1 79 Just arrived -- all the newest shapes in spring hats, in green, grey, and brown and navy. 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