T TUESDAY, MAY 30, 1082, CRICKET MERCANTILE BASEBALL 1 run, 4 hits, Sharman and Kane LEAGUE OPENED MONDAY |5ingled In the Weber's half. Craw- |ford flied to Hammond. Flynn struck I'qut. Kane scored on a wild pitch by {Shipton. Shipton let McCullough |take a single, and Murray went out. | Bhornten to Reynolds, 2 runs, 2 | hits. "Lost in the fourth" would make | In the sixth, Lennox grounded to & brief and concise history of the | Pitcher, and was thrown out at first. opening game in the Mergantile Lea- | Thornton out, Wilson to Bell. Rey- 8ue on Monday evening when the [olds out same way. 0 runs, 0 hits. Printers were swamped by 22 to 1. | Pennock singled and stole second, The game was going along nicely | Wilson struck out. Bell scored Pen- until the fourth, when with two men | Nock with a single. Sharman hit by out, and the call two and two, Flynn pitcher. Kane singled ' and scored | Bell, Flynn flies to Hammond with knocked out a fly to left field, Smith misjudged, and befors the ball was |the bases full Sharman makes home, a recovered, four of the Webers were | When Weaver drops the ball. home, and the old ball game was Cullough bunts, and out McIntyre to sold. Then a succession of errors | Reynolds, 3 runs, 4 hits, contributed to the slaughter, and be- Shipton grounded to Wilson, Ham- fore the third man was put out eleyen | mond singled. Devlin singled. Wea- more men crossed the plate. For a | Ver struck out. Devlin out stealing time it looked as if the elde would [third. 0 runs, 1 hit. never be retired, but the Printer's During the six and a half innings, shortstop finally got in the way of | Webers collected 16 hits and 22 runs. one and threw the runner out at first, Printers took 6 hits and 1 run, Lack The score stood 17 to 0. of support in the out-field and a weak The game opened with somewhat | attack accounted largely for the de- of the usual hig league ceremonies, | feat by the Printers. McIntyre was with Leman A. Guild, managing dir- | Boing along splendidly until the jinx ector of the British Whig, pitching | Struck the team in the fourth, ana the first ball; Harry Breathwaite, | then everybody on the Printers line- manager of Weber: Plano Company, | Up went to'pleces. Weaver filled the at the receiving end, and Postmaster | Dill at the receiving end in fine form, and the infield was fair. The out- James Stewart at bat. The first ball Over as delivered by Mr, Guild was a | field was notably poor, until strength- little high, but the second was right [ened by Hammond, but the boys all over the plate, and the post office |2PPeared to lack confidence with the chief connected, and soundly slam- |0ld willow. Devlin collected three of med one to left fleld. An out-flelder | the five hits tallied by the Printers. caught the fly neatly, and Mr. Stew- | Shipton pitched well during the last art was declared out, and everybody | tWO Innings, but lacked 'experience. was satisfied, For the winners, Sharman collect- =~ Printers came to bat first, and | ©d four runs, and played effectively England opened the innings by strik- | in the right field position. Murray ing out. Lennox connected with one | W&s in fine form all through and had of Murray's outs, but failed to reach |2!l kinds of stuff in reserve. Flynn, Printers Went Down to Defeat at Hand of Webers by 22-1. first. Thornton struck out. 'No runs, 1 hit. Crawford, the first man up for Webers, grounded to Reynolds at McCullough and Kane played their positions well, Outside of that disastrous fourth i Ee ee ---- $2242 92090%0 09009 >» DON'T SMOKE--RUTH. "Babe" Ruth 1g opposed to 4+ boys smoking cigarettes. Ap- + pearing before several thousand % members of the Little Rock % Boye' club, Ruth advised against % the use of the cigarette. Later 4 he distributed buttons bearing #% his name to the boys, +, ® * * * + Seb b IF Eber LITTLE BITS. C4400 9%000%000 0 With a revised batting order, and a few changes in the line-up the team will be like new, and a fresh start may be made, 3 There was a good crowd for the opener of the Mercantile, but the teams will have to play better ball than that on exhibition last night or i they will lose the support of the pub- lie. HE DAILY BRITISH Davis Cup tennis matches, the world's premier tennis competition, as Ku- magae, a member of the teany which played in the finals last yea® will be unable to participate. ) The energy Babe iia gard king out, if placed end to end, would be good for twelve bases. Toronto's batting records compil- ed to date, bring out the fact that the Leafs have only three players in the -300 class. Orme is leading with L348, Vernon Forbes, the goalkeeping