THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG ORTING SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1928 GENERAL REVIEWS TIMELY °° COMMENTS SLIPPERY GRIDIRON EXPECTED IN TORONTO Barnia Supporters Expect a Victory Over R.M.C. \ Cadets. 'Toronto, Dec. 8, --Indications point to a slippery field for to-day's Canadian intermediate football final at U, of T. Stadium between Sarnia and Royal Military College. Just Jrow the teams compare in the matter of weight is not known, for Toronto fans have yet to see this highly prais- 'ed Sarnia team in action. Being the Jast game of the local season, and with Toronto not having had any- thing great offered to them in the way of highclass football this fall, that is, from a competitive stand- point, the fans will undoubtedly gttend Baturday"s game. Sarnia have a good reputation in western Ontario and the fans of that section of the province are look- ing for the Tunnel town squad to hand the cadets a defeat. There ure 'many Sarnia people living in To- ~ romto and vicinity who, 'no doubt, all will turn out to cheer for the old home town. The Kingston cadets, £00, have many friends in the crey. Last year no intermediate final was played. Royal Military College 'won the Intercollegiate title, but did not play off. It was too late in the season for the Quebec and O.R.F.U. winners to play. This season R.M.C. again won the Intercollegiate title and decided to carry on in quest of the Canadian title. They engaged Grand Trunks, and triumphed over 'the Railroaders in two hard-fought games. To-day's clash at the sta- "dium will be handled by Reg. and Hal. DeGruchy. ---------------- ¢ , Another View. ~The Varsity: "When interviewed * regarding the pro. coach question, Dr. D. Bruce MacDonald, headmas- ter of St. Andrew's College, ex-pre- sident of the A.A.U. of C., and one "of the best known football enthus- lasts in Toronto, said that, as long as U, of T. was able to get amateur coaching of a high standard, she was wise to keep it, but just as soon a8 the system did not show results, Dr. MacDonald saw no harm in hav- ing a professional coach. "Some people." said Dr. MacDon- ald, "say this will kill clean sponts- manship, but look at MeGill this 'year, they were as clean as any team which ever appeared at the stadium, MoGill has had Shaughnessy 1 years. When a university © obtains a 'pro,' the concensus of 'opinion is that he will stoop to al- ost anything to have his team come out on top, but a 'pro.' is no more 'anxious to have his team win than any amateur coach should be--so why should he stoop any more than the other? *"The :question' is a big ons, and ean be surveyed from many angles. ut as far as I can see, professional ¢oaching need not .fProfessionalize sport at any university. I? really first-class amateur coaching ' cannot be had, I see no harm in a 'pro.' " rs . As Seen in Regina. The Regina Leader opines that 'Queen's victory In the national foot- ball final was won through: (1) Employment of an. interfer- Bnce system which completely dis-. organized Regina's defense. (2) Employment of a speedy run- ning attack, built around Batstone and Leadley, : : (3) An aerial attack, which car- 'vied play into Regina's territory. eadley and Batstone both kicked pt players the task of collect- a bounding ball, with a swarm Queen's tacklers surrounding 'them, as a mental hazard. (4) Utilization of faked plays to HH Regina line open in the centre, pviding "Bat," Leadley, McKelvey d Reynolds with the shortest path Regina's touch line, pw Stomach Risings Quickly Relieved : wonderful comfort and relief you ot toon even twenty drops of Nervi. ® surprise you. ped water; it's 20 2100. RANG Bs TY, 10LD ENTHUSIASTS GATHER :| esteem, perhape, thay almost any TORONTO BASEBALLERS TO CHICAGO MEETING President Lawrence Solman and Manager Dan Howley will leave To- ronto to-day for Chicago to attend the annual meeting of the Interna- tional League and the annual pow- wow of the minors. This will be the first time in the history of the In- ternational that their annual meet- ing has been held in Chicago, and, uccording to reports, it is not going | to be harmonious. Buffalo has an axe | to grind with Newark, as they claim | they gave First Baseman Ed. Miller | and $2,500 to the Bears for a cateh- | er that never reported. Newark | used Miller all season apd also kept | the $2,500. ! While the squabble in the Pacific | Coast needs some ironing out there are other matters to be discussed | that mean much to the minor lea- | gues, especially the Class AA organ- | izations, with the chief one being | the draft. In some circles it is felt | that the majors and minors will be | restored under different lines than | before the "war." Some of the | Class AA clubs are in favor of al-| lowing the majors to draft one play- | er from each club for others waut the ante raised, while | some don't now what they want. | President Solman Howley have secured waivers on | quite a number of their players, and are going to Chicago ready to make trades.: How many they will make time will only téll, but if the draft is restored there will be many a face missing from this year's team when they face the barrier next Spring, although with the securing of Faulk- ner, Stewart, Sattersby and ,Layne the Leafs are much better off right now than they were this time lash) Fall. | Jess Spring's eontract is reposing | in the Toronto all Club office. 