(xflfl, J. Foley. Sport ltlltex- Ifmlno Qbmnleie-l

lt seems like yelwrdu that vre were writing a review o! U18 wart actlvitfeejn the Maritime Provinces during 1925, sin ng the praises of thy‘ success of t e sportsmen and s ‘a; that period.

Iggy "e cqme t0 1925. “lhat a yonder-ful year it was for Mari- “ (sport! Nqt only‘ did the old 11% and true activities blossom foal with another successful‘ year. bu‘ l; w sportlili ittractlons at- tain ‘honors they had never reach- ed in these provinces in former years.

Take, for instance. the lmllllinr gamcof Tennis. 0!‘ rears 0119 Pi the leading branches of sport activ- ilv in the Marltlmes. it was during llnt 113st year that the game bloom- t-d forth as the greatest summer attraction in the three provinces.

Tl". “Yflnflefful growth of Tenn i-t (Lily one example of the gneat- nt-ss sporting events rose to dur- ilig 1925. Horse Rucinlf- Hockey. llasobtl Professional Boxinf-I- i11 fact oil ln-attches of SP0". film" I925 as the greatest season in the history oi thc Marltimes.

As in lortncr years. amateur ath- lotc: h:ld their little squabbies With l)... ..lll~l;,l_.; o5 the Marltintc Pro- vim-- llrancll of the Amateur Ath- letic Union or Canada. the g _\'i‘i‘iiiii.i-T brrly of all anlateur sport arxivltl’ in tho three provinces. and ttllztlll

ll was the goodwill and ltttltualim. gym‘; m‘). team in [he Vic-inky‘ “lliiersiamihlg ‘ha’ p°*rv“d°d“"'°ng a battle. tutti as the curtain rang‘

the sportsmen of the hiaritltnes (but these slight differences were HHIIHIHCIOIIIY settled.

3_ .11‘, (Sammy) Doyle. of Char- lottetown. who has stood up for

nil that is right and just for Prince‘

Edward Island in past years. lstilf: new president of the Muritinlo Branch of the Anlateur Athletic Union of Canada. We congratulato- hlm. Mr. Doyle has a rough Dfliil to tread. Not because the athletes and club officials will give him P001" support. or refuse to stand beltintl his administrations. but in handl- ing the amateur sport activities of the Maritlmves, hn must. be lair and partial to all clubs and afflicted.

A. L‘. Niilllc. nl‘ IIalifax. former head m’ the .\I.P.B.A.A.I‘.(‘ . has worked hard while he ltcld thc bit! position. and ill the cieclioll for president loet out to .\il~ Doyle by u. scant margin.

Again we are sorry to say that some of our best athletes have goin- across the border. htlt our loss is a hi8 gain for the Ifnited Maritime athletes rank §L‘('{“l(i to ‘none. whether at holnt» or abroad. Some of the best inn-key’ pltt tieveloltt-d ill the three ]ll'l)\'lllt'» l tin.‘ past few years. ltow ill iilt‘ Status. Zlavo lllfliit‘ liitllitr lor :h‘-tl‘.- wivt-s it their zlbllity‘ and ubovl‘ all their sportsmattship.

i‘) closing this in it-l‘ “l<-:td" ol lilt- sporting activities of tltt- .\i:ll'ilil|i(-'~ during I925. we only llnpo that in the suvcteotling yw-urs ilarititnt» zltliietcs and tttltlctirs will colltiutltl their remarkable.‘ illilliilltfv.

A sumtllury oi the activities-l of fbt- past. your is ilurc zlppcntlt-tl.

Horse Racing

Six track records .'~liltlllt'i“-‘i. tilt‘ entrance of forty httrs-‘vs 11...] tilt‘ 2.30 triuss. with otu- tfXfWltilllli iii); largest over known ill (‘no wttstnl. thirty-nine regular meetings and tvtcnty matinee-t, an increase over 1:124. and more extreme speed thutl the previous year marked 192.7 as our c!‘ the brightest seasons in thc ills-Lory of light harntess racing in the Maritime Prorin

