New-York tribune., 1909-10-18

with fifteen other major league managers holding
on to their stars and looking for more Some
thing is likely be accomplished this winter. how
ever toward strengthening the team. and in any
il will be for the want OF trying. as John
T. Brush Fred Knowles and John J. McGraw
quite anxious for championship nine as are
the most rahid fans"
Perhaps the most striking lesson OF the meeting
between New York and Boston lay in the light
attendance. which indicated all too clearly that
interest is lacking even in the great national game
in two Of the biggest cities in the country without
something at stake The games were we'll played
on the whole but the crowd would not turn out, as
nobody appeared TO have any concern as TO which
team won. inasmuch it meant nothing beyond
possibly q bonus to the players. The cold. frigid
weather played a part in keeping down the at
tendance but not TO any great extent. II
simply Of lack of interest. The clubs have
learned lesson. and the players. 100, so far as
that is concerned, as the small amount divided
was hardly worth the effort. and II IS safe to say
that 1t may be long time before the New York
Giants take part IN another post season series.
cept for the worlds championship
The much discussed question of the length Of the
baseball playing has been revived
more. and a correspondent writes as follows;
The extreme difficulty of making baseball fan
winter sport emphasized in the New York
was ridculously small and while the Arctic wealth
or on THURSDAY nndouhtedlv had something TO 90
TOO long. There is no real benefit in playing ia
beginning April IS and ending on October or
thereabouts The club owners make lIttle cu' OF
the spring games. because, rule manV OF them
have 10 be POSTPONED. and many good PLAYER has
oeen % ON es .e1o eee o1Id f,
nish good a test Of the PLAYING strength OF the
and would make for more sustained interest
There is much wisdom in all this but the trouble
lies With the club owners who w 70 this time have
failed to the light.
Attendance figures for the season show that New
York is still the best baseball city in the country
in spite Of the fact that 1t Is long time since a
remnant hoated over the Polo Grounds Ameri-
can League Park. More than twelve hundred
thousand persons paid TO see the Giants and the
Yankees play here this year which IS indica-
ton in itsef Of the remarkable popularity of
baseball. The Giants drew much better than the
Yankees due largely TO the fact that they made
such a brave fight for the champonshin a year
ago In Chicago The Cubs also proved p greater
attraction than the White Sox. in Philadelphia
and Boston the American League teams ran far
ahead Of their rivals This condition is not hard
TO understand. Everybody loves winner. and the
team that is making the better fight has the most
supporters.
Jimmy Mclaughlin a famous jockey in his day.
has had more than his fair share Of luck in buy
ing what are ccmmony termed gift horses and
developing them into stake winners in the last
two years. The lottery of purchasing yearlings
sters bred in the purple. closely related 10 star
performers and bought al fancy prices have been
unable earn their keep when it came to racing,
while others which the auctioneer has worked
hard TO get any sort Of bid have trained on and
earned small fortunes for the man lucky enough
70 pay the paltry price necessary to take them
out of the ring. Jimmy Mclaughlin may go on
looking for bargains for the rest OF his natural
life and never be lucky enough 10 get another
FauntIeroy or another ArOndack. He paid $500
for the latter which has many race and
proved more than useful in her two seasons on
the turf while he secured Fauntlerov year
ling for a song 20 speak, paying 800 for the
son Of Little Saint -FlickamaTOo. He row declares
that he would SCH him for penny under
$1,000
Fauntleroy was common II not scrubby looking
vearling and when led into the ring attracted
little or no attention. MI Mclaughlin thought he
vas worth 800 a least. and his brother trainers
laughed when he led him away 10 The stable. with
Waldo and Sweep in retirement. Fauntleroy IS now
ranked A. the hest tWo-year-od in training and
Mr. MCLAUGHLIN is the one who is doing the s'nil-
irr The colt Is stu rather common looking nut Is
not lacking in stamina courage and smooth way
OF going which bespeaks a good horse lie has