The Brantford Daily Expositor from Brantford, Ontario, Canada • 11

THE BRANTFORD EXPOSITOR BRANTFORD CANADA MAY 21 1919 PAGE ELEVEN athletics LACROSSE READY FOR WALKING RAGE SHOPPING BY TELEPHONE i 4 1 Prospects Look Good for Big Event in This City on the Contestants are Trained to Perf ec tion and a Svtift Contest is Assured to do shopping and marketing satisfactorily and rwith comfort econ? bmy and despatch Practically every store and shop caters to telephone 7 trade and pays special attention to telephone orders 7 so that telephone buying hundreds of thousands of system connects you wito tne biggest i country even though you are hundreds of miles away 7 THE DELLt Eotty Balt Tafaphona AD1CE TO TOIL Tom Longboat was arrested In Toronto this week for being drunk Tbe Toronto News hands out the follow-ng advceooooooo 000 000000 0000 nil log advice to the Indian who stayed out late: Tommy my boy sit up and listen to a little fatherly advice Friends who heard of your predicament last night were sorry for you They see the rocks ahead 1 No athlete though he be triumphant in hundred Marathons can hold the respect of his countrymen on any other basis than that of good conduct and manliness In the battle of life my boy rou have bad a financial opportunity that has started many a man on the road to millions 1 For want of the money you have made easily in the past two years uncounted thousands have failed in struggle Make the new start today There may be one great race left in yon but tbe greatest victory you have yet to win will not he run on he cinder path Tjils last race will be tor the supremacy of your better self and the public will be glad to hear from year to year that you are in the lead 7 BASEBALL Opening of Ontario League in City the Feature This V-': A fternoon 7 7 The opening of the locaT-baseball season with superb weather is on ths tapis to-day 7- 1 V- The Berlin team is the 'attraction against the fast Brantford I aggregation at Agricultural Park 7 Charles Conkle ex-welter weight wrestling champion of the world will officiate as umpire' 77 n'- The' Brant Dragoon band will assist in the opening features and will be 25 strong in full new regalia Mayor -Wood W' Brewster P- and Mr John Muir will offlei- 'U Ted Crooks the Nova Scotia representative In the big Marathon Derby to be held In Toronto May 24th night ste In the points for'ithe first wild pitch of the seasen r'--- -s 7 The game will be called at 330 the players and band leaving Victoria Park at 245 "V-' 1 The grounds at Agricultural Park are -in excellent shape and a fast game is ssured F-' 1 Brantford beat Berlin on Saturday last but word came during the week that the'-Dutch Companee is much stronger 7 1 The baseball season seems assured Aide of a grand starts up to the offli boy with the story of his demise which prevents him from working Results in BIG LEAGUES There were no games In the Eastern League yesterday President ncn of the National League announces the release by BL Louis to Toronto of Lew Magee Detroit lost another game to the Philadelphia American League leaders New York beat Cleveland Boston won from long winning streak was broken in a Chicago Tbe St Louis Nationals mm sa 1 fi as Expositor Trophies Witt be Presented at Game Tues-" day Afternoon Tho trophies and tho prizes for The Expositor walking race will he presented at Agricultural Park on Tuesday afternoon at the Toronto-Brant-ford lacrosse game Jack Kelly has not yet decided on hit team but light work-out will be held Monday afternoon said Manager Kelly last night has a fast lacrosse team that will be the surprise of everybody when they get going Our home Is speedy and the defence looks to be very consistent snd steady Brantford can easily win the CLA series this year with Gait and Preston snd the prospects look good for a great '-y: The management Is entitled hearty 'support offthe holiday after- F- Nawman on of' tha walkers In Tha -Expositor race May noonThe Toronto team Is an excellent one and the attraction Is worth while i' SOME 1INERSV 7T" Dolly Durkin it' Is announced' will not be with the Tecumsehs this year A difference of opinion with the management is said to be the cause There is little' chance of anyone displacing Attonln goal for1 the Toronto sv has been hinted He may not be the best' in tbe land bat there are lots -worse- 7 -And now Bouse Hutton hue yielded to pressure