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The McCallum Granite Company, Ltd. a"? Princess Street. : : Telephone 1931 HH BRINGING UP. FATHER THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, TUESDAY, APRIL 17, i917. _ | | | BASEBALL BRIEFS _ | : Joe- Ridroguez, the young Cuban] first sacker who will be sent Hy New | York to Rochester this year for fur-| ther seasoning, is one of the most] sensational fitlders John McGraw | has had on his elub in many a day. | The little Cuban is remarkably agile] and save the other recruit fielders! from many wild throws by his phe-| nomendl catches and pick-ups. | Rodriguez's hitting is not on a par| with his fielding, but all his hits are] clean and sharp, as he takes a nice] cut at the ball. Joe was with New) "Attaboy!" and "Come on kid!' at! his team-mates. Hé will be a great drawing card on the International] League circuit. =~ | Military training for baseball play ors is one of the best things ever de signed to help out in the spring training, according to Charles A.| Comiskey, owner of the, Chicago | Americans. The players, he said, en-| joyed it, and the drill and discipline will be of Denefit to them in their playing. Fielder Jones, manager of the St. | Louis Americans, will not use Georgé| Sisler as a pitcher this season unless | his staff becomes demoralized. Jones [sald he considers Sisler already is] |the greatest first baseman in the! |league, and fears that alternate work | :in the box and on the base might ruin his arm. Billy Cristall, the Toronto south- paw pitcher, will be with. the Alton club of the Three I League this sea- son. Frank Navin, of Detroit, is all out] of luck this spring, Any day of the| present week could have been picked by the schedule-makers for his open- ing. Afid they lit on what appears to be the only one on which it would be possible to draw the 25.884 re- cord crowd. Having handed him that, the weather man at once re- sumed serving out the iceberg brand. "Rube" Schaner, Giant twirler, car- ries the private-life name of Dimitri Ivannovitech Dimitrihoff. Schauer doesn't do that justice. Why not Cloudburst? : AQ - ~ "The best ball club in the world," is the way James C. Dunn, owner of | the Cleveland Americans, refers to his players this season. The club, he says, is 30 per cent. stronger than in 1916. "Cleveland will be a strong contender for the championship from the start," Dunn said. "I am tickled to death with the whole combination. We have a fine set of players and great harmony combined. Morton is apparently as good as ever, and everybody feels that Joe Wood is due for a come back. Chapman i8"a dif- ferent ball player from what he was a year ago, He looks like the Chap- man of 1915." " - George Davis, shortstop of , the Chicago Americans in the.days of its pennant-winning fame, probably will Hecome coach of the St. Louis team of the American League. Manager Jones has made the veteran an offer, and hopes he will accept. Jones and Davis formed an unbeatable com- bination of train power in the pen- nant drive of tiie Chicago club in 1906. Jones, as manager, used Davis as his first lieutenant. Davis now I§ coaching at Amhert College. George Moriarty, appearing as an umpire in the opening contest at Detroit, had the distinction of offi- Jelating on the very first day. on which a game was played subsequent to his appointment and of working in the only championship contest on record in which three umpires took part, They have four in the world series. Moriarty in this game did the work of two of these, roaming the outfield to give decisions on balls hit into the crowd. The Brooklyn Nationals have: re- leased Pltcher Edward Appleton to Baltimore. x Oscar Vitt may rejoin the Detroit Tigers this week. Hughie Jennings 1s beginning to realize that the ab- sence of his: star third: baseman would prove a blow. bo League | critics are already conceding second berths to the Montreal | Royals and Toronto Leafs. Lajoie's [team looks fair, but that of Sammy Lichtenhein would probably have difficulty, as now constituted, in win- ning the Montreal City League club. The Providence Grays have pur- chased Shortstop Jimmy Cooney from thé Worcester Club. . ~~ { Many Ottawa friends of the young cote mn ---- In the World of Sport IN QUEEN'S BATTERY Several Prominent Athletes H Been Signed Up For Overseas. The Ottawa Citizen -has the lowing: Another Well-known lete has joined the colors. wo | SPORTING NOTES. fol- " and Jim Coffey to fight a ten-round He is|{bout at New York on April 23rd. | Wren Birkett, a son of Thomas Bir- Twinner will afterwards , negotiate] kett, Jr, and. a popular star at!for a bout wita Jess Willard. ; hockey, baseball and other sports. | -- Wren has signed up to go with the The Irish-American Atheletic Club 72nd (Queen's Battery), which is | has sent a resolution President being recruited in Ottawa and else | Wilson endorsing" his declaration of where, by Sergeant Roy Anderson. |War. They have suspended opera Guuner Birkett goes to Kingston [tions until peace is declared. shortly to take his training course. Wrén played football with the Ash- bury College and Collegiate Institute Carl Morris Ottawa ath- beep matched 1 to Optiosial. ro®ing will' continue Yale with Coach Niekalls in ¢ po aw 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. &£ THE MUTUALZLIFE INSURANCE CO. OF CANADA S. ROUGHTON, Agent. .60 Brock St., Kingston. Phone 610 ge Ti He will drill a big squad daily. 