New-York tribune., 1910-11-14
Comment ON SPORTS
No Reason TO Confound Racing
with Organized Betting.
a WARNING FOR AMATEURS
News and Views on Live Topics
Of the Day, Both Amateur
and Professional.


and Professional.
Z seems rather strange that The average
person cannot or VIII not discriminate De
tween racing and organized hooi1Tnakif1
There IS q law against booknIakIng' thefe
IS no law against racing and yet since the
election Of q Democratic Governor last
--;,esdav the feeling appears 10 be more o.
less general Judging by the number OF per
sons who have addressed remarks 70 me
nn the subject that racing viii take on a
rev lease Of life. There has been racing, |
snd plenty of il since the law against or
eanlzed bookrnal1i1s was passed IN 1905.
end there viii Ice racing and plenty OF Il
-1ext year = plans already formulated by
sbe locke Club and the various associa- !
tto,2s are carried gUt. That the law against
rrSanizsd bookna king VIII ne repealed is
-cfhiuc more Tor less than the idle dream
of those whose wish Is father TO the
stoUSrt. The reason that the thorough 4
S-e5 meetings were discontinued this fall, :
ies pointed oar before. was because the
Uz-rars and directors Of the various asso-
cia-io-E did nor care n Invite indictment
nIrdc- the layy passed last winter, which
~ ske= -her- personally Liable for any bet
tinE an rh0i- premises According 20 All
gus Belmont and other members Of the
sJocke- -I1-. t1e neV measure l. amblgu-
<us. and -7ar die NO care - continue until
Hsgch r+r7o IS the COURTS had interpreted the
la and established their rights There
sfss been no thought - letting Tho spor-
die q natural death simply because book
lr1akine and itr attendant evils hare beer
e-s7-rsd o1J-
Sorrr stakes rrrr open for fl-t..~o rlIH-
-tnE So long aSo ar Iast August. and as
ssi5 before plans were made even before
VIE election n conduct meetings next ear.
fever Il on small scale. II y rue that
.-aclnc depends 70 large extent for lis life
in 2 certain amount Of betting The aec-
icEsir- for localiz7r- one'e interest i en-
trhasized more strqnzIv IN this than n al
i17os- any other sport II Is true. also
t-7s- -7ci-- without organized book1naking
ihss lrz- much - itE popularity and had
10 tir7ac 2 r7o-o or less rrecarious exist
ie1ce. but lovers Of the sport arc slowly
ihu1 suro,7 adaprvr- themselves 10 the -1aw
iconditions and - outlook for the future
lCf racing and the breeding industry - ncI
5Fa -laonv az represented. The associations
rid Fot rna k@ uuCh none this -ear but
ifhez co. their slora by reducing expenses
to Ues- hr fallln- of m the attendance.
.znd ~ rhe ~n-le did much bettar than IN
80 fsl - TpnS or last ear. when money
.Vras Inst IN the wei meant eTort 20 build
I'd racing once more - spite Of what turned
<otlt {. le serious blow
While on The subject Of racing = ma DC
sad that ttle -ro-day meeting ~ Belmont
iFsrk Terminal on TueSdsv and Sa turday
zes-a plished most clearly that The sport does
.rpr lack fer friends The United Hunts
lRsc1nE Association Of which Perry Bel
mont Is president. has done much TO stir1u-
,,ste and encourage the amateur side and
- deserving Of support. The veatho-. par
riculari-- On TUESDAY. vas q distinct han
-r9icer hut under the conditions the crowd
which turned out was . tribute that could
not be misunderstood. MAJOR General Fred
-erlck T1er- Grant defed the cold. bleak snd
rain 7-ezrhc- IN his interest IN the thor
c1lzhbred - cavalry reuounr. and. II
locks did not belle. he enjoyed himself ro
-he fuI HIS presence lent encouragement
- those Officers who believe IN z thorough
-77rel STRAIN and 7lo Ike to race their
tso-ees oc-az1orsllv fo~ pure love ot the
eror+ This ccUnJr- Is behind practically
ever other country IN the world so far as
1endlrz proper announcement 70 the breed
-+rc n rhorouchbreds for flSe IN the army
i'-r1- change fo- the better can be looked
ffo- e= h1C strides have been taken this
5-e7-
--re registration committee Of the ANA
5-~r.- Athletic Union Las done well 10 issue
: warning against petty Infrlngernents o.
i-fe amateur Iav IN -cross-countTy running !
This form Of outdoor sport IS growing IN
FAVOR from year 70 year and there has been
p disposition on the part Of some clubs to
r7,-e-srer the bounds The committee fully
kerrlz1~z he difference between a rompeti- /
l.--e and practice run IT the following
fstatement.
: The attention of tie committee has been
srsued 10 the fact that many Of these So
5~zlied '-ross-country invitation runs are
f--otrin- more o. less than competitive open !
sz-erts a which prizes are awarded Such
5ro-nrecIti0n Is not allowed by the rules OF
.~he Amateur Athletic Union unless q sane
s.lon rs granted and athletes who compete
Esr I-nsanrtiOned meets clsquahfy Jnerr-
<eelzes 4 mere Invitation rIn- without
s--izes. necessarily therefore without com
f-,e-i-icrl i = practice run open TO any one
--ho desires 10 run. and no sanction Is nee
essa~v r however. as previously stated, !
l-7-izes are given. the meet i an open com
tTetitiou and a sanction IS required Even
f1f such meetings are sanctioned the com
Freti+ors must all be registered athletes
Competition with an unregistered athlete or
-zi-h . suspended athlete also disqualihes
= registered athlete
There appears to be no limit 70 the skill /
znd abIlftv o. Anthony r Wilding, the Aus
.raI4an lawn tennis player. Word comes /
r-or abroad that he has followed up his
victory IL the ali-England lawn tennis /
championship at Wimbledon by capturing
the covered court title ia singles and
6oubles. the latter paired with J. 9. Ritchie. /
= l. hoped tnat he viii see his way clear
70 -isit the courts here next year. Nc doubt
he could ado another championship or two
20 his string
The Yale Daily News and The Yale
Alumni Weekly are not consistent. The
former scouts the idea OF any friction be
tween the football coaches this year, and
under the head of Distorted News" re-
Gently had the following 10 say:
Unjust attacks and misrepresentation
usually do not merit 10 be dignihed by an
Rnswer Bur in the case OF this years foot
Lar season the distortions by the press
lra1-e been 50 numerous and the insinuations
- unfair that some refutaiion seems only
1,Is; For when the attention OF q large
number Is fixed in one channel falsified re-