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- < NURWICH BULLETIN, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1917 INSURANCE PO TSR ;. . INSURANCE : FOR EVERYTHING {INSURABLE 4 L. LATHROP & SONS 28 Shetucket Street Norwich, Conn. E | N s Usnw‘ FOR WINTER FIRES The disastrous winter fire is best protected against wi*h a policy of GOOD FIRE INSURANCE. Defective furnaces, defective flues and accident with stoves very often start the fire in wihter that results in a total loss—be on the safe side and have us insure your property today in our strong com- "™ [SAAC S. JONES tnsurance and Real Estate Agent Richards’ Building 87 Main 8 ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW Brown & Perkins, Alicmeys-at-law Over ¥ncas Nat. Bank. Shetucket St. “ntrunce stairway -mear to Thames National Bank, ‘Telephone 38-3 PHILADELPHIA MAY HAVE ONLY ONE CLUB IN 1918 Possibility That Either National or American Franchise Will Be Shifted to Baltimore. STATUS OF WAR-TIME SPORTS Undoubtedly WiIl Have Usual Sports During Coming Year —Athletics Valuable to Physical Preparedness. '\4- = ™7 By Sol Metzger From Sol Metzger, Bedford, Pa. lief and recreation, and physical e the chance. Too much cannot be said in_condemnation of the latter. bujld up moral | analysis of intercollegiate spo; strength and may be|day proves beyond all doubt that this made to produce patriotic funds, it iS| nation is considerably off its normal but natural to wonder just what forms | track. What then can we’seize sport is to assume as we become more [ to aid in forming a conélusion upon as ‘to and more deeply engrossed in our | what is to be done in college sport? fight for victory. At this time it is impossible to tell | ance until the country makes just what definite forms sport is to| cision about the assume should the war continue for some years. One may but guess. Con. ditions and influences are so con stantly changing that it is most diffi- The whole matter is held in abey- a de draft. If the limit is lowered to eighteen or teen years intercollegiate sport, have known it in the past and was followed this year, is both a we it 1 cult to put one’s hands on something |of the past and a hope of the future. tangible and permanent in order to It will close up shop. Indeed, most \base even a conjecture. Our larger institutions of learning have.gvidely different views and have | doors open practiced widely different forms of | will of the colleges will be forced to - do likewise. Those which' keep their ugder such 2 _condition be . those supporteq almost en- sport during the college year. With |tirely by endowment or by appropria- some there is a crying need for in- tercollegiate competition: with others military training has not only an- tion. i . But the question of continuing in- tercollegiate sport during war is not swered this demand but filled a far|all a question of the minimum draft nigher purpose as well. Bven our two [service academies age. There is the patriotic note—the inability of alma mater or blood mo- may be said to have different views |ther to prevent their sons under draft relative to_the immediate future of |age from “doing their bit” as the war athletics, When I was at West Point early in November the feeling was |under draft age of good increases in intemsifty. 'Young men red blood that football with college elevens was | won’t long keep out. And college ath- having its last days until peace. A |letes have mighty good red blood. month later the Naval Academy was Then what kind of athletlcs are we planning for another season. Here the | to have? What part can our college view is held that intercollegiate sport |athletic instructors play iIn the new serves a needed local purpose in keep- the middies busy within bounds. world which war has created? Undoubtedly we will go ahead with in, But at neither ‘academy is thers | our school and club sports. What we any hope of an Army-Navy game un- til the war is over. that the coming together of so many | matter. do relative to professional sport, more The mere fact| particularly baseball, s not so vital a Professional sport, historical- As a result of the recent speculative | officers and future officers at such a|ly and as it now exists, has rarely sale of Alexander and Kiilifer by the Phillies and Strunk, Schang and Bush “by the Athletics, it is not improbable that Philadelphia may have only one {big league club next {a pogsibility that either the National league or Americawm league franchise of the Quaker City will be transfer- Ted to Baltimore. .. Sueh a shift would ‘relieve the two major leagves of the burden of fight- jing the pending Baltimore Federal spectacle offers too great an oppor- been a factor in national physical pre- tunity for disaster at the hands