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Local ROADWAY TOUTS ARE STUCK FOR SOLUTION 'Speculative Gents Cannot Dope "Out the Wilis-Firpo Result. BY JOE WILLIAMS. New York, Sept 9.--The wild bull Bas buffaloed speculative Broadway. "The speculative gents don't know how to figure him. *. They know Mr. Firpo is mentally sick as a result of his love troubles with the government, that he is illy ined. and has no soul-surging am- tion In the fight with Harry Wills, the ro, aside from collecting his *hit," an important matter of more 'than $100,000. They know, too, that Wills is perbly conditioned, and genuinely confident. Yet these Broadway Pawks refuse to bet against the Argentinian, Memories of the bull's spectacu- . Jar stand against Dempsey are still with them. They remember how ter- 'gible he looked in training, how am- ateurishly he fought, how easily he was toppled over by Dempsey's es, but most vividly of all they remember how he came back and knocked Dempsey out of the ring. _ A guy who can do that is tough to figure, : Dempsey Says "Firpo." ' Usually something approaching uniformity of opinion exists among |Auto Tops and 'Seats Recovered © Side Curtains, All Kinds of Bevelled + Glass Lights R: SINCLAIR 'PHONE 10684. Automotive ders Limited | 205 Wellington Street fighters and ring authorities as to the outcome of a big heavyweight battle. Nothing but confusion and conflicting comments exist in this fight. Jack Dempsey thinks Firpo will win by a knockout "whether he is in shape or not." Tex Rickard, best judge of fight- ers in this country, is privately of the opinion that the South American will win. 80 is Benny Leonard, lightweight champion, and a keen observer. Bill Tate, who fought Wills six times, picks Firpo to win before the seventh round is over. Tate has been working with Firpe for two weeks. On the other hand, Jack Britton is betting real sugar on Wills to knock out the tourist Romeo, This is significant, Either Britton is sin- gularly lucky or an infallible judge. Britton has never been on a loser. And in this instance he is absolutely disinterested. ------ Bull's Throaty Rumble. Bartley Madden, trial horse of the ring, casts his vote for Wills and predicts a knockout finish. Madden recently went the limit with Wills, successfully defying every effort of the black man to knock him out. "But that doesn't mean Wills did- n't hurt me," says Madden. "As a matter of truth I was out in the first round. The only thing that saved me was Wills' cautiousness. He was too careful of his hands." Firpo himself is non-confident. A shrug of his shoulders, a gesture with the hands, and an indistin- guishable throaty rumble, That is his answer to your question, "What rcund will you win in?" Wills is almost offensively opti- mistie, and has a new prediction of triumph for every interviewer, It will be nice if the world series is in Washington provided Secretary Fall and Mr. Daugherty have nothing to do with the distribution of the tickets, Another way to earn a reputation for originality {is to refrain from plastering the windshield wilh bath- ing girl stickers. js AUTO TOPS New and Repaired Cushions SIDE CURTAINS. Also FURNITURE UPHOLSTERING L. G. PAUL 392 Princess Street ~ "Phone 1840F. empastimies Courteous Service oe, Stove and Chestnut ........ weer e+ $12.50 per ton OBL... avi es ooo $9.00 per ton Semi-Anthracite Smokeless, suitable for Hard Coal . car . $16.00 per ton Range or Furnace, $12.00 per ton, delivered SOWARDS COAL CPTOWN OFFICE: McGALL'S C0. Phone 155 CIGAR STORE. PHONE #11. Bath, separate tollet, garage, henhouse. Good lot-- § 3, 0 A DOUBLE HOUSE---Roughcast, electric light, 8 THE DAILY BRITISH W 'SPORTING [- HIG EDITH CUMMINGS Upsetting the dope in spectacular style, Edith Cummings came out of the west to win the women's national golf cham- pionship last year. flight. TO-DAY | This afternoon at the Fair Grounds, if the weather gives any kind of a fair show, the Hussars and Wolfe Island will meet in their sec- ond game of the intermediate O.B. A.A. second round playoff. The '""Hoozers" have the jump by their win at the island last Friday but the Islanders claim they were far, far off color and will spring a mighty big surprize this afternoon. George Sullivan and Jack Derry will likely call them again and two bets ter umpires could not be found. Goodfriend may be back at work for the Islanders for to-day's game. i THE NUT CRACKER By Joe Williams Saratoga Springs, N.Y., Sept. 9.