New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-01
Baseball Auomobamgx Running Polo x oog

sbaky. The present proportion Of players
TO spectators reminds one far too stronsi!
OF the prize ring CROWDS or tne pun ii',s
crowds or the gladiatorial crowds or an
cient Rome, or OF any other crowd that
gathers when sport has become decadeht ,
decadent not necessarily because IL nas
become brutal for that Is not the case
with football. but because the spectator ., =
take more interest in watching game
than In playing H.
II is unfortunate. perhaps, that man!
persons take more interest in watching a
game than in playing it. but the truth IS
that without the opportunity to watch
there would be absolutely no incentive to
play Intramural or intracollege athletics
can be fostered and encouraged with the
help of intercollegiate athletics, but hardly
otherwise, II my experience counts 1or
anything The age Of hero worship has
not passed.
Once a year at least hue and cry is
raised against the hammer throw as one
OF the events Of the intercollegiate games.
Two or three years ago Harvard sue-
gested that It be dropped. following the
killing Of an onlooker at meet out west.
The crusade. II such It could be called
against the hammer ended in talk. how
ever, but the controversy has been aroused
afresh. and It strikes me that II could be
dropped from the programme without
much loss. as l have suggested two OF
three times in this column. few days
ago the Boston Journal had the following
comment on the subject:
Why do not Harvard, Yale and a few
other influential universities show Inc
courage Of their convictions and 90 ave.
t1nv ll
throw? 1t is the poorest event in the whoIe
list Of amateur sports NO one unueI
stands this better than the athletic autnoiih,
ties themselves. Public interest IN IL IL
almost nil. The sooner il is put aside Tor
good and all in favor OF some more popu-
lar and less perilous event. the better ~
will he for college and preparatory schooi
sports. The proposed team relay race
would be a good enough substitute Tor
beginning.
Ii seems to me that many followers OF
track and field athletics will subscribe 10
this expression. The chief excuse Tor us
retention Is that 1t provides an event Tor
the big men. but other forms or compeu-
ton could be substituted which would De
more interesting and less dangerous. AS
a rule the hazards OF the event are mini
mixed to a certain extent by removing the
hammer throwers as far away as posi-
bic from the onlookers. The result Is That
few realize what is going on and care less.
1t could we'll be spared.
The baseball Blue Book for 1911. edited
and published by Louis Heiloroner, Oh
Fort Wayne. Ind. is on my desk, ana u
has so much merit that I feel moved 10
say a word that others may know OF It's
value. In addition 10 the full schedules or
most of the leagues. II not all OF them
operating under the national agreement
II contains much information concerning
the owners, directors and managers Of each
league and club IN the various leagues. IL
also gives the seating capacities or the
marks and other facts of interest
A controversy OF no mean proportions
appears to be going on in pinochle circles.
Almost every paper has been asked to an
swer the appended question, and l have
not escaped:
Kindly inform me as to the correct
count for the following meld in three
handed game OF auction pinochle. King
and queen of diamonds king and queen
Of spades. king and queen of clubs and ace,
king queen, sack and ten of hearts.
B. 6"
The correct count is $3.50 for queens,
20 each for three common marriages. 50 for
kings, and $50 for sequence. The royal
marriage cannot be made. although It is
so played by some. HERBERT.