. THE DA ILY BRITISH WHIG ; WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 103% | A ------_------ ------ -- PORTING GENERAL REVIEWS TIMELY COMMENTS Al OF QUEENS 4S SEASON NEARS? They Have Reputation to Sus- tain This Year--Can They Do It? As the rugby season comes nearer # question naturally comes to the 1 of Kingston followers of the @reat fall sport, as it has done for Many years back--what of Queen's this year? But this season is unique in that I reat many peaplo all over the : world are asking that ques- Bon. Queen's as champions of all in 1922 have a reputation to and those who are foliowers Of other teams will natyrally woader remains of that great machine that fought its way to the leadership * last eutumn. _ Itis true, indeed, that the Queen's team of 19:2 will not be intact but it is also true that there are many trusty players who were almost as pd as those for whom they occas- ¥ substituted and these will be ready to fill up any gaps. A little stock-taking would zive a 'better idea than any. Last year's _ ®emior list looked something Mke this: Batstone McKelvey, Leadley, ~ Campbell, Carson, Saylor, Johnson, | dames, Abernethy, Lewis, Grondin, Walker, MoNeill, Reynolds, Muir. Bead, Delehay, Mundell, Dolar, Bond, Evans, Thomas, Nickle, Veale and Harding. Of this lst the following saould, "Be hack in college: Batstone, Mc- Kelvey, Leadley, Campbell, James, Abernethy, Lewis, Grondin, Walker, 'MeNeill, Reynolds, Muirhead. Mun- dell, Dolan, Bond, Evans, Thomas snd Nickle. That sums up as seven gone from ae ad of twenty-five and cighteen El on the list, and twelve men 3 ry for a team. Surely a fair Ome could be selected from those eighteen men. ¢ Some fans may remember (hat Narsity--a couple of years ago----- after winning their championship the oar 'before--lost Breen and one or others andthe Toronto press Talsed a cry of woe of "Varsity's 'Weakened team" and such stuff. Yet . Warsity marched right through again In 1921 and a close inspection of their lists revealed the fact that the team---with but one or two s--had belonged to the hion champions. At takes a long time to build up a honship football team and it old take some time to tear down structure. As is usually the case, : rioration is faster then the Hiding Wp but even this can ba cked to a certain degree. There is no reason for Queen's to VICE ---- rt "THEM DAYS IS GONE FOREVE feel at all doubtful thds year. Théir | M'Graw's Qenlus Takes prospects are no sure thing--but they are about fifty per cént. more sure than those of, Varsity or Me- Gill. yp | | St RUGBY SCHEDULE For the benefit of those fans who did not clip it when It was published before the senior inter- collegiate rugby schedule fs hare given, Oct, 6--Queen's at McGill Oct. 13--Toronto at McGill. Oct. 20.--Queen's at Toronto, Oct. 27--MeGil] at Queen's. Nov. 3---Toronto'at Queen's. Nov, 10--MoGill at Torontd. Mechanical Sparring Partner for Dempsey. An addition to his sparring oui- fit bearing a close resemblance to Luis Angel Finpo in action, yet in- capable of being knocked out, will be installed soon at Jack Demp- sey's training camp at Saratoga, where the champion is preparing for his title match with the Argen- tine. It is a mechaincal sparring part- ner, a "fighting doll," designed to Lthe 8 give the titleholder a workout as bags. The innovation, erected on a solid base, is six feet two inches in height and weighs 200 pounds. has mechanically operated arms that fight back in approved Mirpo style. A similar dummy, designed to duplicate Dempsey's lighting meth- ods, will be built for Firpo's camp at Atlantic Cily if the champions device proves successful. -------- Praise for Johnny Jones. Walter MoCredie, expert on short- stops, ds loud in his praise of the way Johnny Jones, traded by Toronto for O'Rourke, has performed at the posi- tion for Portland this year. McCredie, who is scouting for Detroit, says it without motive too, for Detroit is not seeking the services of Jones. Mack says if you ask him why the Portland team has been going so well, he will tell you it's largely on account of the way Johnny Jones has handled his end and kept the infield on its toes. A Baseball Fan's Rise, The rise of Daniel McFee to fame in the baseball world has been a rapid one. It was only in the spring of 1922 that McPhee's name was first seen in the papers. As a hurler for the village of West Lorne, Ont., Danny became known for his strike- out record. | up the sea- son 'with the Saints last year and pitching the Nethercott collection to the present height of their climb in for O. B. A. this summer, McPhee will begin the 1924 campaign with the Brooklyn National League Club. I ---------------------- + The recognized record for the run- ning high kick is 9 feet 8 inches, made dy C. C. Lee in 1887, | stiff as any of his human punching | y | 1922 pennant races, it might be ar-| 1t | Team to Victory After the genius of leadership he has shown in the last three seasons, | it might be true, even if it sounds | a little unfair to his boys that John | McGraw can win a pennant with any kind of a good ball club. The New York Giants of 1922 | were, in comparison with other clubs {in the National League, a fine ball | club, but it is almost certain that | they would not have won, the pen- pant behind any manager other than | MoGraw, No other manager, with such a dilapldatel pitching staff, could have urged the Giants to the' heights which they attained in the critical parts of the 1923 pennant race. Outside the pitching department, { which some tacticians consider the | most important, the Giants have a |great team. McGraw has said he | figures it to bé the smartest and the { best ball club he has ever handled, | In building up what no doubt will turn out to be at least a three-time {pennant winner, McGraw was able {to find everything