Plucky Dillard. 2.. illiinlvi. owned by \\. .\. Jloore. Kclllvllire. and driven by .-\rm- HYFHPK. set. ll new mztrk for the Ken "illt- track. tntikillg the mile 315; Longs-let. 2.00M» by Dillon Axwurtlty, owned by .- ontl I‘. Conroy, (‘harlottotolvul rat-- r-d the course at New Atlttan. E. Island. in 2.15‘, Silver Ilcll. by Ffnior Strattcn. owned by Ii. Ilen- ‘tl-ttscv. Brooklyn, and ,driven by (King. covered the Amherst oval

in 2.16%. and nt PHTTHDUYO. N.S..i.l:tr‘k Etiwnrds. yvilllltfl‘ 0i ihe 3199'“ the bre

in 2.17%: Bud Hal. 2.101.’. ‘lnl. owned by Dr. New Waterford. and drivutl ‘by Charlie Sweet. rsmpod over tho

‘ifliiilm- Syiillfil‘. lowered the i§i8ln mark to 2.15% and ti

the same time ill the rot-om break- inlf dashes of the seamn.

Pctemltln. owned b Si- 5U1Dhen. paced a mile against time at St. Stephen in 2.2-l1/‘.thc

fastest time ever made by a two-led

FIZIIPS. ‘

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Charlottetown Abegwnlta broke ill 1p the in: t9! . Vvater Department

the St. John

title.

hickory. captured the

ville, only to drop two straifiht

games for the baseball 51101911139? of the three provinces. The Abbles fell before the Sister City ball-toss- ers by counts of 10 to 2 and '3 i0 1

Professional baseball was ‘at- mmptetl in St. John. four teams coasting along with luore or less

to the fact that the amateurs were putting up a better brand of buli- Hnllfsx triad to 58i- lile 8111119 5°‘ mg‘ um, a three-game series wit the touring ‘Maiden. bless. will!» showed that pro. ball. i114 Diflyeii Bl the time. was not all it was sup- ptxsed to be.

1925 was a successful year for Perhaps not as brixili- ill-l

Baseball.

‘ccssful enough for us to P1911143‘ ‘that amateur hall at least will coast along nicely for another sea- _son. t

Hockey i "Teamwork" is n W011i 0f 618m‘ ttcrs which may 0|‘ "lay "Q1

‘ilc can a whole lot. To TrurO it

|m tmcnnt a grea key season. Hub. supporters start- ed the season well entrenched be- hind a neat little aggregation vi -rubbcr-htttltt-rs. considered callfibie

tiolvzl on ‘Cutladas National Pas- tituc H1050 same fans sullllorteti thc championship tcam 0f the .\l.tl‘iiiiliP Provinces. took “leatnwork" _ -.-‘1. it a height. The Truro team dt no‘. start out like a meteor. smear- ing its “sunburned" colors over all titc clubs in sight. ln fact. that

club lost its first Pia-flit! 0i lhe 9911' son. But .\If.\l‘1LiIII9 Dillgiéihg. 8119 “gum ‘ha. wort] “teamwork “brought the little club safely 110$! ‘the big rocks in the way. 811d T1111‘ ‘bored in a land-locked harbor with ithe highest honors it can be p05- ‘sible to attain ill the three PTO‘ ‘vinces.

102.1 W215 u great season for hot:- key iu the hlaritilnes. Each county in Ll... [tn-so [lruvillfles hurl its ‘championship team. its ciratnpioll- ‘ship hopes and last ‘ but by 11° mctttlsieast, its championship alti- ‘bili ‘us.

Truro swept through evelyi-ilillg u .\ovu Scotia alter n l‘-\10l‘ 5111"- ‘Sussex again proved to other New tiii‘illl.~i\\'il'k clubs that inc Dairy

.I\'iugs were still supremo with tho t

stick. Summer-tattle Crystals hum- bled filo out-t.- git-at Charlottetown Abcgvcwlis.

Thctt Sussex stepped itlto the ‘olg pirtttrt- to show Summerslde tho way to tllc Maritime title 1n 'lwc stubbornly fought K1111195- Trttro uw-nt. against. the Sussex ma- _('iliIl(‘ with nothing but determina- ‘liun tutti itopcs. Sussex in turn ‘wont down to defeat and Trtlro mt-‘lgtled supreme in the hinritillle Iiock- y World. .

l-‘rozn -.lll parts of the blarltimes \\'(:lll forth the word that HOCKEY ilntl gained in popularity. illllwll- lsible as it seems. it was true. Hoc- key. for many years rated as the

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1>rlnoe Ilidwsrd ‘Island's noted

arne with a. vengeance d r- oapturln; the Island t tie and tarnishing tough opposition to

ultimate winners of the Maritime h’ Sprlnghili. the healthy min- ers with the awful Wllbliuglmhill; m: trophy, Chronicle Trophy. emblematic 01' the Nova Scotla chsmfllvllflilip- 11H ter a six-game brush with Weat-

matches to St. John. by 11011165 01' 5 to s and 15 to 3. tn the lltwl.

success before the fans wlsed Hill

t deal during the hoe}

o Whit...

tamed m” Ollllh. I .3 '. ‘Willi-t ”‘ with»:

the Halifax Bonsplel, the largest o

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Basketball

ainst the Ottawa Rideaus for the

[Canadian championship. losing tlvoistrong enough m be used over any

Coeds took the Ladies‘ Intercol-

School trampled over Colchester Academy for the high school supre- macy.

