New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-25
N THE WORLD OF SPORT.
Ameyican CoHegians' Victory an
England.

A
England.
AMATEUR AND PROFESSIONAL.
YIN. victory os the American athletes in the inter-
s-.ausl intercollegiate meet between oxford and
-t-+sre and yale and Harvard, in LonGcn on
-z.-- VS. IA achievement TO De proud o.. Still
80 he -5e good feeling among the competitors
- The spectators OF both countries. after tie
-. VS. VIZ. d point Tor pride. While Il was the
-, ~ nearly every tEis side who saw
-. ,+5.stas who were sent that they would win,
-. - decisive victory was unexpected. Tho quar-
= r-ils run was looked On as an open contest. ana
: Dives Of Harvard, surprised his friends when
:, no, 5,- two feet. /. 7. Sheffield. OF Yale, lad
-, ,,rex,,ectedIy easy victory in the broad jump
p saick II. Of Harvard, showed himself III
-, nv winning the hundred IN his fastest time
=. o.a a. Just before the games it was rUmored
-, to vas 50 El that he would not BE- able 10
tame part Z. me l-tS-s ssllic was nos fn he best
true. ho~eSe., - ned Of medical aftendance be-
.I[e brb lump "a . credirable way, and L. J. C!app
az Old Ell. Won IA the hurdles
,-,u that tire international college athletic meet
tss been held peaceahy. Il is 10 be hoped that the
American team set safely back 10 this side
and their victory pass into the history OF sport
7rffhout dispute OF Tecrimination- Whether the
british sportsnen are rot good losers OF the Amer
scans are a biz too eager winners is not Of Sreat
moment. but IL IS important that International
rivalry should not be allowed 70 make competi-
,fons between the representative ot this and for
eirn countries productive Of bitterness rather than
~ friendship. Some measure OF tolerance must
be decided on AT the start when American ana
Brfton meet IN the world OF sport That world is
wider on this side Of the water and perhaps JUST
FOR the reason that the benefits Of competitive
recreation are extended 10 many more here the
rules are not quite 20 stringent But when once
g basis % precedence has neen agreed on l-vL
seems no excuse for the countless quarrels ana
complaints THAI have characterized so many
former contests.
Commodore Morton I Plants experience abroad.
re related IL his letter 10 the Larchmont Yacht
Club discussing his experiences at the hiel re
Eatta is rather distressing. Il. as ne says. the
Meteor with the German Emperor on board. broke
irnperaIistcaIly through the rules OF yacht racing
and # the course Of a yacht race was changed,
leaving him Intentionally in ignorance he had IN
cuest.oraby for complaint But. as Il JOCKS
from this side OF the water it seems that the time
md place - lodge complaint was al kiel, with
club after the races are over can DO little good
and much harm.
The Giants broke even this week. winning three
c,t ot six games and are sin holding first place
IN the percentage column by q large margin The
work OF Auaes who was kept ont OF the game unt-4
few weeks ago, on account Of an injury he re-
ce!ved while the team was al practice n the SCUM
i so 70 c-91i poiilllIe ne W. ~ % - -
If The b5x -rEe FfigfIanders showed up poorly
o WEE Te nus 1h osn Ps coh Ses me c ham
sap race Jhat tney Ee.a Ier some iII 11 ne
The excellent driving q Paul sartori. who drove
a. G. TaaderbiIt's 6o-horsepower Mercedes twenty
niles in 1854 at the Empire City track last
Monday. this breaking the worlds track record
Of Henry Fouruier has made him as well known
Barney Old1eld. SarJcri made big cut in the
former -ecord. 25:22 pa made py FoUrnier 1t Fort
Erie Canada. On September &c. 1901 Sartorrs rec
ord IS the more creditable because II. l. BCwden.
driving a machine q TIE same Kind and horse
power. was able TO cover twenty miles with turn
OrmOnd Beach last January II only IS 40 The
meeting the fourth held by the American Au-
t0uoblie Association at the track. and considering
that the had to be postponed on account OF
rain after 4 few contests had been run. the crowd
that gathered Monday well SATURDAY.
spoke wei for the future q the sport The hand-
Gaping Of the machines was much better than
that Of previous meets at the track and some
s s29a S3Sss Fe 6Ssse SF RE Me GS regret
merry owned oy " liam X handerbllt, "a, IN
mile in Florida. last January. Il had Seen
announced THAI th= car would give q mile exh-
biIlon.
Three swimming races under the rules % the
Amateur Athletic Union viii be held AZ the New
York Athletic Club at Trayers Island, or satur-
day Prizes VIII DC given 10 The first. second and
third nan IN each contest The races are; 1e)-yard
mile sWrnl. handicap
The Chadwtcks Cricket Club. Of Jersey City. has
won SIX games out OF seven matches Their
grounds - the foot OF Danforth-aye. near
Newark Pa. Greenville. The club mas been or
gaaized four years. and is stronger in mem
berELip than ever before, and has developed some
promising players ". Tyldsley, c. D. Marvin
II. Z. Marvin and J. Johnson have shown Up best
= s 6e.ti4g and " Tyldsigy and TOUGHER in
eara D. Co asbia oval Team q Yorf tl1gS Team s9nnfy
Mest lnGians and St Georges. and lost game
u 81 Georges.
Oarsmen who train Cor reGattas on the Harlem
are greatly handicapped when they compete II
other c,.es by the fact that here the distance
rowed Is mile when away. they do not have
endurance enough for the mile and 4 half II has
been proposed 10 have some OF the local races
changed 20 the longer distance. that New-York
o,rsIntn NAV appear 20 better advantage IN out
of-town regattas.
In spite of the proclamation OF the Western uni
Ferzities prohibiting Undergraduate players from
attaching themselves 20 summer mines. and the
failure Of Brown University 10 have the summer
bal rule rescinded here in East there are still
ban teams PLAYING about the country where men
- any one at a summer resort find II he the
real names Of these players and watch the lists
~ college mines next summer and ne car find for
himself how prevalent is the practice OF college
players farming themselves out Tor The summer.
Il is tue that few OF the college summer ball
players can directly be convicted OF receiving
money. Most viii be employed in some well paving
ara easy JOB In summer hotel. Others may occa-
sionsliy empty a bucket OF water over carriage
and recoi a oisproportionate reward for this
stable work Siin others NAV make EASY rnore'.
or ietS, or t3eir parents may receive inexpected
- -'i 49, slschs. IN case an amateur should
here Is always the remedy used at a well known
Eastern university varsity baseball man con-
yfctea OF playing ball for cash was told bv the