cy OR a Y y Tre GMa ie eat ates Realaomcaatae remem THE STRATFORD MIRROR | | In The Realm of Sport The eyes of Stratford's sport loving fans are focused right now on the baseball playdowns, and with two teams in the running for Intercounty Silverware, there should be plenty of interesting action hereabouts within the next few weeks. The Bees start the ball rolling at Dufferin Park to- morrow when they take on Hensal] in the first game of the play-downs in this half of the group. To date, the Bees have not had much luck with the villagers on the Dufferin Park dia- mond, but the worm is due to turn, so let's hope it turns on Saturday. While the Bees are toiling on the- home lot, the Nationals will be down in Ingersoll filling an engagement, It should be nothing more than "that. The Cheesers haven't won a game this. year, and there's no reason why they should start now. However, it will be their last chance to break into the Win column, so who can tell. Satur- day's games in the Intercounty "A" group will have an important bearing on the group standing. Brantford and Galt will be battling, and if the Brants | lose, their chances of finishing in first | place will be pretty slim. If Galt and Stratford both win on Saturday, there | may even be a triple tie for first place, in the event of Galt and Stratford splitting the~ double-header (which isn't really slated yet) here on Civic holiday. * * * As far as finishing in first place goes, we can't see that much is to be gained by it. The occupant of the first berth must stand by while the second and third teams battle it out. By the time the first team gets into action, it is generally stale, and falls an easy victim of the winner of the second-third series. Of course, Wally may figure that by finishing in first place his team will get a rest which may enable some of his cripples to get back into the line-up. It's doubtful though if a week or so would be suf- ficient time to allow Zulauf and Pow- ell to get back in. * eo Well, thank heaven something has come along to rush along the play-offs in the Community Softball eague. It began to look as though they would stil be playing their league games when the heavy overcoats were com- ing out of the hock shops. The On- tario Association wants a winner de- clared by August 15, so the Commun- ity League is having a play-off system which sounds something like, the play- offs generally are in the City Hockey League. Brothers and St. Pauls played a sudden-death. The winners, Broth- ers, play Kroehlers two out of three, the winners play arks two out of three, and the winners play Toggery two out of three for the championship. . * * * Canadian Legion put a somewhat dif- ferent complexion on the Business Men's League semi-finals by protesting their game with Avondales on the grounds that the game did not go the required nine innings. As a result, i the last two games are to be replayed, which leaves Avondales with one win | as a starter. In view of the fact that each team had won one of the abbrev- | iated games, it appears fair enough . that both games should be wiped out. | It will be up to the Legion to win that next game, or it will mean curtains for Maj. Savage and his men. | < * * These games in the Uptown League | are getting scrappier every time. It may come to a point where the execu- tive will have to furnish boxing gloves so that arguments may be settled in the good old fashioned way. The boys put up so much fight in league games that mean little or nothing that it's difficult to say what may develop in the play-offs. Right now, it looks as if the Post Office gang may nose the Beacon-Herald out of first place. The newshounds are helpless to prevent it, as they have played all their scheduic? games, and must stand by and watch developments. x oo * Any person with half an eye to sports in the city can not but be impressed by the rapid growth in the popularity of tennis in the city in the past two or three years. Four years ago, there was scarcely a good court in the city. The came the Country Club and ¥. W. C. A. courts, which have developed some good tennis play- ers in a few years. This year, two more fine courts came into existence -- one at Immaculate Conception Church, and one at Zion Lutheran Church. There has been more interest taken in tennis this year than in any year in the history of the sport in this city. The feat of Bert Simms in win- ning the Western Ontario junior title did not do any harm either. Little Jane (to spinster aunt) -- "T suppose I ought to be looking for a husband now, auntie." Aunt--"Why, dear?" 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