New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-16

sp1, Is the ASIIy OF the coltSS6 HStias D~t
81 is not an easy question TO answer. Hicks
Of Harvard; Mcclure, Of Amherst; Temple
ton, Of Williams. and Mahoney. OF FORD
ham, stand out perhaps slightly above their
fellows. and so far as can Judge there is
nrtic TO choose among them All four
have q fast breaking curve and excellent
control. but better yet, perhaps. all four
a-s remarkably proficient IN q knowledge
Of what may be called inside baseball. In
some respects Mcclure and Mahoney are
The rYost valuable to their teams. as both
are strong bats1nen as well as strong
pitchers
Following the men mentioned, and not
Ear behind them either. come numper o.
pitchers who are quite up TO the standard
Princeton is particularly well OF with TWO
rood men in S. V. White and Woodle. The
fsr4er pitche6 e remarkably clever game
AGAINST the Yankees early In the season.
and since then has proved his SIKH on
more than one occasion. being largely re-
r1,onsible Cor the victory over Harvard on
Saturday In Murray Lee Columbia can
boast OF a star. He has won seven out OF
rine games this season. and only iasl
Tuesday held the strong Brown nine 10
Eve hits end struck out six men, Good
willie. OF Cornell, is an able, reliable man,
who did not suffer in comparison Win
Templeton IN the game IN which Nlli1arns
heat Cornell by & score Of to Q. He had
rather the better OF Lee in the game with
Columbia. and in a measure turned the
cables OF Mcclure, who went in TO relieve
verum when Cornell beat Amherst by
score of TO on Friday. Earlier in the
season Amherst beat the team from Ithaca
nv 2 score Of TO Q, Mcclure allowing only
three hits to GoodwilTfe's eleven Mahoney.
Of Fordham, pitched a brilliant game in
defeating Princeton on Wednesday. when
opposed to both White and Woodie. other
pitchers worthy OF mention who have been
prominent In one or more games TINS sea
son are Foley, Of Holy Cross; Martin, OF
Tufts. who pitched his team 70 victory
OVER Harvard bv q score Of to 0. striking
.,-,r fifteen raen; Counselman, 81 Brown. who
proved quite the equal Of Lee IN The game
-,,s4 IN Columbia last week, and Schultz, Of
PENNSYLVANIA who is a steady, heady
r,laver. who vas the mainstay Of his team
last year, as he is this season.
The Giants had a stormy time in Chicago
and St Louis last week They managed to
check the Cubs in their mad flight, after
losing three straight GANGS, but went on to
r.ot lose much ground IN the pennant race.
however, as the Brooklyn Superbas woke
,lD and won TWO out Of three games from
the Pittsburg champions while the Phiiles
also took the Pirates into camp There is
some strength in the Brooklyn team, and
R,u Dafllen may sti11 be able to get his men
10 pun together and play the kind Of ball
OF which they are capable more consistently
than in the past The Giants have one more
game TO play IN St Louis to-day, and viii
then jump 10 Cincinnati for four games
They VIII land in Pittsburg Saturday
for what IS sure TO be a critical series.
The Yankees measured I'D vel with the
champions Of the American League last
week. breaking even IN the four game series,
70 the satisfaction OF the fans" who are
not SO skeptical as to the strength Of the
team as was the case two or three weeks
ago RusseI Ford made name for him
self in holding The hard hitting Tigers 10
four hits on Wednesday, and it begins TO
lock as il al the good things said about
1his vouns pitcher were coming true. Var
hop did his pert in winning q game on
Thursday. St Louis and Cleveland viii. di-
vide the tine at American League Park
This week. and something better than N
even break Is confidently expected
There Is 3 certain charm about the rae
sng at Belmont Park which was lacking at
Aoueduct- and the change on Friday was
welcome 20 the rank and file Of racegoers.
This charm no doubt lies in the fact that
the -oouly. attractive paddock. broad lawns
end general air OF refinement appeal 70 the
senses and put one in better haIInor 10
en5oy the keen strife of struggling horses
TIE meeting began in z way TO indicate
+hat much IS fn store for lovers Of the
Thoroughbred The programme has been
arranged in way to attract the best
horses in training, and while some persons
are Sun opposed to the reverse way Of
running the sport promises TO be Of the
hast.
The thfrry-seventh running Of the historic
w-srhers VIII be decided on Saturday. and z
stronger. better balanced field IS likely 70
20 10 the post than in several years. L
seems z pity that Waldo, which was ranked
es the best two-year-old in training last
-eer. should not be IN condition to nj his
~ngaeerenrs because OF the fact that he
pulled Up lame in his final work for the
Louisville Derby last week. James r
Keeas's Sweep, the Futurity winner q year
ago and waldo's chief rival, has been
pointed for this fixture. and he qualified on
Saturday IN e way TO satisfy many good
1u6ges. Among others eligible are s. c.
Eildreth's Dalns tan, August BelmontS
starbottle the Silver Brook Farms The
Turk. the woodhaven Stables Prince I'm
periaI. James McManus's Rocky O'Brien.
T. T Wilson, frs. Candleberry and J. z.
Sadden's Hampton Court Dalmatian. I'M
fortunately. has been coughing slightly. but
81 ready viii be a worthy opponent for
Sweep on the strength OF his brilliant per
Torrance behind Maskette. when he forced
Mr.. Keene's great mare 10 establish a new
track record to win al Aqueduct-
The sterling victory Of Donau, the good
son OF woolsthorpe. in the Louisville Derby
last Tuesday makes a poor argument
against the oyerracing Of two-year-olds
Donau, II memory serves. started in forty
one races last season, and. what is more.
won a fair share of them. II was pointed
out al the time that good horse was be-
ing ruined by toe much campaigning but
90 all appearances this has not proved to
be the case. There are exceptions. of
course. TO every rule. and Donau. q tough,
wiry little horse. and not so little either.
appears 20 be the exception in this case. /
am told that be has filled out and de-
veioped over winter into fine looking colt.
and IL he trains on IL is hoped thai Dir.
Cerst xin bring him East TO DO battle with
The best of the three-year-olds Ia this
country While not ranked IN the first