New-York tribune., 1908-07-06
COMMENT ON SPORTS
YANKEES IN BAD WAY.
Nescs and Viescs on Current Topics,
amateur and Professional.

amateur and Professional.
Between worrying about the Yankees who
are still in the midst of depressing stump
and rejoicing al the strides that the Giants are
still taking to force their way to the front III
the National League race. local fans had much
to think and talk about last week unfortu-
rately for Elberfeld. the new manager OF the
Yankees the team had not reached the lowest
DEPTHS when Clark Griffith designed some ten
days ago Instead, the men have gone from oao
10 worse and. unless a change for the oe'uel
comes within the next few days. the team is
quite likely 10 wind UP in last place After
losing three games to Boston in American
League Park last week the Yankees went 10
washington on Thursday 10 do battle Win tns
,eil-enaers hut in spite of high hopes the tide
did not turn and the lQwly Senators a"ohe
from their lethargy and added more fuel TO the
era Of discomfort of the loyal followers OF the
New Workers With a chance of climbing up a
neg or two the Senators smoke the Yankees
sore and won double-header on THURSDAY
took another game on Friday and broKe even
sn two games Saturday. II is hard 10 under
stand how team which led the league curing
the early season could fall so quickly from lis
high estate in so short a time. but with the
record of one victory out of seven games pla4eu
in one week il is no wonder the nine Is
Yankees will stop off for game in Phlla-
delnhia to-day but they will be back at Amer
ican League Park tomorrow for long stay
Inasnuch as they will entertain the four west
ern teams which are now fighting among theih-
selves in the van, the Yankees VIII nave no
easy time and must take a decided prace IL
they are to improve their position before the
next Western trip begins. With Chase tlper-
FIELD and Glade back in the game some improve
r11ent at least can be looked for
The Giants continued their good work last
week and worked their way nearer to the
front TO the delight of their many followers
On Saturday night barely two games separated
them from the Chicago Cubs, who worked hach
TO the front after being deposed for two or
three DAYS by the P;ttsburg Pirates The
Giants won five out Of seven games last week
g record to be proud of. They found Fuckers
delivery in Brooklyn hard TO solve, and the
Superhas managed TO break even in the four
game series but the Giants came back to the
Polo Grounds on Thursday and won game
from Philadelphia They followed this up by
taking another on Friday and two on saturday
cleaning up the series. The critical time mas
now come With another week or two at nome
II might be safe to predict that the Giants
would take the lead. but the battle will have
TO he waged on hostile diamonds for the time
in hot weather is not conducive TO maintaining
TON form. The men left for the West yester-
day and will begin four game series IN Cln-
cinnati to-day. From Cincinnati they VIII go
TO Pittsburg, Chicago and 81. Louis. 1t VIII be
a hard and trying trip. and much viii depend
on il as TO the chances for the National League
pennant 10 float over the Polo Grounds next
year. It is reasonable to except that the team
will do far better than it did on its first trip
be iye C2fj
break as the Western teams will show no mercy
to the Giants and will fight their hardest to
keep them off the top rung Of the ladder. The
team will be back TO the Polo Grounds on
July "a
-'Oid Cy'' Young. of Boston. and George Wlitse'
of New York, pitched no-hit games last week,
and earned q. place in the baseball hall of fame
Wiltse's work on Saturday was little short of
remarkable. as only one Philadelphia player
reached first base in a ten-inning struggle Bet
+er vet il points to the conclusion that he is
back in his best form at time when his ser
vices will be particularly valuable 10 the Giants
So far as can be remembered, it was the first
ro-hit game Wiltse ever pitched. Mathewson
has two TO his credit and "Old Cy' Young three
The last named accomplished the feat first in
1897. He got another in 1904 against Phila-
delphia and his third last week against the
Yankees.
The spring meeting of the Coney Island Jockey
Club will come end at Sheepshead Bay to-
day with the running of the second half Of the
Double Event for two-year-olds and the Law
renee Realization, one Of the most coveted fxt-
ures of the season for three-year-olds. All
things considered, the meeting has been remark
ably successful although. II is feared. unpro1t-
able The daily attendance was far above
ard tho cll,To have
20 face the loss that looked inevitable following
the adverse legislation at Albany. The racing
has been well UP 10 the standard, the best
horses in training have been seen with colors
up. while the sport has been clean and almost
free from any taint of sharp practice. The
Coney Island Jockey Club. which has done so
much TO elevate the sport has earned the lasting
good will of horsemen and racegoers for the
liberalty in maintaining the rich stakes as origi-
naIly planned and conducting the meeting on
the same high plane as in other years when con-
oitions more favorable.
The midsummer meeting of the Brighton
Beach Racing Association will begin tomorrow
end continue until July % II will fur
,ish perhaps the first true test of the strength
and popularity Of racing without bookmaking in
the accepted sense of the word. In the absence
of any rich fixtures to attract the stars of the
thoroughbred world racegoers must depend on
such sport as can be provided by overnight
races for small purses. II unfortunate
that the Brighton Beach Racing Association
was forced TO declare of the Brighton Handicap,
OF $4,000 and other fixtures which have been
slowly but surely growing in popular favor but
under the circumstances II has no recourse and
horsemen and followers OF the sport take a
comfort in the fact that fhe r7aeetipo