w THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG LOCAL CLOSE GAME IN BATTERY LEAGUE "B" Battery Kept Up Winning Streak and Beat Heavies by 2-1 Score. After sixty minutes of fast and furious hockey, "B" Battery again 'enmlerged the victors over the 3rd. Heavies by a score of 2-1, in an R.C. A. Inter company League game at the * Arena, Thursday afternopn. The game was very fast and the pace set by the teams was very different from that displayed in the opening games } the league. '"'B" Battery had = things comparatively easy in their jor clashes, but the Heavies yes- y showed a great improvement came very near doing the unex- R. Pugh, White and Haines were n the mainstays of the winners nd all turned in nice performances, thelr combination work showing much improvement. Cairns in the nets played his regular steady game 3 disappointed the Heavies many "times by turning aside shots that * There was no particular star on 'the Heavies' team, all playing better in the previous games and very hard to pull a win. showed better individual work nester and more combination {f they continue improving they 1 likely tals the "B" Battery into jmp before the season ends. Le- played a very nice game in the % and the two that beat him were sautiful corner shots, mext to im- jossible to handle. There was no scoring in the first 5 Both teams playing air tight d doing some fast back che . In the second period, Day- jill brought the supporters of the javies to their fest when he rushed fength of the ice and whissed a one into the corner of the net Cairns. The opposition came back however and R. Pugh repeat- V the performance, evening the count. "Both goalies were called upon to some heavy work in the nets to mt further in that per- For about ten minutes of the session the teams rushed back forth, neither ome having the tage. Finally Haines took puck seramble and emerging out of } melee, lot it fiy at Lesage for the ing score of the game. In the utes the Heavies worked to tle the count and al- they forced "B" Battery to 'utmost, they could not again! daw de- , Mellon, White; centre, South- wings, R. Pugh, Haines; spares, ; de . wings, BE. Pugh, A. Myke; C. R. Myke, R. Pugh. eo, "A Baftery. fist |2epce, Sawn SPORTING [= MAROONS BEAT BROCKVILLE OUT Won Round From Island Town Sextette by 13-7 Soore. (Bpecial to the Whig.) Belleville, Feb. 5---Displaying a wonderful attack with combination predominating the Belleville Ma- roons earned the right - to meet Cornwall In the next round by disposing of Brockville last night by =a score of 10-4. This was the second game of the round, the first game resulting in a tié at 3 each. The period scores were 2-2, 6-3. From the first face off the Maroon clad Players carried the play to the oppositien and their vaunted combi- nation play was completely disorgan- ized. Never a breather was given the Brockville squad and they held well through the first period but after the first rest they simply faded to a shadow and to the pew holders it was just a quéstion of how. many. Brockville opened up strong and Bo- land was tested with many hot ones which he handled In his capable man- ner and while all this was going off Higgins was left unchecked on the wing and he skated in to beat Boland at close rangé., Play livened consid- erably and "Red" Garrand took a neat pass from Saundercook., The supporters of the Brockville crew «rs in great glee. Soon it turned to sorrow, for "Bill" Green made one of his many excursions of the night and neatly beat Murray. This was the incentive for the Maroons to go into action with a system and instead of trying to beat the goalie alone the attack had some cohesion. Frechette put the teams on even terms with a lovely around the net play and the period found the two teams still deadlocked on the round. The customers then saw the fastest period of any hockey match in Belle- ville this season with Hagerman and "Gilly" Goyer leading the attack. "Red" Garrand stood unchecked in front of the net and took a pass from Saundercook and Brockville was still one @p. Then Hagerman started to bore in and in two minutes had plac- ed his team ahead with nice efforts. "Gilly" Goyer took a pass from Stan and made it another and then Hager- man landed one before the gong sounded for the period. Back again came the Maroons and from the stick of Weir, "Gilly" Goyer, Frechette and Frank Goyer. "Red" Garrand scored for Brockville. { It would be unfair to pick out any stars of the game but most of the spectators were of the ojjnion that "Gilly" Goyer should draw the hondr with Hagerman and Green close sec- onds. For Brockville Saundercook stood up better under the pressure with Higgins and "Red" Garrand close seconds. "The supporters of the Brockville team were making all kinds of brags that their team would skate the old timers dizzy dut.the funny part of the game was the faet that the Ma- roons had the Brockville team hang- ing on near the end of the second period and they never came back. "Gilly" Goyer gave a azzling dis- play of stick-handling'dnd most of the time the St. Lawrence river boys were checking thin air, The ©» game 'was comparatively clean, Belleville suffering the most of the penalties. At one time the Ma- roons had three men in the penalty box but the Brockville club could not score, Weir checking the whole team to a standstill. Steve Vair was impartial to a degree and handled a strenuous game in a satisfactory manner, : The teams were: Belleville--Goal, Boland; defence, ed A, "Bll" Green: centre, | Gilly". Goyer; wings, Frechette; subs, Weir, Hunter. Brockville--Goal, Murray; = de- Hamelin; cen. tre, Keunedy; wings, Frego, Higgins; subs, Walsh, "Red" Garrand. Referee--Steve Vair, Toronto, i | SPORTING NOTES AND: COMMENT Picton must have a very fast junior O.H..A team. Any butfit that can score seventeen goals in one game is certainly worth considering, and