MONDAY, MARCH 38, 1024, LATEST LOCAL THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG ~ SPORT GENERAL REVIEWS TIMELY COMMENTS * KINGSTON JUNoRS OFF T0 PETERBORD| Play First Eastern Champlon- ship Game in the Quaker Oats Town To-night. The spirit of the old Frontenac junior champions of Ontario will sally forth tonight and acéompany the Circle-Bix team on its trip to Peterboro where the first of two bat- tles to go further into the finals this year will take place. Senator Pow- ell's little gang have had a hard fight all season from both ends of the string and it is time a few breaks in the luck started coming their way. With injureq men, financial diff- culties long-drawn out preliminaries and finally the home rink burning down, the season has been enough to take the heart out of an) team, but the youngsters seem to be quite cheerful as to the outlook and left for their competitors' city with the determination to give them the bat- tle of their lives. __Grey, Meltz, Lawless, Kirby, Hart. ley, Patterson, Lawlor and Laflamme are the boys who will fight it out with Peterboro, first in the home of the Petes this evening and again on Wednesday night in Trenton, which has been secured as the "home™ rink of the Kingston team. The locals, of course, will be play- ing under disadvantage. They must travel to both games by train and will be playing in a strange rink on both occasions. With their usual gama, however, they should have every chance of pulling through. They are a nice-working, stiff back- checking aggregation and carry suf- ficlent weight for a junior team, though not any too much. It is probable that several hun- dred fans will go with them to Tren- ton on Wednesday evening. } SEP PPORPOIISIIIRO -» QUEEN'S WON TITLE. Queen's University won the # senfor intercollbgiate basket- # ball championship for the first # time in many years by defeat- # ing University of Toronto 21 # & to 20 in-Montreal on Saturday # # afternoon. The game was a & &\ fast, desperately fought battle & & from whistle to whistle with & & plenty of thrills. Bo & Previous to the match ¢ # Queen's and Varsity were tied @ # and the eventual winner was ¢ # not certain until the last whis- @ '@ tle had blown. A championship + # by one point is a record in in- @ tercollegiate basketball. * * * PCP 2 22000200 WANTS TO GET BICK WITH MIT CRCUT Petie Behan Not Anxious to Play With Mobile Club This Season. Petie Behan, former Hamilton Mint leagué pitcher who was with Philadelphia Nationals last season, has been sold to the Mobile club of the Southern association, but he is not anxious to report to the Mobile club and in a letter to the Hamilton club owners he claims he ia anxious to play in the Mint league again and is coming to Hamiiton shortly to talk matters over with a view to the Hamilton team buying his release from Mobile, Behan was always a winning piteh- er in the Mint league and Buss Wet- zel could use him to advantage on the Hamilton team this coming sea- pon. Wetzel is gathering together a strong line-up but his Ee need Aching muscles can be relieved with Sloan's. t rubbing. Im- feel a comforting glow pl i pain re. Canadian sports are rapidly being introduced in the United States. Here is said to be the first lacrosse game ever played in California: Two teams of girls call themselves the "Al- gonquins' arid the "Iroquois." will be pitchers and Behan with his experience and knowledge . of the game would be better than a couple of good youngsters. Fans in thé Ontario end of the Mint circuit are beginning to throw off their winter lethargy and waking up to the fact that in a few weeks the players will be gathering at the training eamps. The London club has not yet decided where it will train. Last season, instead of going south, the Tecumsehs came to Lon- don and worked out their kinks at Tecumseh park. Manager Beatty has recelved a letter from Martin Becker of the Kalamasoo club sug- gestinf that London and Kdlamazoo olubs train in adjacent tows and stage exhibition games. However, no action has been taken regarding this proposal as yet. The London players will not be asked to report before the middle of April by that time probably Tecum- seh park will be in good shape to permit workouts. Beatty has some likely looking lads signed up, but he is shy of outfielders. He has 10 pitchers and 11 infielders in the fold already, most of them youngsters who come well recommended. The London club has started a stock selling campaign but it is pretty hard to work up any enthus- {asm for baseball with the city bure fed under a couple of feet of snow. However, the results are very en- couraging and by the time the sea- son rolls around, the Tecumsehs will probably be the joint property of from fitty to a hundred loyal Lon- don fans. ~ na -- WOULD IMPROVE SPORT. Irish Want Their Boxing Put On Higher Plane. Strong efforts are being made in Irelang to place boxing dn a higher plane than heretofore. There is no law