but good, young | pitchers, and since the New York [club has more money to spent than {any other National League olub, seems but fate that has reduced the | téams to such poverty in pitching. From the results of the 1921 and | gued that a great team can win with. out great pitchers, but the results |are achieved only by genius in dir- eetion. McGraw has the genius {and the figures show that it is pos- | sessed by no other manager, . ese Claim Bentley Loses Form Whon Pressed. New York writers have Jack Bent- ley wrong when they say that when the former Oriole gets runners on bases he loses his nerve, his poise and his effectiveness, writes Roger Pip- pen in the Baltimore News. The southpaw, who cost the Glants $65,000, then loses form, control and poise. He seems to be flustered, wor- ried and nervous. And that's why opposition teams, when Bentley is on the mound, have for their slogan: " "Get one man on base and we'll have a marathon." But when Jack gets men on the paths he loses 'only one thing-- his windup. His nerve and his Poise are just the same, but without his cork- screw windup, Jack is like Samson with his locks cut. When Bentley is able to take he windup it is hard for the batsman to follow the ball, ad it is.upon him before he realizes t : hy i 4 My Word! A good one is told about the visit ing Oxford<Cambridge lacrosse team by one of their members. Two of them (were strolling down Yonge street, Toronto, so the st goes, when one espied a large gn on a lange buflding reading "Pool Par- lor." Stopping up he cried, "I say, Freddie, I say, let's go in and watch the ladies bathe." mn, mon ih » You not only read It, you sing it. Try it on your plano. Watch nightly-for-this big comic hit. THE DERBY WINNER TO RACE IN STA Tr The winner of the Great Derby race, Papyrus, with Steve Donoghue as rider, will visit the United States to race the 'best three-year-old of that country at Belmont Park, New York, in October, for a stake of $200,000 for the loser. The picture shows the owner, Mr. Ben Irish, leading his famous racer. ------ NAA rn EN A na) 3 FRON THE OUTSIDELO0KING IN. | Now that Daylight Saving has passed into the discard for this year and good weather wil] shortly be a doubtful commodity, it's up to the city league executive to put forth one last effort and gat the Mercantile Series cleaned up. Two teams which have hitherto been out of the Limelight, Civil Service and Printers, are hot after the title in the second mound and the eventual cBampionship. Local association football enthusiasts have decided that it is time to get under way and to this end are holding a meeting in the G. W. V. A. rooms tomorrow night. The "gates'" of the Kingston and District Foot- ball Association seldom amount to eneugh 'to pay expenses--but they al- ways have a lot of fun out of their games and that's the main' thing. . \ --_-- Messrs. Wilson and Law had quite a task on their ha had a class of 127 girls splashing aroundi/the Y. M. C. A. From the results, however--g9 Successes in that short ti concluded that they got along Swimmingly { Anather great Ameriosn spomt--1Lite coming ito Kingston on week-end excursion natives here all about the great things of nds when they tank last week. me--it can de long residents of Cape Vincent 8 and telling the poor benighted "Nuh Yawk" and "Chi" We have discovered the end of the baseball season and the beginning of the rughy season (It ds marked when Daylight Saving ceases and we all go back to Standard Time. Of course, there is a little overlapping but that can't be helped. n Soviet A great many people are wondering how the local C. O. B. L. dub made out financially this year. It would seem that those who supported the team are entitled to some statement if jit is only summed up as "Yes" -------- Another pertinent query--or perhaps it is impentinent--why does not the Queen's Athlstic Board, granting that prices amd materials are equal or the same, award orders for sporting equipment to Kingston firms in preference to outsiders? R. M. C.. has set an example here that Queen's might well follow. a Johnston bss been ranked among, the ten leading American tennis Dlayers sinco 1913. USED HIS MEAD, ------ Kid McCoy is still pulling new stuff. MoCoy has more original no- tions than any other man tbat ever stepped into a ring. A short time ago the kia was walking through a moving picture Studio where he was engaged, in Hollywood, when a big, tough-look- Ang gong walked up and tapped him on the shoulder, McCoy turned around. , "Hey," asked the giant, " you Kid McCoy?" McCoy admitted his identity. "Hub," sneered the big fellow, looking down on McCoy and shitting bis feet to a convenient position. "So are New Fox Trot and all the latest Re- cords are received and on sale first at Treadgold Sporting Goods Co 88 PRINCESS ST. PHONE 529, Get the Habit: "For Records T ry Treadgold's First." HIGHER STANDARD Arthur Callaghan Distributor 210-214 Wellingtoh St. { TRICK TWIRLING, AND NOW IT'S TRICK BATS. First it was trick pitching, as de- monstrated by Dave Danforth, and now it's trick bats. President John- son has ruled out of service in the American League built-up bats, mady of glued sections of slabs of wood, and bats plugged at the end with a heavy cone of wood. Babe Ruth was using the laminated style and Ken Williams was found to have inserted a plug of favorite wood in his fav- orite bat. Nothing as yet has been done about the shape of bats. In the National League Heinle Groh's bot- tle-shaped stick has become famous, but no other player has shown any . Breat inclination to use the Grop mo- del. -------- . ~The greatest amount ever received by individual players in a world's series was the $5,265 received by each of the Giants in 1921. Cobb hit four home runs last year; Sisler hit eight, and Speaker hii eleven, CIGAR 1h ML Mav n