New-York tribune., 1908-10-19
COMMENT ON SPORTS
THE END OF B4SEB4LL'
NeTs and Tiescs on Current TopcS'
Amateur and Professional.

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The curtain has been rung down on 'lie "a
reason Of 1905. and the last act OF the x+a1,-
&c drawing 10 a rather dismal enc ouI 4o :, -
the stage has only Just been set for 1oo'oa'l'
- - resz+ will ssr-e to keep the outdoor sPoI'
s-p season alive for another six weeks "lIei
Chicago Cubs beat the Detroit Ilsers III t1 -
$50. rsr,a for the worlds baseball championship
on Wednesday the fans sighed and were NO "
.e+,,er sorry that the end had come Ihe season
especially the closing weeks. was 1rausilu - -
much excitement that il almost a Te4leA 70
et1a n r11rn cncs thoughts in some otner
The Tigers were beaten in the al-mporuahI seile
lei The r,,bs as the majority Of critics beheVed
they would be 1t has been the seFenIh "oiidei -
baseball for two years that Detroit mas peeii a.
20 fight its way TO the American League champion
shin The team has been weak in pltchers anu
-Aa-a have been vulnerable places in the ln1leIo'
hut in spite Of this games have been won WIN m to
-narkable consistency against teams that NolN1u-
,,s11,- and collectively were much stronger Three
~ f,7,- heavy htters and fast base runners ana
manager who knows how get the last ounce out
OF his players contributed largely TO success. WINE
:his counted through long playing season. II meant
little or nothing when opposed TO such a remark
able baseball machine as Chance had oullt up Io1
Chicago
A NJ Nahon secretary Of the New York ArneTi-
ran League Baseball Club tells me that George l.
EfaIlings has not been signed as yet TO manage ue
Yankees next year. He viii be at the helm how
ever in all probability, and II past performances
count for anything in the baseball managerial me
Frank J Farrell president Of the club. Will MAKE
no mistake in securing him Stalings seems TO
have e natural ability for building up and turning
mt winning teams It is no easy task to select the
proper players and mould them into q basehalI
machine, but Stallings has been most successiul
81 this respect q minor league manager ana
there IS no reason why he should not be able TO
6o the same for the Yankees as Mr.. Farrell fol-
lowing his policy Of the last few years, will spare
no money secure pennant winning team in the
American League for New York. Stallings has
been identified with professional baseball since he
was graduated from the Virginia Military institute
.n 1886 He was good catcher in his day, and
was with the Brooklyn National League Club in
1890 but his reputation has been earned as man
ager rather than as q payer. and since that time
he has turned out penna1t winning teams for San
jose. Cal: Augusta. Gs-: Nashville. Tenn. and
Buffalo. some Of them more than once. This year
he managed the Newark Club. Of the Eastern
League. and landed the team in third place not
far behind the leaders II Stalings can do as
much for the Yankees as he has done for many
minor league teams he VIII the lasting good
Will Of the fans in this city. Here's hoping!
The fall meeting Of the Empire City Racing Asso-
cation will begin tomorrow at Yonkers. and be
continued on Wednesday. Thursday and Saturday.
and II behooves racesoe-s 70 lend their full support
as James Butler The president Of the association
has proved himself good sportsman and a true
friend Of racing by carrying out his programme in
this his under The sanction Of the Jockey
Club which. unfortunately for him. has been lean
year He fought long and hard for recognition. and
finally getting it, found himself face 10 face with
sure loss instead Of liberal profits. He accepted the
conditions however and deserves the patrona ge and
good will Of III raCegoers Three stakes the
programme. With q liberal amount of added money.
The Clark Memorial Handicap. with 5000 added
six furlongs VIII be the feature tomorrow. II
IS named for the who built the track, and who
died before II was formally opened 10 the public
bait spooner. Bouquet Peter Ounce. Transvaa. The
Squire Golden Pearl and Arasee. The Tarrytown
Stakes with s. GOO added. viii decided on Thurs
will he The attraction on Saturday, and good horses
ere eligible for both.
When Belmont Park closed its gates on Satur-
day. after a meeting that was remarkably sue
cessful. all things considered. the question upper
most in the minds OF majority Of those present
was whether the would ever be opened again. or
whether the big. parkike incosure. built at an
enormous expense some four years ago would lie
idle until such time as the property became vaIu-
out violating confidence that the officials Of the
discouraged. IN spite Of the big loss they had 10
10 apply for spring and fall dates next year. as in
the past. Much may happen between now and the
opening Of the next racing season to make them
change their plans. but the hope is strong that
the sport can be continued and once more built up
70 the place It occupied before the passage of the
Agnew- Hart law.