THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG GENERAL REVIEWS BATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1024 1 TIMELY COMMENTS RUNNING INTERFERENCE USED BY THE BENGALS A Toronto - Writer Says That They Have Used it All Season. It's probably either under way or all over by now but this summing up of the prospects for to-day's Tig- ors-Queen's game je a good ome. It is a good one from the Globe, whose staff carries the best football critics who have written in the past two or three years: It is thought that Queen's will be handicapped because they will not be able to use running interference, but Tigers have used running interfer- ence all season, and will likely do so again. Only by the closest attention on the part of the officials can the well.-masked running interference be stopped, even the best of officials overlooking it to date. No Great Handicap. The Queen's players, or rather, the most of them, have played under C.R.U. rules, and they wijl not be as badly handicapped, as some critics imagine, Then there ls another angle to consider. Tigers, fearing running interference on the great Batstone to Leadley extensions, may be puzzled, and if they are the Queen's pair will get into the open field often enough to offset Tigers' alleged superiority in plunging. One of those Batstone- to-Leadley rune is generally produc- tive of as much gained ground as half a dosen plunges. In the matter of returning kicks, Queen's will have the advantage even if Tigers specialize in this kind of de- tense and attack, Leadley and Bat- stone are uncanny in their judgment in this department, and they will likely drive the Tiger backfield men deep into Hamilton territory to cap- ture the low, fast-travelling ball. At Kingston last fall the Queen's stars kept Tigers on the run by their ability to return the ball. Tigers have two fair punters in Pert Gibb and Carl Quinn, but they will be outranged by Leadley and Batstone., In the games in the Big Four Quinn showed rare ability as a drop-kicker, but even at that he is not rated as highly as is Leadley, the man who kicked 24 goals from the field in the last four years. Tigers aim to win the game on the HAIR STAYS COMBED, GLOSSY Millions Use It -- Few Cents Buys Jar at Drugstore Even stubborn, unruly or sham- pooed hair stays combed ald day in any style you like. . "Hair-Groom" is a dignified combing cream which gives that natural gloss and well- ed effect to your hair ----- that nal touch to good dress both in busi- a and on social occasions. 'Halr- ry ** is greaseless; also helps grow thick, heavy, lustrous hair, Be- . ware of greasy, harmful imitations. | "JACK" MCKELVEY A tower of strength to Queen's champion rugby team for the past three years, now recovering from an injured knee, He will help direct Queen's play in Toronto to-day from the bench. ---- wing-line, as they realize that the Queen's rearguard is vastly superior to. any combination in Yellow and Black. On paper, and judging by this year's performances Tigers have the 'better wing-line. With McKelvey out of the game, Queen's have no plungers in the class of Timmis, Elford, Gibb, Evans and Reid. These big fellows will make headway against the best tackling imaginable, Tickets at a Premium. Interest in the game is at fever heat in Hamilton, and Kingston and Toronto are also greatly comcermed over this, the. outstanding battle of the season. Yesterday the advance guard of former Queen's students began to arrive In the city, doubt- less swayed by the fact that the early arrivals would be well looked after in the matter of accommoda- tion. Not all have eecured tickets either, and the epeculators will have a fine market on this occasion, as fans who have come hundreds of miles to see the game will pay dear- ly for the privilege. Last fall at Kingston the Queen's supporters could not gee anything to it but a victory for their favorites, but they are taking a different atti- tude on this becasion. Bill Camp- bell, captain and, wing of the 1923 Queen's team, was the star of the Queen'sTiger battle, his tackling being the big barrier that Tigers could not cross. Camp- bell is not with the champions now, and it remains to be seen if his suc- cessor, efther McLeod or Burley, can fill his place acceptably. Only good low tackling will stop the Bengals. The loss of McKelvey is a matter of serious concern to the followers of the Presbyterians. Since 1916, when | McKelvey, at the age of 15 years, started his senior career, has been a star for the Tricolor, and it will not be the same with the big plunger one of the spectators. Weight About the Same. The teams are well matched in re- gard to weight, the average being about the same, around 164 pounds. Queen's are the faster, with men like Thomas, Baldwin, Chantler, Voss Leadley, Batstone and Wright match- ing their speed against the Tiger fliers, Burton, Macfarlane, Quinn, Crocker and Weaver. The majority of the other Tigers are not noted for their speed. Thomas gives the champions the advantage in tackling. He is gen- erally first down the field, and few get away from him. Coach Awrey evidently intends to use at least two men in checking Thomas, and this looks like good policy, as Thomas is the man who will have to be kept at a safe distance when the Tiger backfield are eatching. With this fellow in the vicinity fumbles would be disastrous. Crocker and Quinn have a bad habit of dropping the ball when tackled heavily, and Thomas certain- Iy hits a men hard. Bert Gibb Is an- other who does not seem to be able to hang onto the ball when tackled in a strenuous way. It will thus be seen why Awrey is so anxious to keep Thomas away 'from the rear guard men. Awrey is fully aware that Thomas is oné of the best out- side wings football ever produced. HOCKEY PICTORIAL ; A "MASTERPIBCE." . The editor has received a copy of