i ' TA'JE TWO PRESENTATIONS 1 I ANNUAL BANQUET L CITYB1LLIARDS' 4f, ', J 'Number of Trophies lo Be Han-, . M 1 - 0" ' ,3X 11 f, T. a:. 6B ' fas: b.- tied Out by the Mayor to Successful Competitors " At the Prince Rupert BUUar(hjiipty head of , the physical Association's Annual rBanqurt;at;jjjXlh d deparimfnt of the Y. M. the Boston Hall Saturday, tries ident F. Stephens in the chair, prizes will be presented by Mayor IcMordie as follows: City Billiard League First Division Brunswjck - Balke Collender 's Shield Won, by Canadian egion. Individual cups, won by team members (donated by John Dul ler) S. P. McMordUvF. G. Pyle, A. Murray, J. Andrews, N. Andrews, G. P. Tinker and Dr. West : High break prize A. Donald. Second Division ' i Besner Cup Won by. Fish and Cold Storage Co. Individual cupai ,wpn ,by team " members W. Baill!e;-J. Hlllman, J. Nay, A. Macdonald, G. Krause, C. Baptie and J. Campbell. ; High break prite (donated by ; Joe Brown) Won by M. M. Junior Championship Association Cup won by Wm. Mitchell. n Runner-up Cup, won by A. Macdonald. High break prize (donated bjT Boston Cafe), won by Wm. Mit-'chell. ' , Senior Championship Association Cup won, tty C. P. Balagno. Runner-up Cup won by F. G. Pyle. i High break prize donrfted by Empress Social ClUb), won by A. A. Easson. " ' Hie At W0A The "Spirit" of France PROMINENT FIGURES IN SPORT Written Especially for the Daily News by the Sporfs Editov ,)' a, 'i, , , - 1 - H;t i' v ' " Dr. James Naismith, Father of Basketball , 'From the obscurity of an in - ; structor in physical culture, Dr. J,afn8:. Jj&smith has bec.qme university known a the "father to of basketball." Dr. Luther II. u A. Training School at Spring- field, Mass., instructed his as- sistant, Dr. Naismith, to invent some kind of a game that would occupy the men on the gymna- rfium floor outside the regular of class hours from the month of December to March. Ideas for the game that was to become known as basketball came from of duck on the rock, lacrosse and football. Basketball as originally ' as : CARPETBOWLING NEARING CLOSE : Ben Dalgarno's Rink Should Win Honors in St. Andrew's Competition With three fixtures on chedule yet to be played, Ben1 Dafcarno's rink, which hag two ' more games, has a two point lead! over Jack McLean's rink which! has one game yet to play. The Dalgarno rink has not yet lost a game since the series smarted. . Last night George Scott's rink beat Jack Watson's 11 to 8. The &ext game on Thursday night will be ; between R. Cameron and B. Oflgarno rinks. The standing of rinks' to date: WD L P B, Dalgarno 5 1 0 11 J. McLean .. . 4 1 J. Watson 3 1 J. Frew . ... 2 2 C. Taylor .. 2- 1 B. Cameron 1 S G. Abbott 2 1 G. Scott 2 0 ,5, Tliree Musketeers Make their Wow ! your service . . . brave Athos, Porthos and Aramis. By courage alone a gentleman then made his High intrigue was the business day . . . a lady's handkerchief worth a king's ransom ... a swift and glittering rapier a passport to wealth and fame. The gay and dashing spirit of old France . . THREE Bottled at Cognac, France played at Springfield. College In 1801 bad nine raen.n & team, the number beintt later reduced seven and finally to five. The game became popular at once and soon universal. Dr..Naiflsmith is a Canadian by birth, having first seen the light of day at Almonte. Ont., on Novertber 6. 