LATEST LooAaL LEADERS OF CLUBS IN BASEBALL RACE "Mien Leading Top Rank Teams In Two Major Leagues 'This Season. Bllly Evans, well-known sporting the and umpire, sizes up the man- Agere of the leading teams in the onal and American leagues as sllows: Cobb, Daring, aggressive, brilliant and ~ brainy, are just a few of the adjec- Ltives thal fit Ty Cobb as a player. ~ In the role of manager, Cobb leads "his men just as he plays, ~. Cobb is certainly a driver. He { Goes everything well and seeks to " get as much out of his players. How- ever, all players do not possess the brain or ability of Cobb, so that such & system doesn't always meet with success. A player lacking in cour- Age gots little consideration from the Detroit manager. Cobb is the fighter. He gives nor asks no quarter. He has instilled that spirit into his team. Cobb dom- inates the play of the Detroit club after the manner of MoGraw of the Glants. Practically every move. made 'by Detroit at the bat or in tne nerd is Cobb strategy. Since assuming the role of manager in addition to _ y Star player, his clubs have always heen pennant contenders, Harris, Stanley Harris, youngest of major league managers, is a diplomat. Much of his remarkable success in ~ Bis first year as manager has been . due to his expert knowledge of his men. He encourages the player who 1s sensitive, pans the athlete inclined to overstep. Harris handies no two players on the Washington club alike. Harris has the knack of praising or taking his players to task, in such & way that harmony always reigns supreme. No major league club has better spirit than Washington. Har- ris says spirit, more than anything else, has made his club a pennant contender. Popular with his men, doing everything he asks his players to do, Harris is getting results. A star as & player, he bids fair to win equal fame as a manager. Robinson, No manager in the majors is quite like Wilbert Robinson of Brooklyn. He 18 more of a father to hls athletes lan manager. Few leaders are able to get more out of a player than "Robbie." He is a firm believer in kind words. He coaxes rather than drives. Has been unusually success- 1 fn handling players discarded by other managers as impossible. Robinson believes in comradery as of the best ways to develop a winning ball team. The story is, that during all home stays of the Brooklyn club, the players gather onee a week for a "big feed" in the eid house, Robinson acting as chef. At such meetings a lot of the argu- ments that arise on the field in' the heat of passion are iromed out, ang any {il feeli>3 that may have existed, erased. Robinson is a popular lead- er. Players are always anxious to Join his team, McKechnie, . Bill McKechnie, a mighty good player in his day, is along the type of Manager Stanley Harris of Wash- ington as a manager. McKechnle 48 a good judge of human nature, and he handles his players accord- ingly, in an effort to get the best pos- work out of them, MoKechnie lacks the fire of Harris. This is shown in the play of the olubs. The Washington team has the old fighting spirit. No ress a National League star than Rogers by, says he rates the Pittsburg SPORTING | OUT OUR WAY club the best in the National League but lacking in fight. In developing young stars, no manager has met with more success than McKechnie The Pirates ap- pear more strongly fortified than any other National League clud, certain to be a pennant contender for years. MoGraw, No manager in the mejor leagues exerts a greater influence over his men than John MoGraw of the Glants. McGraw's word is final in all things pertaining (5 the play of bis club. Woe to the player who falls to obey instructions, Some idea of how McGraw domli- nates his club can be gotten from his system in the last three world series. It seemed that he s.gnaled for every ball pitched. Some of it may have been camouflage, but it's a safe bet that McGraw did the call- ing in the pinch. Quick to pardon errors of commis sion, McGraw raves at the athletes who pulls a "bone." Likowise the player who falls to give his best cfforts never fails to hear