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The Annuamtlng of the Absgvvslt Amateur Athletic Assoc- iation will be hold in the Ioardof

Trade Ilooms, Thursday evening‘, December 16th, 492G at eight

o'clock. WALTER A. SMITH. Secretary.

n iEdward F. weaver I! Hockey, Dead

lwsu. KNOWN HALIFAX ATH-

vvins stars. FORMER cnssceurs

PLAYER. PASSES Help Nature cad i -——--

vs" w!“ i. 1.2.5:: lFyourfltomachan .5'$_“‘c° A" y Llverarswsak, your among the sporting fraternity of

food is not digested. ‘the hiarit-me Pruvlnms will regret

8311-. ‘nudist-ted M: ‘r0 learn 0f the death of a veteran

' Y‘ “W” hi?“ hockey player, Edward F. Weaver.

‘"50: who was one of the stars of the

ggbdyggpg, h", Creacents Club, back in the old

‘gsgziisllgrbso ' ' days of 1907-8. lliPlllim “'5 , . l/lttgweaver who was 45 years of ' §§fy‘*“f§§$f:ff,';,j‘° L“ '1' {accrued been in ill-health m» the Mi»- M ‘st;:..».::""..:'.'r:;..'"-n:..i*:*".:: “ii '1' . e . _ lvus only one week I80 that he suf- i-red a nervous breakdown follow-

' v vi. hy a. paralytic stroke.

I fflie deceased was considered one of‘ the best defence men- 1n the‘ _, Very soon, in tact lees than three

By pinto") iMaritime Provinces in his playing? Aierfli- ‘Nr¢1<iy" Vveaver started his weeks from now the rafters of the Jule-keg: career with the lntermedl-iimgai arms will ring with mighty It" UBSCBIIIA iii 1905- cheers and perhaps a few sighs from the large and enthusiastic foi- iowing of hockey fans.

"Qorisripati'

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Twenty‘ Maritime Athletes Are Granted Cards

Si‘. JOHN- -\'- l1. DW- 11- ~ He was captain of the creacentieyel-y may" [n veygec; 51mm. the .\ first iriuss sviififllimi i" 4\ii\4"~'i"' warn that played against (he Mono-lung on we“. m“ 4mm ‘on; Q0

NOTED HOCKEY STAR

Abegwelt A. A‘. A. p

4 A fast» sheet o! ice with each and

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Rex Cigarettes, {j

Ogdens Fine Gut. - Guinea Gold cigarettes Old Chum Tobacco. Wipchestsr cigarettes. Players cigarettes.

Pail Mail Cigarettes. Simona cigars (all sizes) Bachelor Cigars (100 and

25c.) Forest Cigars, etc.

W: are showing the finest

ran cnilnnomerowu cuiuznmr

_,journ here made a considerable

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ISLAND HOOKEYIST IN “BIG SHOW"

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Roy "Mix"\ Produce former Abegwelt de- Jenee star any later‘ with the Quebeeisons oi‘ llreland and last winter with the Braden team-

in the Manitoba hockey-league has at last res- iised his ambition of one day becoming e mem- .‘ bar of one team or another in the National pm- Jesslonai hockey league. A rcosnt edition of -~ u» Regina Poul slid under-features on If.- , sport pggg s n-plQlldld out of Prowse wearing a V "Capital" uniform. An article with reference to the above gayfthit h: hll been showing W0"- derful form and ‘hockey ability in practice. so much-so this a regular b him for the seaoa. - - » His Initial debug who made last Tuesday evening st Regina when the former trounced the Calgary Tigers to the tun; pf 5 to 4 in thsopenlng game of the ‘Prairie Professional Hockey League. ' No doubt the above news will be rwtivcd

JOINS PROS. _ _ In local hockey circles with no little satisfaction as Roy during his e0- hit with the fans on hi3 aggressive

and well timed hockey.

