THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG TIMELY COMMENTS | GENERAL REVIEWS NEET THS EVENING ar 9, | y League s Re-organiza= | ing the playing activities of some of * tion Tomorrow -- Both Bodies Optimistic. ---- This evening the City Hockey Lea. | will hold its third meeting of the | gon and the lists of players for different teams will be presented | gd passed upon by the executive. enty players are allowed on each and those players passed upon at moeting will not be allowed to y with any other club during the ident Charles Taylor has had time organizing his crowd this * but he has jumped right into game with both feet and as a re- the league is on a better basis has been the case for some With six good teams in the jnior series the prospects for tho nter are indeed good and the fans fe sure to follow the outcome of ry match with interest. Prospects {ce on the second of January are too bright at present but a few days of cold weather should hange that. . "This evening's meeting is called eight o'clock and should see the all straightened away and the pr section in good working order. that attention will be turned the junior series and everything ble will be done to rebuild it accommodate the younger play- County Affairs. {8 hard to forecast just what turn up in county hocKey as yet. fnterest is as great as ever but 8 unseasonable weather makes ice » uncertain that little can be done | or gome time. The officers of the] 46 are confident of a good sea- fowever, and Secretary-Treas- Ed. Elliott is all prepared for ion, SPORTING | Several New Man ™ If] : Ly anajgers TY-LEAGUERS- 10. = "For Central ORtario Baseball gossip going the rounds {| of the Central Ontario League has | it that new faces will be seen guid- ! the teams. Howard Williamson, bet- | ter known on the circuit as "Tub- | bie," has announced his retirement | as head of. the Lindsay Greybirds, owing to business reasons, and the | Scucogites are reported as scouting a well known Toronto amateur for manager. J. J. Solomon, who has { been the guiding hand of the Peter- | boro team since the organization of the league, is considering leaving | the coaching lines for a job as "umps," and if Jakie, as he is known to Central League fans, could stand the razzing as good as he is able to hand it out to officials, "calling them" would be aces high for the lift locker. Walter Gerow, who has piffged Belleville to more than one { cfampionship, is considering opening | the exit in favor of new blood, with Eddie Thomas, of hockey fame, as his successor. . The Quinte city has also changed the personnel of fits representative on the league's execu- tive, Newton Bob Adams. In this position N. T. will have a hard man to follow, as the retiring member's ability as an executive officer was highly appreci- ated by the Central Ontario League. POLITICS TO RIL THE BOING CAME? Said That Tammany Interests Trying It In New York. While it is not believed that box- ing in New York is going to be kill- ed off, it is certain that if grasping politicians do not keep their hands off it won't be long before finis is written to the sport here. 'There has Thompson replacing] FROM THE OUTSIDE--LOOKING IN. | An echo of the rugby season comes back in the remark of a Toronto, man who says that he does not know what the Queen's University Dox-| ology ends like but it starts-- "Round ths corner--' : Now they're all excited because the fans threw a few oggs flamme in Hamilton the other night. That's pretty easy for through bottles in Montreal, Joliat and Dennenay are leading the N. H. L. in scoring with Jack | Adams and Corbeau next dn line. St. Pats. sure miss Babé Dyde in the tally column. | President Haddock and his confferes will confer with the O.H.A. of- ficials after ali, it ds announced. That'sivery nice of them. It should be a good thing for hockey generally, thougi. | | Varsity senior have leit on their' United States hockey jaunt and! Queen's will be leaving on Monday next if the schedule works out on tim 2. | Queen's basketeers will also be across the border next week. | -- | Jeffries says he's going to mauage Firpo. Rickard says he is not go- | ing to manage the Argentine. We'll keep ont of it. Rickard has too much | money to be argued with and we'd hate to disagree with Jeffries even at | this late date. | When Wiadek Zbysko, the Polish heavyweight wrestler, is demanding | a divorce on the grounds that his wife js cruel--well, some of the bache- lors can hardly be blamed for being careful. | AAA A AAA AA AAA AA a tener BRITON'S ATTEMPT AT 1 NATIONAL BATTING HONORS COMEBACK A FAILURE | GO TO HORNSBY AND CAREY | The other night old Jack Britton | Rogers Hornsby, the great infield- | essayed a