New-York tribune., 1902-05-19
N THE WORLD OF SPORT
FACTS FOR AMATEURS AND PROBES.
SIGNALS.

COLUMBIA ROWING PLANS-PROGREssIyE
PING PONG PARrIEs-NoTEs
AND COMMENTS
Following the race with New-York University or
Saturday Columbias varsity crew will be shaken
up to-day and OF its members transferred TO
the junior crew which is TO race the junior eghts
Of Cornell and Pennsylvania the Schuylkil
River. AT Philadelphia. May 80. To be eligible
for junior varsity a must never have rowed
in a varsity eight at Poughkeepsie but this rule
does not prevent members of a Poughkeepsie var
sity sitting in junior eight. This will there
fore allow A. B. A Bradley and L. Iselin of CO.
lumbias 1901 four to row in the present Junior
eight. Bradley has been rowing stroke and
Iselin at No. 9 in the varsity but they will be
shifted to-day. II is practically certain that Brad
ley Will go TO stroke. dispacng R. Won Bernuth
but where IseIin Will sit yet uncertain Edward
Hanlan VII give the greatest attention this
DO well against Cornell and PENNSYLVANIA. Follow
the Poughkeepsie varsity pcke5 T'bis aGfG f ana ana
5n June IS. - - usi'AeeFsie
While the international polo matches in England
viii furnish the principal contests of the sort Of
the year 10 the followers OF this lively game there
IS no prospect Of dull season at home The
American players who Will meet the Fnglishrnen
during the coronation ceremonies are all good men
Yet experts do not pick them for winners The
accident 10 FoXhau P. Keene. the captain of the
American team, was unfortunate. While Mr
Keene Is on the road TO complete recovery such a
severe shaking ZIP will do his play no good While
sportsman OF the first class he is bound to feel
the effects OF the accident. The announcement has
test on the Parade Ground in Brooklyn this year.
These eroundg nSh aTe a IN
adapted for thIs sport, and the games gave the
fascinating contest Next year the old conditions
should prevail again.
The craze for ping pong. old friend table
tennis under a new name. seems to have come TO
stay. The new name was patented and that is the
reason why you get a box marked Table Tennis
when you ask your sporting dealer for ping pong.
The craze IS bound TO be of material benefit TO
lawn tennis this year. Thousands of people have
@ 0 a3 n ] P P0ng % 65 dpF9 IN b the wntgT aba months bS
viii naturally turn TO lawn tennis when the sun
begins to boil Progressive ping pong parties. con-
Quoted the same is progressive euchre parties are
the newest thing in Brooklyn. and this will also
spread Singuarly enough, lawn tennis experts 90
not always make good ping pong PLAYERS, while
tackle lawn tennis The deiicacy Of touch re-
epired in ping pong uPsetGs IS the old Lawn tennis
custom themselves 10 the new conditions.
The revival Of general interest in cycling. the
increased number of drivers Of fast horses, the
craze over autornobiling and the love fresh air
have done much the public officials 10
give attention the good roads PROPOSE
r. ,ba t5I 4e Di9S 5rt IN T3i,I ~ IN TrseI ~
the good roads of Westchester Yesterday. offered
peptics,
August Belnont's seventy-foot sloop Mineola. /
after having been Of commission for nearly |
two years has been hauled from the ways at |
Hawkins's yards at City Island. where she has |
rested beside the Columbia. and is being made
ready for the racing season She will probably Z
be tovVed across the Sound 10 Hampstead Harbor /,
Immediately. Mr. Belmont did not have the i
Mineola in commission last year. because Of the |
management but this year. with the international |
bow, the Yankee and the Mineola will be the big
gest racing YACHTS atioat- Captain Charley !
eigh[eeR 45e9. officers and men. all OF whom were on
the Defender and the Columbia, have been en- t
board in the hay at City Island. II is said that I
big races this summer on Long Island Sound, and
with his expert skipper and crew expects 10 leave
a coat Of white and gold metaIiic paint The
saloons and staterooms are also being finished in
r,1 and god & win taPestTy panels ana w2inscot
will have a new suit Of sails bent from the /.
lofts Of her builders the Herreshons
F. a. Laroche. with party OF friends made a /
preliminary automobile run over the South BouIe-
ward, Staten Island Thursday, covering q meas !
ured mile in minute and twenty-one seconds. |
His machine was not built for racing, but is :
high powered touring car and will be entered to (
compete in the speed contest of the Automobile .
Club Of America on May 81 He will enter
stop Of May 30. Mr. I.aruche was one OF
the pioneer automobile enthusiasts at present
owns several racing and touring cars. and is {
stll an active and enthusiastic automobilist Many
automobile enthusiasts will visit the course on
Staten Island this week. where the speed trials Of
May 81
General Phil Sheridan. the first president of the
Washington Park Club Chicago. rarely given 10 /
interviews, said when that track first opened: .
The races here purely for the sport that in
them Derby Day is TO be a contest for the pleas
Ure Of all II is intended 10 bring out the people
10 enjoy the fresh air and heaIthfu interesting
pastiTne. Legitimate horse racing is a sport be
cultivated anywhere everywhere and all times
in season. That is the kind Of amusement we /
shall provide at Washington Park" He went all /
the way from Washington in lss4 to act as Judge
At the first Derby-wcn by Modesty-and he later
gret for the time and money he had given toward
making the American Derby what IL is to-day. /
behind Secretary Howard and the club directors .
Tor eighteen years with checkbOoks At hand 10 /
meetings, az which over 10000 has been distrib- /
0ted IN stakes and purses. Derby Day has /
horse racing the Vanity Fair Of the summer
season Tor the wealth and fashion Of the great !
cratic in that it attracts attendance from thou
sands IN the middle walks Of life.
The Yale track team has week in which |
To prepare for the Harvard meet, and every at /
tempt Is being made bring the best and /
put the team on edge for the annual struggle. In
most Of the contests Yale is this year superior TO
last year In the sprints. middle distance runs.
huroes and jumps Yale has body OF entries that |
eQdats and Is even stronger than the that |
oeieated Harvard a. Field last year 81 to AZ.
me naif mile and tie weights are regarded as the
there i PAGES IN laes entries, and in the latter
D1so AZ no man who be relied on 10 win first |
bLacS, e, IN tht sprints Captain Hargrave while he |