Daily British Whig (1850), 4 Mar 1925, p. 10

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SPOR TING OTYAWA ALERTS PLAY QUEEN'S GIRLS HERE Great Hockey Battle Will Be On the Card To-night at The Harty Arena. Tonight at the Arena the Queen's 3 and the Ottawa Alerts ladies' [foam battle it out at the Arena in sn § Xhibition game and from here it Oks as though the fans are in for an evening of interesting hockey. $9090 00¢000090 0 GRIMSBY WINS. Grimsby Peach Kings defeat- the Boo Greyhounds 8-2 in a n-death Allan-Cup play- game at Toronto last night, ting the Soo out of the race further honors. The North- champions were favorites but the speedy Peach * showed themselves to be % masters of the Northern invad- % ers. 0500000000000 000 + * * * * * < * * * * + P2249 90 02000000 Last week, it will be r bered, he local girls journeyed to Ottawa and held the home to a 2-0 score. This was an excellent showing on strange ice and against the cham- girls' team of Ontario. The girls have every reason to be- that they will put over a win And If they do it will be a mighty feather in their cap. The Alerts ladies' hockey team Is fomposed of great skaters and they 'Are very light on their skates and have speed to burn. They have ten everything in sight and they Are of the opinion that they can jumble the Queen's girls right in own rink. Queen's have an excellent opportunity to dash the h of the Ottawas and tonight 4 will send out their strongest team to meet the invaders. It was thought to-day that Roy Reynolds would referee the game. The team will mot be handled by (Bill Hughes but the ladies will be 'given a helping hand by one of the men around the college. MANY CHANGES MADE. Only Three Pilots Left of Those Ten : Years Ago. * New York, March 4.--During the Past 10 seasons there have been many changes fin tne managerial ranks in the major leagues. Some 'managers have lasted only a season "OF two; others a bit longer. Looking over the list of leaders the coming season, oné finds july three who were also included the 1915 group. They are, Me- w and Robinson in the National e and Comnfe Mack in the McGraw has been managing the ts since 1903 and Robison the bklyn Dodgers since 1914. Mack them all, having been leading ihe Athletics from the inception of American League in 1901. Two Answer Final Call. 'Some of the clubs have had pev- eral managers during the last de- while others have seen but one p changes in that stretch. Two 'the game's greatest leaders Mave ssed on, namely, Pat moran and Chance. Both took the final in 1924. ide the so-called "Big Three," McGraw and Robinson, Miller lugging has held his, present post he longest. Huggins took over the folns of the Yankees in 1918. And he has been ever since, having b right up around the top for several seasons. come Tris Bpeaker and Rickey. Speaker assumed of Cleveland in 1919, the year that Rickey was made ; of the St. Louis Cardinals, fo years later Ty Cobb and Bill llefer gained the leadership of the Tygers and Chicago Cubs, re- y. 'Whole Quartette in 1024. 1922 came McKechnie with , followed by Fletcher of les the next season. Last saw the arrival of four new pllots--Harris, Washing- Sisler, Browns; 88, and Hendricks, Reds. Tis Eddie Collins, one of the vet- 'players in the game, joins the : ranks. ' Collins will pilot ite Sox. thing, too. Ten years ago the managers directed their from the bench. ' Playing 'were practically extinct. In however, there will be six who will appear in active ition, They 'include Cobb, 2 « Harris, Sisler and Collins in i American, and Bancroft in the College Players. is a great spot for the Both Branch Bancroft, |/ Bill Evans Says Seton Just five years ago at this time, Hod Eller, then star pitcher of the Cincinnat! Reds,"world champs, was baseball's greatest hero. Eller was basking in the lime- light that is now bemg turned on Walter Johnson for his great come- back in the final game of the series with the Giants, Today Hod Eller 1s patrolling a beat in Indianopolis, a trusty officer of the law in that fair city. Baseball fame is fieeting and the hero worship that was opce Eller's has entirely faded out. H& 8 no longer a world series hero, just Hod Eller, pitcher for the old home town in the summer, officer of the law in the winter. 