Daily British Whig (1850), 5 Apr 1926, p. 8

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- Jeau, Montreal;/ J. A. McVicar, Mani- toba' Prof. J, C. Simpson, Montreal; PW. A. Hewitt, Toronto: E. G. Mur- | phy Thunder Bay; J. W. Hamilton, | Saskatchewan; A. Racitot, Montreal; {Dr. A. 8. Lamb, Secretary, Mont- | real. DURING SEASON Canadian Clubs Building Two | Boats for Races. GOLF AT BELLEVILLE. At the »amunal meeting of the { Belleville Golf .Club reports pre- jesnted were most satjsfactory. Of- i ficers for the year were elected as fo ------ follows: Hon. president, Dr. J., J. | OSwego, April 5.--The Rochester | Farley; president, Major B. C. Don- : Yacht club fleet of Class R boats, al- | nan,. vice-president, J. A. Kerr; di- _ ready the largest on Lake Ontario, | rectors, the officers and Mrs. A. I. E will augmented this month by the | Bird and Mrs, Stewart Masson. The | ~ 8ddition of two and Possibly three | committees are: House committee, new boats from eastern waters. The | Mrs, Bird (convener), Mrs. W. H. new craft will be the secret, recent- | Reeves, Mrs. R, B. Cooper and Miss ly purchased by Augustine J. Cum-| Helen Wallbridge: entertainment | mi 4 and the Momiji, acquired | committee, Mrs, Maston (convener), ; 12st fall by Commodore Harry Stev-| Mrs. North (deputy); greens com-! ensom. There is also a likely pos- | mittee, Mr. Alfred Legault, sibility that the d ed and built "20-rater," will Ay he Rochester next season. acd tournament committee, » Be Royal Canadian Y.C. of To.|Little, W. H. Reeves and Miss Ethel on of the lake since the | Lingham, the latter for some years | . War, saw her Class R boats soundly | aving been No. 1 lady player and | trounced last year by the newer ang | ladies' captain; auditors, Capt, Gil- more radical boats from Rochester |mour and Mr. Churchill. id Watertown. Two new boats THE SPORTING = GIANTS LOOK WELL FOR THIS SEASON Show Up With Snap In Train ing in the Sunny South. BY BILLY EVANS. "You must figure McGraw's club," was a remark every national League manager made to me when I asked | entertained at dinner by the President of the Club, T. Ashmore Kidd. his opinion of the coming race. "McGraw can always be depend- ed upon to have a good ball club. And, what is more, it is always a good club that play$ smart base- ball," was the way rival managers summed up the possibilities of the | "¢ague thfseason. If there is no intermediate team in Kingston it is! | expected that the Mercantile League will get the players who did figure | New York 'Giants. As T watched the team go through his | ite training sprouts and closely ob-| Spry. a Norwegian | Ifonor Judge J. F, Wills, Lieut-Col, | served it in several exhibition gajoes, | {4. P. Allen and R. B. Cooper; games| it was apparent to me that the New | Capt.| York Giants of this year must be] figured strongly In the running as pennant contenders. : In my last tour of the training camps last year I named the Giants as the best ball club that I had seen; capable of meeting the Yankee sail- ors on more even terms, according 10 reports, are under construction for the Canadian club. One's be- | ing built at Oakville, Ont., from designs by T. B.F. Benson, Cana- | dian designer. The other has been _ shrouded in mysterious secrecy, but font wellable sources it has been learned that she was designed by J. W. Roue of Halifax, Nova Scotia, | and will be built by F. ¥. (Casey) | Baldwin in the famous Graham Bell Shops at Baddeck, Nova Scotia. Roue 3 famous. far his "Bluenose" schoon- rs which have twice proved their 'Worth in international ra«es for the 1 an championship of the con- trent. The new Toronto Class R Will be pure bluenose product, Cana- 8 hope. If she is, she should © any boat her size plenty to le In a breeze or wind. Whethed ue, used to the meaty breezes id lumpy waters of Nova Scotia bs, will be able to build a boat can ghost along in Lake On- Ho's light draughts is a question. The famous Dandelion, champion Marblehead waters last season, sfugment thé Crescent Y.C. fleet ashington, present holders of Gedrge and Lipton cups. Under # uncanny hand of Charles anels Adams last year, she was ibeatable by the best of the east- fleets. Adams, considered Am- ea's\ best sailor, skipper of the America's cup defender Reso- found the Dandelion a fickle Cranky boat last season, and ire convinced that under the bdr of a less able skipper, she Would have made a medicore show- 1] ENLNR GET MEN IN NEW Suzanne Engaged to a \ Young Poet and Critic Paris, April 6.