New-York tribune., 1907-08-05
COMMENT on SPORTS
P1CING SCENE SHIFTS.
Nc,rs and Tiezcs on Current Topics.
4matcur and Professional.

.,-,,,, the SIMMER season is now at its
,ib+ ,bera is no apparent lack Of activity
81, the sporting world In fact this VIII DE d"
oera-ialJy busy week. To-day the racing SeiS"
al Saratoga begins with the $1,000 SdId'oSa
Handicap. the Saratoga Stee2iechase anu ''ie
1-1asb Stakes a. the features ON SATURDAY id00
.,,e,-s who cannot so 10 the Spa VIII hnd plehiS
"a interest them at the Empire CITY TRACK
1..l,ere an is,ll1eerl-day meeting begins Lovers
of automobile racing may see some Keen anu
,,.,,.e,;,,,, snort at the Brighton Beach race
,rack. where the 24-hour automobile Derby VIII
1,a RIM on Friday and saturday. Golfing en-
,h,2siaste will focus their attention on the tour
,,,,,,o,,, at Sbinnecock Hills. There is a treat
-, ,tore for The. vachtsmen- for the annual cruise
r -be New York Yacht Club starts on Thurs
sa,- Then there will be plenty to interest the
baseball fans for the Yankees are still at nome
Cricketers and lawn tennis lovers VIII ho' Iath
for something TO see and do
--l,. wonderful victory of Charles Edward ~
the Brighton Derby Saturday. in which he
hing ,,n a new record of 2:;o4-3 for mile ana
= half stands out the feature OF last week
When il Is considered that this sterling uhfee-
.ear-old was practically running a4ohe-lol
t,ran,, GIL MAS never a contendeT-his per
forrnance stamps him one OF the greatest
racers al his age. Racegoers lamented the iat'
for these two horses in a class OF their own
,;lIher1 w Nichols Of the Woodland Club'
,,,on q cre5ifal,le victory in the golf tournament
At Van Cortlandt Park Hackett and Ai'NSN'-
der bv winning the lawn tennis doubles III me
Western championship tournament helu al III
~aeo now have the right 10 compete with 1he
Eastern and Southern champions for the nation
Il ti-la at Newport. The University Of PennsSl
,snia cricket team completed a very succesSIOi Oi
tour in England. and the Philadelphia team oe-
<-o5 tho Eastern Canadian team st Ottawa
Other important happenings last week lhcAuoed
,he Fort George hill climb. the temporary
overthrow Of the Chicago White SoN IN me
American League pennant race. the final ad-
++,ent of the race meeting At Yonkers and
,ba easy victory of the clever mare Sononla Girl
~ ,ra Grand Circuit meeting AZ Cleveland
ROWING.
Tho week in rowing was marked chiefly 10y the
Canadian Henley. rowed st st. GATHERINGS on
zD-,da,- and Saturday Home crews won most II
-b to,ors although the Buffalo men entered
acquitted themselves creditably for America
The Netropolitan Rowing Club was the only
local organization represented and was rnape
=, win in any event. Fred Fuesseli It's pest
schiller was third in the championship SilSleN-
being beaten 10y BOWER anu 'fe'"' " "
Club, Of Toronto
IT, confessional championship Of the world
7,asSed from Charles Townes- OF Australia u
webb Of New Zealand, who Won a well roNeu
race at sydney .;a,,oI
-r1,fs week interest centres in the nauonal
,,,ir.rsl,irs which VIII he decided on the
Schuvlkiu River. Philadelphia on FrldaF iihG
s,a+urdav. The entry list has been well filed ana
good sport seems to be assured.
CRICKET.
The cricket team Of the University OF Pe'hsSI-
,-ar;a after winning the intercollegiate challI-
,=orsI3ip from Harvard. Havertord ana '"Iilei
- IA d, brilliantly successful season in Eng
land ending its tour this week with d N-o''i :
IL more than an innings over DuIWlch' one ol
4 strongest Of the great English ubIc Schools
Tho eleven has had the honor OF making ue
1,ost record Of any American team Iflal 80 ,
-,er,- across the Atlantic. Nearly all 1he puui0
ec,,,a,s were defeated. and some drawn il4lc1ie7
were abandoned when victory was onIE 4 qU0S-
lion Of time for the Americans
Another international success was scored bE
,ba C:an1lernen Of Philadelphia, who defeated
Eastern Canada bE five wlckets III d iid''ii III
-, I'D ,,-j,xet= caused low scoring
The local cricket situation underwent a de-
sided change. For the first time III TWO Seasons
Fsroolzlvu has lost second place IN the race loi
she METROPOLITAN District League championship p
n7 C,,1,,,Tris oval aided by the terrific hitting
of Kortlang and Hoskins and the deadly bowl
ing Of Hoskns and Smith, has falleh mo ul7
-,ei+io,, Of rJ,nner-up the Staten Island ca1l-
niors The latter team is prsct1caliE certain ~
win the trophy again
AUTOMOBILING.
Tho long 1ie for the Hover trophy was broken
s;,,, tho week the White steam runahout
,sa,,,irs- buffalo in the supplemental run from
,-,- Work which followed the long Glidden tour
,,.4, ,+e score still perfect. The Stoddard-Day-
ION rrnahout broke Il spring in the run from
Syracuse to Buffalo. and was defeated, but no'
5ies-racad The contest for the Hover trophy
NO less than that for the more highly valued
C;Tidder cup. furnished convincing PROOF OF me
>,creasirg ability Of American cars TO give
-,z,,.rlzal,le service on American roads, good
had and indifferent
The Fort George hill climb on Saturday was
-.,,arkahl a. much for the freedom from acci-
dents as for the splendid records made Inc
- accident occurred before the start of the
contest and was fortunately without INJURY OF
fatality TO any contestant The dangerous cnaF-
.c,e- Of the hill makes this record noteworthy
All the councillors did excellent Work, ana INC
lessons of the Glidden tour were emphasized
Stringent rules have been prepared by the
American Automobile Association for twenty
@orrr hour endurance contests and they VIII bf
,,torced in the race at the Brighton Beach tracl
on Friday and Saturday for the first time. OnlS
one car will he used for each entrant in TINS
contest. and no substitution on account VI aOoi
dents will be permitted.
PROFESSIONAL BASEBALI
r.,rof- held the lead in the American Leagu'
-,r.,v overthrow Of the Chicago White Sox. th'
-zo,ld,s champions. was Que partly to the Yam
tees But then on Saturday they dropped botf
Games NJ double header TO the champions. and
.he Tigers only broke even with Washington
pefro.trs leadership short lived AT ul'
,,res.nt tine there are few teams in the Ameri
=. To,,,,a fn a more crippled condition thar