THE DAILY. BRITISH WHIG FIRST GAME IS ~ CARDED TO-NIGHT Local Lineup to Be Changed * Again--Lough and Rooney May Start on Defence, Tonight the old rivals, Brockville and Kingston, will clash in the local opening intermediate O.H.A. fixture #t the Jock Harty Arena" and it is certain that when Referes "Herb" ' Mathews calls the teams together for the "pow wow," that the rink will be fijled almost to its capacity with excited fans who have been anxiously waiting to see the locals in action. and judge whether or not |' they will keep up their record of last year. Although things were uot so bright for the team at the first of the season, everything is fine and the locals are looking for a win tonight to start them off on a suc- cessful season. The fans may be sure that Kingston will be well re- presented in the intermediate O.H.A. "this year and that they will be very much in the picture, despite rumors to the contrary. . Kingston will be up against a Bard team in their opening fixture and will have to be at their best to defeat Brockville. Nothing definite is known about the Brockville team but reports state that they are well fixed and this can he depended on #8. Brockville are not of the brag- ing type. They are out to cop the ors among the intermediates this year and are just as confident as the locals of opening their season with BR victory. They will be playing their hardest tonight, as they are well ware of Kingston's strength in hoe- ey. "Joe" Smith, Lawlor and Bell- Finger will llkely hold down the for- ward positions for! Kingston with perhaps Lough and Rooney on the defence. Osler is now not expected 10 play. Either Brooks or Rogers "will start in the nets and as both are 'star performers, there is no fear about the twine not being in capable 'hands. It is safe to say that every man wearing the "K" tonight will Rave earned his position and will} help compose the strongest team in the city, "The tickets for the game have been selling very fast ands indica- tions are that one of the biggest wds of the season will be on hand the locals' opening performance. the fans are as enthusiastic this Bar as they were last, the tean will lack for support and as the in- est 80 far has been greater than & great many years, tonight anid be the starting of a very suc- ful hockey season for Kingston. Out of O.H.A. Dunnville, Jan. 8.--Cayuga has hdrawn their junior hockey team m - the O.H.A., and Tuesday's game with Hagersville was cancel- , thus leaving a five-team junior consisting of Dunnville, Hag: lle, [Port Dover, Simcoe and tertord, Ere, Blessed are the poor; they need- 'm't go in debt trying to, keep up with the neighbors. SPORTING [S30ssssevarrtvnny @! *! +> $l *| * *| *] TO RECEIVE THE SCORES. Tonight The British Whig will receive the scores of the Kingston Juniors at Brockville game and the Belleville at Trenton game. Fans who wish to learn the scores of these # games will be supplied with the information by 'calling No. 2612 after the intermediate game here is over. It is ex- pected that the score of the junior game will be received at the Arena here but for those fans who will not he present for the Kingston-Brockville game- here, they may have the information by calling The British Whig. LA EEE SZ SRSA ERS RE RE CHIIIE2H 2222494 SEPP P22 22000000 O.H.A. HOCKEY FAST. Pro, Coaches and Scouts Cust Long- ing Eyes on Some On 0 Stars. Several seasons have elapsed since the senior series of the Ontario Hoe- key Association has furnished such a race as is in progress right now. The entry is large, and the quality of hockey, accarding to referees and others fully qualified to judge, is re- markably high. The association bristles with fast, young talent which has set the pro. league green with envy. Scouts have been de- spatched to practically every city in' the circuit with instructions to get players, but the latter evince no de- sire to take up the game as a busi- ness. The few exceptions have de- monstrated the calibre of hockey of the O.H.A. at the first opportunity presented. Seibert and Stewart of Montreal are the sensationsy of the league to date. Séibert was with Niagara Falls, and/ Stewsft, a To- ronto boy, played in Clevdland. Mar- tin-Burke of Stratford will confer with St. Patrick's, perhaps, and will sign with that club or' with Mont- real. ,The Port Arthur world cham- pions and the Fort William team, their neighbors, figure. on helding the Allan Cup. for the Head of the Lakes, but indications at the mo- ment are that the O.H.A. senior win- ners will provide the keenest opposi- tion to that plan that any holder of the trophy has encountered in a de- cade. HOLDING STICKS, Lou Marsh says: "Some players have the mistaken idea that when they are carrying the puck that op- posing players are guilty of a foul when they hold his stick down with their sticks in such a manner as to prevent him playing the puck. To hold an opponent's stick down