New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-09
FraiIty of Speed Boats Opens
Way to Criticism.
GIANTS GOING STRONGLY
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future. did catch some fish, and the
very thought of it now makes 1t hard TO
pick ", the loose ends with the purpose
of commenting on sport of more general
interest TO my readers. Maurice b. Nc
LouEhln won the national lawn tennis
championship I'm my absence, and, while
little late i'm the day, ] feel that ]
would like 70 offer my congratulations
before taking up liver issues. Mclaughlin
may not be the most finished player In
the country, but he is so close TO the
standard that his force, aggressiveness
and careful training carried him 10 we'll
deserved victory recall with some sat
isfaction that 1t was suggested in this
column four or five weeks ago that in the
absence of Billy Larned he would succeed
TO the lawn tennis crown.
Much criticism has been heard in the
last few days concerning the frailty and
unseaworthiness OF the motor boats
Which have been competing for the inter
national trophy OF Huntington Bay. Az
extreme speed was tho one requisite
aimed at irrespective of all those quail
ities which most yachtsmen demand, II
seems as II there is no ground for criti-
cism but am among those who would
prefer TO see a cup offered for race In
which stability as we'll as speed would
he a prime factor. Mere shells fitted with
high powered engines mean constant
hreakdoVns and accidents, and II would
seem almost as IL victory rested more on
eyod luck than skill or good management
in handling the craft when speeding over
the water at forty miles an hour.
No one will question the statement that
the Ankle Deep. the Lake George boat
was the fastest craft in the third and
deciding race on Wednesday, but when
we'll in the van she broke down for the
third time in succession The helmsman
was blamed for sharp turn Oh this oc-
caeiou, but a boat. no matter how tast
which fails to complete one race In three
does not command much respect. Maple
Leaf ". England's best boat, which Won
tVo Of the three races and carried the
Harmsworth Cup back 10 England de-
serves all credit for combining some
hexibility and dependabiity with her
great speed No good sportsman could
berrudco L. Mackey Edgar the honors
which 90 with winning the trophy, but
a, the same time II is satisfying that no
time has been lost by the Motor Boat
Club OF America in issuing challenge
for race ir English waters next year.
Even II speed is the one requirement, il
Is important that We build boat here
10 meet II, and once more establish the
supremacy i'm this respect held for two
or three years
The Giants have been causing the
fans" deal Of worry and anxiety in
the last three or four weeks, and ! must
confess that the outlook for another pen
nant began to look a bit dubious 10 me
as the Chicago Cubs kept edging up game
by game. Now, however the future is
brighter and once more IT is hard TO see
how even the lighting Cubs can prevent
the Giants from battling out the worlds
championship series with the Boston Red
SoX As said so often, baseball is uncer-
tain. bat with only twenty-siX games TO
play before the race ends the house Of
Chance faces a handicap which will he
hard to overcome With Archer, one Of
.
OF the game. and the pitching staff
none too strong. If the Giants break
even in their remaining twenty-sx
games they will wind up the season with
TO- victories and 81 defeats, or percent
age OF 60 To reach this mark the Cubs
will have 10 win q and lose only games,
and the task looks wellnigh hopeless.
In view of this the baseball season OF
1871. which has been so full Of surprising
and exciting incidents, is all over but the
worlds series and that promises TO be.
thrilling enough 10 satisfy the most
pessimistic.
Ry winning seven out OF their last ten
Games the Giants settled back into their
old stride, and when it is remembered
that with the exception Of three games
with Brooklyn at the tail end Of the
season they will wind up the SCHEDULE
on their own diamond, il will take a
good deal to rob them Of their second
pennant In succession They will be
home to-day, for a double-header with
Brooklyn, as a curtain raiser 10 enter
tanning the Western teams on their last
invasion of the East. The Cardinals will
be here tomorrow for four games, while
on Saturday the Cubs will put In an APP
pearance to do something more than
growl, IL such a thing is possible, for
last desperate stand. 1t will be case
OF standing room only at the Polo
Grounds
Since Big Chief Meyers has been ont
OF The game with an injury TO his toe
Wilson has so ably filled his shoes that
the Giants have won seven Of their last
Ten games This shows that Meyers, so
good a catcher az he is and so i'm
portant TO the smooth working Of the
team. is not all important. Under the cir
cumstances the Cubs have no abb. as
Granusnd Rice says, for the loss OF
Archer at a critical point in the race
Wilson, by the way, has proved himself
the right man in the right place, and
once again John J. McGraw's judgment
is justified.
Boston has reason to be proud OF the
Red SoX, who TO all intents and pur-
poses have clinched the American
League pennant The team has played
through the season practically without
a slump worthy of the name and comes
up 10 the finish strong enough 10 snufr
out the fading hopes OF their chief
rivals. the Philadelphia Athletics and
tho Washington Senators, in quick sue