New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-31
N THE WORLD OF SPORTS
RELIANCE At TOP OF LIST.
Defender Viii Win-Wringe No
Match for Barr at Jockeying.

,ro-,bs ago. when the Reliance was racing
.esinst the Constitution and the Columbia in Long
go Sound, and she sometimes made indiffer
:. chewing in light breezes against the Constitu-
- sor,e n the nautical sharps predicted that
- was ? failure. and that before the season was
es- t5e older yacht would prove the better of the
Two. -,
d. vben he heard 81. ollie" Iselin said. Wait
- see =" and Charlie Barr said things that
might rot look well In print
,-boss who know what tuning up" Cup de-
<.,5er means understood that it wasn't fair or
,eftls 10 lump at conclusions so early in the
80 as that They felt that in the hands OF
sr-b men IS Herreshof. Iselin and Barr. every
-,iclo Of speed that the Reliance possessed would
= brorgft out end subsequent events have proven
80 their estimate Of her power was correct
asa matter Of fact. the Reliance stands to-day
- ,be TON Of the long list of Cup defenders the
osir,ert Of speed and stability. the best 9o-foot
loo- in existence. Her marvellous development has
- 5ye to the old, but safe and sure. road 70
e,ooess-keeping everlastingly at it.
- ,o, we're 70 ask the members Of the crew OF
.be Reliance when they work the hardest they
,r7rls tell YOU "AU the time" They may grumble
tft ar times but they are really proud Of the big
YACHT and OF the fact that II Is their "oIk taat
mas me- 5fe6d ihe cup and that every time she
defeats Shamrock III il is their alertness that helps
ei1Tg lie general result
a-7 Tgso races have been won by the Reliance
mn he II there is light breeze IS almost fore
80 80 corcIuson-the Reliance Will win, and the
sfraight as did the famous old Columbia, against
- other two ShamrOcks. and the cup VIII De sale
Sor another year. and perhaps two: . s
on the other hand. II there Is a stLohE eLLo
steady breeze from almost any quarter ana q neaVy
sea on-Which latter IS almost a certainly LOT II
has been blowing gale from the eastyVard lof W.
,5avs-the result may be different for. judging from
the performance Of the challenger IN a st[ohg
breeze in the dTt race, she is both sun ana LaSI.
i she should win to-day 5 race tleIe - A.n AZ ~
the possibility Of her winning another one unueI
similar conditions and so long as there is one race
r-5e idrd Vgh
third and take the Cup? L would be 1olly 10 say
that such thing is Impossible, and yet naVlIts
watched the work OF the reliance, most eAPeIs -
are tempted 70 believe that that peerless craft
cannot he beaten 800, -.
races agree IT is that Wringe IS no match Tor
Tour times thew have come together and not once
her TO be severely Handicapped. For this there
for while Shamrock III could scarcely nave ,woll
on either occasion. her plucky owner would nave
been spared the humiliation OF seeing ms poeL
beaten by q much larger margin than there was
euy need for.
CoIumbia's baseball team has recently elected its
captain for 1904 He is Charles Lewis FTampach
Of Che5oygan. Mich. junior IN the mining engi-
ueering department. He played first base last sea-
SON and was also on the varsity football eleven
In the contest for the Individual cricket records
J. Power has assumed first place for the league
batting average a. Brown, W Bunce and A. 3
Durrant are al well up, however. and the struggle
Sc stIu an open one In the association D. G.
Pirlett leads with $3.50 J. Flannery and J. Adam
are close up but there is a drop IN the figures Of
the men following F ? Kelly now leads the
league bowling figures, with IS wickets tcr 5si
runs apiece. 9 NJ. Smith is second. with 6Oi Tor
"a while c. Il Clarke and NJ r. Cobb are also
well in front. The records