of a|paredness. While it may afford some fanatic—in other words of a German | recreation and relief from war.strain —is sufficient to prevent such a con- even if it were sought by the acade- mies. and probably would produce some pa- r. There is|test being approved during this war |triotic funds it is going to have hard sledding, I fear. We will want sport during this' war but the longer the In seeking an answer as to what|war continues the greater will be our form college sport will assume as |demand that it be for patriotic pur- the war continues one finds no aid | poses. Witness, for example, the re- from either the financial or patrictic [ cent action of the National Lawn Ten- side. In the matter of money about |nis Association: league sumit for $900,000 damages. Jt|everything that was possible happen- | be held but all funds are to be used is believed that the Baltimore baseball men would much rather have a big league franchise than the money. And as both owners of the Philadelphia clubs are in bad with the fans it is possible that one or the other of them may be induced to stand for the move to the Oriole city: Although organized basebail men may seem to laugh- at the Federal Jeague suit, the langh is not on the level. They take the suit seriously enough. Particularly as there are rumors that Harry F. Sinclair, the Wards and other wealthy former Fed- eral league owners may aid the Balti- more stockholders in the fight. It is understood that Sinclair and the Wards have never received the pay- ment that organized baseball agreed to make to them when the outlaw circuit was laid away in camphor sev- eral years ago. MEMBERS OF $100,000 INFIELD ARE STILL PASTIMING Stuffy Mclnnis Only One of Original Stellar Quaret Still With the Mack- men. Once upon _a time J. Franklin Baker, Jack Barry, Eddie Collins and Stuffy Mcinnis made up that fa- mous $100,000 infield of the Philadel- phia Athletics. Connie Mack, manager of the team, eut it to pieces to take his profits and all but-McInnis are now playirg in the uniforms of other clubs. But their baseball greatmess Zoes on. . Mcinnis, still with the Athletic: wag second only to Gandill of Ch cago among the first basemen last season, according to the official field- ing records of the American league. Jack Barry, once _a shortstop but now playing second base with _the Boston Red Sox, and Eddie Collins. now second baseman for the Chi- cago White Sox, were first and sec- rond. respectively, among the second basemen, hile J. Franklin Baker, now with the New York Yankees. was tied with Buck Weaver of the Chicago White Sox as the real lead- ess among the third basemen of 1917 This is mute testimony to their remarkable baseball skill and _fur- ~ther evidence of what these. four meant’ as a combination to the .Philadelphia Athletics when they were wianing pennants and world's championghips several years ago. BRAVES SIGN 31. “Announce That 31 Players Have Sign- ed for 1918 — Bill Jam in That Number. Boston. Dec. 24—Contracts for 1918 for about 31 players of the National league baseball club, including Pitcher . “Bill" James. were ready at the club's headquarters tonight for mailing After the holiday. James’ pitching was an important factor in winning the world’s series for the Braves in 1914, but since then his arm has been in bad condition and iast season he remained near his home on the Pacific coast, working only in 2 few exhibition games. It is under- stood that he asked the Boston club “for an opportunity to return to major jeague work. The contracts will be gent to all players not already in war service. Ladies’ Who Wish a Toilet Cream that will keep their complexion in al- most perfect dondition are invited to try the kind we are offering today which contains enough peroxide in to:make it the Ideal Cream. Dunn’s Pharmacy 50 MAIN STREET WILLIAM YOUNG,RN. Massgge and General Nursing. ' Night e day calls 38 Hickory St. Norwich . Whitestone Clgars will be $3.90 a 100 from Oct. 1st, 1917. $2 for a box of 50, Same rate per thousand. J. F. CONANT, 11 Eranklin_ si FREDERICK T. BUNCE Piano Tuner Phone 838-2 _ WHEN YOU WANT .» put your bus- s before the public, there is ne m Detter than through the ad- wertising columns of Tne Bulletin. ed during the recent football season. Teams went bankrupt,-others reaped 4 golden hafvest, one the bigzest year|of what sport for patriotic purposes. That, I take it, is the forerunner is to: be during war. in its history, and still others had an | There is another field—service. sport. average budget. Receipts, on whole, were away below normal. From a patriotic standpoint about | tirely evervthing has happened also. eievens created opportunities for play- ing for patriotic funds, others accept- the | We had ample proof of its worth this past fall.