New-York tribune., 1903-06-01
THE WORLD OF SPORTS
Records Fall on Memorial Day
intercollegiate Sport,
AMATEUR AND PROFESSIONAL

AMATEUR AND PROFESSIONAL.
Memorial Day was remarkable in this city and
elsewhere. Golf clubs innunerabe held tourna-
z,e-,ts IN addition 20 the big metropolitan cham
,io1ship decided Saturday DoUbleheaders IN ue
hig baseball league teams gave followers 81 plo-
fcssionaI ball an opportunity 70 nave Their III q
their favcrite sport A number Of college games
were also PLAYED. The race OF the big sloors. in
which the Reliance again proved her superiority
over the two OLD boats attracted many yaehtsinen.
~ - 7its-IIe a F2erI1eev
% me IasI2 ctlS. +57. a.. - Inc minor meets
cling at Vashurg anG the lryngton-A ourL Iosa
races 1nq lne 2g s I,si M & k q r-f at ia1 Tor
The sport loving American public
The intercollegiate contests Al Berkeley Oval
while most exciting when looked upon as con
test between the Blue and the Crimson. did not
produce so many record breaking results as was
hoped for. The shotput Of Glass Of iorfY-sII
feet is likely 70 remain the record Tor some TINE
and should stand fitting memorial to the
zrou-ess q The greatest athletes that Aale
has ever produced. Scbutt Of Cornell in making
MS record Of 9:49 in the Two mile. showed such
5fs 9 e 81 . ,I 9iree e seconds Of these figures il
ne had been al al pushed Schutt ls q man WIN ~!
min from the start There was some disaPGoint-
1nenI a. Lne La.Lole o-1 % = - II faef jrohes set
bv 2 @ Clapp. Of Yale. in 1899. But his equalllrg
-fse mark uas no mean feat. The name Of " A
S-ti-l IF Harvard again comes up as disturbing
factor after the Intercollegiate meet IS over TINS
wear, instead Of being protested he or ms coLege
for tn Is 2ro1esF 'Ie si1t &c he SPEED Moui-
fon fest hin oU1 by sheer superior courage.
vaIe,s victory over Princeton Z New-Haven
SATURDAY gives her students nigh opes OF her
winning the series with the Tigers Brown
who won two out Of three games from the
Fine vent down OF Saturday before Georgetown.
who mad been decisively beaten by Yale On Mon
DAY. As the end Of the season approaches Yale's
-7f--r- F--0 z
good feldg team fast n the c!aE1ono ana zi +slr
tboTl6 Be ABLE n hir Clarkson enough 70 give
the victory
Y suro--obile racing can De conducted as we're
me races at the Empire City track on Saturday.
- Sc evident ttzr the sport viii become extremely
popular The ace Of Barney" oldAeld Vas Of the
most daring sor7, and one was more enJh0sl-
sz-ic 1han OldheId himself Il was not until ne
learned the Official time himself that he would
believe he had covered z mile IN l9n 30 lower
ing the worlds record II seemed At each
t1rr q the track though he would oe
dashed g PIECES ana SO aaT'Pg bga6s awsv ave
A1othe- feature Of the rneering was the coolness
u 2 . MauIbler. whose machine caOght NE,
1L-- ne T,- c.5T aI7-o--o,fie ICES on The track
g2so1sne s2p2-y- 7n1 z2cie 2e r6s5 rsoes such as
we're seen N the Paris-Nadri6 race, where the
speeds So great as 70 stuPefy rhe minds Of their
reckless drivers
The Giants viii play in Pittsburg to-day Not
until the middle OF the non-h will they return 70
This city again The fine showing that the team
has made since the beginning Of the season has
given hope 10 lovers OF the sport that they Ti
oorrinue their good work cut OF town OF the
seven games played last week New-Iork won five
The nines great playing wEs shown with the Chi
csgo team 81 the Polo Grounds on Tuesday
Wednesday and THURSDAY. The Giants Won two Of
The Ihree games played with this team and as
Chicago has been Playing great bah this season
demonstrates the strength CT The local nine Out
q three games with Boston the Giants smut T Ihe
remaining with ST Louis. was also won by the
bal team noNeEer. = ING <1leI 80 ----[ 80
eegin series ot games Z q us gsolnoS 55 On me
ing rha1 the New-York American team is com
seasoa is not what was expected bur this VIII be
forgotten e the team wakes up ard plays win
9ss @ade ns laEt esk @ i6 5e hadeiPha Il 5 5's
The Lnvsderx broke even With the Q1akers. 'Ein- n
shown the besz iEnProveeEt Of any OF ne clubs q
Frooklyn plays at Chicago to-day.
The Irish cyclist' discusses gear cases az fol-
lows
e he 3s+eSIe - +5eTT 5ns6h5es S-t3eh o,5iTSe
riders possessed and We are sIrongy Of the belief
that seetr critical spirit hrocght about many in
proVeneuts Il the cycle Nowadays man buys
{ machine = stands. and seldom thinks OF indi-
rioGalzing Il y tae addition OF specialtes- The
1ic ha-e become accustomed 70 IT'S absence Posi-
of block chains or racing tfres tie apataetic pubic
of today would accept The change unoues1ioringly
How different from the cd DAYS when z rider nj
-utsly studied every part, and sought advice
the relative merits Of vs-ous patterns OF spanners
PEDALS. had opinion CcsuTpzSsa-
BE merit Of ms fevorrTe footTest, and
order z new saddle We have known men TO pore
for hours scc hours over the old cycle catalogues
and carefully snalyze every item of the specifca-
don
The athletic committee q the New-York Ath-
ieric Club has added special one-rile relay race