New-York tribune., 1890-06-27
CHANCES HERE AND THERE.

The Princeton boys took their recent baseball de-
feat by Vale in the best possible way, and showed
That they possessed the valuable quality. admired
especially ~ the sporting fraternity, Of being good
h,crs.' BIT they were by no satisfied to have
the supremacy of the two colleges decided by the best
out Of three games. The element Of chance. they
maintained aud the contentious was strong ore in
view OF lac'S wonderful luck in the last two games
Is apt to be dtproportonacly large in so small n
series. and the question Cf supremacy might become
not matter Of superior skill and play, but Of forth
nate circumstances one Of the Princeton players.
who undoubtedly ecOc the sentiments Of The nine and
the college. said "sead of three games. FIVE ought
to have been arrangd-that is, two at New Haven.
two at Princeton, and In case Of tie, one at New
York. However. Intercollegiate baseball was 80 con
fused by lIarvard's Withdrawal that 1t was impos>
Die To arrange u schedule on snch a basis. We be-
lleve that our nine is cvcy Bit good as Yales but
the chances were againt MS. and with the short
pleasant to notice tina. the otter feeling which used to
rapidly passing away. and I'd present 1t is said there
is a large body Of students 1t Yale who win not con-
sent O any action designed 70 sacrifice Princeton a5
an athletic competitor in order to uatlfy Harvard
\ new figure has recently appeared in the athletic
ranks Of this city In the person of James Robinson,
for many years the athletic trainr Of Prnceons foot
ball cevcns baseball Mines track athletes and all sorts
Of college teams. "Jm"-for everybody knows him
by that name-has recently become the athletic dl
rector Of the Manhattan Athletic Cuo and is in entire
charge of everything pertaining TO the athletic welfare
Of the Cherry Diamond i" jim hasn't entirely for
sakcn Princeton where his services have been Of the
highest value In getting tho college athletes into prime
condition Under the terms ~ his agreement with the
Manhattan Athletic club. Jim viii be permitted 10
90 back 10 Princeton in the fall 10 coach the football
DOhm. Carey. Yrcdcnburg and Roddy. an of whom
have been developed under his care. Probably there
j. no trainer In the country who Is as shliu A. jim
IN getting men into shape CONDITION IS III, strong
card and hc point, with pride Ia the splendid c0nd
tion In which the football teams Of Princeton always
with Yale. The Manhattan Athletic Cub has long
been aware of Robnson'S valuable qualities. and
now. with their now clubhonsc and their new trainer
the familiar emblem of the Cherry Diamond Will
d"uhtc,s he seen more prominently than ever IN the
front IN many an athletic copt"'t
The chcvot shirt and the flannel shirt are running
close race for popularity. with the chances favor
II the former. The flannel shirt j. apt to get scfy
and muggy. sometimes clinging TO the person with
The adhc>lycncs, Of postage stamp. The summer
winds stand good chance ci pcrcoating through the
loose texture II The chcviot garments, and FOR thi,
reason they delightfully."- cool Ec-idc,. I'm the
make mp all sorts Of bright coors and designs arr
possible and IT I, possible. too, Ia have the chcyot
shirt laundricd %, to present a smart appearance
chcvl0t are expensive running up tO - or -. WEilc
chcvios can le bought for nnv ~ seventy five cents,
What "ih the flannel and the cheviot. with an occa
siohl af'iocrduc excursion INTO the realm. OF eilk
iccly cool and, Therefore happy. through the summer
There are timc>. said q woman on a fcrryboat thc
other day. "when feel like fool, and tai, J., one
OF the time Ny cook has been dissatisfied eve:
since We went to the country. aud the other day
got tired of her grmhng thai told her She might
go. came into New York to-day 10 engage new
cook | paid my - at the Intelligence oncc.
osd M the sr and 5 snve hc G her , G far 40 70 , the
come, and / waited for over an hour. What makes
me hate mysclf + that knew perfectly well that ;his
one ~ the c0mmonc>t Of tricks. and Yet IT all
seemed simple rhGt icll into the trap at the lr't
opportunity
lie wac on one Of the suburban trains and
with rather handsome young woman. II Wa, c;t,y
L" see that BE- crdcavorng tO be- brilliant, and.
indeed. he seemed 10 be succeeding fairly we'll Then
a tram boy came along, one Of those terrible anc-
lions oa uass-ngcr-. lie attempted drop a couple
Il illustrated periodicals into the young mans lap.
but the latter waved them aside. "Oh, all right
aid the ncw-toy, lnsocu'ly looking at him. If you
can't afford it, dnvlng ont tn" afford The
Young man flushed. and losing his head cried "nt
d. N rcuprt Your ln.ocucr.r The other only laughed
lrcrn.l, Of course every one ,nickcr"d. 40 one
could feel sympathy mr Young maa who could -'t
caught by the all--, Trick known 10 train boys And
the young man brilllancy wancd and faded There
was an oppressive silence In hi. ''At' Ana ala Tor
nothing.
After oscar ". Gleason the horse tanner. had sub
dud an unusually vicons animal ono evening during
his recent exhibitions in this city. he turned into the
ring a plump. muscular horse ln excellent condition.
He had however Il "bob.tail' which stood out for It's
brief length in line with hi back Gleason always
made little speeches. tcr,e ard neat before aohng
hi- beast lie said pontns -corufully although with
an air of pliN "a the " bob Allcd" hoe There is "a,
+ r.tfy am aulmN of hl. class be fpund-f hc
va, an there. / hope that there viii come "a time
when the LEGISLATURE Of q" STAT" of New York, and
To-. that matter ~tft" iu the Union. VIII pass
Cd Law making u penal offence for any one Ia ais
flr. hi horse In this almost brutal way. II rlcdses
pcrhap, about couple ~ hundred Anglo maniA'S who
drive in Central Park and dl-prisc' m" humane ana
patriotic ointment II GuOOoooO American. Let
Ia show England that have some original IDEAS ol
our own about horses. well a. about government
Every one present chccrcl the speaker heartily.