New-York tribune., 1907-07-29
COMMENT ON SPORTS.
NO Lick OF FIXTURES.
Ne7cs and Vie1cs on Current Topics,
Imatcur and Professional.

In spite OF the 1aCt that the vacation season
Is at its height and big fixtures are sched-
uied, there VIII be plenty Of activity IN the
sporting world this week. The Yankees viii be
at home to the baseball fans at American
League Park. racegoers VIII find plenty 10
aInuse at Brighton Beach, the golfers viii have
the big tournament at Van Cortlandt Park TO
keep them busy, while the yachtsmen, cricketers
and lawn tennis lovers, among others, VIII not
lack for something TO see and DO. The automo-
fnists, now that the Gidden tour is over. can
look forward to the hill climbing contest up
Fort George Hill Saturday. and the
automobile Derby, so called. ct the Brighton
Beach race track later on. when the thor
oushbreds have gone 10 Saratoga.
OF the many interesting happenings last week
the victory Of Colin in the Brighton Junior
Stakes stands out perhaps as the feature This
unbeaten two-year-old ran truly remarkable
race in beating a strong field under untaYor-
able conditions and running six furlongs IN
I:12 10 He stands out one Of the greatest
colts ever bred III this country and, barring
accidents, IS likely TO go into retirement for
the season with 100000 10 his credit, as he
has won more than half that amount 10 date
and has the rich Saratoga Special and tuturlty
before him The victory Of Sonoma Girl in the
rich Merchants and Manufacturers Stakes IN
dicates that another Lou Dillon may have
come TO the trotting turf. Her performance
gave a tone to the opening OF the Grand Clr-
cult The Labchnont regatta race week IN
dicated q remarkable interest IN yachting ana
showed that this branch Of sport did not neeo
the stimulus OF q race for the Americas Cup as
much as Il is desired. Other important nap
1,enings last week included the finish Of the
long and arduous tour Of the American Auto
mobile Association, the winning OF the natoIlal
polo championship by the Rockaway hunting
club team. the almost clean sweep OF the New
York Athletic Club swimmers IN the Amateur
Athletic Union championship and the making OF
another record at fifty yards by c. NJ Daniels
the human fish; the settlement, so far as can
he Judged of a threatened turf war, and the
eoay,Tf a.
for the Vanderbilt Cup would not be held here
this year.
PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL"
The baseball scene shifted last week for the
Second time this season The Natlonal League
teams are now playing IN the West Wnl4e
Fasteners have the opportunity TO see the
American Leagut players IN action. Returnlng
home from q none too successful trip the Aah-
1lees Immediately proceeded 10 thrash the heaVy
hitting Cleveland team. winning TWO games,
Then Iaioie's men won a double header ana
another game on Saturday, The double header
nav have been productive Of good to the home
team, for Norman Elberfeld the Yankee snort
Etop was Indefinitely suspended by the owner Oh
.he team as he was not satisfied with the spirit
shown bv the pugnacious little player. There
have been ruTnors for some time that all was
not peaceful in the Yankee camp anc 10 some
4t was no surprise when EIberfeId was eJecleo
from the team Conroy IS now playing snort
ston The chances are that the hilltop team
will now run more smoothly. II Griffith hopes
10 get in the first division his team must make
its stand right now. Out IN the West the Giants
and Brooklyn are having their hands full on
Saturday Pittsburg passed the New Workers IN
The championship race. Down IN the smoky
city they are playing fast ball at present NC
Ciraw's team is also running smoothly. win
Chicago IN the lead by a safe margin interest
naturally centres for the time in the race Tor
second place Pittsburg has the advantage OF
zlavirg at home. When the Giants improve d
little in their work the bases they VIII ne a
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fail the New Workers should make this more
FUccessful trip than the last, and return nome
IN second place, & few points nearer the chaIh-
rlons Donavan's Superbas are going nicely
They, too. ought TO make good record on thls
Western invasion.
AUTOMOBILING.
Il is cause for much regret among motorists
that the international automobile race for the
Vanderbilt cup has been declared off this year.
The racirr board Of the American Automobile
Association and the cup commission worked
hard 70 secure a course which could be prop
erlv policed and. failing this. decided against
holding the race in this country. The lessons Of
last year were too fresh IN mind for any other
action 1t was found then that course over
the public highways could not be properly po-
Heed without the aid Of state troops. and one
life Is too much to pay even for such thrilling
and popular race as the Vanderbilt cup contest
has been in the past. The Long Island Motor
Parkway VIII probably be ready next year, when
the race can be held with perfect safety 10 the
onlookers and comparative safety to the drivers.
When A. r Pardington. acting chairman Of the
cup commission, made the formal announce
.nent that the race was off on Saturday he said
''in this country" This led 10 q hope that the
race might be held abroad. but 1t is a forlorn
hope.
The annual run Of the American Automobile
Association for the Glidden and Hover trophies,
which came 20 an end in this city Wednes-
day, was successful In the main, but auto
lnobilists, particularly those who took part in
the tour seem TO be one in the feeling that
change in the rules and conditions will be neces-
sary next year. The run proved cOnclusively
that the automobiles OF to-day can be depended
on for reliability in a way little dreamed Of five
years ago The time has come when the cars
will DO all that the manufacturers claim for
them, and more, too The day Of the auto
mobile as a toy has passed.
In commenting on the rage for high powered
and expensive cars, The London Field" says:
f'The rage for high powered and expensive cars
shows sign Of diIninutiOn. This is rather a
pity, because there are unrnistakabIe signs that
the output IS far IN excess Of the demand. II is
after all, only very small percentage Of the
population which can afford cars Of this nature
and, as there are now more than sixty firms
which producing siX-cylinder cars, 1t is per-
ftctly clear that all OF them cannot be disposed
of. The majority Of the Inhabitants Of this
country are people Of moderate means and nu-
1aerically, they VIII form the support Of the mo-
tor industry, so 10 offer them these expensive
cars is nothing less than Tantalus's dream as
they are completely beyond their reach Several
firms are already feeling the reaction very much
and unless they, and others, too, adopt q more
rational policy they viii suffer in the near fut-
ure The need Of the present time is essentially
the production OF low priced, reliable light car
This WEI appeal to a very large number of peo-