role that many have tried | er of the St. Louis Cardinals, with | with failure. Britton attempted to|an average of .384, was the leading | stage a ring "comeback." He was | batsman in the National League last | beaten by Frankie Schoell, of Bur: | ssuson, according to the official fig- | alo. ures announced by President Heyd-| "Comebacks" in the roped arena | ler. Zach Wheat, veteran outfielder | meet with less success than in any |of the Dodgers, is second among other sport activity. Now and then, | the regulars with an average of .375. some pug turns the trick, but it i8| Hornsby has now led his league | the exception to the general rule. | four consecutive seasons. This equals | Corbett, Fitz, Jeffries, Willard, Gans, | {ne organization's record, created by | Nelson, Wolgast, all tried it in vain. | gangs Wagner of the Pirates, from Stanley Ketchel was one of the! 1996 to 1910, inclusive. : few to accomplish such a feal.| Arter thirteen years on the paths, | ting. thusiastic meeting been no secrecy as to the way poli- "Ketch" lost his middleweight title to Billy Papke on a kayo. Two | Max Carey, veteran outfielder of the | Pirates, stole 81 bases. During his GIANTS' MANAGER | NOT A POOR LOSER McGraw Took Defeat in Dia=! mond Classic With ] Good Spirits When Manager John McGraw of | the defeated Giants announced to the | four winds that "the better club] won," he displayed a spirit of sports. | manship which was rare, indeed. No- | body felt the painful collapse of a| shaky pitching staff any keener than | the boss of the National League | chdmpions, yet he did not utter any alibi in this connection. On the, other hand, he walked up to Ariie| Nehf in the Giants' clubhouse to | shake the hand of the pitcher who! appeared to go just as far as he could before breaking "That's the first time I ever saw | | 'the old man' take defeat in any im- | portant game with such patience," ! one of his regulars told me on the! following day. "Poor Nehf was feel- | Wiisons Still The Most For The Money National Smoks™. CHRISTMAS 1923 USEFUL GIFTS ONLY last Werona won the senior title ticians have been cuttin m r. Thos : g In, block-| months later he won it back i and Sydenham the junior. Those onths late . back again. | 13 years of long service Carey has a | ; ibly A {28 big matches and protesting when | panding the "Illineis Thunderbolt" | yoial of . 583 oe bags oan es Tigi Ee | 56. e0 J B y . | m juniors will be good again ! : KODAKS, SKATES, HOCKEY BOOTS, PHONOGRAP! ha they have not been getting the lion's | 4 qose of his own medicine. But they | .,eait pt ofions dr Tots i . ut MceGra 8 No cheap trash this Christmas, but gifts the Boys and Girls . year and maby will use. uc etter. will show up m generally known that there would | lied for two- { aesuing 5 Prado rooms, | Ive been a Wills and Dempsey bout 5 a p of Commerce at King here last summer if it had not been ihe Bax oR dud a good attend, for politicians. Certain Tammany Bro cK 8 Te a » powers wanted to promote that mil- is expected. lion-dollar affair themselves, but i im % found out that the time 'was not ripe Delehanty Appointed. jor to pull it off. pes Delehanty, Re When the Denipsey and Firpo con- r, has been signed as test was staged at the Polo grounds the other : 5, share from certain bouts. It is quite seldom come back! Chick's First "Oner."" Charles "Chick" Evans, Chicago, who has been a champion golf player for many years, gave himself a Christmas present in the form of membership in the Hole-in-One Club, when for the first time in the thous- ands of holes he has played, he made an ace on the fourth hole of the Rookies Sent to Texas League. The Philadelphia Americans began cutting down on the crop of players for next season by sending five rookies to the Shreveport Club of the Texas League, which is managed by Ira Thomas, former Athletic star catcher, The players are: Pitcher Ozmer, who played last season with the American Association. He 'third brother of the famous family of ball players, and one of the batting heroes of Pittsburg World Series of ty joined Lhe Detroit Am- as a second baseman in Aug-, 1909. He had previously played neinnati, St. Louis and Bos- | the National League. the major league in 1912, ir played with the Minneapo- ub of the American Association. jast playing days were as a mem- 5f the ' Beaumont Club of the f Leagne in 1916. 