i' i : 3 : fos i . "that a club with so much power | "would be unable to win more than | - CHICAGO SOX ARE on 'come through, the club has managed | | two In a row and up until August; 2 here and there to b = ps International League. * Toronto 1, Jersey City 9. Ei iis gia ae Rn ameter i SR WHIG i | lation against him for his dilatory | tactics in answering the Californian's challenge. The contract was signed by Walker himself, the commission DOING GOOD WORK Eddie Golling Has Done Re- clearns himself with the commission markably Well With | over the Dempsey controversy, Them. | According to the terms Walker { will receive 87 1-2 per cent. of the Bate receipts, Shade has not yet { signed, but his signature is a surety as he has been trying to force Walk- er into a title match for more than a year. ' : (By Billy Evans.) " While the baseball world is wateh- Ing the progress of Washington and Philadelphia in the American League #nd New York and Pittsburgh in the | National, the rema: kable play of one | -_=£lub is being overlooked, the Chicago "UMP? ROWLAND White Sox. Although a glance at the percent- | Is ResroasiaLe 'Age column reveals the fact that | FOR THIS ONE there is a 10-game margin between | Chicago and the leaders, the play of | 'that club has been one of the out- | ptanding features of the majors. If Collins is able to finish third | with the White Sox, even fourth, the { performance must be regardéd as one of the greatest managerial achievements in years. Taking a club that finishdd last in 11924, Collins has kept his team in 'the first division since the start of the race. With a pitching - staff that has | wobbled, several veterans failing to | | YouRE~ so oLp IYouRE Goms By | i { ito play better than .500 ball all the | way. SAY~T USED TO WATCH YOU UMPIRE THROUGH A KNOT HOLE WHEN I WAS A KID Mt = » * . : | Collins, greatest of all second | men, seems destined to prove | "equally clever as a leader of men, a | truly great manager. - - . Yankees' Jinx. { The New York Yankees are pro- | ¥iding other upsets than their fail- | ure to be a pennant contender in the | 1925 American League race. With practically 100 games of the Schedule played, the Yankees are | resting in seventh place instead of | fighting for first as most of the ex- | {perts had predicted, . ~The present campaign has been a | 'continuation of jinx for the Yankees "and the vgire "3" has been one of the club's greatest handicaps. * It seems well-night impossible 2 ' 7 IF YOU DONT GET A BASE HIT. PRETTY SOON YOU'LL BE WATCHING ME THROUGH A KNOT HOLE AGAIN 1 [ "twb games at a stretch in the first "100 games played, yet that has been "the fate of the Yanks. On 14 occasions the club has won By AL DEMAREE Umpire Clarence Rowland, Ameri- can League umpire and former man- ager of the world champion Chicago White Sox of 1917, is a wonder at telling stories, and the one above is one of his favorites. "had not been able to make it three | t. One of these days the Yanks may - loose, smash their two-game ~ 'winning streak, and start on a vic- rampage that has been a of Manager Miller Huggins the opening of the season. . BASEBALL The wes manager of the Yanks, || Simplified by Billy Evans however, remgins loyal to his team P y y 'despite its poof showing of this year. He feels it needs but a few additions ring back its old- Under what conditions is it im- possible for a run to score from third base while the team in the fleld is executing a double play that re- tires the side? The rule relating to the scoring of runs says that a run shall not score if the runner reach home oa or dur- ing a play in which the third man Noe forced out or be put out before reaching first base. Thus it is impossible for a run to score on a double play in which the final out is a forceout or a play that retires a runner at first base. For instance, if with the bases fill- ed the batsman hits to the third baseman, who touches that base for |a force, making the second out of the inning and then throws to sec- £ : National League. Philadelphia 2, New York B. Only game scheduled. (hs American - Detroit 2, Chicago 3. Only game scheduled. em HA 'Buffalo 3, Providence 6. ond, forcing the runner coming from " Buffalo 1, Providence 0. (Seven |first, the runner from third does not r by agreement). score, even though he crossed the plate considerably in advance of the ~ Rochester 5, Baltimore 6. pe 10, Baltimore 8. (7|final out. In this case the third out by agreement). was a force play at second. . Byracuse 4, Reading 3. In the same play, if the third base- 8 » ---- man touched third and then elected STANDING OF CLUBS. to' throw to first, retiring the bats- as man, the runner from third would is National League. not score, even though he had pass- Won Lost P.C.