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And we In_the NATIONAL 15 DISGRACED BY THE PRESENT VANGUARD SAYS THE NEW YORK TIMES { The Brooklyn Team Is Not Repre- sentative of thie Best In This Old Ball League. New York Times:--It is impossible | for any of those--and they are legion who have kept even one corner of either cve on the doings of baseball- dom through the season just closed | to believe that the Brooklyn team. which faced the Red Sox in the { world's serfes, was representatiye in «any respect whatever of the best that exists in the National League. The scores of the games read not so badly 'in chill printer's ink, and four defeats in five starts is a record not necessarily laden with dishonor. It is necessary to have watched these farce-comedy contests in order to ap- preciate to the full how sad was the showing of the' misnamed Superbas and how utterly. overmastered they were by the aggregation of Lannin and Carrigan. Once in the series--in the fourteen-inning ~ 2-to-1 "game-- the team from Brooklyn rpse to per- haps its greatést possible heights. It showed symptoms of team work, to- kens of aggressive power, a modicum of individual skill, and a respectable degree of force on defence behind a pitcher who bids fair to loom large later on. The Red Sox, for their part, descended to meet. them, be- coming for that day---and for the next'day in Brooklyn--merely a fair team and not a great one. The Sup- erbas extricated themselves from many an oozy bog that day, and finally sank in one of them in the fourteenth. Their opponents mean- while leaped from firm ground to firm ground, seldom finding it neces- sary to ward off real danger. The third gamé was a dreary ex- hibition of poor baseball on both sides, with Boston falling off--worse than, Brooklyn, not so much in the technique of the game as In spirit. It was in this game, more than in any other spot in the series, save in the final inning of the first game, that the Red Sox drew a clear line of demarkation between themselves and the wonderful machines once boasted by Philadelphia and Chicago. If the Red Sox had been able to put in the field their one-tdme lne-up with Speaker and Barry included; the Robins would have beep as a field mouse in the claws of a Jiguar. But the world's champions, as now consti- tuted, do not rate with the greatest teams of baseball history. A hair placed in the scale would have outweighed the spirit that Robinson's men were able to muster for the two concluding encounters. And a mechanical toy would have surpassed them in skill. A team with mouth yawning for' its medicine it was, and one that it was little pleas- ure for the winners to -beat. Now, just how a team capable, even under strain or during relapse. of producing such a parody of champiop- ship baseball could have won the title in the National League passes comprehension. Grant much to the leadership of Robinson' and much to the favors of fortune... Then one must go further---much further-- and concede that the elder organiza- tion is thoroughly disgraced by its present vanguard. > Philadelphia 'writers, who firmly believed that the Phillies would have won out in the National League if the Giants had played ball in that last series against Brooklyn, are handing the Superbas the merry ha- ha over their sad showing in the world's series, Some have been un- kind enough to refer to the Dodgers as "cheese champions." Hugh Billings, well known as an equestrian and hunt rider, a son' of H. B. Billings, has joined the Royal Flying Corps. He will quality in England. Hugh was a familiar fig- ure at the Ottawa Horse Show and the meets of the Ottawa Hunt Club. y - How's This? 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This is a question that has excited the discus- gion ¢f swimmers for a long time. | The fact that in the main the records | made by women have been lowered | more frequently and consistently in | recent years lias 'fed many to suppose | that women swimmers might soon be | on an equality with men in this re-| spect. | "There is no doubt in my mind, says Miss Olgo Dorfner, America's greatest woman swimmer, "that wo men as a class can adapt themselves to water better than men. They are mora buoyant, hénce find it easier ie. swim. But the fact remains. that men swimmers, with their tremendous strength and endurance, have the ad- vantage in both speed and endurance swimming. "I donot share the view that wo- | men will ever surpass the records set by men, though in the middle dis- | tances I think the records will more | nearly approximate. It is so in other | sports. Proficient as the women are | in many lines--in tennis, golf, track | athletics, field' hockey and other | sports--we know that their best per- tormances and best records fall short | of those established by the leading | men players." ? KENNEDY SENDS OUT CONTRACTS | Canadians Will Lose Three Players | Who Have Donned Khaki. | Canadiens, the present holders of | the world's hockey championship | title, will suffer more than any other | club in the National Hockey Associa- | tion as a result of the admission of the 228th~Battalion Club to the cir} cuit and the adoping.of a rule. which | gives the soldiers "first call on all | players that have donned khaki, as| they loge three of their leading play- ers in Lieuts. Howard = McNamara, Coldie, Prodgers and young Arthur. The Wanderers wil be minus the services of Donald Smith, who has joined the khaki-clad clan, and Gor- die Roberts, who has journeyed out west. However, although it is very early to size up the hockey