Friday, August 6, 1926. 3) THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG pe THE LY BRITISH WHI Ei oes she a) LS, 1926. IL" SPORTING |=. NEWS == : TAKEN BY MLL, SUA kl ho sama |__ SPORTING NOTES AND comp | Factory Freshness 4 re ora ts WN | fn the ruseing for the league crm Perhaps no move In the sporting world bas attracted so much atten. | in the Pocket Pack A large crowd of spectators were | tion the worlj over as the departure of Mlle. Suzanne Lenglen from the | | present and made their presence | amateyr ranks to professional. Suzanne occupies the stage and spotlight { known by thelr vigorous rooting. las the most colorful and talked of sport star in the world to-day and Original condition is re | her recent act in signing over he amateur status for the money ranks ' : tained by these handy { has shoveq other important mattyprs off the shelf for the time being. _ ANA Bachelor Packages of § [Some woudd be formed which would | | When Suzanne plays in Canada she will no doubt be given a royal wel- | or 10. provide a great box office attraction | BAS EB A L i ome, for, although few Canadians have seen Ler in action, her fame has - - made her wel] known to them. What Tilden Thinks, | SCORES { % X i ! Enel S ht N -- Quy Pho wi Bs too | The Kingston seniors £0 to Peterboro to-morrow ang it 1s to be] | tira from the amateur tennis ranks International League. 10oped that the locals will be able to come through with a victory and sional committee of the Lawn Tennis | because ghe 'realizes she ig through [Syracuse ...210 012 001--7 14 [ Pay up for the trimming they got here Wednesday evening at the hands Association, declares 'that such alas a tournament player." 1p the | Newark . 024 000 20x--8 11 1 >t "Shiner" Johnston's boys. The Petes had the olq fight with them on | _ thing would not happen for 50 years, [ opinion of William T. Tilden, nation. Batteries: Schellberg, Frankhouse | 0. 8Y and they played ball from the time they started tin they | and probably never. [21 champion, expressed heye, [and Morrow; Hankins, Twomey] tr It will be a tough proposition to shove the Peterboro team out | Major Larcombe, mana er of the| Tilden voiced the belief that Mile. | and Wilson. ' iE All-Englana Club, which icf the | Lenglen now realizes that her tem-; Buffalo ...000 020 000_ 2 6 '1/0f 2 chance for the playofs, waaad EF Wimbledon tournament, says that it| perament fs poy fitted for her "to | Rochester +000 042 00x--6 9 1] -- | . 811 depends on the decision of the continue in the amateur fold, ang Batteries: Kamp, Brice and | The Gananoque softballers will meet the Frontenac Regiment team | Lawn Tennis Association. He adds, | for that reason withdrew .from the | Barnes; Krapp and Devine | here to-day in an exhibition game, weather permitting, of course, The | however, that he does not think that | last Wimbledon tournament He! --_-- | "Cans" are reported to be a strong combination ang should give the | {Wimbledon tournaments 'win be | 841d he saw no possibility of profes. | National League. | local experts a real battle, Softball is getting more popular than ever | . $reatly affected in any case, for Mile, | sional tennis succeeding unless seven | Cincinnaty -001.002 100--¢ 11 0 and it is expected that thers will be a great crowd out for this contest. Lenglen, although incomparably the | or eight of the first ten Players, both | New York. .101 002 30r--7. 14 0 Te tennis player in the | men ang women, follow Suzanne's | Batteries: Donohue, J. May, Lucas | » be only attraction." | lead, ! and Hargrave; Barnes, Scott and | With the junior race concluded and po game in the Central Ontario Major Larcombe sald that if the | Snyder. | League here for a few days, local fans whi have a basebal) rest before -- : - Ef Lawn Tennis Association gave per-| Pointed Criticism. | Chicago . 