The evening times., 1911-03-28
SIDELIGHTS ON SPORTING STAGE

4 While August Belmont, the wealthy
chairman of the Jockey club, will not
admit racing is dead without hope of
resurrection in New York state, he
announces at the same time that he
intends to ship some of his best two
Iyear-olds, the pick Of his great breed
ing farm, to strengthen his stable in
England. They will be raced in the
leading fixtures, and Mr.. Belmont is
condeded by English critics to have
ia good chance of winning the his
toric Oaks.
\ Notwithstanding the wonderful work
last season of Charles Albert Bender,
the great warrior of the Philadelphia
Americans, it would not be surprising
lie he duplicated his feat of leading
the American league twirlers, with
even greater average. Chief is In
superb condition. Already, without
the slightest exertion to his arm, he
lis getting break to his ball that re-
minds one of the midsummer days.
Of course, the taciturn chieftain is
making no boasts but unless all signs
go by contraries keep your eye on
Bender While on this subject it
would also be a good plan to watch
Jack Lapp through the season: I'm
less the writer has kink in his
trolley wire this youngster is slated
Ito do considerable amount of back
stopping. He will pair with all the
pitchers with the possible exception
of Cy Morgan. This does not mean
that Ira Thomas and Paddy Living
stone are to be kept In the back
ground, but it does mean that John
Lapp is going to shine as one of the
best windpadmen in the business this
season.
May 20 has been set as the date for
the Princeton-Y -Yale-Cornell crew race
to be held on Lake Carnegie this
spring. The managers have come to
a definite decision, which means that
Yale and Cornell will meet on the
water for the first time in several
years. and that Princeton will at last
be represented in all major sports.
The race is the contamination of five
years of effort on the part of Prince
ton men interested in rowing to have
the Tigers represented in this sport,
and it marks the attainment of An
drew Carnegie's idea in presenting
the lake to Princeton in 1906. The
date of the triangular race Is the same
as that of the Princeton Harvard
baseball game to be played at Prince
[ ton, and a record breaking crowd Is
expected to see the double attraction,
with Princeton's first intercollegiate
crew race on Lake Carnegie and the
first varsity race with an outside
crew since 1884. 1t is planned to hold
the race Immediately after the base
ball game, and negotiations are now
being made to secure Thomas Reath
of the University of Pennsylvania, to
act as judge
Honus Wagner may put in his last
year in baseball this season. Word
was received here from Hot Springs
that the crack Pirate shortstop, after
his long wait, finally had signed q
contract, but only for one year, the
document now being in the hands Of
Manager Clarke. On good authority
it ia said that Wagner's failure tc
sign for more than one year indicates
that ne Will De OUT OF Tue game ueA'
season. He previously has signed two
and three year contracts, and 1t is
known that for some time he has
Ewanted to quit baseball and go into
business. Clarke admitted at Hot
Springs that the contract was onl!
for this season, and he refused to dis
cuss the terms. Honus has beer
working hard at training. He failed
to sign within the time limit. which
was March /.