LATEST LOCAL SPORTING THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG GENERAL REVIEWS MONDAY, 1094. APRIL Al TIMELY COMMENTS MANY IMPORTANT 'MATTERS WERE CONSIDERED AT ANNUAL MEETING OF 0.B.A.A. SATURDAY Secretary Mark B. Dulmage Resigns After Long and Faithful Service--No Successor Is Selected as Yet--S8ome Amendments to By-laws. (By Staff Reporter.) ' It was a very large and represen- tative gathering that appeared at the Hotel Carlsrite in Toronto on Satur- day for the sixth annual meeting of the Ontdrio Baseball Amateur Asso- ciation. There were many outstanding features of the meeting but one that the work of his officers 'wha had rendered him such able as- will be heard with general regret ceived with great applause, when he read it to the meeting. The president opened with a short address in which he outlined the work of the association and thank- ed the members of it tor electing him to the chair for another term by ac- clamation. He spoke with, pride of and those was the resignation of Mark B. Dul- sistance during the past year in fur- mage, formerly of Guelph and now of Owen Sound, from the position of secretary, which position he has held .with honor t6 himself and benefit to the association for some time. Mr. Dulmage has moved to Owen Sound and has taken up a new posi- tion there with greater responsibili-' ties and he felt that he owed it to the governing amateur baseball body as well 'as to himself and his family to relinquish his post in favor of some officer who could give the duties more time and attention. A successor has not yet been named but taere is a possibility that a per- manently paid secretary may be em- ployad, so great has become the scope of the organization and the buzden of work to be carried by that ofdcer. President D. P. McFarlane, who, Xy the way, is just starting another term in office by acclamation, was in the chair and surrounding him were all the officers of the association, prominent among whom might be found Past President Kennedy, Past President Robbins, Vice-President Solomon, Vice-president Snyder, Treasurer Walsh, Secretary Dul- mage, Governor W, J. Smith of the A.A.U. of C. and many other gentle- men prominent and active in the sporting 'world. Morning Session, | The morning session was mostly oocupied with the business of getting acquainted and of receiving routine reports. Copies of the short report of the secretary and of the full re- port of the treasurer were submitted to delegates and the more lengthy detailed report of the secretary re- CORNS DROP OUT IN HOT FOOT BATH Quite easy to take a special kind of hot foot bath. Apply a few drops of a painless remedy, and wake up . to find your sore corns have,been \ dissolved away. 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Walsh, the treasurer, gave a very complete report, showing re- ceipts during the year of $7,806.11, disbursements of $4,214.38 and a surplus of $3,591.63, the best year the association has had since its in- ception, The receipts from the west- ern Ontario were the largest of any and two or three games in Toronto and the west made up the bulk of the 'year's earnings, The work of getting things under way and submitting thé reports of the officers occupied the time of the morning session completely and the more important matters of amend- ments and changes were left until the afternoon, when a larger num- ber of delegates would be on hand, thus giving all &n opportunity of using their votes. At about twelve o'clock the meet- ing. wag adjourned for lunch with the request -made that representa- tives be back sharp at one-thirty to start the heavy afternoon's work. At the aftermoon session the dis- cussions were frequent and at times tiresome. The president, while his attention was distracted by -other matters, was prope to let delegates ramble on digressions from the topic under discussion, with the result that he. was forced "to put his foot down heavily later on and later topics for discussion did not receive the attention they merited. No Filing of Certificates, The proposed amendment to the constitution reading: "That all play- ing certifidates be passed upon by the 0. B.A.A, executive or by their ap- pointee before being passed by the various leagues." The T.A.B.A.,, the. H.A.B.A. and other associations' and leagues, among them the Central Ontario League, lined up their delegates and with many of them speaking four and five times on the matter despite the principles of well conducted an- nual meetings, so confused and be- wildered the unversed delegates who had no previous warning, that the amendment was lost by a very close vote, two short of the n ry two- thirds to pass it. It means that the association must take the word of league secretaries and association secretaries concerning the status of players and that the supposedly con- trolling body of amateur baseball in the province has no direct means of keeping tab on things. A further clause, providing that amateur cards must also he sent into the associa- tion secretary with certificates, could not be acted upon because of the loss of the first, Int { Other Amendments. The first motion that 10 cents a mile will be paid teams when a third game is necessary to decide a winner and played on neutral grounds was set aside, and on an amendment, which rwas carried, it was raised to 15 cents per mile. When a game is postponed on ac- count of rain, and the