- Service football games, en- experimental, proved not only Some | highly entertaining but very popular with both public and players. The army, navy and ambulance teams gave ed offers to do so, still others made |a zest to camp life, built up morale, no effort in this direction and one|tossed officer and private together in class went so far as to refuse even a more intimate way than otherwise MARKET WAS ACTIVE. Effect of Peace Rumors Was Marked in the Bond List. New Yqrk, Dec. 24—Contrary _to general expectations, the impending holiday on the stock exchange was accompanied by occasional spurts of activity and many substantial acces- sions to 'last week’'s gains. The movement was accelerated by a further settlement of short contracts, but motives and factors were not al- together jacking. + Peace rumors gained fresh currency, if not credence, from their wide circu lation, traceable in part to speculative intdresés. Their effect was most marked in the bond list. French mu- nicipals rising 2 to 4 per cent. over last week’s best quotations. Thig advantage was not well main- tained, however, and at no time- ex- tended to the premier foreign bond. namely, the Anglo-French 5s. which were reactionary with Canadian sues. In the stock list gross gains ranged from one to almost three points in seasoned rails, two to four points th representative industrials, including munitions, one to two in coppers and shippings, two to six in tobaccos end oils, and one to three in motors and miscellaneous specialties. Final prices were from fractions to a point under the day’'s maximums, the reported cancellation of Russian orders provoking moderate | izing. Total sales amounted to 415,000 shares. LAberty issues contributed to the ir- regularity of the domestic bond list, the 4s falling from 97.06 to the new minimum of 96.98, with a range of 98.38 to 98.18 for the 3 1-2s. Total sales of bonds, par value, were $5,175,000. g U. S. bonds, old issues, were un- changed on call, but coupon 4s declined, 7-8 per cent. on sales. - s , ETFH 38885 833353 sigsbl . § 'sg;isfgsxfi i?igg" 5 o Ei?ii it i f 36 e s35i5g 277 L 1 or H i H: Ji'u iR : 200 Granby Mining 500 Gt North. pr 300 linots _Central 100 Tnt _ Agricul 3200 Tns Copper 400 Tnterborc Con 500 Inter Con pr 760 Int Har of N .. 102000 Int M Mar pr 100 Int P pr stpd 7700 Int Nickel e it i T ot 0 Mbx " Peiror - T, 0 Miaml Copper S ot T, .03 114% " 116 63% 6% 1% R 8" 9% 19% - - % 85 o4 5 st Y 027 H S § 53+ 58 G B2 ar° - 37 12% 1% ¥% =m% 8 55 e 8 ] s3ssadssaysiveiafase b} Ifi!fl:l!flfl:flfilu!a s33adas E '] ErgaY !;55555&&?5:55;;&2 233924 ‘,‘? Mil3 4 » ali L . fs CORN— Open.~ “Tow. Tournaments are to |e would have been possible, while va- rious inter-service and service-colle- giate games not only raised patriotic funds but served to increase patriot- ism among civilians. The finest sight 1 ever witnessed in football was in the Harvard Stadium, | December 8 when in the heat of a! football game between-the First and Second Naval District teams both clevens arose from their places, re- moved their headgears and came to attention when a band played the Star Spangled Banner. Another thing about such games. While they no doubt served to keep up an interest in football they proved in addition that the fighting spirit of football is not a mere college rah-rah matter but a very tangible thing. It was_ present in these games. Ola var- sity ‘'boys never strove harder for vic- tory or got so much fun out of it. And good feeling abounded. This is the Kind of spert we want. It will do much to- wipe out the bit- ter intercollegiate rivairy of tbe past Just as it will do so much more to- wards upbuilding the morale and fighting spirit of our armies in Eu- rope. The army and the navy are using sport for this latter purpose and in this kind of sport we find a solution to the problem of what we are to do with our college trainers, coaches and physical directors during the war, es- Ppecially if the draft age is to be drop- ped to eighteen or nineteen years. The ermy athletic fleld is wide open and demanding men in wholesale quanti- Uels. 1. Fisher, in charze of the Y. M. C. A. physical work both in the Y. M. C. A’s as well as in the army. His office-is at 124 Bast 28th street, New Yorl city. While men have been sent abroad in this connection and almost three hundred and fifty have been placed in various camps in this coun- try there is urgent and immediate need for many more. What a splendid fleld! Here the coach, the trainer amd the physical di- rector is not limited .to the tricks of his trade alore. His duty is not ooly to organize and provide games and sport for the large groups under him, it is not only to keep the army piy- sically fit—swhich. the armv is well able to do -itself—but