New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-15

dir ais and the Reds were not pleasant
Griffith's men played some excellent ball
themselves, their poorest showing. curious
Is enough, being in the one game of the
series that they won. They were not
speedy enough. however. to stop the flying
Giants. II New York can keep up that
sort of work against Pittsburg there may
still be hope Chicago had more trouble
with the elements in the week just past
than the Giants and dropped back bit
but there was little change in the relative
standing of the teams.
II would be unreasonable to expect
team that is made up OF as many young
players as the Yankees not to slump once
in a while. Disappointing as the present
Western trip has been. and disastrous IN
way, it should not lead the partisans of
Stallings's organization TO lose faith in It's
ability to finish we'll up in the race 1t is
hard to see how the Athletics can De kept
from capturing the pennant, but there is
sill prospect of a mighty struggle for sec
ond honors with three teams lighting II
out until the very end of the season The
Yankees have been handicapped by injuries
to PLAYERS and by the singular illness OF
Chase. whose usefulness TO the nine in the
last few weeks has been very small. He
and Stallings are undoubtedly right in de-
Gliding that it is better for him to re-
cover his health fully before attempting
to return to the game Sweeney is back,
and he and Ford served to check the vic
toIious career Of the White SoX. who are
undergoing at present the period of re-
juvenation begun by New York and Boston
last year and the year before. The Boston
team. like the Yankees. has slumped badly
on the present trip but that will not last
long. in all probability
Maurfce + McLoughiin, winning the
classic tournament of the Meadow Club
AT southampton. proved his class again, 10
the complete satisfaction of the Eastern
critics who are watching the lawn tennis
career of the young Californian with SO
much interest Every match he plays on
the turf counts in the Improvement OF
this plaver TO whom turf was q novelty
as recently as last year. and the impress
sion grows stronger day by day that he
Will be the challenger OF William &. Larned
for the national titlc. Play in The national
tournament begins at Newport to-day,
with an entry list that represents better
than in several years the class OF the
game in this country. cannot recall at
the moment from g look through the draw,
q single notable name that is not present.
II must be d matter of regret TO Ameri-
cans that we had no crew good enough TO
keep the principal race in the national re-
satts on the Potomac from being a duel be-
tween two Canadian crews. Rowing is left
too much to the colleges in this country
our senior oarSnnen do not keep up the good
work that is done the Thames and the
Hudson Surely it is time We looked to our
Iaurels In that respect.
The noble performance Of Chlan IN trot-
ting mile III 1:5S44 without a wind shield
and the other artificial aids that marked
the epidemic of new harness records some
wears ago will not soon be forgotten. The
breed is still being improved. and the de
yeloproert OF q horse like Uhlan in these
DAYS is something to talk and think of
HERBERT.