New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-02-06
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team. In view OF the fact that August has
usually been the big polo month in TINS
country II is homogeneous that the assoc'a-
ton here should send what practcahy
amounts to an ultmatum TO the Turing
ham Club abroad-that the internationa'
match must be played before July 10 or not
at ALL The message says the polo condi-
lions in both England and this country re-
ouire this but the only condition that
can think OF. so far as this country u
concerned. lies in protection for the amman
matches at Narragansett Pier. III TINS Is
the real reason ii ~ a mighty selhsh one
considering the fact that coronation week
in Lngland is the stunning DOCK inns
year to the English team playing the
match in July. except under a distinct ham
Cicap. 1t is a pity that there should be
any haggling over dates for match that
would do so much 10 stimulate and arouse
fresh int est in polo. II is disappointing
that the Polo Association here was net big
enough to accept offhand any date pro-
posed. even at some inconvenience 10 the
players who will make up the American
team ana al some UdluiAdp W wv NN'''
Williams College can be congratulated on
securing the services of Fred ]. DAILY cap
tain Of Yale's lighting team last year, as
coach Of her football eleven next fall. a
good player does not necessarily make
good instructor Many men can do. but
lack the ability 10 impart. but. unless am
sadly mistaken, DAILY is endowed with those
qualities which will make him an even
better coach than he was PLAYER. In
sense Yale Is 20 be congratulated also IL
took some courage, / should Judge, lot
DAILY TO refuse the high honor of serving
as cad coach Of the Yale eleven next tali'
That he did it with the best interests OF
Yale at heart ! am convinced. as " VIII
end. no doubt. in breaking UP system at
New Haven which has not always made
for good.
II was said more than once last fail that
Ted Coy, enc of the greatest players Oh
his day. was a failure as head coach. be
that as il may. it was the Yale system OF
appointing the captain OF winning team
as head coach for the succeeding year that
was at fault, II fault thee was IN the
slow development OF the eleven. l called
attention 10 this in my comment or NO
vemoer d winding UP by saying; captain
DAILY. of this years team. would be well
advised II he established a precedent at
Yale by refusing the offer, il 1t is MADE
OF the position OF head coach next season.
I think DAILY would make good coach.
am satisfied that he has been force in
moulding the eleven this year, but the
honor could well be sacrificed for the good
Of Yale in ending q witless custom" DAILY,
il turns out, was big enough to meet the
situation fairly
Delicate handling of a COMPLEX situation
will be necessary IL the Grand Circuit
which for years has been the big line oil
the trotting and pacing turf, is TO be pre-
served. Unfortunately for sport so strict
ly American. the warning factions are likely
10 bring about a split, from the efrects or
which The East will find II hard to recover.
The laws against pool selling nave placed
the spOrr In this part Of the country IN the
most precarious condition. Meetings do not
pay except when held in connection with
the bigger state fairs. and fer that reason
public interest has waned. until now tracks
that used 10 flourish find it impossible TO
conduct a meeting Of only one weeks dura-
ton. The rearrangement OF the dates az
suggested 10y Columbus, by which the
Grand Circuit would start East and work
West, would do much toward re-establish-
ing TIE sport in this district, but selfish III
terests appear 10 be uppermost, and wall
now cores from Detroit which seems 10
end any chance CT the problem being solved
in that lay. may be pessimistic, but II
looks rad for the Grand Circuit.
u will be surprising il the stand against
Newport az the mace for the national lawn
tennis championship and for reform in
handling the tournament does not act as d
!eaven. Tie insurgents, so call-d, have not
worked IN vain. even though temporarily
beaten Thsy have right on their side and
will be stronger another year
Everything points 10 Cornell winning the
hockey championship now more than ever
since Harvard mas been weakened by the
loss OF Captain Hornblower.
HERBERT.
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