LATEST LOCAL | Ell GIRLS WON FIRST PLAY-OFF MATCH Defeated Wilton 13-11 Wilton Grounds o nSat- } urday. on . In the playoff series of the Fron- fenac County Girls' Softball league, Played on Saturday, in the first game ®t Wilton, resulted in a victory for the Sydenham girls over the home team by a 13-11 score. dl _ An even larger crowd of, support- ®fs than usual were on hand wuu £heered their favorites all through 'She contest which was indeed a close me. Each team had one bad in- Bings--allowing four runs--but out- = those the best of pall was ; and both teams fielded well 3a support of the pitchers. The twirlers used opposite tactics; The Wilton pitcher wwd hard to the visitors with a slow ball it baffled half the Sydenham The Sydenham pitcher #steamed them over" and the Wil- Hon dbaftérs, usually a heavy-hitting mine, could not seem to connect as Wilton came to bat in the rast of the ninth two runs down, but could not gather them in. However, Rhey express their confidence in a obange in the tide of fortune when they go to Sydenham on Wednesday. The teams. . Wilton--Hazel Frink, ¢; ween Asselstine, p; D. Neilson, 1b; I. Burt, 2b; L. Peters, 3b; A. Bab- Auctioneer Aucitoneer! SERVICE AND SATISFACTION conduet sales in Kingston and County. cock, ss; E. Emberley, ss; L. Bab- cock, If; R. Newman, of; E. Shibley, rf. Sydenham --- Isabel Blake, c; Georgia Phippen, p; Jean Guess, 1b; Bunny Woodruff, 2b; Flora Wood- ruff, 3b; Harriet Guess, If; Evelyn Patterson. Iss; G. Van Coughnett, rf; Florence Walsworth, rss; Teresa Murray, éf. Umpires--Fletcher Young Ernest Young. of Bath. z OTTAWAS PREPARE FOR HARD- SEASON Several New Faces In Rough-Riders' Line- { up. Over twenty-five players were put through two hours coaches Quilty and Gleeson, of the Ottawas, at Varsity Oval, Saturday There was something doing every winute and the players showel good condition to commence the real hard work 'of the season. . Two men who made their first ap- pearance were Joe Miller and Ed lle Crain. Miller was going weli hand- ling the ball. Eddie Crain will be a valuable accuisition to the squad. This boy plaved outside winz and quarter for the McGill team 'ast sea- son and knows the game. He will fit in nicely at outside wing, a posi- tion in which the Ottawas are node too well fortified. Baker Humphries, the Kirby bro- thers and the other big boys were aleo worked hard. Baker threw the tackling dummy for a total loss on one of his flying dives and a halt had to be called for repairs. Buels, Shaw and others also showed some fine tackling. There is a vast amount of work to be done yet and every day of the remaining time between now and the opening game in Montreal, will be ded to mould a team capable of liolding its own in the "Big Four." -- N-------- HITTING IS MERE - MATTER OF NERVE and Hitting depends entirely players' nerve, in the opinion of Zack Wheat, heavy hitting out- flelder of the Brooklyn National league club, "A player who lacks courage al- ways can be found well. down in the averages," says Wheat. 'Baseball's best hitters like Ruth, Cobb, Speak- er, Hornsby, Heilmann and Roush are both nervy and confident. They know how to pull themselves out of a batting slump, "When I fail to hit I know I am doing something wrong at the plate and try to correct the fault. I know these fsm't anything the matter with the bat, the ball or the um- pire. It is my own falt and no one can make me got back into my stride except Old man Wheat himself." -- A man's moral backbone 1s made fstronger when he does "a- .good act that costs him something. ly of practice by | y r . THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG - SPORTING » GENERAL . REVIEWS FROM THE OUTSIDE--LOOKING IN. | Basing conclusions on the first game in Picton, Sydenham should make a good showing against Picton in the second game to-day. A team that can hold Picton 4-2 in Picton should 'be good for a victory on its own grounds, Only three teams are expected in the senior 0. R. F. U. this season. They will be Parkdale, of Toronto, University of Toronto, and a team from Hamilton. Varsity has a wise move there in thus caring for its sur- plus supply of senior players. That is another way of building up future champions, -- After the first praotice of the Parkdale senior 0. R. F. U. squad, the following players are claimed by the Paddlers; Joe Breen, Alex. Goddard, Earl Douglas, Archfe Thomas, Wendell Holmes, "Dutch" Brophy, Harry Hobbs, Bill Miles, Ed. Houston, Hooléy Smith, Dundas, Leonard, of Rid- ley College, and "Jim" Saylor, former Queen's player. look so bad, if they all materialize. That does not On Sunday Charles Toth, of Boston, swam the English channel, ac- companied in a power boat by Charles Burgess, the second man complish that feat. Toth received no to ac- reward for it but the satisfaction of achieving an ambition. Burgess entered the water and swam the last two miles with Toth, and the American says that the advice and help of "the veteran proved the deciding factor én his feat. Queen's athletes of many classes are gradually drifting back to get in shape for the coming fall season. "Archie" Abernethy, of the rugby squad, and "Skit" McCartney, futercollegiate 110. Ib. boxing champion, Both report a good summer and limitless "pep" for this term. latest. Ae the Tomorrow's dinghy races will wind up a season in which loeal yachts- men have brought credit to their club and to the sport end have had a fine lot of fun in doing it. ing of the Intercity Competition was With a dinghy fleet only two years old, the winn- something to be proud of and King- ston