sensation of the National Hockey League during the season of 1920-21, has been signed by the Hamilton N. H. L. club to guard the nets next winter. The price pald for him is one of the largest in the history of the hockey association. HAMILTON ATHLETES CLEAN OI Athletes representing the Hamil- ton Collegiate Institute repeated their performance of last year by carrying off the honors in the second annual interscholastic track and field What the printers need is a good j Meet held under the auspices of the eouth-paw to relieve Mcintyre once and a while. One pitcher, no matter how good he might be, shouldn't be expected to do it all, After watching the contest at the cricket field on Monday evening, the Old Fan remarked that "the county teams were not the only ones that scored all kinds of runs." The O.F. was pulling for the Printers to win, but gave up in despair after the fourth, The plans of the Central Irish Olympic committee in Montreal are taking definite form, and it is under- stood that a trial meet will be staged McGill University Track Club at the Molson Stadium in Montreal on Sat- urday. Their majority over their nearest rival, High School, was 45, being a total of 656 to 20. In addition they estab- lished new records or equalled old ones in every event' except three. They secured eight firsts, seven sec- onds and four thirds. They scored also the highest individual points »f the meet through Pickard, who made 11 points, being first in the pole vault, second in the shot put, and 120 low hurdle race. In the junior events Lewis, school, Hamilton, was the leading point scorer winning the junior class 2,100 yard and 440 yard dashes. of Victoria Avenue of points | the final round. A record erowd of Montreal 5,000 ardent BADMINTON 70 : "BOXING * AS REMOVAL OF DUTY ON RACING SHELLS A deputation consisting of T. I.. Church, M.P., Hal McGiverin, M.P., Major-General the Hon. 8S. C. Mew- burn, M.P., Hon. Walter iMtchell, M. P., and H. Marler, M.P., waited on the Minister of Customs, Hon Jacques Bureau, in Ottawa with the object of having the government remove the | customs duty on racing shells and rowing equipment imported into Can- ada from England for the use of the amateur rowing clubs of Canada. The | imposition of this duty, they pointed out, is a serious handicap to all row- ing clubs, and it is a fact that these shells are not now built in Canada, 80 that if the duty were removed it would not interfere with any Cana- dian interest and would aid the sport ! fil JUST ARRIVED and now open for your inspection of rowing very materially. The min- ister is taking the matter up with the various departments of the gov- ernment and will announce the deci- sion of the government shortly on the matter. -- Holderness® Title. At Prestwick on Saturday, E. W. Holderness, of Walton Heath, won the British amafeur golf champion- ship by defeating John Caven, of Cochran Castle, Scotland, one up in | TENNIS Balls, Nets, Racquets, Cases, GOLF Clubs, Irons, Balls, and a big assortment of Bags. spectators, saw the match, one of the most exciting ever seen. The closeness of the competie tion became so nerve-racking during the afternoon round that one speec- tator, overcome by the excitement, dropped dead near the sixth green. JAQUES LAWN BOWLS In pairs and sets of four. Also Bowling Nets, Measures, etc, Kitchener Still Has Hopes. Convinced beyond the least shad- ow of doubt that Michigan-Ontario baseball can be made a paying pro- position in Kitchener, the directors of the local club took the bull by the horns on Saturday, and released "Tex" Erwin as manager of the Come in now for an inspection. TENNIS RACQUETS REPAIRED firet. Pitcher McIntyre walked Flynn, | innings, the game was good, but 15 |in the near future, Bring us yours for prompt service, the terms of McCullough was hit by McIntyre. Murray fanned. Pennock walks fill- ing the bases. Wilson collected a neat single and scores Flynn and McCul- lough. Bell filed to Weaver. 2 runs, 0 hits. > Reynolds opened the second but Was put out, Flynn to Bell. Shipton out, Weaver to Reynolds. Smith filed to Flynn. 