team remains in town or city over night they or be payed actual hotel expenses by a the Nome team. After a lengthy discussion, the amendment "that playing certificates be passed by the association was thrown out. The association now has control of baseball over every series from ban- "lI tam to seniors. The former was ad- ded at this meeting, = and.the age limit is to be under 15 years May 1st. In midget series the senior 'ball will be used, Professional coaches will be par: mitted, Where players' class is governed by an age limit and there is no team of -his class where he resides, he is permitted to play with the nearest "team In his class. In intermediate series the visiting teams are allowed 10 cents a mile for legitimate traveling expenses. All leagues and associations must forward to the secretary, by August 10th, the grounds, dates and general expenses regarding 'grounds where their championship teams will play. The motion that a professional un- der condition of the amateur defini- tion shall not be eligible for rein- statement and the exexcutive have no power to'entertain same, and only 'reinstatements for players expelled be considered at the annua] meeting was defeated. / Any team guilty of playing a man over age in a limit cldgss; the player will be dealt with by the executive. | All players and teams playing In exhibition games 'must secure con- sent of their executive or association and violation of this clause will ren- der. club or liable to suspension. "Any club or player who shall play under an assumed name, or who shall play on Sunday, shall be sus- 'before any noisy hullabaloo can be Executive shall have no power to re- instate such club or player, and the | club for which he has played be sus- | pended." f That the Executive was empower- ed to revolke certificates, but the player must be given notice of same. In case of change of residence the Executive 1s given permission to grant certificates and to deal with special cases. i pended from the Association. isl General Business, . W. H. Farrell outlined conditions in the Nickle Belt League and sug- gested that the gssociation s:nd a man to; organize baseball there. A. C. Givens, representing Kingston City, asked that similar efforts be made for thig district and for the eastern section generally, James B. Garvin represented the Frontenac County League and requested sup- port the impending union of the T.en- nox and Addington add Frontenac leagues and recommended more en- couragement, A pleasing feature of the after- noon meeting was a presentation of a diamond stick pin to Past Presi- dent "Pat" Kenedy by the associa- tion. John de Gruchy addressed the meeting and strongly advocated broader treatment of -players in re- gard to amateur standing. Other prominent men in athletic matters also addressed the delegates. The visiting representatives were guests of the association at luncheon in the, Carlsrite between the morn- ing and afternoon sessions. The following members were elect- ed to the executive committee: C. R. Penfold, Guelph; George S. Martin, London; Hugh Maguire, St. Cath- arinea; W. H. Farrell, Sudbury. A resolution of congratulation was passed and will be forwarded to the Canadian Olympic team, the Soo Greyhounds,' the Owen Sound Greys. Outfieldmers and Infielders. Cobb, Crawford and Veach could outfit any outfield we ever saw, but for all-around worth Speaker, Lewis and Hooper were unbeatable. No infleld to-day is up "to the Chance-Evers-Tinker-Steinfeldt com- bination, or, that of McInnis, Collins, Barry ha i Baker, the latter outrank- ing any we have ever seen. But who can say it outranked Tenny, Lowe, Long and Collins, of Boston, in the late '90's? If young Travis Jackson comes up to early promise, the Giants will have baseball's best infield in 1924 in Kelly, Frisch, Jackson and Groh. 'The Yanks have baseball's best pitch- ing staff for the year in Hoyt, Pen- nock, Jones, Bush and Sharkey--a pitching staff that would take either Detroit or Cleveland over the pen- nant jump without tearing a liga- ment. 'The right and left arms a still important details in our nationa! pastime.' i Fripo's Earnings } a 4 At the time a brief review of Fir- po's earnings and the length of time it took him to fight for the chiampion- ship of the world {is interesting. Firpo arrived in America on his first visit in January, 1922, and remain- ed six months. During that time his earnings was as follows: Sailor Maxted Joe McCann Italian Jack Herman ..... ~~ 125 1,000 11,500 csssomens.$ Hh eae 2,625 Total vseneeed Firpo returned : to the United States in February, 1923. He stay: ed six months and earned as*follows: Breman 15,000 McAuliffe cevecenececnn 15,000 Willard 79,000 Dempsey 100,000 T 30,000 . '12,000 16,000 765,000 cedars Havana and Mexico ... Exhibitions .. Moving pictures ...... we * Total ~....