EARLY ICE

erth has been offered. -

.hill m‘ ht-ulth in ainliiicui‘

-.lu'im A. l-‘ijvcra F.

vircir \\‘1i-=' dlirlilil-i last "i111" "W" on Victorious, back in 1907-8 for the report ot‘ the national refqlstrzw he S“... trophy ogfered by the 3m,- iion committee. us given hy \\'. .»\..Skum Manmmctuflng company (or llewill. 'l‘urunl0_ turriefl ille- flames m, Marlnme champlonshflh fl‘ 2n white-s from the .\llll'illliit' 5mm. of m6 Lmuempomfles who Plfiviiivils Wilt) if“) U!‘ léiw" 4191mm played with him on the Old Cree- drill“- (‘Blilli team. which held the Marl~ iiiiliiiiiiviiiii 11"‘ illllt’ championship warts. Jack and (‘Xiiiiiiilviiii-“iii mlfrank Condun. Tommie Little and; ihr. hluritlmra. S. l-‘. lmylv. [IITNdqRUY Eckemlfly iii-nt m‘ tin- .\l. i’. ii.. and ii. l-I. T}... dfl-ousbd. “.110 lgmided M. lilzlkcm-yg \'ll‘t'-l7l‘i-~l'll‘lll. who prcs-zh»; Mum“ stnwh was u faithful‘ rnlc-il lliL‘ .\luriiiuu* i-usv, w“ Iirlnpkhvp of U". [mpm-ku Q" CQn-h: highly delighted uitli ihi- mull-pan‘. rm. 33 w-Mg and wen; (o. mt-ut ill‘i'ill'lli.‘il llxcm by llli‘ Clllll‘({h“'y~](n_[”|_()\§']| in 1914_ ‘yhere he‘. ill.lli!i\ ufti-r thi- n-coxnirn-ililuiiiiu~ rmHa-inod until tlw spring, when: hull lJt'f'll uilopivd without 1i iliasrnl- h.“ heuhh waning to m“ mm‘ he. lug mlvo. ilefi- an: the mum-o nl‘|r,,t..,.,",d m Hang...“ and u’ “null J11"! [Wiiieiiilvili b fsi-vurul weer-its ugu wag employed. \\'. A. “lCllllYilSillI. iliun- l'iii'l’i)l.'\ynh L]... 1mm] branch Death was; i‘. Di'(l(l:l‘li'l(. l‘. ll. lluyil, Z. lflrllloi'-_,,aufl,d "M" a nerve“ breakdown‘ icy, F. l). Murml. r3. hi. i)"l‘oilii-.|“MM, ‘havplflped info p_q1-al,x—5lg_ l Vincent BUYHO, liilluunil liurgv-.s.,__d__i Irving liickenuil, Lester llltrkfiTluiLi ifififgi‘ LOFUWT- R4‘? Firm» l‘PU:l.lCll'_s’"Sp-ph P. Bond. rfiiected. Nitrous-y, John Putlrrsou. J. l’. .\li:- MHnimba__“_ Mcmunro’ p_ Sen-mi (‘arthyx liurton Dav-ls. ’l‘. Dmluvuri,q.~_ \\'.,..d31|_ “n prgdfiugonga" m, (i- ~“"L'*‘“"1'- lll‘i'rl‘il hack in the prnvinniaii brunch. ‘ __ - Ontario-John Ron, G. Carsomlie. _ - fnrred back. W. Hope. Tim men rr-insialerl in min-r pru- vincna are am folluuzv Alberta-ti. Gibson.

.\lr. licwiit. in hlurilinu- set-tum.

OTHER PROVINCES _

(Juoiwc—~.l. Simon, R. S. Smith,; ill. s. Wttisuu. llcfermd back: L.‘ (li‘i'V‘.ll$.

gong, L's-a sin-ill notes of the refe- ree's whistle all go to nuke ulp the fascinating, pulsating and exciting game or hockey;

Hockey lo Canada's great nation» ai winter sport. Although many oth- erforms 0t outdoor recreation are enjoyed ‘luring the invigorating season of ice and suowjiohc of them has attained t-hs‘ tlon of popularity among all ‘c ' that is held by iioc-ltcy. No o her game requires so nmoh speed, acc-umucy. endurance. strength. hardllmod emf quick thinking in the player no‘: does any other form of sport so fas- cinate and thrill the spectator. This greet winter gems holds among Canadians both young and old, a. p0- sition similar in many respects to that occupied. by the summer pas- time. base-bald, among the citizens of this continent. To the younger enthusiast the cleared ice surface, whether i. be on frozen stream. riv- er. lilkt.‘ or in n ‘buck yard. serves" file Mime purpose for itockey ldnt the sand-lot does for the playing o! baseball. There the young player

ire-calves this. grounding in the game,

and there also ls aroused his am- bition to one day compete in the irreat ama-‘eur and professional ser-

and most complete line-ed ci- gars. Cigarettes and Smokers Goods ever shown in this eity. See our assortment.

