New-York tribune., 1912-03-18
RIaN Golf Lawn Tennis Boxing q Bowling 4 Gosoo running
TO call a meeting and thoroughly sift th'
whole question.


whole question
s,gns Of the times point 10 no racing
this summer outside of the amateur huht
club meetings, and yet l am loath 10 DC
Iieve that no further effort will be made
IN revive this invigorating sport. II must
ba admitted, however, that the turf here
has suffered another blow In the shipping
70 France Of such horses as Fftz Herbert
Zeus. Novelty and others, which are now
owned by Charles II. Kohler Fitz Herbert
is one of the greatest thoroughbreds ever
bred and raced In this country and gives
nromise of being quite as successful in the
stud as on the track. Mr.. Kohler and b
c. Hildreth cannot be blamed for seeking
new fields, as the stable represents Dig
investment. They waited long and patiently
for some change in the tide here ana
sinplv could not afford TO wait any longer.
one Of these days the frlghtful loss that
the thoroughbred breeding industry IN this
country has suffered will be appreciated,
and II is hoped that 1t will not be too late
to make amends
Charley White has few If any equals as
a boxing referee. and his honesty or pur-
nose and fairness have never been open 10
question. go far as | have ever heard. He
aid his full duty, too, and lived up to the
letter of the lava thing which few box
ing referees have the courage to DO
when he disqualified lone Round Hogan
in the latter's bout with Leach Cross at
the Madison Athletic Club on WEDNESDAY
evening. In spite Of all this he Is open 10
some criticism for acting In such nasty
vay as TO antagOnize close to three thou
sand persons who had paid from 50 TO 20
10 see the battle. It is not the part or a
referee to take the crowd into his conf
dence, as his business lies in seeing that
the boxers do not violate the laws or the
ring, but he could we'll have made an ex-
ception in this case without losing one
whit of his dignity or authority. Those
who had paid high and travelled far 70
see the boys in action were deserving OF
some consideration. and an outspoken
word Of warning to the crowd that II the
boys persisted in violating the rules ne
would stop the bout forthwith undoubtedly
would have had the desired effect and pre-
vented the unfortunate fiascO. In any case,
the responsibility would have been shifted
10 the shoulders where It belonged. Per-
sonaIly, I believe that White did the right
thing and the only question raised here Is
to his manner OF doing 1t. Boxing is sadly
IN need Of few more courageous men OF
the stamp Of Charley White, but his hasty
ruling worked a hardship, inasmuch as
Cross and Hogan each earned S,4B for
their two minutes OF boxing. while the on
lockers paid the freight, with no return
for their money.
It Is too late now to make any restitu-
ton, and so far as / can see the State
Athletic Commission can take no action
10 remedy the wrong II might be well,
however, for the commission TO adopt
rule to cover similar cases in the future.
Clubs could be called upon TO withhold
money from the boxers and to refund II TO
those who paid their way in If a referee
is called upon to disqualify one boy or
another for foul work within. say, the
first three rounds Of the bout This may
not be the best way, but 1t is one way to
protect in q measure those who pay good
money to see the boys in action. II might
be we'll also for the commission TO insist
upon the referees taking a leaf from
Charley Whites book and performing
their full duty in the future or else TO
withdraw their licenses.
Before commenting fully on the water
polo match for the national title in Pitts
hurgh on Friday evening I want 70 talk
to some of those who were present From
all accounts. the Chicago players deserve
quick punishment at the hands Of the
Amateur Athletic Union for their foul
language, which drove women from 'heir
seats, TO say nothing Of their foul and
disgraceful play. Onlookers, or at least
some Of them, have acquitted the New
York Athletic Club men OF doing anything
except act in self-defence from what one
man said was "coldly premedltated muir
der" The match was an offence to anna
teur sport.
When The Harvester, 2:01, the wonder
full trotting son Of Walnut Hall, was sold
last week for $4,000 he almost brought
his weight in gold. c. X. G. Billings now
has the distinction of owning three of the
greatest light harness horses Of all time
Uhlan, the black whirlwind; Lou Dillon,
the queen Of all trotters. and The Har-
vester, champion stallion Of the world.
am told that the University OF Kansas
has dropped the hammer throw and sub
stituted the javelin, and the athletic au-
thorities Of that institution are TO be con-
graduated for taking the initiative. The
sixteen-pound hammer is a dangerous
weapon, and the sooner some other event
is substituted for the big and strong ath>
lete the better II will be.
The varsity &C" at Cornell is awarded
in eleven sports-football, baseball, track
athletics, rowing, 'cross-country running,
soccer football basketball, hockey, fenc-
ing. wrestling and lacrosse. There are
now eighty-one undergraduates at ithaca
wearing the.m much coveted letter.
HERBERT.
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