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Daily British Whig (1850), 27 Sep 1924, p. 12

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LATEST LocAL HUSSARS GO INTO SEMEFINAL GAMES Left This Morning For Peter- boro For First of Home and Home Series. This morning at six o'clock the dtn 'Hussars, intermediate cham- pions of this district after many trials, left for Peterboro to take on the C.G.E. team in the 'first of the '; semifinal geries of the O.B.A.A. ine " termediate playoffs. A strong team ~ went along and the. boys will give their best. Their trip das been made * possible financially because of the generosity of many Kingston fans who kindly donated to a fund to see them through. 'The Hussars have been a fighting team. If they have a fault it js that they do not travel hard enough when in the lead. Like their first organ- fzer and manager, they work best when the odds pre against Lhem and they have lots of opposition, But playoff games have taught tnem good lessons and if they ean get the drop in the intermediate Petes to-day they'll stretch themselves to keep it. The C.G.E. team is rated as pretty fast as such teams go... Wolle, of last season's senior Petes, and other ex- perienced players, may be found in the lineup and their mainstay is re- ported to be good support behind fine pitching. Hudsdrs have a good kitting team and no Peterboro team has been able to stand such an out- fit yet. Lakeviews won from Circle- Bix only bacause the local youngsters did not start pounding. The second game's date has not Asem nn, HAR STAYS COMBED, GLOSSY Millions Use It --~ Few Cents Buys Jar at Drugstore ubborn, uaruly or sham- hair stays combed all day in le you like. "Hai -Groom" is dignified combing cream which gives that natural gloss and well- ed effect to your hair--- that nal touch to good dress both in busi- ness and on social oceasions. "Hair- 'Groom" is greaseless, also helps grow thick, heavy, lustrous hair. Be- ware of greasy, harmful imitations. been arranged but will likety be set- tiled after the match in Peterioro on Saturday. BASEBAL SCORES FRIDAY'S GAMES. National League, Chicago 3-6; Pittsburg 9-10. American League. New York 7; Philadelphia 1. Washington 1; Boston 2. Detroit 8; Chicago 2. International League. Toronto 11; Buffalo 9. Syracuse 7; Rochester 3. HOW THEY STAND. Brookiyn and the Glants were idle in the National League yesterday, and the Giants will start in their fin- al series of three games with the Phillies today, one and one-half games ahead of the Robins, their rivals for the pennant. The big surprise, especially to those who have been supporting the Washington Club in their great fight for American League honors, was the defeat of the Senators yesterday, at the hande of the Boston Red Sox, who beat the leaders to themselves crawl out of the cellar, though leaving Washington in a precarious position, with but a one-game mar- gin over the Yankees, and three games each to go. On whether the Senators continue to waver or not depends their championship honors, though there are Washington sup- porters who are looking for Eddie Rommel to beat the Hugmen and help the Griffmen along in their quest of the long-sought-after tro- phy. With three games yet to be play- ed by each team, it is certain that the pennant cannot be decisively won by either team now befcre Mon- day, neither team being scheduled for a Sunday game. If Washington wins its full slate of three games yet to be played with the Red Sox, it cannot be kWocked from its supreme perch, despite a similar performance by the Yankees over the Athletics, but if the Wash- ington foot slips again in Boston, the Yankees may yet slide under the wire ahead, Standings of the leading ciubs, to- gether with the number of games each has to play follow: National League, To Won Lost P.C, Play New York.. .... 92 69 .609-3 Brooklyn... ..... 91 61 .599 2 ----nrseenen American League. To Won Lost P.C. Play 90 61 .696 3 .62 .589 3 Washington .. . New York .. .. 89 Where They Play Today. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Philadelphia at New York, Boston at Brooklyn. Chicago at Pittsburg. St. Louis at Cincinnati, AMERICAN LEAGUE. New York at Philadelphia, Washington at Boston. Detroit at Chicago. St. Louis at Cleveland. ac i om -~ THE DAILY BRITIS SPORTING WORLD'S HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONS. Witten Exchsively For the Whig By a Boring Enthusiast WKELVEY AS QUARTER LATEST OF STARTLERS Thought By Many That Vet- eran of the Gridiron Will Try New Position. When "Red'" McKelvey broke into senior football some years ago and was heralded as the great fifteen- year-old marvel, he started in as a kicking halfback. As time went on Professor Lindsay Malcolm realized greater possibilities for the big fel- low and started him into