New-York tribune., 1910-02-14
CONVENTION SPORTS
OUTLOOK FOR RACING
Nrrs and Tiiesrs on Llre Topics
Of the Don.

Of the U0H.
The owners Of the various racing aSsoci-
atoms emo these who control the destnies
ot racing IN this state can he commences
for a liberal show Of backbone IN aTranF-
.ns and sllo1tine the dates for the coming
season il looked for E time IS II the
owners were hopelessly at odds. and that
.ba ooen,ne would l,e DELAYED on the fiimsy
excuse that a conflict with the meeting
s. PinIico was undesirable. but The waters,
T. troubled. were Srnoothed over, and the
outlook is now bright for continuous rae
,-7r from April Is to November Is. James
Futler. the leading spirit In the Empire
CITY Racing Association, once more proved
his LOYALTY 10 the turf by accepting only
twelve DAYS for a meeting At Yonkers. while
TX A Engeman, president q the Brighton
Beach Racing Association. whatever his
demands showed enough interest in the
welfare OF racing 20 be satisfied on the
surface with A meeting Of fourteen days.
The Owners Of the Queens County Jockey
Club and the metropolitan Jockey Club
deserve chief conmendstion, however, for
expressing a Willingness 70 conduct double
meetings al Aqueduct and Jamaica re
spectiveiy, early in the spring and late in
the fail II has been whispered about
against any material loss. and It Is hoped
.ha- this may be so. With the promise or
continuous racing. with a general, even il
email. increase IN the value Of some Of
.he stakes and overnight purses and with
the assurance Of more and better class
horses in training the outlook for the com
sne season Is hrigbt-sunnilv bright when
one herEs hack 70 a year aEo-
The stewards OF the jockey Club are
open 10 congratulation also IN their Sc
lection % g ! FitzGerald as placing
sudse 20 succeed the late Clarence Nc
0ove1l --Fitz' Is Mr FITZGERALD IS
<sr1liliarIv called. viii make good OF
that there is little or no question Quick
ness of eye. cool Judgment and sharp de-
cision are the qualities most necessary in
Placing fudge. and these Mr. FitzJerald
has acquired. or. better yet showed that
r. possessed in his long experience as q,
e-arter-a starter, by the way, who has
Rad few Il any equals Many followers Of
the rurf have expressed satisfaction in his
spr,oir-r1erl+. and il is safe TO predict that
confidence il his placing viii not be lacking
The action Of the United States National
Lawn Tennis Association in establishing a
clav court championship tournament was
2 step in advance. It was II response TO
strong and insistent demand from the
SoJft and West and made for peace while
c-enfnz the way TO greater and more wide
spread interest among hundreds of play
e-s il the country There Is i vast differ
erce between playing on turf and on clay
courts and inasrnuch as the latter are in
the outstanding majority throughout the
country. II IS rather surprising that d oe-
-a0- her >
fore this time There are perhaps twenty
men r,laziug and practising or clay courts
50 one Oh turf during the season, and con-
zeo11e11tIv the former are ct disadvantage
u-hen II comes 70 playing in the national
shsmpionsflip tournament which, OF course
IS on turf. Il Is only within the last If
teen years, perhaps, that clay courts have
come into such common use. but the rea-
son Is obvious The cost and care re-
CURED IN keeping turf in proper conoi-
4ion for play are four or i've times greater
than in maintaining a clay court. FOOT
turf, with rough anc uneven sur
face. is an 2 abonination, and many PLAYERS
for that reason have turned TO clay and
learned 10 like II I do noI hesitate 20
rred;ct that the new championship tourna-
rnen+- which viii be played in the West
This year. viii in time be quite as popular
* II not more 50 than. the national chaHa-
psorship on turf az Newport
With the near approach Of the nollese
tasebau season II Is cause for some salls-
esorinr7 that 'sThe Yale Alumni Weekly
has revived the crusade, started last year
= remember rightly by The Corheh
1s57,- sun and carried along ny other
college papers. against unfair cheering
rom tho s4da lines with the pain purpose
-f-7-~ r1lr
7zed cheering - big college games OF ali
1-i-de hss come TO b q decided feature
md SPONTANEOUS cheering. even OF z dlsor-
s-ar,za6 nature. should not les discouraged
>. eor7e. brilliant rlav demands II. The de-
-e--7irea effort. however, which Is made SO
o4ren a. : critical time for the purpose
.os disturbing or distractinE the opponents
Il snoraer question ana should -ot be per
r1itted Further than that, certain forms
% coaching. done for the same purpoSV'
should be fro@uec on. as il il neither tar
TOR sPcrtsnle mike
The Yale Alumni Weekly in recent
sssae. Lad the following to say on the SUD
JecJ:
The baseball season VIII soon turn oEeI
s-6 st-etch afrer irs long winter nap, aho
20 through Ihs prellInlraIs ceLlss ~ s el,7i,t-e -
Necessary 10 put itself IN condlugn ioI -! tIoe
Frsx Baseball has long en]cZed an IN
,,757-i-7- from severe attacks by critics aila
81 c--7e Itself IS so excellent q one ana
- cterieJically American II seems z
77i+-- t1a: one UnspCTISnanlike feature Sun
riings . II This objecuona oie -Set :, = =
70 So-csIfed -fcoac ching or me q teIh
rar-ied on hv the players during & sd---S-
= Is uor only irritating 10 the spectator -
+s1. should have no place II contest De
.u-een college ulayers Originally borrower
from the professional, II Sf9oLo D0 =
c7.31e5 from amateur sport In this con
-e-+E[-y, = i 5rTeresri1E 10 read the account
If ne trip Of the University o. " 1S-cilelIl =
EasehslI team to Japan. The lndepeh-
zenf'' has en- article by 2 member OF ulls
.esfn Ny. Flanagan, IN curre'lt ; Iss;.l,
M- Flanagan writes win OBVIOUS - ~
-rst '-i-l one thing the spectators , olo ioC @
understand u.s. which was our ta.t-4lte on
he 6eld This talk was new 10 tie bs5tes
*oo.e6 men on the bleacherS- ana liley 1 or
MOI conrreherId the spirit OF II As u
-.c-Erir'- of il IS 20 confuse and rsttle 1he
other side, il IS not surprising tlat 80 -
ii.f : nation IS the japanese Were IdA1-Eu I
~ ); .sThey missed Us, because II Was
!. custom OF theirs TO carry on All cor
-esfs IN silence Yet Nj Flanagan actilitS
+Fs9 .Fe Tsranese knew all the otiler mt
,,oir7+s a. INSIDE baseball. and 1he Is9iiit
of The series OF games WAS = ne I koi1I @
.4,,s II would seem that talk is hot e,
serrszI 70 good baseball Are We loL oi"
enough now tc give II up
srn IN receipt OF a long letter from A
e.-erd Of tie Williams College hockey team
-l,o claims faat il is ar injustice 10 CAL Tie
r,-,pcsto0 seven the intercollegiate hockeF