» THE DAILY BRITISH WHIGC v TUESDAY, MAY ©, 1024. LATEST ; LOCAL 'SOLONON T0 DECIDE THE YARKER DISPUTE And Then Theré Should Be Plain Salling In the Oounty League. At the executive meeting of the O.B.A.A. held in Toronto on Satur- day @ overlapping in the territory clings by the Lennox and Adding- ton dnd the Frontenac leagues was discussed and the matter was left with J. J. Solomon, of Peterboro, for final settlement. ' It will be remem- . bered that at a recent meeting of the Frontenac Inter-county League, ap- plication was made for entry for a cteam composed of players from Mos- cow and Yarker under a Moscow en- try, owing to the fact, according to the explanation made, that the en- try of the Moscow team had' been refused by the Lennox and Adding- ton executive, and Yarker WAS net satisfied with the definition of that village's limits as made by the L. and A. executive. Mr. Solomon's de- elsion will be along in a few days, After he as had a chance to confer with the league heads, and after that all will be plain sailing in both lea- gues. The Frontenac Inter-county League will have its final session at the Whig building on Thursday even- ing, May 15th. HORNSBY LEADING NATIONAL BATSMAN Hellmann Heads American League--Both Were 1923 Batting Champions. v --d-- New ¥ork, May 6.--With more than two weeks of the major league pennant races completed, the great Rogers Hornsby, who won the bat- ting championship of the National League last season for the fourth consecutive year, is again leading the batsmen of hig clrcuit. His mark for 'the first fifteen games of the year |s .426. He has made 26 hits in 64 times at bat. Zack Wheat of the Robins is, second with «413. Grantham' of the Cubs ranks third among the regulars, with .3765. Grimey, also of the Cubs, is fourth with™'373, and Fournier of the Rob- ins is fifth with . 354. The leaders in others phases of play follow: Most runs scored--Grantham and Grimes, Chicago, 14. Most hits made--Hornsby, st. Louis, 26. Most. two-bage hits--Bottomley, Louis, and Heathcote, Chicago, 6 oF Ost three-base hits--Hornsby, St. Louis, 4. : Most heme Louis, 4, : Most stolen bases--Carey, Pitts- runs--Hornsby, St. 5 | DopGe BROTHERS Four ~ Passender Coupe burgh, 7. Leading pitcher--Sheehan, Cinein- natl, 3 victories, no defeats, 1,000. The following averages include games played on Thursday, May 1st. Harry Heilmann, champion bats- man of the American League last season, is leading the regular players of hisc frcuit with an average of .460. He has made twenty-three hits in fifty official times at bat and is four points ahead of Ty Cobb, who ranks second among the regulars. | Summa of the Indians is third with .421 Hyatt of Cleveland is fourth with .393 and Simmons of the Ath- letics ranks fifth with 386. The leaders {in other phases play follow: Most runs scored--<Cobb, Detroit, 15. - Most hits made--Cobb, Detroit, of 26 Most two-base hits--McManus, St. Louis, 7, : Most three-base Washington, 4. Most home York, 5. Most stolen bases--Collins, Chi- cago, and Barrett, Chicago, 6 each. Leading pitchers--Stoner, Detroit, 3 victories, no defeat, 1,000. The averages include games play- ed on Thursday, May 1st, hits--Prothro, runs--Ruth, New ASEBAL SCORES MONDAY'S GAMES, B International League, Baltimore 10; Toronto 8. Rochester 4; Reading 2. Newark 7; Syracuse 5. . National League, Philadelphia 8; New York 7. Brooklyn 11; Boston 4. Cincinnati 3; Chicago 2. American League. New York'10; Philadelphia 5. Detroit 8; Chicago 5. Cleveland 5; St. Louis 3. Boston 8; Washington: 3. ROMERO'S U.S. DEBUT. Chilean Fighter to Meet Johnson at Garden on Friday Night. New York, May 5.--Local boxing followers will get their first glimpse of another fistic importation at Mad- ison Square Garden, Friday night, when Quintin Romero, Chilean heavyweight, who has been brought here as prospective: material for a heavyweight championship contend- er, will make his debut against the courageous Floyd Johnson, young Iowan. The pair are scheduled for a ten-round encounter as the feature of the last boxing card of the season in the Garden. It is expected that the bout will either establish or dis- credit Romero as a heavyweight title prospect. Romero will enter the ring an un- known quantity. His only claim to recognition is a career in which he has vanquished a number of ordin- ary rivals. The fact that Luis Angel Firpo declined to meet the Chilean in a bout in the Argentine is one of the principal reasons for Promoter Tex Rickard's bringing Romero to this country. Romero, after several conquests in European rings, return- ed to his native Argentine and hurl- ed challenges at Firpo, which the latter ignored until after Romero had consented to come to this coun- try. Then Firpu, according to the information reaching Rickard, decid- ed to recognize Romero's challenges, but the Chilean elected to ignore Firpo and visitea America, Firpo | recently requested that Rickard post- pone Romero's bout against John- san, and expressed a desire to oppose Romero in the latter's first Ameri- can bout as a condition of Firpo's re- posal was rejected by Rickard. Johnson, who has been enjoymg a needed rest