New-York tribune., 1905-02-06
IN THE WORLD OF SPORT.
Keen Sport at Irish Meet-ROSe
Woud Compete an East.
AMATEUR AND PROFESSIONAL.


the colored Quarter-miler, gave an exhibition of
Clean clever running that decidedly worth
while. In the college relay race he last man
LOT Pennsylvania and won the contest for his team
& te1o Union title with ease. Munson, of Cornell.
Ralph Rose, the perfect athlete" according to
the college chart systern, is now applying for ad-
mission 10 Cornell. and already hailed with de-
light as a useful man for the Ithaca track Nam. II
ne produces the credentials from Ann Arbor, which
he forgot this trip it IS to be hoped that desire for
ne new aurels viii not lead him to disregard the rules
last SATURDAY night t tbn Athletic
Association games in the coors of that club, SO
that oVertooR him Hi''g at Mic Michigan Roses perform
ance with the weights makes it desirable that he
only prove wise as he is strong he has brilliant
athletic career before him.
Two important contests will be played this week
in the hockey world-the Wanderers Hockey Club
game on Tuesday night in the Amateur League and
the contest Of Saturday night in the intercollegiate
series between teams representing the universities
OF Yale and Princeton, both Of which take place
at St. Nicholas Rink. The game between the Wan
derer Hockey Club and the Hockey Club of New
eye1v matcSed ana TarG b n6 geaze % mportanf
bearing the result will have on the championship;
Athletic Club team be defeated by either Of the
contestants OF Tuesday night when they play theIT
be tied with the Hockey Club. and should they lose
defeat in both contests is hardly likely to happen
TO the Brooklyn men. as they are undoubtedly at
league. But hockey is an uncertain game The
triumph over both the Hockey Club and the Cres-
cents, and then to see the New-York men win from
cornered tie, and require extra games.
The Wanderers are stronger on the defence than
the Hockey Club. but have not fast forward
line, although they have more accurate and harder
shooters. Here lies the weakness Of the Hockey
Club team as Russell and Phillips both fast men.
uncertain in their shots at goal Rupert How
ard is the cleyerest man on either the
offensive, and is a swift, shot. He is ably
seconded by Bryan. Clarke, although he does not
follow the puck well, is the dangerous man on the
srcrscJ and snee5 ar7 scores from seerninFly i'm
possible positions Max Hornfeck who has not yet
seven met the New-York Athletic Club on Thurs
Gay nghf m may not play In Wheh h case & the Man
forward. II the Hockey Club is successful in
When the two teams ast faced each other
hopid 6 aS rePeat It's former ycf0ry & w When & %Gn
an even betting proposition
There is no predicting what will happen in the
Yale-Princeton game of Saturday night. Yale has
played the more consistent hockey of the two sevens
and. judging from the showing to date. has an
advantage over the New-Jersey men. but the play
of the latter has been so erratic that no one can
tell what they viii do They put up the best article
Of hockey against the Wandersr Hockey Club early
ia a the m ease vdt @ any to Of @ f9eg 6a f f tsT Sy s6
they made sfrora- r,,a rd seven rIav
extra period to win from them. Individually they
Yale men are putting up fast game at present and
their team work is remarkably fine. This contest
expect. one week from Saturday when the seven
faces Harvard, the present champions
The two referee plan was tried IN the game OF
Thursday night when the Wanderers and New
York Atethic Club met. It worked successfully,
and the result was that the champions played tie
cleanest and best hockey they have shown this
season. The men were watched closely, and while
i was not a rough game. four men were ruled off
escaped one referee. It is to be hoped that the
remaining big games will see two men looking
after infringement OF the rules.
II the speed made by ". Gould Brokaw's motor
boat Challenger a the Lake Worth.
Palm Beach, has been accurately taken, and there
is no good reason to suppose that it has not.
the time beats all records. both here and
abroad. for forty-fOot boat. for any of the
so-called automobile racing boats. On the first
day. February l. the Challenger covered course
OF four miles straightaWay in s:1 %. This is at
the rate Of 2715 nautical miles an hour It was a
handicap race for the Flagler trophy, and the
Challenger IL easily. Captain George D Dewey's
Comet. with handicap Of two minutes was sec
ond boat, and II. O. Thompson's Grant Ferris Jr
third On the second day the Challenger again
distinguished herself by travelling fve-eghths of a
mile in l:2l which is claimed by her heImsrnan
a a. y. Proctor Smith. as record for that distance
as was the mile she covered the same day fr
Jr; was the only boat that completed the 20
mile race She did it in hours 6. minutes 20 sec
onds. The Challenger started but failed to Gnisb
on account Of weak batteries. II was on Saturday
however mat the Challenger astonished the worid
by covering an Smile course, with a turn in
l633 which is at the rate of twentynine ra,,t r.
cal miles an hour There were six boats in The
passed them all with ease The second boat The
Comet. owned by Captain Dewey took 25:53 to covar
the course. The Challenger also won a 2-rniIe
handicap race the same day in 5.2g No othar
fast boats from New-York took part in the races
For the fourth time IN the last four years Prince
ton and New York University viii meet in e,-
nastcs The orange and black team will tourney IN
University Heights on March "a Last wear the
Princeton men were badly defeated, but thew have
a stronger team this year, and the New-York ae-
gregation is not UP TO the usual standard so tba
a closer contest may be expected. The other meets
that the NewYork team Will take part in this sea-
son are dual contest with Lehigh in the New
annual championships at Princeton two weeks
later An exhibition will be held a the Hollywood
with the Newark Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton at Newark February II. The Young Men 5
Christian Association has several old intercollegiate
stars on the team including T. NJ Kempf the pres
ent intercollegiate and A. A. L. champion on the
flying rings
Alfredo De ORC has accepted the challenge from
Jerome Keogh for the worlds championship
pool emblem recently presented by the Brunswick
BaIke-ColIender Company. and the contest under
conditions of the deed OF gift must take place be-
fore March 10. forty days from date OF challenge.
De orc won the emblem IN the St LoulS toutna-
ment December, later defeating Grant EDy VINO
had challenged him. The game with Keogh VIII
probably take place in his Buffalo room.
At the twenty-hfth anniversary of he incoFpOta-
ton Of the Union Boat Club. held Satur1ay hight