line work. There he has developed into one of the greatest middle wings of all time, Now they say the red-head is go- ing to try yet another position and that this season will see him as the quarterback, stepping into. the shoes of Johnny Evans and directing the operations of the team on the fleld. That is not an official announce- ment so far as we know but it is logical. Batstone and Leadley must be left together. The quarter posi- tion is about the most important on the team. There are plenty of mid- dle wings, with the latest addition being Burley, the great R. M. C. plunger, but quarters are scarce. Baldwin is on hand but he lacks ex- perience in genior Canadian football and has not been tried in the rough melting pot as yet. On the other hand McKelvey seems to be rather slow-moving for the quarter's job and we can always hear the yowls of the Toronto scribes over delayed games if his selection for the keystone post is officially announced. But it may be only a rumor. Bald- win is versatile and ¢an work almost anywhere, as half-back, outside wing or guarter, Still he might be found at the job he started with last year and in either case a good man will be looking after the work. Queen's were down to business again yesterday. There were about forty out and they were split into two squads, the main body of veter- ans going through formations while the others worked on the tackling dummy and then returned to the fleld for their schooling in forma- tions. They are a nice-looking lot this year and should form a crack intermediate team as well as a good senior. "Tiny" Adams made his first ap- pearance, large as a house and as good-natured as usual. It was pretty warm for rugby work but the coach kept them at it until late in the afternoon and all were glad to call it a day and get away to the showers, : RUGBY NOTES. { Tigers senior squad is as follows: Backfield, Quinn, Walker, Hunter, Gibb, R. Crocker, W. Crocker and Rayner; quarter, Evans and McKel- vey; snapback, Cox; outsides, Veale, Main, Walker and McFarlane; mid- dles and {nsides, Tuck, McBride, Boyette, Reid and Timmis; flying wing, Denman, Weaver and Small.-- Globe. Tigers better not be too sure of "Liz" Walker. It looks as if "Petie'" Burton, Tig- ers' quarterback for a number of seasons, intends to carry out his threat to retire from the gridiron pastime. He has not yet put in an appearance at the H.A.A.A. fleld a tas Cigarettes s------ H WHIG No. 4--James J. Jeffries, Jim Jeffries' great stamina and re- cuperative powers were the principal factors that enabled him to become one of the greatest champions of all time, At the beginning of his career Jeff was a big, slow, awkward fel- low who pushed his punches and did everything 'that a fighter sheuld not do, but his ability to absorb an ab- normal amount of punishment kept him from being thrown into the dis- card. Gradually Jeff's footwork im- proved, he learned the meaning of the phrase "a six-inch punch" and he had a few ring tricks of his own, go that, while he never became the accomplished ring general that Jim Cogbett was, he was singularly quick on his feet for such a big man amd was a fairly good boxer at the end of his career. Jeffries wag born on April 15th, 1875, at Carroll, Ohio. Height, feet, 1 1-2 Inches. Weight, 220 pounds. Tn his record are recorded victories over such crack boxers as Peter Jackson, who had licked Sla- Lér wasn't he? vin, Jim Corbett, an ex-champion, Bob Fitzimmons, Gus Ruhlin, Tom Sharkey, Jack Munroe and Arm- strong. Nevertheless, Corbett and Fitzsimmons were only beaten be- cause they were too old to last out a long contest, and Peter Jackson Was a sick man at the time. In 1904 Jeffries retirea, but in 1910 he donned the mitts once more and faced Jack Johfison, the negro battler, for the title. Unfortunately, stomach trouble while training made Jeff slow and wea, so that Mistah Johnson had an easy time. This fight was held on the 4th of July, 1910, at Reno, Nevada, and Tex Rickards was the promoter. The receipts of the fight were $270,715. Some records say that Johnson was the champion who came after Jeftries, other give Tommy Burns the honor. Was Burns a champion, This question will be discussed in Monday's issue of the Whig. (Monday--Tommy Burns.) even in the role of spectator at the practises.