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VV Illbll fence. - `II Miss "Grosse vs. Jack Payhe Nearly everyone" who was watching the progress of "the softball nal de- serted the game when it was an- nounced that Miss, Grosse and Jack Payne would compete in a handicap marwo EVENTS YOU ARE WAITING 1-"on:-' L ` THROWN I-*RoMwAco'N i MAN SERIOUSLY HURT- j Thomas Pattenden ` oft. jMine's-ing ` ~ Station Suffers `Broken Ribs `and ' ~Other Injuries. When He Falls on" Wheel Hub. _ _ Thomas Pattenden of linesing is in critical condition `as a result of ha ing been thrown. from a wagon near his home early Friday morning. ~Internal injuries of a" serious nature, two broken ribs and a`hadly wrench- ed left shoulder were,su ere,d an, onw slight hope is held for his re- 1 covery. .- . . The accident occurred ` while Mr.` E Pattenden was hurrying to the assist- ance of his sons,_ Wallace and Harry, 3 , who had run into diiticulties with P` 1 their threshing machinexabout - two 1` , miles away. The whistle of the 2 ( T , ,ltractor hadbeen tooted, a signalthat I ,' aid was needed, and Mr. Pattenden I 5 hastily had hitched the team; The`I , progress of` the team along the road 5 1 wasnot as fast as the driver thought ` _~it should be and he applied a little 5 5 force to accelerate it. The team , bounded forward. Mr. Pattenden t 1, slid from the seat` and fell..on. the . wheel on '-,his side, dropped to the hub - p [injuring himselfin the region of the gj stomach, and nally fell to thew 5 ground, landing on his shoulder. The '1 a team continued on but the wheels _ did-not passgover the driver. 5 With great difficulty, Mr. Pattenden crawled to the roadside and :propped himself against the, fence, awaiting assistance.~ He was unable to shout ` 6 3 . . . . n and 1t was early in the morning, e `about six o clock, so he had to wait` .9, upwards of fteen minutes before` it Harvey McLean happened along in ,1; ;his car. ' Mr. Pattenden did not think g `he was seriously injured and insisted. ye `that Mr. McLean catch the horses be- t. 1 fore attending to him. Later he was 1 t-. taken to his home, where he still re- l 3. mains. Dr. Lewis, who with , Dr. 1 Ly 'Kearns of Phelpston` attended Mr. i t. Pattenden, states that the seriousness } my, of his condition is due, not so much; in to the extent of his injuries as to his Ly` age and_ a'weak heart. " ' n ` -1. I I H .- The Barrie b0YA g9V9- 3~W9.Y, :`.1.nq.r..e..dA. on!` man beaten by more hundred.` The barrie Uuy gave. awn; six yards and was beaten by more 1 than half of it". Miss Grosse stepped ` theedistance in ten and three-fths ' .seconds to win. .\ - ' Masculinity came back `into its own i in the relay race. Fred Billingsley, 1 who started `off, gained a tremendous, lead-over Mrs. Glover, which the next ' two -runners, jDutton Wallace and` Arthur Walker, were able to retain. Dobson,` who ran the last lap against] Miss` Grosse, waited until his oppon-' ent s partner had arrived with the stick and then` started on , leading? . by about three yards, which e slight- ly" increased. - f , . The running broad jump'for `jun-. - iors and also forseniors was won by` Eugene Doyle, who` went eighteen : feet, nine and a half inches. Thel `- same athlete was second in the hop.` aistep and jump to E. -Thompson of] (`nnnn nnfdA_ J ` . I l seep auu _| nun}: Camp Borden. ' rm... [vamp .uu:. ucu. I ' . The Winners ~. ,'The -re_sultse\of the track events were as foll'ows:-- . - A \ Girls under 14-e--Evelyn Hill, Ber- tha Gar,side. . ` '~ K Girls` under 17-Annie Garside, Ethel Miller. - ' ` Boys under 14, 110 yards-0swa1d McLe_llan, Herb Dyment; time 13.3. `Boys under 17, 100` ryards---Joel Looker, H. Partridge; time, 11' sec. | Married _. Ladies Race-Mrs. `C.I Robinson, Mrs. S. Thomas. A 1 `I ...I3..