New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-17
COMMENT ON SPORTS
The Battle of Great Pitchers Not
To Be Forgotten.
BASEBALL HAS ITS CHARM
News and Views on Live Topics
of the Day, Both Amateur
and Professional.


thcrvson. better known as Matty, and Rus
sell Ford faced each other al the Polo
Grounds on Thursday in the first game OF
The rosr-eeHson series between the Giants
and she Yankees That the Giants won
WAS purely Incidental TO the remarkable
test Of the skin and cunning OF two great
1,fichers Hal Chase showed his implicit
corfidenoe in the ability OF Ford TO win
against anybody who opposed him. and Nc
tsraw fearing nothing. was not sverSe to &C
eeptinE the challenge. and showed mis- sports
uaanship in SO doing. Natty himself WAS
riuins to pit his elusive fade-away against
fhe almost equally elusive mystery bali
or the ne~ star in She baseball armament
and the fans" had every reason 10 ap-
Maud That Nstty. with his wonderful
skin and greater experience carried of The
horors Of the day Was gratifying to those
who lave been shouting his praises for the
last four OF Eve wears, and was. in n sense,
TOT surprising. He Sss called upon how
ever. % pitch one Of the most remarkable
zzrnes Of his long and successful career.
srs Ford lost little in comparison. as Ee.
-oo. performed In e way that bore out Al
she Ecod things that have been said about
him in tins his FIRST wear in major league
ocrpsnv That he weakened slightly in the
rCns was an indication only that he was
human and II can be said that he lost no
friends and none Of the fame which has
ror7s 70 him through : long, strenuous
eesscn u they meet again rs IS hoped
-Ili be the case. the decision may he re-
-erse6. 50 evenly N almost every respect
ere thew matched. but until then Matty IS
eth The Mighty and the peerless leader
~ all pitchers
The crowd thet turned out 81 the Polo
Grounds on Thursday and Saturday and
st American League Park on Friday 10
see the Giants end the Yankees strive for
she mastery was = glowing testimony 10
the popularity OF the great national game.
More evidence along the same line viii be
furnished this week, both here and in
Philadelphia where thousands have been
disappointed in their efforts 70 get seats
Cor the worlds championship games be
tween The Cubs and the Athletics It
must be pointed out once more, however,
fhsr something must be st stake 20 at
-racr the fans" There have been times
this fen when mere handful OF spec
tstors turned out for the simple reason
that All hope for the pennant vas gone.
end Ei-h little nothing TO root FOR
o5le- forms Of amusement or closer atten-
-1tr7 A. G. Spalding and the National Com
rris=iou that transforming trips for purely
.xhibition purposes are more or less do
rso-alizinr "a the players and 60 more
harm than good 10 the sport Mr. Spald-
in- vas right when he said: An exhibit
-ion game of baseball between picked
teams no matter how skilful the players
NAV be. without the necessary local in
reresr Is about the most stupid perform
..ncc intsginahle from spectators point
- WEN
1-e declaration Of Ban johnson and
Garry Hermann that hereafter The Ma
riouai commission VIII not countenauce
\ H., Offering OF prizes or bonuses 81 base
ual, must bo applauded- Tho Incident
growing cat Of the last scheduled games
ia - Louis. when Ta5oe made eight safe
hits liz eight times al bat IN . double
header, IL 10 be depl0rec- Laiole has been
cleared Of any collision with the opposing
players 10 help his batting average and
80 make Il possible Tor him 10 beat Ty
Cobb for the much coveted automobile
which was offered 20 the leading batsnan
in both major leagues. This Is cause for
congrstulstiou. but the fact remains that
many folio gyers Of the sport viii continue
70 look at the performance with suspicion,
and what amounted almost TO a scandal
Will reflect upon the good name Of base
haIl The National Commission has found
tho only solution If y carries out the
aHowed purpose of two of It's members.
Arthur Devlin. the third basemsn Of the
Giants was -oundly Kissed at American
League Park on Friday for what looked
like a hit OF sharp practice i'm blocking of
Chase while the latter was rounding third
hs-e II aroused no end of I'll feeling, and
Was the more regrettable as Devlin has
earned the well merited reputation OF being
one Of the cleansst, even II aggressive,
players IN professional baseball The
rivalry between the two teams IS keen, but
-ae series should not be- spoiled by the UNI
fortunate desire 90 win at any cost
Miss Dorothy Campbell. the rosy checked
Scotch girl who has made her home on This
side 81 the Atlantic for more than q year,
proved once again that IS a golfer she il
IN class by herself 1t viii be Temem-
sered that shortly before Miss Campbell
came here from her native heath. AZ North
Berwick. a year ago last summer, she won
the vomen's championship tournament Of
Great Britain, 50 that when she gained the
american crown OF the links Of tho Merton
Cricket Club IN October. 1909, Miss Camp
beu accomplished something that NO other
woman had ever been able TO BOAST On
Saturday This product Of North Berwick
,von the American title at the Homewood
Country club for the second time. While
her victory was not decisive some of
Ter successes earlier Ia the week, Miss
Campbell at least do all that was re-
auired. She always was UP IN her match
with Mrs. G. NJ Martin, and her game
compared fsvorably with most OF her other
rounds.
Il may 5e long time before any woman
succeeds in duplicating the remarkable
score credited 20 Miss Campbell in one Of
her matches last week. when she made
both the outward and inward holes IN 80.
for a total Of IS, golf that would have done
credit 20 a Travis OF a Travers. This IS.
Of course, broke the record for the links.
When Miss Campbell visited HomewoOd
1rlae more than a week ago. the best score
hy a woman was q. consequently her brill
iant round represented reduction IN the
record 81 no less than fourteen strokes. In
oonceding the palm 10 Miss Campbell fol-
lowers Of the game in the United States
able 10 obtain a certain amount or
consolation from a knowledge Of the fact
that Mrs. Martin. the Tunner-up, is an
American, born and bred in New York
city. and until few years ago a resi-
uenf here. She. too. played sound and at
lines brilliant golf. and deserves high