the work is to prepare all to play the awful game of war in the same splendid spirit and with even greater morale -than have the championship varsity ‘eams e:ch coach has helped develop in the past. Here’s a bigger job than winning big football games or so-called champion- ships, a job that has the backing of the army, too, and a job that needs the active support of those men who are best able to fill it (Copyright, 1917, by Sol Metzger) i recently talked with Dr. George! ALEXANDER COMPARES . PITCHING TO SHOOTING Phillies’ Great Twirler Says They Are Much Alike: and Points Out Why They Are—Rejects Stage Offer to Go Hunting. By SEORGE E. McLINN Tm sorry bpt it will be impossible f- for me to.accept your offer. I must g0 home immediately—en important engagement.” The speaker was Grover Cleveiand otherwise Alexander ‘the pitcher in Baseball. ~ ' s “Buf Mr. Alexander, remeémber, you are spurning $500 a. week for 20 weeks or $10,000—the easiest kind of money, said the man who was talking with th pitcher. ~ “And I'll guarantee that all you'll need to do is appear on the stage twice a day, say two or three words and look picasant.” The tempter was A vaudeville agent, and he was trying to sign_the baseball star to a contract. _Alexander shook his head and sigh- ed, “Pm not an -actor, and don’t want to be an actor. I've always, considered acting to be a professton. I like mon- ey. but it can’t be done. Likes Hunting Better Than Money.- “T look forward to the fall and win- ter -just as eageriy a&s the schoolboy looks forward to spring and summer. Fall and winter to me mean vacation must be the result_ of —apnd vacation means hunting. To get out my gun and go into the flelds aft- er- birds is my favorite pastime. 1 wqn't say there is not.enough money in the world to cause me to give up my ~hunting - vacation, but’ $10,000 is not the ameunt to do 1t o “I. was Lorn _on the plains of Ne braska, where hunting was our great- est pleasure,” continued the pitcher, “amd I-still think it is the Dest sport in therworld for fall and_winter. Me for Nebraska; let the city fellows have the vaudeville jobs.” Alexander is quite as expert with a gun es-he is with a baseball, too. Many are the reories he tells of his days in the field. It -is this -life in the-open that gives him the nerves, the muscles and the courage to ‘win-more:than 30 baseball zames a season. - He thrives on hard work, and many of his best games: are pitched near-the end -of a hard season. - - Tt .probably. is known by all. who will read -this tale that Alexander .pitches| for ‘the Phillies.- In 1915 his club cap- tured the National League pennant. It was Alexandér’s pitching . that was prineipally e for the success of ‘the ‘team. He .attributes much of his success on the diamond . to his ning wif e gun aflel “‘-"mwfin: a s the middle d ‘shooting a gun at a fast moving bird are much _the same,” the twirler Insists. ~“I dom't mean-to say that there is much simi- flarity between the real action. .In oné case a man grips.a baseball in his hand and throws it across a ‘plate,’ making ‘a sincere effort to prevent a man with a bat from hitting the ball ‘where they ain’t’ In the other case.a man throws @ gun to his ' shoulder ‘when a bird, or birds, flush, and seeks 10 hit_a bunch of feathers with a load ~But, while the action-1s different, both | pitching and hunting re- quire, first of all, a clear eye ‘and ‘a quick eve—an eye able to judge dis- tance perfectly and' cause the'arm to ‘work in perfect harmony with the mus- cles. Le me T “His Deope .on Shooting. “Ia ‘were to_stand on.the mound, his:eyes and. try.to hurl *esE the gun Pbicds niph: eyes- and attempt .to that he would > o you see: the to -action of .any kind. . nmew -theory 3 FR® et () H R 8 g4 i i i BELL-ANS ‘Absolutely Removes | Indigestion. Druggists | refund money if it fails. 25¢ | ger and ait a cow 50 vards know that the skilled hunter, or trap- shooter, or rifle and revolver marks- ‘man_can hit a_moving object of rea- sonable s E ng the slight- est thought to the pointing of the fire- arm and the puil‘ng of the trigger. Ces, after a time it becomes second nature for a man’s eve to tell him just what his muscles must do in perform- ing a c m act, sucn as pitching a baseball or shootinz a gun. When the eve becomes accistomed to judging distances accurately, and the hands | will do the bidding of the eve, half the battle of pitching or shooting is won Then ali that is required is a 'steady nerve, soms brain work and strength. -“I do not know that I have explained this subject ciearly. bu* st have told vou in my own me why it should follow that a eball pitcher, or, in fa=t, any man who plays base- ball, or a game réquirng a quick, ac- curate eve, should develop info a good shot.55 | away. We SPORTING