`.`-5 Donn _R Thnmnsnn- Mrs. S. Thomas. Ladies Race-+B. . Thompson, A.` Garsfd. , . Stout Ladies Rac-Mrs. N.VWebb, Mrs. A. Hooper. V Stout Men s Race-Geo. Wag- . horne,- J. R. Gibbons. Boys Bicycle RacV e-_Bi1l _7Mc- Keown, Wallace Knapp. ` -` "l"ln-y-zn':s_'I'.nl-1'!-1.1:` .Rn('9`----,.R0b Dvment llieown, wauace nnapp. v . ' Three-Legged Race--Bob Dyment\ and Geo. Spanis,*0. McLe1lan' and Joe McDonald. _ Running Broad Jump, under 18- Eugene Doyle, J. Looker; 17' 10"-. 1 Running_ Broad Jump--Eugene Doyle, A. H. Walker; 18 9%.". . ` -Pole Vault, boys - under 18-Harry- Partridge, `Joe Looker. . _ I 13.1.` Va-n1+ ln~nn'n\__'I'-'I'_ `Partmdge, iPartridge, `Joe Looker. Pole Vault (open)-H. Partridge,` E.` Thompson. . ;. . Hop, Stepand Jum'p--E..T.ho{np- sgn. Eugene `Doyle. " ' Mile Rac%e--J. Robinson, E; How- ard; time 4 min. 59.2 sec. ' 9 ` 2 " --All sizes linoleum rugs at W; Lowe & Son's, Elizabeth St. tfc` 62nd Yul`? f 4 Mc- BEATliEGUELPH,. . BARRIE ENTERS N .' 'l`l-ZNNIS FINALS Tkes A2.`nd_ Match in l)und; `I Brilliant Playing b { Dr. win Little. % % , I --_.- i Barrie won _the.right to `play in the champibnships by defeating, Guelph `in the latter town on Wednesday. Barrie took four ,of,ve events play- ed and having won "the first match in Barrie last week by three to two are winners" ofthe round by a seven to three count.. 'Barrie's opponents_ in the nals. will be either Windsor ~ or St. Catharines and the date for the contest has not yet been set. lLast year the Windsor team won the London Free Press trophy, emblem- atic of the champ'onship, and St. Catharines held it he previous sea- son. This assures. the local team of | an exceedingly strenuous game in, the nal.` The trophy is a large hand- ` ---- ... nnnfnd several L nals of the-Western Ontarioltennis j the ngl. The tropny IS a large unnu- some i silver ciip, donated several years ago. by the. London .paper. It. is to `become the permanent property `of the team winning it a third time, .but as yet it has not been won twice i by thevsame club. This is Barrie s rst year in the League.-and, wirra or lose in the nal,`they have at 1 ast made a very creditable showing- x:n-n.....:...... Hm mnfnh in Guelnh on `made crealtame suuwms- Following the match in Guelph on` Wednesday, the_ Barrie team were` guests of the home team at a dinnerl held at the Guelph Golf Club. I rm... .......:.. Aic-nlnvnrl in the match! \GlRL ATHLETES FEATURE 05 THE B. A. A, SPORTS; `held the Guelph uou mun. The tennis displayed in the match l` was of championship `calibre. -Jack Boys and Dr.` Little won their singles and doublesafter playing brilliantly. `Against Jack'Boy_s played Dr. Cram- ler, a former player on the McGill University tennis team. Playing in the face of a burning sun, the Barrie '.player was a trie off in the rst set {but nevertheless played expertly !enough to take the set. In the sec- .1 ond set .he played. with his accus- tomed brilliancy and won with ease. I` Dr. Bill ? Little played the best ten- ..:_ I...` 1.... ..un- ahnwn tn defeat Jer-` I` Dr. Bil1 I Little playeu we Ucm. W..- {nis he has ever shown to defeat lry Purcell, a. former Canadian cham- pion. Di-. Little's ground strokes` . were steady, his overhead `volleying _A was deadly and his net work was Veven better than usual, which is say-[ ling considerable. Purcell was also| playing one of the bes_t games of his career and the score went up to 10-8 .L-.D-___ .1... .a....