1 teams, and showed promising form at both games, as he proved a great runner and readily adapted himself to the difficulties of both - games. intercollegiate races are off, but Yale will keep the men in trim. i They're New York St. Nicks Brooklyn 1 palace. Last ladies' girl the the Friday team the night plaved Brooklyn ice soldier athléte will wish him evdfy success overseas and a safé return.> Sergeant Ernie Lynch, who was looking aftér recruiting for the 72nd Battery, has-been transferred to the Ammunition Column, under: Lieut. Shaughnessy, so Sergeant Anderson has succeeded him at the local base in gathering men for the Queen's Battery. The 72nd will go into camp about May 15th and will prob- ably go overseas a month or so after- wards, ' Many well-known Otawa athletes in the .. 72nd among- them 'being James Grimes, Bertie Burke, Joe Tubman and Ivan Royt. Some of the boys are already in England, while others are training at.Kings- ton, Jack Johnson 'one prominent citizen of Unde Sam who has not Wet offered to go to the front as a private. > The {rouble Joe Agler and | Other clubshre block Newark in Indians waving thaseman Eldred ¢ deals. firstbase- sone great his batting with his de- i Gusto, the Indians® ne | ms has been doing {fielding this spring, but {has not been on a par fence. w Rochester have sold infielder Babbington, the Brown University | star, to' Manager George Wilste, of, the Reading State League club. \ { | " FINE CHINESE PLAYER Scattle Will Have Yellow Chap at Shortfield. When Bill Leard jaunted over toy' Ho: Roy r Baker Injured. mile the Hawaiian -Jslands-and signed a "ehampien aT, A Chinese ball player to a Scattle Con- | SP es or he An Hen MANO dine tract the wise ones tittered and de- | = Be oe : nr Tr stem. clared that Vernon Ayau would last ping between the car 4 of u Subwey about as long in baseball as a five- | {oo and the Brooklyn I plat- cent plug in the United States navy. yom last week, and in all probability But it seems as the scrappy | ill never Be able to compete again. | Seattle manager mad® a ten-strike . when he grabbed the Honolulu sen- sation to play shortstop this season. Riley Allen, editor of a Honolulu newspaper' for several years, has watched the progress of the Chinese star with interest. In a letter Allen says Ayau will prove a sensation. JOIN RED CROSS President Navin and Detroit Players Contribute to Fund. The members of the Detroit Am- erican league baseball club have all become members of the Red Crbss organization. President Navin and Mahager Jennings yesterday made substantial contributions to the so- ciety, after which the list was swelled by contributions from every player. It was also announced that the T's troit team will continye its military training and will give exhibitions in each of the baseball parks where it will play this season. 1 8 MY aR Wy, ¥ ER 2 Ne 3 Ne SEPPALA'S . WOLFHOUNDS WIN All-Alaska Race +» Year, Leonard Seppala, driving a team | of Siberian Wolfhounds, won the A}l- | Alaska sweepstakes dog race for*a purse of $2,500, Time 113 hours. Victor Anderson was second. There were four starters. The race was over a course of 412 miles, from Nome to Candle and return. The start was made April 9th. Seppala's winning team also! won tho races of 1915 and 1916, i ------ Third Straight Dick MoGee Convalescent. | Word has been received that Capt. W. KR. (Dick), McGee, of Ottawa, | who went overseas with the 77th Bat- | talion and who was wounded in one | of the big battles a few months ago, | is progressing favorably. Capt, Mec- Gee, who was awarded the military cross for conspicuous bravery in lead- ing his men against the Germans on | the Western front, has been gfecup- erating in London. Many Kingston | friends will be glad to know that the popular footballer and oarsman fs again in good health. iid { Pitcher "Pie" Way and Infielder "Runt" Walsh have jumped the Ro- chester team, refusing te sign their | contracts, Walsh is coaching a| Baltimore semi-professional team. Wilbert Robinson, of the Dodgers, frankly admits that his team is han- difapped in the catching department. 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