New-York tribune., 1909-06-21
COMMENT ON SPORTS
OUTLOOK FOR SUBURBAN.
Ne-rs and Tie5cs on Current Topics,
Amateur and Professional.

While au hope FOR another meeting between
7-oee r Keene's Cet and 8 c Hndreths King
ICES i- the Suburban Handicap. at one mile and
,--a--er is gone. the historic fixture which Will
te nm on Thursday, the Opening day Of the sum
-s- meeting Of the Coney Island Jockey Club, at
cbesnsbead Bay is stin invested with much in
..-oe- Il Is cause for regret that Nlr Hildreth
fo-7d &: necessary to throw King James out Of
raining for the time being on account Of what is
esi5 70 te a slight alment. hut in some respects
-is absence viii give The race more open look
,,s create a keener rivalry among the owners who
Aave horses eligible Mr.. FEildroth viii not he with
ort 2 candidate either. for. although RestiEouche
has been harshly treated by the Handicapped Fitz
Herbert can he depended on 10 give good account
n himself Joe Madden is eligible also bat he Will
10 saved for the rich Tidal Stakes, of S2aoaH. on
Saturday. q race for which Fitz Herbert was not
-a-ne6- II the track is heavy Montgomery may go
s7cnE ro help out the son OF EtheIhert.
The other horses which are almost sure 70 go 70
--s INST in she Suburban are T. G. NeDoweT's
kings Daughter C. l. TIarrison's Alfred Noble. f,
4 Fo-svthe-s High Private John r. Nadden's
Fsverte and W T. Ryan's Efendi Either Celt or
Hilarious may carry the Colors Of James f heene-
hur Il Jimmy Rowe is unable 10 send the com
rsndo colt ct he viii he in quandary. as Hi'arj-
Gus appears 70 have the rich Tidal Stakes on sat
,r5av ~ his mercy Il would he asking almost too
much of the good 1hreeyearod 70 race i'm both The
Suburban Handicap and the Tidal Stakes. with only
saw
hilarious viii bc saved for his mora important en-
rsrsner-. even If Celt is not able to face the
starter in the suburban Mr.. heene's colors could
- carried by Turncoat Voter three -year-old. in
The biz race on THURSDAY. hut he has shown Moth
ine 70 indicate that he is anything h1t weak
reed 70 lean on.
With King James. Celt and Hilarious out Of con
s1de-ation. the race appears 70 narrow down ~
F7,z Herbert Alfred Noble. Kings Daughter. and.
in NTH al
hack Fayette viii have to show lot of improve
rnent before he be accepted seriously. and the
same may he said OF High Private fitz Herbert
tsd nothing TO beat the Broadway Stakes. but he
was 2 colt above the average as a tv1o-year-oid.
prd has filed out and developed over winter into
fine looking horse, with QUaJitE stamped ali over
him He is rated three pounds better than ms
stable companion. Joe Madden ny the official
handicapper and f this estimate Of his worth Is 2
rrrle one he viii ne hard 10 beat Alfred Noble
which had his public trial for the race on Wednes-
dsv. impressed ne by the way in which he over
came much Interference and came on IN the stretch
te beat The Squire fair sort Of horse this year
He VIII have 70 improve that effort, hut there
* every reason TO believe that he will he ap
pears 10 he the kind Of horse that viii get better
with racing His chances VIII be improved in
small field. he is big striGing horse. which
needs lots Of room 70 settle down
= c McDowelTs Kings Daughter has been
SHIPPED here from the West for the single purpose
ot starting IN the Suburban Word comes from La
tonia that In the last workout there she gaHoped
nile and quarter with her weight up in 2:o5a II
This be true and she runs back that work. Nj
afcDozelrs chances Of carrying Of the big end OF
the prize look exceedingly bright Ny own i'm
preston is that mile and quarter is little far
for Kings Daughter. but 4 year makes lot Of
difference. and she may have acquired more
stamina than when she last raced here Effendi-
with only eighty-seven pounds up, must not be
considered lightly IN spite Of the fact that he has
rrl~ er~f F.r = ar-rsz
rs rsce On THURSDAY showed plainly that he could
20 distance, and there IS 10 question about his
Beng well bred enough and good looking enough.
trou the standpoint OF horsernan. TO be high
class three-year-old- Nj Ryan has unbounded con
hdence in his horse. now that he IS satisfied that
he vii SO a distance
What's the matter with the Yankees? is ques-
lion that I have been asked 50 many times in the
lsEt Few davs that I have acquired the habit Of
crossing the street TO avoid its repetition : do
rc know what the trouble IS beyond the fact that
me team is more or less cut up and crippled, and
that the Goddess Of Luck-fOr there IS a certain
amount Of luck even when q team is playing the
best baseball-has turned her back There were
times in the Chicago and Cleveland series when
the Yankees failed to take advantage Of golden
opportunities. and there were two or three cases
when little inside baseball, Of which the team IS
quite capable, might have turned The tide in its
favor Errors Of omission rather than errors OF
commission have played leading part and TINS
for worry however over the present slump. the
lost ground can be quickly regained Il the reSl-
lars get back o- the field and the team settles down
It's true form Everybody IS thinking Of course
Of brave start year ago, followed by the utter
Generalization, which did rot end even when the
bottom was reached. I cannot believe that the
team has shot its bolt. as some have suggested
for Stauings is too good master and too clever
manager 70 permit 50 many good ball players 10
lose heart and 20 TO pieces Things have broken
badly for The Yankees, i IS true, when on their
cTn grounds and when much was expected, but
stslliugs z fighter and turn for the better can
be looked for and that right soon. Washington
EilI be al American League Park for two more
games to-day, when the Yankees viii jump 10 Bos-
for two games and Philadelphia for four
games before coming back TO the home grounds
June 2 for a short stay against the Eastern
clubs before the second Western trip begins. on
July
The Giants VIII be back al the Polo Grounds To-
morrow for a long stay. barring trip across the
bridge 20 Brooklyn and another 10 Philadelphia
They VIII be II home for practically the fun 1nontn
Of July make the most Of the time II the
pennant is 10 be The Western trip was sue
cessfuI. al things considered, as the team won
sI games and lost five Of those that the weather
nan allowed il TO play Those two heart breaking
battles in Pittsburg. in which 1t took lie Pirates
extra innings 10 beat the Giants, w-re Of a kind
. lend encouragement, il defeat was the por-
ton- II reports can be accepted the umpires had
deal 10 do with the loss OF both games, as close
or poor decisions came at a bad time for New York
Raymond deserved to win HIS game on SatuTdAy'
and II Is cause for congratulaton that the cratic
pitcher worked 50 hard and faithfully to make up
10 Nccrav for the little unpeasantness in the jour
hey 10 Pittsburg.
The baseball teams Of Yale and Princeton viii
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