New-York tribune., 1905-01-02
IN THE WORLD OF SPORTS
CoHegiGns at Hockey -Lightbod8s
Poor Shoscing.
AMATEUE AND PRoFEssIoNAL

,ast week. and although their work in the first
aanc was disappointing they improved untl at last
Il WIS considered ny those thai them that the
cambridge University was aCaiu represented by =
formidable teaga. They aid the test al around
v-or3. Thursday against team from the Hockey
,Ius al NcW-York. winning by 10 !. The Hockey
t1sb had Us test men its lineup. and the Grim
son victory great surprise. particularly after
the lack OF team work and ragged individual pley
iho cclegiars displayed IN their first game here
v-Ier toam from the New-york Athletic Club
des1aJod thcsn oR Wednesday by TO 5. There is
eitl Tcom for improvement. Eo-over.
The Hockey Club Of Neyy-york played wretchedIy
IN the pra stlce saTao with Harvard. particularly
,,oor wl.cn compared with the game played with
Yale few weeks ago The club meets the Wan
dcrcrs tuesday evening at ST. Nicholas Rink IN
ihe.r :.-St same IN the Amateur Hockey League
championship series Unless they show better form
.han they did Friday Il seems an easy victory
for ;he champions The Hockey Club seemed the
fastest team ia the league in their game with
Yale and perhaps their carelessness in their game
v.th Harvard may have been due to its being
Tcrey practice game.
Yates hockey seven got some good experience at
I,ittssurg last week Toronto took two games from
lho NeN-Heveu players each by one goal In the
third game on Saturday. however the Canadians let
themselves loose and won bv to 5. An all-inter-
scholastic team went down to defeat before Yale
b. 10 J.
I'll, spectators a the Pas;ime Athletic Club ath-
le,ic carnival at Madison Square Garden on Satur-
Gay evening were late in arriving. but they man
aged IN yet there just the same. 1t was toward
the middle of the programme that the Ca-den
showed signs OF paying crowd, and when the last
contest was run il tmated that the cub hal
made a cons Gerabe prcht. In bo;h track and field
contests there were many Wei known athletes from
l5as1 and West The first big surprise when
James ID. I-ghtbody, Of the Oh cago Athletic Asso-
cation failed 70 do tete than third in the half
mile run for The Amateur Athletic Union champion
ship I.ertbody won many prizes at the recent
olvr-ric games al ST. Lou and IL was thought
that he stood an * client chance In coming in
6.s- ir tris contest Later in the two-nile handi
.sp he failed 10 come in one. Two. three. The big
hendfcapz allotted many Of the others. however
,re-e bit too much for him to overcome from
scratch The holl was so large that for most OF
The way passing was extremely difficult
Ralph Rose the perf-ct athlete" of the Chicago
Athletic club, seemed he tha centre Of interest
~ fhe meeting Each time he made put IN me
ot-pouua shot contest. in which he ostaoh7hel
new worlds record. h was greeted win r~uho
af.er round Of applause When it was announce
;har he had sent the missile distance OF . lee'
"a inches thus breaking the old record OF 50 le+'
Us. inches. made in -s9) b. George Gay q 'ht
%ev-York Athletic club. the spectators cheereo 10
heat The New years Eve racket cutsioe
--r. Y,,,lr, school Athlete League contests that
D.,
.o, new records BY holding the preliminary heats
- -l,a track and field contests IN the afternoon and
.he running Of OF track contest finals IN the even
inr short snappy contests were PROVIDED 10Y me
,,reer night crowd. Relay races are the most pop
,llar Of the schooboy contests, jucglns from 'i's
wa they were apFlauded on SatuToay'
Ice Yachting IS now occupying the a''ehl'on "a
The vachtsrnen who own The feet OF myers tnat II. u
g. strong breeze equal and often excel the speed oI
ne Empire State Express. Even in q Iight ofee-e
-. F-,i,sv on tho South Shrewsbury River. one
- ,e boats entered in the first race OF the season
,be AFdred-t-a vellsd 10 miles in S5 minutes, which
ss a. The rate OF I7l4 miles hour Size defeated
,ho holder of the third class pennant-the Hazel
i,y q seconds and she the commodores Cup
The Hazel is owned by William r. Jolne. OF the
south Shrewsbury club She won the pennant last
year from the Atalanta, the Wizard ana me NIL
dred The latter yacht IS owned by BenJarplh T.
Morris the commodore Of the club Three nun
ra5 -,or1,ferg are enrolled in the South Shrewsbury
,lrb Of Brauchport and the Shrewsbury club, OF
Pleasure Bay and they have fifty yachts registered
MANY other prize cups and pennants have been OF
9erod so that the ice yach'smen may expect 10
have lively season II the ice remains In good con-
d,tior
There will be good sport in the same direction on
the Hudson River 'n q short time for some OF the
fastest yachts IN the country race over the courses
If tho TFvde Park Ice Yacht Club. Archibald Rog-
crs owns a feet Of i've zee yachts the largest Of
which is The Jack Frost Dr. J. c. Barrons boat is
yhe Northern Light and there are & dozen others
that VIII soon be heard from when the ice is In good
condition. The clu5 is short distance above
Ioughkecpsie. and the courses are laid out on the
r.ver n triangular shape
The Palm Beach Power Boat Association Of Palm
Beach Florida is busily preparing for the first an
ruaI motor boat and water carnival February !
Il Fred Slerry. the secretary OF the association
and Lieutenant Hugh l. Willoughby are already at
Palm Beach laying oct the course and making
other arrangements for the success Of the carnival!
,vhne the representative Of the association. w. J.
Morgan. Of No. 116 Nassau-st.. has Just returned
from Palm Beach. where he had a conference with
lis association and well known boatmen in FIcr-
ida The four Gays programme provides for boats
- many different horsepower and also takes in
FoUc sailing boat classes What promises 10 be the
great feature II the carnival Viii be two parades.
TN illuminated one a. night. and q flower carnival
81 tho daytime. Sir Thomas r. Dewar has accept
ed the invitation - act az associate referee Of
ila carnival with Henry Il. Flaglcr. The judges
sre announced Joseph Jefferson. A. J. Mcintosh.
81 The American Power Boat Association; Lieu
tenant Vil!oughby aud Commodore j. +. GTif-
~. of Tine Bayswster Yacht Club. and others The
tEoI= Ull b. experts from NeN-Hork.
William X Vanderbilt. sr. means business in
connection with the contests TO be held on the
florida Leach. HIS s5-l05 Mercedes has been
~. aughiy operhaalcd and built up 10 a style o:
iaoer 70 suit him and given new coat Of alu-
ls.lua1 uaint The hood OF the IS TO longer cut
awav iH the regulation Mercedes style. as IT APP
p-alel ;r Ihe Eagle Rock hill climbing contest.
-i- Vanderbilt ias had IL extended in somewhat
of sn arch backward 10 reach the side of
the scat 81 the bottom. though on top # does not
fun back quite so fa- The seats of the car have
teen dropped 10 tAe floor and The steering wheel