New-York tribune., 1910-01-21
SPORTS OF THE DAY
Plan FOR BIG GAMES.
Giant Killer" to Pitch for Gin
c,nnati This Year.


movement is on foot TO hold an inter
national athletic track and field meeting in
Berlin during the American exposition 10 be
heid there In June. July and August of this
year. The plan has the approval Of the
leading officials of the Amateur Athletic
Union Of America. James z. Sullivan said
yesterday.
II is pointed out that 1T would be A par
ccularly strong card for American athletes
10 compete for honors al the same time the
Industrial giants of This country are show
ing All Europe the superiority of American
goods. It will be recalled that Prince Henry
o. Prussia. president of the German recep-
tion committee, is patron of sport In its
various forms. The question is nov in the
hanos of the Berlin athletic associations.
and IN all probability an invitation TO the
atnietes or this country TO participate will
be extended in a short time
August Belmont. chairman Of the .Ioclxev
Club and lover of polo and other sports.
mas expressed interest in the proposed
games, and on his suggestion an American
committee is being organized to represent
athletics AT the Berlin exposition. This
committee. of which James z. Sullivan will
be chairman, will be a representative one
and will cover every form of amateur sport
The members will be composed Of prominent
men interested in sports from all parts of
the United States
Harry Covaleski, better known as the
Giant Killer and the Terrible Pole" will
pitch for the Cincinnati Reds next season.
Word came from Philadelphia last night
that Covaleski and Frank Corridor, of the
Ph;llies. had been traded TO Cincinnati for
James Brennan and Robert Ewing II was
one of the biggest baseball trades of the
winter. Involving as it did four pitchers
Ewing has been with Cincinnati since
1902 and made a fair second last season.
being credited In the official records with
winning elevS1 games and losing twelve.
Brennan was bought from the Hutchinson.
Kan, team last fall. where he pitched we'll
and gave high pIcn1ise.
Covaleski called the Giant Killer" be-
cause he proved such a stumbling block 70
the Giants in 1905. when he won three
games from New York late I'm the season at
a critical time in the pennant race did not
live up to his reputation last season, when
he won only six games and lost ten. The
Giants as If seeking revenge. fell on him
at the Polo Grounds one dav last spring
and batted him out Of the box Once his
much Of his effectiveness was lost.
Covaleski. with his elusive delivery.
robbed the Giants Of the pennant in 1903.
or ar least he played leading role. al
though Merkie has been blamed for his fail
ure to touch second base in that history
making game at the Polo Grounds, when
the Chicago Cubs took advantage Of a tech
nicelity and then won the play-off of the tie
for the National League championship.
Frank Corridor won eleven games and
lost seven for Philadelphia last wear and
on the records is the best man of the four
Clarke Griffith. manager OF the Reds, has
been angling for q good pitcher for some
time and. according 10 a telegram from
Cincinnati last night. IS we'll pleased with
the trade In the opinion of some fans
the 'old fox got the better Of the bar
gain. but Horace Fogel, the new president
of the Phillies doesn't believe n and says
he once ate luncheon in Missouri.
The Superbas are signing up TO the
complete satisfaction Of the Brooklyn club,
in spite Of the new form Of contract. Len
rox. the star third baseman. Kaiser" vii
helm. the pitcher. together with Meyers.
Erwin. King, TONES and Dent, have af-
fixed their signatures. Others are eE-
pected to-day. and no "hold-outs" are
looked for.
Charles H Ebbets. president Of the club
and chairman of the schedule committee
Of the National League. will leave for
Ptttsburg tonight. He has called meet
ing of his committee in that city for Sun
day, and the joint meeting of the sched-
ule committees of the two major leagues
will he held there on Monday.
When Frank Farrell takes title 20 the
property at Broadway and s25th street for
the new American League Park he will
build. il is said. 4 huge concrete stadium
with a seating capacity OF fifty thousand
persons.
= new catcher has been signed by the
Pjttsburg Pirates in Edward Bridges. of
Paterson. N j.. who was purchased from
the Northampton club, of the Connecticut
League. last year When the contract
came in Barney Drevfuss remarked that if
Bridges was as good a ind as the last
PLAYER he got from Paterson. the Pitts
burg team was in luck. He referred TO
Wagner who was playing with the Pater-
son team in 1897, when Dreyfuss secured
him for the Louisville team. before 1t was
brought to Pittsburg.
There is some talk at Cambridge that
Harvard will not arrange football game
with Cornell next fall, but may substitute
the University of Chicago.
The University of Virginia has accepted
challenge from Cornell University for
relay race al the George Washington meet.
in Washington, on January Z9.
William Duke. who trains William &.
Vanderblt's thoroughbreds in France.
sailed from this city yesterday after a
short vacation. TO take up his work abroad.
NO ACTION ON SHEPPARD.