and consented to again take his old place between the -flags for the Caps He will make the team 25 per cent stronger 1 Fifteen Toronto Lacrosse Club players under the charge of Manar ger Murphy snd Secretary Fred Thompson left last night1 fdr Montreal whore they play the Nationals an exhibition game to-day Sutherland and Anderson of Bradford Sproule of -Brampton and Wright of tbe Maitlandi are the youngsters who will be given their initial try-outa in big league company The others who wlll make the trip are -At ton Har-shaw Menary Powers Stagg -Braden Dandeno Fitzgerald Barnett Carter Kalla and Warwick -The senior CLLJL Tecumsehs are going to Galt for an exhibition game on the holiday 'The Indians have secured practically all the last year's Junction team among those put to practice Thursday night being Art Gilbert Bert Brown Ranshaw 1 Max King Curtis Gregg Fred Rowntree and Wallace Other new ones out were Gordon of Fergus Roy of Orangeville and Mitchell Pitcher Jim McGInley of the To-rontos whose clever work onithe rubber had much to de with the victory over Newark in the first gzms of ths series Lacrosse match fall to see Toronto senior A team- and Brantfords Victoria Day 4 New purple ties Just received at Whitlock A Go to tor your holiday furnishings Everything sew A girl generally loses confidence In bet self if she rails to make a fool of a man after she has met him the third time 7 M'L tfJP w' -fc- Harry Tresslder the Central S-mller' who won the Smile race at Hamilton Saturday and broka the Canadian 5-mils record- held'- by Harold Parson'-the- western boy which 'was 2601 1-5 He Is a local boy brother of James Tresslder" twelve-inning game Philadelphia yesterday New York caught numerous Cincinnati players off the bases ana won the game Two changes were effected la the National League The Newark and Toronto teams will play two games this afternoon 7 i 9 National Leaguo 7 7 At St Louis It required 12 innings to settle the game Philadelphia won to 57 Eight thousand people witnessed the game The Quakers won by superior-atlckwork 7: I--( 7 At The Giants defeated the Reds 7 to 8 The team gave Druckle excellent support and assisted by the poor base-running of the home team they prevented them from scoring more than three runs off thirteen hits -t- 1 American League -At Boston-i-Ths Red Sox buihped Young of Chicago for two singles and double in tbe fourth inning which with an error and a base on balls collected three rune 7 Furtell fielded brilliantly 7 -7 7 4 7: C-v At New With five hits in succession- the Highlanders scored two rune in the ninth inning and beat the Clevelands again The Naps used their bats vigorously but 1 Manning had fine support 7 'T 77 7 v'e At The locals bunched their hite with errors' winning an uninteresting game 5 to 2 Plank1 although hit hard kept 5 the hits widely scattered 7 7 At Rain stopped the game here at the end of tho slrth Inning Lake and Walker were evenly matched In duel each being scored against once -ei 1 The last sad rites are 7 The bells their tolling cease -4 Our revered Monarch sleeps In calm of holy peace -tySff' His duty to the last a 7 Right royally was done God rest the dear dead King And bless King George his son Requltieiit In Special English walking or driving gloves at fl00 Whitlock A Co fancy silk lisle hose at Whitlock A Lacrosse match Victoria Day: Toronto vs Brentford 380 ROYAL BIRTH Quean Victoria of Spain Delivered of 7 Still-Born Child To-Day MADRID May Queen Victoria was delivered of an Infant still-born at tour o'clock this morning The sex was male The unhappy outcome is attributed to a premature accouche ment which however was otherwise natural The body will be buried without ceremony in tbe Royal' Pantheon of tbe Escurial Monastery When told of her loss the mother wept bitterly King Alfonso is still Training Quarto Preston Mayor Wood John Crocker iL Walsh Judges at Fisher J- Patterson John Martin Gea Wilson Lewis Photos 'of some of the protalnent walkers appear In this issue to-day The con test has caught on throughout the district and there seems to ba no doubt now but that it will be made an annual affair to 1 the physical art of walking throughout tins district Prospective starters are reminded Monday noon is the last day for filing the entries for the race: While several are expected to be made before the closing hour the following Is the