000 000 033--6 11 0! the playoff games are started. The Victorias will meet an Ottawa team | : | : : "mission for the All-England Club to | Nice, - France. Aug. 6.--Suzanne Philadelphia 000 001 000--1 8 oj, their first engagement in the Ontario playofrs, | @rrange an exhibition mateh, for | Lenglen's determination to enter the Batteries: Root and Gonzales; Ul- 1] | Mlle. Lenglen, his club naturally | professional tennis ranks is not very | rich and Henline. | The Peterboro team has done more to cripple baseball in the Centra 'Would proceed with the plan. | Popular in tennis circles here, where | Pittsburgh .000 031 000--4¢ ¢ 1} Ontario League this season than any other factor in ft. The Peterboro Mr. Lohden expressed Opposition | the French ace 80 often has shown | Boston . 011 100 000--3 § 2 : é fs ga! an : : 5 team has tray a gst i ft i with w : #0 any appearance of the French star | heprskil). Many of Suzanne's friengs | Batteries Kremer and Gooch; | m has travelled to K gs on time after time th eak craggy teams ) anne's s and not until Wednesday did they put up a decent showing. The result | An exhibition matches at Wimbledon. | are inclined to criticize her for de- | Goldsmith, Mogridge and Siemer. H | i He believes that amateurs and pro- | serting the amateur ranks. I St, Louis 023 0000101 4- 11 16 3 was, long before this game ever took place, however, that the local fans | fessionals should be kept apart. { The Nice clup officials, however | Brooklyn 000 007 000 2-- 13 2 grew disgusted and refused to attend the games, Wednesday's attraction | 8180 1s of the opinion that Suzanne's | say that they Intend to arrange Batteries: Rhem, Hallahan, | drew a very small crowd. In future seasons, if the Centra] Ontario | retirement from amateur tennis wij] matches for Mie. Lenglen when she | Haines, Alexander and O'Farrell, | 1 oagye operates again, which is somewhat doubtful, the officers of the | . ae mbledon at ait | setarng from her trip to the United | Petty, McGraw and Hargreaves. [league should make ti their business to see that the teams travel at| ' Get a PL am d "Miss Helen Wills an Senorita de | States ree -- 7 | ) 7 top strength and not save the best layers for their home crowds. Tha vulic 1Z . just as great attrac- I Sec ary American League, py g d no P . Have your Tires and u €s u anize ' 3 . : I , a . sort of thing of taking scrub teams away has just about killed baseball | . 018," he asserted. Ni nnis © : |New York .301 220 000--g 13 1(80rt o | u bin Grub recently was 2 7 o0)'n the Central Ontario League and the Peterporo team is very largely to 29 XxX 4.40 Goodrich Balloon se tsiv sn. $14.00 Mr. Lohden admitted that there | in financial) difficulties, ang its pro- | Cleveland 100 010 000--2 8 | | was great temptation financially for Perty was sold to the city some weeks| Batteries Jones and Severeid: | blame for the poor conditions in the league this season. A team that pulls | Other tennis stars to follow Mlle. [ ago. The failure of 1, club to stage | Smith, Buckeye and I, Sewell. | tricks like that doesn't deserve to get a chance for the Playoffs with the | d 105 B ck St Lenglen's lead, He thought that iff the Match between Mlle, Boston . ...000 200 000--2 § first team. » WOO ro . | Lenglen | 'Helen Wills, Miss "Kitty McKane}and Helen Wills, the Uniteq States | Chicago .. 