iE. A. Foster

Central Drugstore

According to the Times Star. Saint John, that city is enjoying a ‘rather unusual early rink season. Las§ Wednesday the saint John hoc- key team ‘held their first ice practice and are reported to be going "great guns." On‘ Thursday evening the above Arena opened its 1100" tor the season's activities of hockey aid skating. ‘On the contrary the prevailing mild wdather here is holding up ice ‘ making at the Arena. so that it p expected that the above will no} be ready until Christmas night; consequently the Abegweit aggregation will be forced to wait a few vvcckr. longer before giving the steel blades a merry ride. The Abegweit line-up this season has all the ear-marks of a win- hing combination and one that has every promise of making the best ‘ in the Maritime: stretch for the three .pi‘0Vll10G decision.

LEAVES FOR MEETING

Fred “Swede" Kelly. President of the Maritime Amateur Hockey Association leaves this morning for Amherst, N. S. where the nemllannual meeting takes place on Wednesday evening. While on the maln-

land Kcliy will look into a number of gricv ances with reference to matters dealing with ice gpacc. rink lighting, etc. Kelly, the Abegwcit “was horse" of a goodly number . of treason; is hopeful of another successful . year in uniform.

and a new spectator requires only a short instruction iu order to bc able to lbllow the play. The gen- "fli Oblcct is to place the puck, a small rubber disc, in the oppos~ lng team's goal the greatest num- ber of times during the period of the game-which is in league games, sixty minutes, divided into three periods, with an interval ul rcst between.

[During the early years m‘ hot-levy in Canada, both professional dud amateur. a team consisted of seven men. a. goalie. two defence‘ i and four forwards, the entire hm»

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ATTRACTIVE HOCKEY WINDOW

One of the large shew winds of Fennel and Chandlers. Queen Street, ls attracting more than ordinary interest. If: l; a “hock-

ilritish (‘irlumblaeeli .3. \'~-.-n.-.|..' . . , _. r. n. F"11‘~‘3"- w- T- ‘Piiiclwii 1L R- 3i"‘|"iu Ikmiinlun interscholastlc chain-lion of ours ' m I rlard. hL-H. Munro, J. (i. llliicheli, pinnships‘ lmflrepmgentln“ m” aga- ' L. Alubougaii. 1.. Loud-s. Rejects-ii: T)... Smwemion w dam (mm Dec.

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.\ir. lloidni. (‘lnlniva Syumrn. \.-i\.<|_- Pilflrvlli llvlfilil tu l.» nmi in “man khbom (‘unndiun Wiuzz-ilnena rxssiuzin-fiiur-nn- . mu llu- lnllrlfu-ulh century. fink» iglfinta,ne‘ziodbfinks and m‘) y playground m’ " ‘ comm‘ ‘ in the various. cities are the proving lffoliuds for fu- i-"Pfi "bill iflaxne" stars. There the youthful aspirant learns the Jn-inciplea of the game and. devel.

éi ops the sturdlness of flame and m.

Th e... is Simply N 0 Comparison When liliiliiifi‘ iiinlfiiii i.’ J;'.°.‘.'..§‘;l“3; It (Q0mes t0 (jhifiVlllg T0ba(xo _the successful hockey player. How- ever in the clear invigorating air Because; lregillus mgore that; outstanding skill . u e - , ‘ HICKEY’S BLACK TWIST r....%......?§‘f..§ ......I.‘i°'?.“..2fil'1;§§ , g iiOllil 1110M]. t! 873C713? 8Y9 a , 1s easily the best flavored and has the longest lasting qualities. When a man buys H1ckey’s he gets the Best.