+m~ nnllad out a wm. [career and me scure wcuu uy .., -., - Ibefore the doctor pulled out win. I `In the~ second set "his play was ex- tremely effective and extra games lwere not necessary to determine the _ .winner. The doubles between the , ltwo leading players of each club was . :a pretty exhibition of tennis. The ; four players were at their best and ` every point was contested bitterly. - Dr. Little was crashing high balls I with great accuracy, but sogskilful were the ,Guelph pair in returning lthe hard-hit balls that it was often ` I necessary for four and ve volleysto `be `made before the point was decid- led. Jack Boys was driving and V: placing with telling precision and his _`steadiness gained many a point. . `r W. A. Boys, after winning the first set in the singles and "being ' ahead three-love in the second, tired and lost out. Fred McTague. whom v he defeated in -Barrie after an extra sets had `been played, was_the veter-V __.!.. ..nnn-nsnvrnv acu uuu Ilvv-. I"... _ _,, _ an s conqueror. v . I | -With M.. Brownscornbe, Boys` ishowed some excellent tenmsm the doubles and the Barrie pair secured l a well-earned victory.` Browns- _ combe s service and .Mr. Boys bril-I liant cross-court shots were the win- ning factors in this . match, which, 1` like the other d'ou'b1e,Awas livened up `by many thrilling rallies, The scores- lof the match were as follows:- 1 D nnnu Anfbfd Dr.` RED AND WHITE CHAIN swans` `~~--`--- A3 I-1`-in Tuna`? nna Of RED AND wru 1 1:. bnnllw ,. ......... On Saturday of this week one of ' the leading grocery stores of Barrie, that of`R.' L. Jay,`wil1.be officially [opened under the ' Red and White Chain System. Under this System the merchant, owning. and operating his own store; works in closer con- `junction with the wholesaler, thus turning his stock over more quickly _ and cutting down his` overhead con- siderably, which nsures the consum- 'ler fresher goods and lower costs. The Red and White Systein had its iinceptiona in the United" States and has grown to be one of the largest chains_ operated there. While the! .*Canndmn com y is working in! iclose touch wi, the American com-Q __.._. 1.1.... :. nn nnnrial connec-9 Boys anu brownscuulue um. and J. J. McTague, 6-4` 745. TWOTORIST PLEASED, | oven BEING FINED Miss GrosseDoes 100 Yards! in 10 4-5; Fair Crowd Preser_1t. L . VH is Family S;:l-He;CouldVn"t I Fast Enough to Pass a Cow; - Tliey Know Oth eI-wise. Twenty-ve motorists paid the usual ten dollars and costs this week for speeding on` the streets of the xtown. We are only starting, stat- ed~Chief of Police Stewart togThe Examiner witli reference to com"- plaints which he has ageceived of the ...;a:.! nn`FnrnAment the Highway rigid enforcement he Highway 1 Traffic Act in Barrie. "` Most of the ` offenders are `visitors and tourists, 1 he` continued, but there area few 1 \local men. in the lot. a Chief St_ew- : `pdla-i.r`1.t:.m\';hich"1-1-e His" Eived art stated that he has seen cars trav- j elling on Blake St. at a speed of for- .ty and fty miles an hour. ` _ Some of the letters received by the police in connection with these cases: are `very interesting. .. One Toronto` man` protested so vigorously that the fine was reduced and when he sent a cheque `for the amount he stated that it was from the just to the un- just. Another was apparently de- lighted to have been nedfor speed- ing, for his family had upbraidedi ..him for years because of his` cautious | "driving and told him that he was so` I slow he could not` pass a cow, but I now he could prove to them that their ; opinion is not shared by the author! .