gituation, both the local clubs should be well represented on the ice when the sea- son finally rolls around. Manager George Kennedy of the Flying Frenchmen has a string 'at- tached to a couple of youngsters TH Debiens, of Chicoutimi,~dnd 8. March- ildon, of Sturgeon Falls; while he is out on the hunt for new ma- terial, and claims to have two players in view. President Sam Litchtenhein is also on the lookout for a couple of youngsters. The Wandrers will have a strong line-up with Sprague Cleg- horn' back in the game. They will have their same old defence, while only Roberts and Donald Smith will be missing from the forward line. Contracts have been mailed to the following players by Manager Ken- nedy of the Canadiens: George Ve- zina, "Didier" Pitrie, "Newsy" La- londe, Louis Berlanguette, Ernie Du- beau, Nick Bawlf, Bert Corbeau, Jack Laviolette, Peter Payan, Jack Four- nier, "Skinner" Poulin, J. Matte, Mal- tais, Debiens and Marchildon. Nick Bawlf, although he played the property of the Canadiens, while Peter Payan, who created quite a sensation by his playing a few years back, is also owned by the Ca adien club. With the above list of players it is likely that Vezina, Corbeau, De- beau or Laviolette will form the world's chempions' defence this wint- er. - WAR GIVES STIMULOUS To Athletic Sports In Russia, Says Cleveland Man. Canton of Cleveland, who for the past 25 years has been a resident of Ru , tells of the great stimulus which the war has given to all kinds of sport, including the various bran- ches of horse racing. "Mr. Caton has spent his life breed- ing thoroughbred horses, and in the recent Russian Derby, held at Mos- cow, which is a trotting event, his American-bred stallion Harry Mec- Karron won the Czar's sweepstakes, the time being 2.10 1-5 for the mile and a third track. On the day of the Derby the gate receipts amounted to 1,125,000 roubles (approximately $700,000), showing that Russia is not entirely improverished by the war. = | "PETE" FERGUSON PLAYS LAST GAME. Old Rough Rider Scrimmager Succumbs in English Hospital. { The many friends of Péter Fergu- ison, well known sérimmager of the {old Ottawa Rough Riders and pro- {minent in Ottawa -specer cirgles, will | be'pained to learn of his death in an English hospital, Ferguson enlisted as farrier sergeant with the ammuni- tion column a year ago and has been in active service since then. He was also a veteran of the South African "Pete" Ferguson was a big, good .» | natured Highlander, who fliked all routdoor games, and when he came to {Ottawa immediately took up Rugby | football. He played with Rough | Riders. in 1904, and was with' the | lenmatgyary year till 1911. He figur- ted in "twor.championship finals; viz.: {1905, Rough Riders vs. Toronto { "Varsity, and in 1909, whemghe same teams played off. | In 1907, the first year of the Big | Four, Ferguson played ~ quarter against Hamilton Tigers at "Varsity Owal, and introduced a new wrinkle by making little short kicks over the scrimmage and depending on his own bulk to.climb throygh and catch them. He worked the ball the whole length of the field on this play. Ferguson was president of the Ot- tawa City Soccer League and a well known association football referee. The big fellow had a world of good traits and played the game fair and square always. NEW HOCKEY SERIES FOR UNITED STATES Schedule Begins Dec. 15th-- To Promote Collegiate and Amateur Competition. A revival of winter's sports is plan- ned by the American Nationa) Hockey League, whose programme for a series of inter-city hockey games was made known by Dr. P. M, Seixas, of Pittsburg, president. St. Louis, De- troit, Cleveland, Pittsburg, Brooklyn, New York and two teams in Chicago comprise the circuit, It is planned to ppen the schedule for the national championship with professional teams December 15, and at the same time to undertake to pro- mote and develop collegiate and ama- teur competition. TORONTO MUST WAIT After' the War For Major League Baseball. No big league ball for Toronto un- til after the war is the conclusion of Lawrence Solman and J. J. WMeCaf- fery after studying the ball situa- tion down around New York. "Some of the nternational League owners wanted to suspend during the war," remarked Mr. McCaffrey yesterday, "but the talk was only informal, 1 don't think that there--~will be any suspension, but I see but little chance of major-league ball here until the big scrap across the sea is settled. We had a conference with President Ban Johnson, of the American League; and discussed the pros and cons." Until American Leagué's Good Season. Prosperity marked the American League season just closed, according to B. B. Johnson, president of the organization.. "Once one club in the league lost money," he said, "and some teams practically made up what, money they lost through the invasion of the Federal League. Philadelphia is the only club that lost money." Mr. Johnson said he did not have the final figures at hand, but was of the opinion that the Chicago Ameri- cans stood at the head of the list In total attendance. . - 207th Loses Manson. The '207th Battalion football team will be without the services of "Sammy" Mansoh -in< the return game against Queen's here next Sat- urday. Major Manson must return to his battalion, the 173rd Highland- ers, and consequently will not be available. His kicking toe will be missed next Saturday. Lieut, Kirby will be called upon to fill Manson's shoes. Has New One. Shag Shaughnessy follows Ameri: can football very closely. 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