--Mlle. Suzannb Lenglen, woman tennis champion of the world, is engaged to be married. Her flance is Jacques Brindejones Offenbach, and he is not a tennis player, or even a fan, but a poet and eritie---described as one of the best | of the younger generation, He is aj grandson of the famous composer, | Offenbach, whose "Tale§ of Hoff-! man" is an operatic classic. While the marriage will take! place at an early date, it is not de- finitely known whether it will be be- fore or after the Wimbledon tourna- ment, but it is understood that Mile. | Lenglen's entry in that tournament! will stand in any case. Likewise, it] has not yet been decided whether] she will continue to play fourna-! ment tennis after her marriage or) definitely retire from the champion-| ship. The couple expect to make' their home in Paris. WAY FOR OLYNPICS ~ Sectional Meets to Be Held Throughout Canada. 3 I, April 5.--An entirely System of selecting out and men to represent Canada in plc Games of 1928 in Hol- will be used. . first move in this direction at a-quiet meeting of the of the Canadian Olympic ittee here. It was decided that 7 three sectional meets will he preparation for the Canadian ¢ trials which will take place to the departure of Can- representatives. One meet 'be held in the East, one in the district of Cafada and an- "in the West. Marks to Alm At. standard in every branch of ind Be net in each of these athletes to shoot at, | n the Olympic trials roll Jt Is the hope of the ofcials 8 good line on the best of "Fennis World Skeptical. The news staggered the tennis! world; at first it was received with! incredulity, for it has often been re- ported that Suzanne was engaged, orly to be subsequently denied. Suzanne and Jacques bave known each other for four years but as he rarely visited the tennis courts, no "| one suspected the romance. He was a frequent visitor, however, to the ® | Lenglen home. He @ncouraged Suzanne in her literary efforts and helped to launch her as a novelist. But they kept the secret of their affection well, only making it known when certain obstacles which stood in the way of their marriage were renmoyed. Recently the poet and his wife were divorced by mutual con- "| sent. ries ] ting Governor-General She Prefers Poor Man. Mile. Lenglen's fiance 1s & poor 'him out of the lineup. + open in centre. he lives to be 3 , %ame ad last year. pitching " | several of the twirlers on whom Me-| Dal 'Graw is depending should profit as ter is a reporter' the Yesult of the experience gained "We predicted that it would win fifth con- secutive National League pennant. To my way of thinking, the Giants failed because it surfered a run of bad luck that has scarcely if ever been equaled in the annals of base- ball. The Giants suffered from every malady except the hoof-and-mouth disease, every casualty except loss of I regard the Giants of this year as good, if not a better ball club than the 1925 .vintage, and certainly mo club can suffer as much hard luck and live to tell of it. A ball club cannot achieve great- ress without a star player at short- step. For a time the filling of that position on the New York club was doubtful. It was feared the injury to Travis Jackson's knee might keep + Knee injuries are treacherous but as I watched Jackson cavort around the shortfield for the Giants he look- ed as good as ever. On the ability of Jackson to continue to play, in a sense, depends the chances of the Giants to win. THe rest"of the Infield will be taken care of by Lindstrom at third, the brilliant Frisch at second and the versatile Kelly at first. Should Jackson's knee fail him, the burden 'of playing that most im- portant position will be up to Far-| rell, the former University of Penn- sylvania star. Farrell can take care of the fielding but so far his hitting has not been all that could be de- sired. However, it is possible that the drive of McGraw's club will be such that a light-hitting shortstop will not seriously handicap the team ftom going somewhere. In the outfield Irish Meusel and Ross Young are' practically certain of starting. Young, who had an off- year of it in 1925, is still a great ball player and should prove it this Year. Tyson, secured from Louis. ville, looks good and is slated to The battery men will be much the However, the should be improved, as uch tougher ove, of Johu Me' wy DAILY BRITIS H WHIG londay, April 5, 1926. . NEWS TIMELY ~ COMMENTS SPORTING NOTES AND COMMENT ! It is to be hoped