-- {| The fur-bearing Mr. Firpo has decid- ed to battle Wills at his own game. Wills' own game is Bowery polo, a quaint form of diversion popular with nomadic African tribes. It con- pists solely of two freckled cubes which are tossed about on the floor with a speculative abandon to the accompaniment of low, gutteral com- mands, such as "Come on, you na- tural," "Oh you Phoebe," and "Baby needs a new pair of kicks." , -- Your correspondent was privileg- ed to observe Mr. Firpo at his train ing to-day and is in position to say that the Argentinian is an awful bum. Mr. Firpo does not even know the first principles about crap shoot- ing as the art is practiced in this country and if the boys let him get away with his shirt it wii be due solely to a stricken conscience. It may be that Mr. Firpo would have made greater progress with the - 1}| bones it he had not selected Big Bill Tate and Jack Towssend fr dicing partners. "It so happens that Messrs. Tate and Townsend are blacker than the elbow of a stove pipe and they can do more things with the spotted squares than a monkey can with a | cocoanut. i i | by Mainly Mr. Firpo is handicapped lack of expression and an inade- quate knowledge of native. customs. This year she was eliminated in the first 1 dice are gensitive things and are susceptible to romantic urgings, he will not get very far as an African golfer. . Ll - Mr. Firpo probably will never get very far in this game, anyway, be- cause par for the course, as he plays it, is two bits, and he is not the world's most enthusiastic loser at that, Jo BASERAL MONDAY'S GAMES National . League, Brooklyn 7, Giants 2 (Only game played). American League. Yankees 2, Boston 0 Washington 8, Philadelphia 4 (St. Louis-Chicago. rain) (Only three games scheduled). International League, Jersey City 1-5, Baltimore 8-10 Newark 5, Reading 6 (Two games postponed), THE STANDING. National League. Won Lost .82 54 .83 56 .78 54 74 63 .70 63 .586 80 51 84 «vse New York.. «.. Brooklyn . « .. Pittsburgh . . . Cincinnati . «= Chicago . « « St. Louls . Philadelphia . . Boston. . ss -------- Washington." « .. New York. Detroit. . "se Baltimore ... ..103 Toronto.. ... ..93 Rochester .... ..78 Buffalo .. ... ..78 Newark... 71 Syracuse... ..... 89 Reading... ... ..58 Jersey City.... ..46 Johnson got stage-f © theatre th grandstanders. still LY The Most For The Money DO YOU KNOW BASEBALL ? By Billy Evans Sport--Do you know 1. With the count of two strikes on the batsman, for some reason he steps out of his box. The pitcher seeking to take advantage of this act, hurriedly delivers the ball to his catcher. It is over the plate at proper height. Should the batter be declared out?--H. J. P. 2. A says that a batter can be balked with no men on the bases and go to first. B says a balk is impossible without runners on, and never in any way affects the status of the batter. Who is right?--J. E. 3. A ball is hit over the fence. It goes over fair, but curves foul be- fore going out of sight of the um- pire. Is it fair or foul ball?--Dr. J. A. G. 4. There is a runner on first base, He starts to steal second. The bat- 'ter hits the ball between first and second, and as the base umpire runs toward second, expecting a play at that base, the ball hits his foot. Run- ner on first reaches second and bats- man' first' in safety What is the correct ruling?--J. A. IL. Answers. 1. Batsman usually has a good reason for getting out of the box. Umpire should always call time when he does so. Quick delivery by pitch- er is unsportsmanlike and dangerous. Umpire should have considered the ball dead and made no vulirg. 2. Bis right. There must be run- ners on for pitcher to make & balk. Calling of a balk in no way affects status of batter. 3. It is a foul ball. : Umpire must watch ball until it passes from his sight and render rulfng in accordance te where it is at such a time. 4. If umpire is hit by batted ball before a play has been made on it, batsman is entitled to first. Runner OUT OUR WAY SCHOOL OPENS Let your Boy have a WHEEL. - He will be a better boy and more content with his lessons if you give him a Bicycle. --SAFER-- - Statistics show that there are fewer Boys and Girls hurt riding Bicycles than walking. \ SECOND HAND Wheels are a good beginner for the Boys and Girls, and we always have a few which we overhaul before selling. Treadgold Sporting Goods Co 88 Princess St., Kingston. "Phone 529. "A Spalding Store' i on first must advance to second to make room for batsman, Unlike many sons of famous fathers, the young colts of Man o' War seem intent on making good themselves. Despite the fact that Johnny Wels- muller is not a society boy you'll no- tice he's always in the swim, I GT ROLVGH # WITH vA § Fo i #7 No one probably will ever be able to explain satisfactorily jusi what it is that inspires a man to become a college cheer leader, . Everett Scott keeps on adding to kis remarkable - record....Like a Ford fender he never seems to wear out, Our idea of hard luck is a fat man at a dance on & hot night. I a ITE | 7