The Calumet news., 1912-08-02
SPORTING
CHANCE TO STOP
LEAGUE LEADERS
Aristocrats Now in Good Shape
to Forge To Top

Manager Allen of the Calumet Aris~
tocrats and his braves viii leave this
evening for Ishpeming to engage the
league leaders in two contests. Satur-
day and Sunday IL is also possible
that Monday game viii! be arranged.
The Mematite city boys now have Il
lead OF three and one half games over
the locals but by coppine both the
Saturday and Sunday contests the
Aristocrats will be able 10 cut down
the margin until il is no longer a
source Of annoyance.
The rejuyenated Calumet team Is
now one of the best I'm the league and
one of the strongest that has ever
represented this city on the diamond.
The boys feld well, hit em where
they amt and display ginger. This
latter quality is something that has
been greatly missed until Manager Al
len took the helm, and as II counts
for considerable in the national game
nowadays. it is likely to pull Calumet
through some contests which might
have been lost before tg
The fans appreciate the improve
Inent in the Calumet lineup and are
looking forward to the iron countTs
games with more than passing inter
est. No matter what the result, there
will be a good attendance one week
from tomorrow when Negaunee comes
To Calumet, but II Calumet should be-
fortunate enough to get away with the
two games. the capacity OF the parks
next nome games.
Good Cricket Games.
With tomoirow's games, the teams
of the Copper Country Cricket league
will start on the last lap of their 1872
schedule The final games COR this sea
son are To be played on August "a. Ia
view Of the close race between the
Wok crime, Mohawk and TamGrRck
teams for the league championship The
games from now on will be watched
with interest Following are the games
scheduled for tomorrow;
Painesdale at Mohawk
Wolverine at North Keaisarge
Tamarack at Quincy.
South Keai sarge at c. & II.
First Golf Tournament.
The first golf tournament ever held
I'm Calumet will take place on the
Swedetown links tomorrow afternoon
and promises To prove a very interest
ing event. Almost all of The players
In Calumet have entered for The tour
ney ana the Keen rivalry developed ia
individual matches throughuut the sea
son gives promise OF some spirited
tournament contests.
The suggestion made last evening
that golf club be organized for Call
umet so that this city may take ito
place among the other cities of &c
upper peninsula on the goli links. has
been received with considerable inter-
est by the Calumet devotees of the
game and there is no doubt that they
will enter enthusiastically into the
plans for such club when active steps
are taken towards an organization. AL
though IL Is a little late fer any Or
ganlzation To be perfected this year,
II is almost certain the present plans
will be brought to n realization before
another golf season opens.
Another Exhibition Game.
Negotiations are being conducted for
another exhibition baseball game be-
tween the Calumet AristOcrats and the
Calumet Grays of the Copper Country
league which probably will be ar
ranged for next Wednesday evening.
While the games PLAYED so far have
not proven highly successful from a
standpoint. they have provided
the Aristocrats with excellent practice
and helped To arouse the interest Of
the fans.