~` ities in Barrie. ` ' . MOTOVRISTWTI-HTS `DOG AND T_ SIDESWIPES ANOTHER CAR} ` There were two minor accidents on the Highway south of Barrie on '1Lues_day evening. About 5.30, as A. TJ l'\a'Inn1-no nine rI';V;'I"I0` towards Bar- ulesuay even_mg. Auuuu u.uu, an n. H. Osborne was driving towards Bar- rie. aishort distance north of Brad- ford, he ran over a dog and the im- pact threw the car to the other side` of the road`, Where he sideswiped an- _ 151...... now nnn:~nn- annfh MT, nhOTnQ S1 Of the T030, Wnere ne slueawipcu a.u- 1 dthervcar going south. Mr. Osborne s 1 car had a` wheel smashed and the 3 1 axles and fenders were damaged. g ` Mrs..E. Srigley, Mr. Osbor`ne s mo-if ther-in-law, who was with him, re- Q`. ceived a blow on the head which ren- ` dered her unconscious for some time. _ -_ . . .. ,:_._ __ 1:1 1u'..........,:i uereu net uuL;uua\..xuuo J-VJ. mu..- ..-...--. I 3 1 Later in the evening, as F. Manard . , of North Bay was driving south of '3 Painswick, his lights went out as_ he 1 met a car going north. Mr. Man-It a`rd s car went into the ditch andi= `struck `a telephone pole, damaging]? [his bumper and radiator, but the .oc- I icupants of the car were uninjured. I : CHAUTAUQUA ouARANroRs I HAVE pro PAY $1.12 EACH! I The recent visit of the Chautauqua was the most successful for some "admissions gave the local committee `about $84 towards local expenses. years. Enough tickets were sold to cover the guarantee and the single These expenses amount to something` over that amount and it will cost the guarantors $1.12 each to defray them. This is much better than the usual experience in Barrie, where in past years the guarantors have had to dig dowh in their pockets to make . curl +1-us nnuvnnfnn (Continued from page 1) . If The Girl Athletes - ' t` Exhibition races in which the con- 9 testants were four of Canada's arems *1 ier lady athletes featured the ports C Day. Miss Rosa Grosse, acknow- ledged to be the Dominion's best in the century dash, Mrs. Glover and Miss Bell, who represented `Qanada at the international ladies athletic meet held at Stamford Bridge, Eng- land, this summer, and_ Miss Smith!` were competitors. Miss Grosse 4 won the hundred-yard.-dash and if 1 the time, caught by a stop-watch, 1 can be relied upon. she has created 1 a new world record for ladies. Her time, ten and four-fths seconds, is 3 two-fths of a second faster than the world record set'_by Miss -Grosse la t summer. Miss Grosse has been trai - ` ing rigorously, hoping to lower her record, and her performance here] would indicate that `the mark is shortly to be officially 1owered.a' The Barrie track was carefully -measured and Miss Grosse got off -to a perfect start, so the time may be considered as fairly reliable. The same athlete gained another triumph by defeating Jack Payne, winner of the men s open hundred, in a handicap race. The| Barrie snrinter conceded Miss Grosse six yards and was trimmed by about 4-lawman OH!` R l a `V 1 l Drive VBTRRE Pnovlas ' EASY 1-`on NY. `E.ss'a Lads Whitewash Locals! on B.A.A.A. Sports Day; Score`, 8-O. Ivy won the baseball cup put up by| the B.A.A.A. forcompetition at Wed- nesday's field day. Alliston, who nosed out Ivy in the South Simcoe League series, and who were expectedto op- pose the Essa team on Wednesday,` were` unable to place a team in the field, several players havinggone West A. n... ha.-n-vnnfnrR' esmnrsion. and Bar- several players navmggone West. _. on the harvesters excursion, rie gathered up a. team to give Ivy a game. The locals could do nothing with! Herman Jennett's slants and Ivy won easily by 8 to 0. The team of old boys who were to play the Barrie 1925 `team in the morning failed to materialize land a game between Baracas, Church [League champions, and an all star` team picked from the other Church ` League teams was substituted, Baracas` winning by 7 to`6. 4 u.....