from Me- Graw. His methods have becn most successful. Huggins, Miller Huggins, mite maaager of the New York Americans, knows as much baseball as any man in the game, Huggins, however, works on the theory that every major league player also knows something about the national pastime, In a great many cases Huggins puts it up to the judgment of his players, particularly at the bai. Often he suggests a certain move but al- ways tells the player to shift, if mak- ing such a play seems impoesibla, In the crisis, Huggins' word 1s law, must be followed to the letter, but at other times he permits the players to thing for themselves, thereby developing initiative and confidence. Huggins never criticizes a player in public. When he takes a player to task it's always in the seclusion of the club house. His methods have been very successful. RUGBY NOTES. Apparently the veteran "Red" Me- Kelvey is not going to retire just yet if his appearance at the first prac- tise is any indication. The fact that he may wish to see his friend "Pep" Leadley through his year as captain may have something to do with the great middle wing's decision. Things don't look nearly so bad as they did. Look this over: flying wing, McLeod; halves, Batstone, Leadley, G. McKelvey; quarter, Bald- win; centre, Lewis; insides, Muir- head, Delehay, Airth; middles, Mec- Kelvey, Reynolds, Adams; outsides, Bond, Thomas, Frank McKelvey, "Red" Legon. a Of course those are all veterans but the last two named but the boys will have to keep humping some if they are to hold places against the intermediates and the newcomers, This Voss lad, reported to have been practising with Balmy Beach, certainly handles himself nicely in practise. He kicks, catches and runs well, 'He'll have his chance to make good like the rest. "Pep" Leadley has a new style of hat but we hardly think he will use it in the regular games. It looks something like a cross between the chapeau of a Pullman porter.and the winter lid of a French-Canadian habitant, -- So far no sign has been seen of the new King Boohoo and it is reported that his temper is not of the sweet- est. It will take some bear to beat Queen Beohoo, the Queen of them all, --- 'Red' Legon, erstwhile Peterboro left fielder, is back at college with WORLD'S HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONS. Witten Exciusively For the Whig By a Boring Eathsinst No. 1--John YL. Sullivan. ~ It is strange how little modern orting men know of the old-time Yet to the majority of them james lke Sullivan, Corbett, Fits- X and Jeffries are only words. these eight short articles 1 will pt to sketch for the Whig rea- the lives of the world's heavy- champions, from 1882 to the date, "First comes the great John L. Sul- in. "Jawan L." was born in Bos- Mass., on October 165th, 1858, d began boxing when only nine- years of age. At that time Bere was no recognised champion world, But when, in 1880, addy Ryan whipped Joe Toss and med the title, he was : with being the king of til he met Sullivan ent from the method tbe modern maulers use. His knockout landed, not on the "button," but behind the ear, somewhat similar to Gunboat Smith's occipital punch. This punch dazes the receiver. Sullivan's longest fight was with Jake Kiirain on July 8, 1889, at Richburg, Mississippi, for the-ititle and $10,000 a side. The scrap last- €d 76 rounds, was fought without Seven and Sullivan won. ng his ring career, Sullivan drank heavily, and this quite natu- rally made him paunchy and slow. Nevertheless, the odds were 6-1 in favor of Jawn when he met James J. Corbett for the championship on Sept. 7, 1803, in spite of the fact He has been in the game nearly et % THE DAILY BRITISH Bv Williams SAAN CANT A MAN PUT On A CLEAN SHAT ER Sul UP A UTE WITHOUT THER BEIN' A WOMAN BEHIND IT? IM MERELY QLEANW UP S0'S IT WONT BE AGITTN TH MANGE OFF N SOME O wou GROUND Sm be his chin stuck out and fire ju his eye. Some rugby seniors are going to be pretty badly crowded in their positions or we miss a guess. BAZERA'L TUKSDAY'S GAMKS, American New York 8, Cleveland 32. 