000 040 20x--s5 1, - 2 1 Godfree of England, and one ot¥er star, last winter, Was a hard finan. Batteries: Rutfing, Welzer and | There are many things that could be improved about the Central | | Ontario League and next season it is to be hoped that if the league oper- | } A 3 -s Washington 130 000 000--4 3 1 PARE a ser [Poet - .200 100 30x--6 13 0] ates at all, it wil] be something worth while. The half-baked way of | ! J veristonton to build an arena In: ac- | Batteries: Johnson and Ruel; | trying to run a senior league is no good and the sooner the officials of Je dealer knows " | cordance with his agreement with | Johns and Bassler, [it see that, the sooner will the Central Ontario League come back into] * x layer were to turn pro's, a four-i cial blow, | Gaston; Thomas and Schalk, | the National League. Now it ap-| Philadelphia 120 020 000--5 ¢ 0] its own and enjoy the success that it did two or three years ago. Ask your dealer to show you how easy a Valet AutoStrop Razor is stropped, ad- Justed and cleaned, with- Out removing the blade, pears that Harmon will be one of the | St. Louis . .020 140 00x--7+10 2 "ertoh = Y U A E directors ang Owners in the new ven. | Batteries: Walberg, Gray, Pate anq | | ture, Perkins; Zachary, Falk anq Hap. | ER k H D G d W k | Ss, c Y, i n ar- Se-- | The Bames at Chicago will be play- | graves. | m e as one (0]0) or : hing to Prevent Them | ° seum i fe Natonal) eo | gue s Yes, ae ice surface Playing the French Star, |... Will be small--80 by 180 gees Says Q. H. Meldrum. { --but it will pe possible to seat §,. National League. : ' [000 fans. Hardwick is said to haye Won -C. ; = R x7 ; Toronto, Aug. 6.~--There will be | purchased the Portland team for Pittsburgh .. ,. RE { RK: a : v ng to prevent Canadian amateur | $100:000, and if he has he certainty | Cincinnati ., ,, 5g 55 et ut trop 20r Wn tennis stars from playing | Is careless . By|St. is. ... 55 53 . : Reg. in Canads ' § i the { e| Chi ve wr ve B § F ; t Suzanne Lénglen w ® imagination diq the | cago 6 Nos 54 ¢ AH 3 $s, up to $25; other dels at | " nch ace comes to Canada on her | Portland team ghow that it was | New York . orth American tour, so long as they | Worth even $25,000 in last seas te ev .. 52 I TN a % beive no rémuneration, G. H. Mel- race onl the Pacific Coast, | Boston y ¥ ; IN A ----------;. frum, president of the C [ wi 8 ho > vers, and | Philadelphia .. .. © ag AE ; Wa Tennis Association, ° f v | --_-- FI ; ; AER Bere. | aBgTegation, ' American League, a , , \ : According to the interpretation | C. C. ("Rear Campbell, former | w Won Lost hy ; | . Meldrum places on the rules of | Sault Ste. Marie ang Stratford sports | New York . ©... 69 38 57 . Ev . 4 t International Lawn Tennis Fed- | editor, has been appointed as secre. | Cleveland . |, _. 60 47 5611 K HU. / sss . tion, to which ail 'countries par- | tary of the Chicago club, and recent. | Philadelphia , , . 54 51 : § Si y FIC" Zh f ietpating in the Davis Cup matches | Iv visited London, where it is rumor- | Chicago .. ., | 54 52 509 | Xe ind & <= y i ; h STANDING OF CLUBS. FBubscribe, amateurs are prevented | ed that he trieq to make an Arrange-| Detroit .. . 53 from obtaining any pecuniary ad. ment with the Forest City club St. Lonis ., ,, , 4 60 4c Fy : ® ° tages from the playing of the | Whereby London would act as af Boston .. .. : 1 317] ¥ ; ime, but there is nothing to pro-| "farm" for the Chicago recruits. -------- a on : in cas prizes 4 an amateur The Nationa] L re International League. { : Sa ci® | ation "wYIDE little regarding the situ. Won 'Lost pc. a i = Guess this year's attendance at ¥ nancial- | 8tion in Chicago and Detroit, but| Baltimore . . vo. 72 42 ly, a | near pve a Bombshell to hurl fn the | Newark". . 69 ; " = After stressing that the association | Bear future, Toronto .. .. . 70 598] iif ZZ. Of which he is President is. a purely | CN Buffalo .. .. ... gy ¢ 585 | per : p 7 Va JAN GAME AT NAPANEE, Rochester... .. . 