New-York tribune., 1908-12-14
COMMENT sAUTOMOBHG GOLF BOWLING y OTHER SPORTS

orders that may be applicable 10 the conditions
that arise am convinced that Lange
ha1npered IN the Arrny-Navy game and that the
haiaslipulen failed 20 make the most of their op-
portuHities for this reason. The Yale Alumni
"eekiy thinks Yale was hsmpered in the same
way IN the Princeton game until Coy. the acting
espIs'n. took things in mis- oru hands 7 an
lsled that Miller, the Pennsylvania quarterback.
maze one Of the prettiest runs Of the sea son by
scnns on his Initiative and breaking away
iioih d prearr1nged plan There is such z thing
TOO much coaching and too much planning for the
sooo ot The sport The Yale Alumni Weekly
SAYS on this point.
OCCASIONALLY 3 team. or one man on +Aa team
tb. @ Lshs matters into their own hands and win
LIZ is sutoJaton system That is 8 good deal more
the coaches be- slan me pulling OF strings from
cs1+af. "a ANY man able enough to be a football
game Before football came to be the highly or
6eaI -1 zane 1hat It Is today there was good
f5e- more nc Individual initiative on the field than
= ir Is now and il was better for TIE game that
= a 4sie halfback, who abandoned a prearranged
LIs-~-.5 lL7 II vas n action and shot out
q harvard end for touchdown on his own sudden
year at Princeton in taking osn 1--WE @ LIE h
own hands ard winning III are he++er e[s,,-iee cf
% "sy ne sport should he than the nlritit1di-
Of games which we're won not by the tea On the
neio' ouf by the coaches on the benches
Two amendments to the conEti+,,tio, Of the 7-r.z
states Golf Association have been suggested hut It
: -ia'o 20 ramon the reason unless the real b.
opposition IL
IdI4y IN the West. 70 the plan Of having voting
and non-voting clubs termed associate and allied
ou' "nat END could be served in changing the
names 10 active and associate without changing
their meaning is hard 70 solve for in the words
OF the poet = rose by any other name would smell
as sweet The other amendment TO cut ont he
cause aooni the nominating committee and thus
leaFe tne naming Of officers 10 the open meeting
Indicates that there is demand in some quarters
10 prevent so far as possible the executive com
ultJee from perpetuatiug itself without more o-
less friction in the way Of opposition ticket
some golfers seem 70 have idea that the cleo
ton Of officers at the annual meeting is purely
pertunctory and II has been, but there is nothing
in the constitution 10 prevent the nomination Of
= man for any Office in open meeting
There appears 10 be more chance for an inter
national athletic just now than II any time
since the controversy began over the Olympic
games in England last summer. The bitter attack
on James E Sullivan, president Of the Amateur
Athletic Union and United States commissioner
70 the games. and other members Of the American
committee by member Of the British Olympic
council viii not 20 unanswered, and the wound that
vss healing may be opened afresh. Mr- Sullivan
asserts that many Of the accusations are false and
be proved by afHdavtts and that the answer
viii be ready IN few DAYS II seems had that
the controversy must continued and breach
vvidened. but in view IF the wide publicity OF the
latest accusations answer 10 clear .up some
questions is not only desirable but absolutely i'm
perstiv=.
England Il aroused over something else +han the
Olympic games and this something else is the
Americas Cup. the blue ribbon yachting trophy Of
the seas The Field an English publication
C1Ises the New York Yacht Club oF doing its
best TO encourage international competition by say
ing. after long discussion of the Old question Of
g challenge under the deed Of gift.
The NAN Issue IS TO sp7 80 70 BE- 5s even EN- P2ge Ts+
S%,5,s r,es 7C--a5 IRE r-1i-Arss7 rUIe I should
therefore, De open for the ROYAL irish Tacht Club
America : Cr1p l1nd4~ the universal rule long
ss Ibe condition is not open 50 long viii IT be feI1
By sDorrsnlen al the world that the Nev-
York Yacht Club is not doing its best 70 encourage
race for -h= Americas Cup
can this be true Is the New YORK Yacht Club
gong % irs way 70 discourage International
competition There can be only one answer. and
that IS, No. IN spite Of appearances. The deed Of
gift * the stumbling block The trouble IS that
Erglards interest n Internal tional Yachting lies
in England interest n ths America Cup There
ara other international trophies by which English
vachtsnen could DO their part - encourage inter
national competi-iun-
Figures fled in rne State Controllers Office last
week. hv John @. Shea. supervisor Of racing
counts showed that the state tHe gross
oeips Of the varfous racing associations had fallen
of S24s 29 Il in 1917 81 +56 q IN 1905. owing
20 the passage of the Ag1ew-F1arr bills The falling
Of was sl6s az 2, indicating n shrtnkase in rne
receipts Of the tracks Of S 939 24S ~ The reduction
the value of the purses raced for IS estimated a.
81 OF lQ7. These figures. while not surprising 70
those who saw the attendance dvindle day by iaT
aE the season ran its more or less
startling when in cold type The average paid
at tendance before the passage Of the law nor
far below eight thousand, the PAID attendance
the last day ct Jamaica. vas less than four hun
dred. The sport may recover, may ne built I'D
again but ir looks almost hopeless task
Howard c Reynalds in The Boston Post" has
gone further than the average football critic and
picks an aII-Amercau team for the last twenty-five
Years Not a player Of recent years gets place.
which hard the stars of to-day The team fol
lows Euds-Hinkev. Yale. campbell. Harvard.
TarkIes-NeweII. Harvard Hogan, Yale Guards
EereIfrger Yale: De Witt. Princeton. Centre
Lewis Harvard. Quarterback-Dalv. Harvard
HaIfhacks-KinE. Princeton; McClung. Yale Full
back-Brooke. Pennsylvania HERBERT.