be- fore he gets the puck or to knock it out of his hand when he is not play- ing the puck is a foul, but to hook the puck carrier's stick away or to\ bear down on it so that he cannot use it to manipulate the puck is quite legitimate. A player cannot be charged with hooking unless his stick comes in contact with the puck carrier's legs, hands, arms or body. It 1 spermissable to hook an oppon- ent's stick. Of course it is a foul to take hold of an opponent's stick at any time, unless you are picking #t' off the ice to ' hand it back to him." [omen] |e. SPORTING NOTES AND COMMENT The Watertown, N.Y., junior hockey team wanted to arrange a game with the local juniors, but the proposition could not be accepted. Even if it were, it is questionable that the Yankees could put up a fast enough game, There are very few all-American hockey teams that can step with the Canadians, and, although the Watertown team has two Canadian lads on it, it is not likely that they could put up a very stiff opposition to the locals. It would have to be an exceptionally fast junior team from the States to step the pace with the average Canadian junior team. The hockey fans will be waiting for the second half of the City League to get under way. The games every second night are missed by a great many and as things in the second half will likely be a little closer, they cannot start too soon to suit some of the fags. The seat sale for the game here to-night has been going strong and it is certain that there will be a large crowd on deck for the opening clash. After the game to-night the fans will know just what's what as far as the locals' chances are concerned. Queen's gave Princeton a good drubbing in Wednesday night's game at the New Madison Square Garden. To say that hockey has made a good impression in New York, is putting it mildly and the Canuck teams have set the Gotham fans all agog. If the interest continues in the Urited States, hockey will be on par with boxing among the Americans in a very short time. The local juniors will have a hard battle in Brockville to-night, but the fans have great confidence in the "kids' and they are expected to pull a win. The Brockville aggregation is about the same as the one that defeated Kingston last season and they certainly are a fast outfit, George Stewart is a real sportsman. His action in giving a cup for competition among the juniors is an example of the interest he is showing in ereating hockey players in Kingston. As long as there are men like George Stewart in this city, hockey will nevér die, and there will be plenty of material from which to choose the senior teams. The honors for the first half of the senior City Hockey League will be decided next Wednesday night, when the Live Wires and Frontenac Regiment mix matters again at the Arena. The Regiment still feel the sting of the defeat they were given the last time the teams met and they will be out to down the Wires or make a mighty fine attempt. They will have to step some if Lawlor and Bellringer are going at their old clip. The senior Intercollegiate schedule will he opened at Montreal to- morrow night, when Queen's tackle Shag's puck hounds. The Tricolor have been going strong this season and are expecting a win in the opening fixture. They will have to watch St. Germain carefully, as, appar- ently, a great deal of McGill's hopes for an Intercollegiate championship are in this forward man, who made the Americans dizzy by his flashy playing. Varsity will play Queen's here on Friday night next and are mighty sure that they will take a fall out of their old rivall, so sure in fact that Louie Hudson has asserted that they will beat Queen's by five goals. Probably Louie intends getting these himself, but he 'will have to step some to do it. The Blue and White are certainly more confident than they were when meeting Queen's a few months ago. eee 6 Rip wp AY The County Hockey League" Will Told" anolhey mactng to-morrote atternoon at which things will be arranged to get the Léague off to a good start. The teams are all anxious to get going and expect that there will be'some fast hockey 'in the County this season. The hockey players at K.C.I. are preparing for a busy season and it will not be long till the inter-form games are under way. The teams are all practising hard and it Is expected that the games will be started in a short timé. The rink is in fine shape and the players take advantage of the opportunity for practising. LOCAL JUNIORS ARE READY FOR BIG GAME Left at Noon for Brookville for Opening Junior O.H.A. Clash of This District. The junior O.H.A. team left for Brockville on the noon train to-day in charge of Dr. R. P. Millan, J.' 8. McDonell and George VanHorne and all were in fine shape for their first game bf the season with Brockville tonight. The team 'will be greatly strengthened by the presence of "Paddy" Patterson on the forward line and will be in the