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In hockey, as in most other sports it is the rule-lihat those who would

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iacinll their opponents. rules ol the game are very simple

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up playing the full sixty minuiuis which was divided into halvvs without a relief. Today sulbs are used to he injected into the name at any moment. This lnnovatintr has raised the personell of a team from seven to‘ ten players; the kavme as a consequence in lunch faster. and speed counts today. According oto records the first game of ice hockey in Canada was played in Kingston; tintarin. in 1888. Whether other games not recorded were played about that time is not clear. but what is cer- tain ie from that date liorkuy de- veloped rapidly in all parts m’ the lhminiion. So great is tho popu- lnr interest in the gnlne that al- though new and larger rinks are constantly being erected. the de- mand is ever ‘for tnorc m-asnnmovi- atlon for players and spectators. The game is taking hold in the northern United ‘States and gain- ing in popularity there as the ohlell winter sport. ice hockey

comprise a has obtained a definite foothold in times his pace. Hence the first prerequisite for a future Nurmi is

the United Kingdom and in sever- al of tho countries on the contin- ent.

Literally hundreds of hockey leaq gues operate throughout the Du-

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mfnion during the winter seasond The providing sport and enjoyment for Red Sox together and quietly, without emotion, said:

‘the maiority of the population. The senior‘ competitions ‘are those

- for the ‘Allan Cup and the ‘Stanley througout the country. He had just carried the Red 80x to 1mm- a“. ‘ ciliii . 1*.‘ wmong the senior amateur teams beset-ail‘; biggest waves. He was at the height

The Allan cup series is of Canada for e trophy donated in 1908 "by Sir Montsgu Allan,‘ nit Montreal." in the professional ‘sari les, which is similar-to the contests! leading up to the world's baseball the United States. the ultimate abject is the possession of the~9tanley Cup, presented h

Lord Stanley while Governor Ge - eral of the Dominion

ship of the world. United Staten and Canada will play an elimina-

~ lion this year. the winnvrs of both

countries playing off for the title. iliodltey is played in over-y prov- ince in the Dominion dud

great. outlying districts und in the

. centres oi’ the lumber uud power

industries. as it is in the larger clt~ ies. Oi recent years the install- ation ol‘ artificial ice-mnkim; plants in the rinks in the principal] oltles has lengthened the hockey playing season 11y several weeks. Where artificial ice may be had, skating and hockey are begun as early as

- the middle o! October and con-i

tinue until late in March. How-l ever. among the Igreaf. majority ol' skating and hockey enthusiasts.‘ and mrtidhlarly among those who‘ tie-pend on natural ice. the season]

in ygggnilidm in the lowest depths. iviiioh Topreseilts the chdmplou-‘iifiiil With-Out mo!’

is as. .. much the game of the people in the

ey window" in every sense of the term. The main feature is the boosting of C. C. 'M. hockey pkates and other equipment, made by this well known firm. in the centre is a

M. A.H. A. has. .

COIYlPODlLQsPHOEOQTGPH of last year's world's professional hockey cham-

pions, the Montreal Maroons. Stretching the lcngth'of the window are individual photographs of the Abegweit hockey team. In the back-

groundhoekeys. skates. pucks and other equipment are artistically ar- ' ranged. amongst which are placed large sized cuts of the Maroon Stars.

All in all the window is very striking. NOVEL CURLING TROPHIES

Four curling stones of solid silver with ivory handles, each stone lzring seven inches In diameter. 31-4 inches deep. and weighing 22 ounc- es. one -atone to be won by each member of the winning rink, are being offered a: trophies in a curling competition open to unyonc. to be held In Switzerland this winter. -

NURMl “SETS" THE STYLE

Mose, every boy in Finland hopes to be a Nurmi. Childhood dreams are not centered upon the presidency of the republic, but rather upon world championship in athletics.