10 TALK HOCKEY MATTERS Only Four of Five Old Reliables on Hand, But Hope for 8ome Developments. It was but a small crowd that gathered for the executive meeting of 'the Frontenac Hockey Club in the committee room of the City Buildings last night. Six of the old reliables and two newspapermen were on the job and in spite of the poor attend- ance they discussed the situation from all its angles in an effort to ar- rive at some solution. There is no denying the fact the outlook for city teams is rather dark. Queen's facing a huge indebtedness on their buildings, have been cutting expenses in every possible way and have been unable to offer or main- tain sucihs high quarantees as form- erly and the financial outlook thus becomes exceedingly poor. A few years ago Queen's benefitted by the arrangement, receiving much more than the ¢ity club at the end of the year but time has brought changes and with so much hockey and poor attendance both came out rather on the small end and the financial pros- pect became insurmountable. However, there is still hope of some development which will give Kingston an O.H.A. team this winter but at the present time that hope is very slight. Anqther year will no doubt bring about a better situation. An Institution Frank Shaughnessy is a great deal more than just a paid athletic coach at McGill---he's an institution. It was possibly ar action unique in the annals of relationship between coach and players when, a few nights ago, 'Shag' presented" his players with gold pins, and an iniident which ahows the attitude and relationship of the Rugby wizard to his players. In all professional athletics, the primary objective is to get all you, can, and give nothing. This goes for most coaches too--but Shau- ghnessy is an exception. He has become really an integral part of the great institution of learning under the shadow of the mountain, a fig- ure held in more real respect and other professional coach. He has put the business of paid coaching on a far higher plane than it has ever achieved elsewhere. The most puri- tanic of amateurs could not object to a professional coach if they were all gf the Shaughnessy type. 3 15a whispering, talking behind my back, TELLS OF SYSTEM 10 BE IN VOGUE George Sisler Outlines Plans for 8t. Louis Browns for Next Season. George Harold Sisléer was the idol of his chums while atténding the Akron, Ohio,"High School. He be- came the "Michigan Marvel" as a member of the Wolverine baseball team. He was a new sensation in the American League. He passed | two records held for years by Tyrus Cobb. And just approaching the peak of his career he had a physical collapse. The latest step In his path | ~--the appointment as manager of | the St. Louis Browns--throws him before the eyes of the baseball fol- lowers once more. George Sisler is | a manager at the tender age of 30 | -----the youngest in the history of ma- | jor league play. He became a man- | not by choice, but through | for when the 1922] ager, circumstances, $15.000; | season closed he believed that ath- | heathen. letic youth would live with him for | at least six more years--perhaps | and Manager | longer, and then, like other stars, | sho he would listen to the call of direc- | tor in chief of a big léague ball club. When the 1923 training season | started, Sisler did not answer the | call. He had suffered an attack of | Influenza during the late days of the | winter. Receiving expert medical] attention, he was confident of ap- pearing in the line-up on the open- ing day of the season. Inactive Since 1922, But, as is known, Sisler has not laced a spiked 'shoe around his ankles Since the final games of the 1922 campaign, when the .Browns dr I | "finished one stingy lap behind the Yankees for the American League pennant. The sensation of the 1923 season | was the stroke that cut down George | Harold Sisler. Influenza had left its | deadly mark with 8isler. The frontal sinews between the inner and outer | tables of the frontal bone above the | root of the nose became affected. The | most tender part of the athletic body { --the eyes--were affected. | Sisler"s right eye, was thrown com-' pletely out of focus. And without | perfect vision a major league bat- ting average does not exist. There- fore, George Sisler was thrown into retirement. Sisler not only was the idol of the baseball fans, but also P. DeC. Ball, owner of the Browns. When discord appeared in the ranks of the club during the past season Lee Fohl was deposed. It was the preliminary step for the appointment of Sisler, which arrived officially, several weeks ago. Prepping His Plans, | Installed in office, 8isler.is prep- ping his plans for the 1924 season. He is not building air castles or claiming that he will revolutionize: the game. He does not talk about FROM THE OUTSIDE--LOOKING IN. Records are queer things. In baseball, for instance, we find tail-end | teams and others besides the leaders, making astounding records... . The | amly unassisted double plays in the major league season were made by the Boston teams, Padgett of the Braves and Burns of the Red Sox taking the honors. The Cleveland team gathered the most runs of the season, with a total of 888, and there are on 'the New York teams. "Pep" Leadley has been elected captain of Queen's football team. | other records which are not all hung; | Thus does further honor descend on Hamilton, Ont., in the recognition that this favorite son is a scholar, a Toronto Telpgram. And now, when the season is all finished and all the other cities have | their claims and tooted their | quietly arise and announce that of the | squad the following come from Kingston: J. McKelvey, G. McKelvey, ' Pres" McLeod, Karl Quinn, * Bill * | Thank you for your kind | | made Johiiny Evans, * Doc" Campbell, Muirhead, attention, And they call this little Filipino Jack Delehay, * Chicks Mundell, Take it from Kelly, he is Just about the football star and a supe horns and whistles. . might we Queen's Dominion Championship fighting machine a savage and a most gentlemanly little fellow that ever stepped into a Toronto ring, with all due respect) to Bobby Eber, Donnie are as polished as his hair, terrier.