game at Brockville with a strong determmna- tion to carry a victéry back with them and get away to a good start. They will not have an easy time of it_and are mot expecting one, as Brockville is a great little town to turn out juniors and the team this year is reported to be about the 4 battles across the border should be in good shape for the opening tilt and will be in there fighting hard all the time to start off with a victory. Should the Tricolor win in Montreal, their hopes will rise somewhat, for McGill is feared, and it will give them some inventive with which to meet Varsity next Friday night here, Should Queen's lose in Montreal and again next Friday night, there may be some interesting developments in local hockey. Belleville Team Plays At Trenton To-night Just 'whether or not Belleville is the strong team it is feputed to be, will be decided tonight at Trenton where the Bay of Quinte aggrega- tion headed by Eddie Thomas will meet the Trenton Intermediates. Belleville has been establishing a great record in exhibition games played to date and have run up high 'scores against all comers with the result that they have set Belleville same as the one that tossed King- ston out of the running last season. The Kingston team will be repre- sented by a team composed mostly of experienced. players and the-fans that have seen them in practice are well pleased with their showing and are confident that they will keep in the ronning for some time. Iti should be a great game and the re-| fans ta beMeving that they have a master team than in many years Pa eville fans are loud in their of the colleétion of players they have banded sult will be watched with the great- OW est interest by the local Tuckey | tol lowers. Made in the modern, sanitary way; packed to retain proper condition. DELEGATES CHOSEN FOR OTTAWA AFFAR Prof. M. B. Baker and "Bud" Thomas to Represent Queen's at Big Event. Eric "Bud" Thomas, star outside wing player of Queen's rugby team and Professor M. B Baker of the Athletic Board of Control of Queen's University will go to Ottawa on the 14th of this month to represent Queen's University at the dinner to be given to the Ottawa Rugby Club in homor of their winning the 1925 Dominion championship. The Ottawa Club very kindly in- vited representatives of Queen's to be present at the gathering and the two above-mentioned were delegated to represent the local university whose team fell to Ottawa in the Eastern Canada final last Fall "Bud" Thomas is an Ottawa boy himself and will be right at home at the gathering while Professor Baker is one of the leading members of the Board of Control at Queen's. The dinner to be tendered the Ot- tawa Club will be a gla affair and representatives from all over the country will be present at the funec- tion. [Elaborate preparations have been made by those in charge to make the event a huge success. Both "Bud" Thomas and Professor Baker will speak at the dinner. § a ---------------------- BOUCHER STILL OUT. Montreal, Jan. 8.--Manager Leo Dandurand of the Canadian Hockey Club is making a canvass of the club owners of the pro. league in conneec- tion with the Boucher case. He announced that he had been in communication with four of them over the long-distance telephone, and that those he had spoken to seemed to be of the opinion that any further punishment to be meted out to Billy Boucher for the Russell af- fair should be in the nature of a fine. These owners promised to no- tity President Frank Calder of their feelings In the matter some time during the next twelve hours. Boucher fs under suspension for striking Goal Judge Russell in the recent Canadian-Montreal game here, Mae Marsh, film actress, who is Mrs. Louis Arms in private life, gate birth to a son in Pasadena, al Emperor of Japan suffered a faint- ing spell at Tokio, and cancelle trip to his winter home. "I ay borne. London at Woodstock. Tillsonburg at Ingersoll. Hanover at Chesley, Parry Sound at Midland. Orillia at Camp Borden. Senior Serics. Huntsville at Gravenhurst, - Toronto C.C. at Peterboro. Stratford at Preston. Windsor at London. Galt at Niagara Falls. A "Patriotic Duty. Philadelphia, Jan. 8, -- Jack Dempsey, world's heavyweight champion, was urged by the Penn- sylvania State Athletic Commission to meet either Gene Tunney or Harry Wills as a patriotic duty in Philadelphia's new municipal sta dium in connection with the sesqui*yi centennial sports programme, The request was sent by telegraph to the champion in Los Angeles. "Responsible promoter assured," said the telegram, which was signed by Willlam H. Rocap, Chairman of the Commission. "Wire our expense your conditions. Big money return. Sports world wants you to do yout bit Letter will follow." Intermediate Series. Oakville at Richmond Hill, Belleville at Trenton. Brockville at Kingston, Port Hope at Bowmanville, Oshawa at Cobourg. 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