For the present. the street urchlWs ‘height of ambition in. the at- tainment of swrlst watch. Nurmi. he figures, is successful because he time-piece. Watch makers expect to do a land office business this‘ Christmas as Santa Claus is smothered with request; for wrlgg Wang”,

CARRIGAN RETURNS

Ten years ago. 1n 1916 to be exact. ‘Bill Carrigarl called m, gdgmn . Boys you will have to get along without me next year." The explosion ofa bomb could not have had a more startling effect on his players or on the fans 9'"! WON‘?! Sfffiea victory in ‘succession. Hc was riding on top of one of

o‘f his career an one, "d. as few do or can; predicted that {Bill Oarrigan would be the end of the year. It was suggested h-he has been such an ornament as a "WW0". would be too strong to resist.

"U" amt Mummers of u... sport. And he mi in the midst of success. it was back in the spring or at least at that the call of the game, in whlc player and such a success as a ‘Elli Maegan IWIS not 5c strong 7 '" ‘r’ 9*" W“ *°"ii°"°" b! the fans or any case onl' recalled at firrtervals. Now he_ is back. His return to baseball is likens roymgnce, Can Viifiilll is bold. He left the Red Sex on the heights; me comes back to find ln 1916 he maid: “Boys. youWi have to get l. is Ms “r They could not. Slowly they drifted back and clown. P pose now to rebuild and carry them to where ‘he left them.

lzciéteydfeg: zvihgfltiiaefnéllrce or four. but somehow l fool that he Wm

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771277151/ Mystery/ Excitemen Anlimazing Sequeito ‘THELONEWOIF’

Mystery melodrama at its best. A smashing story of love and daring behind a black mask. Thfthrliling take of a beloved bad man and a girl who rlaredto love him.

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INTERMEDIATES LEAGUE 'l‘lli- 'l‘ig0r.~; mvi llllil iloluuiutl illi- lilacklliuvks by 25 points. illc final score being 32-7.

Filiioyviug are the players and individual scores. Bllllfklll1\\'l-'<i J. Gurnhuul R. .\lc(‘zihc 4 A. Blanchard I.. (inilant Punt. J. Duffy 3

Tigers

it. Coyle 5

J. Mullins 6 L. MCIJQQIIWIW W. White

A. erwin 1i Jgourtyis:

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Prolccl your Foxes willl "Pccrlrss" Brand‘ Fox Netting. “Dead Flat" galvanized ‘before and allcr woven. Specially made for us. We have sold this Netting‘ im- llic pest twenty-luv

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, h s re ltoppfig the Ottawa Senators 4': ’t‘eir mad dash to the N.H.L. champonelfip. "Mir victory Friday» “Ff: Beegggdlzieitifhfilnhlh of the season. The only blemish to their sce- B B overtime tle in Toronto with st. Pats. a club they.

entertain tomorrow night It‘ ’n ex _ - . pcoted that Cyril Denn n ill b back in the line-up for this march, e By w e

Wilson Award Given to Elihu Root‘

(special t0 The Guardian)

n . , - wot?“ gxrliilh- liiu‘. 1l.~— For his Chum mp ‘l: it! in found the World "on ha‘ .' rmdrow ‘Wilson loundttg

‘i klvun io lulihtl Root, for-l

. lee, as it does on many others. ......._._<¢Q}-__,_

4 New Glasgow Star ' 'Waehis" Chisholm’ Gen to Wam-

.‘ Newpissgow hockey to H - pasfoumber of season?‘

does not get under way until the m" swim” Mu! former secretary . latter pert‘ of December, Eng my“ 3W0. iis nwnnl for this year mild weather usually encountered am°mmmi "i $35-"""- it was un- n mlfhliaroh rings down the cur- "°““°"" 'r°""~'"i ‘ivy Norman H.‘ ma on those recreational actlvlt-Duvm "Wildest. oi the foundltlon. Tfiiu nrcscniuiioii n1‘ the award and 01in miviivl will be made to Mr. oot at ii. cilmter at the Hotel Au- tor on ilcc. 2S. the sevontletl: an- iiivorfliiili’ vi‘ Wiloilrow Wilsons

music. statesw» - J p T“ Control of German, p. y, I Aarmarnents.

(Qiflciai fvTha Guardian-T ‘ .. GEN-EVA. bee.‘ aié-esilsnmory» urosrssswvsereporred fter s oon~_ fsrencs offloading Data‘ men today o" "the. prohtenror resisting inter- _. allied control of (Mommy's arms» meats with~ mnoe “by "the

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