yachts of other types competed all year with honor to themselves. With some of the Inmates of the Portsmouth Penitentiary still at large it would be wise for incoming rugby players of the Queen's squads to carry indentification cards. Never can tell what mistakes people are apt to make. Prince of Wales in disguise." Others might wear placards reading: *'Yes, I am not the PAPYRUS T0 RN ANERICS BST English Derby Winner Match- ed Against Best American Three-Year-0ld. Papyrus will embark on the Aqui- tania, September 22nd, with a re- tinue befitting a Derby winner, seek- ing conquers in the New World. Bar Gold, his playmate and solitary stablemate companion, is going alouz to keep the colt company, and so is the Mttle black cat, whose favorite pastime fs rubbing Nie head against the legs of Ben Irish's famous horse, Trainer Jarvis will, of course, go along, as also will the stable boy who massages Papyrus several hours every day, and another lad whose Job is to exercise the thoroughbred. Mr. Irish, who Saturday reached a fine agreement with C. J. Fitager- ald for the colt to engage in an in- ternational race against the best three-year-old in the United States at ment "THEM DAYS IS GONE FOREVER" You.net only read it, you sing it. Try it on your plano. Watch nightly for this big comic hit. "DRONE THIS IN «p», » Belmont Park, will go along if he can induce his physician to accom- pany him. Mr. Irish has oeen in poor health, though he looks to be the typical red-cheeked country gen- tleman. "Papyrus will take . his own food and water along with him. As food was the question upsn which the suc- cess of the negotiations had hung, word was awaited from Washington as to whether the horse would be allowed to bring his own fodder fo the United States in contravention of the laws. August Belmont cabled that the difficulty was not insur- mountable, and the agreement was signed. Papyrus will arrive in New York late L Septem! ptember and will have three dn which to become ac- climated and. land legs be- fore the race. ~ > Quite a number of British race- goers fear they | never see the horse again, and they have been writ- ing scores of letters jo Mr. Irish. He 'was informed by one of the letter writers that the race "is a deeply laid scheme to get the colt into the United States and keep him there. thereby depriving British blood-stock breeders of the chance of using him in the stud." Mr. Irish, like most of the other members of the modern human race, has no contempt for dollars, and if somebody in the United States stacks enough, in front of him he can have Papyrus. Bat 't will take more than £200,000, for Mr. Fitzgerald said that an offer of that amount already has been made. The other day Mr, Irish said that if any one in the United States wau*- ed to buy Papyrus it would have to pay $500,000, but no one took that statement seriously, for, as everyone knows, the highest price ever patd for a horse was paid for Tracery, the father of Papyrus. The figure was $265,000. Will Make Luis Think He Cannot Lost to' Demp- sey. : Figuring that Luis Angel i as physically fit as he can be @ to meet. Jack Dempsey and that he is For The Money TIMELY COMMENTS of the boxers who have been with him and knew what to expect from them, In the first work with John Lester Johnson and Young Bob . Fitzsim- mons it took him some time fo get their 'style. Johnson hit him wi® three right hands.to the body in the first round, but he didn't do a thing ip the second round. Fitzsimmoas bethered him with a straight left in the first round of their fracas but he couldn't get it over in the second. The South American has some trouble finding his guard. He has ft way up one minute and way down the next, and he requires constant coaching from his corner to find out where it §s. He does not follow through with his righthand punches, and he obviously loses a lot of power when he steps back after a righthand uppercut. His most effective work is done off the ropes, and it is apparent that he likes to fight with his back against something. Firpo is also getting the bad habit of pulling his punches. He secms afraid to hit the smaller men in his camp, and he has not one upon | whom he can let go with a full kick. ' Enough of M.-0.! Declaring he has had enough of the Michigan-Ontario League circuit, as it is now composed, William T. Morrissey, presfdent of the Grand Rapids club, said under no eircum- stances will he be personally repre- santed next season unless some radi- cal changes are made, both in terri- tory and salary limits. : "Almost all of the clubs have been paying class 'A' salaries and playing to class 'C' crowds," he sald. "From a business standpoint, it is a bad ven- | ture." £ Z a | ceived $150,000 in fees and<presents son of a little more than eight months, Rumor has it that the Pittsburg Pirates may journey to thé Pacific coast for their training next spring: Long Beach, Cal. is naméd as the most likely site for the camp. me Some idea of the popularity of the national pastime is afforded by the statement that some_30,000 baseball bats are turned out every month by a single factory in New Bern, N.C, ---- It is probable that ome or two of the Major League cities would like to equal the attendance record roll- ed up this year by the Kansas City \ N\ bs Steve Donoghue, the celebrated | English jockey, is said to have re- | fog his services during % single sea- | 9 American Association Clab, which expects to click the turnstiles past the 400,000-mark before the close of the season.' . 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