New-York tribune., 1907-09-16
COMMENT ON SPORTS.
FIXTURES FOB THE WEEK.
Ne7rs and Vie7cS on Current ToP'cs'
amateur and Professional.


Amateur and Professional.
Cir Thomas Linton will not forget the aTnbl-
.jon OF his life lift" the Americas Cup me
announcement by cable last week that MS ioUl "
challenge was the way created n SUI "
~acl,tfray circles and aroused widespread interest
.,,,o,,f- an American sportsnlen- The news was
welcome as another race for the blue rippoh o.
she seas IS bound 70 stimulate the sport anu
make new friends for Yachting 1t Is 1aI 0IS
n the season Of 1905 but il is not too carry 10
rre4ict that from sporting point Of view II " IA
.srrpass the brilliant one which Is now Slowly
hut none the less surely drawing to a 'ioSe-
The week lust closed was fail OF interesting OH
s,orncenents and happenings in addition 10 news
fror, Sir Thomas. Ralph Rose, the giant alIl-
,afa from San Francisco. made no less thal SIN
new worlds records al putting the shot ana me
performances. which were niue SNORT u (,
snarkafle made history for the seVenty-hlhll
games of the New York Athletic Clup- l. n
J. Baldwin driving a steam car made a new
worlds competitive record for one InlIe OF S475
seconds. while autOmobilists were iuTIher iIl'S'
ssfed in the effort being made 70 holo q uIS IouI
ing car race over the Long Island roads Ihele
was some disappointment in the~FIctoTy OF the
Epanfsh sonderllasse yachts over our american
boats in the races for the kings cup aoIo1u'
but the good feeling engendeTed nlaoe up IoI
shis in part The keen fight for the american
League pennant and the struggle for second
place in the National League kept the baseDaIl
fans stirred up, while racegoers had no cause
for complaint in the wind-up OF the ooheE ISIaHu
Jockey Clubs fall meeting
This week will not be lacking IN interest me
.pen tournament Of the Morris County GolI
Club in which Of the strongest payers III
-be country have entered, viii keep the golfers
busy: the cricketers are counting on a Tea1 III
the international match tomorrow and Nednes-
nav between a picked eleven and the MaryleDone
Cricket Club Of London at Livingston. Staten
island: the baseball fans will continue TO root
for their respective favorites in the two big
leagues: the first gun viii be fired in the college
socthalI season while raCegoers will continue 70
eniov their favorite sport this week at Graves
END.
AUTOMOBILING-
The outlook Is bright for a big touring car race
r,ver the Long Island roads this fall, in spite OF
The fact that the racing board Of the American
Automobile Association decided against holding
the international race for the Vanderbilt Cup
aithout the aid Of the state militia TO police the
course The Metropolitan Automobile Associa-
zion has asked for the use of the roads in Mas
sau County. and II looks If the Board OF
Supervisors would grant the request There IS
some doubt about the advisability Of holding
the race even though it would prove highly en-
pertaining as a contest and be OF great value 10
the industry and aid TO its development A
fatal accident rnarred the Vanderbilt Cup race
last year. and life is too great a price 10
nav The cost Of properly policing the course
would be enormous and it seems unlikely that
the Metropolitan Automobile Association could
succee5 where the American Automobile Asso-
citation failed. There is this difference, how
ever in favor Of the proposed race: The con-
test viii be limited 10 stock touring cars and the
rate Of speed will not be so excessive as in the
case Of pure racing machines. in which every
thing was sacrificed TO covering the ground at
better than mile e minute.
The modern carburetter has recently come in
for its fun share Of attention. When the auto
mobile was mora or less in its infancy and the
understood the tendency TO let well enough
alone AS a matter OF fact, It long step
from the old surface type Of Carburetter 10 the
modern device and while the modern carburetter
SIS extremely flexible designers are concentrat-
sng every effort upon producing one that viii he
absolutely automatic at all speeds, J. D. Max
well. in speaking the subject. said: a
buretter mus he sufficiently flexible TO feed at
all points Of throttle opening and at all engine
speeds at uniform mixture to the cylin-
der. and 70 produce a thoroughly homogeneous
mixture. II has been customary 10 heat the air
20 a certain extent before feeding it the car
buretter- Theory and practice however, both
seem show that this IS a mistake or perhaps
] should qualify the remark and say that it can
be carried to point where It is absolutely OBJ
jectionable- The ideal conditions would be TO
heat the fuel and the air. Particularly Is
this true with some Of the heavier distillates,
such kerosene and alcohol
YACHTING.
1acnISrnen al over the country showing
great interest in Sir Thomas J Lipton's latest
effort TO capture the Americas Cup and the
receipt OF the challenge from the ROYAL Irish
Yacht Club. which its secretary has Informed
the New York Yacht Club IS on its way here by
the steamer Crnbria. is eagerly looked forward
20 by those most directly interested IN that i'm
portant document Judging from the friendly
relations heretofore existing between Sir Thomas
and the New York Yacht Club. il is almost a
foregone conclusion that the challenge Of the
Royal Irish Yacht Club, which is sponsor for Sir
Thomas, viii be promptly accepted. Even if Il
contains some radical changes in the conditions
OF the IL IS likely that they viii be adjusted
20 the satisfaction Of both clubs through the
zng challenged in September. Sir Thomas, It
would seem, has IN mind a series of races in
August for the ten months notice he is required
10 give expires with July 1908 It will be re-
called, however. that the accident TO Sham
rock III, when she lost her mast in the trial
races Of 1903, cost her owner four weeks Of time
for repairs, and IL may be that he hopes to race
tn September, allowing the four weeks Of Au-
gust for emergencies This would suit the New
York Yacht Club better. for they do not like TO
have the annual August cruise interfered with
by an international race. Five years having
elapsed since the last contest for the Cup the
American public, always eager for interna-
fional contest. especially that can be viewed
by thousands from steamers that accompany
the yachts. is tust in the right mood for an
from the time the challenge is accepted until