57 59 4p oe i . ateur body and opposed to the in- | duction of. professionalism in| ---- Jersey Cy .. .. 54 shape and form into the game | Deseronto Defeated Home Team in; Syracuse . ce oa. 44 'Meldrum stated: | N Girls' Softball Match. Reading .. ., 27 ' i} oo + ¢ . Napanee, 2 pe H > . (Ahe council of the association has| NaPanes, Aug. ¢ Deseronto } 2 bh Each and Every Guess must be accompanied by | girls defeat. Nay ' Ot considered the situation | od Napanee, in a schedut ' A magazine writer discloses that ed league game In Riverdan h will be created if Mile. Leng. | last night bY a score of 17.13. a "'bald-headed 'row' Is no longer to Proposes to play in Canada, but | iting game, and | be Seen at the theatres... - This is, 8 | very close and exc a / . . a personal yew is that as ar several times the game tied up, obviously, a tribute to the hair-re- | [A ¢ " J vey © Present rules are concerne | The game was father late in getting | Storers of the country, ! et y 2% Joes not appear to be any Ta! started, and the Idst innings .was| Not that we mean to be Shgatlas ir i A% wi ot Blayers, it Requested to layed in 'semi-darkness. 3 » but it is perfectly clear | ) : 4 \ : aa. sho he n t Appear against a pk v ; | > Mille. Lenglen's Z f \ on matches. tennis game Is more than ski o| & Ain dee). In baseball certain clubs are easy) the star of the Boston staff. Man. ee home t some won- The trouble with most people who 4 i 4 EY WAR LOOMS catches in right field. Bat. stop to make up their mind is that | picking for star pitchers, The Phila- eh ake Red ot onaniad | teries for , M. th crete i 0 . : A es Deseronto, M Wagar and | they use Concrete in the construction. |'delphia Athletics always have been Mack got him in return for "Bing" : v | Soft for Howard Ehmke. Miller and n ' UESSES ' in addition turned qver IN THE STATES > - Against = Connie. Mack's . club| pireners Harris and Heimach, ADDRESS ALL G 70, B { Fhmke has alwayy looked like a mil- Now for a peculiar twist of fate, CONTEST DEPT. OVIDO CIGARS : Ta ! lion dollars. That is why he is DOW | Mack started Ehmke against Boston 556 ST. LAWRENCE BLVD., VMIONTREAL # O and Detroit Interests a member of the Athletics. in his first game as a member of Ghe Contest closes September 7th 192¢ Ing Away for Profes- ; When the Boston club let it be Athletics. The Red Sox knocked him ; I | known that Ehmke Was on the mar-{ out of the box, ket, Mack immediately became one| pBryay Harriss, one of the pitchers fon didn't start bim until his club, Harriss in winning his first game by Jot the strongest bidders. Naturally,| obtained from Philadelphia in ex. met Washington. He was held on | performing sensationally in the fled, his estimate of Ehmke's ability was change for Ehmke, has alwa the bench for 10 days. Harriss re- While baseball trades cannot be based on the Sensational pitching: very successful against Washington. warded Foh| for his patience and | judged on a pan game or two, early t, Age. 8.--Although ground i broken for Detroit's mod- | c arena, the professional | : = hey SHI ver ro rh Wein fo . of ; ST. he always turned in against the A's, | In an effort to get Harriss off on wisdom by winning, 2-1. One group, the Townsend- Distributors: W. PT Peters Seed Cou LAW, 117 Brel Street Mack gave three bay players fori the right foot, Manager Fohl of Bos. Incidentally, Jacobson assisted -------- -------- . ests, has the National . a chige, and the other has TS AND HER BUDDIES ie Victoria Western Canada am for $100,000, and has . & results favor Boston as having got a decided edge in the deal, the services of Gordon Keats, of Edmonton. that the new arena will Dec. 15th, and