New-York tribune., 1909-05-17

there is for lovers of the thoroughbred here
TO have high hope a victory of American
horse In the blue ribbon the English turf. Sir
Martin little short of a great horse as a two
year-old in this country last season He took up
his weight showed speed, stamina and courage
over all kinds of tracks. and won eight out of
| thirteen starts, for total Of $7S6S2.
The campaign for better sportsmanship in cheer
ing college baseball games instituted at Cornell
is bearing fruit. Within ten days the undersradu
ates at Yale and Brown far forgot themselves
in their anxiety to win that their action called
forth sharp criticism in the editorial columns OF
their daily papers. Following the defeat of Yale
by Brown, The Yale Daily News" said:
one month ago The News received a telegram
from The Cornell Daily sun. inquring whether
yale cheers with the intention of rattiug the
while the visiting team is IN @ me % nfa, ,bara a s
swer We replied: The only urne Wnen @ oHeTe Ttte e
Of is when a player to bat. after a hit,
a5tgT al fb sd Fn amg aceTn it Cheering or singing at
any time intended TO rattle the opponents
ment For the sake Of good sport port. and T.oI our
desire to attain ogb a55qde % he dis
continued In few weeks the TsPorSopIiIi m ] iIi de- L
pend upon the cheer leaders, We hope that they
may side with us in this mater GI he fcher or
other player of the team in the held ana 10 siiun
any outburst at an error OF our opponents
Three days later. after Browns defeat by Lafay-
ette the following sharp criticism appeared IN The
Brown Herald:
The disorganized cheering in the ninth inning %
Saturdays game when. with two on bases anu anu
the Lafayette pitcher and players by hootns sI
rowdy cheering was one OF II rls f,,S nndeTerad-
yates The Herald is sincerely sorry yait that
ton of such tactics will not he tolerated here
on Saturday the Association Of New England cor
Ieges passed a resolution condemning 'he HarIo0
of organized cheering at baseball games anu il"
ward too has taken the subject UP. Inc Key
btth
| too far. Regulation is wanted. not prohiol'lon-
rr,oro &c no cry against enthusiasm-tlre more the
/ better-bIt the line must be drawn against "i'u'
or even thouEhtless unfairness to visiting team
A reader of this column calls my attention to the
fact that IN summing up the work OF the Ieaalhs
college pitchers two weeks ago oVerioohen W
1,1s Of the University of Vermont. In polnt OF
fact di5 not overlook him, but inadNer'eluy
omitted hin, from the list. There Is no question
about Collins being one Of the strongest pltcheIs
and best batsnen n the college world ana 'ndt'hS
largely to him Vermont held a forward place last
wear and is quite likely to play a prominent part
+bie season a year a 90 Collins pitched his team
to victory against Harvard, Brown. Amherst Dart
7 mouth, Holy Cross Ctwice) and Notre Dame me
only game by the way the last named team lost IN
! the East This season, with Collins pitchlIs' yer
| mont shut ont Brown, which has defeated Yale
and Cornell and beat Amherst and Holy cross
| once In the Brown game Collins struck OUT eleNeH
men and in the first Holy Cross game eish1een
men an glad TO give such a clever pIaS '''0
| notice his work deserves.
! T3rovn has more than held her own with Yale in
tlra last six months as the following scores snow;
| F-ootball-Brown. 10: Yale. 10 Basebal-Brown' 4
| Yale q Basketbal-Brown, 26: Yale, L wafer
| polo-Brown. 2; Yale
Every time Moren the Philadelphia pitcher wins
a game his father sends him check for 800 Or SO
it is said IN the old days when the NETS" played
on Staten Island. Radford earned many dollar In
the same way for making twO-base hits or better
| Walter J. Travis has made a fair start this year
| in winning three golf tournaments in QUICK sue
cession. With Travers in Scotland the field is
| nabIv clear HERBERT.