New-York tribune., 1908-02-03

nlace the stewards on the ilafeld rail 10 look
inr Eneens. etc. ali this gh riding would be %
stamped out in week nul me- ,,,aiix bnilt the
patrol stands Saratoga but they persuasoeu mn
from it, and aIthougn S,ne, SnTs never hs ndIed
he matter on a business basis letting the &c p1S 1S
May and that the punishment would be having me
ndorsed on the BACK ts,r f The resi- .,f the
season BOYS would not then axe chaheeS- lNeie
is the remedy
ca,not entirely agree with this. although
with a change in the rule &c vernlng oisduaiii
cations more patrol judges might lead 10 'he
o,,icler stamping ont of unns ,essary rough and
foul riding. Under the ruie5 as IL status tue
stewards cannot enforce il TOD the letter "lthou'
working constant hardship by unreasonaois
disoualifcations and with more patrol judges
ranorfing on crossing and Interference their
nestion would be an even mope.difficult one fand
wellnish untenable The single change or the
word is for may in the rule would strike at
the cause OF much present dissatisfactloh'in ts
enforcement enforcement Miller, Nicoi
and f. Dugan may not be finished horsemeh as
compared with Sloan. Maher, sSfaw, McCue and
some others who might be mentioned, but they
seem to have acquired the g'winning habit
which necessarily appeals to Aowners, trainers
and racegoers.
Ora Morningstar failed utterly in his effort to
wrest the worlds billiard championship at Isl
baIkline from George B. Sutton last week in a.
match that slow, disappointing and anna
teurish Morningstar is finished player ANDY a
master of the ivories. but it begins to lookJas
if stage fright or buck fever will forever frob
him of chance TO win the title. He didf not
begin to do himself justice and the cold fhall
was not entirely responsible. Hoppe nowl ap-
pears to be the only man likely to dislodge| SUIT
C.,l,, thnir n! a
champions at 1872 and ISL respectively.
Captain Bobby Burch of the Yale football
team is lucky to secure the services of iBiglow
and Tad" Jones head coach and assistant
head coach next season. So far as can be
Judged both men are well endowed with the
qualities so necessary for teaching and1 leading
and with Walter Camp behind them 1t looks.
even at this time, IL another championship
would go TO Yale. In commenting on the ue-
cison Of the baseball management to return to
graduate coaching. which. blythe way. IS long
step in the right direction. the Yale Daily
News says editorally:
Both from the standpoint of strict amateur ethics
and from the more practical aspect of turning out
A team capable of producing the best results IN
! their own amateur field this reversion to the
older system seems step in advance In game
which has been reduced to the set OF almost
rules and principles sucn as now govern
professional baseball. contest between two teams
is often in its lowest struggle between the
baseball senses of two men sitting on opposite
benches with nine trained mechansfns at the cprn-
mand OF each. Individual judgment is at a dis
count Quite naturally the introduction of such an
element the person of "A professional coach into
,he sphere Of college baseball, matter how
proficient the players may he. results 10 ~ great
extent in duplication or the features rot the
professional game. The coach dominates the situa-
| Iis sIa IN
ceases TO direct responsibility. the fmen lose
their power of judgment-ther baseball personality.
John II. Farrell. secretary of thet National AS
| socation Of Minor League Clubs has remained
! silent, can be learned. tothe request of
| Garry Hermann. chairman of the' national com
mission. for a statement of the real attitude Of
| his organization on the much TALKED of and so
called black list resolution 1t is high time some
official statement made by the national
association. for in the interest offihe sport that
! resolution must be abrogated. HERBERT.