5 In the fifth game of the 1919 world series Eller became the out- standing player of tne year by 'a most remarkable exhibition of pitch- ing. Irs Struck Out Nine Men. The big right hander shut out the Chicago White Sox 5-0, allowing only three hits, two of them by Buck Weaver. He struck out nine men. It was in the secona &nd third in- nings of this game that Eller per- formed a feat unequalled by any other world series pitcher, six suc- cessive strikeouts. I was one of the umpires in the 1919 world series and I doubt if I ever saw a pitcher have more stuff on his fast ball than Eller did that afternoon. In making this statement I am not excepting Walter Johnson at his best. Prior to.the series it had been hinted that Eller was a trick pitcher, that he doctored the ball. Since Ci- cotte of the White Sox had the same reputation, the two clubs apparently decided not to argue tne issue. Sm---- Used Only Fast Ball. It might be interesting to know that in striking out six successive batters, Eller didn't use a single curve ball. Every strike was a fast ball that was either struck at and missed or called. If I remember correctly just one ball was fouled by Eddie Collins of the six men who faced Eller. Prior to each' pitch I noticed that Eller would rub the ball across his breast. It was also apparent that he might have something under the shirt of his uniform, as there was a white spot on his left side about the size of a football across which he would draw the ball. I have since heard from National League players that Eller had a por- tion of his shirt saturated with resin and in rubbing the ball over his shirthe drew the ball over the resin prior to each pitch. This enabled him to roughen the ball, get a bet- ter grip on it, causing the ball to take a more deceptive break. Hero of the Hour. I cannot vouch for the authenti- city of such a statemént although some members of the Cincinnati club later told me the story, as well as other National Leaguers. Eller, to cap the climax of the series, pitched the final game, win- ning 10-5." With a nme-run margin he eased up in the eighth inning, Chicago scoring four runs. The brass band welcomed Eller at the station on his weturn to Cincin- nati. He was the hero of the event. That was just five years ago. Now Biller has been forgotten by a ma- jority of big leagus fans. He's just a policeman, but appar- ently a mighty good one. His first time out he assisted in capturing a daring desperado, with just as much ease as he took the Chicago White Sox in 1919. THE NUT CRACKER By Joe Willidms Sn In addition to Mr. Xearns, it may now be said Mr. Dempsey has Estelle to support. 'We suppose Miss Taylor agreed to "| take the champion for better or worse and yet he could hardly be any worse than he was the night he fought Bill Brennan. If Mr. Dempsey is to become a successful Romeo he will have to do more clinching than he usually does in the ring. Mr. Dempsey says this, his second marriage, will be his last....In other words, it is a wind-up bout. Not the least remarkable thing about the wedding was that no jour- nalistic genius used this headline: "Champion Kayoed by Cupid." We don't know whether Mrs. Dempsey can cook or not....It is fairly evident, however, that she has already cooked Harry Wills' goose. Mr. Dempsey says he filly does love to hang around the house.... Especially when the nouse aggre- gates $600,000. Miss Taylor had to get a divorce to get Dempsey....Gibbons and Wills are still wondering what they'll have to do to get him. For the first time in his life Mr. Dempsey appeared for an important engagement without his red sweater and butter-rubbed whiskers. You probably noticed that Firpo was not the best man, ...Indeed, he Was not the best man at a previous affair in which Mr. Dempsey partici- pated. A ROW. FROM THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN | To-night the Ottawa Alerts, ladies' hockey team, takes on the speedy Queen's girls' team in an exhibition game. Although the Alerts won in Ottawa, Marion Sullivan and her team-mates hope to take the. measure of the Ontario champions to-night. Here's wishing the girls the best of luck, anyway. The City Hockey League has finally decided to quit for the season and Secretary Law announces that he will arrange the cheques for the teams and distribute them. None of the clubs will be able to send their teams on long tours with what they get from the cheques, however. Frank Grace, who was to have left two days ago for West Point, got away to-day. Frank is the lacrosse coach at the Point and has done great work with the players since he took charge. The news of the victory of the Grimsby intermediates over the much- touted Soo Greyhounds, champions of the N.O.H.A. was received with de- light by Kingston hockey fans and the stocks of the local intermediate team incidentally went much higher. "We had a darn fine hockey team right here and didn't know it" one fan remarked. Congratulations to the Peach Kings on their victory. Evidently our intermediate O.H.A. is a shade or two faster than what they serve up for senior in the North Country. The O.H.A. wasn't so far out at that when it insisted on the Northern champ- ions meeting the much distained intermediate O.H.A. teams in the Allan Cup series after all. : The bowling craze is going strong and the bowling alleys are crowded all the time. Manager Moran of the Frontenac alleys is very optimistic about the ladies' bowling and states that the improvement shown by them has been remarkable. / min, Arrangements are under way for the playing of a benefit game be- tween Circle Six and R.M.C. Juniors for "Buster" Hartley of the Circle Six Club, who was injured early in the season. If the game is played the fans should respond as heartily to the call as is possible for them to do so. Congratulations to the Kingston Irishmen upon their success in winning the Bay of Quinte championship for the second year in succession and in. cidentally bring the only championship to the city again. Manager Palmer and his team are to be given the hand for their great work during the season. On Monday night next at the Arena the County will be played between Verona and Sunbury. 