New-York tribune., 1903-01-05
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IN THE WORLD OF SPORTS
For amateurs and Professionals
Racing Stakes Close.
BASEBALL AND HOCKEY COMMENT.


BASEBALL AND HOCKEY COMMENT.
Some Of the ncst important racing classics TO he
decided in the East will close to-day, and horse
men are interested IN the statement issued this
! morning by both the Coney Island Jockey Club and
! the Brooklyn Jockey Club. Included in the list
for Sheepshead Bay are the Suburban. which has
$4,000 added and estimated value OF Sl7r5Oo II
is a handicap, for three -year-olds and upward, al
| and quarter miles The June Handicap has
an estimated value of $4,000; the Coney Island will
have 81 500 added. and so viii the Sheepshead Bay.
| while the Long Island has 5000 added. the Ad-
vance 5000. the Equality $500 and the Thistle
fer rec nq64 q t6s se tb rea Tsf
Tidal with $4,000: the Double Event. with SO eco;
ADDED For the autumn meeting these stakes are
| announced; The Flight the SepIenoeT, tle Az
Futurity.
The Brooklyn Jockey Club announces only the
closing for it's spring meeting at Gravesend.
all of which will close to-day. These races viii be
! for three-year-olds and upward: Brooklyn Handl-
| cap, estimated value $175O0, at mile and quar-
| ter; Standard 5000 added. mile and a half;
| Brookdale, S2,5eo added. mile and furiong;
| Parkway. $500 added, at mile and sixteenth;
| Myrtle, 1850 added, mile and seventy yards,
and the Patchogue, with 1850 added at about six
| furlongs. These stakes exclusively for three
| year-olds: Broadway with $1,000 added of mile
and sixteenth: Preakness, with 5000 added, at
one mile and seventy Yards and the Nay wit with
olds: Clover. with $500 added. at five furlongs:
ong5 asnove4 wan With @ added a
| half furlongs. and the Bedford, with a.5oo added
Enpire SITE the craater NeW-York and the Ken
sngton. the first two at two miles and 5ai5 and
| Jockey Club announces that it reserves the right
without starting device.
| Baseball enthusiasts in this district were sorry
| ~, xTa=% &.a-
the peace conference between the committees from
| the National and American leagues would not meet
! at Cincinnati to-day. originally arranged Pres
| ident Johnson of the America League announces
the reason for the postponenent TO be that the Ma
tionaI committee has not full power to act II this
! is true then Johnson seems to have been JUSTIFIED
| in calling of the proposed convention without
full power act the negotiations might be carried
on for months without any real result being ar
! rived at Certainly the National League can afford
| to leave the settlement TO its own COMMITTEES OF
| club owners if the American League will DO the
! same thing. There are those who think that the
veteran club owners have the same confidence
| in their committee is held by the American
| League in their select men, 1t IS TINS lacE
Of confidence that mas Done uGn = 70 nse'be foT
rival associations to make such fnroads INTO Us
M and T4 ca fadf for uPGh 6 borong
been named, the players announced and the pi&sSe &
| South IN the spring, nothing is yet known apouC
HiSf tam fsland md some Of the best known baseball
in the district do not believe that the American
League has secured grounds in this city, ana VIII
not believe it until they see the inclosure Possibly
aor the move er6ade mas and staRds II had soetn to
with Johnson.g disinCltnatien to hold the peace
AEsaR Tould d med M o BfoTs 5 Circuit fnd nee'
| While activity and aggressiveness in sport are
| commendabIe and healthful. those who have
watched the hockey games this season assert mat
some Of the players entirely too rough In their
raaIJJy INN taYT
| game Of the season played at the ST. Nlchoas
| Rink Saturday night, and resulted IN tie aIter
| five periods had been played the longest ana most
stubborn1y contested game ever seen IN this as
| trict While most of the players did their work
ceanIy and scientifically. it must be admitted that
| there are members Of the Hockey Club OF New
| York who ought to be severely repri1nanoed LOT
| rough tactics. Nowbury, the cover point Is one
| OF them, and Russell one Of the forwards Is
another. In covering his position Newoury Is sup
posed to block the opposition forwards: put on
several occasions & m fsced ne cark twice and
sent the big fellow against the side OF the rink;
him SO severely Such tactics ought to be dis
couraged by the ofciais Of the Hockey League; E
some night hockey game will break A up in free
ah ana & then nt the Sof4s ass OF Bas Bs2P w9 ohg
an opposing PLAYER with hockey stGs snogId ,,P 9s
be sent off the ice he night Being put ut off the
| ice for two minutes is no punishment at all
yacb+sn,en agree that owing to the great interest
| that will be taken in the races for the America s
| IN, and those preceding them. there VIII De a
resnonding lack of interest in local racing In all
c1asses with the exception, perhaps OF the small
crf SScH of he NsYork Yacht Club which is to -
eai1ad earlier than usual will give the new canCl-
date for defence Of the cup nun 2I
tunities to meet the Columbia ana the
| TareeIv perhaps because of her situation and
the large proportion Of Canadian students interest
| in winter sports at Cornell is marked. Proore OF
This Is given in the greatly increased interest IN
hockey in the last few years and this year espe-
| ctalv in the erection of well equipped toboggan
| slide near Beebe Lake, which IS just step from
| the university buildings. 4 club. which President
| sehurman and other members Of the Cornell fac
| takA charge of the 1tobosgan slide. Skeeing has
| been exceptionally popular at ithaca FOR some
| Ifiis Ordinary coasting has also been extremely
| popular.
| ADprectating the field for automobiles In this
| country a number Of French manufacturers will
| TRANSPLANT their entire exhibits from the Paris
| show which has just closed, to the American
| show which will open in Madison Square Garden
/ on January Il. Included in this invasion viii be
| Henry Fournier. the French automobile driver
Recently he applied for space, but there was none
| n he had until manufacturer informed Man
| ager Sanger that he could not finish his product
| in time for the show. and was willing that ms
space shono oe viIi eert Officers In the
week Of the show. including the National Associa-
| ton Of Automobile Manufacturers' tne Afnsrlcan
| Automobile Association and the American Motor
| League.
| Columbia students continue 10 chafe under the
| restrictions on their athletic teams imposed by
the faculty II the latter errs it the right
| side Meanwhile. the reported assertion Of Presi-
| dent Scott OF Rutgers. who Is a Yale man, that
'any man who Is ut to to Rutgers is ht TO play
teams Is still interesting simple solu-