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SPORTS AND GAMES the ones that were fought on the front pages of the newspapers of both towns. And finally they went wild with excitement when, in 1887, the Brants, by defeating the Montreal Shamrocks, became for a short time the Championship Team of Canada. The members XI 0of this team were: James Hoey, John Martin, Hugh Walker, C. Robinson, James Whitson, Jay Wood, Duff Adams, J. Skea, T. Dunn, : Z ~J. Adams, G. Tate, G. Butler, H. Munn, and J. Jennings. On June 2, 1888, what was probably the climax of excitement was ','i reached when the Brants defeated the Torontos: Hi! Yi! Whoop La!!! I f~~~~ ~~We Are the People Paris Brants, the Champions of the World Brants 4 - Torontos 0 I ;~ ~ Saturday saw a great triumph for the Paris lacrosse club when they walked away so easily with the Torontos. The visitors were full of hope and courage at the start and expected an easy victory; and, of course, the Brants, knowing that they were playing with the champions of the world, were somewhat anxious as to the result. And it is scarcely necessary to say that Parisians generally were not very confident of a victory for the home team. But this was because they were not aware of the excellent stuff the Brants are made of ... In the first game Paris got the ball and at once made a strong attack on the Toronto goal and came very near securing a game in *f~ ~ less than a minute, but the ball went just outside the flags. How- ever, it was kept at the goal, the Torontos getting possession of the ball only once, and then losing before they got a chance to .* ~ throw it. The game was won by Paris in 5 minutes. ' The second game was the longest and best contested. Paris secured the rubber and at once made a strong attack on Torontos' goal, which was continued throughout the game, the ball only once being on Paris goal. It occasionally went towards centre field but was at once returned, and was finally put through after 14 minutes play. Soon after this game started, O'Brien was ruled off for tripping up a Toronto man, so Paris played the game with one man short till near the end, when a Toronto player was ruled off for striking Hugh Walker. Paris secured the ball again in the third game and sent it up to the Toronto goal, where it stayed till it was put through after three minutes of play. Fourth game, ditto, in 4 minutes . . . the Torontos exerted all their strength . . . but the Brants were too much for them. Notes The whole game lasted only about 45 minutes. As usual, in this game the spectators were altogether too noisy. There are a large number that attend matches who seem to think that they are field captains and shout all sorts of advice to the players. This is not only silly but it also is apt to detract the attention of the players from the game. The Brants may be safely left to look after themselves without any advice from outsiders. I ~ ~ . . . the Empire speaks as follows: ;~~~ ~ "Every true lover of lacrosse will rejoice at the result chronicled in the foregoing despatch. Their long string of victories, nearly 40 all told, with only two draws intervening, appear to have demoralized the Torontos, who seem to have got it into their enlarged craniums that any kind of a teamr will beat these outside clubs. It would have been a cause for satisfaction if the Wood- 195