-mm _1'nnn9.tt held Barrie to four} [ winning by 7 t0'ii. ' - Herman Jennett held to four ire wideley scattered hits and fa.nne'd E twelve batters in seven innings, which` e explains why he was not scored on.H In the meantime Ivy got nine hits, two . `of which were triples and- one a_ doub-` ` le, off Fred Plant. Barrie used a num- i ' ber of junior players and the. game| served to give them some much needed{ experience. Buster Clark, who is i home from- North Bay for pi. holiday.` cavoi-ted arpund third base for the! locals and, taken by and large, he had! a big day although he failed to hit a} 1 home run. _ i` 1.... i>nn1r -2 +wn_riin lead In the first I innings when her: Jellnetl. pulcq 21. L11` pie to centre and scored when Frank ' Banting drove a single to left. Lennox ` scored Banting with a long drive into the crowd in left field but was held to two bases himself by the ground rules.i Foster threw high to first on Frank Banting in the third and he rompedl home when Meredith misjudged Len-g _ nox s fly to left. Singles by Lyle Jen-| 1nett and Tom Banting and H.tton sl ' 1 fielder s choice gave I them another: ; brace of counters in the fourth and 3 they ran their total up to eight in the ` sixth. H. Jennett was beaned an_d stole] second. I-Iatton also` stopped one with` .. ....a+ nnv-finn nf his anatnmv and both ; Ivy took a two-run lead in first: R innings when Bert Jennett poled a tri- ..1.. m nnnfrn and scored second. I-Iatton also stoppeu one w1Lu `l a soft portion of his anatomy -runners moved up a peg on T; Bant- ing s hit to left. B. J ennett rapped.to 3rd and Clark's throw to the plate was] 1 higp,l Jennetg S(i0I'iIilg'.lI'Iatt0I(_li tiatllid on- .an amost i en ica pay an . ant- ling came in while-Emms was throw- ing Lennox out at first. Dobson juggled] I Bill .Banting's rap and B. Jennetti I I iscored. Dobson made a nice` one-hand `stab of Elliott's liner over first to end I the innings. 1 , n..1.. {urn `Rnrrin man got to third! 4=!}*,`,3,`_;,"-$',:;`, ;" 4350 GOP|E_ ' innings. - ` Only two Barrie men got to third! lbase. In the second frame. Tho son!` doubled with one down and took ird !on 8. passed ball but hgwas stranded there. Again in the fourth` Tribble drew a free ticket and after McKenzie had fanned Plant sent him to third on a long single to centre but Foster was` | unable to bring him home. R H E Ivy -.-20120,4x- 891 Barrie-0000000-043 Ivy - T. Banting, c; B. Jennett, If; F. Banting, lb; Lennox, rf; W. Bant- ing, 2b; Elliott, ss; H. Jennett, p; _L. Jennett, 3b; Hatton, cf. - . Barrie - Emms, 2b; Carson; c;_] I I-Iatton, ct. Barrie c;_- Clark, 3b; Meredith, lf; Tribble. ss: cf; Thompson`, cf; McKenzie, rf; Plant, p; Foster, 1b, ss; Dobson, lb; Hanley, A rf. - I . `Umpies, Dye:-A and Moffatt. (Continued on page 12} WE extend a sineere wel- - come with the assur- ance of considerate attention, courtesy and a helpful co- operation. . Union Bank Customers- Cu": facilities fox: ou lie IJQQ5 nuvaa-you-v -V- _-- v.._u 4- , in the fact that we have over900 -- - - - n . _ _g In HIE lac: lull wc llavc uvu 7.... branches backed Sy reuoinces oi- lover 700 Million Dollars. No. 35. To our SIX yutua Clllu "nu V...-. three and a half yards. This event 31 and a relay race between the visiting` `1 feminine stars, running under the `1 colors of the Toronto Ladies Athlet-11 ic Club,_and a team of Barrie sprint-`1 ers were the tid-bitsof the track pro- _} gramme. The men won by :a` handy '; margin. The crowd was disappoint- . ed in being unable to see Miss fanny; < Rosenfeldt, formerly of Barrie, in ` action in the two hundred and twenty` yards race, for whichshe recently set a world's record. Miss Rosenfeldt was scheduled to run but, having strained a tendon in her leg in ,com- V petition "last Saturday, is now under doctor's orders to refrain from ath- letics for two weeks. ' ` Other Track Events ' `John Dobson and Jack Payne made exceptional-ly goodyshowjngs in the afternoon track events. Payne ran rst and Dobson second in the hun- dred-yard dash, but in the two-twen- ty the order was reversed. Dobson wasealso a member of the winning re- 'I--- &-.