HUSSARS WON FIRST AGAINST BROCKVILLE; TEN VISITORS WALKED DURING THE MATCH Bennett Not Going Good But M oore Held Visitors Fairly Well - =Brockville Pitchers Banged for Seventeen Hits With Many Extra Bases--Small It was a strange and yet a thrilling game in which 4th 'Hussars defeated Brockville Bere yesterday by the score of 13-9 in the third round of the 0.B.A.A. playoff games. The match was the first in a home- and-home series and on their show- _ing here the locals should have more than an even chance of beating the river city out on the round. Hussars were lucky at times. That goes without saying. But they also bad their share of /-hard luck. A snappy double play with three on and one out in the fourth put them on their feet and started the visitors on the down grade and then they slarted to hammer the offerings of Whiting, the much-touted Brock- ville pitcher. He was finally pulled and Delaney, former Gananoque boy, went in, only to meet a similar fate. Delaney and Whiting worked four innings each against Hussars. From Whiting the locals got tem hits and from Delaney seven. Their clouts included three triples and doubles, Bome of their hits were lucky but they played them for all they were worth. On the other hand Hussars had to clout heavy or lose. The 'pitcher, handicapped by the cold weather, lacked proper control. In the first two innings Bennet walked four men and during his seven frames Moore issued a ticket to six and hit one. That meant eleven free tickets during the game and it took a lot of speedy playing and hard hammer- tig to overcome that. But Hussars came through with the punch and won the game. They scored in every _ Inning but 'the first and seemed to have very little difficulty in find- ing the old pill and battering it. The crowd that turned out was not a large one but it was certainly enthusiastic and, enlivened by the chilly day and the heavy hitting, ' kept up a continual noise which in- pep into the players and kept ings' moving liv all the time. Broc"ville lookéd. more like. a good senior team than an intermedi- ate outfit. They seem to be recruit- ed from a wide field, 'Knapp, the Sydenham boy, plays at first, Del- aney, of Gananoque, is a pitcher and 'there are several others who drifted into Brockville in time. to comply with the rulings. The infield is good and the outfield steady though not | extra fast on the ' footwork. The pitching may perhaps be a lot better than ay's game showed. Hither- to the" age and experience of the Brockville players has counted but with Coyne and Spencer coaching, Nicholson and Hall in the outfield and Twigg, in the infield, the locals had lots of seasoned material to steady them and this was a deciding factor in their victory. - Brockville secured four hits off Bennet in two innings and four off Moore In sevén innings and if the Kingston crowd can hold them tight- ly, make their base running better , and tighten up on the walks, they have 'a good chance to get away in Brockville. The hitting of Sam Conley and Moore was sensational. The former has proved himself an invaluable player since the playoffs started and has been right there in the field and at the bat for his team. About the only place he cannot play is in the box and he might make that go if Ne tried it. Manager Hartrick is fortunate in having such players available, ® There was a large delegation on six | Crowd Faced the Weather. hand from Brockville 'the match but they were rather gq after the first few innings with the exception ol a crew of young lads whq remain ed steadfast until the end, , The box score: Brockville, AB R Lynch, 3b .. O'Keaye, It Draggett, ss ... Lightfoot, ¢ Symons, eof .... Knapp, 1b .... McLean, 2b Riley, rt Whiting, p aDelaney, p ... OHO OOOMNM WN OHemoomuwwoN Swi te 3 08.0] CRHHBR HONDO MD ~ocrHOoO~OoOMNMeoH 3 aReplaced Riley in fifth, Whiting going to right field. Hussars, AB R o HOoOWwWConrmma» Nicholson, ef .. Arneill, ¢ Gourdier, Twigg, 2b Hall, rt Conley, Fannon, ss Lawless, 3b ... Bennet, p bMoore, p ... -- COMM OHLOOND 1b -.. HOW HWWDOD mm © © 030d i i 00 It ccoocoomoel 40 13 17 27 13 bReplaced Bennet in the third. Brockville 230002020-- 9 Hussars 02142511x--13 Summary--Three-base hits, Drag- get, Arneill, Hall, Fannon; two- base hits, Conley, Lawless, Moore (2 each), Dragget, Whiting; sacrifice hit, 'Arneill (2), Fannon; base on balls, off Delaney in four innings 2, off Bennett in two ifnings 4, off Moore in seven inmimgs 6; struck out, by Whiting in four inaings 3, by Delaney in four innings 1, by Bennett in two innings 1, by Moore in seven innings 3; hit by pitcher, Lynch by Moore; stolen bases, Lynch (2), O"Geaye, Dragget, Nicholson, Moore; double play, Fannon to Law- less in fourth; left on bases, Brock- ville 9, Hussars 8; umpires, Sullivan on the bases, Smith at the plate. | LITTLE JOE | Troubles with a political job is your feelings get hurt when you lose it and Save to go to work. THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG SPORTING BASEBAL SCORES "THURSDAY'S GAMES. National League. Philadelphia 7, Brooklyn 8. American League. New York 4, Boston 3. L International League. Toronto 6-5, Syracuse 10-2. THE STANDING. National League, WwW. L. 84 54 85 56 79 56 75 64 71 64 58 81 51 86 48 90 New York .... ... Brooklyn ... Pittsburgh ... Cincinnati .... St. Louis... ... .. Philadelphia ... .. Boston ... American League. ""W. -1l. 57 58 63 66 75 7 78 78 81 80 77 70 64 61 60 59 Washington New York .. PDetroft ... ... ... 8t. louis ... .... Cleveland Philadelphia . Boston ; League. W. 