, Bowling

i The big winter game. so popular during 1924. enjoyed perhaps the most successful season since‘ was first introduced here. Halifax bowlers captured and retained the Marven Trophy against all comers. ‘The Marven Trophy is regarded as emblematic of the Maritime cham-

iplonship. Blacks. of St. John. won

.51: tnight have been. but B111‘ ‘ilY-‘xthe Maritime title in the Spring.

(flaw Bay Hustlers rolled 1600 for a new Maritime team record. while ‘Johnny .\i(:PI1el‘$0Ii, of Glace Bay. ttotppled ‘ifor three strings with a score of 406.

Track

Despite the fact that (he Cana- dian Track and Field championship ‘sports were held here. 1925 was not a bright year for track sports. ‘In the Canadian tourney, eight lmen journeyed from. Montreal ‘walk off with the tnaiority‘ of ev- ents and the aggregate trophy. lllamiltott sent only one entrant, ‘while stars from other Upper Can- adian towns wen: conspicuous by ‘their absence. Charlottetown Abe-

just one athlete, Phil McDonald. who, however, made a good show- ing. Andrew "Beef" Malcolm.

fame. scored the most number of points during the meet. beating out the noted Don Cable. of Montrt-al. Len McDonald. of Sydney, trailed .Cable.

I Football

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During a season that was suc- (was in itself it was clearly demon- strated that the Maritimea had no ‘equals at English Rugby. Universi- ty of New Brunswick. Intercollegi- ‘ate champions. journeyed to Mon-

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ttreal to take the MucTler Trophy|

lfrom the Montreal A.A.A.. leaving (in their wake a 16 to 0 lacing. a dine demonstration of Maritime ob- lillty at the game.

Wanderers captured the Halifax lLeague, defeating Dalhottsie Uni- versity and United Service teams. ‘Watltierttrs and U.N.Ii. were unable to agree on a site for a Ziiarltime title ‘battle for the MrCurtiy Tro- phy, and after considerable news- papcr controversy which did noth- jlng but stir up bitter feelings ‘be- ‘twecn Halifax and Frederlctotnthc ‘affair was dropped and the Hall- lgoilitlna took the trophy and a ‘mythical title. university with about twenty ‘rugby players. picked a team that ‘won the Eastern Section of the ‘Intercollegiate League and gave ‘the great. I7.N.B. machine a brilli- lunt struggle for the Maritime col-

ltncst potmlur of the Nlnrllim“ lege title. P. Island failed to $110119. 11151911“ 0i’ 1i ‘ ieareimcwillet Into the game. while Cape i-‘lillmll. 8011160 i0 119W ileighi-‘i- “Hireton produced one team and

“'11s a great season. And at this ‘moment Maritime clubs are mar- nshalllng their forces for a season ‘even more successful than the one

‘just gone over the route. i Tennis

Tennis. the most popular summer ‘game ltt the. Aiurllimes, in former years. rose to vlvcll greater heights (during 1925. During the summer iFIIOIIUIS over u hundred new clubs

‘vinces. inter-club matches were Ell- trants.

Halifax players made a clean ‘eep in the Maritime tourney. and

best player In all of Canada. Edwards dethroned Hazen Short.