'Washington 7, Chicago 6. Boston 2, Detroit 3. Philadelphia 11, St. Louis 9. National. . a Chicago 5, Brooklyn 4. National League title Cincinnati 4, Boston 1. a 8S. Louis 8, Philadelphia 7. Plttsurgh 1, New York 5. a Ten innings. International Buffalo 2-11, Rochester 3-2. (Only games played.) HOW THEY STAND. Washington, with five games to go still holds its two game margin ov- er the Yankees, who also have five more fixtures carded. Washington ends its schedule with four games at Boston at the week-end, while the Yanks end their's with four games at Philadelphia. Brooklyn's chances of winning the this season ~e DRIVING. FORG] ed to outflelding. Overnight he 8. 30% ¥ " + j £ if i ls iil ' HH Ee 3 were practically shattered yesterday when they lost to the Chicago Cubs, while the Giants were down- ingt Pittsburgh. Nothing but a bad Slump by the Giants will let Brook- lyn in" the world's series. To get there Brooklyn will have to win their three remaining games, and the Giants will have to lose three of their five remaining fixtures--two of which are with Pittsburgh, the final three being with the lowly Phillies. Pittsbugh slipped further away from first place through their defeat, The standing of the three leading teams in each race, together with the number of games each has to play, follows: - American i To es Won Lost P.C. Play Washington . 89 60 .597 § New York 87 62 .584 § Detroit ... 84 67 .5566 3 National. . { To T™ Won Lost P.C. Play New York .. 90 659 .604 § Brooklyn .. 90 61 :596 3 Pittsburgh .. 86 60 .589 § ---- WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY. American 'Washington at Chicago. New York at Cleveland. Philadelphia at St. Louis, National. Pittsburgh at New York. Chicago at Brooklyn. St. Louis at Philadelphtia. Cincinnati at Boston. STARS ON BOYS' TEAM IN BASEBALL OUTFIT. Grand Rapids, Mich., Sept. 24.-- Michigan nominaes 17-year-old Mil- dred Gordon, a farm girl from Nu- nica, Mich., as the country's best girl baseball player. She started playing ball with her Dig brothers on the Nunica Independ- ent team, At 15 she was starring on the high school baseball team, show- ing the boy stars how shortstop should be handled. Her fame soon spread and s pro- gressive manager from a rival town, Conklin, induced her to play on his semi-pro aggregation. This she has been doing cll sum- mer and the Conklin team has won HARDWOOD FLOORING makes beautiful, sanitary floors. We are all ready with a big stock to supply a big de- mand. Also ask for Seaman-Kent Waxed Paper. ALLAN LUMBER CO. Victoria Street, 'Phone 1042. Tried Ovido You Have Missed the Best Value on the Market. 'L. O. GROTHE, Limited . MONTREAL Football | Togs Are you ready for the football field ? We have Balls, Shoes, Clothing. Queen's Queen's Queen's The big yell will soon be heard, so let your he may catch a place. | { boy have a tryout and Give him equipment and he can give a fair account. » Treadgold Sporting Goods Co | 88 Princess St., Kingston. "Phone 529, Sraiding's Store. Men's and Boys' (Clothing Furnishings, Boats and Shoes HIGHEST QUALITY, LOWEST PRICES. . We meet or beat all catalogue prices. e in and let us prove it. Louis Abramson's 336 Princess Street Phone 1098. Established 1894, she is a flash and has stolen many| bases 'on good catchers. But it is in the field where she really. shines, In the last three games played she accepted 15 field- ing chances without an error. Mildred plays for the fun of it | and receives nothing for her services on the semi-pro team. She plans to 80 to college and will try to make the baseball varsity. . - "The girls' varsity, you mean?" interviewer asked, No. 10 Downing street--According to confidential reports reaching bere po: Wales was ruled off the potato race tracks because of a slip of the tone gue, rather than a slip off the saddle, 8 was first feared. It seems was given a beautiful sweet potato to ride in the. Hashd brown steepstakes and either through mistaken identity or a boy~ 4h urge to be bolsterously fumnyy., remarked, "Ah, a sweet patootie.' It is understood here that the sweet patootie gag was retired to the six ali © of 34 x