'L. 104 44 94 60 76 76 73 74 72 78 70 176 59 84 47 103 Baltimore . Toronto Rochester ... Buffalo .. Newark .. Syracuse ... .. Reading ... Jersey City .. ceas « see ane "an "es see edie Baseball Briefs. Ruth's forty-fifth home run of the Season pulled Yankees from behind yesterday and brought the run which gave them a win over Boston. Brooklyn jumped ahead while Giants were idle and came near an even split with McGraw's men in the standing' Owing to the strike of the Cana- dian Press telegriphers a great deal of the baseball mews did not come over the wires. Feature Event Is Set for To-morrow So much interest is being taken iz the Circle-Six game against the Peterboro Lakeviews tomorrow afternoon that the regular officials who look after the collections for§ the city league are trying to get substitutes for their places at the gates in order .that they may see the match. It will surely be a great battle. In the first game here, which brought forth no results, the teams went twelve innings to a two- all tie. In the second game the Lakeviews defeated the local juniors In Peterboro but the Kingston lads claim they got a mighty raw deal and had no chance to show their goods. Back on their own field again, with theli own crowd and any kind of 'decent weather, the Circle- Six should slip over a victory and force the series into four games, The playing of the game on Satur- day afternoon should allow a great many more to attend than on any other. day in the week and a bump- er. crowd should be behind Jack Derry's little team when they go into battle to-morrow. A ---------- Historical He lies like a veteran. A veteran what? A veteran Har. . OUT OUR WAY GENERAL JOHNNY EVERS OFFERS NEW BATTING SYSTEM Proposes to Walk Intentionally Passed Batter and Advance Base Runners on Play. BY BILLY EVANS, For years the intentional pass has heen one of the most discussed fea- tures of baseball. It is' regarded as an evil. Scores of suggestions have been offered for Its elimination but it continues to be part of the game, The New York club pays Babe Ruth more than $50,000 a year for his ability to hit the ball farther than any other human being. The fans flock to the park to see Ruth in action. The big fellow has broken eve baseball. hit or strike out. They come to gee Ruth There is a thrill in either act, according to the par- tisan view of the fan. attendance figure in! his game by an intentional pass, since it would mean not only the Then the opposing pitcher takes' 8ranting of first base to the batsman all the joy out of life by passing Ruth every time a runner is on and a base hit might mean the ball game. | Well do I recall a game in which ' Ruth, with a crowd of 30,000 at-| fOr more evenly balanced teams and ut also an extra base for .every other runner. Incidentally Evers is of the opin- ion that Mis suggestion would tend tracted by the possibility of seeing |C!0O%er pennant races. him make a home run, was walked four times with runners on. Evers Has Idea, The bétter teams have the smarter pitching. Ofter smart pitching means working the corners to the limit. The double penalty for a base No doubt several hundred in that|©on balls would force the pitehers to big crowd were watching Ruth for|8°t the ball over more, take a big- the first time. To them that game was one huge disappointment. While well played from a strategic stand- point, it was a knock from the view- point of the fan who came to sce Ruth hit. g Johnny Evers, manager of the Chicago White Sox, best known for the "touching second" episode fea- turing Fred Merkle, has a 'sugges- tion relative to base on balls in gen- eral, which by reaction solves the in- tentional pass. "A base on balls shall not only entitle the batsman to first base but also shall entitle all other baserun- ners to advance one base whether forced or not." That is the suggestion of Evers relative to any base on balls given j during the game. The pitcher's lack of control shall be punished more than by merely sending the batsman to first. Recalls Foul Strike Rule. At first glance this rule may seem rather drastic and its direct bearing on the intentional pass may not be apparent, Years ago, when it was siggested that the first two fouls he called strikes, if there were fio' called strikes on the batsman, the'idea was ridiculed. Today the foul-strike rule is a fea- ture of the game that will probably never be tinkered with, The rule eliminated the practice of fouling off balls in order to tire the pitcher. It erased a growing evil that was Je- cidedly objectionable. Under the suggestion of Evers the unintentional or intentiondi pass would be equally penalized. With a runner on third, Ruth up and a run needed to win or tie, the pitcher would be forced to take a chance, for a base on balls would be as valuable as a hit. A dozen situations could Le cited where the pitcher would jeopardize Its a ger gamble with the batsman. There is much logic in the views of Evers. Certainly the suggestion is no more drastic than the foul- strike rule. Unquestionably it would make the intentional pass a negative quantity, BY JOE WILLIAMS There is a difference between Epinard and Carpentier The French horse did not claim he was fouled. Cincinnati fan who made world series reservation in April had the right idea....His choice of cities was a bit Inaccurate, that's all. Scientific Jottings. The man had just dropped from : the eaves of a three-story dwelling, landing solidly, albeit rather awk- wardly, on his skull, "Are you injured, my good man?" inquired Mr. O'Goofty. Quick as a flash the poqr. wretch | murmured, "I do not wish to de- ceive you, sir, I am." M Now here's where the kick comes in. Clearing his throat with an ordi- nary kitchen mop and fixing the fallen stranger with a humorous eye, Mr, O'Goofly sald: "It serves you right, you eaves dropper." At any rate ,Bill Johnston will go down in tennis history as the great- est runnerup ever known to the game, "HE woman in the case knows that a Brock Hat dresses you up. 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