that the next | there will be a little more enthusiasm shown than at the first meeting {on Good Friday. Now is the time summer has arrived. | | The presentations to the Kin | will mark a gala hockey evening. The Mercantile Baseball Leagu perpare for the season. It is understood that the C.P.R in 'intermediate ball lait season. | ment. There are all sorts of wild stories on the go about hockey players drifting in to Kingston for next season. others that have been heard before, The Kingston Driving Club is sl this season, That" last snowstorm over t of the golfers. will start, to fly on the Cataraqui Go HELPFUL GOLF HINTS | & BY CECIL LEITCH. In the event there fre any players who, like 'myself, experience times 'on the green when they are hitting the ball here, there and eyerywhere, I must point out what I have in my own case found to be the cfuse. This temporary paralysis is caused by the tightening of' the muscles of the wrists and forearms, with the result that the ball is stabbed by means of a stiff jerk of the arms. The wrists must be allowe" freedom .and the club. must not be gripped too firmly for putting, but those who are suffering from an attack of putting 'paralysis should exaggerate the looseness of the grip and wrists. There is one. ether common fauit in putting to which I must refer, and that is the tendency to turn the right hand over at the moment of. impact. This action is to be avoid- ed at all costs on the green, as it applies a slight pull to the ball at the end of its journey. When suffering ffom disappoint- ing results of this nature it is well to see what position the head of the putter is in at the end of the stroke. The toe of the club will generally be found to be pointing in the direction of the hole instead of being at right angles to it. ------ YANKEES CONFIDENT IF INFIELD HOLDS Miller Huggins Believes He Has a Powerful Club. Atlanta, Ga., April 5.--The New York Yankees may not play in the world's series next fall, but they will furnish the American League team that does *'a whole lot of bother," Miller Huggins, their manager, said to-day. Huggins, sr., with the team for an exhibition match with Brook- lyn, gave out a statement which he termed "the first comprehensives re- sume of spring training develop- ments." There is only one place in the Yankee combination that is like- ly to cause trouble and that is the Anfield; Huggins stated, adding that his infleld was of tremendous in- trinsic strength, but as yet unde- veloped. He is confident that by the time the season opens his combina- tion in the infield will have develop- ed co-ordination in defensive, play. "I have doubt about the offensive. All those boys can hit," Huggins sald. "IT am a great bellever in de- veloping the disposition of a player as well as his skill and I am frank to say that as yet, I cannot tell what my infleld is going to do." : Huggins believes that Gehring at first, at second and Koenig at short will produce. Each fs twenty-one years old and lacks only experience. Two new pitchers are pleasing to the Yankee manager. Thomas, ob- tained from Toronto, International League, hag been showing wp wall the box during the comin gston hockey players on Friday night ---- Promotion of junior baseball in Kingston is deserving of support NOTH and those at the head of such promotion should receive every encourage- | soon. The Club intends to arrange agd carry out a very active programme The Kingston Tennis Club officials will soon be getting down to busi- ness to arrange their plans for the summer. will add several new courts this year and, from what can be heard, many new members will be taken under the wing of the Club. he week-end took some of the joy out However, it won't be very long now before the stories of scores inake one of the pleasant pastimes in golf. and probably will be a regular in} time a softball meeting is called that to prepare for the season, not when Hemlock; 10° to 16", Extra nice stock. G The team and invited guests will be | now. © holds session on Tuesday night to! . will enter a team in the Moraine] I SPECIAL! Just unloaded a carload ALLAN LUMBER CO. 'Victoria Street, near Union. 