New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-04
TIMELY BITS OF SPORT
Race Meeting at Belmont Park
Terminal Sure to Draw Crowd.
GIANTS SELL A PITCHER
Maxwell Goes to Toronto for
Price That Will Exceed the
Opening Day Receipts.

What promises to be one NJ the best anna
teur race meetings Of the year will attract
a big crowd TO tho cosey and picturesque
| track at Belmont Park Terminal this after
noon. The Meadow Brook Steeplechase As
ISOLATION will entertain and this means good
mana cement and excellent sport
/ August Belmont. J. f.. Davis Harry $.
Page. j. SarIo Barclay. jr., Henry W. Bull
and Fletcher Harper will serve as stewards,
winnie the racing officials will be as follows:
! Judges, A. Butler Duncan and H. A.
1 Bourne; starter. J. ". Bradford; assistant
starter, Edward II. Carrie; paddock judge,
Joseph W. Burden; patrol Judges, Franklin
T. Yoss and Edward s. Voss physician DR.
/ I. n L8nehart; veterinarian, Edward
CrnndalI hsndicapper. Frank J. Bryan. and
cl.rk of the course and scales, George W.
/ Gall.
The nominations for tho Meadow Brook
Hunt cup are IS follows: Mrs. RAWLINGS
/ Riuglets. IT, l.. Bells Tyosa, !. F.. Dayiss
! Garterette. George r.. elders Denier, u. F.,
Curriers' Gus Helm and A. c. SchwarH's
| Foxy Foot.
The Meadow Brook Hunt Cup had its
first running in 1888. when Stanley Morti-
MGR took down the trophy with Hobsons
Choice. The next year George Work rode
y & sand IRIS. Vivian to victory and the
following year Mr.. Work repeated when he
rode his own hunter Mars. Thomas Hitch
cock was twice winner. scoring I'm 1886
with HalefeIIow ana the following year with
Scroolmastcr
Other owners who have held the chal
Ienge cup are j. l.. Kernochan. r.. G. had
T. JIuntinOfon II X.
and r. Hitchcock. ". ". Smith f. l.. Smith.
f; Kernochan. W. r. Grace f.. ". Harri-
man. J. T.. Davis and Malcolm Stevenson,
who has two victories to his credit, Uinring
IN 1905 with Diana and last year with
Maple Leaf.
Tho weights for the Combination Plate
have been announced. follows: Raymond,
$50: Culvert 100; Nosegay. 16O; Spocu-
ator Ij5; FaultIess, 1885, The Thief, 1iS;
Oddcraft 145. Butwell. 1h; Petits Che
vaux. 143 Useless. 1i2 Emily d.. 40;
La,eter. 40, and Royal. 40.
Maxwell. the promising pitcher OF tina
New York Giants. has been sold outright TO
the Toronto club. OF tho International
League McCaffery president and chief
owner Of the club. is quoted as saying We
have purchased Maxwell from New York for
a sum which the receipts Of Mondays open
Ing game will not meet
This means that the Giants prohted well
by the deal or else that the opening OF the
season in Toronto will not attract record
breaking crowd
The total number Of runs scored by the
teams of the two major leagues yesterday.
in seven games was l29. The top liners
were the Athletics with is, Yankees with
IL. Detroit with IS and Brooklyn with H.
lack Pteister. the Giant killer failed
IN his effort TO come back with the Chi
cago Cubs The once good left handed
pitcher was sold yesterday to the Milwau-
kee club o. the American Association.
The range of prices for the Jack Johnson
Flynn fight at Las Vegas, ~ NJ. on July
FOR the heavyweight championship will be
SIS, $50 and $40 This announcement was
made Yesterday, by Jack Curley in Chica-
go He added that these figures will mean
receipts of $50 900 II the arena is full
Jack Curley, by the way. has applied to
the circuit court TO have his name changed
from Armand Schulz to Curley, which he
has adopted.
John II. Farrell. president OF the New
York state League, has called for mai
vote from the clubs on the question or In
crea sing the salary limit from $4,000 to
s.. 500. quite "A lot OF trouble for raise or
500.
Mike Murphy has picked the team which
Will represent Pennsylvania In the dual
track and field meeting with Cornell at
Ithaca to-day Pennsylvania did not show
Is hand last Saturday in the relay races,
declares Murphy but will against Moak-
ley's aggregation. Marshall and Brown will
run In the spirits and Edwardes in the
hurdles. Haydock also will be seen in the
low hurdles. Roy Mercer. the football cap
tain. has been entered in the quarter mile
run and broad jump. while McCurdy, who
ran such a good mile last Saturday. will
start i'm the two-mile run against Tel Berna.
the Cornell star rather than take issue with
John Paul Jones, the worlds amateur one
mile record holder. Murphy says he is con-
ndsnt Of the outcome. but so Is Jim Moak-
leg. the clever Cornell trainer. \ year ago
PENNSYLVANIA was beaten by the narrow
margin Of one point.
The receipts from the track and field
games Of Bricklayers' Union No. 81 at
Celtic Park on June will go TO the
Olympic fund At a meeting OF the COM
mittee In charge It was decided to arrange
for the full Olympic programme. with the
execution of the 0 000-metre run.
The holding OF the tryouts for the
OLYMPIC Pentathlon competition at Celtic
Park on May Is Will mark the opening of
tho outdoor track and field season in this
district.
The pentathlon is made UP Of the follow
ink events: Running broad jump throwing
the javclin (held in mddle) best hand. 600
metre race, throwing the discus (best. hand)
ara l,500-metre race.
This is a peculiar combination OF events,
and IL would not be surprising IL an athlete
practically unknown at present would win
place on the American team by his per-
formances. Entries close with James r. sui
Ivan, No 81 Warren street, on May H.
A team representing the Bronx Lacrosse
Club left for Cambridge, Mass. last night
to play the Harvard twelve to-day The
Bronx players have been greatly strength
ened by the addition OF new man on the
attack who halls from Vancouver, b. c.,
an6 upon whom they rely to score the major
number OF their goals Eric Bolton, another
find" also is a speedy player from across
the border He will be among the stick