$ 336,000 Add to this amount $58,000 for his fight with Tracy in South America, and $2,625 earned during his first t, and you have the neat total of nearly $400,000. Besides this amount Firpo refused twenty-six weeks' engagement at Keith's, pay- ing him $6,000 per week. All this was accomplished in a little less than a year, Tom Gibbons Starts. Tom Gibbons waited entirely too long after the Shelby,carnival to swing another chin, banking too heavily upon a return party with Dempsey. Now he has started to build up by knocking a brace of heavyweights loose from their moorings. Dempsey drew around $500,000 fot the Firpo fight, If he collected that much from a Gibbons engage- ment there 'would be only a little loose change left for Tom and the promoter, Hence the {dea is to have Gibbons stop some one liké Renault or Wills opened that will bring out important money. Gibbons, by fighting again, may soon be able to start fresh chat- ter along' Dempsey lines. . In fact, Dempsey may need him badly before 1924 is gone. { A ---------- A ------ -~ President Coolidge offered: the at- torney-generaiship of the United States to Nathan L. Miller, who de- clined because "he had -spent so much of his life on the bench and in the governor's office at Albany he thought it was sbout time he was earning enough money te buy frocks for a family of seven daughters." i | FROM THE OUTSIDE-LOOKING IN. Cambridge having won the big boat race this year, the English fol- lowers of rowing will now have material for fireside discussion tor | another twelve month It is rather interesting to note that, on this side] of the water, re void have selected Oxford as the winner. If baseball is to be properly advanced in this neck of the woods, and if the O.B.A.A. has any regard for the welfare of the game in EVERY | part of Ontario, then it is high time that more attention was paid to this | district. Toronto, under present * conditions. An Eastern Ontario Baseball Association affiliated with the O.B.AA. is one solution which might bring about better things. The small league has no show at all at an annual meeting where large associations gather their Fepresentatives solidly and vote as one man. The only way to combat fuch things is by simila® preparedness in the east. "This Brown has got Tris Speaker treed' -- "Kid Smith's another Cobb" -- # 'with Jones in form the club will need No fielders.on the job." 'We eat it. up with joyous gulp And cry aloud for more, And all the time we know full well, It's bunk and nothing more. fond & Frick In N.Y. American, They say Jakle Solomon is not on the fud as helmsman of the Peter- boro C.0.B.L. club this year--they say Oshawa has the series won hands down--they say Belleville is knocked cold without Pitcher -Williams-- they say Kingston's young players will not make good--but Just walt till the season gets started and" see how many of those things fail to come true. Luis Firpo made about $400,000 in one year at the boxing game. He did it with a good right hand, a hard head and luck in dodging knock- outs until he ran into Dempsey. luck must have turned badly--there reported retirement. » Then he almost outlucked Dempsey. His is no other apparent reason for his AAAs Senn mien COLTS AND FILLIES IN CAREFUL TRAINING Many Starters Being Prepared for the Famous Kentucky Derby. Louisville, Ky., April 6.--Not more than 20 or 26 of the 152 three- year-olds nominated for the fifteenth renewal of the Kentucky Derby at a mile and a quarter, for a purse carrying $50,000 in added money, will go to the post in May, in the opinion of turf experts here. Most of the colts, fillies and geld- ings nominated for the golden anni- versary of the classic, already have started training or are being season- ed at winter tracks. Many of the candidates of strictly Derby class have had careful preliminary train- ing and are either ready now, or will be shortly, to do a halt mile at about .60 without danger. Profiting by the experience of last year, however, when many of the colts had gone a bit stale, trainers are not rushing the youngsters, Last year the record number of 21 runners faced the barrier. The field usually is somewhat smaller; due to the $500 starting fee and the class of animals entered. A field of even 25 starters would not be too large. The track is at least 120 feet wide at the starting point and the field has a quarter of a mile to run before making the first turn, which also is very wide. In this connection followers of the OTIS MILLER Former Mint Ledguer, who is play- ing his second season with the Toronto club, and hig third in organized ball Miller is a promising youngster with a good arm and a fair wallop. ' He is a hard left fleld hitter, and If he #s play- ing regularly this season is sure to im- prove on his .339 average of last year. Derby point to the number of times the pacemaken has won, or been de- feated by a slight margin. - Zev led the éntire route last year. Morvich did likewise the year before, while in: 1921 Behave Yourself nosed out his stablemate, Black Servant, after the latter had led all the way. Ex. terminator, Paul Jones, Sir Barton and Old Rosebud, holder of the re- cord for the race, all set the pace or One would nardly' kn we, that the game was played east of | 88 PRINCLSS ST, NOW IS THE TIME NATIONAL Base APRIL week ) |; bie 3 6 Sole Agency for Kingston , SPALDING'S ATHLETIC GOODS World's Best Sporting Goods for. 48 Years. Treadgold Sporti ing Goods Co PHONE 529, were within striking distance.. Re- gret, the only filly that ever won the Derby, - romped down.the - field in front in 1915. Thus, turfmen point out, jockeyship, while always a fac- tor, seems to have been of most value at the barrier. Western owners have won the Derby but twice in the 49 times it has been run; Old Rosebud in 1914, when he set the record of 2.03 2-6 for the mile and a quarter, and E. R, Bradley's Behave Yourself. Favor- ites won in fewer than half the-races. 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