New-York tribune., 1909-03-29


will have a hard 10 hoe If the baseball cham
pionship is to go back TO Princeton.
II King one OF the greatest catchers in the his
tory of baseball sticks 10 his avowed intention TO
give up the game. the Chicago Cubs will find 1t a
hard task TO win the National League pennant for
the fourth consecutive time. 1 somewhere
that John ). McGraw, manager of the Giants, was
quoted expressing satisfaction at Killing retire
rnent. II does not sound bit like McGraW, ana
am satisfied that he misquoted. From my ex-
perience McGraw is the kind Of a sportsman who
much prefers to win against great odds and cares
little about defeating weak foe His motto has
always been: Never mind about the other fellows
go out and win and by much as you can
supposed that the limits of speed for autoro-
biles had become nearly defined, but the series Of
records the amazing beach course at Ormond
last week has made revise my opinion Every
day brought word Of new records made by auto
mobiles motorcycles and ordinary bicycles. David
Bruce Brown, the amateur driver. clinched his
claim to be recognized the successor of w K.
Vanderbilt, jr.. by setting thirty-three sec
onds amateur record for the mile, and remark
able worlds record Of STA 25 for miles, the lat
ter figures eclpsing even those Of Marotts freak
racer, adapted especially to short distance work
George Robertson, winner OF the Vanderbilt Cup
set new mark Of 2:45 1-5 for five miles. and many
other records were established. OF these the
that impressed most Goerke's sixty-nine
miles in less than ffty-nine minutes a motor
cycle. He started to break the record of a little
more than hfty-eight miles in an hour, made on
the specially built and banked cement track at
Brooklands England, where Nazzaro drove
ing at 80 miles hour.
The billiard tournament for the worlds cham
pionship at 1s-inch balk-lne, two shots in is pro-
vidng excellent sport for lovers Of the game.
Strange to say, the attendance has been far below
expectations considering the Importance of the
and the quality of the players entered.
with the exception OF Jake Shaefer, who retired
last summer on account of Illness, and Willie
Hoppe who is conducting little his
account the best players in the world are working
for the title. It looks If Ora c. Morning
star, who has improved materially since his last
appearance in public. is the one the others have 20
beat. Slosson's performance on Wednesday night
was q revelation, but judging from the trouble he
had in beating Cline on Friday afternoon and his
defeat by Cure on Saturday evening, the Student
is already feeling the strain, which is not surpris-
ing in view Of his age.
1t is my purpose to thoroughly digest the changes
as made in the rules of football at the annual
meeting OF the rules committee on Saturday, be-
fore making any comment. Unfortunately the
meeting as usual was of the star chamber order.
and consequently the discussion pro and con of
those best qualified judge cannot serve TO shed
any light on why some changes were made and
some were not. 1 have previously declared myself
in favor Of reducing the value of goal from place
ment, but first thought am disappointed that
the cut in values should include the drop kick from
the field which. in my opinion, is a play that
should be encouraged rather than discouraged.
In all probability the burning of the home Of the
Baltusro Golf Club is blessing in disguise, so far
as the members are concerned. Out OF the ruins
real clubhouse may arise. HERBERT