since his knockout at the hands of Jack Rerfault, is expect- ed to 'give Romero a thorough trial, The Iowan is a rugged, aggressive fighter whose willingness to carry the fight with persistency oversha- dows his weakness in boxing skill and effectiveness. If Romero de. feats Johnson in decisive manner the "| Chilean next will be pitted against Renault in a bout to be held within four weeks, according to present plans. A victory over Renault, in turn to this country, but this pro- | SPORTING GENERAL REVIEWS | | FROM THE OUTSIDELOOKING IN. | \ Harry Batstone returned to the city yesterday afternoon after spending some time in Toronto. Harry is in fine fettle for the baseball season and will be a regular attendant at the practices as well as a fixture on the 7 line-up. the new southpaw for the Petes, the old timers in the batting list. point of view. The players, manager Daley should round teams step to win the honors, SI, Pr" ct A A -- a At Peterboro on Saturday afternoon the Royal Canadians of Toronto handed Jakie Solqmon"s crew a five-to-nothing whitewash, incidentally getting all five runs off Heckman in the fourth inning. held the visitors to two scattered hits. Looks as it Heck will be overshadowed this year. His little bark canoe may not arrive this year unless he does better than that. Swanston, Heckman, Collins, Harrison, Solomon and Shaughnessy were Facing Arch street is the logical It has always been on the campus and a change is inad- visable." The Stadium field may be all right for summer or fall sport, but rather out of the way for winter pastime. fans are anxious to see the senior team in action. " x After that Serth, Legon, Johnson, Still The Most For The Money place for the new arena from every -~ With nineteen make the other. IRELAND TO BE UNITED. out a fast squad and PEERESSES OF LINKS At the Olympic Games This Coming the calculations of Promoter Rick- | ard, would establish Romero as an opponent for Harry Wills, and would present to the American boxing pub- | lic another South American fighter In a prominent light. The result of | the bout on Friday night will decide "Whether the schedule will be carried through. ---------- N.O.H.A. MAY DISBAND. Soo Greyhounds Only Club Likely to be Intaét. Ottawa, May 5.--Reports received here from semi-official sources state that the Northern Ontario Hockey Association will not operate a sen- for series next winter. Iroquois Falls will not have a senior team next win- ter, while Timmins and Sudbury are not able 'to see their way cléar to raising teams and there is little like- lfhood of any of the other northern towns joining in with the Grey- hounds. This latter team fs left iso- lated and besides considering swing- ing into the National Hockey League is also discussing a proposed league with Eveleth, Marquette and the American Soo. Jerry Lowrey, smart North Bay player, has accepted a position in London and will play sen- for O.H.A. next winter, yd "Golfitis" -- which attacks so many prominent citizens at this time of year--is prevalent among" Winni- peg thieves, too, 'judging from a burglary. A local golf school was entered, the thieves escaping with 60 men's clubs and a set of ladies' clubs, Feminine instinct leads every wo- man to keep an extra supply of pins in stock. bill what the size of the ton of coal is. curtailed by the umpires this year. You can't tell by the size of the / Summer, Dublin, May 5.--Ulster and Irish Free State, divided on most issues, will be united at the Olympic games this summer. The athletics of Ire- land will represent their country as a whole, the Green and the Orange united. During the past winter on both sides of the border ambitious ath. letes have been in training, some of them with a dual ambition--to take part in the sports in France, and later in the Tailteann games at Dub- lin in August. Collegians and police- men are likely to make the larger part of the team, Among the collegians there are Cussen of Trinity College, the best of the Free State sprinters, and Lavin of the National University, quarter-miler;, who usually covers the "four-forty" in 49 seconds, Mec- Eachern ef the Clonliffe Harriers is a good half-miler. The star trio of the Dublin Metro- T0° MEET IN IRELAND The World's Golf Champion- ship Games Take Place Thig Month. Miss Edith Cummings of Chicago, the United States lady champion, who is touring abroad, will not compete 1n the British ladies' open at Portrush, Ireland, next month. The abandonment of her plans to do so, was disclosed in 'word received in New York a few days ago from Miss M. M. MacFarlane, secre- tary of the British Lady Golfers' Union, The United States will have at least -one representative in the title event, however, for Miss Audrey Faust, of St. Louis, one of the lead- ing younger stars of the middle west, has filed her entry. The withdrawal of Miss Cummings, however, will General Sport darula intermediates, O.R.F.U. champions last fall, were officially recognized by the city council Wed- nesday night when the team was presented with gold medals by May- or George A. C. Andrews, as a token of the appreciation by the city coun- cil and the citizens