'The latter won the last game by the score of 4-2 in ten minutes overtime. The final game will draw a mighty big crowd Mo nday night and indications are that the entire hockey crowd of the County will be in to the Arena for this all-important fixture. THE RING | A Series of Articles With Boxers and Boxing. (By J. A. W.) League final game IRD in 2 1-2 minutes at London on May 11th, 1922, The Leonard-Mitchell tilt at New York on Jan. 14th, 1921, drew $136,408. When Eugene Criqui lost the featherweight titie to Johnny Dundee on July 26th, 1923, the re- ceipts were $134,416. The Jack Johnson-Tommy Burns fracas ' at Sydney in 1908 drew 131,000. Brit- ton and Leonard drew $130,265 VE Money Bouts. Big The fights which draw the largest gate receipts are not always the best, but as a general rule they are, for the public seldom makes mistakes in recognizing good bouts from bad ones, The meeting of Jack Dempsey and Georges Carpentier om July 2nd, 1921, at Boyle's Thirty Acres, Jer- sey City, drew a gate of $1,626,680. The fight itself is generally spoken of as the greatest the world has ever known. = On Sept. 14th, 1923, Dempsey knocked out Luis Afigel Firpo, "The Wild Bull of the Pampas," "The Sheik of the Andes," "The Pride of Brainless Aires," plus a few other sobriquets, in two rounds, before some 85,000 people who paid $1,- 188,822 to see the bout. The Wills-Firpo fight of Sept. 11th," 1924, drew a $700,000 gate. when they met on June 25th, 1922, at New York. ° \ + Other famous fights that drew big ||} money were: Leonard vs. Feb. 10th, 1922, ($126,768); Car- pentier vs. Levinsky, Oct. 12th, 1920, ($120,000); Greb, vs, Gibbons, March 13th, 1922, $118,762); Wil Son vs. O'Dowd, May 17th, 1921, ($107,524); Herman vs. Lynch, July 25th, 1921, ($99,967); Gans vs. Nelson, Sept. 3rd, 1906, ($69, 715); Willard vs. Johnson, April 5th, 1915, ($68,000); Jeffries vs. Sharkey, Nov. 8rd, 1899, ($66,300); Jeffries vs. Corbett, Aug. 14th, 1903, ($63,340); Gibbons vs. McFarland, Sept. 11th, 1915, ($68,069); Wol- I 8ast vs. Nelson, Feb. 22nd, 1910, (37,750). (The End) 'battle on July 4th, 1919, drew $453,- Wills won this contest after an un- interesting display of boxing skill. The receipts of "the second Leon- ard-Tendler fight totalled $452,648. The squabble took place om July 23rd, 1928, and Leonard won. The Jack Dempsey-Jess Willard NOTICE To CAR OWNERS Have your 'car in- Spected 'and gone ! the spring rush. We absolutel 522. The Firpo-Willard slaughter on July 13th, 1923, attracted a $390,837 gate. The first meeting | == of Benny Leonard and Lew Tendler |: drew $367,862. This fight occurred on July 27th, 1922, at Jersey City. The 1923 Milk Fund Show drew $365,000. The Johnson-Jeffries prize fight of July 4th, 1910, at Reno, Nevada, drew $270,755. The receipts of the 1924 Milk Fund Show totalled $250,000. The Dempsey- Gibbons encounter at Shelby in 1923 drew $201,485. The Lempsey Bren- nan match on Dec. 14th, 1930, drew |! an even $200,000. ¢ When Willard defended his title | against Frank Moran at New York, | on March 25th, 191s, the ] : * : Cedar Shingles arein big demand yet. We are keeping our stocks up ready for any emergency call. Let's have yours now. Can supply all the best grades of Red and White Cedar. ALLAN LUMBER CO. "Phone 1042. ! Try Bowling For good afternoon sport sinks vp small [if party and try bowling. Lots of excitement and good recreation for Ladies and Gents. : THE COLLEGE INN "BOWLING ACADEMY The word all good riders think of when they think of Bicycles. Mb THEY ARE HERE 1925 models are here and you can pick |} yours out now. DON'T WAIT but come in and pay $2.00 cash and $2.00 per week and you will have a wheel paid for il and never miss the money--then you can let |i the other fellow hang on the strap in the | street car. Come in to-day. Treadgod Sporting Goods o | Golf ball is buried in bank of water hazard about two feet from water. Can player lift and drop with stroke penalty?--F, F. N. Yes. The bank is considered part of the' water hazard. | What were the totais of the play- ers who made the most home runs during the season of 1923 in the 88 Princess St., Kingston. "Phone 329 | Is there any set scale for the sal- | ary paid major Jeagus umpires? A | hots they get so much per game. B ts there is a set sum all the | umpires for the Jug Who 1s | right?--FAN." ; Neither. The umpires are paid 1 i accordance with the valuation pleced {

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