New-York tribune., 1907-08-19
COMMENT ON SPORTS.
usNY FTYTURES DECIDED.
Ne-cs and Tiescs on Current Topics,
Amateur and Professional.

Los afp
,upblic Stakes and the victory OF Frank Farreu
g,n, C,afYnev in the rich Hopeful Stakes hold
,,~ernier honors Then again they VIII hoId up
collins easy victory in the Grand Union holSi
Stakes on Wednesday for public comment
yacbtSroen enjoyed the great races between ule
his, Scbooners Queen, Elmina and Ingonar IN
1he cruise of the New York Yacht CiuD' ana lile
international races at kiel and Port thaFio,IS-
.sn the lawn tennis courts the matches IN WHICH
FEaclatt and Alexander defeated tIotller ''i'N
rornad and n NJ Grant and Nat Thornton were
oF aspeciaI interest Golf devotees were SUI
r9rised at the defeat Of Jerome D. IraNerS ."
the Ekwanol links, al Manchester VI Auto
ISIS had no fixtures TO decide, while the baSepail
fans saw good games al Ifle 1oIo N'i'" ~
Washington Park
This week promises to furnish plenty OF con-
tests in nearly every branch of sports Inc race
meetings at Saratoga and Empire City continue
,ba national lawn tennis championships at New
mort begin the Giants and the SuperDaS are at
home. there will be several minor gof touriiS-
,rents. che yachtsmen viii compete in Local
waters and in fact. there Will be something Tor
every sporting enthusiast to see ana DO
YACHTING.
The last week has furnished the best sport
of she year TO lovers of yachting. three of the
great fixtures of the year having been oeClHeu'
.s far at least, as Americans are concerned
The New York Yacht Club cruise is over ana II
Is safe 10 say that the premier organization ol
Il. kind in America has never had better cruise use
q
has at nearly all times been of the best' WIN
good winds and fair weather. On one day there
were fog and rain 10 make things unpleasant
but little Of this is welcome TO all Sood HdcHS
men The racing on the cruise has been Of tle
host The big schoonerS Queen, Emina ana
fnrouoar have engaged IN several splendid con
tests and honors have been nearly even a.
though the most highly priced trophy in AInerl-
car Yachting next to the Americas Cup ltseiI,
,ha Kings CrIp fell TO the Queen after splen-
f7t6 race on Saturday, the Ingomar, beaten hy
onlv a little more than three minutes, losing
nothing Of the glory she had won in earlier con-
tests.
Two international races, or series Of races,
,7,a-lza5 the week In one America was success
frI; in another. after one of the most thoroughly
er;ovabIe and sportsmanlike contests IN the MS
tory of international sport the Stars and stripes
were lowered to the colors of the German
yachtEmen-
Az Port Charlotte the American defender Of
the Canada Cup. the Seneca. won Two more
,aces from the Canadian challenger Adele on
Monday and Tuesday, proving herself the pet
Ger boat in every respect But there Is more
satisfaction for Americans in the defeats al
7ziel than in the victory at Rochester, owing TO
-he unfortunate incident which preceded the
races touched upon In this column last week
AT Kiel the American sender class boats buiit
for the light winds and smooth seas thaI pre-
vail off the coast OF MdssachuseJts III lle tdc-
sny season encountered heavy winds and rough
seas and the sturdier German yachts mag
uifcently handled, proved too much Tor the
SE1pDerS-
steered Tflly X to victory in one of the four
races sailed the others being divided between
the wannsee, which has two races 10 her credit
and the wittelsbach, winner of the first race.
The American yachts, being defeated In the trst
four races, are eliminated from the rest of the
series and the Germans viii fight it out for the
Raiser's Cup.
LAWN TENNIS
Hacxett and Alexander who have long sought
the national doubles championship in lawn ten
MS at last in a fair way 70 attain lhelr eiu-
They travelled to Chicago to win place IN Ihe
round preceding the challenge round, which they
did by defeating the Western cracks and bring
ing back the Western championship. The Long
wood tournament and the fight for the Eastern
title they avoided. but they defeated On Friday
she winners of that title. Clothier and Larned,
following this on Saturday with the defeat OK
i. NJ. Grant and Nat Thornton. the southern
chanpious 1t Is not absolutely certain that
Wright and Ward, the present national cham
T,iors will default at Newport tomorrow. ac-
cording 70 their announced intention, but there
.s little chance OF a match.
There has been much criticism OF the Western
trip of this pair. Lawn tennis in America has
long suffered because OF the lack OF tourna-
rnents of a sectional character OF sufnciently
high class TO develop good players all over the
country The aim Of the National Lawn Tennis
Association has been to encourage sectional ac-
sivity and the object of the ADMISSION TO the
final round in doubles, first Of the Western and
now of the Southern champions. has been to pro-
duce more good players kreigh Collins the
Tyesterner was the product of this plan, and he
was considered good enough 10 represent Amer
Sea in a Davis Cup contest If Eastern players
of the first class to travel West and South
TO gain entrance TO the final round the excel
lent purpose Of this plan viii be nullified. and
great harm will be done to the game. The prac-
tice. if it develops. viii simply add new form TO
mug hunting" a vice less prevalent in all sports
than IL
II is harder than ever TO pick winner of the
aIl-coTners tournament at Newport this week
Two former champions among the entries,
and Iarrled and T3eals &. Wright have both dis
played form this year that entities them to
respectful consideration. Karl Behr, the inter
national player, who was the sensation of the
tournament last year. viii be a formidable con-
tender. despite his poor showing at Southamp-
ron and Leroy, Grant and Westfall have all
shown good form. II is not impossible that
Clarence Hobart, who won the right TO chal-
ienge Larned az Longwood. will surprise many.
and f. C Colston must also be watched.
AUTOMOBIING.
The chief feature of the automobile situation
at present is that there is no feature. Not in
years has there been such lack of anything
look forward to In the sport The Glidden
is over, there is Vanderbilt Cup for
the trade 10 wait for. and consequently there is
reason 10 expect early decisions by many makers
as 10 their 1903 models The situation abroad
has been different. There have been several
important races and in England at least. there
IS what amounts almost a mania for contests
and trials Of ali kinds. Special speeding tracks
pre- EDringing up In abundance, although in
France this practice is frowned upon by trade
and critics alike, it being held that the best
interests of the sport not secured by the
encouragement OF the manufacture of freak
cars designed for speed and speed alone In
France and on the Continent generally, more
and more attention is being paid To the solution
Of tire troubles and problems.