5 I ---------------------- - Likes the Sulkies. } Boston Globe, commenting on meeting of the Grand Cireuit to arrange dates for next e aro some keen minds who y the future of harness-horse is on the haif-mile courses. plic is growing to like the on the two-lap ring, being 'aducated by the excelient rac- at the fairs. | does not have to be a pes- jt to feel that before many years and Circuit is going to be hard arrange a chain of present ¢ up ol mile courses, and to be an opportune time the future by taking in mile rings." a TA is 'Mecca for Golf. in the ¥iji Islands is rding to tourisis who have 5, for the reason that it is sible to lose a ball. Like rest of the landscape, the are largely covered with a plant which shrivels at a ving pulled, sliced or top- 1, the player merely has along the line of shrivel to its resting place. "man has been ruined be- time. his credit was those same tampering politicians, left out in the cold, made a lot of trouhle for the promoters of several other bouts that had heen in pros- pect. New York boxing writers know that the same politicians "horner in" and spoiled a chance to bring about a contest between Harry Greb and Mike McTigue, | Those are the things, together with crooked gamblers and indepen- dent officials, which have served to put the sport "in bad" locally. It will be necessary to take the game out of politics, suppress the sure- thing contingent, and get a brand- new set of judges to give tbe sport a chance to survive here. Politic- lans have been striving for some time to get control of the situation throughout the State. Private in- terests, however, survived and ob- tained a foothold by obtaining leases on Madison Square Garden, and other such places, which have been a thorn jn the side of the element that would wreck the sport rather than to have those same private in- terests corginue their domination. The New York Athletic Commis- sion is soon to be revolutionised. William Muldoon is retiring as Chairman of the board, and Deputy Commissioner Dwyer will have fin- ished his tenure of office at the end of this week. Several other changes are anticipated and Governor Smith will have to fill the vacancies. , McGill to Play Philadelphia, During their Christmas week itin- erary the McGill University of Mont- real basketball team will play at Philadelphia. They are to play two games with the team of the Univer- sity ot Pennsylvania, one against the Military Academy team at West Point, and one against the Crescent Athletic Club of Brooklyn. During their trip they will be specially entertained. What sweetness is left in life if Edgewater Golf Club course. He had | the Martinsburg Club} of the Blue two witnesses. The shot was 190 | Ridge League; Pitcher Shilling and yards. Outfielder Sperling, who were ii the New England circuit; Outfielder To Revive Wrestling. French, who was with the Athletics Professional wrestling will be re-| last season, and Catcher Rowland, vived at Madison Square Garden, | who did duty most of the/ season in New York, Jan. 3rd, when Joe Stet_| the Athletics "bull pen." cher, Stanislaus Zbszkyo, Dunpeto The players are umier option, and Gardini and other stars are slated | can be recalled at any time. to appear in bouts. Strangler Lewis heavyweight champion, probably will defend his title at the Garden in a match several weeks later, We may cheerfully permit ou selves to be excelled in those things which are hestowed on mankind by nature or fortune, but not in those Try the other fellow's way when | which men can secures for them- you have made a failure of your own. | selves by their own efforts. us throughout the regular season for work that smacks of stupidity, was not sharing the looks of his players when he entered the clubhouse. He consoled Nehf. "Mac's resignation was quite un- usual under the striking circum- stances. Here was a woeful collapse of pitching just at a time when vie- tory was in our grasp--a victory which would have necessitated a seventh battle, yot he didn't storm or fuss a bit. "Not so long ago in Pittsburg we lost~a game to the Pirates amid scenes which Pittsburgers won't for- get. We went into the ninth inning with the score 4 to 0 in our favor. Before that game was over I thought my ears would split with the screech- ing. If you could have heard Me- Graw after we lost that game! What a going over we got for dropping that battle in the ninth!" The religious key you carry may not fit St. Peter's lock. Treadgold Spor 88 PRINCESS ST. Quality maintained you take away friendship? Ls : GRANITE, CANADIAN HOOKEY OH MPIC ft to right: Ernie Collett, goaler; Hooley Smith,cenire; Harry Watson, left wing; Duncan Munro, defense in: st wing; Beattie Ramsay, defense; Jack Cameron, goaler. In circle, Frank Rankin, a : : and captain; Albert McCaffery, right IN THEIR OLYMPIC " GLAD RAGS." R GALLAGHER AND SHEAN(Sing the words to the } ORDERS IS tune of Mr. Gallagher and Me. Shean) ORDERS ? T WERA FR YOUR HEDLTHY ™N ][ oc StEFFENs saiD 1 oueHT | 10 HOVE D. CHANGE OF AIR-1 BOUGHT- ing Goods Co PHONE 529.