New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-19

ances Boston and Brooklyn should prove
easier foes. and 10 Is still possible for the
team m come back 20 tho Polo Grounds in
first place The see-saw struggle for the
lead with tie Chicago Cubs keeps interest
nc "a hiCn pitch That game with the car
dinals on Saturday was a mighty hard one
to lose with Matty holding his opponents
to two hits and pitching DID, his hest form
Tire biz intercollegiate regatta AT Poueh-
keepsie i- hardly more than a week away
and interest in college rowing which this
year appears 90 be enjoying its greatest
no0uIari-r IS growing apace Cornell as
usual is favored for the varsity race. nut
there is well defined feeling. for which
There is some foundation. that Columbia
d.V will come on June - and that Jim
Rice may Boz able TO reap the reward
which lr the opinion of many good judges
was snatched from his hands last year.
when columbia was unfortunate in the
choice of courses and came down 20 lne
finish with a shell more than half full OF
water Tvo-mile races are apt 90 be- mis-
leading. but II there is anything in these
preliminary struggles Cornell and Colum-
hia should be- the ones o. fight 30 out at
PoughkeepSie with Pennsylvania Wisc0n-
sin and Syracuse following them home.
while Harvard should defeat Yale for the
fourth year in succession ar New London.
Rumors keep cropping 40 from time To-
time. as they have in the past. that some
Of the track and field athletes are still de-
manding and receiving illegal expense and
appearance money FOR running at the varl-
Gus meetings. Some of these OF course.
have reached the ears OF James T. Sull-
van secretary u the Amateur Athletic
b Union and while proof Is lacking. as
usually Is the case. ne has called upon
the registration committee FOR an invesu-
cation Mr.. Sullivan who has worked so
/ lOug ana hard 10 preserve the integrity Of
/ true amateur sport on track and field, is
/ of the opinion that the only way TO en-
force the somewhat drastic rule made ne
. cessary because OF irregularities il f0r the
+ registration committee 20 cancel the cards
OF all suspected athletes. even II IN lni5
way the innocent must suffer with the
guilty
The rule Oh the subject Is So clear that
/ those who are Jeopardzing their standing
/ as amateurs should be- run down without
great difficulty IL was passed Ill the last
annua. meeting of the Amateur Athletic
Union and reads as follows.
IT, All cases where an athlete Tee
/ ceives money 10 cover travelling expenses.
2 whether from his own clue or ANY otnr.
organization hc shall immediately. upon
MS return home send % the chairman ol
. tlr registration committee " ms own dis
trlct signed statement showing the
amount received and an item'zed account
u. his expenses. IS men any money lS paid
90 am athlete tOi travelling expenses. the
. organization or committee making such
payment small be- required o. take re-
ceIpt therefor in duplicate containing an
tented statement of suCu expenses. ana
forward immediately one copy thereof Co.
the chairman of the registration committee
. W the association Oh which the athlete i~
registered. ara one copy Thereon To- inc
chairman 0f the registration committee of
the association in whose district the meet
flE 81 held. such receipts and statements
ODD bee kent OH file hE said Chdlrmeu rec
SueCtile|r. ANY athlete failing 90 promptly
. forward the statement as required above
shall oe liable 90 suspension and any Or
gauiZau.u failing 90 secure ana IprW ara
tine receipt. as above provided. snail uc
liable 90 suspension or refusal Of sanction
"a the case may be-.
50 halfway measures should be- USED.
AS Jim Sullivan has said the rules are
there IN be- enforced.
Another innocent hNstander-a boy ln this
oase-bas been killed bv the murderous
hammer" hurled hy an athlete i'm COM
petition This is one more indictment
against an event which should he removed
from all sack and field programme.
q SIN reply 10 query concerning scores
of baseball games iu the early DAYS iu the
Natioual League OF its forerunner. the
greatest number OF runs So far a. the
records e. In major league baseball, tell 70
the lot of Chicago. when Cleveland was
beaten on July q. tsS2. by score OF 90 to T.
Games have been played between profess
sionaI teams M which the scores reached
over one hundred runs but these are not
I'm the record books and have no place in
n,afor league baseball HERBERT.