against boxing.im the Emerald Isle and, on the other hand, there is no law legalizing the sport. In the past the authoritfes in var- ious cities have endeavored to com- pel promoters to run their shows in by-streets or alleys away from the public thorohghfares, The result was that promoters did not care to work that way and the game was given little encouragement, Now things are different. The promoters have taken the matter up with the police department officials and have been promised better sup- port and more liberal interpretations. Efforts are under way for a big boxing club in Dublin where contests up to 20 rounds can be held without fear of interference. Important bouts can be held and there is mo question that liberal support will be given the game in that city. Dave McGill, the Irish champion light- weight, will figure in one of the big events before long, although Dave just now is supposed to be In New York. x Juvenile Hockey. In a juvenile hockey mateh, at the Palace Rink on Saturday morning Victorias defeated University Six 2-1 in a close game, The winners took their victory by superior combina- tion with @mith, for the losers giv- ing them the biggest argument. Bor- land anq Gourlay scored for the vie- tors. The teams were: Victorias -- Goodman McKelvey, Gourley, Gray, Borland, ~ Gibson; Cruse and Cunningham. University Six -- Cliff, Smith, Moore, Day, Gratton, Pennock, Mil- ler. : The win "this morning puts Vie- torias in the lead. - he |" FROM THE OUTSDE--LOOKING IN. MoGill University is looked upon as ready for another revival in rugby football. In spite of setbacks it goes serenelyyon its way and the hurricane comeback of the team last fall may be looked upon seriously by other competitors. Now the Montreal member of the big loop is to have another field for second string players and inter-faculty games. Shaughnessy is rebuilding steadily. From the talk one hears about Ihave good repregentation in Trenton {with Peterboro. The short distance / the streets the Circle-Six team will on Wednesday for the second game apd comparatively low cost, together with the popularity of the juniors, should attract several hundred fans to |¢he trip. And surely is and the fates that look after little If a certain well-known Queen's the outfit of his club-mates, been decided. But there is a bright side to the greatest calamities. residents will no longer be kept awake by roaring hockey double-headers " It's hard to put in rhyme, I fear, no joke, When, with the hockey finals near, Your rink goes up in smoke. Arch street bears decreed that Queen Boo-Hoo should not be wintering in the late lamented Arena. professor could have seen ane of his sons rescuing Circle-Six equipment during the course of the Jock Harty | Arena fire, he might have temporarily lost the use of the language he teaches. Flames were of little importance to the young lad compared to So far no announcements have been made by local hockey bodfes in regard to the remainder of the games on their schedules. Whether they will be dropped for the season or played on some other ice has not yet i BOXING COMMISSION OFFICIAL SAYS FIGHTERS ARE TRUTHFUL Nat-- . A high compliment was pald by Chairman Brower, of the New York boxing commission, to the boxers themselves. He said: "It may surprise some of the op- ponents of boxing to learn that when it comes to facing an issue fairly and squarely as a man should I have not found one boxer im my nine months service on the commission { who did not tell the truth when oall- {ed before the commission for discl- plining or to settle a dispute. "They put a construction faver- able to themselves on the facts, which is only natural, but they tell the truth about the facts, even when | they knew they will be penalized. "The men who have the courage to take hard knocks in the ring have the nerve to be truthful, which is a point tremendously im their favor and should not be forgotten." ot HICKORY GOLF SHAFT MADE oF PIECES A new golf shaft, made entirely of hickory and comprising nine sections, Gas recently been perfected in Bos- ton, after several years of experl- menting, and is about to be marketed In the United States and foreign countries. It is cla) by its manu- facturers to he "Auf proot," {in other words, af n| . unbreakable as a golf shaft can be of a like terial. : 15 of manufacture | pervious to climatic conditions. Heat, cold or dampness will no longer be sources of worry to golfers, it is claimed. ? § Nine times out of ten.a request Hg the purpdse better than an Tr, : {|% made by Frank Shaughnessy, AMATEUR GAME POPULAR WITH WESTERN ONTARIO The growth of senior Ontario Base- ball association im Western Ontario has been rapid as the expansion of the Southern county league group from a four-team league to an eight- team one. will testify. At a recent meeting or the offi- clals of the leagues necessary to split the league into two sections, "A™ ang "B," London will be represented by two teams, the Orients and the L.A.A.A. team. Each club is in a different section. . The Orients are grouped with Brantford, Stratford and St. Thomas, while the L.A.A A. team will mix with Sarnia, Strathroy and Lucan. It was decided, to open the league abouf May 10th. The officers elected were as fol- lows: President, N. Seigel, Stratford; first vice-president, Stan Reid, Lon- don; second vice-president, A. W. Tennont, Sarnia; secretary-treasurer, H. Doddge, London Orients; evecu- tive, Mayor Billion, Brantford; H. B,_ Jay, Strathroy; Robert Cottrell, St. Thomas; Harold Hodgins, Lucan, ---------- A -- C0908 0 200000000 ® $ xmw RUGBY FIELD For R . 