NOTES There were 335 home runs made last season, against 380 in 1916, according to the official figures fifth in but now Boston Red Sox came but military drill last summer, stand first in enlisiments. Up to press time neither William F. Baker nor Cornelius McGillicuddy had sold their ball parks. so there is still hope in PHilly Even Teddy 'regards boxing as a| healthful, first class sport. Boxing, however. has proved everything but Lealthful for the ex-president, we be- lieve. A year ago they were laughing at die Cicotte in New York. Today when you mention his name there the subject immediately ewitches from “raseball. Gen. White save he would Jike to see every baliplayer in the army lead- ing the troops. Evidently he didnt see Heine Zim perform in New York last fall. Ralph W. Pendleton of Boston, a pitcher. was elected captain of ‘the Bowdoin coliege baseball team to suc- ceed Orin S. Donnell, recently called into military service. After reading what Coach Heisman has to say abdut the Georgia Tech team we.can't heip opining that as a personal press agent Heisman . has Something on even Tom Jonmes and Jack Cugley. New “York sporting writers are of the opinion that a 20 round bout be- tween Leonard and Charley White wiil he attempted soon in New Haven. It is doubtful, though, if the plan will go beyond the stages of possibility. That liitle fracas between Battling Kinz and Chlc Brown after Chiclets Hfad recovered from the. sleeping pow- dere edministered by Benny Leonard all served to make the proposed .match between the old rivals more interest- tng than ever. : The Pirates had more than 50 play- ers in uniform at one time or another during _the past season, and finished last.. They won the worid's chemplon- ship in. 1908 with 17 men. Quality, Barney, quality, not quantity is the thing that counts, Erret Rodgers, star fullback at West Virginia and prominently mentioned as one of the ieading backs of the country this year and last. was unan- tmously elected captain of the West Virginia .university’s football team at the annua] banquet. * What college track team is Heine Zim a graduate of? Such brilliant (?) sprinting talent as he showed last fall revious train- ing., Andy Kelly, Howard Drew and 2 few:others are hereby warned to look to their laurels. Ed Barrow has wesigned as presi- dent of the International league be- cause his salary was cut from $7,500 to $2,000. We don’t blame him. That was almdst as much_of an insult as though Jess Willard had been asked to fight for less than $100,000. Uncle Sam didn’'t let Ray Schalk'go up in an aeroplane the other day when that redoubtable player wanted to visit the army’aviation camp at Rantoul,, 1l There will be a lot of fans who won' mind seeing Ray “g0 Up” next sum- mer, however. Maybe he won’t want to oblige them: S Colimbia won the third round .of the intercollegiate chess.tuorney, thus winning the college title. . The final scores - were €olumbia 9 1-2, Yale 6, Harvard 5, Princeton 3 1-2. - Columl has now won _ the championship 13 times, Harvard § times, Yale twice and Princeton ‘one 2 Irrespective of whether or mnot_the Lewis-D; “wrestling match in New York was a fake, it proved. the most exeiting exhibition held in ' years in tkat particular sport.' If all fakes were as well carried out as_that, the real promoters would” probably make the principals agree to "camoufilage their bouts’ hereafter. . - Friday the regular routine of studies was suspended at Bulkeley school so that the students could elect the foot- ball officers for 1918 ~Thomas Sulli- van, ’18, ‘was elected captain, and Rob- ‘ert McBride, '18, was elected manager. Sullivan was “probably® the best high school end in eastern Conmecticut in 1817, MBride s the president of his class. Thirty-five candidatés ‘for the Har- vard - informal - vafsity hockey team are practicing daily under Coach- Rob- | ert Gros: himself ‘a candidate for wing. “The squad wili spend an_hour #wo afternoons ‘each.week at the Bos- ton aréna, and: the remainder ‘of the daily workouts will be held on rinks on Soldiers flela. : A hero today ‘and a shero tomorrow. Such ‘is the case of the average Base- ball plaver. —For instance John Col- s, the White Sox outflelder, fumbled nearly evervthing' that went his way in ‘the outfield- in the world’s "seriés, and yet he played in 73 games during the regular season summer gnd. made only one misplay. ~ Ay Strangler Lewis by virtue of his ‘| recemt victory over Zbyszko stands in | 2~ class by himself as:far as the : ow York tourney is'conicerned; but Lewi: has. no ‘olaim " on" the world’s = title. When. he defeats ' both Stecher and Caddock, -especially. the lattem the sporting mmunym will recognize “his le.” " » A ‘ order to give the Red jon ‘dollars. UNUSUAL FROM EVERY STOCK OF XMAS GIFTS IN Diamonds, Watches and Jewelry Unusual by reason of its designs, and unusual for the very low prices which we have been able to give you this year. Military Bracelet Watches, $3.25 to. $20.00. STANDPOINT IS OUR Ladies’ Bracelet Watches, $8.00 to $35.00. Ladies’ Ruby and Pink Sapphire Rings, $5.00 to $15.00. 