New-York tribune., 1909-05-24

son why the experiment SHOULD not be naue' anu
Memorial Day IS the time to put it TO the test
It begins TO look as If the horsemen who nave
the most TO lose If racing should come 10 an emu
not altogether wide awake TO the oppoi @ Us
offered by the Westchester Racing ASSOCIATION oH0
would think that under the circumstances tle le1S
for the various races would be oVercFoWdeo' O' -
point Of fact they were mighty slim on saluluaS'
Three horses went TO the post for the Iich W Ni''i
Stakes, with an added money value OF >lV'yVV anu
if that represents the strength OF the good lHF9e
year-olds this year there is cause for much as
appointment.
Naskette. James R Keene's Futurity winner Of
year ago. more than lived up to the promise OF I'I
tyyo-year-oId form in winning the Ladies STAKES
On Thursday in such an impressive manner a num-
Der Of good judges expressed the OPINION aiteI sIe
had picked up IH pounds and gallopeo nome t'le
easiest kind Of a winner in the last ume Oh Los
for the mile that she ranked with Beldame and
Artful as one Of the greatest FLIES ever bred and
developed in this country. To all appearances she
is as sound a bell OF brass, and II looks ana
conformation count for anything she VIII take d
forward place among the great horses Of the Amer
lean turf before the season is over. 1t looks too
as If Mr. Keene would not lack fora good horse to
carry his colors IN the big three-yearold specials
II Hilarious lives UP the promise of his race in
the Withers on Saturday
The Giants played only four games last week. rain
causing an untimeIy break IN the Pittsburg SERIES
which promised TO be most interesting, after one
game had been played and won, thanks 10 good
pitching by Raymond and a display Of all around
excellence by the team that decidedly encoura-
ing OF the four games three won, and one
was lost 10 Cincinnati Tuesday Mathewson
pitched a magnificent game on Monday, and shut
ont the Reds. and Witse equally good on
Wednesday. when Clark Grifith's team was smoth-
cred by score of IS TO 5, the largest the season
has produced The time seems to have come for
the Giants TO begin march for the top and there
is reason 10 hope that on the coming Western trip
they viii be able 10 give the fans Of that section
unpleasant surprise as has been furnished BY
the Yankees
The Yankees began and ended the week well
They played six games and won four Of them
cleaning up the last two games Of the Cleveland
series. making sweep in that city, and broke even
with McAleer's strong St Louis nine which is just
getting into its stride The two games lost 10 the
Browns were desperately close, and lucky home
decided one Of them. The team has been
changed a bit Austin going in at shortstOp. where
he played a brilliant game all the week EnEle
and Keeler are temporarily out Of the game, but
good substitutes have been found, and the pitchers
showed their worth n every one Of the SIX games
Warhop has had his first real chance on this trip,
pitching two full games. He won one from Cleve-
land, but was beaten in St. Louis by stephens's
scratchy homer. The Yankees are now close on
the heels Of the league leaders and may to the
front at any time a welcome is awaiting
them on the hilltop
Brooklyn fans are congratulating themselves and
Harry Lunlley on the showing the Superbas are
making and are justified in doing so. The team
finds itself in fourth place result Of last
weeks games not far behind Philadelphia Of the
four games played during the week two were won
and two lost, Pittsburg downing the home team
in two contests. but losing the last game Of the
series Brooklyn made great fight against the
leaders only one of its games being at all one
fS DIay and is of
the real finds OF the season. Chicago comes down
TO Brooklyn to-day after toying with Boston. but
the Superbas ought TO be able to make lot Of
trouble for the Cubs.
Pennsylvania's second ten inning victory over
Princeton last week makes it appear as if the
Quakers and Harvard must divide the honors OF
the so-caued intercollegiate baseball championship.
Unfortunately as was the case when the same sit
uation arose in football last fall, these teams do
not meet owing to break in athletic relations
that to the minds of most persons has lasted al
together too long. Harvard and Princeton were
TO have met on Saturday in their second game, but
rain forced a postponenent until to-day. If Har-
ward defeats Princeton for the second time as
easily as in the first meeting it viii give the Grim
son the call. for the Red and Blue had TWO haId
struggles with the Tigers. Brown complicated the
situation little during the week by shutting out
Harvard, thanks to great pitching by Nourse. It
was Harvard's second defeat, ana Captain Currier
did not play with his team Amhurst furnished a
surprise by defeating Yale on Wednesday, and ii
begins to look If weak hitting has ended any
chance Yale had for the title This seems unfoTt-
Juate. as Captain Murphy's team is strong in the
box and in the field Much credit for the victory
Of Amhurst must go to Mcclure, who ranks well
I'D with the best college pitchers.
Detroits champion nine, which mad lead Of |
something like two hundred points when the de-
spised Eastern clubs which brought up the rear
OF the American League race in melancholy body
of four last year went West, dropped into second
place Tor day on Saturday. with Boston and New
York right on its heels. ConEis Macks Pmladel-
mia Athletics who didn't look particularly good
here, have swept through the West like a cyclone
and led the league until yesterday, when the Tigers
crawIed back by beating Washington. So far they
have won eight games and lost two, and having
cleaned up well in Chicago and Detroit, should
have no trouble with Cleveland, touted a sure
winner before the season began. Boston has been
doing almost well as Philadelphia, winning seven
games and losing four, while our own Yankees are
on the right side too, with six victories and five
defeats About the only consolation the Western
clubs have found came when Washington came 10
town and the Senators haven't been easy picking,
by any means.
Taking the Navy crew as q lire. Syracuse is
stronger than Columbia and IS in a fair way TO
repeat her victory Of last year in the intercollegiate
regatta at Poughkeepse on July , This is not a
prediction. as have stil unbounded faith in CO.
lu-nbia and Cornell is always dangerous.
The forecast of the intercollegiate track and field
meet on Saturday published in The Tribune
yesterday was prepared by a man in whose judg-
ment on athletics I have so much confidence that
DO not hesitate 10 name Harvard as the probable
winner, with Yale second and Cornell third.
HERBERT