official list to IS Balfour street Duff-erln Rifles Garfield Markle 198 Sheridan St Harrier's Club- 1 ora as Crompton A A CL Hamilton William Healy Tillsonburg unattached' "A'y -f Wm Newman Hamilton unattached Fred Gayton 15 Darling street unattached i'4 -A Chas A' Jones 198 Park are unattached Donald McKenzie 215 Terrace Hill Bugle Band Howell jerseyvllle unattached McPherson 25 Buffalo street unattached -Alex Welheral Hamilton unattached- A Thurman Paris unattached Geo Tressldder v80 Brock street William Healey one of the walkers In Ths Expositor Race May 24 unattached-Nell Vance Ingersoll A A a HL' Preston 133 Duke street Hamilton i i Isaac Furry Hamilton 2 Oo A A 8 Boden Hamilton unattached John Moffat 'Hamilton unattached James 8 Davenport 118 St George street Brantford Senator Elkins' deploring at a dinner In Washington- the dishonest methods of one type of business man said with smile: nil brings back to me dialogue I once heard in a southern school-' said the 'teacher be diligent snd steadfast and yon will succeed Take tho case of George JVastalngton whoso birthday we are soon to celebrate Do you remember my -telling you of the great difficulty George Washington bad to contend said a little boy Ha tell a lie! Rmnember the double Hallelujab Weaving at the Salvation Army to night CoL Sharp of London will conduct the ceremony Admission 10c snd American belts something new Whitlock A Co NEW MUSKOKA TRAIN will leave Toronto 1015 am dally except Sunday for Musknka Wharf making connections for sit Muikoka Lake points vis Grand Trunk Railway System commencing Saturday May 21sL This train will consist of baggage ear vestibule eosch snd psrlor-librsry-bufOet car serving meals en route Connecting train leaves Brantford at 853 am Secure tickets find Information from Thos Nelson city agept or Dickson depot agent Remember the double Hallelujah Wedding at the Salvation Army to night CoL Sharp of London will conduct the ceremony Admission 10c A trio of Hamilton walker came up by radial car last night Intending to go over the courae of the walking race I from Brantford to Part and return Everyone is enthusiastic over the event and many are counting on ae-curlng a portion of The Expositor silverware 1 The Brantford walkers have been conducting their training assiduously and it would not he surprising If the locals made a very creditable showing in the race The Hamilton men expressed themselves sa more than satisfied with The Expositor prizes in fact they stated they were much better than those offered in other events One of the Hamilton men did not want to run A Jek Roe the Toronto West End A marathoner who "has turned run In the Marathon Derby in Toronto on May '24th Roe ran fourth In the Boston Marathon and was second to Long-'boat In 1902 In the Ward Marathon i Roe Is a stury galloper but he Is a second is as high as he can get In a big race the risk of being disqualified and not being told aoout it until he finishes It Is hardly likely that any such thing vwill occur In the race as the Judges will give any man fair warning of any undue practice The Ambitious City entries hare all trained well for the fblg race-" A word to-day about the niles I There will be no toeing or heeling: Walken are 1 cautioned not to overstep the regular walk at the start of the race but to settle down In- their I stride at oncei No walker will be i allowed to take the sidewalk either in (-Paris or Brantford hut will keep to the middle of the road In full view of the Any complaint should be lm-i mediately filed at the conclusion of the race with the Judge Walkers will be provided room upstairs in The Expositor building prior to the- race Besides the following officials there be several patrols' The1 officials I who have consented to act are as fol- Thomas Crompton one of tho walkers In The Expositor raco May 24 has become a habit with people TELEPHONE COMPANY 7 7 'j ts la tha Cantar of tha Byatam 4'' DIAMOND HALL vjv-- 11 4 -fi? 4 A -4 DoUars 77 saved to every pur-chaser of a Diamond 7 Ring at Moffat's 20 Vi Discount Sale this 1 month 7 with the assurance that the "Diamonds are of the very finest 1 better rr: 'vV- 1 Dollars 4 to the good for everyone purchasing a fine cn at Moffat's 20 77 Discount Sale this -with the sat- 7 isf action that always accompanies the car tying of: a perfect V- timepiece 'rva DoUars jsj-y '-11 left for other "uses to ri