Port of New Brunswick. gelieliiiiy Cimnfortl. n- trot» ceded the best in the Maritlmemlll time of writing. ‘i118 record at the Sytifioy track ttvtbrcy: salts of brilliant tennis, alldhtmphed in ninete didwartis and Butle ‘and ‘ Peter Keyoa. buy con‘ by peterlynlbltas after the greatest uphill-

l- downed Short

Phil Iialllsey in the Mews

CDUTL Miss Celeste Cole easily defeat- Mlss Lois Falrweather. New

‘played only exhibition games.

i During the year Soccer made a ‘remarkable advance. Several new leagues were organized and the

sport profited. " Boxing

While many manly games draw larger gates. no game is more im- portant and popular than Boxing. and during 1925 the sport rose to its greatest heights. Attendance

. A. Stmvtrrtilvcre organized in the three Dmqrecords and the quality of fighters

rlmportetl to the Marltlmes were

l’.lfl‘8iiii9“[ 511d Cilallllliollshill tolirlijfar superior to other years. laments attracted adiwk 0i

‘ Roy Mitchell. Brldgetownh col- .ored hcnvywveight. a gantlenmn ‘outside of the ring. and a demon dnside the ropes. was the cause of airing of attendance records

. by Direct Singles. and a partner with Jimmyhnd the ivave of popularity that D. J. Ilartigtttl. Butler, In the Men's ‘Doubles, re-‘Hwep; through the Mal-mm.” Fmml tchafles ‘ceived the highest honor ever ac- ‘icorded .a. “liiarltlme man in the mile route at Antlgonlsh in 2.15‘... name. when he was selected as the that the M and Batonettc. 2.1514. by Iiiligilfil-fliflillii owned and driven by W. A. Ilud-l

a preliminary pug Mitchell rose to the

soon greatest drawing card aritlmes has boasted ‘since the palmy days of the great “George Dixon and Sammy Lang- ih iWHlLY-Olte bouts at the Mitchell hatl tri- ell. lost one on an accidental and questionable foul. ‘and had one draw.

Johnny Brown. of Newport. R.I..

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y Hlgglns Brosnlfight ever staged on a Mnritilllemnade his home in Halifax for a‘from goin

‘while. and met with great success (until he tangled with Chick Suggs.

[the New Bedford “Speedball." thr|

year-old in the Maritlmes. Gleam- Blimswick champion. ill the LfldieiPcleverest and fastest feather seen

lfll; Slik. owned

by Lawrence. hinge,‘

and

“Re-d" Hanifin, shuttered tilt‘ four-.

year-old trotting mark or 2.1434.

held by Bonnie Glrlt l.) glgrghher Butler and Miss Dc-t Symous werei

rrlle being the fastest ever tirade by a trotting mam on a ilarltime track.

John R. Braden. the old “iron Horse,” made the fastest mile of (he year, covering the oval at Fred- ericton ln 2.02%. In this record- breaking run ‘Braden had to defeat several former conquerors to take the event.

Other records. too numerous to mention, fell before the speedstcrs in one of the greatest seasons the Maritime: have ever known_

Baseball. .

It took five years lo bring about a play-off series for (‘he Maritime Amateur Baseball supremacy, but considering fhn fu-t that the play- off Amateur Baseball f.o the heights in the three provinces It should have athiud years ago those live years .not wasted. Baseball ade for three years.

smiled way for a glorious

outlook ‘In - 19M.

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brightly

,\_ _;_ \\'H“H_'§iligl()$. while Misses Hilda Dottg-‘here since Geo urn-e“ l,_-. ‘as and Winnie McFatritlge were-lax g0 wln a

Fair- Jimmy

catty winners over Misses weather and Henderson.

forced to show their best wares

‘to defeat J. P. Mclaerney and Miss

‘Jean Knight in the Mixed Doubles. The tourney at the Dartmouth ‘court grounds attracted several hundred spectators.

i Aquatics.

‘ Halifax oarsmen again led all u-nmnetitors during the 1925 aqua- tic season. In the Maritime chant- ipionshlp regatta bore local oars- “melt captured four of the five title r-vcnta Joe Rv-ardon look the Se- ‘nlor Singles. Willie Logan. of St. (John. also a noted skater. won the ‘Junior Singles. Ncrth West Arm ‘Rowing Club captured both the Senior and Intermediate Fours. and Mic Macs. of Dartmouth. led all ‘contestants over the line in the ‘Junior fours. Reardon represented ‘the Maritlmes in the New England lregatta and finished in third posi- tion after putting up a magnificent ‘fight against adverse tides and n strange course.

Curling Ilallfnx (‘tirllng Clulrplnycrst ro-

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rge Dixon left Hail world's title.

Johnny McIntyre. Glace Bay vet‘

.eran. bowled over all contsndern for the Maritime welter- crown, (hut took a bad lacing front Georgi. I-‘lfield. Canadian title-holder. Jot‘ Hartnett gained popularity and ‘fame until be ran into Dick Hual land was flattened in two rounds. l While in 1924 St. John was at ‘least on even terms with Halifax in staging professional bouts. the‘ Sister City promoters ‘had a leap year during 1925.