the Hockey Pictorial which has just been published, and which is at once thé handsomest snd most complete publication 'ever produced in the country for any single sport. It Is a marvel of good taste In artistry and industry of achievement. It is im- FANDOM TIRES OF THE SAME CHAMPS Room For Changes in Tennis As Well As In Other Sports. BY BILLY EVANS. Continued superiority by a team or individual in any sport tends to Kill off enthusiasm, even if it doesn't lessen the interest. This fact was proved beyond a doubt by the recent world series be- tween the New York Glants and the Washington Senators. It has been of that one. Back in 1921 the New York Giants and Yankees began to win pennants. | For three years these two teams hogged the spotlight. The world series each year offered the same old attraction. After the second meeting the crit- ies prophesied a frost if the two teams met for the third time. This was a bad guess from an attendance standpoint. The interest was there. The fans showed it by breaking all attendance records. The enthusiasm, however, was lacking. The games were rather cut-and-dried affairs. The fans came because it was a spectacle rather than a ball game. Then came the unexpected win of the Washington club, after the dope had pointed to either a New York or Detroit victory. The Washington win was @ blessing in many ways. It tepded 10 take some of the sting out ofthe scandal stuff in which the Giants found tHemselves enmeshed just before the start of the series. Then, with Washington was Wal- ter Johnson, baseball's greatest favor- ite. Ever since he broke into the American League, fandom has been pulling for him to get a chance in the world series. Incidentally the winning of the pennant by Washington broke the domination of the two New York clubs, something the fans outside of New York were pulling for. Conditions made the Washington club a popular favorite. It had the moral support of the fans of the country, excepting, 'of course, the rabid partisans of the Giants, Washington added zest to the world series that would have other- wise been lacking. The 1924 event thrilled even the blase baseball writ- ers who have been covering the series since its inception. . » - ' There is no denying that a steady diet of the same thing, no matter how appealing it may be at first, after a period of time loses its kick. Fandom had tired evem of New York's two great teams, . * w Tennis, a great sport, finds {itself at present in much the same position that baseball had been in. For five years Bill Tilden has been supreme in the court game. America in the Davis Cup matches, largely through the brilliance of Tilden, hag dominated the team fleld just as con- clusively. It is a tribute to the sportsman- ship of the foreign countries that they continue semding their best for the Davis Cup matches, realizing that America has the fleld outclassed. However, the galleries at the big matches last year fell off and the enthusiasm was decidedly lacking. To the spectators it was merely, a matter of how ' badly the visitors would be beaten. No doubt thé knowledge that greatness cannot last forever inspires the foreign countries to continue to offer tennis tompetition. . . . ¥ Just at present Vincent Richards is the closest rival of Tilden. He may be the one to dethrome the champ, thereby 'upsetting the dope and giving tennis something to en- thuse over. _ TO PILOT BOSTON f years since any series had the thrill The oule= wrapper of water-and-moisture progf peraliin The rejular Ol hum' wrapper showing name and trade mark The heavy tin foil The heavy manilla paper SEALED OLD CHUM SMOKING TOBACCO IS FOUR TIMES to bring you the full richness and mellow sweetness of this-- . obacco of Quality" Manufactured by [MPERIALTOBACCO CO. OF CANADA LIMITED An receive as much as $5,000 for a sea- son's work. OTTAWA WRITER COMPARES THOMAS TO OTHER GREATS. Speaking of outside wings, there are few who compare with "Bud" Thomas in all-round effectiveness. Thomas, who learned his game here, is the best end player in the busi- ness, bar none. He is the finest that has shown since the war, and Is probably .even greater than the late lamented 'Rufus' Ryan, who was considered the peer of all outside wings 15 years ago. This Thomas has an encircling pair of hands that seldom miss. He has the knack of piling his shoulders Into a tackle in a legitimate way that is effective and attractive to watch. Thomas can run with a ball, operates a devastating straight arm, and at breaking plays is a master. His grab of a wayward catch In the Queen's-Varsity game paved the way for Queen's touch- down as he passed to Chantler, who went for a touchdown. There are some great outside wings, notably "Cap" Fear and Thom of Argos, Pol- son of Balmy Beach, and Main and Walker of "Tigers, but none of these is «a near approach to Thomas. It will be recalled that several years ago an enthusiastic Kingston scrile ascribed a remark never made by Thomas, that he would stop Cona- cher, Thomas was placed in a very embarrassing position over the imci- dent, and the Toronto press guffawed and predicted that a few tackles at the Big Train would render "Bud" hors de combat. Our vivid recollec- tion of the proceedings that day is that the shoe was on the other foot. We never saw anybody hold Cona- cher as well, and there is none who has been such a constant barrier in the footsteps and side steps of Smny- der, "Bud" Thomas is the greatest >» outside wing of the present day and of the present decade.--"Bas" Ottawa Journal. See Tweddell's $22 overcoats. ia Cross word puszle books. Uglow's. AIA AAA i NN NM" Ne price right. Over Watts' Flower Store. FOLKS-- Don't forget and see us before you make another Radio purchase. Our line is complete, super-quality and the It will pay you. 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