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Eddie Mahan, former Harvard foot- ball player, has bsbn chosen one of the fifty-one successful candidates from Hagvard to attend the third re- serve officers’ training camp at Yap- hank, N Y. At the outbreak of the war “Mahan enlisted with the marines and was sent to.Philadelphia, where | he is now stationed. Another of the successfu] candidates was Kenneth G. Parsons, a lineman on Mahan's 19 Harvard team. Eight minor leagues out of twenty have announced that they will ball next year. They are the Pacific Coast, American Association, Western League, Southern Association, Texas League, Fastern League, Blue Ridge League, and Central Association. Sev- en circuits must be reorganized if they expect to resume -operations. They are the Intefnational, Central, Three. I's, South Atlantic, New York State, Northwestern and Western A sociation. * - 1 Fans as: well as players are extend- ing sympathy to TFirst Baseman Joe Judge of the Washingtons because of the probability of his never being able to play ball egain after his injury of last summer. Judge broke his leg at that time during & game and when he recoyered .the ‘use of it he found that he was lame. He was compelied to submit to another operation and is still in the Maine General hospital at Fortland, e expects to,leave some time after the first of the year, but probably his playing days are over. The - Cardinala and Browns in Louis stand to lose some of thelr most valuable ‘players.in the next draft. Among _the Cardinals whom Uncle Sam may . call are Hornsby, Cruise, Horstman, Snyder, Jack Smith, Lon; Baird and MesAows. The Browns who may_be drafted are Severold, Sother- on, Wright and Gerber. Added to this 1a: play | George Sisler, the Browns 'star player. said recently that if he wasn't drafted he might volunteer. If Sisler keeps is promise, the future for the Amer n league in Louis is very gloomy, indeed. of the war that at the Univer- Director K. } that the reason will not have a ball team next spring_is because the zame did not We are not discontinuing base- ball on account of the war, but the truth of the matter is we cannot it. We plaved Penn State to 000 people. hile played Penn State baseball last mer and charge no admission fee we did not attract a crowd of 100 p. ple. We lost $2,500 on baseball last season.” not because was dropped Pittsbu nnounced at w m- Bulkeley’s system of having the en- tire student body vote on the officers of the teams simply offers-a larger field for the fraternity -politician than, the Academy election, where only the X" ‘men can vote. Rither s ail right as long as the men the best. man and do not let fraternity or other prejudices interfere. Under such ideal conditions, however, the Academy seems to have the System. as only the men best fitted to judge the best leader have a hand in deciding the question. N. F. A. sys- tem of awarding the office of manager on a merit system is,for superior to the electing method employed at the New London institution. Jess Willard, referred to as the world’s champion heavyweight,. and who has not done enough of fighting since he won the title from Johnson to work up a good sweat, declares that he wants to fight. Jess has al- ready made his money so he stipu- lates that he will not give anybodv a chance at the title umless all the proceeds 2o to the Red Cross fund. Very fine for Mr. Willard, but it looks as if he is using the Red Cross to get a litfle publicity. He wouldn’t care to fight unless he received a big sum before he won the title and it is quite natural that any man that opposes him would want something for his work. If Willard is anxious to help the Red Cross yhy don’'t he donate a lump sum or give a certain per cent of the moneyv taken in by the circus he owns. He can help the organiza- tion without fighting. What Better CHRISTMAS GIFTS Than Cutlery KEEN KUTTER Quality Warranted AXES, HATCHETS, SHEARS, BUTCHER KNIVES, . CARVERS, TABLE KNIVES and FORKS, POCKET KNIVES and TABLE KNIVES and FORKS at prices of a year ago until after Xmas ALUMINUM WARE . Quality Brand, 99 Per Cent. Pure SMALL TEA or COFFEE PERCOLATORS, $2.00 ' DRIPLESS SYRUP PITCHER, $1.25 PANS, KETTLES, ROASTERS, ETC., ETC. Buy her ‘one and she will remember you as long as she lives - DUSTLESS POLISHING MOPS, 75¢ ONE PINT CAN POLISH, 25¢ SKATES, SLEDS - ERECTOR SETS RIFLES, AIR. RIFLES _ TOOLS OF ALL KINDS Household 74 FRANKLIN ST. better *