everyone who buys --4 Y-- Sterling Silver or 4 Silver Plated Table 7 Ware Cut Glass Clocks Crown Derby 777 and PickardV China 47 etc' at 20 Discount ale this month with the pleasure that follows 7 the using of good silver glass: etc in the home 7 Have you tried it? Alex Moffat Jeweler and Optician who examined her raid that if tha work was continued ahe would tot live for six months and that she must give up her w-ork at onca Is only one case of msnv and there are a large number who if thuy consulted a doctor would be gives the same advice They da -e not give up the work for fear they wxdd not obtain occutlons At the SAmo i-nie they know that they can only last a few years" Lacrosse match Brantford is out to win on Victoria Day He (In full I love Hurll of She Oh do yoh? you think the vIoM scent Is the lest did Joaes' wife ve up spirit usllomr took Jones to a mcrilng and Jones bgan rereitlng uftsiages from bis first 0 0 0 Platonic love might work If only one of tbe couple got iL i I i in London where he attended yesterday the funeral of the uncle the late King Edward The past few weka had been most trying tor Her Majesty Early In the present month the approach of the confinement was noted by the royal physicians and twice during tbe days that followed 1 the officials of the court wero -sumoned under the Impression that birth was Imminent While this state 'of doubt existed Hie Majesty was obliged to go to London for Royal obsequies 7 According to custom Premier Can alejas Meades bore tbe body to a room adjoining the chamber for the official inspection by the members of the Royal family and court functionaries 1 who had -been waiting there The present is the first In-stance of a'stiU-birth in the Spanish Royal family although a chity of Quen Isabella IL lived only long enough to receive thg- lustre! water Queen Victoria ia the toother of two boys and a girl surviving 7 GOOVRACE Belmont Contest on Tuesday Afternoon Wilt be In teresting A classy field of about fifteen starters will perform in the Belmont Marathon road race to be run on Victoria Day afternoon The course Is from Brantford to Tranquility thence to Moyle's school-house snd on the Paris road returning to the Belmont down Brant avenue The officials for the race will be named on Monday En tries msy still be made to secretary Nelson "The following entries have alrefidy been received all of whom ars speedy distance Douglas Obsweken II Dulahey Paris Gunderson Brentford Jas Tressldder Brantford Harry Pollock Brantford John Sloan Brantford Arthur Panskin Brantford Petor Isaacs Brentford Herbert Isaacs Brantford Georgs Fleming Brantford Gordon Gowman YMCA ARE LAX British Post Telephone Ser Cice Managers Roundly Criticized :7 LONDON May Grave charges were made against the management of the post office telephone exchanges in tbs city at a large meeting of London telephonlsi ahivh was held at the hall of the Society of Compositors at Ludgate-drcus -It was alleged that the system of "speeding now in vogue snd tha bustling methods of supervision necessary to maintain the pressure were detrimental to the health of the staff and directly opposed to the true interests of the service Details were given in support of the charges It was stated that at one exchange recently thirty girls out of a staff of thirty-six collapsed in two consecutive days Hysterics were of dally occurrence and on one day at another exchange no fewer than forty girls of tbe 240 employed there were on tbe sick list A strongly worded resolution was adopted unanimously by the meeting which called the attention of the Postmaster-General snd the public to the serious state of things The case for the telephone operators was explained by one of them M10 meeting "The hours are forty-eight a wet av said "and many frequently go into hysterics while the consumption hospitals on the south coavt are full of esses brought on by the arduous work of telephoning Tbe wages eventually rise to 17 per week- night workers get two-thirds of their pay stopped when ill even though the illness ia due to the of their duties' snd this occurs pretty frequently serious esse of an operator who was ruined tor ii'e sa regards physical conditions occurred quits recently operator had been In the service only three years when her ne-ves completely broke down snd a doctor WPPSlPflqWi 1 7---S Ate s'-- m- 1 Twjr'4: t- Jack Johnaon 17?.