for the honor the team brought to the cit on the gridiron, =~ Frank J. Robinson, one of the best known sporting men in the maritime provinces, died at Halifax Saturday.' He was sixty-six years oid. Mr. Robinson was a well-kndwn fol- lower of the turf and was a-familiar figure at racing meets throughout Eastern Canada and New England. TIMELY : COMMENTS o Shanahan and Birmingham, the last named: a discus thrower, O'Grady ot Limerick, who is reliéd upon to put the sixteen-pound shot fifty feet or 80, is also counted as certain to be on the Irish team. ---------- Trenton Officers Elected. At a'meeting on Saturday plans! were made and the organization com- pleted for the coming season in ball circles. The following were elected to office: Hon. president, W. H. Ire- land, M.P.P.; hon. vice-president, His Worship Mayor W. A. Fraser; 'president, Charles Richardson; sec- retary, H. Jarrett; treasurer, H, Hutt; executive committee, Dr. Purdy (chairman), A. R. Alloway, H, Willlamsg, O. Newton, R. Lamorre, D. E. Terry; Manager, W. J. Jordan, ------------ A 20-round bout between Eugene Criqui, former featherweight cham- Pron of the world, and Danny Frush, English boxer, arranged Wed-! nesday in Paris. The contest will take place June 1st ia the Buffalo Johnny Dundee, New York, feath- erweight and junior lightweight champion, and Willie Amos, Akron lightweight, boxed a 12-round no de- cision bout at Canton, Ohio. News- papermen gave Amos five rounds, and Dundee three, with the others even, but Dundee apparently was under wraps in sexeral sessions. virtually take away any international interest in the event, as Miss Faust is hardly looked upon as a golfer of first rank. It would rather seem that Miss Joyce Wethered should have somewhat of a "primrose path" at Portrush. It was generally thought that Miss "Cecil Leitch, her rival, might stage a "comeback," but the trouncing the "great Joyce" gave her the other day, In an inter-club match, which marked their first meeting in nearly two years, would seem to demon- strate that the younger star has still a deelded edge on Miss Cecil, who is ten years her senior. : politan Police is composed of Stanley ---- es fm fmm ---- Walter Johnson, famous pitcher, of the Washington Nationals, is sure pitching will be much improv- ed this year. He bases his belief en- tirely on ithe theory that the al- most constant. 'use of new balls made it hard 'for a pitcher to use Per Package MD MORRIS & "LOND ' Velodrome. - ---- Buckingham LIMITED ad It will be a great encounter, how- --_-- his rve. h ctice cary This: pre 1 10' be ever, if the two should come together in the finals at Portrush next month, So far the honors are easy between them {in the British open, Miss Leitch defeated Miss Wethered at Turnberry in 1921 by 4 and 3, whilst ------ The man is a fool who imagines that he can turn the current of a woman's will by force STREET CAR champion start in the Eric Liddell, British Edinburgh, will not games, because the trial heats for Miss Joyce took a scathing revenge in 1922 at Sandwich, when she ac- counted' for Miss Cecil 9 and 7. CARPENTIER IN PARIS. A Preparing to Leave Shortly for Unit. ed States, Paris, May 6.--Georges C. Carpen- tier, who knocked out Arthur-Town- ley of England in Vienna on May Day, returned to Paris, yesterday preparatory to leaving for the Unit- ed States for his meeting with Tom- my Gibbons at Michigan City, Ind. Carpentier, Francois Descamps, his manager, and their party, had not yet decided whether to take passage on the liner Majestic from Cher- bourg;. May 7th, or on the France from Havre next Saturday. Speaking on his fight in Vienna, Carpentier sald he found Townley strong and dangerous throughout | Massey ingdays ........ reached his opponent's chin just be- fore the bell. He declared his final | knockout' blow wag an eminently fair one, pointing tor confirmation of this to the moving picture film, -------- TEAM REACHED SYDNEY. Canadian Soccer Players Ready for Australian Games. Sydney, N.S.W.,"May 5.--Beauti- Tul weather and 'a wonderful wel- | come met the all-star Canadian soc- cer team on arrival here yesterday. All are In first-class running for 20 years. Treadgold 88 PRINCESS ST. runner and record holder of 100-meter run in the Olympic that event are scheduled for Cut Softwood Slabs Cut Hardwood Slabs Split Pea Coal for the first game scheduled here for ys are all keen to win their first battle on Aus- tralian soil, and with five days in which to get limbered up and ample training factlities they should do the Dominion ' On Monday the team was given civic reception, and a great pro- of entertainment has heen a for them for the rest of Be orn. - SOWARDS COAL If you go home to lunch * se eee While it lasts. Just the fuel for this time FARES UP- BICYCLES DOWN A Few Figures Why You Should Buy a Bicycle ie Morning and Night, 300 work- "es een 600 trips Allowing only 2 trips other Sdays . 0... 130 trips 730 tickets eevee. ..500 tickets 230 trips the first round until the Frenchman | 4 Making yearly car fare at 6c. ticket $73.80 2 And some Massey's in Ki ton have been NUFF SED. 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