4 will be a new football Yor' McGill next autumn, ing to an announcement * »/ 3 $ % rugby coach at the University, # during the course of the weekly # luncheon of the graduate so- # clety at the MeGill Union. \ #® The 'field will be located '® above the Percival Molson Sta- # dium and will be used to de- # velop men who will nbt have a # chance on the big field where % the threg regular teams will be + getting shape. The new ® gridiron 'will also be used for # inter-fa games, he said. He that is toa proud to ask is too | good to SEPP FPRPPIPPIOPPROIOIYI POY -- ish squash racket team, now 'making a successful t son, Capt. .G. Roberts, Capt. S. M. Tayne, Dr, T.' Drysdale, Cai. W- F. Bassett, ------ our of Canada and lie United Si * tPF 00200000 43 ales. Lefs ta right, hey ate W. > it was found the ' i Sinids until the sen¥i-finals or finals, i providing they remain in "Oh Mr:Shean, Oh,Mr. Shean, Your taste is most exacting so I ween, RICKARD MAY USE COMSDERLE FLUENCE To Swing Firpo-Wilis Battle Into His Handa--*Made" Rins. Although announcement has been made that Harry Wills © and Luis Firpo will fight under the direction of Lew Raymond, who is acting for a syndicate of wealthy eastern busi- ness men, many persons closely as- sociated with boxing are skeptical re- garding Raymond's' ability to stage the contest. Raymond has named July 19th as the date of the battle, but has not selected a site, although hinting that it may be Stamford, Conn, . Joe Jalobs, former manager of Mike McTigue, world's light heavy- weight champion, informed us that Raymond and his hackers have past- ed a forfeit of $60,000 to go through with the Wills-Firpo fight, this money to go to the two boxers im case they fail. It is understood that Firpo and Wills will be guaranteed $250,000 each for the bout. Tex Rickard's name has been as- sociated with big fights for so long that boxing followers believe so thing will happen to swing the Wills- Firpo bout to him, regardless of the fact that both boxers are not' very friendly toward him. Wills and his Amanager, Paddy Mullins, are peeved at Tex because he refused to match Harry with Dempsey or Firpo, The Argentine is "off" Rickard because he thinks Tex did not treat him fairly in his fight with Demp- sey last September. It will be re- membered that Rickard first signed Firpo to fight the champion for a guarantee of $100,000 and that Luis forced him to give him $25,000 more the day before-the contest. Inas- much as the bout drew $1,400,000. Firpo believed Rickard should have increased his guarantee without him demanding it. Rickard ranks high in political and business circles in the east. He may pull some strings that will make it extremely difficult for Raymond and his associate promoters to obtain a suitable location for the Wirpo~ Wills combat. It was due to Rick- ard"s efforts that Firpo was bulit up into a drawing eard against Demp-: sey. Tex nursed Firpo along"care- fully, giving him easy opponents up to the time he fought the champion. But for Rickard's watchfulness, Fir- po might have Been knocked by some second-rater early in his career and ruined as a box offise attraction. Rickard knows Firpo owes him much for his rise in the pugilistic world watch other promoters cash in on the fighter he helped to "make." It will be interesting to Watch the progress of the Wills-Firpo fight, with Rickard and his ghief backer, John Ringling, standing' on the side- lines and endeavoring to trip Ray- mond and his fellow promoters. INDIA WILL NOW TRY : FOR THE DAVIS CUP India again has entereq the Davis Cup tennis matches the coming sum- mer, The ienpis pxperts from the Far Eazst have requested that they be permitted to play their elimina- tion maiches in Europe, reserving long journey to the Usited the running that far. ' The Hindus atiracted mych atten- tion in Chicago last summer, Sa Side adats and probably will not sit by and. You will be warm if you get one of our pure Wool SWEATERS OR JERSEYS Good every day ~-- Hockey, Sleigh Rides or everyday use. 25% DISCOUNT TO-DAY | 'Treadgold Sporting Goods Co 89 PRINCESS ST, = PHONE 529, - SCOTCH 'TBREAD Have 20m i g good o der, ote : or. "ae with Rustam Tein i. F. C. HAMBROOK CATERING IN ALL ITS BRANCHES Xr 115 BROCK STREET - " Phone 3510. 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