--Globe, Balmy Beach, if the advance stuff counts for anything, seems to be rounding up everything in the line of football players around Toronto. The O.R.F.U. may turn out a con- tender this season after ail. ~ Last season's champions, Hamilton Row- ing Club, were little better than in- termediates, One week from to-day the local football season will be opened with R.M.C. and Queen's seniors playing their annual exhibition. It is a great aid to the coaches, showing the play- ers in actual competition and against worthy rivals and yet not counting for anything more than a practise. Which reminds that the Qneen's- R.M.C. co-operation will be carried on again this year and may it last as long as the institutions them- selves, It has been a blessing. When "Pep" Leadley, Hatstone, McKelvey, Thomas and all the pre- sent stars have graduated Queen's is not going to be left in the lurch. All these boys are co-operating with Coach Hughes in looking to the fu- ture and some of their' protegees show promise of ably filling the shoes of the present great ones. "Red" McKelvey is a possibility for quarterback for this year's team at Queen's--and {f he will only go to outside wing next year he can cer- tainly be voted an all-round rugby man. But with some teams Quean's have met it can be said that it would take some mind-reader. There wasn't anything to read. Which brings into thought the re- mark of a former Varsity player who claims that Johnny Evans, one of the greatest quarters, can read the minds of the opposing players and thus knows just how to direct his at- tack and defense. r FANS LIKE COLOR By Billy Evans a 3 Baseball fans like player. The player with color is the ath. lete who is just a bit differzal Ability to swat tke ball furiher than zny other human being hes made Ruth one of the most colorful figures in the game. Rube Waddell was colorful be- catise he was not only great but also ecoentric. i "oe the colorful The just & good player with colar i 3 is certain to be far more popular with. the fans than the real good Player who does his work in a mat- ter-of-fact manner, Often some little thing about the player wins the approval of fandom and causes him to be a much talked about athlete. Take the case of Outfielder Mat- | thews, who played brief yet highly | sensational engagements with both ! Philadelphia and Washington of the | American League. In the American League there have been for years many outfleMers superior to Matthews in every de- partment of play, yet for a short time Matthews got a bigger play on the sport sheets than many of the noted stars of the game. For ong thing, Matthews had dash, 'was always hustling. hustler, will overlook many of his faults. However, the thing about Matthews that appealed to the fans was his manner of catching a fly ball. It gave him his color. LJ . » Instead of taking a fly ball after the usual manner of an 'outfielder, he would cup his hands against his chest or stomach and make a regular pocket for the bail. For five years Maranville, one of the stars of the National League, has caught fiy balls in a similar manner. Being an infielder, there wasn't near the thrill to handling a pop fly in that manner as making a grest caten of a hard drive to the outfield. Fans like the i Philadelphia fans fell for Mat- thew's style. They yelled loudly when Connie Mak let him go. same thing happened at Washington. | All of which merely proves that fandom likes the player who does | things ditferently. His unique man- ner of catching a fly ball was Mat- thew's best asset. * * . It is a well-known fact that sueh a method of handling a fly ball 1s all wrong for an outfielder. It prevents him from getting the ball away quickly, in case a hurried throw is necessary. However, the fans overlooked these faults simply because Mat- thews amused them with his style. The moral for the ball player is de- velop color. THE NUT CRACKER By Joe Williams A hen In Magnolia, Ark. laid her eggs In a tree 35 feex above the ground... .Now 'will some original guy please make a wise crack about it being no wonder ctuat eggs are high? The Chicago policeman who mar- ried his son's best girl probably got his early training by taking candy away from the baby. The fact that Washington is fight- ing for first place is no stranger than the fact that Clarke Griffith paid $50,000 for Parl McNeely. Rodolph Valentino sbsolutely de- Fi, § : The | H A: hr --_ FHE CIGARET TE WITH THE ORIGINA 20 for 15¢ 25for35¢ In Tins of 30fr 70% A | Football | Togs Are you ready for the football field ? We have Balls, Shoes, Clothing. Queen's Queen's Queen's The big yell will soon be heard, so let your boy have a tryout and he may catch a place. Give him equipment and he can give a fair account. i Treadgold Sporting Goods Co 88 Princess St., Kingston. Phone 529. Sralding's Store. 854 King Street. WE SERVE GOOD MEALS Good meals served to your liking. EVENING PARTIES given first class attention, i THE VICTORIA CAFE. Siug Lee and Gan Lee, Props. Telephone 702 P.G. REEVES & CO. $ - & © a "1 SOLD BY THE CLUB 212 PRINCESS ST, pearance. WS Rounds and has 2a chassis. the Suds {driven snd will so tourtem miles hour. 7 3 &p- being strong enough to support front It weighs only 360 and rear axles. If 1s eleciricatly. ¥

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