1861. He graduated from McGill University in 1887 and for three years, was director physical education there. He was later identified with the Y. M. C. A. at Springfield and Den- ,ver. He graduated as a doctor medicine, in 1898 and that year joined the University of Kansas professor of physical culture, Im. CIUCKET MA&AGEIti" IS J&tGflTED AFTER V AUSTRALIAN TOUR , i.nvtinw nri vk- 23: pJVw ' Toone. v manager of the Marylebone UllUll U 1 llLlllU 1 II Louis, New York, Pittsburgh" cricket club team that tour- Icinnati, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, 'V81' recenUJ'. has ""'"w- uecn secretary of the Yorkshire ",cket c,ub R,nce 1903 is 61 years of age. t .t .t 4, 4 4j ! VANCOUVER LIONS BEAT HOLLYWOODS IN HOCKEY MATCH LOS ANGELES. April 23 -The , Vancouver Lions opened the , southern California ice hockeyiun invasion Jbiere Uat plgfct witfi' a twd tb'!dU victory over the llol-, Ixwjdi.,, , j I Keep it Handy as an Emergency Measure In caie of ttf&nen way. or tccidnl&(( h wie to ketp.! bottle of the of Henneuf tBrtndy ., bAOdf. . STAR MIR HENNESSY BRANDY This advertisement. I?no)u1)lisbci or displayed bythe Liquor Control Board or by.Uie Government ' of British C61umbla. V.- "' A 1 TIIE DAILY N12WS Tuesday, April 2Z. 4, 4. 4. 4 . BROKE WORLD'S RECORD 1 .'laL. Wft Mrs. Lela Brooks Potter of loronto who iast Saturday ska- , ted the quarter-mile in 45 sec- I onds, clipping three-fifths of a second off the world's record, made at Pittsburgh three years Vtf. wueuer oi .w 101K. Mr rs. I'otter . triumph came at the indoor speed skating cham- l-ionships at Detroit. tiCHICAGOCUBS " CuHIH PTni7MPTIl Rogers Hornsby's Team Makes Good Beginning in Big League Matches NEW YOHk Anril Oo.Tho first week of the season has re - vealed not only a tremendous bat- ting punch in the Chicago Cubs lineup with Rogers Hornsby ac- ting as Big Bertha, but surpris- ing and unsuspected strength on the pitching mound. Against St. Louis" 'yesterday the Cubs won, behind Pat Malone's great pitch - ing, iiiK, their ineir lounn fourth victory victory in in live PTM 'Cubs until the fourth when Uornfby connected f or a home flve'cuHy ;" In iuiihihk forming a three i 'team Wth! tlie biases empty! CMrmen Hll,"bespectacled star of the . Pittsbuh'a, blew up In 'the seTeinth aft the Cincinnati Ifeds scored sfx' rtins before Kre - i'mer could halt the carnage. Irolnt to a successful season-in In the American League George1 1929 even though It may be a Uhle1 pitched Detroit to a shut Httle slow In getting under way. out ''over St. Louis. Al Th6mas 'gave Cleveland nothing' they could hit and Chi- cago' gallbped away with the decision BASEBALL SCORES National League Pittsburgh 4, Cincinnati 9. St Louis 0, Chicago 2. American League Detroit 1, St. Louis 0. Chicftfo, 10, Cleveland p, -Others' rnin. AMERICAN LEAGUE -' .jlQflSTANDlNGS' WV h. ret. Philadelphia 3 1 .750 New Yerk 2 1 ,667 Cleveland S 2 St. Louis 4 S .out, Detroit S 4 ' 428T Chicago 2 3 Boston 1 2 .333 Washington ....... I 3 .250 , NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDINGS W. L. Pet. Boston .1 0 1.000 New York 2 0 1.000 Chicago 4 1 .800 St. Louis 3 3 .500 Philadelphia .2 2 .600 Pittsburgh 2 3 .400 Cincinnati . 2 4 .333 Brooklyn 0 G .000 PERCY WILLIAMS Sport Chat I Two Smithers basketball teams ! motored to Tejkwa last weeK.to. 'display their wares in exhibitions with the rugged Telkwal , teams. The Smithers girls were : , forced into overtime before gain ! ing a verdict over the Telkwa ladies, the final score being 13 to 11. The men's aggregation from Smithers encountered unex pected opposition, and following a listless, first half, they, failed to overtake Telkwa's lead and took the small end of a 21 to 20 count. While most everybody seems to be agreed that the Yanks will ,.on the American Leairue oen- nant again this year, there is difference of opinion as to who wjjj top the