& "SPORTING THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG GENERAL NEWS SATURDAY, JULY 26, 1024. TIMELY COMMENTS IN LIVELY MATCH Defeated Live Wires 4-3-- Latter Put Up Best Game in Long Time Gananoque Orphans remain unde- feated in the second half of the sen- for City Baseball League. At the ericket field last night they downed \ Live Wires 4-3 after one of the . closest, and most exciting games in 'this year's schedule. A little weak . batting in the pinches and only med- fam catching by Miller were the - enly things to complain of against the Wires. Orphans had an odd bad _ error and had to use two twirlers but kept just beyond the margin of de- feat. Gananoque had seven scoreless "innings and Live Wires eight. The first start for the Orphans came in " the second when Francis walked two in a row and singles by Smith and Cooke accounted for three runs. In the seventh Live Wires, on two singles, a walk and a couple of bad ' erfors, gathered three to tie it' but should have had half a dozen. The Orphans went ahead in the eighth with an error and a single while in ' their half of the eighth Live Wires got two on and had not the punch to bring them around, Two double plays feature, one from Francis to Purdy in the third nd one from O'Connor to Jeroy in the sixth. Miller, batting for Live 'Wires, had hard luck when O'Connor ' played him close for two hard drives and pulled them down when they ' Jooked to be taking a long trip. Francis was a little off on his con- trol and walked seven, Three times 'he walked two handrunning and put ¥ 3 himself into bad holes, George Sullivan was taking no mon- keyshines on Friday evening and "cleared the Gananoque bench twice, finally giving Mallen, the league dis- turber, a piece of his mind for walk- ing on the fleld repeatedly. Some of the fans recollect that Mallen had been with Belleville in his travels and kept giving him gentle remind- ers. It was by 'far the best game Live Wires have put up this year. "Eddie" 'Watts appeared at centre field for the first time and made out well. Gananoque. AB R - o HROONMOOD HD 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 foowoocamenmy loorunose es a} HooMMocemooN 4 7 8 aReplaced Brewster with none out © -3 in seventh. . Purdy, 1b .. fe Miller, rt ..... Live Wires, AB R 9 o WOWNHONMNNO OM Bird, ss ...... . Brookes, c .. MeNelll, If . Watts, of ..... Lawlor, 8b .... Holland, 2b ... bUnderhill .. Francis, p - Noo WOoOMNO~MO® TS G3 OT 0 Coco HMMNMOOS cococormwmown cCcHoOoOHMMENool bBatted for Holland in the ninth. Summary--Two-base hits, Purdy, Bird; stolen bases, Kenny, Meggs, McNeill, Watts; base on balls, off Brewster 2, off Francis 7; hit by pitcher, Watte by McAuley; struck out, by Brewster 2, by McAuley 4, by Francis 12; passed balls, Miller (2); double plays, Francis to Purdy, third, O'Connor to Jeroy, sixth; left on bases, by Gananoque, .10, by Live Wires 8; umpire, George Sullivan; time of game, two hours. ASEBAL SCORES FRIDAY"S SCORES. National League. St. Louis 13; New York 5. Philadelphia 10; Chicago 4. Pittsburg 2; Boston 1. International League. Toronto 16; Jersey City 3. Rochester 9; Baltimore 1. Newark 10; Buffalo 2. Reading 6; Syracuse 0. Toronto Defeated Detroit. Toronto, July 26.--Toronto de- feated Detroit 6 to 5, in an exhjbi- tion game here Friday. The hitting of Joe Kelly, who had three singles and a home run in five times to bat, featured. Herman Pillette pitched the full game for Detroit. TO=-NIGHT 3 This evening at the cricket field local baseball fans will have an op- portunity of seeing a good exhibition game and of showing whether or nat they are appreciative of the efforts of local players to entertain them and play the game. The occasion is the benefit match being played by the 4th Hussars, of the senior city lea- gue and the Circle-Six of the junior section. It is going to be a good game and there should be a tidy little purse collected to help out the boys injured while playing during the pre- sent season. Billy Evans Says-- { A sport enthusiast likes keen com- petition, An even match between second- raters offers a bigger thrill than a champion against an also-ran, Perhaps in no sport is the neces- sity of keen competition greater than in baseball. This is due to the fact that the race extends over six months' play. To sustain interest over such a long period the teams must be even- ly matched, thereby affording the keenest sort of competition. Perhaps no" greater example of this truth could be offered than the present races that are being staged ir the American® and National Lea- gues. In the National League the Giants, after a