Just before the New Year Mickey (Himself) Walker. king of all tho welterweights in this world. paid n living visit to Nova. Scotls and offl- ciated ns third man in the ring. in charity bouts. i‘

Amateur mitt-wleldnrs as ugug] furnished lots of action but. little class in (he Maritime amateur meet. which was featured by the dethronlnll of Nixie Kennedy. for years Maritime lightweight king by Buddy Lewis. who was later professlonsllssd. Kennedy w“ slven the title back.

Miscellaneous

Azain in 1925 it was a battle be- tween the Melltla brothers of Hali- fax for the Maritime golf chsm.

was testuti! by the number of bollsplels staged. During

St. ‘John Trojans easily outscor-i ed 8t. Ge0r8e's. of Halifax. to win the Maritime title at this sport, and put up a brilliant struggle ag-‘wrlttqn {hg games by narrow margins. Acadia-lung 0g rag‘ and a Qty-sigh; iron

leglate title, while Fredericton High! were attached. The

Nova Scotla Technical College. a‘

l. 131911151111.

‘that a woman named the vehicle _w‘lth the comment "that only a sulky man would use it.

A suiky k defined as "n. light two wheeled carriage for a slniie person." When this definition wsl vehicle bad heavy ‘wooden wheels with bmad tires

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‘axle to which two elipticlli spring; frame was bolted to the lnps of the springs gand the seat had four supports which were attached t0 the frame. ‘The driver kept his place by brac- Ilng his fed! against a stout cross ubar. When l; began to appear on ‘the mos; important item.

The sulky was in common use in North America before the Revolu- tion. They were used by doctors and those who travelled light and ‘did not feel disposed to ride ‘horse.

. it is a matter of record that in ‘I790 President Colonel hilarious Wlllet from New

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510 lnflte Alexandra McGllllvray. ithe chief of the Creek Indians. ‘to {visit him in th hope of making e. ‘treaty. Wlllett made ‘the trip in a sulky. The (Indian chief returnd with him, IlfcGiiIivray and his att- enda-trts riding in a wagon.

‘When the trotters and pacers .began to appear in races between

104820 and 1830 the contests were ware

to saddle. in the next decade sulk- ‘les and wagons were also used. By ‘1860. races to saddle were rare. ‘Since 1870 thcre has been very ‘few. l An old print shows ‘the black.

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to blaze to swells, who ramped away with alljgelding Edwin Forrest hitched to‘. d the Maritime championships. selllia high ‘wheel sulky with the drlv- l

‘er on a seat which must have been ‘between fiv and six feet from the

"iigmllffld- T0 ihlli iliif-‘h ihifl "@1191 rate of speed of the light harness St; John. of basketball and rugbrwvon at two miles in 1838 at Phila- horses from flye to seven sgflQndfi,

"deIphia in 5:13. Confidence and Aa- ‘ron Burr also won races to harness 'durlng that period. Burr won at. ‘three miles in 8:02% and Con-fld-I ‘ence made a mile record of 2:37%.‘

Lady Suffolk began racing to] ‘harness in 1X39. l-Ier first win ‘to one of the cumbersome‘ sulkles was at Philadelphia where she de- feated Latly Victory in 2:38. She also won (he same year over the‘ Beacon Course at Hobokken, N. .l. wt two miles in 5:26.

The first change made in the isulky after it began to the used In races was the removal of the ‘springs. This reduced the vibrat-i ion and lowered the seat of the driver. The straight axle remained for many yours and on account of it a close hitch was impossible. It ‘also increased the draught anti ‘had a tendency to make the horses go rough gaited when they be-‘- came leg weary in long races. In. those days it was also an ordinary occurence for a driver to let his mount Lake a run in the hope that ‘the chattgc of gait would rest him by bringing another set of muscles into play, p

A few manufacturers made an

effort to improve the sulky ‘by ia- ‘creasing the height of the wheels. Some of them were six or seven ‘feeltjblllllilgh. They did considerable .-wo g when being whisked ‘around the flat turns of the old‘ ‘time ‘tralcks at a thirty gait. I A lftt e later a carriage builder ‘In Boston flamed Pray made a sulky with u strel arched axle. He ‘also removed :he supports from ‘the seat and attached ll, to the Iltlillllle slmgw: . is at present. i s perm: t t-‘oser hitch but Ziucreased the weight.