--.~. Mn `Pnan G1-nsse demon- \ 16 PAGES Ns WATER `PUMPED IN `ONE DAY. Barrie People Use 6,120,000 Gallons -1 of Aqlia. Puts in" Twelve Days|of l Hot, Dgy Weather. With the continued hot, dry Vw_ea-` Ither, consumption of water locally has mounted far above the average and in the period from Aug. 14 to station has recorded 6,120,000 gal- `lons. The heaviest consumption re- corded,_was on Aug. 17, when 670,000 gallons was pumped, and Tuesday of -this week was next with 640,000 gal- lons. The lowest consumption was lon Aug. 14, with 360,000 gallons. l .9... LL:.. ..-....'I- A-`Inn '\1vn"nI| 4-nu`? Aug. '25 the meter at the pumping , 30!! Aug. 1%, Wlbll uvv,vvv suaavuuo During this week the "water tank has been cleaned ad-this has ren- dered the use of the big pump im- possible and gull the work has been done with the two small electric npumps. As `a result the water`press- `urn hoe cf fimnc hnnn Elwhat IOW- AS 8 result U18 waver y1caa- lure has at times been somewhat low- ), er than "usual. The low pressure has lbeen most noticeable early in the `evening when the lawns were Being .....4'm....l I CVCIIIILE V ! watered. 1\IEW4 DREAMLAND THE RACE TRACK \ THRILLER _ - NOW PLAYlN(_1 -- `her body is bent was-also member lay team. Miss R strated her superio ladies OI line Wuuuug au- osa Grosse demon- rity over the other present w hen she took both , I ! the short sprints in rather easy fa- sh-ion. Miss of careful coaching." Her. starts in Grqsse shows the effects. ; both races were excellent; without ; beating the gun,`she broke away fast and had a lead of three yards before. twice that distance had been covered. Her stride is smooth and even and slightly forward-in true sprinting style. There are hun- dreds of boys who run in proper form butit is very seldom that a girl suc- ceeds in so doing. Preceding the main events were several races for the younger athletes. The timetin sev- eral of these was taken and the `re- sults indicate that there is plenty of material waiting development if only sufficient competition is provided. 1... 4.1.- t..mAmul_ugrd dash for boys l 1'HiJ"i:.' Lm. - SAT. Potent with tense dramatic situations . . . . . ._ It stands pre-eminent in its artistic settings and superb- directorial handling . . . . . . *' From the_ bright lights `of Montmartxje to a7midnight bat- Atle in the air; truly a great emotional; romantic drama \_is ~ --J------ ALSO H. C. WITWER S Punchy, Pefppy Laugh Producer, ...----n I-In nu!-II Ill! I`)! TWICEEACH NIGHT Regular Pric_es, 10c and 25 MATINEE SATURDAY at 2.30 MON-., TUFS., I r? -nn--- .Tr_1E F.A'.r rourtn nplsuuc III THE PACEMAKERS Fourth Episode of run`: nAl`l.`|AAI(|'.`l2! . SECTION 2 PAGES 9 TO 16` sutficient compexmon is pruviucu. . In the hundred-yard dash for boys under seventeen; Joe Lookericovered the distance in. eleven seconds to beat Harry Partridge by two strides. Looker took the lead at the start and led all the way down the track. The men s open hundred was one of the best sprints of the day. Payne and. Dobson raced down the course shoulder to shoulder for nearly fty ; yards. Payne then took a three-yard lead, and Dobson inla strong nish decreased the lead but could not win. AAA __L__L _--.... nun-nu an u\.\.L wuuuu -.--V --.._ The 220-yard contest was run in exactly the same manner, only the order of the runners was reversed. When the four ladies stepped out to "`go to the post they were tendered a tremendous ovation by the crowd which lled the stand and lined the .94..--