New-York tribune., 1910-01-24
Athletics Auomobhng 4 Running + Other Sport

IS ~ AutOmO
editorial by calling the attention of the
rules committee TO the following sugges-
tions:
There are one or two things that should
be insisted on. The straight-arm blow with
the open hand should be forbidden; as mas
been said many times in these columns,
this blow would disaualify fighter IN
prize ring and !, seems shons reds0haei be- pro-
tected as much as professional nsht-
ers. Mass plays should be ahohsheo, of
at least discouraged; thef are S "a, ,IIaned
on kiclxinr. II takes seventy minutes or
actual playing time for same or lo9,e sne
game might tust as well be played VITA
baseball, so seldom is kicking resortea TO-
hold no brief for the arraignment or
mass plays, unless it refers particularly 10
the guards back and tackles back, as
plunges into the line are not half SO pad
as painted. but i am glad once more 10
subscribe to the suggestion that the use Oh
the straight arm in warding off an oppos-
tng tackler should be abolished. Indirect
iy it is the root of many evils.
IL the golf insurgents in the West VINO
have been spoilng for a fight. are not satis-
fed with the changes made in the consI-
tuition Of the United States Golf Association
al the annual meeting on Friday they VIII
find little sympathy In further Talk OF Sc
cession Some may contend that the ma
tionaI body was forced to capituiate ana
claim full credit, but that will be only the
final sputtering of a dead issue. 1t was
not forced 10 capitulate. but the reasonable
<oi- rl7af IN a
way to broaden the scope of the associa-
ton. make for wider representation and
encourage the growth and development OF
the sport Much of the credit belongs TO
Leighton Calkins. who saw the weak spots
in the old constitution and suggested the
cure.
Unless competent referees are appointed
10 officiate at the amateur league hockey
matches in the ST. Nicholas Rink the
game is bound 10 suffer. So far this season
there has been altogether too much rough
work and downright viciousness shown on
the part of some OF the players The game
is growing in popularity with each winter
and is now recognized as one of the lead
ing winter sports in New York, but the
lovers of the pastime will not stand for
the contemplate methods shown in some OF
the contests. Hockey is a more or less
rough game. the swiftness of the play, the
hard body checking and the stiff stick
work making it such, but when unsports-
manlike methods are used. such as dehp-
erately slamming a man into the side OF
the rink with the object OF putting him
cut" pokins; him in the face or ribs with
the end of the stick and slashing right and
left. the referee should step in and mete
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minute suspension. but punishment equal
TO the offence The trouble is that the
assistant referee, who is supposed to watch
the players exclusively. is too prone TO
keep his eye on the puck instead OF on the
men. So far this year there have been
more men injured in amateur league
matches than in the entire playing season
OF other winters and IL is noticeable that
all the accidents have taken place in games
in which the Wanderers were engaged.
This team is fast and clever one. and
stands an excellent chance to win the
championship, provided the men play clean
hockey. No man who Is unable to control
himself under fire has right TO take part
IL a hockey match. There are so many
aggravating e;d tantalizing plays cropping
UP every few minutes that It would be bet
ter for the hot-headed ones to substitute
tid0ledeWinkS.
Many followers of the turf heard with
regret last week that the racing days of
Fair Play, the good son of Hastings, had
come to an end. He was a horse for which
I always had great admiration. as he could
be depended on to do his best under any
and all conditions, until his temper was
spoiled by being shipped TO England 1t is
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in the stud than his sire. Hastings, and so
perpetuate his name and his line.
Two broken legs is the mild total Of
serious football injuries at Amherst in sew
enteen years. according to Professor Nelli-
gan This is hardly a serious indictment
against the game.
If Frank Farrell builds a concrete
stadium, with a seating capacity Of fifty
thousand persons. as a new home for the
~ will bn n