--Toronto Star. and that More classical figures of speech from the hoi-polloi, call it, To-day should see the intermediate Rugby Union's final series straightened out. striving for one of them and we hope on Monday. McKelveys, Carr- Harrises, Quinns, Stewarts, Tolands, coming to the front. Se nh disagreeing with my plans. I'm going to do the calling. If the club falls to succeed I'll be the one to get the gate. And I'll walk through it without being pushed--don't for- get that. "If I can't make good at this game of managing I'll find one where I can | if I have to sell shoe strings. not going to be a piece of charity. I'm going to earn the salary I 'draw or get out. "I am not talking about winning the pennant. I need more strength to do that. It may develop unex- pectedly, but at" this moment I am not in a position te say just what the Browns will do. "I will offer this statement--that I will listen to a trade proposition for anybody on the club. That is I'll trade if I can get what |T believe is the big end of the bargain. "There is a great outfield on the club in Kenny Williams, Bill Jacob- son and Johnny Tobin. Walter Ger- ber is a steady shortstop. Marty McManus is a brilliant youth at sec- ond base. Urban Shocker, Elam Vangilder and Dave Danforth hit the mark as pitchers. Hank, Severeid is a valuable catcher. After that lay- out however, I go around and find a unseating John J. McGraw as the \lost of uncertain points. "master mind" of the managerial ranks. In brief, he says he is going to do the '"'first guessing and trusts that it will press the fellow who is around the top." A wonderful'change is seen in Sis- ler"s character. When he arrived from Michigan University's stadium he was bashful and shy. But, like all who have played the game, he has hardened. He has become a two- fisted guy who is not going to allow belligerents to disrupt his organiza- tion. "'There is nothing particularly dif- ficult to master with the job as T see it," remarked Sisler in talking about the system he intends using. "I really believe the importance of the job has been greatly exaggerated-- by press box critics, fans and club owners. , 1 Must Have Material. "The players play the. game, and I don't care whether you think you are as smart as Thomas Edison, you can't win a ball game without the material. ¢ "The first thing I am going to follow Is complete harmony. When I call the boys together next spring for our first clubhouse chat I am going to inquire whether anybody is. dissatisfied. If I find grouches they will depart immediately--re- gulars or rookies. "I want everybody pulling the strings with me. I will not tolerate OH, MR. OnNMR GoLLAGnER) | TT 00 ae Wena eR iT'6 IN THE LoTEST . "Hubert Pruett, the phenom of 1922 came up with a sore arm last summer. I don't know positively that he will recover. Ray Kolp is good against certain elubs. Has to be kept away from others. Wayne Wright and Dixie Davis are the same style of pitchers. Southpaw Bill Bayne hasi't developed. "The reserve material is weak. The club needs strong substitutes to be rated in the pennant class. And then there is myself. Now we come to the big question mark. Placing aside personalities and digging down to brass tacks it is natural to ex- pect the club to be stronger with myself at first base. EE First and Third. "If 1 am able to return to the game I can carry a defensive star like Ezzell at third who is a weak hitter. It I do not play and Fred Schliebner is on the bag then there must be a heavier hitter at third base than Ezzell. "I am optimistic about my chances of getting back in the uniform. The improvement in my sight has been phenomenal during the last three months. And if I play--well don't be so suré about the Yankees mak- ing it four straight." Sisler in testing his eyes during the last several months has been playing golf. He can pluck a ball out of the rough with a mashie niblick and from a distance of 75 yards plant it within a few feet of the pin. | GALLAGHER AND SHEAN--(Sing the words to the tune of Mr. Gallagher and Mr, Shean) -- " : : THE TALE OF A SHIRT WO LIKE THE LIT 15 & CLASSY PATTERN, YOU 0) ei L A ET 0. NO Pp fy. JPA ibs ) (gf Mack and a few more Canadian battlers who wn themselves to be real clean-cut little sportsmen. Farrells--Kingston has certainly ° had brothers who havé been prominent in sporting matters, have Villa's manners | makes a wet seal look like an Irish i or whatever you | and junior titles of the Canadian As we write this, R.M.C. are to be able to extend congratulations | Angroves, Millans, | its share of They are still Evanses, ei ecco ena vs | | Not occasionally but regularly. | Instead "of dodging colds and | pneumonia at home during the win- | ter Sisler will reside in 'California. | He will depart within a week or 80 | with his family for the Pacific Coast | to remain until the time arrives for | reporting at the Mobile, Ala, train- | ing camp next spring. Tre | SUDBURY WOLVES Y.OSE McKINNON TO PITTSBURG | Surbury Wolves met their third | loss from the regular squad Thurs- | day. Alex. McKinnon, star defence man, packed his grip and departed | for Pittsburg, to take a position and play hockey with Pittsburg team in | the U.S.AH.A. 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