New-York tribune., 1906-12-17
SPORTING COM ENT.
Nescs and Viescs on Current Topics,
Amateur and Professional.

With the competitive season in outdoor sports
over, the legislative period has begun. and this
and the various indoor pastimes serve to keep
the sporting world interested. even in such dull
times are now upon it. Hockey, indoor lawn
tennis. billiards. bowling. trapshooting and as
sociation football VIII provide entertainment for
many this week. while the meeting Of the foot
hall rules committee on Saturday should prove
of no little importance. The feature Of the
week viii be the meeting of Willie Hoppe and
George Sutton for the worlds billiard champion
ship at lS-inch haIkline. two shots in. The
match is at 500 points. and will be played on
Tuesday night in the Grand Central Palace
Hoppe is the challenger. as Sutton won the title
from George f Slosson some time ago The
winner will have little time TO enjoy the fruits
81 victory as challenges are flying thick ana
fast Sutton has issued a challenge 10 hoppe
for the Isl title. and two or three other players
are awaiting opportunity 10 get in word
The important happenings last week We're the
baseball meetings, the Metropolitan Golf AS
sociation meeting, the winning or tne nauohai
eross-country championship by +. Nebrich ana
Of the team championship by the lr1sh-Anerlcan
Athletic Club. the opening of the hockey sea-
son and the siN-day bicycle race The victory
Of Nebrich across country stamps him as one
of the strongest and most versatile runners OF
the day He showed speed. stamina and cour-
age, the qualities which go 10 make up a great
athlete. He beat not only the fastest miller IN
the country, NJ. w. Sheppard, but he outstayed
such good long distance men as Bonhag. Daly
and Carr. among others.
THE SIX DAY CYCLE RACE.
The six day bicycle race IS over. and perhaps
FOR all time II would be cause for no regret,
and surely cause for no concern. II the author
tiles stepped in and prevented repetition Of
last weeks scenes in Madison Square Garden.
Perhaps the riders did their best and worked
their hardest 20 win, and then perhaps the
whole affair was a mere hippodrome, which ap-
peared far more likely. There can be no Ques-
ton about the riders trying in that last mile,
charm and bears its fruit. The prize money
may have been pooled, but the glamour of
winning appeals 10 all Outside of that last
wild sprint of a mile however, the long grind
had every appearance of being fixed" for the
sole purpose Of creating interest TO the end
for those who for some unaccountable reason
could not see the huge joke Of a six day bicycle
race being decided by inches in one mile dash
Some persons take q keen pleasure, apparently,
IN being fooled, and they will flock TO the Gar
den again next year if another grind is held.
and cheer or hiss, as fancy dictates. as they
Gid at the Wind-up Of the Saturday.
Bicycle racing has been and could be good
sport, bur II would take a wide stretch of the
imagination TO call The affair last week sport.
Some drastic reform is needed in the rules and
management of the race if another is held.
There was much that degrading and moth
ing that uplifting inVigorating IN last
weeks fasco. For certain amount Of pluck
and remarkable endurance the riders deserve
perhaps word of praise, but one cannot even
grow enthusiastic this point, endurance
Of that kind and pluck Of that kind worthy
OF little consideration.