0 runs, 0 hits, Sharman grounded to Reynolds. Kane struck . out. Crawford struck out. McIntyre settling down to business and it be- gan to look light a tight game. 0 Tuns, 0 hits, Devlin singled to right fleld, .and stole second. Weaver struck out. Devlin stole third. McIntyre struck out. Devlin nabbed at third while attempting to steal, with England at bat. 0 runs, 1 hit. Flynn struck out. McCullough out, Devlin to Reynolds, - Murray singled, on & muff by Thorn- ton. Pennock struck out. 0 runs, 1 hit. The fateful fourth opened by Eng- land fouling to catcher Kane. Lennox 'grounded along the third base line, and was thrown out at first. Thorn- ton caught at firet, 0 runs, 0 hits. - Wilson singled to centre field to start the ball rolling for the pilano- makers. Bell grounded to Devlin. Wilson steals second and third in rapid succession, Sharman flies, but Missed by Reynolds, Kane fouls to Weaver, Crawford walks, McIntyre had two and two on Flynn, the fifth Was a ball, but the next was founa and the ball soared into left field, Smith missed it, and four men came home as a resyit of several errors. McCullough singled and collected an- other bag on an error. MeCullough .Bcored. Pennock gingled and scored Murray. Pennock steals second. Wil- 8on collects a two-bagger. Bell singl- ed along the third base line, Shar- JKane walked. Craw- ford singled, Reynolds muffed one, end Flynn made first. McCullough @also reaches first... Shipton relieves MelIntyre in the pitcher's box, the latter gomg to third base. Murray singled. Wilson singled. Bell out. {Thornton to Reynolds. The runs came in so fast that scoring was al- most impossible. 15 runs, 9 hits. : In the fifth, Reynolds struck out. . Shipton hit a two-bagger, the first clean hit of the game. Hammond 'batted for Smith, and fanned. Dev- lin singled, scoring Shipton. Weaver and Melntyre each singled, the latter on an error by right fielder Sharman. ~The rally was stopped when England fanned, leaving three men on bases. runs was too much, and the Printers appeared disheartened for the rest of the contest, The Webers were always on the alert, and appeared much more aggressive, Included in their ranks are some heavy hitters, although their defensive work was no better than that of the Printers. A differ- ent story might be told if that fourth innings had never happened. : George Sullivan umpired capably during the game, and too much credit can not be given him for assisting with the opening contest. His ser- vices were given gratis to the two clubs, and the players and officials of the Mercantile League ' are deeply, grateful for his kindness; .. The teams: Webers--C Crawford, cf; Flynn, ss; McCullough, H; Murray, p; Pennock, 3b; Wilson, 2b; Bell, 1b; Sharman, rf; Kane, ¢. Printers--England, cf; Lennox, rf; Thornton, ss; Reynolds, 1b; Shipton, 2b; Smith, If; Devlin, 2b; Weaver, ¢; McIntyre, p; Hammond, If, Umpire--George Sullivan. Time--2.45, R 000 0100-- 1 +++,.2001523x--22 2 H Printers 5 Webers Sunday School Baseball. The following corrections are made in the schedule for the girl's divisicn in the Sunday School Basebail I.ea- gue: Sydenham street vs. St. June 7th, Princess street vs. Sydenham street, June 14th, St. Luke's vs, Princess street, June 21st. Sydenham street vs. St. June 28th. Princess street street, July 5th. St. Luke's vs, Princess street, July 12th, . Luke's, Luke's, vs. Sydenham Queen May Get Date, Whether Tigers' Big Four football team will meet Queen's University, in Hamilton on Thanksgiving Day in an exhibition game or play in Toronto with University of Toronto has not yet be decided. Some of \tffe execu- tive favor George Awrey's Presbyter- fans, while others think the club should return the visit made by U. of T. Last year, George Awrey, thletic director at Queen's, stated on Mon- day that if Tigers finally decide to 80 to Toronto, he would take the Tri- color representatives to Hamilton to meet the Rowing Club's O.R.F.U. team, ---------- Well, the Printers mustn't be dis- couraged by that little set-back last | night, as they have another chance Zjat the piano-makers, and then the score may be reversed. At the conclusion of the sports Sir Arthur Currie, Principal of McGill University, presented the Glassco Cup to Captain Cornélius of the Ha- milton team. This cup is held by the winner for one year and is to be Last year the pitchers were walk- ing Babe Ruth on purpose. And this year a lot of 'em are striking him out on purpose. competed for annually. Japan has decided to default in the ER A Arr Arr ----------------_-- MACDONALD'S 10 tor 18c 20 for 35c club, and accepted John A. (Jack) Flynn, of Provid- ence, R.I.,, to manage the team for the remainder of the season. Cleaning a blot with blotted fing- ers maketh a greater. om, 88 PRINCESS STREET TREADGOLD SPORTING GOODS CoO. BICY CLES--RECORDS--PHONOGRAPHS--CAMERAS PHONE 520 " - - - Special Prices on Springs and Mattresses REGULAR $10.00 (ALL COTTON FILLING) for $6.50 REGULAR $18.00, FOR ........... COIL SPRINGS $8.50, $11.50 BRASS BEDS _.oierrisvmissersinsssiies $15.00 up | ROBT. J. REID LEADING UNDERTAKER Ambulance Call 577w. 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