1x10 No. 1 heavy to 12' long. et your requirements 'Phone 1042 ING PESSIMISTIC ABOUT SOX MANAGER Looks Tor Much Better Season Than Last One. BY BILLY EVANS. New Orleans, La., March Manager Lee ¥ohl of the Red Sox is an optimist. In baseball an optimistic man- ager is one who, after finishing in last place, still smiles and can see better things ahead. : "Sure! It's going to be a better team than last year," remarked Foh! when I queried him as to outlook. "No doubt there are some unkind folks who will discount that state- ment by saying the club couldn't be any worse. }~'I am going to get better pitching. I believe I am conservative when I say it is going to be at least 2 per cent. better than last season. That should help a lot. "lI am banking on my 'Big Three,' Ehmke, Rufing and Wingfield, to keep the club out of last place. "Ehmke has always been one of the best pitchers in the American League. There isn't an opposing better in the organization who re- lishes hitting against Howard. These stories are like many There is nothing to them. 27 27 -- Boston ated to hold its annual meeting very | ¥ It is thought that the club If Club verandahs. The comparisons 5 ----- mn EPP eet PPO tbe + o» * le The Victoria Cougars defeat- 4 ed the Montreal Marvons in the # third game of the Stanley Cup # series at Montreal on Saturday + night by the score of 3-2. Moh- {% treal had won the frst two {4% games of the series by the # score of 3-0 in both games. * . CEPPPPPPGPGP 2000 COUGARS WON ouT Pitching Looks Much Better, "Ruffing," I would say, is the most improved young pitcher in the circuit. He has all the stuff in the world and needs only experience. He improved 100 per cent. last sea- son. "Wingfield, if he can continue the fine work of last fall, must be con- sidered a most valuable asset. "Then there is Paul Zahniser, who started slowly last year because he was late reporting and not in the best shape. If he comes through' PEPE PPOIPE NS * But who are we to weave sarcas- tic comment at the expense of old Michael? Has "he not "=en for lo these many ages our : ost de- pendable source of wise-crackery? Despite the fact it took him four rounds to knock out Mike McTigue, there is good reason to believe Jack Delaney is a great fighter. \ JAN GLUYAS WILLIAMS l SAYS THERE ISNT MUCHTD MIGHT DROP OVER 10 THE DO, HOW ABOUT CALLING ON SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS PROBABLY GONE TO THE MOVIES IN THE 6RIGSBY'S NURS" ERY - LITILE MIT MUST BE SICK, © visi in LIGHTS ON HEIGHTS-CALLING ON THE NEIGHBORS - - my curmas wuts THE €RUMS' PORCH LIGHT'S PIRLEVS, BUT HULLO THEIR ON, THAT MEANS THLY'RE HOUSE-IS DARK , THEY'VE. EXPECTING GOMPANY LAND SAKES THE DIM ARE GOING T® BED. STAIRS LIGHTS JUST WENT OUT AND UPSTAIRS FRONTENAC BOWLING & RECREATION ACADEMY -- for me I will have four dependables. "Of course, I am looking forward to improvement in all other depart- ments, but of the pitching I am posi- tive it Is certainly going to be better than last season." As I watched the Red Sox work out here I could see the logic in Fohl's line of reasoning. relative to his pitching. It should be much bet- ter and the team should prove more formidable because of it. However, as Fohl frankly admits, for the club to start to get anywhere the infleld must be welded together, At present, Phil Todt at first base is perhaps the only certainty in the Red Sox inner combination. Fred Haney, who did some mighty good work for Cobb at Detroit, and Chester Fowler, with Minneapolis last year and who has been up be- fore with Cincinnati, will fight it out for third base. Shortstop is Biggest Problem. Regardless of who wins the berth, the Sox will be better fortified at that position than in years. Haney wil be hard to beat. In that' case Fowler may be used at short. Emmett McCann, who starred at: Pcrtland in the Coast League last season and who was dug up and tried out by Connie Mack some years ago, is the probable choice for sec- ond. Shortstop, the most important position on a 'ball club, is the least scttled of the Red Sox problems. It would be taking a long guess at this time to mame who would play the spot at the opening of the season. Shortstop is Lee Fohl's biggest .puz- zle. The outfield will be much the same as last year. Flagstead ig the only outfielder sure of a berth. He will play eentre. ST a ERNIE PLUMER'S SITTING IN HIS DEN, AND HE NEVER. GOES IN THERE EXCEPT WHEN HE'S HAD A ROW WITH MRS. R ~ THAT (COUNTS) THEM OUT GUESSES THAT UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES THEY MIGHT AS WELL 60 TO BED ™0 MICKS Down - COME, BOWL AND FORGET "THE CONSTANT ROUND OF LITTLE IRRITATING CONCERNS" CITY LEAGUE BOWLING TO-NIGHT, WEDNESDAY, April 2 7th and SATURDAY, April 10th. 7 ok Alleys at 'Phone 290 or 780. 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