that's what it did against the Belleville lads. The local teal is a very fast ome, but it will likely have to step at its best to defeat the boys from Picton. Mellon and Myke started to stage a "Jack Dempsey" in the R.C.A. p . Inter-Company League game at the Arena yesterday afternoon, but they were soon separated and what would have resulted in a nasty situation was nipped in the bud. There was plenty of slashing and tripping in the game that should have been checked up fom the first and the offend- ers given a session in the cooler. There are four more games to be played in the R.C.A. League before the schedule is completed. There seems no doubt that "B" Battery will be the winners, but the managers of the other teams are to be congratu- lated on the improvement shown by both outfits. The League has been successful in every way, and it is practically certain that the idea carried out again next season, To-night, Queen's and R.M.C. juniors will provide the hockey at the Arena in a junior Intercollegiate fixture. 1'his will be the boys' first encounter of the season and the game is sure to be a hummer from start to finish. Some do mot know that Kingston is credited to be the birthplace of hockey. Whether the Limestone City was the starting place of the game or not, it has certainly produced plenty of real hockey players. It is' certain that when R.M.C. and Queen's intermediates mec! in their second game of the group that there will be a much larger crowd on hand than the one thatwitnessed the fir: encounter. The hockey served up in that game was worthy of seniors and there was action galore. Cataraqui juniors go the Verona on Saturday in their second game with that team. 'Cataraqui, has a nice performing junior team and will likely make a strong bid for the honors in the County Hockey League. poned games, and leave this matfer! entitrely to the clubs involved. President Heydler also announced | the appointment of a staff of 12 um-. pires, the largest in the history of the league. This staff, President Heydler said, would insure three um- pires for every league game. MINNEAPOLIS NOW KN THE STORY Learns That the Popular Game of Hockey Started Here. Under the caption, "Kingston the Home of Hockey" the Minneapolis Sunday Tribune says: \ "Hockey having become so popu- lar in Minneapolis it might be well to delve a bit into history regarding the splendid ice sport. Hockey or- iginated in the village of Kingston, Ontario, back in 1888, The first game was played between the Queen's university and the Royal Military college. The contest was played on a rink with a bandstand in the center and the players in pos- session of the puck found this stand very useful in evading their oppon- ents. They often circled around and around the stand in an effort to wear out their pursuers and make easier their task of shooting the puck into the net. The first puck was made from a solid rubber ball which was cut into a square, Interest in hockey quickly spread throughout the province of Oatario and in 1890 the Ontario Hockey asso- ciation, composed: of 10 teams, was organized. The formation of this circuit wes followed by the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association, the parent body, which was organized in 1914, One of the founders of the association was Lord Arthur Stanley, a son of a former governor general of Canada. Under the supervision of this association, hockey soon be- came to Canada was baseball is to the United States." WHERE WILD LIFE IS PROTECTED ) " Friday, February 5, 1926. = | { i $ » The National Smoke QUEEN'S MEET RED AND WHITE SQUAD The MoQill Basketeers Are to Play Here on Saturday Night. The fast travelling McGill basket- ball team plays here on Saturday night against the Tricolor basketeers in a senior Intercollegiate game and from here it looks as though there will be a mark set for attendance. Last week the Varsity team played here and this game drew a record to date but the popularity of the game coupled with the speed of the two aggregations, is bound to bring out an éven greater number on Sat- urday night. McGill was successful in defeating Varsity when the latter made their trip to Montreal last week and as a HOCKEY FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5th, 8.15 p.m. - JUNIOR INTERCOLLEGIATE R.M.C. vs. QUEEN'S ADMISSION » BASKETBALL SATURDAY, FEB. 6th, QUEEN'S GYM. _McGILL vs. QUEENS RENFREW LADIES vs. QUEEN'S GIRLS First Game 7 p.m. (DANCE) Admission 50¢, result McGill has every confid of coming through on tha Tricolor. It was just a bit of hard luck that sent Queen's into the losing column in the game against Varsity Lere last Saturday. Those who saw the Varsity- Queen's game, remember the thrills they got from the speedy action and test promises to hold no less inter- est. Tt should be a snappy go afl the way and the fans will certainly get their money's worth. The pre- liminary game will be played be- tween the Renfrew girls and the Queen's girls. The first game statis at 7.30 and following the second game, there will be & dance until nearly midnight. ° + e-------- a] Child's Logic. Two small girls were playing to- gether. "I wonder what time it can be?" said one. "Well, it can't be 4 o'clock yet," replied the other with splendid lo- gle," because my mother said I was to be home at 4--and I'm not.""-- London Tatler. Retort Courteous. Visitor (from town): Really, 1 "hden't care for men at all. Since I've been down here I've said 'mo' to four. Country Cousin: Indeed! What were they selling ?---Answers. Frank, Customer: You're the man who cut my hair last time, aren't you? 0, I guess not. You see n here s year=-- An. play and this saturday night's con-| VE RIT OF! Nort 7 ; 3! i NIE Skis, Toboggans We have a fine assortment of SKIS AND TOBOGGANS NOW. Get yours before we run out of sizes SKI POLES, SKI HARNESS TREADGOLD SPORTING GOODS CO.,