National League. Al Demaree, former pitcher of the jjew York Giants, for instance,' thinks that the Ch cairo Cubs w head the list in the Senior League. He ranks his selection jthig year ,s follows: I American League New 'York, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Detroit, rVifntrn IV aVi I n tri tn Ploi-nlaril ' u-- m..;.i t u; ' Boston. It is gratifying to see such a livplv interest In basph.nll lielncr taken here this vear. The fact : that forty prospective players climbed Acropolis Hill for the first practice on Sunday speaks ell for a successful season, Evidently, there is an abundance of new material in the city this i year, wtile little of the old has, 'been lost. From the looks of 1 things, there should be no diffi- ' 'T 'T" Vr Club, iElks ; and Native u Sons of C Canada are .'ready in the field wi ith the nos- ;slbility that there might even be a fourth team. J Nor is the outlook for football ,'cally less rosy this year. Signs TJiIngs will, no doubt, shape; up ' definitely after the annual meeting of the Prince Rupert I Ui of srii I 1 EXTRACTS rfi m nsr. VC Football Association. All interested in any way in the sport are being urged to turn out for this meeting. There should also be three i( not more senior soccer teams. STOCK QUOTATIONS (Courtesy S. D. Johnston Co.i .. i - - The following iUoiatioi wen .lid and inked: B. C, S)lver, 1.00,, Nil. Bay view, A-i, 5. Big Missouri, 1.40, 1.42. Cork Province,! 14, 1.4 'i, Cotton Belt, Nil, 70. Dunwell, 21, Nil. Duthie, 61, 55, George Copper, 7.25, 7.40. Georgia River, Nil, 40. Golconda, 1.40, 1.45. Grandview, 48, 48'2. Independence, 9Vi, 10. Indian, 5, Nil. Kootenay Florence, 14'.., 15' t. Kootenay King, 47, 48. L.'&. .life 3, Nil. ... ,LueJ. fltnilS, NflA Mohawtt, W,' 5. Morton Woolsej', 4, 6. Marmot River Gold, ftV2, 7. Marmot 3Ietls,-4', 5. National Sllvw, 15, 17. Noble Five, 08, 71. ' Oregon Ctfriper, 57; 62. Pend Oreille, 7.00, 7.25. '.Wefnier: '1.C7, 1.G9. -1 Porlriida1io, 42, Nil. Reeves Macdonald. 2.26, 2.35. Rufus-Argenta, 2C, 27. Ruth-Hope, 41, 42. Silver Crest, 6Vt, 7. Silvercup, Nil, 40. Sllverao, 65,76. Silversmith. 12, Nil. Slocan King, 4, 5. Slocan Rambler, 18, 20. Snowflake, 37, 88. .Terminus. 514. 7. 'Topley1 Rt'ch'fifW, fco, 3L' ' Wellington, NiL 17. Whitewater, 1.01 1.05. Woodbine, 4, 5. l ;otis' i, ' Advance, 'fe.B&'.'V.s'O. ' :' A. P. Consolidated, 8.80; &M. CalmonU 4.06., 4.15 Dalhoum! Devenish, 1.65, 1.70. FabyonTeteTWfc 15." Home, ?J.?02fiOt ... Illinois-Alberta, Nil, 1.80. MaylandjMl&iO.:1220. -McDoug Segur, Nil, G.05. McLeod, J5.75, 5.85. 4 A(s Nr -s?3 i4s . N. SS&& FROM VICKERsTpiARV irom oroiner joiin, who is now soliciting the trade at Portsmouth, that our great distillation Vickers' Gindoth meet with much approval. A foreigner, who hath imported lime fruit from the Orient, reports that a pleasing beverage can be concocted with hme fruit, carbonated water, and our worthy gin." VIC 'is-,.' f Ye courier doth ajain bring word mm FINEST LONDON GIN CSTAtLlSllEO BY JOSEPH if JOHN VICKERS U CO.. LONDON I J 5Q ENCLAND Thla ndvcrtiiemftnt.la.,npt bWllbSSljaCiitsplayed Jjy .tho Uquor. of British Columbia : nm kUveviiMsment flt published dlsplayeo ty ie Lltter Control Board or Ij f'olnmhJn New McDoug Segur. Nil. 4, Hoyalitc. Nil, 1S8.O0. Vukan, NIL U6. Hanoi, LTS, 10- Freehold. 1.76, 1.80 14.90. .15. U5. Easlirn Stocks Sherritt -Gordon, 8.45, Nil, "Nfanda, 88.60. Nil. Try a Dally News want-ad. !!t will biog results. To Am day Iht Gin ftl'oAey C(n, Ltm. oM SJti i'j a motl ph&tinf $ummtr drink sp4aHy if Iht Gin bt Vitktr H 5' , , BIRLY Ltl Control Board onby the Government