mediocre start, appear to again outclass the field. With the season half over, Chicago alone continues dangerous. Between the first and third club there existed a difference of nine games. In the American League the fail- ure of the Yankees to go in front by a wide margin and the sensational sport by Washington has made for renewed interest. . - With half the season over in the American League, there existed a margin of only seven games between the first and seventh-place clubs, two games less than between the first and third teams in the National. » - - That all the world loves a win- rer is certainly proved by the at- tendance at Washington. Accustomed to a second division clpb, often a tailemder, the fans of Washington flocked out in goodly numbers to pay homage to a winner. In threk days, including the Fourth of July games, the Washing- ton club paid New York for over 80,- OUT OUR WAY . MOMENTS 000 people. Some business! During the sensational spurt of the club, week-day crowds of from 10,000 to 15,000, ordinarily good business for a Sunday game, were ih attendance. - Any time either major league has a runaway race it is bound to be re- flected in the attendance figures. . * * With,s0 evenly a matched field, the Aferican League race promises to be drawn out, perhaps to the last week, before a decision is reached. That means big business. Just to give some idea of the close- ness of the American League race, on one day six teams changed places, thusly: Detroit, idle because of rain, went into first place, while New York, twice defeated by Washington, drop- ped to second. Washington moved from fourth to third. Boston lost twice to Philadelphia and fell to fourth. St. Louis was idle and Cleveland, by winning twic2 from Chicago, went into a tie for fifth with the Browns. Chicago drop- ped from fifth to seventh. Beat that for one day's happen- ings in the baseball world if you can. TENNIS TALKS By Mercer Beasley Tennis ranks with the scientific sports, with billiards, golf and finer forms of baseball. Very frequently the most important matches are de- cided by eye-lash margins, Making the most of the "call of the toss," a seemingly unimportant detail, some- times starts a player out on the road to victory. Not enough attention is given to the possibilities of winning the toss. Yet it has its advantages no less than those in football when a captain calls the toss of the coin correctly and elects to defend the goal with the Representing Canada at Olympiad. a ---- \ | Trwl has, =X LIKE "TO LWE OVER - TEN PM, AND A COOL. BREEZE. wind in his favor. In tennis I think the advantages are even greater. Unquestiofiably the player who wins the toss also wins the first "break." He has the choice of service or court, In the cup matches some pretty keen think- ing is done on this point, If a player has it figured that he can break through his opponent's serve on the first game and win his own service on the second game he will let the other fellow serve first. In most cases, however, the toss win- ner serves first. The server is usual- ly the attacker and it is up to him to show what he can do. This may give you an idea of the value of calling the toss correctly. Say it is a close match, and each player has won his service up to four- all in games. The service then would be in the hands of the player who won the toss, and if he won that game he would be in the lead and within one game of winning the set. } This is an important advantage as any tennis player knows. It means that the leading player can afford to take all the chances, whereas his opponent must adopt the most cau- tious and careful sort of programme. Give a little thought to the toss the next time you call "rough" or "smooth." It means something more than just starting the match off. ------ A Medalist Wins, By way of showing that a jinx does not always follow the medalist, Freddie Lamprecht of Tulane Uni- versity, low in the qualifying round, stepped out and won the Cleveland district golf championship in decisive style. Firpo in Shape, Newspaper men who saw Luis Firpo the day he arrived in New York to begin training for his com- ing fight with Harry Wills say the South American carries little sur- plus weight, "By Williams ------ (Copyright, 1934, by NEA Service, lnc.) ~~ CCL Mh va tu You Should See Donse BroTHERS Lawn Tennis The better game for everybody. Get out and play tennis--you will feel better and be better. Let us help. We have Rackets from 50c. to $20.00 each. Don't go to a butcher for Shoes. We have value. TENNIS BALLS... . 25¢., 40c., 50c. 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