| ed over the plate in advance of the 8h. . «is +.65 43 _602|third out. Im this case he crossed XOrK.. sssse ¢.65 49 .570/the plate on a play in which the ss see +4459 B1 536 batsman failed to reach first for the Lois. « vi.s o..56 B57 .49¢ | final out of the inning, rendering the ss se seve «52 56.481 TUR void. elphia.. .... .50 58 .463 There you have two examples of th we wide 2.49 62 _441|situations in which a run cannot "a ss sess +247 67 .413]%cOre on a double play that retires the side; one a play where the final American League '*jout is a force, the other where the Won Lost p.c.| final out is due fo the failure of the '+ 4vs 472 37 .ge1|Ddatsman to reach first. nian ai 11 40 L640 In situations where a double play AGNI 8 See is made other than described above, ea Lon ae preg it is possible for a run to score on Re ah ERE ae such a play that retires the side. se sn we 4.53 64 44s LY se eae + 8T 63° 428 GOLF AND TENNIS. BEOR.. oo oo .. + B34 TT 30% Cyril pr An British golf- i . er, is to forsake the links for the International League. tennis courts, if one can believe ré- Won Lost P.C.! ports to that effect from England. ss was we «R348 844 Originally, Tolley was a tennis ws se av as TT B53 5931 player. That is, he played the court BLOF. . «4 «ui 86 62 518] game prior to becoming a star. Same peas 2.85 668 498] The recent failure of and to iB. «a seve «82 65 .438!1live up to tennis trad of the (City.. +4 ov 81 66 480 past, is given as Tolley's reason for 188... +4 eos <.B1 TT .399 taking u the court game again. sa hen aad - SPORTI sion, and thereby halts pending legis- | refusing to recognize Kearns as the | | points in that particular game.--Toronto Globe. THE .DAILY BRITISH N FROM THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN Those football followers who would abolish anything savoring of Americanism. in the Canadiap game will get a chance to be critical when the Montreal Big Four team gets into action this coming fall. Coach Nicholson is back at the helm, and the Winged Wheelers will undoubt- edly be tutored in a United States football way. But there is no cause {for alarm. The codes are as widely apart as they can possibly™be. In- | ternational tests have been a farce, and the systems that are effective @ reverse in the other. Last fall the Hamilton Tigers, eager 1 in one are th to discover that his methods of attack were the simplest imaginable for the Double Blue to break up. United States coaches insist on ference, first, last and always, and in this connection a good story is { told 'about Lionel Conacher, probably the greatest broken-fleld runner | Canadian football has produced. While playing in a game at - Pittsburgh | two years ago, Conacher ignored the interference system and raced Away for four touchdowns. He was then severely censured by his coach for daring to get jnto the open field. Incidentally, Conacher scored all the Balmy Beach, present champions; Hamilton Rowing Club, Univer- sity of Toronto and Camp: Borden will compete in the O.R.F.U. senio series this coming fall. Balmy Beach and H.R.C. will open the season on Sept. 26th, but the regular schedule will not be announced until Wed- nesday or Thursday of this week. The Camp Borden officials have re- quested that they be allowed to play two of their home games in Toronto and the other in Hamilton. Dave Harding, former Queen's University star, is the man behind the Camp Borden team and he expects that his proteges will make a 'good showing. » The Kingston seniors were out at the Fair Grounds on Monday even- ing geting into shape for their big tilt next Saturday when they go to Peterboro to meet 'Shiner' Johnson's Petes in the first game of\ the Cen- tral Ontario League playoffs Manager Daley will work the boys hard this week in preparation for the final series. The Circle-Six team will practice regularly until their next game, and Manager Derry is determined to have the boys in better shape than they were against Ottawa East. The longer the team goes, the stiffer the op- position gets and the team will have to play 100 per cent. ball from now on. In the semi-final of the Lennox and Addington League, Adolphustown of 10-6. The batteries for Adolphustown were Prout and Allison and for Tamworth, Hughes and Alexander. ~~. ~---- mt INSIDE GOLF THE REFEREE By Chester Horton 1a. 3 Maker of 51 Golf Champions. || ywpat's a "stymie" in golf?--F. "Golf's most succesjful teacher," |G. R. . says "Chicly)f Evans. | When your opponent's byl} lies in | the line of your putt. How old is Jim Corbett, former Cc oT SHOT heavyweight champion?--C. G. F. WITH 4 Corbett will be 59 on September MBLICK 1st. Py What's the date of the national singles tennis tournament and where will it be held?---S. W. F. Sept. 14th, at West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills, L. I. What was the outcome of the bout between Jimmy Slattery and Fay Keiser last year? --W. F. T. TAKE SAD HERE COT ACROSS -Slattery won on a kayo in the BALL FROM third round. . OOTSIOE _ IN 'What is Coveleskie's highest pitch- : ing mark in the majors?--W. S. E. In 1919 Coveleskie won 24 games When the golf ball is struck with |and lost 11 for a percentage of .6886. a lofted club, say a niblick, the ob- | his best to -date. ject obviously is two-fold--to send it | Where did the Boston Red Sox| upward and forward. Thus, if the | obtain Ike Boone?--W. A. C. ball is to stop dead when it hits the| From San Antonio, Texas League. ground it must be sent high enough| How many times have Tilden and so that all its forward-traveling | Richards won the national doubles energy will havd-dten spent before | title in tennis?--F. G. H. it falls. The back-spin does not ar-| Three, 1918, 1921, 1922. rest the forward energy of the ball | What's the highest batting aver- entirely, though it has a tendency {age Lu Blue of the Detroit Tygers | to do so. In long mashie pitches, | has attained?---T. E. R. | for instance, the ball has time to lose] In 1924 Blue hit .311, his best | all its forward energy béfore it falls. | mark to date. In short mashie pitches it often does Did Fred Fulton ever knock out not have this time. The ball in flight | Charley Weinert?--F. R. J. may actually be whirling withwback-] Yes, in two rounds in 1917. spin, but the instant the ball hits| How old is John Collins, who was | the firm ground the forward energy | recently released by the Boston Red remaining in the ball will reverse |Sox?--S. W. G. ! . this back spin and change it to over- llins is 39. to offset the attack of the 'Argos, imported a coach from Buffalo, only | | inter- defeated Tamworth on the Newburgh diamond on Saturday by the score | I~ | Renault is 27, How long has Art Nehf been in the big leagues?----W. S ---------------- omong | JOE WILLIANS SAYS determined to swim the Channel... Perhaps there bargain sale on the other side. was a Three actors threw a waiter out of a ninth-storey hotel window the other night....It is presumed the waiter suggested they eat ham. Eugene Debs, at 70, declares this country is going to the dogs.... | dogs. No farmer can be a success of he is not a mathematician....It is | obvious that he must nnow how to add water to milk. Much has been written of the pa- tience of Job, but how about giving the Belleville baseball fans a little credit? Dayton, Tenn., can crash back into the headlines by discovering an out- fielder who can hit like Cobb and go and get 'em like Speaker. There are four heavyweights who can beat Jack Dempsey to-day, says Jimmy DeForest. Probably one of the reasons why Hughie Jennings is a success is that | he never lets the grass grow under his feet. Since latter part of 1915 season, | It is hard for us to: understand | why Miss Lillian Harrison was 80 | English | What he means, of course, is hot | ney: 5 7 0 \g eight pugilist?--W. E. R, THE FRENCH INVADE GERMANY After unsuccessful attempts by statesmen of both countries to bring France and Germany together on friendly terms, the French and German workers have solved the problem by hold- ing a workers' Olympic athletic meet. This shows the French contingent marching into the athletic field in Berlin with a German banner bearing the word France. Battling Siki has been ordered to; leave the country within 30 days.. | - . 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